Every crime happens quietly, and for most people, as long as these tragedies don't happen to themselves or their relatives, they look at it all with a mentality of being a loser.
At most, they just express a few words of emotion such as how miserable they are, but more often they choose to remain silent, and this is the sadness of human nature.
It’s sunny, Saturday, June 24th, and there are only a few days left before the students’ final exams.
Summer has arrived, and the summer in S City is always so hot. Whenever the sun rises and scorches the earth, it always makes people feel upset and irritated. Facing the hot summer, everyone can't wait for it.
The less you wear, the better. It seems that only in this way can you make yourself less hot. Men's clothing is nothing more than changing from thick winter and spring clothes to summer clothes, while for women, they are wearing cooler and cooler clothes.
They are sexy and have less and less fabric on their bodies. After seeing what these young women wear, many people will sigh with emotion: "The clothing business is getting harder and harder to do now."
For Chen Xiaohong, who lives in No. 803, Building 1, Xiying Community, Pingjing Street, this summer has been like winter, making her whole body as cold as the twelfth lunar month of winter, especially when she saw her daughter was red and swollen from crying.
When her eyes looked like those of a rabbit, her heart felt as painful as a knife.
At this time, in the city police station, Chen Xiaohong was sobbing while telling a policeman sitting opposite her about her daughter's experience. Chen Xiaohong's eyes were red and swollen. When she told the story, she often choked, and her tears did not stop. This made this
She is very good-looking, a woman who looks like she is only in her mid-twenties. She looks very charming and very pitiful. In fact, Chen Xiaohong is already thirty-seven years old. However, she usually takes good care of herself and she still looks like she is in her twenties.
The little girl is almost the same.
Next to Chen Xiaohong sat a little girl in her teens. Although the girl was not very old, she inherited her mother's genes and became pretty at a young age. She was very cute and a perfect beauty.
, she will definitely be a great beauty when she grows up, but at this time, the little girl does not have the liveliness and romance that she should have at her age. She has empty eyes, red and swollen eyes, purple marks on her face, and a pair of small white hands.
, clutching Chen Xiaohong's clothes tightly, as if Chen Xiaohong would disappear in the next moment, and her body was very uneasy, trembling from time to time, as if she was greatly frightened, even if there was a person sitting opposite her.
Despite the uniformed police officers, the little girl could not help but tremble.
From the moment she entered the police station, the girl clung to Chen Xiaohong's side. From the beginning to the end, she did not dare to look into the police's eyes or even their faces. When the police listened to Chen Xiaohong's story, they wanted to reach out to comfort them.
When she was a little girl, the little girl seemed to be frightened by something. She screamed and plunged into Chen Xiaohong's arms like a frightened deer. This made the policeman's outstretched hand hang awkwardly in the air.
Although the policeman was embarrassed, his face was more filled with pity and endless anger.
The little girl's name is Zhou Jiamei. She goes to Class 3, Grade 5, No. 13 Primary School in S City. Zhou Jiamei has good academic performance and is a good person. There are always many peers around her, and she is still in this class.
Monitor, two days ago, the little girl was a carefree and innocent child. However, after school that day, everything about the little girl changed.
Chen Xiaohong is Zhou Jiamei's mother. She works in a cosmetics store with a stable job and a considerable income. However, her husband followed a few buddies to work abroad a few years ago. The wages abroad are very high, but the salary is very low.
It's hard work, and men rarely go home. However, every week, men will call home to talk to their wives, and more often, they will ask about their daughter's study status.
According to Chen Xiaohong, on June 22, she bought a new batch of cosmetics into the store. After learning the news, several old customers who frequented the store had to come over after get off work. Trying out cosmetics, Chen Xiaohong was very busy, so she did not pick up Zhou Jiamei from school. On that morning, when Chen Xiaohong sent Zhou Jiamei to school, she told her daughter that she would not be able to pick her up from school in the afternoon and asked her to go back by herself.
Because her home is not far from the school, and her daughter is already eleven years old, Zhou Jiamei has been very obedient and sensible since she was a child, and basically did not let Chen Xiaohong worry. Her daughter has the key to her own home. Zhou Jiamei heard that Chen Xiaohong could not come to pick her up.
When she was there, the little girl said very generously: "It's okay, mom, you don't have to pick me up. I'm eleven years old and an adult. I know the way home."
Facing her daughter's little adult appearance, Chen Xiaohong was both amused and relieved. She felt that her daughter had really grown up. Although she and her husband had been separated for a long time, fortunately, she had her daughter by her side. No matter how hard she worked,
It’s hard work and I feel like everything is worth it.
In the afternoon of that day, Chen Xiaohong was busy until about eight o'clock in the evening. After trying out the new cosmetics, those old customers felt that they were very good. In addition, Chen Xiaohong was a good marketing expert and was very eloquent. These women were trying out the new cosmetics.
After that, she paid for the new cosmetics on the spot, and Chen Xiaohong also received a lot of commission.
After everything was done, Chen Xiaohong looked at the numbers on the sales sheet.
