Chapter 116 Death of the Virgin: Abuse
Back in the bureau, Mu Mian copied the other paintings Yuan Yuan had drawn.
The first painting showed a little boy curled up in a narrow oval cabinet, which was placed horizontally, with several eyeballs embedded on the side. Outside the cabinet stood two monsters in robes, with ferocious faces, staring closely at the little boy in the cabinet.
The second painting showed a naked little boy lying on the ground, with countless hands extending from the wall and the ground, with long needles in their thin fingers, stabbing his body together.
The third painting shows a huge room with many children. In front of each child is a bowl of beads. Behind them stands a hairy monster holding a spoon, seemingly forcing the children to swallow the beads.
After seeing these paintings, the others felt a chill down their spines.
"Oh my God, this can't be a coffin," Xiao Zhang picked up the first painting and pointed at the cabinet, saying, "How can a cabinet be placed horizontally? This welfare home is too dark. How dare they abuse children like this?"
The children in "Stars Home" are strictly guarded by the welfare home staff. Fang Rui and his team can hardly contact them alone, let alone investigate whether they accept abuse.
It is not easy to investigate child abuse in a big way. First, there is no substantial evidence. If it is false, the welfare home will probably complain to them. Second, even if child abuse really exists, it must be handled properly.
Stars Home is not only the home of more than 30 children, but also the hope of many families with disabled children. If the investigation damages the image of Stars Home and fails to raise charitable funds, many families' donations will stop.
Fang Rui reached an agreement with Teacher Jiang to take Yuanyuan to the autism prevention agency where she works for hypnosis treatment in two days. At that time, they can take this opportunity to conduct a full body check on Yuanyuan to see if he has been abused.
Xiao Zhang and Chen Xue secretly used candy to trick the naughty Guoguo out of the classroom.
Although Guoguo has tic disorder, he is very smart. He slipped out when the teacher played music for them. The noisy music could cover up his uncontrollable screams and prevent him from being discovered.
"Beautiful sister, are you going to, woof, woof, give me candy?" Guoguo tried hard to control his twitching, but still made a strange cry. He quickly covered his mouth, fearing that Chen Xue and Xiao Zhang would dislike him.
"Yes. These candies are all for you." Chen Xue gave him a handful of candies, "Guoguo, sister has some questions to ask you, is that okay?"
"Ask, I'm an honest Guoguo, I will definitely tell you." Guoguo peeled off a candy and couldn't wait to eat it.
Chen Xue first checked his arm. There were no pinholes or scars on it except for the scars left by the vaccination.
Chen Xue breathed a sigh of relief, and she asked: "Guoguo, will someone give you injections?"
"When you get the vaccination, they will. It hurts a lot. But the director's mother said that it must be done. It's for our own good and can prevent diseases."
"What about other times?"
Guoguo's eyes twitched, "No. Except for the director's mother's sewing needles, we don't have any needles at home. Woof, woof. The director's mother will use her needles to embroider beautiful flowers and our names on our clothes. Beautiful sister, where has the director's mother gone? Woof, I haven't seen her for many days."
Looking at Guoguo's sincere eyes, Chen Xue's eyes also became moist, and she said: "The director's mother went to a far place, she will be back later."
"Then don't let her come back too late. I'm afraid I can't help falling asleep at night, woof, woof, then I will have to see her tomorrow. Woof, I will try hard not to fall asleep. I tried not to fall asleep last night. I want to wait for the dean's mother to come back, woof."
"Guoguo, what I mean is that the dean's mother will take many days to come back."
"Beautiful sister, how many days are many days?"
"Sister doesn't know either."
"Okay. The dean's mother must have her own things to do. Let's wait here for her to come back." Guoguo said sensibly.
Chen Xue continued to ask: "Guoguo, will someone lock you in the cabinet?"
"No. The director's mother doesn't let us crawl into the cabinet. She said it's very dangerous, wang, if you are locked in, you will die easily if you can't get out. There are monsters in the cabinet, wang, they specialize in eating disobedient children. But Yuanyuan can crawl into the cabinet, monsters don't eat children like him."
"Is Yuanyuan often locked in the cabinet?"
"Yuanyuan likes to crawl in by himself. He can't speak, and we don't know what he is thinking."
Chen Xue asked: "They will force you to eat strange things."
"Yes. We are often forced to eat unpalatable carrot cubes and green vegetables, and we are not allowed to spit them out after eating."
"Have you ever eaten anything round that looks like beads?"
"Are they small glutinous rice balls? They are delicious. But the director's mother said that we can't eat too much, because we can't digest glutinous rice."
Chen Xue and Xiao Zhang found that no one in the welfare home seemed to abuse children, and the deceased director Zhang looked like a very loving person.
Xiao Zhang asked: "Guoguo, will you live here together? Will you go somewhere else to play?"
"I will live here together, but Yuanyuan, Xiaobai, Zhuzhu will follow the director's mother to go somewhere else. I don't know where it is."
Xiao Zhang remembered that these children all had autism.
"Okay, Guoguo, thank you. Don't tell anyone that we looked for you, okay?"
Guoguo looked at the pile of candies in her hand with embarrassment, "Okay. Then can I share the candies with other children?"
"Of course."
Chen Xue and Xiao Zhang were about to go back, but found that Guoguo was holding their clothes, "Beautiful sister."
"Guoguo, what's wrong?"
"They said my mother went to a faraway place, and I waited for her for many years, but she never came back to find me. Later they said my mother died. Did the dean's mother die too, so she never came back?"
Chen Xue didn't know how to answer this question, she hugged Guoguo gently.
The results of the account investigation of "Star House" came out soon. All donations to the "Stars Home" are made through public accounts, and most of the transferred amounts are transferred to the foundation under the name of the "Stars Home".
Director Zhang used to be a businessman, and she kept clear accounts, and the destination of every transfer can be found.
She does not own any real estate, nor has she rented a house. She has always lived in the dormitory of the welfare home. No valuable items or cash were found in her office or dormitory.
From the accounts, Director Zhang did not embezzle public funds.
Director Zhang’s cell phone has not been found yet. The police searched the orphanage but could not find the lost phone. Director Zhang rarely used a computer, and her computer did not find any suspicious clues.
The diary found at the scene was identified by handwriting, and according to the ink analysis, the actual writing time of the diary and the time written on the paper can basically match.
The diary was started ten years ago. She did not write frequently, sometimes one article per month or two, and the length was not long.
After reading her diary, everyone felt that although Director Zhang could not get rid of the psychological shadow of her son’s death, she turned her attention to other autistic children, and by taking care of them, she made up for her shortcomings and gained inner peace for a long time.
All the changes happened a year and a half ago. At that time, Dean Zhang seemed to be facing a difficult choice. She began to think about her dead son frequently, wrote in her diary more frequently, and her mental state became worse and worse.