Chapter 63 It doesn’t seem like she is Ran Ran became even more confused after hearing what Mrs. Shen said. "Niece Zhuzhu didn't run around. Does that mean everyone who went with us has left..." Ran Ran thought hard. "But that's not right. If Zhuzhu's niece stays where she is, Sister-in-law Minmin, you should be able to find her quickly after you find her missing." When Mrs. Shen heard Ran Ran ask this, the expression on her whole face was very strange, as if there was an indescribable look on her face. "This is what we didn't understand. When we discovered that Zhuzhu was missing, we immediately looked for her along the way back, but we didn't find her at all." "The old man was going crazy with anxiety. He mobilized all the people he could to look for her. So many people almost turned over the entire mountain, but they still couldn't find Zhuzhu." "The search and rescue lasted for a day and a night, and until the end we could not find Zhuzhu." Ran Ran opened her eyes wide, "Did niece Zhuzhu get lost in the mountains?" Mrs. Shen nodded, "At that time, several children at home were clamoring to go camping and wanted to set up a tent to watch the sunrise. The old man and I were very busy at that time and worked overtime to find a few days to take them to play."
She let out a long sigh, "Who could have imagined that something like this would happen..." Ranran frowned. She vaguely felt that something was wrong, "Then how did you find niece Zhuzhu in the end?" A look of reminiscence appeared on Mrs. Shen's face, "At that time, the mountains and plains were filled with people looking for beads. I could only hear the voice calling her name, and then in the evening of the next day..." "It was just getting darker when a girl's cry suddenly sounded among the shouts." "It feels like a flower blooming in the deserted sand." "Everyone who could hear the sound subconsciously ran in the direction of the source of the sound. I didn't hear it at first, but I just saw many people running in the same direction excitedly." "He was still shouting, 'Found it? Found it, right?!' I heard it and ran immediately. As soon as I heard the cry, my feet went weak and I fell to the ground." "That's Zhuzhu's voice... I'm her mother, how could I not recognize her..." Mrs. Shen's voice was choked up after saying this, "I had to hold on so hard that I didn't faint. Fortunately, I found him in the end. Otherwise, I don't even dare to imagine what the situation would be like now." "Before, Zhuzhu saw a mother posting flyers on the street looking for her children. At that time, she cried with the helpless mother." "She was so little and she cried and asked me, 'Will mommy lose her beads too?' I said of course she wouldn't." "I said, 'Mom will not lose her beads even if she loses herself.'" Mrs. Shen wiped her tears and said, "Zhuzhu was coaxed by me and said with a pout..." "That's good. Zhuzhu doesn't want her mother to be as sad as this aunt." After Mrs. Shen choked up her words, she quietly glanced at Shen Mingzhu, who was sitting there alone. A very brief glance, but full of emotions. "Zhuzhu is so considerate at such a young age. She is afraid that she will get lost not because of herself, but because of me... But I failed to keep my promise." "I lost her..." "Although I found it successfully in the end, but..." At this point, Mrs. Shen lowered her voice, as if she wanted to say something, but after thinking about it again and again, she tightened her lips and did not speak again.
Ran Ran patted Mrs. Shen's hand with her small hand soothingly, "Fortunately, everyone is fine now. Sister-in-law Minmin, don't be unhappy." After she comforted Mrs. Shen, her frowning eyebrows did not relax, and she seemed to be hesitant to speak. Mrs. Shen said considerately: "The matter is over. We have not taken it to heart. Ran Ran, if you have anything to say, just say it." Ran Ran no longer hesitated after hearing the words, "So many people have been looking for so long but still haven't found it. Zhuzhu's niece's cry suddenly appeared and she was successfully found..." "Don't you think it's strange?" Ran Ran's expression was solemn, "And is niece Zhuzhu really found?" Mrs. Shen was in a daze when she heard this, "Ran Ran, you asked this question... Zhuzhu was indeed not found by us." "She suddenly appeared on her own." The dusty past is like a thick book covered with dust. Just flipping through it requires a lot of energy. Mrs. Shen said slowly: "Just like Zhuzhu said herself, she has been standing there without moving. When we found her, she was standing where she started." "And we have led people to search that place countless times, inside the half-erected tents and in the surrounding woods..." "But we never found her." When Mrs. Shen said this, her expression was very strange, "She said that she had not moved from beginning to end. This sounds very incredible." "Totally unreasonable." "Why did we believe Zhuzhu's statement later?" Mrs. Shen said slowly. "Because when she disappeared, our family was planning to set up a tent. We would first set up a resting place and then prepare lunch later." "At that time, we had already chosen the location and had even started setting up. Zhuzhu was there to help deliver things." Mrs. Shen's voice sounded soft and weak, as if she didn't believe what she said. "You know... almost in the blink of an eye, the beads disappeared." Ranran listened attentively, Mrs. Shen's expression looked a little frightened, "I even took the thing she handed me a second ago in my hand." "The next second I turned around to look... the person was gone." "The place where she originally stood was empty. I couldn't see anything except the dark woods in the distance..." Tears flashed in Mrs. Shen's eyes as she spoke, "It's a feeling like a large piece of space suddenly opened up in my heart. I don't want to feel it again in this life." She looked at Ran Ran gently, looking into her big confused eyes, "This is how Zhu Zhu disappears." "Quick and weird." "And when we finally found her, she was literally standing where she disappeared, crying." "It's like she never left." Ran Ran listened with eyes full of thoughts, "Suddenly disappeared and then suddenly appeared..." Mrs. Shen nodded, "It can be summarized like this." After saying that, she smiled bitterly, "It's such a short sentence that perfectly summed up the things that shocked me throughout the day and night."
Ran Ran said in confusion: "Something is obviously wrong, haven't you thought about exploring the reason?" Mrs. Shen said helplessly: "To be honest, we didn't think much about these anomalies at all at the time. We just thought it was Zhuzhu running around after seeing something interesting." "I thought the child might have run away and tried to find his way back but couldn't find it. He kept running around in panic, and then he kept missing the searchers." "We ran in the mountains for a day and a night before we found the place where we pitched our tent. We knew we were standing there waiting for us." "At that time, all I could think about was finding it and not losing it! I couldn't think of anything else." "Otherwise, if Zhuzhu is really lost in such a vast wilderness, I can't imagine the consequences. At that time, more than a day and a night have passed. When I think of her little one, she has waited so long for us to find her..." "My heart is broken..." Mrs. Shen gently wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes, "The abnormality was discovered later when we analyzed the matter and Zhuzhu insisted on staying where she was no matter what." "She seemed like a different person at that time." Mrs. Shen lowered her head, her voice almost inaudible, "I even feel that I got it back..." "It seems that he is not my child." (End of this chapter)