Due to a number of cases of missing children in a short period of time, the city launched a shopping mall surveillance security inspection. It is required that the monitoring of all shopping malls be kept on, and the broken ones should be replaced quickly. Police issued a veiled reminder for parents to keep an eye on their little ones in seemingly safe malls.
However, this kind of reminder comes every year and does not attract much attention.
Zhai Chen nestled on the sofa in the CEO's office, watching over and over again the surveillance footage secretly recorded at the police station, to study how Yaoyao was lost. The news Fang Chuyang told him yesterday was very disturbing. An organization that specializes in catching beautiful little girls is much more terrifying than ordinary human traffickers. I can't imagine what these children will suffer when they are caught.
In the picture, a group of children are running back and forth, as if they are playing some game, and everyone is running in the same direction. Yaoyao followed and ran ahead. Little girls before puberty, often with better physical strength than little boys, flew past the camera like a gust of wind.
In the kindergarten, when other children wanted to bully Zhai Mengmeng, Yaoyao protected him. Although Yaoyao likes to cry, she will become extremely fierce when she encounters things related to Zhai Mengmeng. And his own child, probably because of this, is making a fuss about marrying others.
Remembering that Mengmeng asked him if Yaoyao had been found last night, Zhai Chen was even more distressed.
Gao Yusheng worked for a while and couldn't help but look up at him. I usually don't pay attention, but now Zhai Chen is caught in the pure black sofa, which makes him look extraordinarily white.
At that time in the village, I felt that he was shining white, and I always thought it was because the color of the place was too dark. Now, it doesn't seem to be. Zhai Chen has been running around outside this summer, and he hasn't seen him get tanned a little bit, probably because he is born with no tan...
"Boom", a ball of paper flew over and hit Gao Yusheng on the forehead accurately.
"Do your homework well, why are you in a daze." Teacher Zhai made another round and continued to throw him away.
Gao Yusheng raised his hand to catch it: "What are you looking at?"
"The video of Yaoyao's loss," Zhai Chen hesitated, and told Gao Yusheng about the loss of another little girl, "it would be better if I went to the mountains and sold it, at least it wouldn't be dangerous if I raised a child. It's hard to say."
He wanted to visit that mall very much, but he always felt that some details were overlooked. But he didn't worry about Gao Yusheng being alone. Since those grandsons dared to use the cheap trick like hot pot scalding, there might be some tricks to come. He doesn't even dare to let Gao Yusheng go to the public toilet now.
"Tomorrow I'm going to Wanming to buy a tie, you can drop by and have a look." Gao Yusheng looked away and continued to work.
"Aren't you going to the sports car press conference tomorrow?" Zhai Chen glanced at the time, tomorrow is Saturday.
Gao Yusheng tilted his head: "No."
Zhai Chen: "..." This is an event where someone throws hot pot and wants to stop him from going. If he doesn't want to go, he won't go. It's too disrespectful to those who are serious about fighting for the rich and powerful.
The young master Gao said that he would not go if he didn't want to go. On Saturday, put on casual clothes and go to the mall with Zhai Chen.
"I said, why would you buy two identical sets of clothes." Zhai Chen looked at the casual suit that was almost the same as Gao Yusheng's, and was very puzzled.
"It's different," Gao Yusheng touched Zhai Chen's neckline with his fingers, "the collar design is different."
Zhai Chen took a look at this and then looked at that. The only difference is whether the edge of the valgus is sharp or rounded. Who can tell such a subtle difference!
"Is this a couple's outfit?" asked the straightforward Zhai Mengmeng.
"Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, it's called brother outfit." Zhai Chen flicked his head.
Zhai Mengmeng covered her head and hid behind Gao Yusheng: "The one who wears one pair of pants is called a brother, and the one who wears two pants is called a couple. That's what you said."
"Hey, you little brat, then you hide and let Uncle Gao hold you." Zhai Chen tried to scare the child with Gao Yusheng's cold face.
