Go After My Ex-wife
Chapter 1063 Missing Children

Raeleigh soon arrived at the hospital. She got out of the car and told Santiago, "Your brother has been looking for your sister..."

"Don't say things you're not sure of," Santiago pushed the door open and got out. He looked up at the ward. Raeleigh didn't argue with him and added, "Even if it's not your sister, he's still looking for someone." Raeleigh said to Santiago, "I heard that this person knows something about the orphanage, so I went to have a look. I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to be worried."

With that being said, Santiago stepped into the hospital. He didn't want to know what had happened, so Raeleigh didn't continue.

When they entered the hospital, they found the ward from the day before. Raeleigh stood at the door and looked inside. Wouter was standing in the ward, looking at some doctors dealing with the wound on a patient's body.

After a few knocks on the door, Raeleigh walked in.

"You're here." Seeing Raeleigh coming in, Wouter started the conversation. Then, Raeleigh said, "My brother is worried about me, so he came with me."

"I'm not your brother," Santiago blurted out all of a sudden. Raeleigh paused for a moment before asking, "What's the difference?"

Santiago didn't answer, so Raeleigh didn't continue.

"How is he?" Raeleigh looked at the man as she asked Wouter. He explained, "There are too many infection sites. We couldn't contact any of his children because we don't have their contact information. Plus, the operation has high risks. I'm not sure if I can sign the contract. I need to prove my relationship with him, but I can't."

As Wouter was in a dilemma, Raeleigh had to explain the whole thing to the attending doctor.

The doctor hesitated for a moment before saying, "Well, if you pay the medical fee, then we can give him treatment. After that, you can put up a missing person's notice to look for his family." Raeleigh's heart trembled slightly at the mention of the missing person's notice. If the notice was sent out, then it might be found by those in the past, which would be troublesome.

Raeleigh was silent for a while before she said, "Let's go to his house to find any contact information. Give him treatment. We will pay for it."

The doctor nodded and said, "That will do, but you have to be mentally prepared. His condition is complicated. We're not sure how it might turn out."

"I see," Raeleigh said and looked at Wouter. "I'll find a way to pay for the hospitalization fees..."

"No, I have money. Plus, it's useless to keep it. Since we found him, I believe it's fate. I'll pay the fees. If I really can't afford it, then I'll tell you, and then you can give me money." It never occurred to Raeleigh that Wouter would say that. It took her a while to say, "I actually am short of money now. You can pay for it first. I'll find a way to give it back to you." "Alright." Wouter and Raeleigh soon reached an agreement. They didn't say anything and shifted their gazes to look at the man whose face was scrunched up in pain on the bed. Raeleigh could not recall who that man was although he looked familiar.

After that, Raeleigh waited in the hospital. However, the man did not wake up even until nighttime.

Everyone was busy. Raeleigh needed to head back, while Wouter, on the other hand, had to return to his restaurant.

"I'll find someone to take care of him," Wouter stated, and Raeleigh felt that it was the appropriate thing to do. After that, they left the hospital together and went back separately.

On the way back, Raeleigh rubbed her temples, and something occurred to her as she leaned against the door of the car. It was something related to the fire incident.

Raeleigh remembered that there were too many people at that time, and the fire came too suddenly. It was beyond everyone's expectations. Since there were too many of them, the orphanage was in a mess. There were screams and cries as people escaped.

If it weren't for that child named Arsel, Raeleigh wouldn't have survived. What a pity that he...

Raeleigh thought for a while and turned to Santiago. "Santiago..."

"What is it?"

"If you have a hundred geese, and one runs off, but there comes another one, would you find out?" Raeleigh figured that that was a silly question, but she thought, "If Arsel had been there at that time, then those people had deliberately set fire. However, they still didn't know that there was another child in the orphanage, so the number of children would be the same, and they didn't know that one had left."

Santiago gripped the steering wheel with one hand and placed the other on Raeleigh's forehead. "Are you sick?"

Raeleigh brushed Santiago's hand away. "Respect those who are older than you."

"Are you an elder?" Santiago found it amusing. Raeleigh looked at him and snapped. "I'm older than you."

"That's not necessarily true. Other than being born earlier than me, I can't tell if you're older than me."

"Fine, you're older. Can you answer my question?"

"Of course, I know my own geese." Santiago laughed. Raeleigh thought for a moment and said, "What if they're all roasted?"

Santiago snorted. "Have you gone mad?"

Raeleigh turned her face away and asked, "How can you tell which is the one you lost if it's roasted?"

Looking at Raeleigh's absent-minded eyes, Santiago said, "Simple. If it's the geese I had, then I'll definitely leave a mark on them. Everyone puts a label on a goose's body. There are even records of its past illnesses."

Raeleigh looked at Santiago. "What if it's a person?"

"Humans are simpler. If a person dies, then it's easy to distinguish them by the teeth or the bones."

"So, that's how it is."

Back then, even if people knew that there was one more child, they wouldn't believe it. She was dead. However, there was an extra boy while a girl was missing. There was no way to explain it. Raeleigh was in a daze for a long time before the car stopped. They were back home.

Raeleigh went upstairs and investigated the fire incident in the orphanage. It was reported that it was an accident, all of them were dead, and none of them survived.

Raeleigh looked at the reports and even found the newspaper that reported it. It stated that no one was left alive.

Raeleigh was surprised. She was supposed to find herself in the files. According to what Santiago had said, everyone had a record. If she died, then there must be one. Why didn't it state that there was one person missing?

Raeleigh could not figure it out. She turned around, lay down on the bed, tossing and turning without sleeping for the whole night.

With doubts in her heart, Raeleigh asked Santiago to accompany her to the Public Security Department the next day. She wanted to get the archives of the fire accident in the orphanage. With Santiago around, the other party was easy to talk to. He found the files and gave them to Raeleigh, asking her to read them carefully.

Raeleigh found a quiet place and carefully compared the names of the children back then. She still remembered many of them. However, Raeleigh found something special that neither Arsel's nor her name was on the list...

As for the number of people, Raeleigh checked it over and over again. She found that not only Arsel's and her records were missing but some other children's records were nowhere to be found as well.