The Lan family and the Wei family are family friends. Wei Changze often brings his wife and children to visit the Lan family. Wei Ying and Lan Zhan are three years younger, maybe because they are similar in age. He likes to stick to Lan Zhan, and his mouth is always longer than t

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Wei Ying pointed to a popsicle cart not far away and said to Lan Zhan: "Second brother, I want to eat ice cream."

"Let's go over and buy it." Lan Zhan agreed and led Wei Ying to the stall.

Lan Zhan asked Wei Ying to choose the flavor, took out the money and paid. When he took the ice cream from the vendor and was about to give it to Wei Ying, he found that Wei Ying was not standing next to him.

Lan Zhan looked around nervously, but there was no sign of Wei Ying. He was frightened and quickly asked the vendor if he had seen his brother. The vendor said that he was only getting him ice cream and didn't pay attention to the child next to him.

Lan Zhan was completely stunned. He ran back and forth on the street without seeing any trace of Wei Ying. The ice cream melted and the cream dripped down his hands and onto his shoes and clothes. He loved to be clean and couldn't care less.

After running around for a few times, Lan Zhan realized the seriousness of the problem and ran home as fast as he could. When he came to the gate, he met Lan Xichen who came out to look for them.

Ten-year-old Lan Xichen was the only one who noticed Wei Ying and Lan Zhan going out. At first he thought they were playing in the yard. After a while, he didn't see them coming in, so he walked out to see what they were playing. Unexpectedly, they were not in the yard, so he was about to go outside to look for them, but happened to meet Lan Zhan running back in a hurry. Lan Xichen didn't see Wei Ying, and when he asked, he learned that Wei Ying was missing.

Lan Xichen hurriedly pulled Lan Zhan, who was crying silently, and went into the house to talk to the adults about the situation. The two families who had been chatting casually suddenly felt like they were in trouble. Wei Changze grabbed the phone to call the police, and Zangse ran out crying. Lan Qiren arranged for people to post missing persons notices, and sent people to search along the route Lan Zhan said.

It’s just that Wei Ying just disappeared from the world without any trace. The Lan family’s bounty has been increased again and again, but there is still no news about Wei Ying.

The police ruled out the possibility of kidnapping, thinking that they might have encountered human traffickers, and asked them to register Wei Ying's identity information.

Later, when she heard that there were rescued children, Zang Se would run there, hoping that her Wei Ying would be among those children.

Thirteen years have passed like this. Lan Zhan is already a twenty-year-old young man. His character has become taciturn since then. Losing Wei Ying is a hurdle in his heart that he will never be able to overcome. It is something that he will never be able to forgive himself for in his life.

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