"Hmm..." Zhai Mengmeng was cowardly. He couldn't walk much by himself, but he didn't dare to let Gao Yusheng hug him.
Gao Yusheng bent down and picked up the little guy: "The takoyaki on the third floor of Wanming is delicious, and there is a famous thick toast workshop next to it, do you want to eat it?"
"I want to eat!" Zhai Mengmeng immediately became happy, hugging Gao Yusheng and not letting go.
Zhai Chen watched that little conscience kidnapped by a box of takoyaki that had not yet arrived, and could only feel once again that people were not old in the changing world. More than four years of parenting is no match for the sugar-coated cannonballs of capitalism. Mutiny is mutiny.
The roads in the central area on Saturday were crowded, and Zhai Chen drove slowly forward. Near the shopping mall area, there is a wide square, and several houses made of pure glass are located in it, all of which are high-end exhibition stores of automobile brands, including the flagship store of Jiuyi.
The square in front of the glass house is a common place for several houses, and new product launches will be held here.
Three sports cars of different colors are placed on the square, and next to each car is a model wearing a dress of the same color. Another group of coolly dressed young models walked the catwalk in the middle, attracting the audience to appreciate the new car from various angles. The media with long guns and short cannons have long since squatted. Seeing the excited posture, it seems that they are not coming to report on the new car, but to grab entertainment and gossip.
"Someone said that the person who participated in the new product launch this time is Gao Zhenze's desired successor." Gao Yusheng looked through the glass, without any sarcasm in his words, just stating a fact.
Zhai Chen sneered, and simply turned to the side to park, but wanted to see who would participate today.
"Welcome to the launch of Jiuyi Automobile's new products." A young man dressed in fashion came out of the glass room, and his juvenile voice was spread through the loudspeaker. He is very handsome and looks like Gao Yusheng in three points, but his body is thin and weak, and he looks like a young man at first glance. The corners of his brows and eyes were slightly frivolous, which was incomparable to Gao Yusheng's deep and steady. It was Gao Yusheng's half-brother, Gao Mudi.
The media reporters suddenly came to the spirit and began to frantically take pictures of him.
Gao Mudi bowed his head slightly, showing a slightly mocking smile: "I am Gao Mudi, the youngest son of Gao Zhenze, founder of Jiuyi Group, and I will host today's press conference. Don't be too busy photographing me, pay more attention to ours. It's new."
The younger brother of the Gao family was young, and the cynical smile on his face was unexpectedly handsome, causing many young girls around to scream with excitement.
"Why does your brother look like a little hooligan." Such a bad and handsome man can't touch Zhai Chen, who is at the tenth level of Jian hooligan. Instead, he thinks that this child is not good at learning, and is no different from the group of slaughtering youths in the classroom.
"Don't you laugh like that too?"
"Bah, is your brother laughing like that?" Zhai Chen grabbed Little Gao's ear, forced him to look at him, and raised one corner of his lips, "See clearly, this is called a handsome ruffian, and that is called a hooligan."
The ear pinched by the cool fingertips instantly turned red.
Gao Mudi is a playboy and doesn't know much, but he is really good at introducing sports cars. No way, play a lot, it is difficult to understand. Master Gao completely took over the job of the product manager and introduced the various parameters of this sports car in detail. I have to say, this task is really suitable for him.
However, Miss Zhu, who followed him all the way as a background board and couldn't get a word in, didn't look very good. Fortunately, Julina is educated and still smiles.
After watching for a while, it was not interesting, Gao Yusheng urged Zhai Chen to leave.
"In that case, your stepmother did this?" Zhai Chen slowly drove the car back to the road and walked back to Wanming mall.
After all, the final benefit is that the younger brother gets it. Gao Mudi, who was four years younger than him, could not remember what Gao Yusheng said when he was a child. What Bai Rui knew could only be recited by his stepmother.
Gao Yusheng lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Seeing him like this, Zhai Chen felt a little distressed: "When you went back to Gao's house, did your stepmother come in?"
