Chapter 4

"Students, have you seen Chen Mo?"

The teacher asked.

"No..."

Only a few children answered her, while the rest were still playing with toys.

At this time, Yang Mi walked over.

"Tea... teacher, I saw Chen Mo."

Yang Mi's somewhat youthful and crisp voice sounded.

Then she told the story of Chen Mo leaving the compound alone and waving at her.

After listening to Yang Mi's account, the female teacher's face changed instantly, and she turned and ran toward the outside.

On the other side.

At Chen Mo's home...

Chen Mu had finished washing the breakfast dishes, and Chen Fu was in the bedroom changing into clothes for work.

Ring, ring...

The living room phone rang.

Chen Mu walked to the landline and picked up the receiver.

"Hello..."

"Is this Chen Mo's parent? I am the kindergarten teacher. Chen Mo didn't come to school today, and a classmate saw him run out of the compound alone!"

Slap!

The teacher's anxious voice came from the receiver; hearing the sound, the receiver in Chen Mu's hand dropped directly to the floor.

On the other side, Beijing Railway Station ticket window.

Chen Mo climbed up to the window, holding his father Chen Guohua's ID card and 100 yuan, and handed them to the ticket seller.

"Auntie, I want to buy two sleeper tickets to Guangzhou."

A youthful voice and a cute little face appeared in the ticket seller's line of sight.

Seeing a little child, the ticket seller frowned instantly and said, "Little friend, where are your parents?"

"My dad is moving luggage in the back; he let me come over to buy two sleeper tickets, right over there..."

A bright smile appeared on Chen Mo's face, and he pointed his finger at a large crowd of people not far away.

"By the way, Auntie, I want two sleeper tickets near the train attendant's position; my dad said there are many child-snatchers now, and he's worried that if he falls asleep, I'll be stolen."

Chen Mo added another sentence.

After hearing this, the ticket seller looked at the large crowd of people not far away, then reached out to take the ID card and cash.

Soon, two train tickets were printed out.

Chen Mo said "Thank you, Auntie," and then walked quickly away from the ticket counter.

Half an hour later.

Ticket checking began, and Chen Mo lined up with his train ticket to start checking in.

Five minutes later...

On Chen Mo's own sleeper berth, the system's voice sounded in his mind at the same time.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for running away from home for the first time, unlocking the 'Naughty Kid' achievement, rewarding one system lucky draw opportunity.]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for riding a train for the first time, unlocking the 'Travel Newbie' achievement, rewarding one system lucky draw opportunity.]

Hearing this, Chen Mo's eyes lit up instantly!

"Start the lucky draw!"

[Ding! Lucky draw successful, congratulations to the host for obtaining a ukulele; the ukulele has been deposited into the system backpack.]

[Ding! Lucky draw successful, congratulations to the host for obtaining primary ukulele playing skills.]

The system's notification sound rang out.

Hearing this, Chen Mo raised his eyebrows instantly.

A ukulele plus skills?

What use was this to him?

Time flew by...

It took about 30 hours from Beijing to Guangdong.

The train stopped...

Chen Mo got off the train with the crowd.

When walking toward the outside of the station, Chen Mo specifically looked for families that looked like couples with children, walking at a distance not too far or too close behind them, making people feel that he was part of their family rather than alone.

After all, he was only a four-year-old child, and it was the 1990s, especially in a chaotic place like a train station; Chen Mo had to be extremely careful.

There was no other way...

For his first pot of gold, he had to take a risk!

Soon, Chen Mo walked out of the train station and then got on a bus parked at the bus stop.

Five minutes later, the bus started and left the station.

Half an hour later, Chen Mo arrived at a three-star hotel.

"Big sister, please help me open a room for four days."

Arriving at the front desk, Chen Mo took out four hundred yuan and his father's bank card from his pocket and handed them over.

When he came in, he saw the price list hanging on the wall; a luxury single room was 90 yuan a night, a price that could be called astronomical in 1990.

But expensive had its benefits; at least it was safer.

The young lady at the front desk reached out a small hand and was stunned for a moment; she stood up, leaned forward, saw Chen Mo standing on his tiptoes, and then her gaze fell toward the door outside.

"Little brother, where is your family?"

"Big sister, my dad is parking outside and will be here in a while; he let me open the room first."

Hearing Chen Mo's words, the young lady reached out and took the money and ID card.

Ten minutes later.

On the fifth floor of the hotel, in a luxury single room, Chen Mo locked the door from the inside and then threw himself onto the bed...

Because he was worried about accidents on the train, Chen Mo hadn't rested much.

Now that he had arrived in Guangdong and found a place to stay, he fell into a deep sleep shortly after lying on the bed.

At the same time, back in Beijing.

More than thirty hours had passed since Chen Mo went missing!

Chen Mo's father, Chen Guohua, was a businessman; although his business wasn't big, he had wide connections, so in just over a day, Chen Guohua had already used all his connections to start searching for Chen Mo's tracks throughout Beijing...

At home...

Chen Fu and Chen Mu were sitting on the sofa.

Chen Mu's eyes were red and swollen, and her face was full of tears...

Chen Fu was smoking silently, and there were cigarette butts all over the floor at his feet.

"Woo... it's all my fault, it's all my fault, it's all my fault that I always beat Mo Mo, woo woo... if anything happens to him, I won't live either."

Chen Mu's sobbing sounded.

Listening to Chen Mu's words, Chen Fu's face was also full of annoyance and guilt at this moment.

His son was naughty, and he had beaten him quite a bit in the past; his son running away from home was largely his own fault.

Ring.

At this time, the landline phone rang.

Hearing the sound, Chen Fu jumped up from the sofa and walked quickly to the phone to answer it.

"Mr. Chen, this is the police station. There is news about your son Chen Mo. We found that someone used your ID card to buy two train tickets to Guangdong at 9:00 yesterday morning..."

The voice of a police officer came from the phone.