, a smile of joy appeared on her face. With this large order, she could get a lot of commission, and with this money, she could take a few days off and take her daughter out during her summer vacation.
Have a good time and buy some clothes for your daughter.
On the way home, Chen Xiaohong was still thinking that her daughter had always wanted to buy a small piano, but because her family was not particularly wealthy, she never bought one. In addition, her daughter was still young and she was afraid that the piano would be damaged by the little girl.
, now, I can buy it, and my husband just sent me a large amount of money from abroad, which can completely satisfy my daughter’s little wish. Of course, the premise is that my daughter can get a good score in the final exam.
, bought a small piano for her daughter as a reward.
Thinking of her daughter, Chen Xiaohong looked at her watch and found that it was already past eight o'clock. Her daughter was home alone and probably hadn't eaten yet. Thinking of this, Chen Xiaohong couldn't help but feel a little guilty, so she took a taxi back home. Before going home, she made a special trip
I bought a lot of meat in the supermarket and planned to go home and cook a big meal for my daughter to reward her.
However, when she returned home with the vegetables and knocked on the door, there was no movement at all, which made Chen Xiaohong feel very strange.
This is not the first time that she has let her daughter go home alone. In the past, when she knocked on the door when she came home, she would hear her daughter running happily to open the door for her. However, today her daughter did not come to open the door, although she was confused.
, However, Chen Xiaohong didn't think much about it, thinking that her daughter was doing homework and didn't hear it, or she was hungry and had fallen asleep.
Thinking of this, Chen Xiaohong felt more and more guilty, and secretly told herself that she must come back early next time, so she took out the key and opened the door.
After opening the door, she found that the living room was dark with no lights on. This made Chen Xiaohong frown again and felt strange. Normally at this time, her daughter would turn on the lights in the living room, either watching TV or
I was doing my homework in the living room, but there was no movement at home today.
Chen Xiaohong gradually felt that something was wrong. She first turned on the light, then closed the door, then changed into her slippers, carried the dishes and entered the kitchen, calling her daughter's name as she walked.
However, the room was quiet, and there was no response from her daughter. After Chen Xiaohong hurriedly put the dishes in the kitchen, she returned to the living room.
The furnishings in the living room were still the same as when she went out in the morning, with no trace of being moved. Chen Xiaohong went to her daughter's bedroom again, pushed the door, and the door opened suddenly. The room was also dark. Chen Xiaohong opened it casually.
When I turned on the light, I found that my daughter's bed was empty, there was no sign of her, and I didn't see my daughter in front of the desk, not even her daughter's schoolbag.
"Where did my daughter go? Didn't she come back?"
This doubt appeared in Chen Xiaohong's mind. She quickly turned around and left her daughter's bedroom. She went to her own bedroom and the bathroom to check, but she didn't see her daughter. Finally, she came to the door and didn't see her daughter's name on the shoe cabinet.
Shoes, until this moment, Chen Xiaohong was sure that her daughter really had not come back.
Why didn't my daughter come back after school? Could it be that she went out to play with her classmates?
Chen Xiaohong thought for a while, then looked at the watch on her hand, and found that it was already nine o'clock in the evening. Even if her daughter was having fun, she should be back at this time, but her daughter still didn't come back.
Chen Xiaohong knew her daughter very well and knew that she was not the kind of child who was so playful that she lost track of time. Something must have happened.
Thinking of these, an ominous premonition appeared in Chen Xiaohong's mind. She didn't care about anything else. She quickly opened the door and walked out of the house. She knocked on the door of the neighbor next door and asked if her daughter was at their house. However, facing Chen Xiaohong,
When asked, the neighbors looked blank. Zhou Jiamei was not at their home. Chen Xiaohong then knocked on the doors of several other neighbors who often visited her. She found that Zhou Jiamei was not there, which made Chen Xiaohong feel even more uneasy.
After asking the residents in the community to no avail, she had no choice but to return home and call the homes of some of Zhou Jiamei's good classmates to ask them if Zhou Jiamei had gone to their homes. However, the answer was no. In the end,
, Chen Xiaohong called Zhou Jiamei's class teacher Cheng Shaohua again. Cheng Shaohua was celebrating his mother-in-law's birthday at the time and had drunk a little too much. When faced with Chen Xiaohong's inquiry, he also hurriedly hung up the phone after answering Chen Xiaohong's question.
Where will my daughter go?
At this time, Chen Xiaohong's first thought was to call the police. However, after she dialed the police phone number, the other party told her that the child's disappearance could not be filed within 24 hours. The other party asked Chen Xiaohong to look around and said
Maybe the children forgot the time because of their fun.
Faced with this situation, Chen Xiaohong had no better way. She was very flustered at this time and wanted to call her husband who was far away abroad. However, as soon as she picked up the phone, she thought that in the past two days,
, her husband called her and told her that she had to work the evening shift and could not answer the phone at night, so Chen Xiaohong had to give up.
She couldn't care about other things at this time, so she went out with her cell phone and looked around for Zhou Jiamei's whereabouts.
Chen Xiaohong is very popular in the community.
