"Since you have a bed, why do you sleep on the floor?" When Li Hailou's mother came to deliver a fruit platter, she looked at the three youths and shook her head with a smile.
Li Hailou's father watched from the side. "You don't understand this. I was like this when I was young. Our son has finally grown up, but his sleeping position is terrible. When I see him, my hands feel really itchy."
His sleeping position was indeed terrible. Among the three of them, Li Hailou was the only one whose body was actually facing the wrong direction.
Bai Zhun was the last one to sleep. He even covered the other two with a thin blanket.
The Li couple watched from the outside. "Does this child have something on his mind?"
"Huh? I'm not sure. Is there something wrong?" Li Hailou's father was just that slow-witted.
"You always say that your son is asking for a beating. You're no better. When have you ever seen Zhun like this? He's never stayed at other someone else's home, besides the year that happened."
"Hmm, come to think of it, you're right."
Mrs Li was speechless. She glanced at the man beside her who was only good looking but brainless and let out a long sigh. "Why did my son's IQ follow yours?"
"What's wrong with following me? It's good for getting the girls."
Mrs Li laughed for a while when she heard that, then she said, "Over the past year, I thought that Bai Zhun had gotten over it. After all, he has become much more cheerful. Brother Bai and Sister Luo are no longer around, and I only come back occasionally. Keep an eye on Zhun. If you notice anything, talk to him more."
"I... Talk to Zhun?" Li Hailou's father really didn't believe in his own abilities. "I'll go to the Bai family tomorrow to ask what's going on?"
"That's fine too..."
However, while they were talking, none of them knew that the next day, when it was about five o'clock in the morning, little Ajiu was already preparing to return to the mountain.
Just as the rooster in the courtyard crowed, little Ajiu went out with her small turtle-shell schoolbag and a little white cat on her head.
Auntie Wang had not gotten up to make breakfast. Logically speaking, an ordinary child would not have been able to push open the door of the Bai house. However, little Ajiu had never been an ordinary child.
When the door opened, little Ajiu quietly left the Bai house. When she passed through the courtyard, the breakfast in the dining hall had just been prepared. She could smell the smell of steamed buns from afar.
Little Ajiu hesitated for a long time between the two options of "go buy ten steamed buns" and "leave earlier".
"If you want to go back to the mountain, you have to bring enough food along," little Ajiu said to the white cat on top of her head in a childish voice. "Otherwise, you will be hungry on the way."
The white cat meowed and wagged its tail behind the little girl's head.
There was no one in the canteen. After all, it was a little too early for breakfast at five o'clock.
"Little Ajiu, are you here to buy breakfast again?"
The steamed bun chef obviously knew the child.
Little Ajiu nodded. "I want ten steamed buns this time. Uncle, can you help me wrap them with paper?"
Paper?
The uncle who bought the steamed buns looked around and said to the little girl at the window, "Wait for a while."
He found some paper, wrapped the buns up, and put them all in a bag.
There was no traffic jam at this time.
However, there were no buses around the military compound.
Little Ajiu first looked left and right, then according to her memory, she chose the right direction.
After walking for a long distance, she finally saw some cars. At this time, the people had also begun to come out. When they saw such a small child walking on the street, they couldn't help but turn their heads to look.
Little Ajiu was very cute to begin with. She wore a small monk's robe, and her big eyes were very clear. In addition, she had a big steamed bun in her mouth, and there was a white cat resting above her head. She was practically a doll that had walked out of a comic.
"I remember the bus didn't pass through this place," the little girl said to herself as she walked to the right.
There was a small open space on the other side, and many people were exercising there.
The little girl walked over and looked curiously.
The a.d.u.l.ts exercising there were also looking at her, wondering why there wasn't an a.d.u.l.t following behind this child.
Little Ajiu held the big steamed bun with her two little hands and asked with a serious face, "Grandpa, do you know how to get to the bus stop?"
"Bus stop?" The old man paused and asked patiently, "Little girl, which bus stop are you looking for?"
"The bus stop that can go back to the mountain." Little Ajiu squatted there as she spoke, like a little turtle. "Does Grandpa know?"
The old man frowned. "The mountain? Little girl, why do you want to go to the mountain?"
"I'm going back to ask my master some questions," little Ajiu said as she fiddled with the strap on her little schoolbag. She looked very cute when she was serious.
Chapter 1196 - Ajiu's Journey
The old man saw that she was wearing a small monk's robe and thought that she was a child being made use of by a swindler. But she was a little too obedient to be a swindler.
The old man had a good heart. After thinking for a moment, he took out $10 from his pocket and handed it to little Ajiu. "I don't know the place you mentioned, but take this money. If you're thirsty, you can buy something to drink."
Little Ajiu looked at the money in her small palm and was a little confused. She tilted her head and her eyes were full of question marks.
Why did the old man give her money when she asked for directions?
"I don't want the money. Ajiu has money," the little girl said and returned the money. Then, she put her palms together and chanted, "Amitabha."
