Chapter 10: Running away from home
Xiyu walked aimlessly on the crowded streets, and occasionally saw her peers coquettish to her parents and asked for food, she lowered her head and muttered, "Mom and Dad, you come back to me quickly, okay? I won't go to paradise anymore, I won't sneak out to play anymore, I will listen to Wang Ma very much, can you come back." β
She walked into the mall alone, remembering that in the past, when she went to the mall with her family, her father would let her ride on his shoulder, while her sister was carrying and walking, and when she passed by the doll shop, her father would not hesitate to buy a lot of rag dolls.
Now she was left standing alone outside the window, staring blankly at the motionless rag doll inside, standing for a long time, until the smell of food came from the restaurant, and her stomach screamed involuntarily, which pulled her thoughts back, she lowered her head and touched her stomach to leave, and when she walked out of the mall, it was already dark.
She silently walked past the vendors setting up the stalls, and sometimes the fragrance was too tempting, so she couldn't help but stop and watch, swallow her saliva, and touch her stomach to leave. Occasionally, passers-by would see her alone and ask, "Kid, why did you come out alone, what about your family?"
Since she was a child, her parents have taught her that children cannot go out alone, and she often reads news about child abduction and trafficking. So the little girl was so frightened that she ran away, I don't know how long she ran, she only knew that she was tired and had to stop, the road on the street was getting narrower and narrower, and there were fewer and fewer people, only occasionally a few passers-by were walking, but every passerby would look at her with strange eyes, the dim street lamps quietly illuminated the road, and from time to time she could hear the barking of dogs, she began to be a little scared, and quickened her pace to move forward, and her stomach came with an unprecedented hunger.
"Mom, I'm so unpalatable to this, I don't want it. A little boy on the street held a piece of bread in his hand, but after a few bites, he spit the bread in his mouth on the ground, and said coquettishly to the woman next to him.
The woman stared at her phone, heard the little boy's voice, just glanced at it, and said impatiently, "If it doesn't taste good, throw it away"
The little boy got permission from the adults and threw it away, and the bread fell to the ground.
When they had left, and the empty streets were empty, she walked briskly, stood in front of the bread and looked at it for a long time, and at last she lost to hunger, and she picked it up and devoured it, and because she ate too quickly, she was swallowed, and she coughed so hard that the bread in her mouth spat on the ground.
In the end, there was no bread left, and the hunger in her stomach was a little better, she dragged her tired body forward, and from time to time there was a dizziness in her head, and she found a place to shelter from the wind and rain for a while, and when she walked over, the people lying down sat up and looked at her in surprise, because these places are gathering places for outsiders, because the rent is high, and there are several people in the family who have to support themselves, and some of them are because they have no job, so they can only live by picking up rags, so there is no way but to live here, because there is no need to pay rent hereγ
Some of them kindly asked, "Kid, what about your family, why did you come out alone?"
Among them, there is no shortage of people who ridicule "Hehe, I must have had an awkward relationship with my family, and I learned from others who left home." β
The others laughed too, but after they laughed, they kindly reminded, "Go home tomorrow, you little kid is running around outside, the family will be very worried about you, you know?"
As soon as the word "family" was mentioned, Xiyu couldn't help crying, and she missed her family more and more.
When the others saw her crying, they quickly stood up and comforted her, and an old woman took her in her arms, and she soon fell asleep in her arms when she was tired, and when they saw it, they dispersed softly, and the woman gently put her on the tattered mat, fearing that she would be cold at night, so they took tattered clothes and covered her.
In a luxurious villa, the old woman was lying on the bed looking at the ceiling with empty eyes, and from time to time her mouth spit out, "Shu'er, please protect your Xiaoyu and come back safely." β
"Is my mother still reluctant to eat?" Song Kai, the heir of the Song family, asked with a little worry as he watched the nanny take out the untouched food.
"Back to my lord, I haven't eaten all day. β
"Junyu, Yong'er, come and take these in and ask grandma to eat. Song Kai glanced at a pair of children who were sitting on the European-style sofa playing games and commanded.
The two obediently put down the game console and picked up the food from the nanny and walked into the room, the boy looked at the person lying on the bed, and said cautiously, "Grandma, eat something." β
"Junyu, good, grandma doesn't eat, grandma isn't hungry, call your dad in. Grandma looked at the grandchildren in front of her with difficulty and said kindly.
The two little children put their food on the table and walked out in small steps.
"Daddy, grandma told you to go in. β
After hearing this, the man also guessed a rough idea, and then instructed the housekeeper behind him, "Send more people to find Li Xiyu's whereabouts, and go to the police station by the way." β
"Okay. β
In front of the businessman, he was just thinking about how the rest of the Li family's property should be transferred to his own hands, and the huge insurance premium of the Li family was just used for the company's capital turnover, and he didn't care about the life and death of Li Xiyu's little girl, if it weren't for the news media's constant attention and his mother's unwillingness to give up for her, he wouldn't have paid attention to it.
"Mom, Xiyu, we have already sent someone to look for it. Song Kai walked to the bed, looked at the pale old woman, and his heart suddenly ached.
When the old woman saw the visitor, she excitedly raised her hand and grabbed the man's hand, and said to herself, "Xiaoyu~~"
"Mom, don't worry, we already know Xiaoyu's approximate address, we will be able to find her soon, come, eat something, take care of your body, so that Xiaoyu comes back, and you will have the strength to pick her up." β
In fact, there is no one to be found, this is just a lie.
When the old woman heard this, she thought for a moment, and thought that he had a point, so she turned her eyes to the food on the table, and the man smiled when he saw her movements, and chose a light porridge for her from the food.