"Little sister, don't be afraid. When trouble comes, there's no use being afraid. We'll search. As long as he's on this earth, we'll find Hanhan." Qi Si's eyes were gloomy. He picked up the little sister and rubbed his slightly stubbled face against hers. The little sister hugged his neck tightly and sobbed silently.
Calm down, calm down.
After Hanhan's previous disappearance, Qin Xiaoyu had gained some experience. Finding a child wasn't something that could be done by running around the world aimlessly.
Hanhan is not a child who is playing at a classmate's house and doesn't come back. It's very likely that she went with someone and was left behind without being released.
Looking at it now, the Zhou family is the most suspicious.
She gritted her teeth, walked to the phone, and dialed the number she least wanted to dial. What did face matter when she was looking for her child?
When the guard, Xiao Chen, answered the phone and heard it was Qin Xiaoyu, he was so frightened that he stammered.
"Little Fish Sister, is that you?"
"Who? Who are you calling 'sister'?! Hang up!" Zhou Xing's mother roared sharply from the phone.
The call abruptly ended.
Qin Xiaoyu couldn't tell whether Hanhan was there or not from this number, so she dialed it again, but no one answered this time. She had to go there in person to confirm.
Qin Xiaoyu was stopped at the guard post in the military compound. The guard connected to the Zhou family's phone, and needless to say, he was refused entry as soon as he gave Qin Xiaoyu's name.
"I went in to check, but my son is missing!" Qin Xiaoyu said anxiously.
"There's nothing we can do. They won't let you in from inside." The guard shook his head.
"Then call again!" Qin Xiaoyu stepped forward to grab the phone, but the guard held the receiver down.
"Comrade, I understand that you are in a bad mood, but protecting the safety of our leader is our duty. I hope you will not make things difficult for us."
"Sister Xiaoyu!" Xiao Chen ran out from inside and started calling from afar.
"Xiao Chen, is Hanhan inside?"
"Hanhan? No, Commander Zhou isn't home. Only Aunt Zhou is here. She has a cold and hasn't left the house for many days. I sneaked out and am going back now." Xiao Chen waved as he ran back.
Qin Xiaoyu believed Xiao Chen; she could see from his eyes that not a single word he said was a lie.
Now we're going to another place.
She thanked him and turned to run away.
The snow was piling up, making driving very difficult. By the time we reached the outside of Tangjia Hutong, it was nearly ten o'clock.
There wasn't a soul in the alley; the snow on the ground was almost completely intact, indicating that no one had been in or out for some time.
Qin Xiaoyu knocked on the door for a long time before Hanhan's grandmother's voice came from inside.
Who is it? It's so late.
"Is Hanhan here?" Qin Xiaoyu asked directly.
"Hanhan? It's you?" Hanhan's grandmother opened the door when she heard Qin Xiaoyu's voice.
"Is Hanhan here?" Qin Xiaoyu looked at the light in the upper room, still holding onto a sliver of hope.
"Why is he coming back? Didn't you tell him not to acknowledge us?" Grandma Hanhan said with a sneer.
"I beg you, for the sake of my past kindness, if Hanhan is here, give her back to me." For some reason, Qin Xiaoyu had a strong feeling that Hanhan was inside.
"He's not here, didn't I tell you? Let me tell you, Hanhan is a member of the Tang family. If you lose him, I'll make you pay with your life!" Hanhan's grandmother became even more domineering.
"Let me in and take a look!" Qin Xiaoyu pushed aside Grandma Hanhan and rushed in.
Except for the lights in the east and west rooms, the rest of the house was pitch black. My cousin's family moved away, and Tang Long sometimes comes back to stay, but it seems he's not home today.
I heard that my sister-in-law's family felt the house was too cold and went back to her parents' house to stay. That is to say, only my brother-in-law and his wife, along with Hanhan's grandparents and wife, are there.
"What's wrong with you? Are you a member of the Tang family? How dare you barge in like that!" Grandma Hanhan angrily chased Qin Xiaoyu out. Now that her cousin-in-law wasn't there, she had no help.
Qin Xiaoyu, with a sudden burst of strength, shoved her aside and went into the east room. Grandpa Hanhan, who was watching TV, was startled. He was about to open his eyes, but seeing Qin Xiaoyu's strange expression, he didn't dare say anything.
"Get out!" Grandma Hanhan chased after her.
When Qin Xiaoyu entered the wife's room, she didn't dare to make too much noise. She just gently pushed the door open and took a peek. She saw that the wife was sleeping with her back to the door, so she withdrew.
"What's wrong with Hanhan?"
Grandpa Hanhan understood the gist of it and asked a question.
"He didn't go home after school." Qin Xiaoyu came out of the east room and looked into the west room, taking a deep breath.
I'm torn about whether to go in or not.
Going in would definitely result in a humiliating defeat, but not going in would be a disheartening experience.
Well, since she was already here, Qin Xiaoyu steeled herself and barged into the west room.
The smell was so strong it nearly killed her; it was beyond description – the stench of something rotting.
"Oh, you've come, a rare guest." The old woman lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), struggling to sit up on one side.
Her uncle broke her leg, and she never went to the hospital for treatment, staying in bed all the time and developing bedsores. Her situation was pitiful.
"I'm here to find Hanhan," Qin Xiaoyu said, holding her breath, before turning and running away.
My uncle isn't home; he's probably on the night shift. My aunt is paralyzed; she can't do much.
"Don't go! Qin Xiaoyu, you're a capable person, you can get up after falling, and you continue to be successful. Look at me, I'm rotting away bit by bit, it's worse than death, worse than death..."
The old woman and her scent followed Qin Xiaoyu.
She stumbled and ran to the alley entrance, but still couldn't shake them off.
She leaned against the car door, breathing in the cold air to wash away the poisonous fumes she had just inhaled. It was poisonous; the Tang family was poisonous.
"I'm telling you, you better find my grandson and bring him back. If he's lost, I'll take your life!" Grandma Hanhan's voice came from the alley.
Qin Xiaoyu jumped into the car and quickly drove away.
By daybreak, everyone had returned and gathered, but there was still no news of Hanhan.
"It's dawn. Now, conduct a thorough search, expanding the search area by double the distance Hanhan might have taken. Search all the routes first." Qi Si called over all the shop staff and ordered them to close.
"Sister Mei, Brother Zhang, you should go to work first. You haven't slept all night, it must be too hard for you. Grandma Zhang, please take your little sister to get some sleep. You're old, you can't stay up all night." Qin Xiaoyu made arrangements for the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled.
"Sister-in-law, Hanhan is missing?" Tang Wenwen got up early and rushed over; she had heard about it when she got home that morning.
"Let's keep looking, let's leave now." Qin Xiaoyu had no other thoughts. As long as she found Hanhan, she would give anything, even her life.
Together with Qi Si, she retraced Hanhan's usual route. The snow fell heavily that night, covering many things. Qin Xiaoyu would dig at every little bump she saw, fearing that Hanhan might have frozen to death in the snow.
They walked through the school and arrived at their classroom.
The teacher has already heard about Hanhan's situation, and her eyes are filled with tears. Who wouldn't like a child like that?
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