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Chapter 13 "Little Douzi is gone!" Jiang Ran said.

Before school was over on Friday afternoon, Jiang Ran went downstairs to find Dou Tianxiao with a box of cookies and a large bag of dried pork.This was brought back by his relatives when they went on a trip. Afraid that Dou Tianxiao couldn't help stealing it in class, he left it for him in the evening, but when he went to Dou Tianxiao's classroom, he was not in his seat. There was no one in the toilet either.

Jiang Ran pulled his classmate to ask and found out that Dou Tianxiao asked for leave during the first class in the afternoon.

Seeing that his schoolbag was still on the desk, Jiang Ran asked, "What's wrong with him? Are you feeling unwell?"

A female classmate with a ponytail said: "No, an uncle took him away, saying that something happened at home and he would be back before school."

Jiang Ran wanted to stuff things into Dou Tianxiao's schoolbag, but suddenly remembered that Dou Tianxiao had told him before that some students in the class would steal his food, so he took the food back upstairs.

After the school bell rang, he hurriedly finished wiping the blackboard and went downstairs.

There was still no one in Dou Tianxiao's seat.

Jiang Ran stood at the entrance of the corridor and waited until all the teachers and students in his class had left before sneaking in.

Homework for each subject was written on the blackboard. Jiang Ran knew that Dou Tianxiao hated doing homework the most, so he could rely on it, but he tidied up his textbooks and pencil case neatly, and copied the homework on the blackboard by the way. Stick it on a sticky note and stick it on his pencil case.

Let him try to find a reason to be lazy, but he can't find it!

Just as Jiang Ran finished packing his schoolbags, he heard the sound of high-heeled shoes walking in the corridor. He guessed that the teacher on duty had come to lock the door, and his heart tightened.

After all, he is now in someone else's classroom, and when someone comes to see him, he can't explain it clearly.

He quickly pulled out his schoolbag and threw it on his shoulder, then rushed out of the classroom, only to hear the teacher shout from behind, "Hey? That classmate! Why are you running!?"

Jiang Ran didn't look back, and ran all the way to the garage.

Fortunately, the teacher on duty did not catch up.

Jiang Ran sent Dou Tianxiao's things to his uncle's noodle shop, and after asking casually, he found out that his family didn't even know about his leave.

The aunt untied the apron and threw it away, "This kid is terrible, he dared to skip class! I have to call his mother."

"It shouldn't be skipping class. I heard from Xiaodouzi's classmate that he was taken away by an uncle. I thought it was uncle looking for something to do with him." Jiang Ran explained.

"Uncle?" My aunt yelled towards the kitchen, "Husband, are you going to pick up the child?"

Uncle: "Crazy, I'm in the store all day long, so I don't have time to pick him up."

"Who answered that..." My aunt muttered in a low voice, and called grandpa's factory again. It was grandpa's colleague who answered the call, saying that grandpa had already left work to pick up the children.

Several customers came to the store one after another, so my aunt had no choice but to greet them first.

Five minutes after I hung up the phone, I saw my grandfather rushing into the store in a hurry. The bicycle fell on the ground without even caring to help him. He went straight to the kitchen and shouted, "Is the child in the store?"

"No." The aunt served noodles to the guests, "We just talked about this, Ran Ran said that Doudou was picked up by an uncle this afternoon, and he didn't attend class."

Seeing that grandpa didn't pick up the child, uncle and aunt were also a little anxious.

"Who picked it up!" The first reaction in the old man's mind was that the child was cheated by someone, because the missing person notices posted by the family who lost the child are all over the street recently, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was wrong, the traffickers couldn't possibly Go to school to lie to the children openly.

Then the biggest possibility is Li Qingning!

"Is that that brat surnamed Li!?" The old man's face darkened, "Hurry up and call Xiaoyue and ask if he picked up the two children!"

The old man thought of his objection to his daughter's divorce before.

Could it be that these two are going to forcibly take the child away to kill him?

When the time comes to get the certificate, it will be useless to say anything.

After calling, Ye Xiaoyue said she had no knowledge of the matter, and her grandfather directly asked her for Li Qingning's PHS number.

Li Qingning quickly admitted to taking the child out in the afternoon.

"Why did you pick him up!?" The old man snatched the phone from his aunt and roared, "This is my grandson, what right do you have to pick him up? You two are not married yet! He is still studying!"

My aunt felt that she couldn't hear clearly when she leaned over, so she simply pressed the hands-free button.

Jiang Ran was also a little curious, so he simply put his schoolbag on the table, wanting to wait for things to be clarified before leaving.

He was eager to know what was going on in Dou Tianxiao's family, whether his parents would divorce, and...whether he would leave.

Before his grandfather raised these questions, he always felt that it would take some time for his aunt to get divorced. Even if Dou Tianxiao had to leave, it would be at least many years later. This phone call really made him worry about the possibility of parting one time.

Li Qingning said calmly, "He said he wanted to see Dad, so I took him there."

"What are you talking about!?" The old man suddenly became furious, and even his breathing rhythm was messed up. "What the hell are you trying to do! Where are you going to take him to see your father!"

