Two-in-one
Jiaojiao is missing!
Li Yubai strode into the welfare home and suddenly stopped when he saw the brightly lit yard and the staff members anxiously searching everywhere. His hands hanging by his side clenched tightly as strange emotions surged in his heart. His cold and handsome profile was covered with a terrifying chill under the gray-yellow light, especially his eyes, which were like a night without any stars or moonlight, dark and deep, with a sense of oppression, which made people feel nervous for some reason.
Li Yubai, who maintained his rationality, stood in place and scanned the layout of the welfare home, then walked towards the monitoring room of the welfare home very accurately. Ignoring the staff's obstruction, he took the person aside, closed the door, and started to adjust the surveillance himself.
Although the welfare home has surveillance cameras, most of them have been damaged due to various reasons and lack of funds. Only the surveillance cameras in the children's sleeping and playing areas will be replaced if they are broken. If the surveillance cameras in other places are broken, they will be repaired at a cost of money. If they cannot be repaired, they will be used as decorations.
Therefore, the staff who were well aware of this did not react and check the surveillance at the first time, because in their subconscious minds, these surveillance cameras were just for decoration.
Li Yubai frowned slightly when he noticed this, calculated the time when he left, and quickly called up the surveillance footage of the children's rooms and playgrounds during that period to start checking. Soon, he saw a three-year-old child talking to Jiaojiao, and then the two walked out hand in hand.
There was surveillance footage some distance away from the room, but it was no longer available in the past. That is, from that time on, Jiaojiao's figure never appeared in the welfare home's surveillance footage again.
Coming out of the monitoring room, Li Yubai stood in the yard and looked around, accurately finding Guoguo among the children who were watching the excitement in the corridor.
He was about to walk over but stopped again. Knowing that his current state would probably scare the child to tears, he turned around and walked towards the staff member nearby and said something to her.
After hearing Li Yubai's words, the staff hesitated for a moment, then walked up to Guoguo, squatted down, and asked softly, "Guoguo, do you know where Jiaojiao went?"
When asked, Guo Guo blinked, thought for a moment, and then shook his head: "I can't say."
Seeing that she really knew, the staff member couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After glancing at Li Yubai behind him, he turned around and took Guoguo's hand and said, "Jiaojiao is still very young. It would be dangerous for him to be alone. Besides, he hasn't had dinner yet. He must be starving now. If Guoguo knows, please tell Auntie, okay?"
Seeing that her aunt was worried, Guoguo said with a worry-free look: "Jiaojiao has gone to find his father. He won't be hungry. Don't worry, auntie."
Hearing this, Li Yubai took a deep breath. Unable to wait any longer, he couldn't help but speak. He controlled his tone and tried to appear calmer: "Are you saying that Jiaojiao has left the orphanage?"
Realizing that she had let the cat out of the bag, Guoguo raised her hand to cover her mouth and shook her head without answering.
"Little girl, your name is Guoguo, right?" Li Yubai squatted down. To avoid scaring her, he didn't look at her. Instead, he lowered his eyelids to hide the turmoil in his eyes. His tone sounded very gentle as he said, "I'm the father Jiaojiao is looking for. He didn't find me and is probably lost now. Can you tell me where Jiaojiao left?"
Hearing that Jiaojiao was lost, Guoguo opened her eyes wide in surprise, and without covering her mouth, she anxiously pointed to the back of the warehouse: "Jiaojiao left from there."
Li Yubai glanced at the back wall and walked in that direction.
This welfare home is very old. The wall coverings on the back wall have fallen off a lot and look very mottled. Li Yubai took a careful look and found that the grass in the right corner had been trampled. He walked over and squatted down to take a look and found a very small dog hole here.
He estimated that with Jiaojiao's size, she could indeed squeeze through, and the moss on the surface also showed signs of being wiped off.
Li Yubai, realizing this, hung up the call to the police, stood up, took two steps back, took a running start and jumped, grabbed the edge of the wall with his arms and flipped over with force.
The security guard who arrived later was stunned. He looked at the wall which was about three meters high. Guessing that he couldn't climb over it, he turned around and ran towards the gate.
After climbing over the courtyard wall, there is a straight alley. After walking along the alley for about ten minutes, you will come to a three-way intersection. In the dim alley, there is only a crooked street lamp in the distance. The bright light shines into the alley from afar, but it can only provide weak illumination and you can't even see anything on the ground.
Li Yubai took out his cell phone, turned on the flashlight, shone it on the ground, and lowered his head to observe carefully.
