Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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“Auntie, I want to ride that one.” Pei Hao pointed at a roller coaster and said. Shen Qinglan looked over and saw the warning sign, “You are too young. You can’t ride it now. You can wait until you grow up.”
Pei Hao was a little disappointed, “I’ve grown up.”
“You’re not old enough now, you need to be a little older.” After saying that, Shen Qinglan pointed to the merry-go-round not far away, “Let’s go play that.”
Pei Hao was a little unhappy, “Those are all for girls.”
Shen Qinglan: “…”
Fu Hengyi looked at Shen Qinglan’s embarrassed look, his eyes were full of smiles, and in exchange for Shen Qinglan’s unhappy look, Fu Hengyi knelt down and picked him up, “Didn’t you want to play the pirate ship. Let’s go and play the pirate ship.”
When Pei Hao heard this, he was happy and hugged Fu Hengyi’s neck. He even forgot about his favourite aunt, “I want to play twice.” He held out two chubby fingers.
“Okay.”
“Is three times okay?”
“Okay.”
Shen Qinglan followed the two of them. From the corner of her eye, she saw a mother and a little boy sitting on a chair to rest. The little boy was squatting on the ground. He was holding a small train toy in his hand. He was not very old and was about the same age as little Pei Hao. The young mother lowered her head and played with her mobile phone.
Shen Qinglan took one look and then withdrew her gaze.
The amusement park had a pirate ship specially designed for children of Pei Hao’s age. Seeing the pirate ship, Pei Hao was very happy and took Shen Qinglan’s hand, “Auntie, let’s go up and play.”
Shen Qinglan glanced at the mini pirate ship and said this one really didn’t call, so she glanced at Fu Hengyi, who picked up Pei Hao and said, “Your aunt doesn’t like to play with this, so I will play with you.”
Pei Hao glanced at Shen Qinglan, then at the pirate ship, and finally nodded, “Auntie, you wait for us here, my uncle and I will go play.”
Shen Qinglan nodded with a smile and took the small schoolbag off Pei Hao’s body.
It was already half an hour later when Fu Hengyi took Pei Hao off the pirate ship. Pei Hao’s face was red and sweaty from playing.
Shen Qinglan took out a towel from the bag and wiped Pei Hao’s sweat, “Drink some water first, and let’s take a rest before we go play with other things.” Seeing Pei Hao nodding obediently, Shen Qinglan took out another bottle of water from the bag and handed it to Fu Hengyi.
Fu Hengyi took it and took a sip. For the first time, he felt that playing with a child was more tiring than training with the new recruits for a day. He couldn’t help but feel glad that they didn’t plan to have a baby so early.
“Mom, I want to play bumper cars.” Next to him, a little boy held his mother’s hand and said softly. When Pei Hao heard this, he also looked at Shen Qinglan expectantly, “Auntie.”
“I know, wait a minute, let’s go.”
Pei Hao smiled happily. Shen Qinglan and Fu Hengyi took Pei Hao to play bumper cars. Fu Hengyi and Pei Hao took one car, and Shen Qinglan took one by herself.
After he had turned nine years old, Fu Hengyi had never been to an amusement park, let alone Shen Qinglan. In her memory, this was her first time coming to an amusement park. She was originally a little unable to let go, but Fu Hengyi deliberately bumped into her. After a few times, she became more competitive and had a lot of fun like a child.
“Auntie, this bumper car is so fun. Can we come again next time?”
Shen Qinglan nodded, with a smile on her face, “Okay.”
Fu Hengyi looked at the two people talking and laughing, his eyes full of tenderness.
“Uncle, I still want to play with the train.” Pei Hao pulled Fu Hengyi’s trouser leg and pointed to the train in the distance. Fu Hengyi picked him up resignedly, “I will take him to play with the train first. You find a place to rest for a moment.”
The sun was a bit bright today so Fu Hengyi pointed to a nearby bench, which happened to be under the shade of a tree and Shen Qinglan nodded, “You go ahead, I’ll wait for you here.”
Shen Qinglan sat on the bench, and as she sat down, she took out her mobile phone to browse the WeChat Moments. Except for Yu Xiaoxuan and Fang Tong, the WeChat Moments were very quiet. Fang Tong had recently fallen out of love and was in a very low mood. When Shen Qinglan saw Fang Tong two days ago, although there was nothing visible on the surface, the sadness in her eyes was still nowhere to be hidden, but she looked much better than before. This kind of thing needed to be digested by herself. As a friend, she coouldn’t interfere too much.
Yu Xiaoxuan was still filming with Andre, but they were not in the country recently. They had gone to Country Y to shoot overseas scenes. Sisly also went back with them, while Eden stayed in the capital and entered a medical research institute. He rarely contacted Shen Qinglan for his bizarre research.
After chatting with Yu Xiaoxuan for a few words, Shen Qinglan just put down her phone when she saw a woman with a worried look on her face, calling someone’s name, “Doudou, where are you? Doudou.”
She recognized her at a glance. It was the young mother who was playing with her mobile phone just now.
“Have you seen a child in a black and white striped T-shirt and dark jeans?” The young mother grabbed a pedestrian beside her and gestured, “He is about this tall and has a bob haircut.”
The pedestrian shook his head and said no. This was a amusement park, there were so many children, who would notice such a child.
