Chapter 19

Arriving at the middle-aged man’s office, he poured Song Shishi a cup of tea and said apologetically, “I’m sorry, you must have seen a joke.”

“By the way, I haven’t introduced myself yet, my name is Zhao Jian she, I’m the director of this library, they usually call me Director Zhao.”

“Hello, Director Zhao, my name is Song Shishi, I’m an educated youth from Huaiqing Brigade, from Beijing.”

Director Zhao nodded upon hearing this, “Educated youth are good.”

“The thing is, this document is special, it involves some confidential information, so before you translate it, I need you to sign a contract and a confidentiality agreement.”

Song Shishi found this request reasonable and nodded, “Okay.”

After signing the contract and confidentiality agreement, a smile finally appeared on Director Zhao’s face.

“Comrade Song, to avoid the disclosure of the document’s content, you need to translate it within the library during your translation period, we will take care of your accommodation. If the final translation result satisfies the other party, your remuneration will also be doubled.”

Song Shishi thought for a moment and agreed.

Anyway, her private plot needed to be dried by the sun for a few days, and she could come to town to do translation work during these days, which wouldn’t affect her.

She initially just wanted to help, but she didn’t expect to earn some wages, it was really a great thing.

“Director Zhao, can I come back tomorrow? I came to town to buy things today, and I still need to send them back.”

After leaving the library, Song Shishi thought that she would have to stay in town for a few days tomorrow, and it would be troublesome to go back then.

If she had to walk back to Huaiqing village, she might not be able to get up the next day.

Thinking about it, she went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative.

But just as she was about to arrive, she turned a corner and was knocked to the ground by someone.

Song Shishi covered her aching arm and let out a muffled groan.

Looking at the woman opposite her who was making an “ouch” sound, she also saw a five or six-year-old boy lying on the ground next to her.

But the boy was closing his eyes and didn’t move at all.

If it weren’t for the faint rise and fall of his chest, Song Shishi would have suspected that the child was already dead.

Looking at the woman, after falling down, she only cared about checking if she was injured, she didn’t care about the child on the ground at all.

Song Shishi stood up and walked towards the child.

But before she could touch the child, the woman rushed over and grabbed her hand.

“Don’t touch my child.”

Song Shishi frowned.

The clothes the child was wearing were clearly made of good material, while the woman’s clothes were made of the cheapest coarse cloth.

Could this woman be a kidnapper?

Seeing the woman glance behind her, she picked up the child and was about to run, Song Shishi was quick and grabbed her arm.

“You hurt me and you still want to run?”

The woman didn’t expect that Song Shishi, who looked frail, would be so difficult to deal with, she spat at Song Shishi and cursed, “What hurt? It was you who bumped into me, I haven’t even gotten you back yet, and you’re holding onto me.”

“Let go of me, you hear me?” The woman struggled hard, but she couldn’t understand where Song Shishi, a little girl, got so much strength, she was about to fall, but she couldn’t break free.

“Since we can’t figure it out, let’s go to the police station and let the police decide.” Song Shishi held onto the woman’s arm tightly, her eyes occasionally scanning the child in the woman’s arms.

Their loud argument, plus the fact that the child had fallen to the ground, none of it had woken him up.

This woman was undoubtedly a kidnapper.

Hearing that Song Shishi was going to the police station, a flash of panic appeared in the woman’s eyes.

She reached into her pocket and took out five yuan, handing it to Song Shishi, “I have something urgent, I’m not going to argue with you. So, I’ll give you five yuan, let’s just forget about it, okay?”

This matter couldn’t be settled with five yuan.

Song Shishi shook her head, “No, you shouted so loudly just now, what will everyone think of me? We can’t leave until this is cleared up.”

As fate would have it, when Song Shishi was talking, she saw a few patrolmen walking around the corner out of the corner of her eye, she quickly shouted, “Police officer, police officer, come here!”

As soon as the woman heard Song Shishi calling the police, she panicked completely, she didn’t even care about the child in her arms, she put down the child and tried to run.

But Song Shishi was holding on too tightly.

The police ran over, glanced at the scene, and immediately had a guess.

Three patrolmen surrounded Song Shishi and the woman, then asked what happened.

Song Shishi didn’t pretend anymore, she directly said, “Police officer, I suspect this woman is a kidnapper, this child has been unconscious since I met him, you guys should take a look.”

“What nonsense are you talking about, this is my grandson, what kidnapper, you better watch out, I’ll tear your mouth apart.”

The woman’s eyes were rolling, she would never admit to being a kidnapper.

But the police were already there, she couldn’t run away.

The police picked up the child, took Song Shishi and the woman to the police station.

After questioning, the woman quickly confessed.

“Comrade Song, thank you for being there today, otherwise we would have let a criminal go free.” The policeman who was taking Song Shishi’s statement exclaimed.

But Song Shishi was most concerned about the child’s health, “How is the child now? Is he awake?”

The policeman nodded, “He’s awake, but the child must be scared, he doesn’t speak no matter how much we coax him.”

“Can I go see him?”

“Sure, come with me.”

The policeman led Song Shishi to the infirmary.

As soon as she entered, she saw the little boy hugging his knees with both arms, curled up in a ball, looking around cautiously.

Song Shishi walked over, afraid of scaring the little boy, she deliberately kept a distance from him before asking, “Xiao Bao, do you remember your parents’ names?”

Hearing Song Shishi’s voice, the little boy was obviously startled, then tears welled up in his eyes, and he burst into tears with a “wa”.

Song Shishi was startled by his cry, and she was also helpless.

She stood up straight, turned her head and looked at the policeman next to her.

But before she could ask for help, she felt the little guy rush over and hug her leg.

“Hug!”

Song Shishi looked down and met the little boy’s tearful eyes.

He raised his hand, wanting Song Shishi to hug him.

“It seems your fate is really not shallow, we tried our best, but this child didn’t speak, he was also very wary of us, but as soon as you came, the child took the initiative to get close to you.” The medical staff next to her said with a smile.

Looking at the food on the table next to her, Song Shishi bent down, picked up the little boy, and asked softly, “Xiao Bao, are you hungry? Do you want to eat something first?”

The little boy put his arms around her neck and nodded.