Chapter 4: Isolation
Yashi's mother, Zhao Wenfang, was a surgeon, and if she had had an operation, she wouldn't have been able to pick her up in time. After waiting for almost an hour, but not seeing her mother coming, Esther planned to walk home by herself. Now, although she is a thirteen-year-old body, she has eighteen-year-old wisdom and experience. It's normal to come home from school on your own.
Just as he was walking in the direction of her house, he saw a black SUV driving over, and he looked very familiar. The car stopped beside her, and a man got out of it.
Yashi looked at it fixedly, and couldn't help but be happy, she was thinking about how to contact Xu Haobo, and her Uncle Xu came to her by himself. She almost forgot that when her parents didn't have time to pick her up before, Xu Haobo also came a few times.
"Uncle Xu!" Yashi greeted Xu Haobo with a smile.
"Your mom called me more than an hour ago and said she had an operation and really didn't have time to come over. If it weren't for the traffic jam on the road, I would have arrived a long time ago. Wait, Shishi? Xu Haobo asked with a hint of guilt.
Yashi shook her head sensibly, "It's okay, Uncle Xu, I didn't have to wait long. Staring at Xu Haobo, Yashi felt very cordial.
Xu Haobo is a colleague of her father, Jin Haifeng, and his best friend. He is a few years younger than Jin Haifeng, with a burly figure, sword eyebrows, and a look of fortitude unique to a criminal policeman. Like Jin Haifeng, Xu Haobo speaks harshly to criminals, and Xu Haobo is amiable to children.
"Shishi, what do you want to eat at night, uncle invites you." He asked as he helped Esther open the door.
"Uncle Xu, eat...... Kebab rows? Esther winked mischievously, a sly little expression on her face.
On weekdays, her father and mother would not let her eat these things, and only when she was with Uncle Xu could she secretly eat some unhealthy food that her mother said.
"Of course, you can eat whatever you want!" Xu Haobo responded heartily.
In Esther's excitement, he started the car and drove towards a nearby barbecue restaurant.
The barbecue restaurant, called "Taste of Small Skewers", has a unique decoration style, and the walls of the small shop are embedded with LED displays, on which dolphins, turtles and colorful small fish swim happily, making people feel like they are in a blue and mysterious underwater world.
Xu Haobo ordered the skewers according to Yashi's preference, and while waiting for the food to be served, Yashi asked tentatively: "Uncle Xu, do you know a person named Lu Zhigang?" ”
"Lui Zhigang? I haven't heard of it. Do you know him? Xu Haobo thought for a moment and said quickly.
Yashi didn't think about whether to explain the reason directly to Xu Haobo, after all, it sounded ridiculous, she was only a thirteen-year-old child at this time, and she had already expected how Xu Haobo would react if she and Xu Haobo said that Lu Zhigang was about to kidnap a child named Liu Xuchen, and her father Jin Haifeng would die for rescuing the child.
But she had no choice. Xu Haobo is the person she must ask for help. Otherwise, with her own strength, she would not be able to save her father at all.
Thinking of this, she looked at Xu Haobo, her eyes were determined, and the bottom of her eyes was a rare maturity of a thirteen-year-old child. She told Xu Haobo the truth about her experience and what was about to happen in more than a month, but, just as she expected, Xu Haobo couldn't believe her at all.
"Shishi, you said you were from five years later? Will your dad die in a little over a month? You're not going to tell a story to your uncle, are you? It's an essay assigned by a school teacher, right? The title is 'Me in Five Years'. I remember writing this essay as a child, and I fantasized that I would grow up to be an explorer and go on adventures in the North Pole. But now that I'm a police officer, it's completely different from what I imagined at the time. Xu Haobo was immersed in the memories of his childhood, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were smiling.
"Uncle, I'm not writing essays, what I'm saying is true. I want to ask you to help me and save my dad together! Yashi looked at Xu Haobo with sincere eyes and begged.
Xu Haobo was in trouble for a while, and he has always responded to Yashi's request, but he can't complete this request.
Who can believe that there are unfounded predictions about the future, let alone from a thirteen-year-old child.
Seeing that Yashi was still insisting, Xu Haobo said with a smile: "Yashi, eat first, give your uncle some time, and let your uncle think about what to do." ”
Although Yashi was anxious, she knew that this matter sounded outrageous, and she needed to give Uncle Xu a little time to digest.
After eating, he sent Yashi home, and Xu Haobo called Jin Haifeng on the way back and told him what Yashi said. Like Xu Haobo, Jin Haifeng was also puzzled, what happened to his baby daughter, was he too worried that he was hallucinating? Delusional persecution?
Seeing that it was the weekend, he planned to discuss it with his wife and take Esther to the hospital. Of course, Yashi didn't know that her Uncle Xu betrayed her so quickly, until the weekend holiday, Zhao Wenfang wanted to take her to the hospital, and she also hung up the psychiatric department in advance.
"Mom, I'm fine, why do I need to see a doctor?" Although Yashi didn't know what kind of psychiatric treatment she was looking for, she thought it was strange, why did she come to see this department at a young age?
"Shishi, have you been hallucinating lately, thinking that your father will be in danger, and that your classmates will be kidnapped?"
After listening to her mother's words, Yashi knew that not only Xu Haobo, but also Guo Xiaoyang had betrayed her.
Guo Xiaoyang told her mother Xu Lizhen about Yashi's strange behavior at school, and Xu Lizhen relayed it to Zhao Wenfang.
"Mom, it's not a hallucination, it's all real. I'm your daughter, but I'm not your thirteen-year-old daughter, I'm your eighteen-year-old daughter, and I'm from five years later. So I knew that my dad would die in a month to save the kidnapped boy, and I was here to save him! Yesterday was my eighteenth birthday, and I made a wish to go back five years ago to save my father. I didn't expect to wake up this morning and my wish came true! I'm back, back to thirteen! Despite her mother's great shock and growing anxiety, Yashi finally told her the truth.
"Shishi, you...... Are you worried about your dad too much to have such a hallucination? Shishi, you have to believe your father, although he is a criminal policeman, he will also protect himself when he saves people! Zhao Wenfang still couldn't believe what Yashi said, even though her beautiful little face was flushed, and she was so anxious that she was about to cry.
At Yashi's insistence, Zhao Wenfang compromised and did not take her to the hospital.
Mom, Uncle Xu, and best friend don't believe her, and Estee feels isolated.
But she wasn't discouraged, and she was going to find a way to prove to everyone that she was telling the truth.
She struggled to think back to what happened in 2015 and had an idea.