Chapter 286 The Old Woman

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No matter how peaceful the world is, some things are bound to exist, such as beggars and thieves, because there are always people who want to get something for nothing.

Xu Taiping is used to seeing all kinds of things in life, so for him, a beggar with maggots on his legs will not cause any fluctuation in his mood. He looks at everything in the world indifferently, sometimes even someone dies. In front of him, he might not even blink. Although he was changing little by little, he was as cold-blooded as before when it came to strangers.

Early the next morning, after Xu Taiping washed up, he arrived at the school gate early and opened the school gate.

Jiangyuan University not only has a large number of boarding students, but also a lot of general students. By about seven o'clock in the morning, there are already a lot of people coming and going at the school gate. Some people want to go in, go to class, and some want to go out. , go to have breakfast.

At this time, the security guards of the Security Department must pay special attention to maintaining order at the entire school gate to avoid any crowding or stampeding.

Xu Taiping had a toothpick in his mouth. He had just eaten a meat bun, a fried dough stick, an egg, and a bottle of soy milk from the breakfast stall. His blood was digesting the food, so he felt a little lazy.

At this moment, among the crowd of students, someone caught Xu Taiping's attention.

She was a woman who was not very old, but very old. She was said to be young because she was only in her thirties at most. She was said to be old because although she was only in her thirties, she was His hair was all gray, and his clothes looked very old.

She was carrying a small travel bag, with a kettle, bowls and other things hanging on the bag. She was holding a photo in her hand, which was a photo of a child, because even though they were dozens of meters away, Xu Taiping couldn't Look clearly at what the child looks like.

The woman kept asking the students around her with the photos, and the students around her shook their heads.

Xu Taiping walked over, and when he got closer, he heard what the woman said.

"Excuse me, have you seen this child? Have you ever seen this child?" The woman asked the people around her mechanically. There were many people at the school gate, and some people stopped to listen to her question, so All of a sudden, the school gate became extremely crowded.

"Sister, this is the school gate." Xu Taiping walked up to the other party and said, "If you want to find someone, you can go out a little. There are too many people at the moment."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." The old woman apologized again and again, and then walked away, but she seemed to have thought of something again. She held the photo in her hand and said to Xu Taiping, "Brother Security Guard, you Have you ever seen this child?”

Xu Taiping took a look at the person in the photo. The photo showed a seven or eight-year-old child with bright eyes and white teeth. He was very cute.

After the old woman finished asking, she habitually put down her hand, and then turned around to leave. She had been looking for her child for so many years, and had asked countless people, but the answers were all the same. She has never gotten the answer she wants, so that now she never has any expectations for the answer. She asks this question as if it were a routine, and she will not even be disappointed.

"I've seen it." Xu Taiping said suddenly.

The old woman had already turned around. When she heard Xu Taiping's words, her body trembled slightly, then she turned around again, picked up the photo, and said, "Brother security guard, have you really seen this?" ?”

"I've really seen it before." Xu Taiping nodded.

This old woman was not overjoyed, because in the past few years when she was looking for her son, she met many scammers. Some wanted to defraud her of money, and some wanted to defraud her of her body. All kinds of scammers were too She had been defrauded of all her money, and her body had also been defrauded. Therefore, she looked at Xu Taiping with a somewhat wary look.

"The one I saw yesterday is right here." Xu Taiping pointed to the door and said, "Although he doesn't look much like this child, your photo should be from three or four years ago, right?"

"Really?!" The woman's cloudy eyes suddenly brightened up at this moment. Of the many scammers she met along the way, none of them could accurately tell that this photo was taken a few years ago. , only Xu Taiping could see it at a glance.

"Why did I lie to you?" Xu Taiping said, "But the child I saw yesterday was a beggar."

"A beggar?" The woman grabbed Xu Taiping excitedly and said, "Please, security guard, tell me, where is he? Where is he?"

"I don't know." Xu Taiping shook his head and said, "He came once yesterday and then left. He has never been here before."

"I came here once yesterday...I came here once yesterday. My little treasure, my little treasure!!" The woman was spinning around in excitement.

"Your child was abducted?" Xu Taiping asked with a frown. As a person who has been wandering around the world for many years, Xu Taiping could easily judge this woman's situation.

