'What?!' Shi Nian and Yun Nan looked at Hai Hua in shock.
Hai Hua said, "I was shocked when I saw the photos. All I could think of was the photo of my cousin when she went missing; she was only a few years old. After so many years, my impression of her had already solidified; I could only see her as the girl she was then. When I saw what I thought was the embroidered portrait of my aunt in the hall downstairs, I suddenly realized that if my cousin was still alive, she would already be a middle-aged woman in her forties."
"It's been so many years; we should've realized we were unlikely to find her with such outdated photos of her. She'd grown up, and I thought, 'What if she looks like my aunt or uncle?' So, I sent the photos to my family group, and—if things go as expected—they should already be on their way here."
