Good Man Operation Guide

This man, whom she had once adored, gradually felt disappointed in, and finally felt numb about, was earnestly staring at her.

“Chu Chu, believe me, a month at the latest, the child will definitely be found. In the meantime, you should stay at home and take care of your health. You don’t want to let the boy see an emaciated mother when he’s found, right?"

Zhou Chuchu looked at him in a daze. It was obvious that she hadn’t shed any tears for a long time, but at this moment she couldn’t help but shed them. First, she cried silently, then it turned into a small sob, and later, it was an uncontrollably loud cry.

She covered her mouth, tears streaming down her face. It was as if she had caught the last ray of hope, and her eyes were filled with hope and despair.

“Can you really find him? Can you really find Xuan Xuan...?’

Lin Shiheng’s reply was powerful, “Yes."

He was still holding one of her hands. Even if he didn’t move, it was still full of reassurance.

“Trust me, okay?”

Zhou Chuchu’s eyes were blurred from the tears, but she nodded her head anyway.

Her words were almost garbled, “I believe you. Get him back, you get him back, you must get him back...”

“Xuan Xuan... get him back...”

Zhou Chuchu hasn't cried like this for a long time. In the first few years when her child was lost, she almost always woke up because of a nightmare, and then she would sob and cried alone with her child’s picture in her arms.

Later, as if her tears had dried up, she numbly searched on, experiencing one disappointment after another, and one blow after another.

Lin Shiheng stood up and supported her so that she could lean on his arms. Zhou Chuchu leaned on his shoulder, crying uncontrollably; everyone said she was strong, but they never thought about whether she wanted to be strong.

The old lady also flushed, looking at her granddaughter who was crying on her grandson-in-law’s shoulder. She wiped her tears with the back of her hand. It was as if she was seeing the two youngsters sweetly and lovingly cuddling at home again, back when Lin Shiheng didn’t have to work and leave home.

It was such a happy time for her Chu Chu.

Zhou Chuchu cried for a long time. She was too exhausted, and this cry allowed her to vent out all strength she was holding on to. By the end, she was already a little drowsy. When Lin Shiheng helped her into the room and covered her with a quilt, Zhou Chuchu, who was quietly closing her eyes, suddenly grabbed her husband’s hand. Her eyes, which were red and swollen from crying, opened.

“You can get him back, right?”

Lin Shiheng nodded and patted her hand with the other hand, affirming, “I can get Xuan Xuan back.”

“Rest well, a month will soon pass.”

With this assurance, Zhou Chuchu was relieved and relaxed, closing her eyes and falling into a deep sleep.

When she woke up, the family has a meal together. Then, Lin Shiheng had to go back again.

Before leaving, he glanced at his wife, whose whole spirit had changed from dreary to hopeful, after a good night’s sleep.

When she was young, she was very beautiful, fair-skinned, with beautiful features and a smile full of the innocence of someone who grew up pampered. After experiencing the pain of losing her child and the pain of not being able to get them back no matter how hard she tried, she had some fine lines at the corners of her eyes, a haggard look and exhaustion in her eyes. But even so, she was very beautiful, but this beauty could only be revealed when she was being well cared for.

“Grandma, I’ll trouble you to take care of Chu Chu. When Xuan Xuan’s results come out, we’ll go and pick him up together.”

After Lin Shiheng said that, he left again. As the main person in charge, he had too much work to do. Being able to go home for a day was because the higher-ups had considered his great contribution.

Since Lin Shiheng had left, Zhou Chuchu no longer left in her car at the slightest hint of human traffickers and small children, as she had done before. She stayed quietly at home, obediently drank her soup, ate three normal meals, bought skincare products and took her skincare seriously every day.

She wanted to look as young as possible when she met her son. Although, she couldn’t change back to the way she had looked when her child was 5 years old. Perhaps her child would remember what his mother looked like.

When she thought that her child might recognize her, tell her that he remembered her, and say that he was thinking about her, Zhou Chuchu’s lips sweetly curled.

