Sun Zhuo's parting moment
The moment of parting with my mother came on the fourth day after they met.
Due to school tension, Sun Zhuo hopes to return to school. Father Sun Haiyang and mother Peng Siying decide to bid farewell to Sun Zhuo temporarily.
The eye-catching confession of relatives has temporarily come to an end.
On December 6, the kidnapped teenager recognized his biological parents.
Afterwards, the three returned to their hometown of Jianli City, Hubei Province.
On the afternoon of December 8, Sun Zhuo boarded Sun Haiyang's car at Jianli and headed to Shandong. At 2 o'clock in the evening the next day, he appeared at the gate of a high school in Yanggu County, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province.
When Jianli got into the car, the red envelope wrapped in his coat fell to the ground.
This was given by relatives and friends of Jianli's hometown as a meeting ceremony for a long-awaited reunion.
There were only their family of three in the car, and they hardly answered any calls from media reporters and enthusiasts on the way.
"14 years and 57 days, I need to learn more." Sun Haiyang sent a message to a reporter from China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily, explaining the significance of this trip.
For Sun Zhuo, this journey was like a dream.
This thin boy wears a pair of glasses, and his eyebrows are crooked and smiling when he speaks.
Previously, he had always thought he was 16 years old when he was in the first year of high school in Yanggu County, Liaocheng City. Until recently, he didn't know that he was born in 2003 and 18 years old this year.
For a time, it was difficult for a student who was "introverted and unwilling to go out" among the villagers of the same village to suddenly digest these emotions.
He, media reporters, and his parents all acknowledged this.
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When Sun Haiyang's car left Jianli, the family of three finally had a rare moment to speak their own words.
Before this, the family was almost surrounded by family members, friends, relatives, media reporters, and network anchors.
Before they arrived at Jianli, four dragon dance teams were waiting at the entrance of the village, with firecrackers and fireworks prepared in advance on the side of the road.
Villagers from nearby towns and villages all rushed to Sun Zhuo's grandparents' house, wanting to see the kid who had been abducted for 14 years.
There were so many people that once blocked the door of the house, Sun Zhuo could only board the balcony on the second floor with his grandfather, and waved with everyone.
Grandparents took Sun Zhuo and introduced the family members one by one. Grandpa asked Sun Zhuo to sit casually. He replied a little shyly, "How can I sit if the elders didn't sit down?"
That night, there were also Internet celebrities who broadcast live at their doorsteps until late at night.
Peng Siying could feel that Sun Zhuo tried his best to integrate into the big family.
The challenge is that he has to remember many "strangers" titles in a short period of time.
It's rare for this big family to have such a gathering time.
Since Sun Zhuo was abducted in Baishizhou, Shenzhen on October 9, 2007, many members of the family have rushed to Shenzhen from Hubei to help Sun Zhuo's parents find their children.
Sun Zhuo's father, Sun Haiyang, has a primary school degree.
In order to give his children a good growth environment, he took his wife and children away from his hometown to work in Shenzhen, open a bun shop, and strive to make money to support his family.
On the day he was abducted, the man only took a nap in front of the shop, and his son was abducted by the traffickers. He had been abducted for 14 years.
When meeting again, Sun Haiyang asked cautiously, "Are you in Yanggu?"
"Yes." Sun Zhuo nodded.
He sighed and asked, "Is it in the countryside?"
"Yes." It was another affirmative answer.
He sighed again.
He clutched Sun Zhuo's arm tightly and wanted to get to know this son who had been away for 14 years.
Peng Siying reminded softly, "You should be gentle and don't scare the children."
Looking at Sun Zhuo’s face again, Peng Siying was almost about to cry. She introduced her proud children: Sun Zhuo’s sister is a graduate student at Nanyang Technological University, and Sun Zhuo’s younger brother has excellent grades and can skate, play guitar, Go, chess, basketball, etc.
Sun Zhuo just nodded.
She kept rubbing Sun Zhuo's hand.
These hands are very similar to those of Sun Zhuo's sister, Peng Siying said.
For the next 4 days, the couple kept recognizing their son again.
For the first reunion dinner, Sun Zhuo’s staple food was steamed buns, while Sun Haiyang and his wife loved to eat rice.
Sun Zhuo felt uncomfortable taking the high-speed rail together, and Sun Haiyang knew that it was the first time Sun Zhuo took the high-speed rail.
On the way Jianli went to Liaocheng, Sun Haiyang mentioned the story of Sun Zhuo when he was a child, trying to evoke a little memory of Sun Zhuo.
"Don't you remember?" "Don't remember?"
Sun Zhuo can't remember anymore.
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860 kilometers from Jianli to Liaocheng, this is the first time Sun Haiyang and his wife have sent their son to school after 14 years.
They set off from Hubei, via Henan, and then to Shandong.
Sun Haiyang has been to these provinces.
In order to find a son, this father only did not go to Xinjiang and Tibet.
He has been to Shandong many times, and he has also appeared on Shandong Satellite TV programs.
The time on the road flies much faster than usual, Peng Siying thought.
She also wanted to hear Sun Zhuo tell more stories, those about fighting at school and going to school.
She wanted to be close to her son. When taking a photo, she took the initiative to pull Sun Zhuo's arm, put it on her shoulders, and embraced her son.
Sun Haiyang, sitting in the driver's seat, didn't have much energy to chat with Sun Zhuo.
He just asked the most critical question, "Have anyone beaten you or scolded you?" He even rolled up Sun Zhuo's sleeves before to see if there were any traces of abuse.
The answer is no, he is relieved.
Sun Haiyang is used to driving at night.
In the previous 14 years, he often finished work during the day, drove overnight, and rushed to other places to find children.
Only once, he fell asleep in the service area because he was too sleepy, and his friend couldn't find him and was anxious.