This alley was probably rarely walked by people, and there were many pebbles and dust on the ground. Li Yubai searched carefully and saw some cat's footprints and a small shoe print in the corner of the alley wall in the front left.
He put away his phone and walked quickly toward the front of the alley.
At this moment, a silver-roofed Maybach pulled up in front of the Chenyang Stationery Store. Seeing this, Chen Xiaoxiao, who was standing obediently with Jiaojiao and the others, was filled with surprise. "Oh my goodness! This kid is from a rich family?!"
As soon as the car stopped, Jun Che got out anxiously, ran over, grabbed Jiaojiao's hand and started asking a series of urgent questions: "Jiaojiao, are you okay? Are you hungry? Are you cold? Are you thirsty? Are you feeling unwell?"
Bewildered by the string of questions, Jiaojiao blinked a few times before shaking her head and answering each one seriously: "I'm fine. I'm not hungry, cold, thirsty, or feeling unwell."
After receiving all negative answers, Jun Che breathed a sigh of relief and dragged Jiao Jiao towards the car: "Let's go home first, and then we'll find your dad, okay?"
After thinking about it for a while, Jiaojiao nodded her head and smiled softly at Jun Che: "Okay."
Jun Zhengyu, who got out of the car next, was very surprised by Jun Che's rare liveliness and enthusiasm. He was a little jealous that Jun Che was so enthusiastic and anxious about someone he had only met twice, but at the same time, he was happy for Jun Che's change.
His younger brother was always quiet and steady, without any liveliness, nothing like other kids of his age. Just looking at him made people worried. But now he seemed more lively.
Thinking about this, he looked at the child whose hand was held by his brother and asked, "Little Jiaojiao, do you still remember me?"
"Remember, Brother Zhengyu." Jiaojiao raised her head and said crisply.
Jun Zhengyu had a smile in his upturned eyes. He reached out and ruffled Jiaojiao's furry head. Then he squatted down and picked him up by his armpits. "Let's go. I'll take you for a ride."
As soon as the small, soft ball fell into his arms, Jun Zhengyu's eyes froze, and he subconsciously loosened his arms around Jiaojiao, as if afraid of hurting him.
After being picked up, Jiaojiao automatically adjusted herself to a comfortable position and then lay obediently in Jun Zhengyu's arms.
Jun Che, who was standing on the ground and suddenly lost his little friend, looked up and tugged at the corner of Jun Zhengyu's clothes, his little face full of dissatisfaction.
Jun Zhengyu came to his senses and looked down at him when he felt the force of him pulling at the corner of his clothes. The smile on his face became more intense. Children look cute like this.
Seeing that his brother didn't return Jiaojiao to him, Jun Che snorted softly.
Before Jiaojiao, who was held by Jun Zhengyu, left, she waved her little paws to Chen Xiaoxiao, who was still standing at the door of the stationery store: "Goodbye, Sister Xiaoxiao?"
"Okay, goodbye." Chen Xiaoxiao also raised her hand and waved, feeling a little reluctant that she would never see such a cute little cub again.
Jun Zhengyu, holding Jiaojiao, turned around and met the gaze of his uncle in the car.
Lu Jie in the car turned his head to look, his pale profile carrying a gloomy and terrifying chill. His gaze fell on Jiaojiao in Jun Zhengyu's arms, his eyes filled with complex and indistinguishable emotions.
Realizing this, Jun Zhengyu subconsciously moved sideways to block Jiaojiao in his arms.
Lu Jie noticed his action and raised his thick eyelashes slightly. He glanced at Jun Zhengyu and then looked away.
Lu Jie is Jun Che's mother's younger brother. He is 31 years old this year. He had an accident two years ago and became a vegetable. He has been lying in bed for two years. He just woke up two months ago. During this period, he has been in a daze and couldn't distinguish between reality and dreams. It was not until yesterday afternoon that he suddenly woke up and suddenly distinguished between reality and dreams.
He came to see Jun Che today. He had heard that Jun Che was going out to look for Jiaojiao, so he followed him.
Lu Jie had no ill will towards the child who saved his nephew, he just wanted to meet him.
During the two years he was in a vegetative state, he seemed to have experienced a not very good life.
In the dream, his sister's son Jun Che was taken away and was not rescued in time. The Jun family paid the kidnappers money according to their demands. However, the kidnappers' appetite grew bigger and bigger, and they repeatedly extorted huge amounts of money from the Jun family five times.