"Visiting the prison, Xiaoyue told me that he was in the third prison. I took him there in the afternoon, chatted with his father for a while, and then left." Li Qingning's tone was subtle, as if with a hint of triumph.

The old man's breathing was unstable, and when the uncle saw that the situation was not right, he helped him stroke his chest, "Father, don't worry, don't worry, the child will always know, it's just a matter of time."

After that, he turned to the phone and asked, "Where is the child now?"

"I sent him back to school." Li Qingning said decisively.

"Fuck your mother!" The old man sputtered angrily, "I just came back from school, and there was no one at all. Where did you get him, send him back quickly!"

"Uncle, why did I lie to you? I really sent him to school. If you don't believe me, ask the proprietress who sells hamburgers next to the school. I bought him a hamburger. He went to school after eating. It didn't waste much of his time." Li Qingning frowned and defended.

"Just brag, when did you send him back? I just came back from school, and their teacher said he hasn't been back all afternoon." The old man thought that the other party deliberately lied to him, and the veins on his forehead twitched. jumped up.

"No way?" Now Li Qingning was also stunned, "I really sent him to the school gate, it was around three o'clock in the afternoon, and he said he still had classes."

"Just blow it!" The old man remained unmoved.

Jiang Ran suddenly thought of something, hurried over and asked, "Did you watch him enter the school gate?"

"My..." Li Qingning clicked his tongue in a troubled tone, and it took him a while to find an excuse, "I had something to do at the time, my colleague called me and said he wanted to see the sample, so I sent him to the school gate and left. I didn't see him go in, but he has already reached the school gate, so he won't run around again, right?"

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, and the uncle asked a few more details, which didn't sound like a lie.

The old man kept holding the receiver in his hand, and his movements were stiff. He couldn't believe that the child had really run away. At this moment, he hoped that Li Qingning, that brat, was lying to him.

Unfortunately not.

The old man first went home and searched around and found no one there, and then searched everywhere in the crop field in front of his house. My uncle and aunt also closed the noodle shop and asked around some places that Dou Tianxiao frequented, and some shop owners who hadn't closed They all said they didn't see the child, and asked what happened by the way. My aunt explained in a few words, and the bosses who gathered around helped speculate on the whereabouts of the child.

"Maybe I went to the supermarket. In such a cold day, children are not stupid. They must have gone to a warm place." The owner of the barbecue shop said.

Upon hearing this, my aunt immediately called my uncle to find someone in several nearby supermarkets.

Jiang Ran was also riding a bicycle looking for people in various alleys. It didn't take long for fine sweat to ooze from his back, the clothes that were close to his skin became sticky, the muscles in his calves became more and more stiff, and the schoolbag on his shoulders Also getting heavier.

He returned home and threw down his schoolbag, and when he was about to go out again, he heard his mother yelling in the kitchen, "Why did you come back so late today? Did you go to the noodle shop again?"

"Little Douzi is gone!" Jiang Ran said.

"Ah? What's missing?" Jiang Qing leaned half of her body out of the kitchen, still holding a cooking spatula in her hand.

Jiang Ran went to the kitchen and briefly explained the ins and outs to his mother. Jiang Qing's hands froze and her pupils dilated suddenly, "Are you sure you're not at school?"

"No, I brought his schoolbag home." Jiang Ran said.

Because the office has been talking about the missing child a while ago, a very bad possibility flashed in Jiang Qing's mind involuntarily. She immediately turned off the gas and put down the spatula, "Did the family call the police?"

"Probably not yet, they were still looking for someone when I came back." Jiang Ran took off the down jacket on his body, "I'm going out to help find someone now, Mom, do you want to go with me?"

"Don't go," Jiang Qing glanced at the darkening sky outside the window, "It's getting dark, it's not safe for you to go out as a child, eat something at home and do your homework quickly, I'll go out and help."

"I'm not a child anymore." Jiang Ran frowned.

"Be obedient!" Jiang Qing's tone was full of seriousness that could not be refuted. Jiang Ran knew that this was the prelude to his mother's anger, so he shut his mouth wisely.

Jiang Ran sat alone at the dining table, facing some of his favorite dishes, but now he has no appetite at all.

As soon as he saw the braised pork, the image of Dou Tianxiao poking the meat into his spoon in the hospital unconsciously appeared in his mind.

Those dirty little hands can always conjure up some weird little snacks, and then stuff them into his palm like offering treasures, and said: "You must eat it, it's delicious!"

Jiang Ran held the chopsticks in his hands for a long time, but he didn't move them for a long time. His fingertips trembled slightly because of the fear after thinking about it.

He couldn't believe that the third missing child in the town was Dou Tianxiao.

Even though I saw him in the cafeteria at noon today, the little guy happily stuffed him with a big white rabbit toffee.

Jiang Ran touched the hard milk candy that he hadn't had time to eat from his trouser pocket, and the childish and familiar smiling face appeared in front of his eyes again.

The tip of his nose was sour, and his butt could no longer sit still.

He went back to the house and found a post-it note and left a note for his mother: I will go find Xiaodouzi and be back soon.