At around six o'clock in the morning, Mr. Yuan got up. The first thing he did was to go to the children's room to check on his little grandson, but he found that the bed was empty.
His heart began to beat wildly, and he quickly searched other spaces in the house, shouting, "Xiaohao, Xiaohao? Where are you? Stop playing hide-and-seek with grandpa, and come out quickly!"
But he searched almost every corner of the house and couldn't find Sun Xiaohao.
Mr. Yuan was so frightened that his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground. At this moment, the phone at home rang.
Old Master Yuan quickly picked up the phone. It was Sun Aimin calling home to report the good news. But Old Master Yuan was not happy at all at this moment. He gritted his teeth and told Sun Aimin that Sun Xiaohao was missing.
Ah, this? There is such a good thing? This was the first thought that popped up in Sun Aimin's mind.
But he certainly wouldn't say such things, and just comforted his father-in-law, "Dad, don't worry, the child can't be lost, we will definitely find him. Why don't you come to the hospital first, I'll go find the child."
Mr. Yuan was extremely anxious at this point and said to Sun Aimin, "I'll go with you to look for the child. It's all my fault. I slept so soundly at night that I didn't even know when the child left. I'm so sorry for you two, I..."
Sun Aimin could hear his father-in-law's sobs choking up, and he was struggling with how to end this matter. Should he tell the Yuan family the whole story, and have them cooperate with him in the fake search for the child? Or should he keep it secret for the time being, and let them mistakenly believe that the child was truly lost?
However, the most important thing now was to persuade Mr. Yuan to stop feeling overly burdened. After much persuasion, Mr. Yuan finally agreed to go to the hospital first, and let Sun Aimin find out the child's whereabouts.
After hanging up the phone, Mr. Yuan called the police station to report the case and then rushed to the hospital.
Yuan Rui had to go to work and did not stay in the hospital during the day, so Sun Aimin sent his mother-in-law and sister-in-law home to cook.
After they were the only two left in the room, Sun Aimin told Yuan Jie about Sun Xiaohao's sudden disappearance in the middle of the night, and they discussed countermeasures together.
Yuan Jie thought for a moment and said, "I've also been worried that this incident will be too much for my parents to bear. Otherwise, how about we tell them the truth? They are not unreasonable people. If they knew that the child was the child of our enemy, they would definitely let it go.
I think even if my dad waits until he gets to the hospital, he'll definitely report the case first. Even if the police send the child back, we can insist on doing a paternity test to deny his identity.
Then we can use an anonymous identity to reveal the Qian family's information to the police and ask him to return home as soon as possible."
After Yuan Jie's analysis, Sun Aimin stopped dwelling on the matter and simply said, "Everyone in the family will surely know that the child is missing soon.
I'll call them all to the ward, and we'll discuss this matter in detail. But for now, the fact that our son has been found should be kept secret, to prevent anyone in the family from accidentally letting the cat out of the bag.
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After Sun Xiaohao came out of Sun Aimin's house in the middle of the night, he wandered on the deserted street, and every place looked very unfamiliar to him.
Soon, a sanitation worker noticed him, walked up to him and asked patiently: "Little boy, what's your name? Where is your home? Did you run out in the middle of the night and can't find your way home?"
Sun Xiaohao looked at the sanitation worker and didn't answer his question. Instead, he asked, "Where is this? How do I get to the nearest police station?"
When the sanitation worker heard Sun Xiaohao asking about the police station, he thought, "This kid's not stupid. He knows to call the police if he needs help." He didn't tell me his family information because he probably doesn't trust me. Hey, he's quite alert.
The sanitation worker was also kind-hearted. He said, "The police station is just down this street. Turn the first corner and you'll find it. I'll take you there. It's easy for you, a child, to get into trouble walking on the street. There are bad guys who specialize in catching children these days, so be careful."
As he was talking, the sanitation worker had already walked ahead and turned back to say to Sun Xiaohao: "Follow uncle, don't get lost again!"
After walking for about seven or eight minutes, they arrived at the nearest police station. The sanitation worker found the person on duty at the station, told them about Sun Xiaohao's disappearance, and then quickly left to do his job.
The police officer on duty kindly squatted down, kept his eyes level with Sun Xiaohao, and asked him: "Little boy, how old are you? What's your name? Do you know your home address and phone number? Uncle will help you contact your family!"
At this time, Sun Xiaohao finally opened his mouth to answer the question: "My home is in a village in Mafang City. That village is called Luojiagou. My father's name is Qian Jindou, and my mother's name is Zhan Jinhua."
"Mafang City? It's hundreds of miles away from our Qingyang City! Did you come here with your family?" asked the police officer on duty.
Sun Xiaohao shook his head and said, "I don't know. I woke up and found myself here!"
The police officer asked again: "Then think carefully, have you come into contact with anyone else? Who brought you here? Do you have any impression of them?"
Sun Xiaohao still shook his head in confusion.
Based on their experience, the police speculated that he might have been brought here by traffickers after being knocked unconscious, and that he had escaped. They thought: This kid is pretty lucky.
Afterwards, he very enthusiastically contacted Mafang City, explained the situation of finding a lost child, and provided information about the Qian family in Luojiagou.
The Mafang City Police Station quickly called Luojiagou Village to inquire about the situation. Only then did the village chief Luo Changzheng and the villagers realize that they had not seen Xiaoshu for several days.
The Qian family always thought that Qian Xiaoshu and Shen Nan lived together in peace and quiet, saving money and effort.
After hanging up the phone at the police station, village chief Luo Changzheng immediately went to the village to verify the situation.
He went to find Shen Nan first. That time when Xiaoshu was abused by the Qian family and was rescued by Luo Changshun, everyone in the village knew that Qian Xiaoshu was now being raised by Shen Nan.
"Niece-in-law, is Xiaoshu here?" Luo Changzheng saw Shen Nan picking vegetables in the vegetable garden at the doorstep and walked over to ask.
Shen Nan said with a bewildered expression: "Xiao Shu? He's not at my house! He said his sister asked him to go home and live, saying that the Qian family is his own home and he can't always live in our house, so he went back with Qian Meijuan."
Luo Changzheng nodded and said, "Is that so? Okay, I understand. I'll go ask the Qian family again!"
When he arrived at the gate of the Qian family, Qian Meijuan was crying with tears and snot because her grandmother asked her to do work.
A few days ago, because of Qian Xiaoshu's involvement, her grandmother beat her up after she came home from the hospital. She has been picking on her these past few days, always looking for trouble and asking her to do this and that.
She went to find Qian Xiaoshu, ready to take revenge, but she waited near her aunt's house for two consecutive days and did not see Qian Xiaoshu.
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