In the end, although it took half a month to successfully locate the kidnappers and rescue Jun Che, he was not well taken care of during the period of kidnapping. When he had a fever, the kidnappers did not dare to send him to the hospital. They just fed him some medicine and left him alone. As a result, Jun Che had been burned unconscious when he was finally rescued.
In his dream, Lu Jie clearly remembered that on the day Jun Che was kidnapped, a stabbing incident occurred on the vegetable street in Taipei City, resulting in two deaths and one injury. The next day, a venomous snake bite incident occurred in Time and Space Zaizai. Two of the five little guests participating in Time and Space Zaizai were bitten, and because they were not sent to the hospital in time, the rescue was ineffective.
These events that occurred in the dream caused quite a stir at the time, but in reality, none of them happened. Or perhaps they did happen, but because of a factor that was not originally there, the results became different.
Lu Jie couldn't tell whether the memory that existed in his memory and was filled with deep pain was his real experience and rebirth as described in the novel, or it was just a prophetic, illusory and desolate dream.
From Lu Jie's subjective point of view, he would rather it was just an illusory dream with a hint of prophecy than something he had actually experienced.
Thinking of this, Lu Jie, who was driving, glanced through the rearview mirror at Jiaojiao who was sitting obediently in the seat.
Sitting in the car, Jiaojiao suddenly thought of something and raised her little head. She reached out and tugged at Jun Zhengyu's clothes, and said anxiously, "Brother Zhengyu, Jiaojiao's yogurt is left with Sister Xiaoxiao."
Jiaojiao had specially reserved half of the yogurt for her father. When Xiaoxiao found out, she said it would taste better if refrigerated, so she helped Jiaojiao put the yogurt in the refrigerator of the convenience store next door. Unexpectedly, Jiaojiao accidentally forgot about it when she left.
Hearing this, Jun Zhengyu looked up at Lu Jie who was in the driver's seat. Before he could say anything, Lu Jie turned around and drove back.
After noticing the car had turned back, Jiaojiao stretched her neck to look at Lu Jie in front of her, her childish voice slightly soft, "Thank you, uncle."
Lu Jie glanced sideways at Jiaojiao and said in a hoarse voice, "You're welcome."
The car turned around and drove back to the entrance of Chenyang Stationery Store in about five minutes.
Jiaojiao got out of the car and didn't see Chen Xiaoxiao at the door, so she ran into the stationery store with her short legs. After looking around and not seeing her, she raised her voice and called out, "Sister Xiaoxiao!"
In the far corner of the stationery store, Chen Xiaoxiao, who looked unconscious, was lying on the ground with a tape on her mouth and blood all over her face. After hearing Jiaojiao's voice, she immediately realized that this was her last chance. She immediately struggled desperately, making hoarse grunting sounds.
The man didn't expect her to suddenly struggle and didn't check for a moment, causing her to swing her arms and legs and kick down a lot of stationery.
Jiaojiao blinked when she heard the sound outside the door. Just as she was about to step in, Jun Zhengyu, who followed behind, grabbed her by the collar.
Jiaojiao shook her head and looked at Jun Zhengyu. Just as she was about to speak, she saw him put his finger to his lips and make a hushing sound.
Although Jiaojiao didn't understand what he meant, she still raised her hand to cover her mouth obediently.
Seeing this, Zheng Yu smiled and couldn't help pinching Jiaojiao's little face, praising her with his mouth, "You did a great job."
After seeing his mouth shape, Jiaojiao smiled with her eyes curved.
Jun Zhengyu glanced at the layout of the stationery store. It was not a very big store, but all kinds of books and stationery filled up the three shelves and corridors.
There were traces of dragging between the corridors and the shelves. The boxes containing books piled on the ground were moved to their original positions, and many stationery items on the shelves were knocked down, some of which were stained with faint bloodstains.
These cannot be detected at first glance, but Jun Zhengyu comes from a military family. He has received military education from his grandfather since he was a child, and he is sent to the army for training every summer vacation. In addition, he is very interested in these things. When he is free, he will often go to the real-life outdoor shooting club opened by Xiao Jingxing's family to play. His sensitivity to certain things is much higher than that of ordinary people.
His nostrils hummed as he sniffed the smell of blood mixed with the ink in the air. A hint of depth as if he saw his prey flashed in his dark pupils, and the upturned corners of his eyes made him look wild.
He put Jiaojiao down and whispered something in her ear. Seeing Jiaojiao nodding seriously with her fists clenched, he couldn't help grinning. Then he turned around and squatted with his long legs bent, his upper body slightly bent, his waistline tight, his thin and sharp back bent, like a cheetah about to ambush, he walked silently around the bookshelf and disappeared from sight.
