The boss thought for a moment and said, "I was too busy at the time and I really don't remember. If I were younger, I would have been staring at her. But I'm old now and I don't have the mood to look at any beauties..."
"Shut up!" I yelled. "Tell me where she went after dinner."
“I don’t know.” The boss was very surprised why I was angry, but he still pointed in a direction: “After she paid the bill and left, I saw her walking over there, but I only glanced at her and didn’t pay attention to where she went.”
When I looked in that direction, it was the opposite direction of the school. Where was Taozi going?
Ye Zhan, Su Wan, and I left the bun shop and walked in the direction the boss told us, visiting every shop to see if Taozi was there, if the boss had seen her, etc. We walked for several hundred meters but still found nothing. We even asked the traffic police on the road, but no one had seen Taozi. Most of them said, "At that time, I hadn't opened the shop yet." Or, "I was still sleeping at home at that time, so I didn't see her."
Indeed, after the morning self-study, at 7am, only some breakfast stalls were open, and the traffic police hadn't come to work yet. There were only some cleaners and the like, but now I don't know where to find these people.
We kept searching and searching, walking for several miles until we were almost in the city center. On the way, we met many people who were also looking for peaches, such as Hu Jianmin and Dai Zude. They were all in groups, and when we asked them, they all had no idea where the peaches were.
I was so anxious that I almost broke my legs, but there was still no trace of Taozi. Later we went to the police again, but the police told us that we could only report the missing person after 48 hours. I was so anxious that I almost got into a fight with the receptionist. It was Ye Zhan who pulled me apart, otherwise I would have to stay in the police station for another night. I was so anxious that I had never been so anxious in my life. Only then did I realize how important Taozi was to me. If I could find Taozi, I would be willing to do anything, really anything, even if it meant being bullied by Zou Yang for another three years or being beaten to a pulp by a brick.
The police station refused to accept the case, so I thought of Nan Nan. So I went to the Internet cafe with Ye Zhan and Su Wan. Yu Chengfei and Nan Nan were there, but Yuan Shao still hadn't come back. I told Yu Chengfei about the matter, and he scratched his head and said, "It shouldn't be a big deal, right? He probably just went out to relax. Don't worry too much. I'll send someone out to look for it together. They are quite familiar with this area, and if anyone has seen Taozi, they should be able to find out." Then he asked Meng Liang to take a few people out to look for her.
I went to beg Nan Nan again: "Sister Nan Nan, the police said that you have to wait forty-eight hours before reporting a case. But I really can't wait even a minute. Can you help me find someone and ask them to help find Taozi? Taozi must have gotten into trouble. She is the kind of girl who won't cause trouble for others. If she is missing, something must have happened. Sister Nan Nan, I beg you..." I was almost incoherent.
"Okay, okay." Nan Nan jumped off Yu Chengfei immediately. "The police station has its own regulations. This matter really cannot be filed. But I can ask a few friends to help find it. They are all old hands in the police station. As long as Taozi is still in Beiyuan City, there should be no problem."
I almost cried, holding Nan Nan's hand and repeatedly thanking Sister Nan Nan. Nan Nan hurried out, and Yu Chengfei threw me a mobile phone, "Take it, if there is any trace of Tao Zi, I will contact you immediately."
I put my phone in my pocket and didn't have time to study this new thing. I took Ye Zhan and Su Wan to look for it again, bumping around like headless flies, looking for whatever we bumped into and asking everyone we met if they had seen peaches.
But no, never. Taozi, it was as if she had disappeared from the face of the earth.
The sun gradually set, struggling in the west, with only half of it showing. Suddenly my cell phone rang, and I thought someone had called, so I took it out and answered it in a hurry, and sure enough, I heard Nan Nan's voice.
"Haozi." Nan Nan said, "The people I asked have all looked for her. The bad news is that Taozi's whereabouts are still unknown. The good news is that she is definitely not in a karaoke bar, sauna, club, or similar place. Several resident human traffickers were beaten to a pulp and said they had never seen Taozi. So don't worry. Taozi is not in the hands of the bad guys. We can look for her slowly..."
Bad Youth
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