Seeing how pale he was, Mrs. He poured him a cup of hot water.
Now that it was deep into winter, the weather had turned frigid. Mr. He had been out all night and was now shivering.
He sat down and drank the cup of water, then stood up again. "I'm going back out to look."
Mrs. He said to him, "Why don't you wait at home for news from He Lang? Maybe he's found him."
Mr. He paused for only a few seconds. "I can't rest easy at home. I have to go out and look."
With no other choice, Mrs. He gave him another layer of clothing, and Mr. He left again.
A little after five in the morning, He Lang and Xue Xingzhou arrived at the police station to file a report.
At this hour, there were only two officers on duty; the others hadn't started their shifts yet.
They heard that the men were reporting a missing child.
"Is it possible he went to a relative's, a friend's, or a classmate's house on his own?"