"Sister Xiaoxiao!" Jiaojiao, who had received Jun Zhengyu's instructions, clenched her fists and looked around, shouting, "Jiaojiao's yogurt is left here with you."
Jiaojiao, who had called for Sister Xiaoxiao for a long time but didn't see her, tilted her head and thought for a while, then ran to the back of the counter and climbed onto the stool with difficulty on tiptoe, as if she was going to look for her on her own since no one was there.
The short man standing in the corner saw this scene through the gap between the shelves. He closed his eyes and was about to retreat to the corner after not realizing the danger.
At this moment, Jun Zhengyu, who had come around behind him at some point, took a large stapler and smashed it hard on the back of his head. The man felt dizzy from the sudden blow and ran away while holding the shelf without looking back.
Seeing this, Jun Zhengyu, who was holding a stapler, grinned, revealing his sharp fangs. He gathered his strength and kicked the man who was stumbling out in the lower back, knocking him to the ground.
Jun Zhengyu's sense of power is really amazing. He usually looks like a noble young man, but when he fights, he exudes a fierce and wild ruthlessness.
Jiaojiao, who was behind the counter outside, heard the noise, her eyes widened, and she ran out in a hurry, waving her hands and feet.
Jun Zhengyu's brother said that if you hear any noise, run outside immediately and don't worry about him. He is very good at fighting and few people can beat him.
Obedient Jiaojiao ran out and saw her father striding out from the alley. Her eyes lit up immediately: "Dad!"
Li Yubai looked up when he heard the sound and saw Jiaojiao running fast on her short legs.
He strode forward, squatted down to catch Jiaojiao who was rushing towards him, raised his hand to press the back of his round head, and held his entire little body in his arms.
With her face lying on her father's arms, Jiaojiao, sensing that her father was in a bad mood, moved her little head and looked up at him: "Dad, what's wrong with you?"
Hearing his familiar little voice, Li Yubai lowered his head to look at him, and all the emotions churning in his dark eyes disappeared. After a while, he said, "I was scared by you."
Jiaojiao reached out and touched her little face in confusion: "Jiaojiao doesn't look scary, does she?"
Li Yubai pinched Jiaojiao's face expressionlessly: "Scary, very scary."
Hearing this, Jiaojiao covered her entire face with her two hands, leaving only her two eyes exposed as she looked towards her father: "Hey, Daddy, are you feeling better?"
Li Yubai touched his head and replied softly, "Yeah, much better."
Jiaojiao curved her eyes, then looked towards the stationery store and whispered to her father, "Dad, brother Jun Zhengyu is beating up the bad guys in there."
Li Yubai nodded, his eyes fixed on Jiaojiao from beginning to end without moving away, and he showed no sign of going to help.
Lu Jie, who was leaning against the car, glanced at Li Yubai and then turned his attention to the name of Chenyang Stationery Store. He was not worried about Jun Zhengyu, nor did he intend to go in to help.
His nephew had been trained by Grandpa Jun since he was a child. He was proficient in all kinds of fighting and had a fierce and reckless spirit. Three or five ordinary people couldn't get in his way. If he went in after just crawling out of the hospital bed, it was hard to say whether he would be helping or causing trouble.
Sure enough, after a while Jun Zhengyu came out dragging a short man with blood all over his head and face.
Lu Jie reached out to cover the eyes of Jun Che beside him, and looked down at the man who was dragged out by Jun Zhengyu. Various emotions rolled violently in his eyes, but in an instant they turned into a deeper darkness.
In his dream, it seemed that during the time when Jun Che was kidnapped, a serial murder case occurred in Beijing. One of the victims was a female college student who worked in a stationery store. The report at the time seemed to say that she had just graduated and happened to be showing the stationery store to her aunt that day, and she was unfortunately killed.
Lu Jie didn't know if the man in front of him was the serial killer. He looked at Jun Zhengyu, whose face was stained with blood but looked even more feral, and asked, "Dead?"
Jun Zhengyu was shocked: "How is that possible? I was very measured in my actions."
Even as he said this, he squatted down worriedly and reached out to feel the man's pulse. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that it was still beating.
"Why did you drag him out if he's not dead? Aren't you afraid of scaring the children?" Lu Jie said as he glanced at Jun Che beside him, and Jiaojiao who was also having her eyes covered by Li Yubai not far away.
