Chapter 15: Tan Wenyu's Disappearance
After solving Yuan Qiwen's problem, the two hurried to catch the bus back.
As soon as he got off the train, he saw a lot of people gathered at the station. Qin Xiuwen ran over as soon as he saw him and told them: "Wen Yu is missing!"
The two were shocked and asked what was going on.
"At noon, Wenyu did not come back for lunch like he did in the previous few days, so I went to the school to ask. The teacher said that Wenyu had gone home a long time ago." Qin Xiuwen said.
"Yes, he came to school in the morning and attended several classes. After school, all the classmates went home, and we thought he had gone home too. It was only when Qin Xiuwen came to find us that we realized Wenyu did not go home." Qin Wenyu's teacher explained.
At that time, children went home by themselves after school. There was no parent to pick them up. Children who lived several miles away from school had to go back and forth by themselves. For those like Qin Wenyu who lived on the street and not far from school, there was no pick-up.
"We searched all afternoon and couldn't find it."
"I searched every corner, but I couldn't find it."
"I asked the children, and they said they didn't see Qin Wenyu."
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All the neighbors came and informed the situation.
"When I went into the city today, I seemed to see a child. I wonder if it was your child." A person who was on the same train as Qin Yanlin said to Qin Yanlin.
"Where did you see it?" Deng Xiuzhen grabbed the man and asked nervously.
"On the bus..."
"Why don't you bring him back?" Deng Xiuzhen almost yelled.
"Me, are you being reasonable? I just saw a child standing there, with adults beside him. How do I know whose child he is? Why should I take him away?" The man was a little angry. After all, he was just kind enough to tell what he knew, hoping to provide some help. Why was he yelled at for being kind?
"Sorry, sorry, we said the wrong thing. I hope you won't be angry." Qin Xiuwen quickly stepped forward to smooth things over.
"Do you remember what the child looks like?" Tan Yanlin asked. He was anxious, but he also knew that this matter might not have anything to do with the other person. The other person had no obligation to take your child back, and it was possible that the other person didn't even know your child.
"The child seemed to be about five or six years old. He carried a small schoolbag, had short hair, a round face and big eyes. The schoolbag seemed to be light yellow. His clothes seemed to be gray." The man tried to recall.
"What time is the train?" Tan Yanlin asked. The man's description made him basically certain that the child was Wen Yu. He was extremely anxious. But he knew he couldn't panic, because panicking was useless.
"I took the bus at noon, probably a little after 12 o'clock, I don't remember the exact time."
"Hurry, let's go and ask which buses left at noon. Let's ask who has seen it and see if the driver and conductor have any impression of it!" Qin Xiuwen said as he ran towards the bus stop.
At that time, the shuttle buses would let people get off at the station entrance or intersection, and then drive the bus to a fixed location and park it.
We quickly found a bus that departed at noon. Two buses were dispatched from 12:00 to 1:30, and the drivers all went home. Fortunately, the bus drivers lived on the street.
Everyone rushed to find the two families. At that time, the shuttle buses were not government-owned. They were bought by individuals and then operated by the family. Most of the time, the husband drove and the wife sold tickets. There were also cases where the son drove and the mother sold tickets.
One of the conductors recalled that there was indeed such a child. There were many people on the bus and she didn't notice him. But when the child nearly fell down when getting off the bus, she helped him up. The child politely thanked her, and she looked at the child a few more times.
"Was there anyone with him at that time?" Tan Yanlin asked.
"Well, it's hard to say. He got off the car by himself, no one was holding his hand. But after he got off the car, he was followed by a woman. I don't know if she was the one who brought him."
"Why didn't you stop him from getting on the car? And that woman didn't hold his hand, and she didn't care when he fell. She was definitely not his parent. Why didn't you pay attention?" Deng Xiuzhen's heart was beating fast and she was extremely anxious.
"What do you mean? Am I wrong? The children didn't buy tickets, and I wouldn't stop them from getting on the bus with other people.
Besides, there were adults on the bus, so how could I know if he had anyone to take care of him? If I had known, I wouldn't have told you!" The conductor was angry.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry. She is just anxious. The child is lost and she is anxious. Please understand and tolerate her," Qin Xiuwen persuaded hurriedly.
"Do you know where he went after getting off the bus?" Qin Yanlin asked.
"I was heading towards Puzhong at the time. I don't know where I ended up..."
"Let's go to the city to look for him!" Tan Yanlin hurriedly pulled Deng Xiuzhen and prepared to go out.
"Yanlin, let's rent a car. The longer it takes, the harder it will be to find someone," said Qin Xiuwen.
"Yes, rent a car!" Tan Yanlin turned to the driver and said, "Can you take us to Pucheng right away? We'll rent a car and pay the taxi fare."
The driver agreed readily. After all, finding a child is a big deal, and he understood the parents' feelings at the moment.
The driver set off immediately and drove all the way. Normally, the journey would take more than an hour. Of course, that was because he had to pick up passengers along the way, so he had to stop and go frequently.
This time it only took half an hour.
There were only a few people who went into the city together, including Tan Yanlin, Deng Xiuzhen, Tan Xiuwen, and two others who had a particularly good relationship with Tan Yanlin's family, plus the driver, a total of six people.
After discussion, we split into three teams and searched from three directions, asking merchants and residents as we searched. We agreed that no matter whether we found the item or not, we would meet at the station at 7pm.
More than two hours later, the six people reunited, but there was no useful information.
Tan Yanlin's heart sank to the bottom: the bus arrives in the city at around two o'clock, and he will be back in the village at almost five o'clock, which is three hours in between. He just searched for another two hours, so it's five hours in total.
In such a big city, after a few hours, it is impossible to find where the child has gone.
Moreover, there are many human traffickers. If you were taken away by them, you would probably be far away from Pucheng by now.
Deng Xiuzhen wanted to curse people, and she wanted to curse the current case filing system, which requires a person to be missing for 24 hours or more before a case is filed. In other words, only after 24 hours or more will the police station send someone to help you find the person.
If someone was kidnapped, they could be sent to some mountain den within 24 hours!
If I go begging...
That means pulling out your tongue and breaking off your hands and feet!
Deng Xiuzhen is going crazy.
She regretted it.
If her rebirth means the disappearance of her son, she would rather not be reborn. She would rather suffer for life after life.
"Yanlin, let's wait for the police station to help. It's too difficult to find the child on our own." Two acquaintances advised.
"Yes, the streets are full of people and there are houses everywhere. There is really no way we can handle it with just a few of us," said the driver.
Tan Yanlin and Deng Xiuzhen were silent. They knew in their hearts that what they said made sense, but they didn't want to give up. However, others were just helping them, and they couldn't let others help them all the time.
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