Zhai Chen twitched when he heard it.
The bitterness story suddenly turned into a martial arts film. The host's face was visibly distorted for a moment, and he changed the subject bluntly: "Our film crew found the mountain village where you were abducted and sold, do you want to see it?"
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Gao Yusheng to agree, a new picture was displayed on the big screen, with a low standard commentary and just the right background sound, bringing the atmosphere back.
The beautiful mountains, shaded by green trees and gurgling water, can't see the edge at a glance.
Commentary: "According to the description of the person seeking help and the investigation and visit, we have roughly determined that the mountain village of that year was in T County in the northern part of S Province."
The program team really put a lot of effort into finding the town closest to the village. This was all based on Gao Yusheng's memory. He remembered that there were tourists from out of town and a huge stone tablet in that town. This town is about 20 kilometers away from the village, but it is impossible to test which village it is.
The camera took pictures of the town and the surrounding scenery, and also found two children to reproduce the story of the year in a blurred scene.
Commentary: "Xiao Gao was kidnapped here, and his adoptive father was afraid that he would escape, so when he was working in the field during the day, he tied him to the yard with a dog rope. My brother is the next door neighbor. He has been kidnapped and sold for many years. Looking at it, the two children who are suffering from the same illness have formed an indissoluble bond since then."
The two children in the picture are holding hands and running in the fields. A shot in black and white, flashing past dilapidated bungalows, jagged fences, twine dangling from trees.
"You are a child in the city, and your family should have been in good conditions when you were young, right?" Of course, the host knew that this was the eldest young master of Jiuyi Group, but for the sake of the show, he had to pretend that he didn't know the person who asked for help, Mr. Gao. When you want to come to the show, the audience who know the truth in front of the TV can't help but shout: That's quite good!
"Fortunately, an ordinary family." Gao Yusheng said without changing his face.
"... Life in the village must be hard, right?"
"At first they were afraid of me running away, so they wouldn't let me go out. Later, they were relieved when I had my brother with me. My brother took me to fish for shrimp, fish, and pick up bird eggs. I didn't feel bad when I was with my brother." Although he lacked food and clothing , but those joys are also real. The journey from the train to the mountain village was a nightmare, but the moment I saw my brother, the nightmare ended.
"I heard that there is a lot of poverty over there, and salt needs to be exchanged for eggs in the town. Is picking eggs to subsidize the family?" The host tried hard to portray Mr. Gao as a sensible and pitiful little cabbage.
"Eat." Gao Yusheng glanced at the host inexplicably. It is said that they are poor, but they are not so poor that they cannot afford salt. Otherwise, where will they get the money to buy children
"… "
The lyrical background music continued, and the conversation was over for the day. Zhai Chen silently found a corner and squatted up, he really didn't see it.
Gao Yusheng turned his head, Zhai Chen was nowhere to be seen, and his eyes lit up imperceptibly. Last night, he vaguely heard the phone call that Zhai Chen answered in the second bedroom: "Okay, I will definitely go tomorrow."
Tomorrow, definitely, where to go
Originally, he didn't expect the program team to find Zhai Chen, but if he did, his brother kept evasive and refused to admit it, just to surprise him!
Gao Yusheng looked at the electronic screen on the other side of the stage, the screen itself was also a door. If you find it, that person will come out from behind the screen and have an earth-shattering encounter with the person who asks for help. All of a sudden, I lost my patience for the next link.
When the host saw that the person seeking help wanted to jump directly to the opening link, of course it was not possible, so he quickly continued the topic: "Later, my brother took you to escape, didn't you? You are so young, how did you escape?"
There are twists and turns on the mountain road, and there is often only one way to the outside world from that kind of mountain village. Not to mention children, even adult women who have been abducted and trafficked have a hard time escaping, and it is easy to meet people in the village. In those backward places, people have long been accustomed to buying and selling children, and no one will help the two children to call the police because they are pitiful, but will only send back the runaway children.
"My brother walked behind me for a long time, hid in a truck and escaped to the county seat." Gao Yusheng succinctly omitted the hard process. That is a task that is impossible for ordinary children to complete. If you say too much, it will reveal the special features of your brother.
This is probably the most boring family-hunting show in history. There are no heart-wrenching cries, no thrilling escapes, and nothing to watch except for the handsome face of asking for help.
"Then you were rescued by the public security organs. You went home and my brother went to the orphanage." The host took the information and continued to save the ratings. "What's his name?"
"I don't know his original name, but he has always called him Brother Xingxing." And that long-standing name, my brother never mentioned again, and Gao Yusheng couldn't remember it either.
The host tried to find out the purpose of Gao Yusheng's persistent search for his brother: "If it wasn't for him, you would probably still be in the mountain village and forget your original home."
