Chapter 392: Chapter 392

However, Zheng Long had never anticipated that the child would actually be abandoned by his heartless mother at the train station.

Looking at the child sitting by the tracks, wailing, he hurried over to ask, "Where’s your mom?"

Perhaps he was the first person to approach and ask in all this time, so regardless of any previous resentment, the child cried and hiccupped.

"She’s still on the train. I was pushed off by her. She pushed me and told me to move forward. I thought we were getting off, so I followed the crowd and got off. But when I got down, I saw her still sitting there. I called out to her from outside, but she acted as if she couldn’t hear, not even looking at me. There were so many people getting off, I couldn’t push through, and then, then the train left! Wuu wuu, the train left!"

"Did your mom not get off because it was too crowded?"

The boy shook his head even more fiercely, "She just sat there watching me cry, without moving an inch."

Zheng Long felt a twinge in his heart, "You’re saying, your mom watched you cry and did nothing?"

The boy didn’t know what indifference meant, but he felt abandoned because—

"She’s not my real mom, she’s my step-mom. She clearly said she was going to take me to find my dad. She promised. Why did she leave me? Why?"

Zheng Long frowned slightly, feeling that the child didn’t seem to be just five or six years old. "How old are you?"

"I’m nine years old this year. I’m sorry, Uncle, I was really starving that day, so I ate your food. That was the most satisfying meal I’ve had in years. My mom died the year I was born, and I was raised by my grandparents. But after my grandparents died, she couldn’t make ends meet in the village. She planned to go to where my dad was sent for reform through labor."

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"My family’s status is bad. My dad was sent away. She broke off relations with my dad, so she didn’t go with him. If it wasn’t for the fact we couldn’t survive, I wouldn’t have followed her out. I never expected, she wasn’t really taking me to find my dad, she wanted to get rid of me, right? She was going to abandon me!"

Zheng Long hadn’t expected things to turn out , either. He grabbed the little boy’s hand, took him to the Police Station, explained the situation, gave the boy two yuan, and then patted him on the head.

"I’m sorry, Uncle can only help you this much. Stay here and wait. Maybe they’ll be able to contact your father very soon."

Just as he was about to turn away and leave, the child clutched his hand tightly.

"Uncle, take me with you. Can I go with you? I haven’t seen my dad in many years. I don’t even know where he is. There’s no one left at home. That woman abandoned me. If you leave, nobody will take care of me. I’ll follow you, I’ll do anything you ask. I can work. I’ve often done work at home. Really, I won’t eat your food for nothing. Just try me, and if I don’t obey, then you can drive me away. Please, let me go with you!"

The people at the Police Station actually found the matter quite troublesome, too, as the child’s effective clues were limited. Aside from being able to clearly state his father’s name, the details including where he was sent and to which village were unknown. How to search? How could they search?

Nowadays, to make a phone call required going through so many hoops. Who would want to search for someone who had been sent away? Rather than letting him sit here, it would be better for him to go with this kind-hearted liberation army member, as they certainly couldn’t care for the child.

Thus, two police officers also began persuading Zheng Long, leaving him completely dumbfounded with this turn of events.

Wasn’t it just that he had asked a few extra questions? And he had brought the person to the Police Station, hadn’t he? How did it end up being his responsibility?