Chapter 21: Missing
Of course, what surprised him even more was the chance encounter at noon.
He had planned how to sneak into the school, but he didn't want to see the boy he saw in the morning again at the school gate. Listening to his classmates call him "Liu Xuchen", he was even more sure of his judgment in the morning and locked the object.
Since his sister and brother-in-law did not support his idea, he had to use other methods, as long as he could get money.
Because Lu Zhigang's matter was resolved, the adults of the two families were relieved. After school, a few friends went to the ice cream shop to eat as scheduled, and Yashi was treated. After coming out of the ice cream parlor, they went to the nearby bookstore to read a book, and only went home when it was almost dark.
When they separated, Yashi was still a little worried about Liu Xuchen and asked him to call home and ask the driver to pick him up. But Liu Xuchen felt that there was no danger anymore, a boy of his age, it was a bit embarrassing to let the driver pick him up every day. Seeing that he insisted on not letting anyone pick him up, Yashi went with him.
Yashi has always been worried about the safety of her father and Liu Xuchen, and her nerves are tense, but now she is relaxed and finally finds the fun that a sixth-grade child should have.
She remembers that when she was in elementary school, she often went to the bookstore with Guo Xiaoyang to read books, and stayed for one or two hours. She sees it as a book and a novel, while Guo Xiaoyang spends most of his time reading comic books or martial arts novels that fight and kill.
Perhaps influenced by her, when high school Chinese science was divided, Guo Xiaoyang also chose liberal arts.
When Esther got home, her mother hadn't returned. She washed an apple and ate it while watching TV.
She sighed in her heart that it was better to go to elementary school, where she could eat, drink and have fun casually, unlike high school, where even watching TV series became a luxury.
She had barely watched an episode before the phone next to her rang restlessly. She thought it was her mother's phone, but when she saw that the number was unfamiliar, she heard a woman's eager voice as soon as she picked it up.
"It's Esther, right? Is my family Xuchen with you? ”
Yashi was stunned, and it turned out to be Liu Xuchen's mother who called.
She paused for a moment before saying, "Auntie, we separated after we came out of the bookstore, and he said he wanted to go home." I'm home, haven't I arrived yet? Did you go somewhere else? ”
"I don't know where he went, I called more than a dozen times and he didn't answer. I'm really afraid of him......" Guo Lijuan didn't say any more, but she could hear that she was very anxious, and her tone was full of tears.
"Auntie, don't worry, maybe he didn't hear it. If there is anything interesting near your house, you can look for it. Esther suggested.
"Yashi, you don't know this kid Xu Chen, he's like a nerd, he doesn't play anything except the occasional basketball game with his cousin. Ah, by the way, I can ask his cousin. Guo Lijuan was a little flustered, and when she thought of this, she hung up the phone and called her nephew.
Affected by Guo Lijuan's emotions, Yashi was also a little nervous, she called Liu Xuchen twice, but no one answered. However, when she dialed for the third time, it changed to a "The phone you made is turned off".
Yashi suddenly felt bad, if Liu Xuchen's mobile phone was lost, it would be fine, but I was afraid that Liu Xuchen would be in danger, and the other party would turn off his mobile phone.
Soon, Yashi received a call from Guo Lijuan again, she asked Liu Xuchen's cousin, and said that Liu Xuchen had never looked for him at all. Time passed minute by minute, and Guo Lijuan was completely panicked.
"Auntie, don't worry, I'll find Guo Xiaoyang right away and find Liu Xuchen with you."
"Okay, Xuchen and his father are also on the way, you guys help your uncles and aunts find it together!" Guo Lijuan almost collapsed, and her voice trembled.
Yashi asked Liu Xuchen's address and hung up the phone, turned off the TV, put on his coat and went out. On the way, she called Guo Xiaoyang, explained the situation to him, and asked him to meet Liu Xuchen's house.
Thinking that her mother might still be operating on patients, she only sent her mother a message, thinking that she would see it as soon as she came out of the operating room.
Hearing the conversation between Yashi and Guo Xiaoyang, the taxi master was a little uneasy, and asked kindly: "Little classmate, do you know that you came out of the house alone so late?" ”
"My mom was operating on someone, and I couldn't reach her." Esther said truthfully.
"Oh, Uncle still suggests that you let the adults in the family find someone with you, otherwise you are such a young child, it is too dangerous." The taxi driver kindly advised.
Listening to his reminder, Yashi suddenly remembered that she was too anxious to hear that Liu Xuchen was missing, and she forgot to contact Uncle Xu.
After thinking about it, she smiled and thanked the taxi driver, called Xu Haobo, and told her and Guo Xiaoyang that they were going to Liu Xuchen's house and find someone with Liu Xuchen's parents.
Xu Haobo was not worried about Yashi, immediately put down the work at hand, went out and got into the car before he had time to change clothes, and went straight to the direction of Liu Xuchen's house.
At nine o'clock in the evening, a group of people met at Liu Xuchen's villa. At this time, there was no news of Liu Xuchen. His phone is still turned off.
"Ms. Guo, think about it carefully, is there any place that Liu Xuchen usually wants to go to, but has never been. The children are too nervous these days because of Lu Zhigang's incident, maybe he wants to relax. Xu Haobo guided.
After all, Liu Xuchen has only been missing from his family for less than three hours, and no more than 24 hours cannot be characterized as missing, and the police cannot intervene in the investigation.
Guo Lijuan pondered for a while, and her eyes lit up and said: "Two days ago, I heard this kid chatter, saying that Yashi helped him a lot, and he wanted to buy a gift for Yashi. I wonder if he went to the mall? ”
"It's entirely possible. If there is a mall near your house, let's go and take a look. Xu Haobo is not sure, but he is a policeman, so he can't panic with Liu Xuchen's parents.
After speaking, the three adults were about to leave, and Yashi and Guo Xiaoyang also had to follow, but they were stopped by Xu Haobo. He asked them to stay at home, and if Liu Xuchen came back, he would contact them as soon as possible.
Esther felt justified, so she didn't ask to follow.
"Sister Shi, do you think Liu Xuchen will be in trouble? I regret that I shouldn't have let him go home alone. Guo Xiaoyang sighed and said with annoyance.
"You regret it, and I regret it. I hope it's not Lu Zhigang, if Uncle Liu helps him like this and kidnaps Liu Xuchen, he will be too bad! Yashi prayed, hoping that Liu Xuchen's disappearance had nothing to do with Lu Zhigang.
Subconsciously, she was glad that her father was not in the capital at this time. At least, if something happened to Liu Xuchen, he wouldn't have saved him, and there would be no danger.
I don't know how long it took, but my phone rang in the living room. As soon as Yashi heard the ringtone, she knew that it was not her phone, so she followed the source of the sound to find it. She guessed that the mobile phone should belong to Liu Xuchen's father or mother.
On the screen of the mobile phone, an unfamiliar number jumped wantonly, which made Yashi a little flustered.