"Calm down, calm down!" Two police officers immediately stepped forward to stop Xu Haizhou's "violence".
Although I can understand his feelings, I cannot allow him to beat someone to death.
After all the suspects were taken to the police station, one group of police officers went to interrogate them while another group contacted the children's parents.
So, today, wherever you go in the police station, you can hear the crying of adults and children, the crying of grief and relief.
The police interrogated the human trafficking gang overnight. In addition to the children who had not been sold or "shipped" in time, there were still six children who had not been found, including Xu Haizhou's.
"Where is my son? Where did you sell him to? Tell me! Tell me!"
Xu Haizhou, who was sitting in the lobby waiting for police interrogation, broke into the room at some point. His arrival was so sudden that the police officers in the interrogation room were stunned for two seconds, and then quickly sent someone to drag him away.
"There are so many boys, how would I know which one you are talking about?" Seeing Xu Haizhou, who had just beaten him up, the mastermind was shocked again and again, his heart pounding like thunder, and his tone was quite "aggrieved".
After breaking free from the police's restraints, Xu Haizhou ran forward and grabbed him by the collar: "Textile Factory Kindergarten! My son saw someone who looked like me running out and then disappeared!"
A man who looks like him?
After hearing this, the trafficker's memory gradually became clearer.
He had an impression of the child. She was so beautiful, fair and tender, with a soft and crisp voice. When he saw him, he excitedly called him "Dad", but he recognized the wrong person and walked back disappointed.
That was a surprise. His target that day was not this child...
Seeing the bloodshot in Xu Haizhou's eyes, as if he wanted to scrape his skin and pull out his muscles, the human trafficker shuddered suddenly.
Swallowing his saliva, he said, "Isn't that kid wearing a yellow coat and shoes with a yellow duck pattern on them..."
In addition to her pretty face, her attire was also very eye-catching. The clothes she wore were something that had never been seen on the market before. The material was also very good and didn't look cheap.
I was hesitant before kidnapping the child, because it was obvious that the child was not from an ordinary family. What if he was from a "powerful and influential" family... But the "quality" of this child was really rare, and he would definitely be able to fetch a high price.
In order to make higher profits, the traffickers finally chose to take action.
"Yes! It's my son! Where did you send him?" She grabbed the man's hand and gradually moved it closer to his neck, squeezing it tightly.
The police were afraid that he would strangle someone to death, so they took Xu Haizhou away, but did not let him go. They waited to hear what the trafficker had to say about the child's whereabouts.
"He, he... cough cough cough——" The mastermind's eyes flickered, and under Xu Haizhou's gaze, he slowly said: "The child was so beautiful that she was picked up by the seller as soon as I brought her back..."
A huge sum of one thousand yuan, one thousand yuan!
Normally, selling a child for 300 yuan is considered a huge sum, but their transaction prices were all under 300 yuan.
Two couples were fighting over Joan's child. They originally offered seven hundred, and then raised the price by one hundred at a time until it reached one thousand, and then the child was taken away by the lucky couple.
Restraining his inner rage, Xu Haizhou roared: "Where are the people? Where is the Mai family now?!"
After telling Xu Haizhou the address, the police sent someone to follow him there. When they arrived at the destination in a hurry, they learned from their neighbors that the people had moved away a week ago...
Giving hope and then being disappointed is too cruel for parents.
…
Early the next morning, Xu Haizhou returned home, but Qiao Lu was not there. Wu Guifang from next door said that she had gone to the train station again.
Holding his forehead and suppressing his aching heart, Xu Haizhou rode his bicycle to the train station.
The first thing he saw was his little wife, sitting alone on the stone steps at the entrance of the train station, staring silently at the crowd in front of her.
People came and went, big hands holding small hands, but not a single pair of small hands belonged to her...
"Haizhou."
Sighing, he put his arm around her shoulders.
"You didn't come home all night last night. Where did you go?" She leaned her head gently on his shoulder. The only one she could rely on now was him, only him.
"At the Public Security Bureau." Xu Haizhou said in a hoarse voice.
Qiao Lu was slightly surprised. She turned her head and looked at him with dry eyes: "Public Security Bureau? You've been there for so long. Is there any news?"
After hesitating for a moment, Xu Haizhou nodded and gently stroked her damp temples: "Well, there is news about the child."
"Really?" Qiao Lu was stunned.
"Yeah." Looking at the joy in his wife's eyes, Xu Haizhou couldn't bear to tell her the cruel truth.
"Then, what about our An An? Can we find her?" She was full of hope. How could anyone bear to do that? How could anyone bear to do that...
Swallowing the bitterness, Xu Haizhou hugged her tightly and said, "Yes."
Qiao Lu cried with joy, hugged him tightly, sobbed, and moaned, and her eyes began to hurt again.
With a coaxing tone in his voice, he said, "Let's go home first, okay?"
"Um."