"That's my little treasure." The woman shouted excitedly, "Brother, will he come today? Will he?"

"I don't know." Xu Taiping shrugged and said, "I only met him once. Maybe he will come, maybe he won't."

"That means it's still possible that he will come!" The woman clenched her fists in excitement and said, "I want to wait for him here, I want to wait here!"

"Just don't block the door. You can stay anywhere else." After Xu Taiping finished speaking, he turned and left.

He has no interest in helping people find their children, because there are too many children lost in China every year, thousands of them. He is a killer, a charlatan, not a philanthropist, nor a hero. This society follows him The rules that have been handed down for hundreds of thousands of years are in operation, and Xu Taiping has no interest in changing it, nor the ability to change it.

He turned around and walked back to the security room, then sat on a chair and looked outside.

The old woman walked to the edge of the school gate, then put her bag on the ground and sat on it.

This sitting lasted all morning.

Xu Taiping went around the school for a tour. When he returned to the security room, it was already noon, and the woman was still sitting there, holding a piece of cake in her hand, as if she was having lunch.

Although it was already the beginning of autumn, the weather was still very hot, and the woman was sitting in a place without any shelter, and her whole body was directly exposed to the sun.

Xu Taiping frowned slightly, walked out of the security room and walked next to the man.

"You are prone to heatstroke if you sit here. Go to the opposite side, which is backlit." Xu Taiping pointed to the other side of the road and said.

"No, thank you, brother." The woman wiped the sweat from her face and said, "I am sitting here. I can see more clearly. The person on the other side is too far away. I'm afraid I didn't pay attention. , I missed my little treasure."

If someone walks through this large door, they will be able to see it clearly. Where can they miss it?

Although Xu Taiping knew this, he also understood the woman's thoughts. He looked at his watch and saw that it was already twelve o'clock at noon. It was the time of day when the sun was at its strongest. The sky was cloudless and the weather was good. The weather, but for people under the sun, this weather is not good.

"Go into the security room and wait." Xu Taiping pointed to the security room and said, "It's right next to the door. If anyone comes, you can see clearly."

"Really, really?" The woman looked at Xu Taiping nervously and excitedly.

"Yeah." Xu Taiping nodded, turned around and walked back to the security room.

He is not a sympathetic person, but there is still a soft place in his heart, which once belonged to his parents.

Xu Taiping lost his parents at a young age, so facing the woman in front of him who was obsessed with looking for her child, the soft part of his heart was still touched.

The woman followed Xu Taiping into the security room cautiously.

There is a cool breeze in the security room, and the view is particularly good.

"Sit down, I'll go out for a while. You wait for me for a while." Xu Taiping said and walked out of the security room.

The woman sat on the chair anxiously, then looked out the window intently.

About five minutes later, Xu Taiping walked into the security room carrying a bag.

"This is fried rice and soup. You can eat it first." Xu Taiping handed the bag to the other party.

"No need, brother, I'm already grateful if you let me stay with you. How can I still eat your food?" the woman said excitedly, shaking her head.

"I bought everything, why are you still letting me eat it?" Xu Taiping said, putting the bag on the table next to the woman.

The woman hesitated for a moment, then opened the bag and took out the lunch box inside.

"Thank you, brother, thank you very much." There were tears in the woman's eyes. She had been on this journey to find her child for nearly four years. Because of an accident four years ago, her child was abducted. , because of this mistake, her husband and her husband's family left her, and her parents also died of depression because of the loss of their grandson. Now she is really just a loner, and has experienced all kinds of human kindness along the way. What Xu Taiping is doing now Everything gave her mixed feelings.

Xu Taiping didn't say anything. He looked out the window at the students wearing bright clothes passing by, and felt a little emotional in his heart.

We waited until the sun set.

"Director Xu, Lao Zhao is back. Please have dinner tonight. Let me ask you if you are free." Chen Wen opened the door and came in and asked. Then he saw the old woman in the security room and asked in surprise, "Who is this?"

"A friend of mine is here to find her son. Where can Lao Zhao invite me?" Xu Taiping asked.

"Oh!" Chen Wen nodded, and then said, "Seven o'clock, Fulong Hotel, let's go there together later."

"Well, okay!" Xu Taiping nodded and said.