Zhao Xiaomeng is a senior student. She took the train this time because she had just finished writing the first version of her graduation thesis at home and was preparing to return to school to check for plagiarism and make revisions.
As an ordinary college student, Zhao Xiaomeng likes to browse Weibo in her free time. She once forwarded some articles about saving people from human trafficking. She had just been awakened by a jar hitting her, and her mind was hazy. She couldn't distinguish between reality and dreams, but at this moment, for some reason, every bit of information just now suddenly became very clear in her mind.
A suspicion filled Zhao Xiaomeng's mind. Reason told her that it was impossible for her to be involved in a human trafficking case by such a coincidence. But now, for some reason, the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.
After raising her back, she looked at Wei Lan who was held in Mrs. Zhu's arms, and observed the two's performance carefully without making any expression.
Wei Lan's clothes were pink and tender, and obviously of high quality, in contrast to Mrs. Zhu's clothes which were of ordinary quality. His lower body was wrapped in a blanket by Mrs. Zhu, and no shoes could be seen.
Clothes are a questionable point, but we cannot rule out the possibility that the adults are reluctant to wear good clothes and spend all the money on their children.
The main point of doubt is the action. Even though Mrs. Zhu held him in her arms and patted him constantly, one could still see that Wei Lan's hands were in a resisting downward posture. Zhao Xiaomeng's nephew is about the same age. Compared with the little nephew at home, if he is a child who needs to be coaxed and is held by someone close to him, even if he is humming, his body will be very honest and hug the adult, and he will not be in this posture.
The body's instincts cannot lie.
Seeing Zhao Xiaomeng's gaze, Mrs. Zhu held Wei Lan's hand tighter, especially when she felt that she had no strength to struggle. Then Mrs. Zhu gave Zhao Xiaomeng an apologetic smile: "I'm sorry for what happened just now, my daughter."
The man next to them also apologized, and they looked like a simple couple.
"It doesn't matter."
Zhao Xiaomeng quickly shook her head and began to wonder if she was overthinking. However, her mind recalled the reported cases she had read before, and the comments from netizens she saw at that time appeared in her mind.
"Are the people around me so indifferent? And a five or six-year-old child should also resist, right? Just tell passers-by that you were abducted, right?"
"Human traffickers are very good at disguising themselves. Since children have poor expressive abilities, they deliberately say that they are ignorant and pretend to be innocent. Most people will be fooled."
"That's right, but maybe some people noticed something was wrong, but thought it was better to avoid trouble, so they didn't react because they were unsure, and missed the chance to save the child."
But now that he was faced with this possible situation, Zhao Xiaomeng hesitated.
Everyone is very active on the Internet, but when it comes to real-life socializing, many people will have social barriers. Zhao Xiaomeng is an example. If this is a misunderstanding, then everyone in the carriage will look at her, thinking that she is making a fuss and being suspicious. This is a difficult decision for the thin-skinned Zhao Xiaomeng, and it may cause her social death in the carriage until she gets off the train.
Am I just overthinking it?
Zhao Xiaomeng didn't want to keep staring at Wei Lan, for fear that Mrs. Zhu would discover her suspicion.
Wei Lan didn't have the strength to struggle anymore, so she continued to buy a lucky halo, then fell into Mrs. Zhu's arms and pretended to sleep, pretending that the sleeping pills were effective and that it was just an accident.
Mrs. Zhu felt that Wei Lan was not moving, as if he had fallen asleep. She gradually relaxed and prepared to continue sleeping. However, this time she held Wei Lan tightly and maintained a light sleep.
The light that was turned on because of the noise went out again, and silence returned to the carriage.
Zhao Xiaomeng couldn't sleep, so she took out her cell phone in annoyance, turned it to the lowest brightness, and started checking Weibo.
As she scrolled through the threads, she unconsciously came across some Weibo posts related to human trafficking and missing persons.
There are countless cases where a family is plunged into pain because the virus was not discovered in time. She looked through the responses from netizens and found that they were all positive. It has to be said that compared to the indifference in the real car, everyone's sense of justice erupted on the Internet.
Finally, Zhao Xiaomeng's fingers stopped at one reply.
'Anyway, if I really encounter this kind of situation, I would rather speak out. At most it will cause a misunderstanding. If it is not a misunderstanding, then a family will be saved.'
In the darkness, looking at Wei Lan being hugged by Mrs. Zhu, Zhao Xiaomeng swallowed and made a decision.
Zhao Xiaomeng picked up her cell phone and small bag, stood up, and pretended to go to the toilet.
This is normal and Mrs. Zhu didn't care.
Zhao Xiaomeng walked to the toilet in the middle of the carriage. She knew that there was usually a train attendant on duty at this location.
The male flight attendant thought Zhao Xiaomeng was going to the toilet, but he didn't expect the little girl to walk straight towards him.
"What's the matter?"
Zhao Xiaomeng calmed down and said, "Hello, I suspect the person sitting opposite me..."
Two or three minutes later, Zhao Xiaomeng returned to her seat as if nothing had happened, and it looked like she had just gone to the toilet.
About ten minutes later, it was almost 9 o'clock in the morning. The lights in the carriage were turned on, and three conductors came to check tickets and soon walked up to Mrs. Zhu.
"Hello, please show me your ID card and ticket."
Mrs. Zhu's expression seemed unchanged, but if you looked closely you could see that her eyebrows and eyes were a little nervous, and she motioned to the man next to her to get his ID.
