"Mom, this girl is so pitiful, let's take her to the hospital together!"
Fu Ling tugged at Fu Wan's clothes, looking at the little mute girl with a pained expression.
The most urgent thing right now is to get the child to the hospital.
"Comrade, why don't you come to the hospital with us?"
The police officer who was questioning her was also having a bit of a headache. This child really didn't seem to be able to speak. When asked her name, where she came from, and who her family was, she would just keep shaking her head.
The police were going to take her to the hospital, but the child clung to Fu Wan's clothes and wouldn't let go.
A policeman tried to coax the child into letting go of Fu Wan's clothes, but she silently shed tears, tears that broke Fu Wan's heart.
"Come on, your aunt and sister will go to the hospital with you."
The county hospital wasn't far from where they were, and the police officers were on their way to take them there on bicycles when Fu San spotted them from a great distance.
"Ah Wan, what are you doing?"
They had agreed to meet at the supply and marketing cooperative, but he saw these people on the roadside from a great distance.
When Fu Wan saw Fu San coming over, she quickly got into the car with the child.
She didn't notice that the little mute boy in her arms, whose eyes were originally tightly closed, tightened his grip on Fu Wan's clothes even more after hearing Fu San's words.
"Third Uncle, let's go to the hospital first. There's a child here who still has a fever."
Having a fever is a serious matter; if a high fever doesn't go down, it can cause mental impairment.
Upon hearing this, Fu San immediately started the car, and the police officers also got in. They arrived at the hospital in just a few minutes.
The busiest places in the hospital are the emergency room and the pediatrics department. It was only through the coordination of the police that the little mute boy was immediately sent to the emergency room.
After the doctor finished examining her, she didn't look too good.
"This child is malnourished and has been frightened. You need to let her rest and recover properly."
She paused for two seconds, then said somewhat uncertainly, "You said she can't speak, but I checked her vocal cords and throat, and they're fine. We'll do a few more tests when she wakes up to see if there's any chance of recovery."
After saying that, he told Fu Wan to pay the medical expenses.
Upon seeing this, the two policemen quickly reached into their pockets and took out money.
The medical bill came to a little over five yuan, and the two policemen only had a little over two yuan between them. Both of them gave an embarrassed smile.
"Comrade, why don't you wait here for a bit, and I'll run back to the station to scrape together some more?"
Fu Wan waved her hand, returned the two yuan to them, and told Fu Ming to take the money to pay off the fees first.
"Comrades, you are such good people. If everyone in this society were as good as you, we wouldn't have to work overtime all the time."
The policeman took the money with embarrassment, and the two men's opinion of Fu Wan and her companions rose to a new level.
Seeing that the little mute boy had fallen asleep after receiving a fever-reducing injection, and that someone from the police station was taking care of him, Fu Wan remembered that she still needed to go to the Fisheries Administration Bureau to find Zhao Gang.
"Comrade, what are your plans for this child?"
Now, the older police officer Zhang Xiang, standing nearby, replied, "Of course, we'll send her back to her home!"
Fu Wan hadn't forgotten what the old woman had said before: someone in her family had asked her to sell the child. If she went back, wouldn't she be like a lamb entering a tiger's den?
The young police officer next to Zhang Xiang, Zhang Li, who had just joined the force, disagreed upon hearing this. "Brother Xiang, who knows, maybe her family sold her to an old woman. It's better not to go back to a family like that!"
Fu Wan agreed with this statement, but she also knew that the police had to follow their rules and regulations when handling matters.
"Comrade, if this child can't remember his family, or doesn't want to go back, what will you do in the end?"
Zhang Xiang thought for a moment, "Maybe we should send them to an orphanage and wait for a kind person to adopt them!"
Hearing this, Fu Ling couldn't hold back any longer. "Mom, let's take this older sister back. I'll share my food with her."
Fu Wan patted her head, "Aren't you afraid your sister will take your things away?"
Fu Ling shook her head. "What can be taken away isn't mine anyway. Mom, this older sister is so pitiful. Let's take her home!"
Imagine if the little mute girl were eventually sent to an orphanage and adopted by a kind person, that would be good. But if she encountered bad people, she would regret it.
"Comrade, I'll take this child with me. If her family has any news about her in the future, please call the Fujia Village Committee."
Zhang Xiang and Zhang Li were both surprised. When they were taking their statements, they learned that Fu Wan was a single mother and that Fu Ming, who was standing next to her, was her brother, not her husband.
Raising a child is already difficult enough for a single mother, and now another one has come along...
"Comrade, this is a child, not a kitten or puppy. Why don't you go back and discuss it with your family?"
Before Fu Wan could say anything, Fu Ming stated directly, "Our family listens to my sister. If she says to take them back, then we'll take them back. We're fishermen; we can support the children."
Since the matter had been made so bluntly, Zhang Xiang had no choice but to borrow the hospital's phone to call his team leader and inquire about the feasibility of the matter.
The police officers at the police station were extremely busy. Human trafficking was rampant at this time. They hadn't even figured out who was behind Shen Guoliang last time, and the gang behind the old lady they arrested today was even more formidable.
So when Zhang Xiang's team leader heard that the enthusiastic citizen Fu Wan wanted to take the mute child and raise him herself, there was nothing more to say, and he immediately agreed.
He was in charge of the case when Fu Wan's daughter was abducted, so he knew Fu Wan's family situation very well. Not to mention, he had received a notice from his own director at the time, asking him to speed up the search for the child.
So Fu Wan is no ordinary fisherman; she can even talk to the head of the police station. It's just a matter of taking the child back to raise him, which saves them the trouble of worrying about what to do with the child's family after they find him.
With the team leader's approval, Zhang Xiang notified Fu Wan as quickly as possible. Not long after, the little mute boy woke up. The doctor examined him again and determined that the child's inability to speak was a psychological problem.
Psychological problems?
Fu Wan's eyes instantly filled with pity as she looked at the little mute boy. Even Fu Ming and Fu San shook their heads, knowing that the child must have suffered a lot.
Fu Ling held the little mute boy's hand and said, "Sister, come home with me. We'll play together from now on!"
After saying goodbye to Zhang Xiang and Zhang Li, Fu Wan and the others headed to the Fisheries Administration Bureau.
It was already past 3 p.m., and Fu Wan was just trying her luck. If Zhao Gang wasn't at the station, she would have to hand over the giant clam shells another time.
Unexpectedly, before the security guard could even ask why they were there, Li Jun, who had come to Fujia Village with Zhao Gang that morning, drove in.
"Comrade Fu, is there something you need?"
Li Jun's usually serious face was unusually smiling, which startled the security guard.
These people look ordinary, but they actually know people around the bureau chief. They must be someone important!
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