Since this old man didn't know the way, she was going to another place to ask.
But even at a different intersection, someone would give her money.
Little Ajiu reached out and patted her little forehead. "Xiao Bai, the old man must think that I want money."
"Meow." The white cat sat obediently in her arms, as if it was echoing her words.
Little Ajiu hugged her pet and sat on the curb next to her.
"I need to eat another steamed bun to calm down."
The white cat nearly rolled its eyes at her. This was just an excuse to eat a steamed bun, right?!
However, what made little Ajiu feel strange was that even when she sat down to eat a steamed bun, someone would still throw a coin in front of her.
Little Ajiu scratched her big head, completely unaware that she was being watched.
"I found a little monk on my way to work this morning. She's really cute!"
This was how the passersby posted on their social media. There was also a photo of little Ajiu eating a steamed bun with her head lowered. Her little fingers were stretched out and she did look very cute.
Little Ajiu felt that it was not a good idea to stay here for too long. She patted her little kasaya and stood up. She watched as a bus went from the east and followed the crowd onto the bus.
The child had really brought money. There was a large pile of money in her turtle-shell schoolbag.
She saw that some people swiped their cards and some people put in coins. She also took out two coins, but she had to stand on tiptoe to throw them into the collection machine. Once again, she felt that her height was her greatest disadvantage.
There were not many people on the bus at this hour.
Little Ajiu found a seat and shook her lotus-root calves. Her big eyes looked out of the window.
What should she do? She wanted to eat steamed buns again.
The little girl lowered her head and touched her small belly. In the end, she decided to bear with it.
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The conductor had no idea which mountain she wanted to go to and assumed she was headed for Xiangshan, the mountain near to the city. She immediately said, "Little girl, you've taken the wrong bus. Get off at the next stop and change..."
Little Ajiu listened carefully to the conductor's route and got off at the correct stop.
However, the conductor had no idea that the mountain that little Ajiu was talking about was not Xiangshan of the capital city. She just kept thinking to herself, how could this little girl's family trust such a small child to go out on her own?
Along the way, she kept instructing little Ajiu to be careful at all times.
By now, the roads were all congested. At eight o'clock in the morning, the traffic jam was basically everywhere.
Many office workers were busy squeezing into the subway to squeeze onto public transport. A different atmosphere soon took over Beijing and put its opulence on display.
The smell of fried dough sticks and tofu pudding mixed in the air. The smells in the air really made the city come alive.
Bai Zhun woke up clutching his head in Li Hailou's bedroom within the Li family's luxurious home. He could even smell the strong smell of alcohol all over his body.
Bai Zhun shook his head and moved one of the other guys' leg away from his body before standing up and walking into the bathroom.
He sobered up a little after the water came down from above.
Xiao Lin woke up from the noise in the bathroom. When he looked at his watch, it was almost eight o'clock. He hurriedly kicked Li Hailou, who was lying horizontally, awake. "Hurry up and get up. You're going to be late for school."
Li Hailou grabbed his hair that looked like a chicken's nest. His gaze met with Bai Zhun who had just walked out of the bathroom. "Damn it, Bai Zhun, you're finally sober. Do you know what you did yesterday? You betrayed me!"
"Is that true?" Bai Zhun asked Xiao Lin, who was beside him, while drying his hair.
Xiao Lin smiled slightly. "No."
"You two bastards!" Li Hailou shouted as he began to put on his clothes. "Bai Zhun, even if you don't remember that you betrayed me, you still remember that you scrolled through Weibo crazily and said that you were going to wait for little Ajiu, right?"
Bai Zhun's hand that was wiping his hair paused. It was obvious that he did not remember anything. He did not reply to Li Hailou's words. Instead, he took his school uniform and put it on.
Xiao Lin could tell that Bai Zhun was a little distracted.
But in reality, Bai Zhun was not just distracted. His c.h.e.s.t felt very uncomfortable. It was as if something was pressing down on him.
The moment he thought of little Ajiu's attitude towards Baili Shangxie, Bai Zhun would feel as if a basin of cold water had been poured over his body, from head to toe, making him unable to sleep soundly.
If it were not for the bottle of red wine from the night before, time would definitely have been extremely difficult to endure.
When it rained yesterday, he looked out of the window for a long time. It was so long that he had even torn through the English test paper he had written before finally resisting the urge to pick little Ajiu up.
In the end, after arriving at the Li house, he felt even more unhappy.
Xiao Lin understood Bai Zhun quite well. He could tell that Bai Zhun was down just by looking at his expression. He patted Bai Zhun's shoulder and said, "Alright, we'll talk later if there's anything. We're almost late. Let's go down and eat something. We'll leave immediately."
Li Hailou also began to pack his school bag in a flurry.
The three youths walked downstairs. They had just sat down to eat a bun and finish their porridge when Auntie Wang came running in. She looked very anxious. Even her forehead was covered in sweat. "Young Master Li, did Young Mistress come here?"
