Chapter 12: Waiting for Daddy
Xiao Lou Zheng stood in the shade by the street tree, holding the instant noodles that Xiao Zhe had just bought for her in his two little hands.
She thought that her father had not much money on him, and that he had little to eat in the morning, and that she was going to leave the food and divide half of it for his father.
The little girl kept staring at the corner where Xiao Zhe's figure disappeared with a pair of big black eyes.
It seems that she is reluctant to blink her eyes, for fear that she will miss it when her father appears.
Time passed slowly, and the pedestrians around the little girl didn't know how many they had passed, and the long figure that disappeared around the corner never reappeared.
The street trees shed a few green leaves on the little girl's shoulders in the summer breeze, and the sun slowly set from the middle, leaving a red patch in the western sky.
The little girl was like a statuette, looking in one direction, her eyes showing anticipation, and she didn't move.
Xiao Qin, a policeman from the Xinjiang District Police Station, changed shifts, and was just about to push the bicycle locked on the side of the road when he glanced at it and saw that the little girl was still standing there, and felt that something was wrong.
After thinking about it for a while, he went back to the office and called Captain Wu out, standing at the door of the police station, Xiao Qin pointed to the child by the street tree.
"Captain, that kid has been standing there since noon, and I've been standing all afternoon, and I just got off work and saw that she was still there! Isn't something wrong with you? ”
Captain Wu squinted and observed the little girl standing by the street tree for a while, and nodded towards Xiao Qin. "Xiao Qin, you go and bring that kid to my office."
Captain Wu saw that Xiao Qin was heading towards the little girl, so he turned around and went back to the office first.
After a while, Xiao Qin entered the captain's office with an embarrassed face.
Captain Wu raised his head, only seeing him alone, his thick eyebrows furrowed slightly, "What about the child?" ”
The child refused to go, saying that she was going to wait for her father! She said that her father had gone to buy her buns and would come to pick her up in a moment. Xiao Qin didn't believe the words in the little girl's mouth, he was just angry. An adult discards the child. Even with such a lie! That man is just scum! Unworthy of a father!
Captain Wu obviously didn't expect to encounter this situation, he got up from behind his desk and waved his hand at Xiao Qin, "Xiao Qin." You go home first. I'll go to the door and take a look. ”
Xiao Qin was before leaving. took a small bag of biscuits from his drawer and gave it to Captain Wu and asked him to take them to coax the child.
It wasn't until it was dark that Captain Wu finally coaxed the little girl into the police station. He poured hot water for the children, and asked the police officer on duty to go to the shop opposite the door to buy two bowls of dumplings.
Captain Wu sat opposite the little girl and touched her head, "Tell uncle, what is your father's name and where he lives, and uncle will send you to your father." ”
Although Xiao Lou Zheng sat on the bench in the police station, his eyes still glanced out from time to time, for fear of missing Xiao Zhe's figure.
She shook her head, the expression on her little face was ignorant, "I only know that my father's name is Xiao Zhe." ”
It has been a long time since he talked to the child, and Captain Wu quickly noticed that the little girl in front of him seemed to be slightly autistic, or autistic.
The little girl's IQ doesn't seem to have any problems, maybe the influence of the family environment, or the influence of her parents, so her personality develops in the direction of isolation and extremes, and she is extremely dependent on her father.
Captain Wu couldn't help frowning, his face was unhappy, and he muttered in his heart: "How did this parent take care of his children, there is such a lovely girl who still teaches the child to be like this, and the father in the little girl's mouth is definitely not a good person!" ”
Captain Wu also has a little girl who is about the same age as Xiao Lou Zheng at home, eccentric, cheerful, and very good at talking.
The policeman on duty brought two bowls of hot dumplings, and Captain Wu put one bowl in front of the little girl, "Lou Zheng, eat first, and only when you are full will you have the strength to wait for Dad." ”
Lou Zheng opened his eyes and looked at Captain Wu's gentle face, did not refuse, took the spoon next to him and began to eat.
Captain Wu ate a few casually, and then went to the side to explain to the police on duty.
"You watch here tonight, and if the little girl falls asleep, you can carry her into the cot in the duty room."
"Captain, is this kid going to stay in our bureau forever? Tomorrow, why don't Xiao Qin and I go through the formalities for her and send her to the detention center? The child's father obviously abandoned the little girl, and the people in the bureau were very busy every day, and they had to go out to work, so they couldn't keep watching the child who was only a few years old.
Captain Wu couldn't bear it, and when he saw Xiao Lou Zheng, he thought of his little girl, "In two days, if her father doesn't come to pick her up in two days, I will personally send her to the detention center, and at night, you take care of it more, and I will bring you breakfast tomorrow morning." ”
The policeman on duty nodded, "Don't worry, boss." ”
Captain Wu went home, and there were only two policemen on duty in the Xinjiang District Police Station plus a little girl over five years old.
The little girl sat on the wooden bench closest to the door, holding a plastic bag in her hand, containing a few clothes and a packet of instant noodles that she didn't eat much at first.
She kept her eyes staring at the door, it was too long, the little girl couldn't hold on, her sleepy head was little by little, and she looked very pitiful.
Another policeman on duty, Wang Jie, got up and walked to the little girl's side, and one night, almost all the police in the police station knew the little girl's name.
Wang Jie walked to Xiao Lou Zheng's side, stretched out a hand to stop her sleepy little body that fell forward, and said gently, "Lou Zheng, is it okay for uncle to send you to sleep?" ”
The little girl was awakened by the sound and sobered up a lot, glanced at Wang Jie with dark eyes, and shook her head, "I'll wait for Dad." ”
Wang Jie sighed softly, "Look, it's been dark for a long time, and your father also needs to rest, at this time, he must be sleeping at home, and then when it dawns tomorrow morning, he will come to take you home when he is rested." ”
The little girl's head hung down, obviously not believing what Wang Jie said.
Wang Jie saw the little girl with her head down, and a few drops of crystal water fell on her little hand holding the plastic bag, and he was stunned, and saw the little girl raise her head and look at him with a pair of teary eyes.
"Uncle, you say, Dad doesn't want me anymore, Dad will never come to pick me up, right?"
The little girl had no intention of telling the truth, but Wang Jie couldn't bear to affirm the truth.
He tugged at the corners of his stiff mouth and comforted the little girl, "Who said it, it must be that this place is too far away from your house, and your father is lost, so he didn't come to pick you up in time, don't worry, when your father finds the right way, he will come to pick you up!" ”
"Really?"
"Hmm~ Uncle doesn't lie."
"Uncle, do you know how to make money?" (To be continued......)