With Xu Haizhou's promise, Qiao Lu was finally able to sleep peacefully after many sleepless nights.
But I didn’t sleep very well either. I woke up in the middle of the night, and my mind was filled with my son’s every move and smile.
She felt uncomfortable for a long time, and because of fatigue, she turned her head and fell into a deep sleep.
Xu Haizhou sent her home and then rushed to the train station to wait, not caring about sleeping.
Over there, Chen Baitao "returned the child intact to Zhao", and the Chen family was so happy that they almost set off firecrackers. When they heard that the child was found by Xu Haizhou, they hurriedly took the child to kowtow to Xu Haizhou.
After being affectionate for a while, Chen Ershun and his wife did not relax. Whenever they had time after get off work, they helped Qiao Lu find her son.
There is really no way to repay this kindness except by doing this.
In the past few days, countless parents have come to express their gratitude to our benefactor.
Everyone thanked Xu Haizhou with tears and laughter, and gave him local eggs, candies and cakes as a token of thanks. The inner courtyard was packed with people and was extremely lively.
It was a bitter comfort to learn that their own children had not been found.
Only those who have experienced this kind of thing personally can understand the pain.
Although six children were not found in the end, Xu Haizhou's action this time was a great success and directly destroyed the largest and most rampant human traffickers gang in Lucheng.
But the couple was not happy at all.
The police came to inform them that there was a commendation meeting that they wanted to invite the two men to attend, and that a reporter from a newspaper wanted to interview him, but Xu Haizhou declined each one.
His son hasn't been found, so how could he be in the mood to accept any interview?
All the stolen money from the traffickers was confiscated by the public security organs, and one thousand yuan was given as a reward to Xu Haizhou and his wife.
How they wished that this thousand dollars could bring back their child...
The couple discussed it and divided the money equally among the other five parents who had not found their children.
Looking for children day and night means not being able to work, and two hundred yuan for each couple can solve the living expenses for a long time.
Now, outsiders really looked up to this couple.
Even if one's life is "extremely unsatisfactory", one cannot bear to see the "sufferings of the world".
Another half month passed, and even the police felt there was no hope of recovering the item, so they gradually relaxed their surveillance at the train and bus stations.
At this moment, Xu Haizhou suddenly notified the other five couples and asked them to wait at the train station and bus station from now on.
Although everyone didn't know why, they still did it.
These days, Xu Haizhou is undoubtedly the leader of their team. When everyone is in a panic, he is the only one who remains calm and analyzes the situation calmly.
Regardless of whether it was right or wrong, at least it gave everyone a backbone. Regardless of whether they could find it or not, when they heard Xu Haizhou's instructions, they could always feel that there was still hope.
"Where's Xiaohui? Didn't she come today?"
Xiaohui is the mother of a girl who lost her daughter in the team. The child is only three years old this year and is the first child that the couple has been waiting for after five years of marriage.
Feng Gui, who lived close to Xiaohui, sighed about the missing child's mother: "She hanged herself in the house while her husband was making breakfast this morning..."
"Ah?" Everyone gasped, and even Qiao Lu looked at her in shock.
"How could this happen? How could this happen?"
"Is the person okay? Has he been rescued?"
Feng Gui shook his head: "It's okay. We found her and rescued her in time, but I guess her mental state is not good. I'm afraid... Alas."
"What a hateful human trafficker! How many families have been destroyed!"
Qiao Lu felt heartbroken when she saw this. This scene was so touching that her nose felt sore and she wanted to cry.
No, you have to be strong, otherwise the other child will fall down before you find him.
Haizhou is right. The body is the capital of revolution. If you want to find your child, parents must not be defeated first. They must not...
Since he relaxed his guard, whenever Xu Haizhou saw someone with a child at the train station, he would rush over and catch that person, no matter if it was a boy or a girl.
Why should girls be banned? He was afraid that someone would buy a wig for the child to wear, which would confuse the eyes.
Although it sounds funny, it actually comes from my father's helpless caution.
Then I received countless three-word comments from the children’s parents: “Psychopath.”
By now, it has been the twenty-third day since Qiao An went missing, and apart from Xu Haizhou and the five other families who have lost their children, no one has the energy to help him look for him.
Everyone has their own life. It is impossible to put down work and look after the children every day. At most, you can go out for a stroll after get off work and pay attention to them.
The business in the store now depends entirely on Li Hongjun and two other hired clerks, and the couple has no time to take care of it.
In early November, the temperature dropped and the weather became chilly.
It has been raining continuously these days, as if even God is crying for them.
That morning, Qiao Lu woke up from her dream at five o'clock. Almost at the same time, Xu Haizhou also woke up and hugged her tightly: "What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare again? It's okay, it's okay. Dreams are the opposite. I'm here, I'm here."
"Haizhou, I dreamed of An An. It was the first time for me. It was the first time in so many days that I dreamed of him."
Qiao Lu cried until she passed out, she was even more sad than when she first learned that An An was missing.