Jun Zhengyu scratched his head innocently, the wildness on his face disappeared, and a silly temperament emerged instead: "I just want to show off. Besides, it would be more scary if he was dragged out dead, okay?"
Lu Jie glanced at him: "Where are they?"
"Who?"
“The man from the stationery store.”
"It's bad!" Jun Zhengyu slapped his head, turned around and ran back, forgetting the victim.
Ten minutes later, police cars and ambulances arrived one after another. The criminal and Chen Xiaoxiao were sent to the hospital, while Lu Jie, Jun Che, Jun Zhengyu, Jiaojiao, Li Yubai and others got into the police car and were taken back to the police station.
Since Li Yubai came here to find Jiaojiao, he did not participate in the incident and simply recorded his statement and left.
On the contrary, Lu Jie, Jun Che, Jiaojiao and others who were involved in the incident had to give slightly more statements, but it didn't take much time. Only Jun Zhengyu, who had assaulted someone, needed some time to be interrogated.
Lu Jie didn't wait for Jun Zhengyu to make any plans. He brought Jun Che out after recording his statement. Seeing Li Yubai who also came out with Jiaojiao in his arms, he invited them to get in the car and planned to take them home.
Li Yubai didn't refuse and got into the car with Jiaojiao in his arms.
In the moving car, Jiaojiao, sitting in her father's arms, lowered her head and played with her father's hands.
Li Yubai's gaze fell on the back of his round head, and he suddenly closed his palms and grabbed Jiaojiao's small hand.
Jiaojiao, whose hand was suddenly grabbed by her father, looked up at her father and laughed happily, her dark and clear eyes reflected Li Yubai's cold face.
Li Yubai has a very aggressive look, and his eyes are dull, and he has a natural indifference in his bones. No children were willing to play with him since he was a child, so there was no family affection or friendship mixed in his growth.
Knowing that his emotional deficiency would only improve with more emotional exposure, Li Yubai had been trying to make friends and get close to Li's parents since he was a child, but the results were often unsatisfactory.
All those who approached him and were willing to be his friends did so with an ulterior motive, and Li's parents merely trained him as a group manager. They knew his abilities and hoped that he would lead the Li Group to greater heights, so they squeezed his rest time in various ways. Since he was eight years old, he had almost no time of his own, and all his time was arranged tightly, like a robot implanted with a program.
He knew that what they did was wrong, but he had no intention of resisting because they were his parents, and he did not have the ability to resist.
When a person rebels against something, it's because they feel oppressed, uncomfortable, or dislike it, or because it makes them feel uncomfortable, unhappy, disgusted, or disgusted. Unfortunately, their emotional deficiency prevents them from experiencing these emotions, and they behave in a submissive manner, like a true robot, without any thoughts of resistance, resentment, or dissatisfaction.
However, these "programs" that controlled this "robot" of his were "destroyed" two years ago when it was revealed that he was not a descendant of the Li family. After no one clearly arranged his future life, Li Yubai was confused for a while. He didn't have anything in particular he wanted, no goals he was persistent in achieving, and no favorite career or things. During that time, he couldn't find a reason to live.
However, all these confusions were briefly dispelled when the scout handed him his business card again. He thought that maybe he could stir his own emotions by acting out other people's lives.
Thus, he entered the entertainment industry with a rare self-motivated purpose.
However, interpreting someone else's life did not cause any emotional fluctuations in him. Instead, because there was no emotion in his eyes and his expression was in place but lacked emotion in his interpretation, he was criticized and became a hot topic.
Fortunately, he entered the entertainment industry and encountered various things, which forced him to sell his house and move. Then, on that rainy day, he met a child who could arouse his emotions.
Li Yubai looked at Jiaojiao who had fallen asleep in his arms without him knowing when. Seeing him sleeping with his mouth slightly open and breathing, his eyes couldn't help but soften.
He lowered his head and gently rubbed Jiaojiao's face. The warm touch came from their touching cheeks. The heart that had been lifted up since he learned that Jiaojiao was missing finally settled down at this moment.
Lu Jie was looking at Jiaojiao's sleeping face through the rearview mirror, and then he looked away after meeting Li Yubai's gaze.
He was thinking seriously at this moment, could it be that this child is the reincarnation of a koi?
Koi fish on earth?
Otherwise, how come those who were supposed to be in trouble always managed to turn misfortune into safety when he was around?!
Once or twice is a coincidence, three or four times is metaphysics!
Should he make a golden statue of the child in his image and bring it home to worship?
Lu Jie, whose mind was a little unclear after sleeping for two years, was thinking seriously.
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