A month passed by, and by the end of the month, Zhou Chuchu, who had been working very hard to nurture her body and face, started to get anxious. She was having dreams every day, sometimes good dreams about her child being adopted by a good family, and sometimes nightmares about her child being in danger.

Finally, Lin Shiheng returned home. They waited for a while, and a man in military uniform came to visit.

He gave them detailed information about the child.

15 years old, mute, living on his own from a kebab stall. He’s obviously of school age, but he had to move around to make a living.

Zhou Chuchu picked up the file with trembling hands. She caressed the tanned, thin child in the photo, who at first glance looked nothing like his parents. Both Lin Shiheng and Zhou Chuchu were fair-skinned, and both had features that leaned towards the beauty of southerners.

But Zhou Chuchu knew that this wasn’t the case. Her child looked like them when he was five, cute as jade and snow. He was dressed in clothes she had designed herself and was like a little prince when he was tidy.

Now, even though he didn’t look like it in the picture, Zhou Chuchu instantly recognized him as her own child.

There was a mole above his left eyebrow, and his eyes were slightly round. When he was a child, he looked up and looked at people with round eyes, which was adorable. After he grew up, his eyes showed a bit of stubbornness, and he looked a bit unpleasant.

Zhou Chuchu didn't think the boy was tough at all. As a 15-year-old living alone, how was he supposed to protect himself if he wasn’t tougher?

When they looked closely, his features actually didn’t look too different from when he was a little child. It was just because he had lost weight and his skin had gotten darker. In addition, the clothes he was wearing and his overall temperament had changed, so he didn’t look quite the same.

It didn’t matter, he was her child. No matter what he becomes, he’s her child.

Zhou Chuchu shed tears and went to see other pictures.

There are several photos, some of them obviously taken in secret. In one of them, a 15-year-old, tall and thin, pushing a kebab stall alone. He wore a hat on his head, and his features weren’t very visible under the hat. It was an uphill slope, and after all, he was young; he was pushing with some difficulty, his heels were slightly flared, and his head was stubbornly lowered, like a young calf that wouldn’t give in.

There was another one, obviously pulled from a surveillance camera. It was getting a bit dark, and he was standing in front of a school, waiting for students to finish school and come over to buy something from his stall. It seemed to be a bit hot, and he was holding a small freebie fan distributed by a hospital, and seemed to be fanning himself.

Zhou Chuchu’s tears are falling even harder. Xuan Xuan had been afraid of heat and loved to stay cool since he was a child. In summer, when he felt too hot to sleep, she would fan him...

The more she saw the more her tears fell. Lin Shiheng stood silently watching as Zhou Chuchu cherished and carefully looked through all the pictures. A pair of red and swollen eyes looked up at him with hope, “Where is he now? Let’s go and bring him back right now!"

“It’s our fault that he suffered so much. We have to take him home, and he... he won’t have to suffer anymore.”

The soldier who delivered the information to the door looked a little awkward, “There are still an issue, the boy is unwilling to come back.”

The expression on Zhou Chuchu’s face froze, “He... he doesn’t want to?”

Suspecting that she had misread the information, she panicked and read it again. She read that it did say that Wang Xuan lived alone. She felt confused.

“Why doesn’t he want to...?”

“When we found the boy, we sent someone to contact him as soon as possible. Because I was afraid that it would be awkward, I asked for help from the police. As a result, perhaps, because the boy was used to living on his own, or because his former friends didn’t have a good life after being reclaimed by their family, in any case... he was rather reluctant.”

“The boy is very resistant and we’re hesitant to take forceful measures for fear of provoking him to leave move somewhere else. So, I came here to ask you, the family, for your opinion first. Maybe you can go and get him back by easing him into it first.”

As he said so, he felt a little embarrassed.

Professor Lin, who had made such a great contribution to the country, had only one request, it was to get his child back. Everything went well, but he messed up at the last minute.