The young mother was about to cry. She looked at her phone for a while, and the child disappeared. “Doudou, where are you? Come out quickly.” There was a cry in her voice.
Shen Qinglan stood up and walked over, “Instead of worrying here, it is better to ask the amusement park staff for help and see where the child went. There are surveillance cameras everywhere in the amusement park, so it is not difficult to find a child.”
The young mother woke up from a dream and looked at Shen Qinglan with a grateful face, “Thank you, thank you. I’ll go right away.”
Soon a missing person notice came to mind on the radio, and Shen Qinglan noticed that the staff seemed to be there to help find the child.
After a while, Shen Qinglan saw the young mother again. She seemed to be crying, and she was still calling the child’s name, “Doudou, Doudou, where are you?” It seemed that the child had not been found yet.
“Have you seen my child?” The young mother asked anxiously when she saw Shen Qinglan.
Shen Qinglan’s eyes flickered, “Your child hasn’t been found yet?”
The young mother shook her head, “No, I searched many places, and the staff also helped to search, but I couldn’t find Doudou.” Her voice was hoarse.
“There are many surveillance cameras in this amusement park. Ask the staff to check the surveillance cameras and see where the child is.” Shen Qinglan suggested.
The young mother nodded, “Okay, okay, I’ll go right away.” She hurriedly ran in one direction.
Shen Qinglan thought for a while, sent a text message to Fu Hengyi, and followed the lady.
The staff was very cooperative. According to the instructions of the young mother, they called up the surveillance camera. Shen Qinglan’s eyes quickly scanned the surveillance screen and suddenly stopped somewhere.
On a certain screen, the child she saw before, wearing a black and white striped T-shirt and jeans, was squatting on the ground playing with a small train. The train was electric and drove far away. The little boy chased after it directly out of the young mother’s sight, the young mother has her head lowered playing with her mobile phone, unaware of her child’s departure.
The little boy named Doudou followed the train to an open space in the distance. Then he seemed to want to go to the toilet and ran into a nearby bathroom. After he came out, he seemed lost and looked around blankly.
After watching for a while, he probably couldn’t find his mother, so he finally got scared and dropped the golden beans. As he walked, he cried and called his mother. Then, a man in black clothes walked into the little boy. He didn’t know but after saying something to him, the little boy followed the man.
The man was wearing a hat, and his face was not captured on the surveillance camera. Shen Qinglan pointed at the back of the man on the surveillance camera, “Do you know this man?”
The young mother shook her head, “I don’t know him.”
According to the surveillance camera, the man took Doudou towards the amusement park exit. When he was approaching the door, Doudou started crying again. The man picked up Doudou, took out a handkerchief to wipe Doudou’s tears, and then Doudou fell asleep on the man’s shoulder. Seeing this, how would the people still not understand. This was a human trafficker.
The young mother’s legs went so weak that she suddenly fell to the ground, her face turned pale and transparent. The staff of the amusement park also understood the seriousness of the matter and immediately called their superiors and then called the police.
Shen Qinglan didn’t look at this. Instead, she stepped forward and retrieved the surveillance video at the entrance of the amusement park. She watched the man get into a black car and glanced at the license plate. Shen Qinglan left the surveillance room directly. No one present had any idea, also they didn’t notice her leaving.
After walking out of the monitoring room, Shen Qinglan walked towards the parking lot, took out her mobile phone and called Jin Enxi, “Enxi, where are you now?”
“At home.” Jin Enxi said subconsciously as she slept.
“Turn on the computer now. I need you to help me check the whereabouts of a car. The sooner the better.”
“Now?”
“Now, immediately, immediately.” There was a coldness in Shen Qinglan’s voice, and Jin Enxi’s confused mind instantly woke up and she jumped out of bed.
“License plate and model.”
Shen Qinglan reported the license plate model. Jin Enxi’s fingers flew on the keyboard. After a while, she said, “To the north, toward Xinhua Road.”
Shen Qinglan stepped on the accelerator and the car sped away. Pedestrians only saw a car speeding on the road, passing one car after another, leaving a lot of curses, but Shen Qinglan seemed not to hear it.
“Ann, is there something wrong with this car?”
Shen Qinglan looked coldly, “There is a kidnapped child in the car.”
Jin Enxi understood instantly. The people Shen Qinglan hated most in her life must be human traffickers. After all, she was sold by the trafficker. Those who joined that organization, and even many people in that organization, joined in this way.
“Ann, the car stopped, and two men got out of the car. One of the men has a child in his arms, then he got into another car, and headed to the west of the city, in the direction of Yong’an Road.”
Jin Enxi’s voice came from the Bluetooth headset, and Shen Qinglan made a sharp turn to the left, almost colliding with an oncoming large truck.
The sirens and traffic police sirens rang out quickly behind her, but Shen Qinglan pretended not to hear them. At this moment, her mind was full of images of herself being abducted by human traffickers. That dark, small black room and the air was full of a weird smell; the boy who gave her steamed buns and promised to stay with her and help her escape, but was never seen again; the girl who was covered in injuries and lying on the ground like a rag doll; blood spreading on the ground, the lingering blood and the girl’s severed arm…
Shen Qinglan closed her eyes and expelled the pictures from her mind, but the coldness in her eyes had become even stronger.
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