The Reborn Aristocrat’s Daughter

24: Chapter 24 Past and Present Lives_1 24: Chapter 24 Past and Present Lives_1 When Situ Xin was brought into the orphanage by the director, all the volunteers who were helping in the orphanage stopped their work upon seeing the director carrying a small baby in her arms.

“Director, what’s going on?

Has someone abandoned another child at the orphanage’s doorstep?

Does this child have any defects?” Nowadays, many of the children abandoned at the orphanage’s doorstep had congenital defects, “Wow, this child is really beautiful, it’s actually my first time seeing such a pretty baby.” While one volunteer was speaking, another immediately moved closer to the director to see the baby in her embrace.

“Really?

Let me have a look.” At this exclamation from the volunteer, the rest of the volunteers gathered around.

“It’s true, such a beautiful child, how could her parents bear to throw her away?” Situ Xin had the urge to roll her eyes upon hearing this.

“Who said it was my parents who abandoned me?

Maybe it was your parents who threw you away.” “Alright, get back to work, I’m going to take this little one for a physical examination,” the director said, and then she carried Situ Xin into the infirmary.

The infirmary was referred to as such, but there was no dedicated doctor there; in fact, the doctor was Auntie, the director herself, “Come on, baby, Auntie is going to check your health now,” Auntie, the director, laid Situ Xin on a bed and began to undress her for the examination.

“Hm, jade?

And a gold lock piece too?” Auntie, the director, noticed the Phoenix Jade Pendant given by Old Master Yu and the gold lock piece given by Old Master Zhang on Situ Xin’s body and exclaimed in surprise, “Judging by this, it doesn’t look like she was given away because her family was too poor to raise her.” As Auntie, the director, said this, Situ Xin really wanted to nod and shout out loud, “That’s right, Auntie, the director, I wasn’t given away by my parents; I was taken away by a bad person.” But Situ Xin knew that even if she could speak right now, Auntie, the director, might not necessarily believe her.

After all, she was only five months old, not five years old.

Auntie, the director, examined the Jade Pendant and the gold lock piece and noticed, “There are characters on this?” Auntie, the director, examined the gold lock piece and said, “Situ Xin?

Little one, is your name Situ Xin?” Auntie, the director, paused and then said, “Then from now on, you’ll be called Situ Xin.” Auntie, the director’s words left Situ Xin instantly stunned.

The words “You’ll be called Situ Xin” echoed in her mind for a long time before Situ Xin finally snapped back to reality, yet her heart was far from calm.

“What’s happening?” she asked herself internally.

Ever since Situ Xin received the Phoenix-shaped Jade Pendant and the gold lock piece engraved with her name at her one-month celebration, something had flashed through her mind, but it was elusive and now, with Auntie, the director’s words, “Then from now on, you’ll be called Situ Xin,” it suddenly became clear to her.

As it turned out, she had truly been reborn, from being 24 years old back to the fetal stage—meaning, she was the same person in this life as she had been in her previous one.

Situ Xin didn’t know what kind of expression she should have.

She pondered whether she should be grateful to the heavens for giving her another chance at life, or if she should blame the heavens for playing such a huge joke on her.

However, at this moment, the only thing that Situ Xin felt happy about was that she finally understood something she had always wanted to know in her past life—why her parents had so cruelly thrown her away.

She now realized that it wasn’t that her parents hadn’t wanted her; they had accidentally lost her.

In Old Master Situ’s study, while they were discussing what steps to take next, the door to the study burst open with a “bang.” Everyone in the study turned to look at the doorway in the moment the door opened.

“Jianguo, what’s the matter with you?

Don’t you know to knock?” Old Master Loo chastised his eldest son, who seemed to have no sense of decorum.

“Alright, Old Lu, at a time like this, what’s the point of talking about protocol?

I think he’s just anxious and worried about the Baby,” Old Master Situ intervened to smooth things over.

Under ordinary circumstances, Old Master Situ would certainly have agreed that Loo Jianguo lacked manners, but in these extraordinary times, such protocols seemed trivial in his eyes.

“Dad, Uncle, I’m sorry, I was impulsive.

By the way, what’s the situation now?

Is there any news about Xiao Xin?” As soon as Loo Jianguo received his father’s call, he dropped everything he was working on and rushed back.

“Not yet, we don’t even know if Xiao Xin has left the military compound.

The guards there are very tight,” Old Master Loo and Old Master Situ were both of the belief that Situ Xin had not left the military compound, considering its stringent security.

“What?

Have you checked the compound’s surveillance footage?” Loo Jianguo, being well-versed in politics, thought of this comprehensive aspect immediately.

As soon as Loo Jianguo brought it up, “Oh dear, how could I have forgotten such an important clue,” Old Master Situ smacked his own head in vexation.

“I’ve really become senile, hurry up, make a call and have them bring the surveillance footage here.” As Old Master Situ was speaking, Old Master Loo had already seized the phone and called the security office, instructing them to pull up all of today’s surveillance footage.

Upon receiving Old Master Loo’s call, the guards at the military compound’s security office didn’t dare to delay for even a moment and promptly retrieved the day’s surveillance footage, quickly delivering it to Old Master Situ and Old Master Loo.

How could they not hurry?

Although the Situs hadn’t announced that their ‘Princess’ was missing, the way Old Master Situ and Old Master Loo’s guards questioned them made it not difficult for the security personnel to guess what had happened.

Knowing this fact implied great responsibility for their security division and inevitably there would be punishment.

After obtaining the surveillance tapes, everyone in the study began to divide the work.

“Old Lu and I will take care of the surveillance footage from cameras 1 to 4; Haoran, you’ll handle 5 and 6.

Haotian, 7 and 8.

Jianguo, 9 and 10,” Old Master Situ efficiently delegated the tasks.

Situ Haoran, Situ Haotian, and Loo Jianguo had no objections and took the tapes before leaving the room.

Old Madam Situ, Old Madam Loo, and Loo Yaxin, who had been attentively following the activity in the study, stood up at once and rushed to the door upon hearing it open.

“How is it going?

What did you discuss?

Do you have any leads?

Maybe we should call the police,” Loo Yaxin was in a state of complete disarray at this moment, solely concerned about her daughter’s whereabouts and safety.

“Exactly, who has taken away the Baby?

Where is Aunt Wu?” Old Madam Situ was also extremely worried.

“Mom, Yaxin, please don’t panic.

The Baby will definitely be alright,” Situ Haotian stepped forward, trying to comfort his family, though, to be honest, he himself felt utterly uncertain.

What Situ Haotian left unsaid was that with the police department’s efficiency, there was no telling when the Baby could be found.

“We’re about to review the compound’s surveillance footage now.

We should be able to find some clues.” “Then I’ll come with you,” Yaxin said, needing to know how things were progressing; the less she knew, the more fearful she became.

“Alright, you come with me.”