Zhou Chuchu couldn’t believe it, but she felt even more distressed after reacting to the information.

Lin Shiheng was a little surprised but quickly speculated as to why. In the previous life, Wang Xuan had been willing to return when he was 20 years old and already an adult with an adult mind. Plus, he learned that his mother had died trying to find him, which made him look forward to meeting his family.

This time, a normal 15-year-old child was in a rebellious period. Wang Xuan was in a special situation. He grew up with a group of children. Then, when the panhandling organization was disbanded some of those children could go back to their families, somehow.

Sometimes the world was too cruel. For example, parents like Zhou Chuchu, who had never given up looking for their children for 10 years were the minority. Most parents would give up on their grief after a couple of years, and have another child to forget the pain. When a younger child was born, their energy would naturally be focused on the little one.

Most human beings were selfish. In order to forget sadness, they would force themselves to pull back the emotions they had invested on the lost child. If they didn’t love, they won’t feel heartbroken.

By the time the younger child had grown up, the older child was found and brought back with a handicapped body. The combination of an awkward age and the lack of closeness that comes with being brought up, or worse, a family that can only afford one child, can all add up to the disappointment of some of the trafficked children who had thought they had returned home.

Wang Xuan may have seen what happened to them before he chose to deny his parents. In a sense, this was also a manifestation of fear.

As he watched Zhou Chuchu clutch the picture in a trance, he sighed and wrapped his wife in his arms.

“We’ll go to him, boil the frog in warm water, take our time, and even if he doesn’t acknowledge us, we’ll be close enough to look after him.”

(TNote: Boil the frog in warm water = Coaxing someone, or influence a situation slowly, without startling the intended target, causing them to accept things without problems.)

“Chu Chu, this time, I’ll be a good father.”

Zhou Chuchu sobbed and nodded.

“Okay, let’s to him. Let’s go to him...”

That night, the family discussed how to soften the child who had been away from home for too long. The next day, they packed their things and drove off.

This time, Lin Shiheng laid aside the celebrations and the various things that should follow that would establish his status, and took a long leave of absence.

This was understandable. The higher ups only instructed him to come back to work as soon as the child had come back.

At 6 o’clock in the morning, the family who stayed up all night started to move things to their car. The old lady, who was old and had to take care of her twin grandchildren, had to stay at home and wait.

Zhou Chuchu was the last one who stepped out of the apartment.

Before leaving, she turned on the camera and started to film.

This was a tradition that had been around since the second year after her child was lost. No matter where she was looking for the child, she would bring a video camera.

This was because, if one day, she had already ‘went away’ before the child was found, he could see his mother hadn’t given up on him and she had been looking for him.

That way, even if he had suffered outside, he could still feel some comfort.

Zhou Chuchu was a little nervous. She looked at the camera, and gently said...

“Xuan Xuan, your father said that he found you, and we’re going to see you now. I heard that you didn't want to go home. Mom understands, mom can understand. You must have suffered a lot, so you don’t believe us...”

At this point, thinking about the information, she could no longer control her emotions. She covered her mouth and burst into tears. Then, thinking that she was still recording, she quickly wiped her tears and forced out a smile.

“In fact, before yesterday, Mom was quite resentful of your father, blaming him for not looking for you. I thought he didn’t love you or care about you. Sometimes, when I went looking for you, I would wonder, what if I got you back and you were sad to see a Dad who only knew how to work like that.”

“Actually, Mom was wrong. He loves you very much. He has been studying how to get you back for your sake, for the past 10 years. And, he did find you. So...

so we both love you very much. Even if we haven’t seen each other for 10 years, we’re your parents. Since you were born, you’ve been our baby... Xuan Xuan, I hope this is the last time that I’ll record videos alone. Next time, can we film together as a family?”

Zhou Chuchu finished speaking and turned the camera off.

She stroked the camera, with tears dripping onto it.

That’s great.

She thought.

Xuan Xuan could come home and see his loving parents.

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