"Little Ajiu?" Li Hailou had a bun in his mouth. He did not forget to drink a mouthful of soy milk before speaking. "I didn't see her come over."
Upon hearing this answer, half of Auntie Wang's body went limp and her voice immediately sounded like she was crying. "What should we do? I've looked in the canteen, but I didn't see her anywhere. There's nothing in her room either. She didn't even come down for breakfast today. Where could this child have gone?!"
When he heard this, Bai Zhun suddenly stood up!
Chapter 1197 - Bai Zhun Becomes Anxious
"What about the other places? The training ground and the small sandpile that she often goes to? There's no sign of her either?"
Bai Zhun was really anxious. Anyone could tell.
Because he had never been so fl.u.s.tered like today.
Auntie Wang looked at how anxious her Young Master looked and blamed herself. "It's all my fault. Young Mistress usually gets up past six o'clock. I knew that well but when I didn't see her today, I just thought she had gotten up late. I should have gone upstairs to take a look at that time. Then maybe...maybe she wouldn't have gone missing…"
"Ajiu won't get lost like that." Bai Zhun's voice sank. "She must be somewhere. That's right. She must be somewhere. Keep looking. Search the room and the compound."
Xiao Lin knew that Bai Zhun had already lost his rationality. There was no reason why Bai Zhun would use such a generic method to look for Ajiu. That was as good as trying to find a needle in a haystack.
Bai Zhun really looked everywhere. He ran back and forth the entire compound, asking everyone if they had seen little Ajiu.
Finally, he got to the canteen.
The steamed bun seller said that little Ajiu had come to buy steamed buns, and that she had comeb by before six o'clock.
Six o'clock?
Bai Zhun raised his wrist and looked at the time on his watch.
It was already half past eight.
How did things turn out this way?
Bai Zhun was born in this military compound. He knew very well that once a child went missing, the best time to search was within two hours.
But now, almost three hours had passed since Ajiu disappeared.
Where exactly had she gone?
Bai Zhun raised his hand and bashed the wall beside him fiercely.
There was a loud bang!
Li Hailou, who was following behind him, was frightened. He said worriedly, "Bai Zhun..."
"It's all my fault. If I had gone home to sleep yesterday, this wouldn't have happened to Ajiu," Bai Zhun's throat was hurting as he said this.
Only he knew how regretful he was.
She just fancied a celebrity, that was all.
Ajiu was only so young and couldn't be in the sun for too long. Where would she go in such hot weather?
Bai Zhun looked around him. His youthful face was covered in a layer of crystal-clear beads of sweat. Even his black hair was drenched in sweat, but he didn't seem to feel any of this and continued to search.
Xiao Lin could not stand it anymore. He put his hand on his shoulder and stopped him. "Bai Zhun, calm down. Maybe things are not as bad as you think. Think about it carefully. It's not possible for just anyone to enter this place. If something really happened, how could we not know? Since Auntie Wang only realized that little Ajiu was missing later and she even went to the canteen to buy steamed buns, maybe it's not that something bad has happened."
Li Hailou was also standing beside Bai Zhun.
The three youths did not even go to school. After such a thing happened, no one was in the
mood to go to school anymore.
Fortunately, Bai Zhun finally listened to Xiao Lin's words. He turned to the side and his gaze became a little calmer.
Then, as if he suddenly thought of something, he immediately turned around and ran towards the guard room.
"Bring up today's entry and exit records and video records."
But Bai Zhun was not an a.d.u.l.t and did not have the right to order them around.
"Young Master Bai, we can only bring up the records for you if General Bai is here."
When Bai Zhun heard this, he did not care about what his grandfather usually taught him and barged in directly. As he was not unfamiliar with computers, he directly entered the time segment and began to search for records in the video database.
"Young Master Bai, you can't do this!" the guard shouted anxiously behind Bai Zhun.
At this time, Xiao Lin and Li Hailou had a tacit understanding as the two of them joined hands to block the guard's way.
Bai Zhun activated the four-screen mode.
The so-called four-screen mode was to observe four images at the same time.
He entered the time from six to seven.
"According to what the canteen uncle said, since he saw Ajiu just before six o'clock, if Ajiu really left the compound, then it must be somewhere during this time," Bai Zhun said. AAt the same time, he focused on watching the images from six to ten minutes past six.
Bai Zhun, on the other hand, looked like he was engrossed in homework or something as his eyes quickly followed the rotation of the images on the screen. Finally, his mouse paused and stopped at an image, and then he quickly maximized the image.
"Found it!" Li Hailou could not help but shout.
Even the guard next to him also paused for a moment.
Li Hailou looked at the three-second video again and frowned. "Little Ajiu...did she leave on her own?"
After saying this, Li Hailou subconsciously looked at Bai Zhun. That kind of paleness was almost never seen on Bai Zhun's face.
At first, he had thought that something had happened.
But now, he could clearly see that little Ajiu had left on her own. There was no one else but her.
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