After arriving at the company, Ye Lichuan turned on his computer and quickly created a missing person notice. The printer started running, and soon a hundred copies of the notice were printed.

After discussing it, the two decided to start by searching the streets. They drove to the central square. Today was a day for family reunion, but the shopping malls were already closed, and there were no people on the streets. Only the streetlights illuminated the dimly lit streets.

The heavy snow that had been falling all day finally stopped, and the people setting off firecrackers and fireworks came out. They quickly went over to ask them what was going on.

"I'm sorry, I've never seen him before."

"The child is very cute, but I'm sorry, we haven't seen him."

After asking about ten people and receiving the same answer, Gu Anran felt utterly disheartened, but still managed a forced smile and thanked them.

The sky suddenly brightened, and she looked up to see people setting off fireworks. The dazzling fireworks bloomed in the sky and then fell silently. She sniffed. Tonight, she had planned to play with sparklers with Xiaotian and play games with him all night, but now she didn't know where he was.

Stomping her frozen feet, Gu Anran stopped a hurried man. "Sir, have you seen this child?"

"No, my family is waiting for me. Could you please move aside, miss?"

Gu Anran quickly stepped aside to let him pass. If she wasn't mistaken, he was still carrying a cake. Her eyes stung again. After blinking a couple of times, she took out her phone and called Gu Xiaotian's number, but it was still switched off.

"Any news?" Ye Lichuan ran over from a distance, and when she saw him shake his head, her expectant eyes dimmed.

"It's okay, the police are already helping us look for him, we'll definitely find Xiaotian."

Gu Anran still had more than half of the missing person posters left in her hand. The two headed towards the park, handing out missing person posters along the way. The continuous running around for several hours left them exhausted.

The clock in the distance suddenly chimed twice. She looked up and realized it was already eleven o'clock. If she couldn't find Xiaotian, then the three of them wouldn't be able to spend the New Year together.

The two quickened their pace in the search, when suddenly the phone in his pocket vibrated. Gu Anran looked expectantly at the phone in his hand; it was the police calling, and they had a lead.

“We issued a missing person notice throughout the city, and a taxi driver said that the child had ridden in his car before.”

The news relieved both of them, and they rushed to the police station. The police had already found out Xiaotian's drop-off address, which was in the suburbs of the city.

After meeting up with the police, the group headed towards the outskirts of the city. "Gu Xiaotian's destination was one kilometer into the outskirts of the city. The driver saw that he was young and asked him what he was doing there, but he was very cautious and refused to say more."

The technicians searched the area where Gu Xiaotian was most likely to go. "It should be here, the orphanage."

On the way to the orphanage, a policewoman earnestly advised the couple to spend more time with the children and not to scold or beat them, but to talk to them gently and make them understand that it was their fault. The couple agreed, and the car stopped at the orphanage.

The director of the orphanage came to pick them up in person. Behind her was a large house that hadn't been repaired in a long time. She walked over and looked at the group of people questioningly. The police officer briefly explained the situation to her and took out a photo of Gu Xiaotian.

Have you seen this person before?

The dean pushed up his glasses and examined him carefully. After a long while, he nodded. "This seems to be Ling'er's friend. She came by at noon today and should be in the courtyard now."

The dean continued to ramble on, saying that the child was clearly from a wealthy family, which had left a deep impression on him. He was a very polite child who always brought gifts whenever he came to visit.

Eager to see Xiaotian, Gu Anran walked up to the dean and interrupted her, "Dean, I'm sorry my child has caused you trouble. Could you take me to see him?"

The director quickly nodded, "But the children in the orphanage are all staying up late for the New Year, and we're afraid that too many people going in will frighten them."

After discussing it for a while, one of the policemen changed into plain clothes, and the three of them followed the director inside. The children sat in a row, very curious about the strangers. The director made an excuse and then led the three of them to the back yard, where two children were playing under the eaves.

Gu Anran noticed that his clothes were completely wet, so she quickly took off her own clothes and went over to drape them over her. Gu Xiaotian was startled and turned to look at her, "Mom, what brings you here?"

He still had a smile on his face, his little hand tightly holding the girl's. Gu Anran remembered the policeman's words and suppressed her temper. She touched his face and said coldly, "Your father and I were worried about you. It's good that you're alright." After saying that, large tears fell down her face, and she turned away to wipe them away.

Ye Lichuan took off his trench coat and gave it to her to wear. Now that the person had been found, she felt relieved. She got up and thanked the plainclothes police officer. Seeing that nothing had happened, and knowing that the police had other tasks to perform, they left first.

After seeing the police off, it was already 11:30. Seeing that there was nothing else to do, the director went back inside to watch TV with the children, leaving them alone in the yard.

She knelt down and brushed the snow off his head. "Why was your phone off? You didn't even let your mother know you were safe."

Gu Xiaotian took out his phone and glanced at it casually. "It's out of battery. I forgot."

Seeing his nonchalant expression, Gu Anran's anger flared up again. "Then what are you doing here?"

He glanced at the little girl beside him, "Staying up all night on New Year's Eve."

The little girl greeted them politely, then timidly hid behind Gu Xiaotian, watching the two of them. The little girl was very cute, with long braids, her face was red from the cold, and her bright, round eyes were large, but her lips were purple from the cold.

Her clothes had been washed many times and were starting to turn slightly white. Gu Anran draped Ye Lichuan's coat over her shoulders. The long coat trailed on the ground, and the little girl said thank you again.

"It's getting late, we should go home." She turned to look at Gu Xiaotian, trying to soften her voice.

However, Gu Xiaotian shook his head, "You guys go back first, I'll go back by myself."

Gu Anran, who was still trying her best to endure, finally lost her temper because of his words. She and Ye Lichuan had been looking for her anxiously all afternoon, but he didn't care at all. How could this child be so insensible?

"Do you know that your father and I have been looking for you all afternoon? What kind of attitude is this? How come I never realized you were so insensible before!" She suddenly got angry, startling Gu Xiaotian.

Perhaps it was this questioning that made Gu Xiaotian lose face in front of the little girl, so he kept his mouth tightly shut and refused to speak, but the more he did so, the angrier Gu Anran became.

She stood up, grabbed his hand, and tried to leave, saying, "You'd better come back with me right now. If something like this happens again, you can forget about ever leaving alone again!"