Sent to the countryside, I turned the health center into a top-tier hospital.

Around 5 a.m., as dawn was breaking, two dusty private cars hurriedly pulled up in front of the health center.

The door of the first car opened, and a middle-aged couple stumbled out.

The two men were dressed in wrinkled clothes, looked haggard, had bloodshot eyes, disheveled hair, and were covered in dust from the road.

"Open the door! Open the door quickly! Is my daughter here?"

The middle-aged man stepped forward and pounded on the iron gate of the health center.

Around 5 a.m., when he was most sleepy, Liu Mazi was woken up and walked out of the guardhouse with a face full of anger.

"What are you shouting for? We're not at work yet. Wait a bit before you see the doctor!"

"I'm still half asleep," Liu Mazi said sleepily.

"I don't want to see a doctor, I want to find my daughter..."

The middle-aged man roared.

"We're here to find our daughter. Someone called and said she's here," the middle-aged woman said, crying.

At this moment, three young men and women got out of the second car. One of them, a man wearing glasses who looked to be around thirty, pointed at Liu Mazi and shouted, "Open the door now! We're here to see my sister!"

"What are you doing at our clinic looking for your sister?"

Liu Mazi got annoyed by the yelling. He used to be a gangster and didn't take this kind of thing to heart.

"I told you to open the door..." The bespectacled man got a little anxious, rushed forward, and pointed at Liu Mazi through the iron gate.

"Damn it, who the hell are you pointing at? Try pointing again!"

Liu Mazi rolled up his sleeves and casually picked up a shovel next to the guardhouse.

"Hey, what's wrong, Brother Ma?"

Wang Tao was in the duty room when he heard the shouting and came out.

"I don't know where these guys came from. They're knocking on the door early in the morning, saying they're looking for some daughter. I think they're here to cause trouble."

Liu Mazi said, cursing.

Liu Mazi didn't work during the day; he worked the night shift, so he didn't know about Lin Wan's situation during the day.

Upon hearing this, Wang Tao immediately realized what was happening and hurriedly walked to the iron gate.

"Uncle and Aunt, you are Lin Wan's parents, right?" Wang Tao asked.

Upon hearing the name "Lin Wan," the middle-aged couple instantly broke down, and tears streamed down their faces.

Her body went limp and she almost collapsed to the ground, choking back tears and unable to utter a complete sentence, only able to nod frantically.

"Yes, we're here to see Lin Wan, that's my sister, open the door quickly!" the bespectacled man said excitedly as he stepped forward.

Seeing the family so excited, Wang Tao guessed that they must be Lin Wan's family.

But he wasn't sure what would happen if these people were relatives of the buyer and they snatched Lin Wan away if he opened the door.

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Tao said, "Don't rush, I'll go and call Master."

After Wang Tao finished speaking, he turned and ran towards the dormitory in the backyard. As he ran, he looked back at Liu Mazi and said, "Brother Mazi, keep an eye on the door and don't let anyone break in."

"Don't worry, if anyone dares to trespass, I'll smash them to death with a shovel."

Liu Mazi waved the shovel in his hand, then glared menacingly at the family.

As soon as Wang Tao ran to the backyard, he saw Chen Ping already dressed and out.

Hearing the commotion ahead, Chen Ping was also awakened and was about to get up to check.

"Wang Tao, what's going on at the door?" Chen Ping asked.

"Master! A family has arrived at the door. They say they are Lin Wan's family, but I'm not sure, so I haven't opened the door!"

Wang Tao said, panting heavily.

"Let's go take a look..."

Chen Ping zipped up his coat as he walked, taking two steps at a time as he crossed the backyard and headed towards the door.

When Chen Ping arrived at the gate, he saw three people standing in front of the iron gate.

A man around fifty years old, hunched over, gripped the iron gate railing with both hands.

The woman next to him was already unsteady on her feet, leaning against the young man, her face covered in tears, her hair matted together by the night dew, and her lips chapped and dry.

The young man, wearing glasses, had very red eyes. When he saw Chen Ping come out, his Adam's apple bobbed up and down, as if he had something to say but held it back.

Behind these three people stood a boy who looked to be about ten years old and a young woman.

They look like a family.

"Dr. Chen, this family started banging on the door early this morning, saying they were looking for their daughter."

Liu Mazi, leaning on his shovel, stood inside the door and spoke to Chen Ping.

Chen Ping nodded, then asked the middle-aged man, "Are you Lin Wan's family members?"

The man nodded frantically, his lips trembling as he managed to squeeze out a voice: "Yes, isn't my daughter here?"

"Please, please, let me in to see her... We've been looking for her for five years, five whole years..."

She couldn't finish her sentence, tears streaming down her dry, cracked cheeks.

Looking at the man's appearance, Chen Ping knew it couldn't be fake, so he said to Liu Mazi, "Mazi, open the door."

"good!"

With Chen Ping speaking, Liu Mazi dared not say anything more, put the shovel aside, and went forward to open the iron gate.

As soon as the iron gate opened, the middle-aged woman, who had been unsteady on her feet, seemed to find strength from somewhere and practically rushed into the yard.

"Wanwan, my daughter, my daughter..."

The middle-aged woman shouted, her voice hoarse like sandpaper scraping against a stone.

"Mom, don't worry..." The man with glasses went up and helped the running woman.

"Come with me!" Chen Ping led his family toward the ward.

Inside the ward, Lin Wan wasn't asleep. She leaned against the headboard, holding her child in her arms, her eyes open, gazing absently at the sky outside the curtains, just before dawn.

Hearing someone call her name, she stiffened, her fingers unconsciously tightened, and she pulled the child closer to her chest.

She knew that voice all too well; it was her mother's voice.

A light shone in Lin Wan's eyes.

But soon, the light in Lin Wan's eyes faded, because she often heard her mother's cries over the past few years.

That's an illusion, it's not real...

This time, it's not real either.

Just as the light faded from Lin Wan's eyes.

The door to the ward was slowly pushed open, and light streamed in from the corridor. Three people appeared in the doorway.

Lin Wan looked up and saw her mother's face, pale from being soaked in tears.

She opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

The word "Mom" was stuck in my throat, blocked by something, unable to come up or go down.

She couldn't believe what she was seeing; she couldn't believe it was real.

When Lin Wan's parents and brother saw her haggard and disheveled appearance, they all burst into tears.

"Wanwan, Mom is late."

Lin Wan's mother rushed over and hugged her daughter.

Even at this moment, Lin Wan was still stunned, seemingly unable to react.

"Wanwan..."

Lin Wan's mother cried out again.

Lin Wan's body trembled slightly before she reacted.