Following his car is another parent who is looking for relatives, Du Xiaohua.
His son Du Houqi was abducted in 2011 and has not been recovered yet.
Du Xiaohua and Sun Haiyang have been together in search of children many times, and have sent hundreds of thousands of missing persons notices across the country.
Later, Sun Haiyang gradually became a "celebrity" in the abduction circle.
The story of his finding a son was adapted into the movie "Dear". The only request he made to the film crew was to publish his phone number at the end of the movie.
He hopes to collect as many clues as possible about Sun Zhuo.
He has compared DNA many times and disappointed many times.
Recently, when he heard the message of successful DNA matching, he was not as excited or nervous as expected.
It wasn't until Sun Zhuo was really held in his arms that the real feeling of "finally found the child" came surging.
Rarely, he cried and cried in front of the camera, and even knocked his son, who was already half a head taller than him, upside down, as he did when he was a child.
Sun Zhuo grew up in Yanggu County after being abducted.
He told the media that when he was a child, the eldest sister of his adoptive parents said that he was picked up, and he mistakenly thought it was a joke; the family couldn’t find a photo of his childhood, and his adoptive parents lied to him to “lost” him. Believe.
Before going to Shenzhen to admit his relatives, he told the media that he planned to return to Shandong's adoptive parents after admitting his relatives.
His speech aroused a lot of attention.
Many netizens commented that Sun Zhuo should return to Sun Haiyang and his wife.
After getting along for a few days, Sun Zhuo would fall into silence when faced with the same problem. It was a difficult decision.
He is learning to digest information and consider it slowly.
Some netizens requested that when the media reported the matter, they should call Sun Zhuo's adoptive parents as "buyers" instead of adoptive parents, because buying and selling are the same crime.
Such requests frequently appear in live broadcast rooms and in report reviews.
Sun Zhuo saw the childhood photo again, which was handed to him by the police.
He could recognize his childhood appearance at a glance.
He hadn't seen these photos in his adoptive parents' house, but in Sun Haiyang's house, there were a lot of such photos.
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Too much attention brings new problems.
In order to protect Sun Zhuo's privacy, Sun Haiyang and his wife have always made Sun Zhuo wear a mask.
During the reunion dinner, Sun Zhuo took off his mask, and his appearance was accidentally exposed on the Internet.
Peng Siying is worried that these exposures will affect Sun Zhuo's subsequent schooling, "This is not something a child can bear. If it is me, I may not know where to go, hide and disappear."
In order to protect Sun Zhuo from excessive exposure, Sun Haiyang decided to arrive at the school before dawn.
On the way, he only left himself a very small amount of rest time, hoping to arrive at school early so that Sun Zhuo could have as much rest time as possible.
Moreover, at dawn, media reporters will gather at the gate of Sun Zhuo school, which may interfere with Sun Zhuo's study.
This is one of the ways he can think of protecting Sun Zhuo.
This is the first time Sun Haiyang and Peng Siying have arrived in Yanggu County.
Before that, Sun Haiyang was the closest to here, about five or six years ago, he went to Liaocheng to find a child.
But he still doesn't know how far Liaocheng is from Yanggu.
After being reminded by a media reporter, Sun Haiyang remembered that in November 2011, he had posted a Weibo stating that someone in Yanggu County had adopted a boy whose identity was unknown.
This is one of his 3554 Weibo posts, and he often receives such clues.
Yanggu County is at the junction of Shandong Province and Henan Province.
Some villagers said that many people prefer to raise their sons, so that when they are dying, they can "throw a pot" in front of the coffin.
In the village where Sun Zhuo was located, some villagers didn't know the news until the second day of confession.
In the memory of a villager, Sun Zhuo's adoptive mother often buys snacks for Sun Zhuo. The last time I saw Sun Zhuo's adoptive parents was a few days ago. The two drove a tricycle to a restaurant in the county to deliver tableware.
The adoptive parents’ house built a two-story building. The first floor is a store selling daily necessities, and the family lives on the second floor.
A box of sterilized tableware was placed at the door of the house, and two tricycles and an old stroller were parked in front of the house, which were their tools for making a living.
According to a recent notice issued by the Yanggu police, the police has set up a task force to investigate the issue of the abducted child’s household registration, and initially found that Sun Zhuo’s household registration was in a certain city in Heilongjiang Province.
Sun Haiyang and his wife did not want to meet their adoptive parents at this time.
When they arrived in Yanggu, it was 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, and Sun Zhuo hurried back to campus in the dark before even introducing his familiar Yanggu to his parents.
Until noon on the 9th, the couple reappeared in front of the media.
Due to the long journey, when Peng Siying got out of the car, she staggered and could not stand firmly, "too dizzy".
In the next interview, she kept holding her forehead with her hand, barely supporting it.
Sun Haiyang repeated his feelings to the reporter over and over again, "very happy", even though Sun Zhuo had not slept for a full sleep in the 4 days he came back, his eyes were red.
But when he fell asleep, he felt at ease, because he knew that in the next room, his 14-year-old son was also asleep.
He tried hard to be a father.
Earlier, when interviewed by the media in Hubei, he deliberately touched Sun Zhuo's back to remind him to straighten his back.
Many people called, hoping that he would be held accountable for the legal responsibility of his adoptive parents, but considering Sun Zhuo's emotions, when he answered the call, he turned off the phone speaker.
Peng Siying's first impression of Yanggu was, "Like his hometown in Hubei, it resembles the Jianghan Plain."
She searched and found that the true distance between Shenzhen and Yanggu was more than 1,700 kilometers. "It's so far, I thought it was only a few hundred kilometers."
(Sun Haiyang is a pseudonym)
China Youth Daily · China Youth Daily reporter Wei Xi Source: China Youth Daily