"An An said, 'Mom, I'm leaving you. I'm leaving you forever.' He said goodbye to me and said he would never come back..."
Qiao Lu's tense nerves finally collapsed. It was not a dream that caused her to collapse overnight, but several days of fatigue and excitement that finally ignited the fuse.
Xu Haizhou put on his clothes and got out of bed without saying a word. Qiao Lu wanted to get up too, but Xu Haizhou held her down.
He tucked the corner of the quilt for her and said, "Take a good rest at home. I'll go look for it. Maybe I can find it today."
"Why?" Qiao Lu asked puzzledly with tears on her face.
"I don't know. I've been more of a believer in metaphysics lately. Maybe your dream was a figment of An An's imagination."
Xu Haizhou has always been an atheist. Seeing his wife's mental state becoming increasingly fragile, he tried hard to give her a strong backing, but in fact he himself was almost unable to bear it.
His only hope can only be placed on "God".
Consider this your last bet.
…
He went to the train station again, and just like he did in the past, he caught every kid he saw. If the security guard at the train station had not recognized him, people would have thought he was a "madman".
After searching almost completely outside the station, I went into the waiting room to look for it.
There were many people indoors, and it was warmer than outdoors. Xu Haizhou's cold body gradually warmed up, and his hands became more grippy. He could grab anyone he wanted and the person wouldn't be able to escape.
There were slightly fewer people in the waiting station than outside. After walking around, Xu Haizhou was about to sit on the ground to rest.
Occasionally I caught a glimpse of a couple carrying a child hurrying towards the ticket office.
The child was being carried on his father's back. He was sleeping, a soft ball, sleeping soundly on the adult's shoulder. His tender little hands were wrapped around his father's neck, and he looked as if he was very dependent on him.
The child's face was half covered by a thin blanket, and Xu Haizhou couldn't see clearly because of the distance.
But soon, the child's extremely white skin attracted Xu Haizhou.
The only little hand exposed to the air is so white that it glows!
Looking at the child's parents, I don't know how dark they are, but they have yellow skin, very obvious yellow skin, and they don't look like people who often stay indoors...
Perhaps driven by his sixth sense, Xu Haizhou broke into the ticket gate.
"Hey, hey! What are you doing?!"
The couple had just passed the ticket gate when they were caught off guard by Xu Haizhou who grabbed their arms and stopped them from moving forward.
The patrol guard saw this and ran over quickly, trying to catch him, but he was a step too slow and let him run into the ticket gate.
Xu Haizhou pulled back the thin blanket covering the child's face. Even though the light in the waiting room was dim, he could still see the well-behaved and sleeping child clearly!
He was delighted and surprised, and said in disbelief: "An An?!"
He blinked hard. This was not an illusion!
Tears immediately welled up in my eyes: "An An! An An!"
The child was sleeping so soundly that even with such a loud noise he couldn't be woken up.
Xu Haizhou anxiously tried to snatch the child from the man's back.
The man panicked and when he came to his senses he quickly held the child in his arms. His wife heard the noise and came over to stop him.
She yelled at Xu Haizhou: "Who are you? You're a human trafficker! How dare you come and snatch the child from my man's back!"
When they heard the word "human trafficker", everyone instinctively surrounded Xu Haizhou.
The recent rampant human traffickers in Li'an City have long been spread among the people. So many people dare to snatch children, they must be crazy!
Xu Haizhou's eyes were red, and he tightly grasped the fabric on the man's shoulders: "He is the human trafficker! He is carrying my son! He stole my child!"
"An An! An An!" It's easy for a grown man to not shed tears, but he just hasn't felt the emotion yet.
Xu Haizhou burst into tears, his face horrified, and asked: "What did you do to him? What did you do to him?!"
"Are you crazy? That's my son! Are you sick?" The couple pushed and shoved to get onto the platform, but were helplessly held tightly by the madman Xu Haizhou. They were not able to break free from him even with their combined strength!
"This is sick! This guy is crazy! He wants to take our child away!"
"Everyone, help! Help!"
Everyone did help, but they surrounded all three of them and the children in their arms.
No matter which one is the real father or the fake father, no one can escape! Wait until the public security comrades come to investigate and then talk about releasing him.
As the crowd of onlookers grew larger and larger, the couple vaguely saw police officers in olive green uniforms approaching... Now, if they didn't run away, they would be unable to escape!
The couple decisively dropped the child in their arms and fled!
Self-protection is important!
Xu Haizhou quickly caught Qiao An who was falling, and hugged him tightly as if he were a treasure: "Don't let them run away! They are both human traffickers! Human traffickers——"
Fortunately, there is strength in numbers, and the couple who bought the child were surrounded by a enthusiastic crowd, and they couldn’t escape even if they wanted to!
The author has something to say:
I also believe in metaphysics. (Today I will update 10,000 words! Let's see if it's good or not!)