Wang Yanggang was born on January 20, 1992, in Qingzhen City, Guizhou Province. When he was six years old, his whole family endured a nightmare - on June 12, 1998, Wang Yanggang went missing on his way to the Third Primary School.
At 16:55, Wang Xuefa finally appeared on the screen, with a short woman walking especially fast beside him, taking three steps as two. Her expression was very excited. "That's your mother," said Miss Wang, his cousin, who had come to meet Shaoming at the airport, pointing out the woman to Shaoming. Shaoming immediately put his hands into his trouser pockets.
On the evening of March 19th, to encourage Shaoming, "Zaizai" invited him to have dinner together in Panyu. After dinner, passing by the pool in Panyu Square, Shaoming threw three coins into the pool and made a wish, hoping to find his biological parents soon. "I didn't expect my wish to come true so quickly," Shaoming told reporters that on the night of March 21st, he found an announcement online looking for "Wang Yanggang"! Following the phone number left in the announcement, Wang Xuefa answered the call, but he could hardly understand the Mandarin spoken by Shaoming, so the call was handed over to his mother Xu Shenghui. Xu Shenghui was hesitant: "If you are really my son, I would be so happy, but there are many scammers these days..."
For 13 years, Wang Xuefa and Xu Shenghui never gave up searching for Yanggang. They wrote in their announcement: "We miss you so much! Whenever we pass through streets and alleys, corners and lanes, pavilions and terraces, we always look with eyes seeking our son lost unintentionally, searching for the footprints deeply imprinted on the ground... Every time the phone rings, I hold a joyful expectation, but one disappointment after another..."
A few minutes later, as emotions gradually calmed down, Xu Shenghui began to search for memories of her son on Shaoming's body - behind the ears, on the hands, back, and hair whirls... She then took out two photos of Yanggang when he was little and carefully compared them. "Why have you become so thin?" Xu Shenghui murmured. The onlookers all said: "The features are so alike, they must be father and son."
Recalling details of childhood together, Xu Shenghui was delighted...
Subsequently, they thought of a way to meet via online video chat. "The more I look, the more he looks like!" Wang Xuefa was very happy, and Xu Shenghui cried on the other end of the phone. Shaoming was also moved: "As soon as I saw him, that's my dad!" Unable to wait any longer, the next day, Wang Xuefa and Xu Shenghui immediately bought plane tickets and flew directly to Guangzhou. On March 22nd, they finally met their son they hadn't seen for 13 years.
Warning against being deceived
Being kidnapped at the age of six was a heavy blow to the Wang family...
At 16:59, at the arrival hall entrance, Wang Xuefa, Xu Shenghui, and their older brother walked over. With 10 meters remaining, Xu Shenghui began sobbing, running up quickly, and hugging Shaoming, crying loudly with tears streaming down her face. Shaoming also hugged Xu Shenghui, revealing a hint of embarrassment amidst the tension. Wang Xuefa stood close to them, silent, holding back tears...
Searching for relatives for seven years, the teenager once went astray...
Nanfang Daily: Shaoming, how will you treat your adoptive parents in the future? Do you hate them?
Nanfang Daily: Shaoming, it seems you haven't called them mom and dad yet?
Reported by Huang Zhouhui of Nanfang Daily, photos by Song Jinyu of Nanfang Daily
Wang Xuefa: We cannot be ungrateful people. In the future, we will call to thank them.
Chen Shaoming: I don't hate them, because if they hadn't bought me after I was abducted by human traffickers, I might have been abandoned and beaten to disability, begging on the street every day. In the future, I will visit them (adoptive parents) like relatives, since they raised me for 13 years.
Xu Shenghui (full of joy): Xuefa, listen, he even remembers this event, he is truly our Yanggang!
At the exit of the arrival hall, Chen Shaoming anxiously stared at the large screen, where he could see passengers disembarking. "Why can't I see them yet?" Shaoming alternately pressed the fingers of his left and right hands while muttering incessantly, his eyes filled with hope. Prior to this, he couldn't help but run outside and smoke two cigarettes to ease his nervousness. Meanwhile, his mobile phone kept ringing, as his adoptive parents and brother continuously called him, advising him to be cautious and "not fall for pyramid schemes."
In the adoptive home, Chen Shaoming also doubted his own origins. However, the explanation from his adoptive parents was: "There were already two children in the family, to avoid overpopulation fines, we sent you to the north, now that you're grown up, we bring you back..."