The person in front of him, Mr. Gao, is handsome and decent, full of the atmosphere of the upper class. If there is no brother Xingxing, he is determined not to look like this now. Probably in that small mountain village, facing the loess and back to the sky, with rough skin, cracked hands and feet, ignorant and hopeless wasted life.
"Looking for him, to thank him?"
No matter how you answer this question, you can't go wrong. The host is sure to make the audience cry this time. The most true and beautiful friendship in the world is nothing but gratitude. A single "thank you" that crosses thousands of mountains and rivers is worth a long essay of 10,000 words.
Gao Yusheng lowered his eyes, was silent for a while, and slowly shook his head: "Find him and ask him why he left me."
Completely unreasonable words, shocked the host and the audience. Zhai Chen, who was squatting in the corner, frowned fiercely.
The music in the field changed rapidly, and it was finally time to witness the miracle. The host raised his hand and asked Gao Yusheng to step forward to open the door: "If you find it, he's on the other side of the door."
Gao Yusheng stood up and buttoned his suit slowly. The mountain scenery is played in a loop on the big screen. The days of suffering and happiness are long gone, but the memories of childhood are fresh as yesterday.
With his footsteps, the camera zoomed in little by little, and the passage of only ten meters seemed to have traveled for a century. When confronted, the previous certainty suddenly became uncertain again.
What if the person over there is not Zhai Chen
What if my brother doesn't want to recognize him
What if, to my brother, he was just a childhood friend and nothing special
The door composed of electronic screens slowly opened, and the light from the spotlights shone through the cracks of the door, so bright that no one could see clearly. Everyone held their breaths, looking forward to the kind, brave and ill-fated brother Xingxing.
The door opened to the maximum, the smoke and dust under the spotlights dissipated, and the inside was empty. The audience couldn't help booing in disappointment, and Gao Yusheng, who was standing on the stage, was also a little confused.
"Unfortunately, we couldn't find it," the outfield host appeared on the big screen, "but we also found a lot of clues. It's not blood relatives, we can't find relevant information from the missing children's database, and we can only ask the public security organs for help."
According to the records of the Public Security Bureau in the central district at the time, because the Gao family had reported the case, the two children were soon sent back to the city after asking the police for help. Gao Yusheng was taken home by his mother, and brother Xingxing entered the orphanage in the central area.
"The name that the little brother registered in the data is called "Xingxing", there is no surname, and his age is also an approximate number." The outfield host showed the old data found to the camera.
[Xingxing, male, age 12~13 years old, parents unknown, birthplace unknown]
Brother Xingxing does not belong to any of the cases of lost children, his biological parents could not be found, and he could not be identified as an orphan, so he temporarily resided in a welfare institution.
"He was not an orphan and could not be adopted. He was fostered in the house of a lady surnamed Ye at the time, but he was retired and returned to the orphanage soon after. Later, he was taken away by the police, saying that he had found his parents. There is no news." This is all the clues the program team found, and everything stopped when the police took him away.
Ms. Ye is Gao Yusheng's mother Ye Rong.
The screen gradually went black, and Gao Yusheng stood on the stage for a long time.
The host walked up to him and comforted him: "Don't be discouraged, at least you already know that my brother has biological parents, and he should be doing well now. This show will be seen by the whole country, and maybe my brother will also see it, Do you have anything to say to him?"
Gao Yusheng didn't seem to hear it, and looked scatteredly for Zhai Chen under the stage.
"I started a business and made a map that I once hoped I could use to find you."
He didn't say what the map was, but everyone knew it.
"Our map has turned on the finding mode. Anyone who loses something can publish the finding revelation in real time, and people around can help find it. If a child is lost, it can also be published in real time..." After speaking, inexplicably began advertised.
The host tried to interrupt him, but the director of Erhuili stopped him aloud. This is a new public welfare project launched by Punctuation Map. With the technical support of "Search Point", everyone can post information for help, completely free of charge.
At the end of the recording, Gao Yusheng took off his suit jacket and put it on his arm, and walked slowly out of the studio.
"Your family-hunting program also has an advert." Zhai Chen appeared out of nowhere, and slapped him on his shoulder with a smile. Let's just say that this guy obviously recognized him, so why is he still on the family search program, it turned out to be a commercial project.
Gao Yusheng didn't respond, and walked out with his eyes down, not wanting to talk to him. He has already said what he can say and what he can't say through the show, but this person is still indifferent. Is it really self-indulgent? For the past fifteen years, only I have been thinking about my brother unilaterally.
Seeing his depressed face, Zhai Chen couldn't help but ask, "You are so old, why are you looking for him?"
Gao Yusheng stopped and took a slow breath: "Just treat me as lacking in love, it's a joke."
Zhai Chen was stunned for a moment, then reached out and grabbed the child who turned around and was about to leave: "Godsend."