Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“You must be Qiqi’s father? Hello, my surname is Qin. I was transferred here recently to teach Qiqi’s class.” The young and beautiful female teacher got out of the car and gestured for me to shake her hand.
“Hello.” I snapped out of my trance and quickly shook her hand. I smiled and said, “No wonder that little fellow has been so active in piano lessons recently. He was so excited about going to piano lessons early in the morning. It turns out that he has a new beautiful teacher!”
Teacher Qin smiled slightly and said, “It turns out that Qiqi is so sweet with his words because he is like his father. Qiqi loves to learn, and that’s a good thing. It is the charm of the piano, not mine.”
I regretted saying that. It was a man’s nature to subconsciously tease a beautiful woman.
But in my current situation, I really shouldn’t do such a thing.
I quickly hid my smile and thanked her before taking the phone she offered.
Just then, my phone rang.
I took out my phone and glanced at it. It was a call from my wife.
“Hello? Honey? What’s up?” I apologized to Teacher Qin and quickly answered the call.
“Zhang Teng, did you go and fetch Qiqi?” My wife on the other end sounded a little anxious.
“What?” I was stunned. “Didn’t you fetch Qiqi long ago?”
“I didn’t!” my wife snapped. “I was so busy today that I only remembered to pick up Qiqi now. Why didn’t you call to remind me?”
I jerked and almost spat out a mouthful of blood!
She didn’t fetch our son, and now she was blaming me for not reminding her!
It was the weekend and I was still at work. She was obviously free right now and she was putting all the blame on me?
Teacher Qin asked, “Qiqi’s daddy, what’s wrong?”
I forced myself to suppress my anger and asked anxiously, “Teacher Qin, is Qiqi still at the school?”
Teacher Qin said in surprise, “No, he left after class. I thought you guys took him away.”
My entire heart turned cold.
That made sense.
If Qiqi were still there, would the teacher need to return his phone?
In that case, Qiqi had disappeared!
My wife’s voice came from the phone. “You’re at the school now? Why are you talking to the teacher?”
I replied with an ugly expression. “Qiqi left his phone at the school. Teacher Qin kindly sent it to me. Quickly ask if your mother brought Qiqi back home!”
However, my wife replied, “I’m outside with a friend. I just had a fight with my mother and I don’t want to talk to her. Give her a call and ask.”
I was shocked. “What did you say? You’re outside with a friend?!”
Under normal circumstances, she should either be waiting for her son to end lessons or resting at home. Why would she go out with her friends and forget to fetch her son?!
Who was she with?
Could it be…
My wife sounded displeased. “I work every day. What’s wrong with me hanging out with my friend on the weekends?”
I didn’t waste any more time talking to her. I hung up and dialed my mother-in-law’s number again.
Across from her, Teacher Qin also looked anxious. She seemed to have thought of something. She took out her phone, walked to a corner, and made a call.
A moment later, the call connected and I asked anxiously, “Mother! Did you pick Qiqi up?”
My mother-in-law’s cold voice answered. “Do I have nothing better to do? With you guys fetching him, why would I waste my energy?”
I gripped the phone tightly as my breathing quickened.
Qiqi had really disappeared!
I ended the call and opened the GPS app on my phone. Soon, I located the location of my wife’s phone.
She was at a huge shopping mall in the city!
I was so angry I almost threw my phone on the floor.
She actually went shopping instead of fetching her son!
Hold on!
I looked at the dots on the screen.
She actually had no intention of leaving the mall to find her son?!
Teacher Qin walked back and said, “I just called a colleague from the school to help confirm his whereabouts from the surveillance camera. After class, Qiqi left alone.”
“He left alone?” I asked in surprise.
Fortunately, he wasn’t abducted!
Teacher Qin comforted me. “Perhaps he wants to go home himself. If we follow the path back, we might be able to find him.”
“Perhaps!” I replied solemnly.
The journey back was so long. He would definitely not be able to find his way back by walking.
So he could only take a taxi.
But if he had taken a taxi, he would have reached home by now!
Moreover, what if the driver he met was a bad person?
I had no intention of staying any longer. After thanking Teacher Qin again, I went back to ask for a day off from Xu Xiaomei.
Then, I went to look for Wang Zhongtian. I didn’t beat around the bush and asked him for some men to look for Qiqi together with me.
Who knew which path Qiqi had taken. I could only try my best to find every possible route!
Wang Zhongtian didn’t hesitate at all. He made a few calls and said, “Time is tight. I can help you to find about twenty people. Your child is important. Go first. I’ll arrange for the others to join you.”
I thanked him and drove as quickly as I could.
I had no idea if Qiqi was my son.
However, I knew that regardless of whether he was or wasn’t, there was an inseparable relationship between us!
He was my only pillar of support at home. If anything happened to him, I was afraid that I would really break down!
I had to find him myself!
More than an hour later, I stopped the car at an intersection. When I saw the intersection that led in all directions, I nearly went crazy!
There was no sign of Qiqi!
It was as if he had suddenly disappeared from this world. Wang Zhongtian, the helpers he had found, and I had searched the entire route from the kindergarten to my house, but we couldn’t find him!
I slammed the steering wheel hard and gritted my teeth.
I had no choice but to call the police!
However, it has only been a few hours at most since Qiqi disappeared. Would the police allow me to file a missing person’s case?
Just as I was about to drive to the nearest police station, my phone rang..