The man searched his body for a while and found their ID cards and tickets.
During this process, Mrs. Zhu kept holding Wei Lan, as if she was afraid of waking her up.
The female flight attendant watching this scene smiled and asked, "How old is the child?"
"Uh..." Mrs. Zhu paused subconsciously, then quickly said, "Four years old, four years old."
"You're holding her so tightly that she's suffocating, right? The carriage is stuffy to begin with, you need to let go and let her breathe..."
As she spoke, the female conductor stretched out her hand and pretended to pull Wei Lan's collar.
Mrs. Zhu's whole body tensed up and she dodged the female conductor's hand almost instinctively.
The saying that a thief is always guilty is true. No matter how well Mrs. Zhu pretends, she can't help but show her cowardice when she encounters her natural enemy, the police.
It was this display of weakness that immediately changed the expressions of the flight attendants, who were originally just suspicious because of the report. They had originally thought that it was most likely a misunderstanding, but now they saw that there really was something going on!
Adults who are more vigilant may be alert when seeing others reaching out to their children, but when faced with a uniformed police officer, a normal person will only feel safe and will not subconsciously avoid them like Mrs. Zhu did.
"What's wrong?"
Mrs. Zhu's eyelids twitched, and she said carelessly, "No, she finally fell asleep."
The female conductor said with a wry smile, "Don't be nervous, ma'am. I noticed that the child was still motionless despite all the noise. Could he be suffocating? We have a doctor on the train who can check on the child for free."
"No, no, I just fell asleep." Mrs. Zhu kept covering Wei Lan with the quilt.
The female police officer suddenly asked: "What is the name of this child?"
"ah……"
Caught off guard, Mrs. Zhu didn't react and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
The man next to him said quickly: "Call me Xiaohua, Xiaohua..."
The male police officer asked again: "What's your name?"
"...Wang, Wang Xiaohua." The man was an uneducated man and he subconsciously said a name at this moment. In order to deal with possible questioning, they would prepare a name for the child.
However, Wei Lan had just been bought by them, and the seller was in a hurry, asking them to leave quickly. Normally, the train police would conduct interrogations in the afternoon, and the two men were woken up from their sleep at this time. Faced with the sudden interrogation, their brains froze for a moment, and they were immediately exposed in front of the suspicious police.
The leading male police officer immediately asked: "One of you is surnamed Zhang, the other is surnamed Zhu, and the child's surname is Wang?"
"Well……"
This question immediately made the two of them panic again.
The passengers who heard everything nearby also focused their attention, and after hearing this conversation, many of them began to make associations.
What made them panic was not the problem, but the suspicious look of the conductor.
"Yes, it's the third generation returning to the clan!" Mrs. Zhu finally reacted and said quickly.
In fact, at this time, it would not be a big deal to say that they were nephew and niece. However, not only the police, but other people around were also suspicious. Mrs. Zhu and her husband were doomed, and it was no longer convincing to say anything more at this time.
"You don't know anything. Could it be that you are holding someone else's child?"
The man sitting opposite them also said: "Yes, if it is your child, you can take it to the doctor to check if there is any problem?"
The people nearby also started to join in. If there had been no police to take the lead in questioning, no one would have doubted. Even if they had doubts, they would have convinced themselves to give up the idea. The first bird to stick its head out will be shot. However, after someone took the lead, the crowd would stand on the side of justice and even take the initiative to help.
"This child is very naughty and noisy when he wakes up. Don't gather here. He is really my child..." Of course, Mrs. Zhu did not dare to hand over Wei Lan and could only continue to stalemate with the police.
However, it was useless to hold on. After ten minutes of stalemate, still on the train, with the strong actions of the conductor and the support of the people around him, the dazed Wei Lan was taken into the hands of the police.
The female police officer noticed something was wrong and touched Wei Lan's sleeves and trouser legs, her brows furrowed tightly.
"It's still wet."
This touch confirmed that they were not Wei Lan's parents. If they were really relatives, why didn't they notice that the child's clothes and trousers were so wet, and no one cared? Wei Lan didn't even have shoes on his feet.
"Platform, platform. There is something wrong in carriage 9 of train G4I63. A suspected kidnapping has occurred. The next stop is City D. Local officers on duty please prepare..."
After confirming the situation, it was naturally impossible to leave Wei Lan in the hands of these two human traffickers, so the train police directly informed the platform staff on duty at the next stop.
The female police officer took Wei Lan to the doctor on duty, and the remaining two male conductors, with the help of enthusiastic passengers, handcuffed the pale-faced Mrs. Zhu and the man, and took them to the other end of the train for guarding.
A kidnapping case was solved right before their eyes, and the passengers in the entire carriage were extremely excited. They either shared the situation on social media or called their families.
Zhao Xiaomeng's face flushed and her heart was filled with excitement. Her suspicion was correct. She saved a family!
Soon someone uploaded the video of the incident to Weibo, which instantly became a hot topic.
#Child abducted found in moving train#
Zhao Xiaomeng, the person involved, was a little slow. She was scrolling through a Weibo post that showed the clearest video shot by the big brother next to her. She saw herself in the video with a dazed and nervous look on her face. Although she was a little annoyed, it was not enough to affect her joyful mood.
While scrolling through the comments from netizens under the video, suddenly, very quickly, one comment had too many likes and replies, and was quickly seen by Zhao Xiaomeng.
'Isn't this Wei Sijia's sister Lanlan?'
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