"Um."
"then you… "
"I'm not an illegitimate child." Gao Yusheng said abruptly, and fell into silence again.
"Who said you were an illegitimate child?" Zhai Chen frowned.
"No one."
Even family members who don't see each other very much should not say things that make children self-doubt. Zhai Chen couldn't help but start to get angry again: "Don't listen to their nonsense, your mother and father are legal husband and wife. At that time, because you lost, they quarreled, and mother moved out to live."
These little Tianci may not remember, but Zhai Chen was eleven years old at that time, and he still remembers it very clearly.
Gao Yusheng lowered his eyes, but listened carefully, and took a long breath: "It doesn't matter if it's an illegitimate child, I don't care anymore, I'd rather have no place like you."
If there is no source, there is no need to be tied down, and there is no need to work hard for these false family affections.
"Nonsense, no ties, what's the point of living?" Zhai Chen corrected the child's incorrect thinking in a timely manner. It's too hard to live alone in the world. With ties, there is a connection with this world, so that you will not lose yourself on the huge planet.
The warm and dry palm attached to the back of Zhai Chen's hand on the gear lever: "I only need my brother."
This sounded strange, Zhai Chen threw the paw away: "You're driving, don't make trouble."
Wanming shopping mall is still lively and has not been affected by the lost children case. Going for a walk first, Gao Yusheng bought Zhai Chen a new backpack and replaced his badly worn old bag. Front-locking zipper design for easier access to oxygen cylinders.
Then he went to the third floor to eat takoyaki and thick toast. Zhai Mengmeng was very happy. He was brought up by two rough uncles.
The toast shop is facing a small open space, which is the place Yaoyao lost. More than a dozen children were running around there, and there were doll bears dressed up by staff interacting with the children.
The chubby doll bear, round from head to toe, swayed its furry body and let the passing children beat it.
"The doll and the bear dance, dance, dance, one, two, one. They dance in circles, and dance, and dance, one, two, one." Music suddenly sounded from the bear, which seemed to startle him and provoke the child. They laughed. The doll bear pretended to be flustered, and immediately began to dance with his short hands.
When Zhai Mengmeng heard this tune, she swayed her hand holding the toast and fork. There was also a small piece of peanut butter toast on the fork, and with such a flick, the sweet peanut butter flowed down the arm. Mr. Xiao Zhai quickly retracted his hand and licked his arm. As a result, the toast he was holding was about to fall to his head. Fortunately, he was firmly caught by the tissue that Gao Yusheng stretched out.
"Oh, you really burn the back of your head eating sugar cakes, you are not sloppy!" Zhai Chen laughed at him mercilessly.
"I'm conditioned reflex." Zhai Mengmeng was not convinced.
Gao Yusheng: "What conditioned reflex?"
"This children's song is used by many kindergartens for inter-class exercises. This guy doesn't do exercises all day to watch others do it, so he just raises his hands twice." Zhai Chen explained to him with a smile, and turned to look at those who were doing exercises with the little bear. Fucking little kids.
"Little bear, little bear, nod, nod, one-two-one." The doll bear nodded hard, his neck was too short to go down, he was laughed at by the children, he pretended to cry and covered his face and ran away. The children started chasing it back and forth in the clearing, laughing incessantly.
Zhai Chen watched it with relish at first, but after watching it for a long time, he always felt that something was wrong.
"Uncle, eat a ball." Zhai Mengmeng asked him to eat takoyaki.
Zhai Chen opened his mouth and ate one. This one was really delicious. He packed a box and sent it to the poor police officer Fang.
"Ding dong!" Gao Yusheng's mobile phone on the table suddenly received a push.
[Punctuation map: There are lost children nearby and need your help!]
"What's wrong?" Zhai Chen hurriedly asked Gao Yusheng when he saw that Gao Yusheng's face was wrong.
"A child is lost."
"Where?"
Gao Yusheng slowly raised his head: "In this shopping mall."