One summer day in 1992 in Chengguan town, Henan province, China, Liang Shaobo's life suddenly turned upside down when her 3-year-old daughter Liang Qian was kidnapped right in front of her house.
He immediately called the police and began an intensive search throughout the area.
From then on, Liang Shaobo's life completely changed. He quit his job as a police officer and devoted all his time and money to finding his daughter.
Liang Shaobo printed tens of thousands of leaflets and went everywhere looking for clues. He stayed up all night, going from city to city with fragile hope.
To have money to continue the search, he had to work as a security guard during the day and continue searching for his children at night.
"There were times when I almost despaired, but I couldn't give up. I always believed that my daughter was somewhere waiting for me," Liang Shaobo said.
His perseverance paid off. After 23 years of constant efforts, in 2014, Liang Shaobo finally found his daughter through a television program to find lost relatives.
At this time, Liang Qian changed her name to Pei Li, got married and had children. She remembers absolutely nothing about her biological family.
However, reuniting is not simple. Pei Li has her own life and her husband's family does not accept her to live with her parents.
Out of emotion and despair, Liang Shaobo knelt down in front of Pei Li's parents-in-law, begging to take his daughter back.
Pei Li shared her feelings: "I was very surprised to learn about my origins. Now, I have 3 sets of parents who all love me. Even though we cannot live with our biological parents, we still can meet each other often."
Although he couldn't bring his daughter back to live with him, Liang Shaobo was able to forgive himself.
However, when the story was widely shared on Chinese social networks, besides expressing emotion, many people found unusual details related to Pei Li's adoptive parents.
Accordingly, Pei Li's adoptive father and Mr. Liang Shaobo were colleagues in the same agency when Mr. Liang was a police officer.
It didn't stop there, even though Pei Li's adoptive parents only lived 2km away from Mr. Liang Shaobo's family home, however when Mr. Liang called for information about his missing daughter, the adoptive parents' family returned. said "no news received".
It was not until 23 years later, when there were DNA matching results and a demographic survey, that Pei Li's adoptive parents admitted that they had adopted Pei Li when they found her lost on the street.
Mr. Liang Shaobo himself also realized these abnormalities and notified the authorities, but because there was not enough evidence, the authorities could not conclude.
However, Mr. Liang Shaobo shared that he no longer worries about this, because he has now removed the biggest knot in his heart.
