Chapter 69 Calling the Police
When Cheng Da's wife heard that Cheng Yaozu was missing, her face turned pale. Her eyes were filled with worry for her child, and she put all her anger on Cheng Er's wife.
"Mom said she wanted to test the child's abilities, but you're really that confident? Can't you just sneak around and see for yourself? He's your own son!"
After she finished cursing, she ran straight outside. Her panic-stricken expression made it seem that she was even more anxious than Cheng Er's wife.
Grandma Cheng was also crying and sitting on the ground, slapping her thighs: "Oh, my precious grandson, my life, the root!"
Old lady Cheng pointed at Chen Zhuyi tremblingly.
"I'm warning you, if anything happens to my grandson, I'll die with him. Let everyone outside know that it was you who forced me to death!"
Seeing Grandma Cheng's performance, Cheng's second daughter-in-law suppressed her dissatisfaction and advised with gritted teeth: "Don't worry about it. The most important thing now is to find the child first!"
Soon, all the families were alarmed, and a group of people clamored together to look for the child.
Chen Zhuyi also followed them, his dark eyes filled with a hint of anxiety, his brows furrowed tightly. "A good child wouldn't just disappear without a word. Or, should we call the police?"
"That's right, call the police right now! My grandson must have been kidnapped by some bad guys. If anything happens to him, I'll die!"
Apart from threatening people with her own life, Grandma Cheng couldn't think of anything else at the moment.
When Chen Zhu heard her words, he sighed, and a hint of complexity flashed across his eyes.
For these mothers, their own lives seem to be the most important and the most threatening to others. Therefore, Aunt Lu gave her life just to make her daughter get what she wanted.
Chen Zhuyi didn't have this position, and he couldn't blame her, but he couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart. All Chen Zhuyi could do was to draw a clear line with those people in the Lu family from now on.
Take a big step forward, do whatever you want, and have a clear conscience!
After searching for a whole day, Chen Zhuyi was exhausted and out of breath. The other teachers were also extremely tired, but they returned empty-handed.
When everyone gathered together, Grandma Cheng just threw a tantrum and rolled around, howling and wailing: "My grandson, if he hadn't gone to this damn school of yours, nothing would have happened to him. Give my grandson back to me!"
The village is so small that many people have heard the news, and many people are kind enough to help Grandma Cheng look for her. Now they all have the same worried look on their faces.
Children are treasures in every family’s heart. Who would be willing to put their children in a dangerous place?
"You teachers didn't pay enough attention to the children's whereabouts. Now that something happened, you put all the blame on us!" After crying for a long time, Grandma Cheng looked at others angrily with sharp eyes.
Teacher Liu and Principal Liu had also been helping to search outside all day today. They were so tired that they didn't even have the energy to speak. When they heard this slander out of the blue, their faces immediately turned ugly.
"You should speak with conscience. If we are really pretending, then we don't have to join you in the search. There are so many students who still have classes to attend."
Chen Zhu retorted bluntly, with a hint of seriousness in his eyes.
As they were talking, Huo Jinzhi and Cheng Zhuoyue came over together.
"We just received news today that a group of human traffickers have gathered nearby. They are best at committing crimes in groups... We should have reminded everyone to be vigilant earlier." Cheng Zhuoyue said, but there was a hint of coldness in his eyes.
This is an island, and normally the only ships coming in and out are merchant ships. However, there have been some recent arrangements to do business with coastal countries, so there are more ships here.
They just received the news recently and came to inform everyone as soon as possible.
"My grandson has been captured. What's the point of you coming here and saying these sarcastic remarks now?" Grandma Cheng just wanted this group of people to give her an explanation.
Even though she was almost dying of anxiety, she did nothing.
"We will send someone to look for it right now. Some of the ships recently are from abroad, so we can't be too drastic." Cheng Zhuoyue sighed with a bitter face and gave a simple explanation.
If the issue were to reach a national level, they would not be able to bear the responsibility. However, Cheng Yaozu is just a little kid and he shouldn't be able to get too far.
"Then... during this period of time, we will not let the children come here to study, so as to avoid any more trouble." A woman hugged her child and spoke immediately. Seeing this, others followed suit and left with their children.
After a while, the place became a little deserted.
"Since the children aren't coming over anymore, let's just have a holiday for a while. As teachers, you should go out more often and see if there are any children around."
Principal Liu originally wanted to persuade them to keep the children, but now seeing that only the backs of the group were left, he could only remind the teachers.
"Principal, let's take all the children back to school first. We have the police and others to look for Cheng Yaozu. We can't let the children disappear again."
Chen Zhu looked at Principal Liu and tentatively put forward his own idea.
If children are really left at home all the time, they will naturally run around outside without anyone tempting them, and that is when they are most likely to go missing.
But it’s different when the children are in school. The teachers will count the number of students every day, and if one is missing, someone will investigate immediately.
Isn’t Cheng Yaozu’s case the best example?
"Don't worry about other children. Find our Yaozu first, otherwise... I will make it so that your school can't open!" Grandma Cheng threatened with gritted teeth, and the dissatisfaction in her tone was about to overflow.
Chen Zhuyi glared at her coldly, and went with Principal Liu to persuade the other parents first.
As soon as Commander Lu received the information, he immediately sent people to investigate and search.
But a day and a night passed, and they had almost searched the island thoroughly, but still did not see Cheng Yaozu.
Tom and others came again, and Chen Zhuyi was specifically invited to serve as a translator on their ocean cruise ship.
Huo Jinzhi was responsible for communicating with these people. Seeing Chen Zhuyi looking a little tired, the words were lingering on his lips, but he didn't know how to say them out loud.
"Tell me if you have anything to say." Chen Zhu looked at Huo Jinzhi standing not far away, walked up to him with a smile, stretched his muscles briefly, and looked full of energy again: "As long as I can help, I'm willing to do anything!"
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