Because she sells cosmetics, she often brings some cosmetics back and gives them to the neighbors for them to try. Therefore, these women all like this woman whose husband is not at home all year round and lives alone with her daughter. In Zhou Jiamei's case,
After she didn't go home, Chen Xiaohong was like a headless fly. When she was looking around, her neighbors also knew about it and started to help in the search.
In the community, in the No. 13 primary and secondary school, on the way home from school, Chen Xiaohong and the others searched for KFC, McDonald's, Wallace and other places where children often go, but they still couldn't find it.
, Chen Xiaohong also went to Internet cafes, game arcades and other places to look for her, but she still didn't see her daughter.
After searching to no avail, Chen Xiaohong became increasingly uneasy and panicked. While she blamed herself for not picking up her daughter from school, she searched aimlessly for her daughter.
She started searching at around nine o'clock in the evening, and Chen Xiaohong continued to search until around three in the morning. She almost searched all the places where her daughter often went, and she also searched for nearby places where her daughter might go, but she still found nothing.
Jiamei Zhou was not found.
Those neighbors who initially helped Chen Xiaohong search for Zhou Jiamei, after accompanying Chen Xiaohong in the search, had to leave home one by one because they had to go to work the next day. In the end, Chen Xiaohong was left alone on the street.
Looking for my daughter.
It's late at night, and the noisy streets during the day seem so quiet now. Occasionally, some cars will drive by, and the dim street lights shine on the streets, illuminating the dim streets. At the same time, they also draw the figure of the mother closer and closer.
As time passed, Chen Xiaohong walked tiredly on the street, calling her daughter's name over and over again, but there was no response.
During this period, many empty taxis would slow down when they saw Chen Xiaohong walking on the street, stop next to Chen Xiaohong, and ask if they wanted a ride, but Chen Xiaohong shook their heads and refused one by one.
City S was so quiet in the early morning, and the silence was so disturbing that Chen Xiaohong was walking on the street in high heels. Her legs were very sore, her feet were sore, her throat was astringent, and she was accompanied by a faint tingling sensation.
Her voice had become extremely hoarse because she had been calling her daughter's name. Finally, Chen Xiaohong returned to the community. Seeing that the lights had been extinguished and only a few lights were still on, she felt flustered and confused.
Barefooted, holding high heels in hand, she sat slumped in front of the street lamp at the entrance of the community.
The ground that had been burned by the sun during the day was so cold and biting at the moment. Chen Xiaohong sat on the ground, holding her knees with her hands, tears streaming down her face, hoping that her daughter could appear in front of her, but her daughter still
She didn't show up. Finally, Chen Xiaohong staggered back home and sat in the living room waiting for her daughter.
From the early hours of the night, Chen Xiaohong had been sitting on the sofa, staring at the door, hoping that the next moment, there would be a knock on the door, or the sound of a key opening the door. However, the whole night passed, and the night passed.
, when the white fish belly appeared in the east, when the city that had been silent all night revived again, when footsteps sounded in the corridor, when voices came from outside the door, Chen Xiaohong thought it was her daughter who was back. She came back again and again.
He stood up from the sofa, came to the door, opened the door, and looked around, but he still didn't see his daughter's voice.
During this period, several neighbors who were familiar with Chen Xiaohong came to knock on the door and asked if Zhou Jiamei had returned. After learning that Zhou Jiamei was still not found, they left in a hurry except for a few words of comfort, leaving only exhaustion.
Unbearable and anxiously waiting, Chen Xiaohong sat alone at home.
Her cell phone rang at around eight o'clock in the morning. She thought it was her daughter. As soon as the phone rang, she quickly answered the call. Before the other party could speak, she shouted hoarsely: "
Jiamei, where are you?"
However, the caller was not Zhou Jiamei, but her company's colleagues and leaders.
After the other party asked Chen Xiaohong why she didn't come to work today, they learned that Zhou Jiamei was missing. They didn't say anything more. They just told Chen Xiaohong not to think too much. Maybe Zhou Jiamei would appear in front of her next moment.
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Faced with these comforts, Chen Xiaohong couldn't listen to a word, so she hung up the phone after a few perfunctory words.
After hanging up the phone, she curled up on the sofa and looked in the direction of the door, hoping that her daughter would appear in front of her sooner.
During the anxious waiting, because she had no rest for a day and a night, plus running around all night last night, Chen Xiaohong felt deeply exhausted, and a strong wave of tiredness came over her. She didn't want to sleep, for fear that she would fall asleep.
After her daughter came back, she didn't know, or she didn't open the door for her when her daughter came back and knocked on the door. She kept telling herself that she couldn't sleep, she couldn't sleep, but in the end she couldn't resist the sleepiness and curled up on the sofa.
Fall into a deep sleep.
Chen Xiaohong didn't know how long she had slept. She woke up suddenly and jumped up from the sofa. She looked around blankly, but she still didn't see Zhou Jiamei's voice, and there was still no knock on the door.
By this time, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon on the 23rd, and Zhou Jiamei had been missing for almost twenty hours.