Villager B: "Child, your Fu Jiaorong is missing. Someone stole her."
"What?" Wu Ju screamed.
Zhang Xiaoqin didn't want others to notice, so she pretended to ask loudly, "What? The child was stolen?"
In order to completely clear herself of suspicion, she pretended to be crazy and ran home.
Wu Ju followed closely behind, also stumbling towards home.
In the Fu family courtyard, two old men sat dejectedly in the main room.
Although this child is most likely not their biological granddaughter, they raised her to this age after all, so they still have some feelings for her. They feel bad that she is suddenly lost.
There were still traces of dried tears on Fu's mother's wrinkled face.
Zhang Xiaoqin rolled and crawled, stumbling into the house, and searched inside and out in a panic, pretending to be anxious.
The two old people felt guilty and stood up from their stools, looking at Zhang Xiaoqin wandering around the room sadly.
Zhang Xiaoqin searched around but couldn't find the child. Then she yelled hysterically at the two elders in the main hall, "Where's the child? Where's the child? They said the child was lost. Tell me, this isn't true, is it? Is it?"
She held Fu Mama's arm tightly, her worry evident in her words.
Fu's mother's eyes immediately filled with tears again. "My child—my child—at noon, when we were taking a nap, someone broke into the house and stole the child away. It's all our fault. We were sleeping so soundly that we didn't even know the child was stolen."
She was crying and sobbing, and it was obvious that she was truly sad and felt guilty.
"How could someone pick the lock and steal the child out of nowhere? Have you looked for her? Have you searched everywhere? Was it some mischievous child who played a prank on her?"
"I looked everywhere."
"How could this happen? How can I explain to Fu Jun? Rongrong is his life! Wuuuuu..." Zhang Xiaoqin muttered to herself, and immediately burst into tears, crying heart-wrenchingly.
Wu Ju, who followed a little later, panted and asked anxiously, "Where's the child? Is he really lost?"
When Zhang Xiaoqin heard this, she cried even louder.
Mother Fu nodded in response to Wu Ju and wiped her tears silently.
"This isn't a city scene. We're all just country folk. Who would steal a child for no reason? This is the first time I've heard of this. Have you guys looked carefully?"
Fu's mother responded with tears in her eyes, "We've searched everywhere. We've searched the mountains, the rivers, the wells, and the entire village. It's as if the child has vanished from the face of the earth. No one has ever seen her."
"Could it be that someone stole it and exchanged it for money? Ouch! That's really troublesome. Let's call the police!"
When Zhang Xiaoqin heard that they were going to call the police, she felt a little scared, but she couldn't find a reason to stop them, so she had to continue pretending to cry.
Mother Fu was stunned for a moment, then felt that Wu Ju's words made sense. As if she saw hope, she said excitedly, "That's right! Why didn't we think of this, old man? - Xiaoqin, let's call the police now! Let's go, hurry up, the sooner we get there, the sooner we can find the child."
Mother Fu spoke excitedly, pulling Father Fu and urging Zhang Xiaoqin to go to town.
Zhang Xiaoqin frowned, looked around, and stammered, "Go now? It's dark outside. Besides, the police station is probably closed. How about we go tomorrow?"
"You're crazy! If they were kidnapped by human traffickers, they'd probably be miles away by tomorrow morning. Don't dawdle, go with your mother-in-law and the others. I have to go back to take care of your father, so I won't be accompanying you."
Wu Ju urged Zhang Xiaoqin and pushed her out of the house.
Zhang Xiaoqin hesitated, her face full of reluctance, "This - this -"
But she really couldn't find an excuse not to go, so she had no choice but to accompany Fu's father and mother and rush to the town under the cover of night.
They explained the situation to the police on duty at the police station, who filed a case, drew a portrait based on their description, and began dispatching officers to help search. However, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and they were like headless flies, running around aimlessly without finding the child.
It was dawn, and the sun of a new day rose from the east. The three of them sat in the police station with tired looks.
The two elders of the Fu family looked dazed and dull as they watched the people coming and going in front of them.
Zhang Xiaoqin's expression was heavy, but it wasn't because she couldn't find her child. She was worried about finding the child and her perfect plan being exposed. She sat on a bench in the hallway, head in her hands, waiting silently.
The voice of a public security officer pulled them out of their reverie. "We've done our best, and you haven't slept all night. Go back and get some rest. We'll continue to send police officers out to search, and we'll notify you as soon as we have any news."
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