Seven days of reunion, recognition through video chat...
On March 16th, he went online, inputted the words "child trafficking" to search, and then saw the "Anti-Trafficking Action - Great Love Search People Network." He immediately joined the network's reception group, and later met the volunteer "Zaizai." After understanding his situation, "Zaizai" enthusiastically provided assistance, guiding him to first report the case at the Nanzhou police station, and then go to the Haizhu District Public Security Bureau to extract DNA samples.
On March 22nd, 19-year-old Chen Shaoming finally met Wang Xuefa and Xu Shenghui who had rushed from Guiyang. After mutual recognition, many basic information points about Chen Shaoming matched those of Wang Yanggang, Wang Xuefa and Xu Shenghui's son who disappeared 13 years ago. Currently, the Haizhu District Public Security Bureau of Guangzhou has extracted DNA samples from Wang Xuefa and Xu Shenghui, which will be compared with Chen Shaoming's DNA sample, with results expected to be announced within the next two days.
"He is truly our Yanggang"
Field Report
Nanfang Daily: Ms. Xu, does Shaoming resemble your son Yanggang?
Xu Shenghui: The face shape is similar, the eyebrows are alike, and the "whirl" in the hair is also the same. But now he is much thinner than when he was little. His face used to be round and chubby, shaking as he walked. He has grown up, after all, it's been 13 years since we last saw each other. We still need to do a DNA comparison at the hospital for final confirmation.
The disappearance of the only child in the family devastated the Wang family. Mother Xu Shenghui, who was six months pregnant at the time, fainted upon hearing the news of her son's disappearance. Later, she lost the baby in her womb, nearly losing her life. Afterwards, the Wang family tried every possible way to search for Wang Yanggang, but without success. Sometimes, Wang Xuefa and Xu Shenghui wondered if their son was no longer alive.
Thirteen years later, Wang Yanggang, now named Chen Shaoming, still remembered that morning on his way to school, when he encountered a man in his thirties who claimed to be a kindergarten teacher. "Upon hearing he was a kindergarten teacher, I let my guard down." Later, this man took Chen Shaoming to buy lots of delicious food, gave him money, and finally put him on a train, claiming to "send him home."
On the train, Chen Shaoming fell asleep. When he woke up, the train had arrived in Fujian, and he was directly taken to his current adoptive home - a village in Dongzhuang Town, Xiuyu District, Putian City, Fujian Province. The adoptive home already had a boy and a girl, making him the third child, or now known as "Chen Shaoming."
Since 2004, Chen Shaoming increasingly felt something was amiss. He wondered: why was the house he remembered a bungalow, with only him as a child, but now there were older siblings? He also remembered his original name was "Wang Yanggang." Thus, he began to suspect he was abducted. Because his adoptive parents and grandmother treated him well, Chen Shaoming never had the courage to search for his biological parents, fearing he might hurt his grandmother. Yet deep inside, he longed to find his biological parents.
Since doubting he wasn't biologically related, Chen Shaoming stopped going home. After graduating from primary school in 2006, he did not continue schooling and instead hung around with delinquent youths. In 2008, he was sentenced to one year in prison for "provoking trouble and illegal confinement," and was released in 2009. During his imprisonment, he underwent significant reform and has since severed ties with those delinquent youths, choosing instead to work in Dongguan and Shenzhen.
Dialogue
Nanfang Daily: Mr. Wang, can you express gratitude?
Wang Xuefa: We should not be ungrateful people. In the future, we will call to thank them.
Nanfang Daily: Ms. Xu, does Shaoming resemble your son Yanggang?
Xu Shenghui: You remember things from your childhood, don't you?
Chen Shaoming: I remember our house was a bungalow, with flower beds in front. Oh, once my dad couldn't urinate, so you accompanied him to the hospital, then left me alone at home crying...
Chen Shaoming: I'll call them tomorrow!
Since March 22nd, at 16:20 in the afternoon, Wang Xuefa and Xu Shenghui's flight CZ3422 from Guiyang to Guangzhou slowly descended at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.
Last month, introduced by a fellow townsman, Chen Shaoming started working as后勤staff at Guangzhou Xiejia Urology Hospital located in Haizhu District. During this period, Chen Shaoming's motivation to search for his birth parents never ceased. While working outside, he twice reported the case to the police station and gave statements, searching online, hoping to one day meet his biological parents.
Chen Shaoming said, unexpectedly, the miracle happened so quickly.
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