When Mr. Liu visited the botanical garden in Shijiazhuang, he went to the restroom. When he opened the cubicle, he found a bag hanging there. Upon opening it, he was surprised to find a 24-karat gold bar inside. Mr. Liu waited patiently at the restroom door for two hours, but the owner never showed up. He then had no choice but to open the bag again, where he found a business card and made a call.
Mr. Zhang from Hengshui took his entire family on a drive to visit relatives in Shijiazhuang. He specially bought a 50-gram 24-karat gold bar for his father who was about to turn sixty. Yesterday morning, the whole family went to the botanical garden to enjoy themselves before returning to Hengshui in the afternoon.
At around 10 a.m., they arrived at the botanical garden. For safety reasons, Mr. Zhang put the gold bar in his handbag before getting out of the car. As soon as they entered the east gate of the botanical garden, Mr. Zhang felt uncomfortable in his stomach, so he entered the nearby restroom and hung his handbag on a nail on the door.
"Dad, hurry up! We want to go to the amusement park," shouted his twin six-year-old sons who rushed into the restroom and urged him after only two minutes. Hearing the children's calls, Mr. Zhang quickly finished and walked out of the restroom.
After playing for nearly two hours, Mr. Zhang suddenly realized that his handbag was missing. Not only did it contain the gold bar, but also many important documents. He remembered forgetting his handbag after using the restroom and hurriedly ran back to the restroom at the east gate.
Before he could run far, his mobile phone rang. "Are you Mr. Zhang? Did you lose a handbag?" asked a stranger on the other end of the line. At around 12:30 p.m., Mr. Zhang finally retrieved his handbag near the rockery at the entrance after confirming its contents were all intact.
It turned out that the person who found Mr. Zhang's handbag was Mr. Liu, a 30-year-old man from Shijiazhuang. Around 10:20 a.m., while using the restroom, he discovered the handbag with a gold bar inside. He had to change his original plan to wait for the owner at the restroom door. After waiting for two hours without seeing anyone looking for the bag, he had no choice but to open it, contacting Mr. Zhang through a business card inside.
Mr. Zhang immediately took out 500 yuan to express his gratitude, but Mr. Liu declined. Feeling extremely grateful, Mr. Zhang eventually bought several fast food meals for both families to enjoy. (Reporters Li Bing, Wang Dejiang)