Chapter 999 - Everyone Is Missing Something (2/2)

Before anyone noticed, Chen Ge quickly wiped his hand clean. He did not expect the drowned boy’s hint to be so obvious.

“Can I go in to take a look?” Chen Ge scanned the classroom. Chen Ge pointed at the last row. The other children were sitting around the teacher, but there was a child who stood at the back of the class with his bag. “Why is that boy standing over there?”

Seeing Chen Ge walk in, the teacher in the class answered his question. “Wu Sheng hit some other students during class, so I gave him time out as punishment. We have to give him a correct understanding of right and wrong since they are young, letting them know that there are consequences for doing bad things.”

“His name is Wu Sheng?” Chen Ge walked up to the boy, and when he was next to the boy, his hand that held the backpack started to bleed again. It shocked Chen Ge so much that he quickly clamped them before his chest. The teacher and other students did not see it, but the boy who stood before him saw it clearly.

“Well, looks like we’ve found him.” Chen Ge wiped the blood from his palm. He squatted before the boy as the female teacher walked over.

“Since his birth, the child hasn’t said a complete sentence. He dislikes being with others, and it has escalated to full refusal to communicate with others.” The teacher signaled for Chen Ge to move away from the boy. “Wu Sheng’s father is a wandering singer. He is not a bad person. Initially, he thought that it was because he gave the child a bad name that he refused to speak, so he changed the boy’s name to Wu Yousheng[1] and then Wu Busheng[2], thinking perhaps two wrongs made a right, but in the end, it was the name Wu Sheng[3] that stuck.”

“Wu Sheng’s situation is similar to my relative’s child. Can I chat with him?”

“I’m afraid not. We have a responsibility toward the children. Your careless words might injure their fragile hearts.”

“Then, can I talk with his family? After all, we’re in the same boat.”

“I can understand that.” The Mr. Handed Chen Ge Wu Sheng’s father’s number. They chatted for a while and Chen Ge left. Walking out from the school, Chen Ge called Wu Sheng’s father directly but there was no answer.

“Of the few confirmed kids, one has lost her memory, one has lost his hearing, one is mute. Other than myself, everyone has lost something important.” Chen Ge stood beside the road and studied the passing car. “Now that I think about it, if I am one of the nine children, then I should have lost something important to but the question is what? It is because I have lost my own shadow?”

[1] Wu Yousheng can also mean ‘Got Voice’.

[2] Wu Busheng can also mean ‘No Voice’.

[3] Wu Sheng can also mean ‘No Sound’.