The pink-clothed girl holds an umbrella for the disabled elderly man. The surveillance recorded the touring route of the girl and her companion. A screenshot of the video.
Yesterday, the article on Page A7 of our newspaper titled "The 'Umbrella Girl' Creates the Most Beautiful Scene in the Heavy Rain" caused a strong reaction. Many readers called our newspaper to express great admiration for the girl's good deed. Who is this girl referred to as the "Umbrella Fairy" by netizens? What were the thoughts of the disabled beggar who was helped? What are the opinions of the witnesses around the scenic spot? Yesterday afternoon, the reporter conducted another follow-up investigation. Our newspaper reporters: Gu Qiuping and Zhou Xiaoqing.
Photo taker:
Encountered the girl again in Mudu and took a frontal photo
After the first article of our newspaper was published yesterday, a West Ci website user "Lin Ting Hai An" called our newspaper reporter, stating that this set of photos was not his original work but was reprinted from a poster "Jinqiao tj" Mr. Li on the Honeybird website. For this, he also wanted to apologize to Mr. Li from Tianjin.
The reporter logged into the Honeybird website documentary photography forum and saw that this set of touching photos had been pinned to the top, with a popularity index as high as 10490. Seeing the girl holding an umbrella for the old man, Mr. Li took a total of 19 consecutive photos. After much effort, the reporter contacted the original author Mr. Li, who told the reporter that on the day of the incident, which was August 6th, he just came to Suzhou for tourism and to visit a friend.
Originally, he had agreed to meet his friend at around 11:30 in the morning, but due to some matters, his friend was delayed. Mr. Li went to Qionglong Mountain alone and then returned to Lingyan Mountain area. At this time, it started to rain heavily. Mr. Li found a small eatery to sit down, sheltering from the rain while waiting for his friend. At this moment, he noticed the disabled old man slowly moving in the heavy rain. With over 20 years of photography experience, he immediately raised his camera and pressed the shutter.
Suddenly, another figure appeared in his camera viewfinder, a light purple umbrella covering the old man's head, while the figure was instantly soaked by the heavy rain. "Seeing that scene, whether it's a phone, a regular compact camera, or a DSLR, anyone would take it out to record," Mr. Li remarked.
More than ten minutes later, after seeing the girl return after sending the old man, Mr. Li zoomed his camera in and took a few more pictures of this young girl. However, since the girl bent over to hold the umbrella for the old man, there were no previous photos capturing her front face. Unexpectedly, in the afternoon while shopping in Mudu Town, Mr. Li encountered them again. Seeing the girl's clothes were completely drenched, Mr. Li confirmed that she was the kind-hearted girl who helped others. At that time, she was closing her umbrella, and when Mr. Li wanted to take a snapshot of her front face, the girl turned away to avoid it. After a while, she turned back, and Mr. Li finally captured a precious frontal photo of the girl.
Mr. Li told us that he also hoped the media could find her and share this kindness with more readers.
Witness:
She was exactly taking refuge from the rain in my shop
Ms. He, a nearby resident, was familiar with the old man's situation, seeing him go out begging every day on time. The beggar named Wang Yuanyi, when the reporter mentioned the incident of a kind-hearted girl holding an umbrella for Old Wang and sending him home, and showed her the newspaper, Ms. He immediately recognized the person involved. "Yes, it's this girl! She held an umbrella for Old Wang and walked past my house, I saw it clearly! I even said at that time, this girl is about the same age as my daughter, very warm-hearted and sensible. And because Old Wang is disabled and sits on a skateboard, he is much shorter than the girl, so the girl bent over holding the umbrella, following Old Wang's slow pace all the way to send him back to his doorstep, it was not easy! I saw her return after sending him, not only were her clothes completely wet, but water was dripping from her forehead and cheeks..."
When the reporter asked if she knew this girl, Ms. He thought she looked a bit like an intern employee at the nearby "Shi Family Restaurant."
During the interview, the reporter learned that the kind-hearted girl was taking refuge from the rain with friends in a department store when she happened to see Wang Yuanyi coming down from the stone archway, and thus rushed over to hold an umbrella for the old man. The reporter then found the "Lei Lin Ying Department Store" where the girl had taken refuge from the rain. The owner, Xiang Xiuyuan, had a deep impression of the girl.
According to his introduction, at the time of the incident, it started pouring rain. Five young people, including the girl, had just come down from the mountain and encountered the heavy rain, so they had to take refuge in his store. At this moment, Wang Yuanyi, returning home in the rain, moving with his wooden board past the store door, was noticed by the girl. Without hesitation, the girl took an umbrella from her bag, ran into the rain, and opened it for the old man. It seemed that the girl was on a trip with classmates, consisting of four girls and one boy. However, only she extended a helping hand to the old man.
"Having done business here for over 20 years, I've never seen anything like this. In today's society, such good people are too rare!" Mr. Xiang Xiuyuan from Zhejiang said to the reporter.
Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department of Suzhou Municipal Committee:
Praised her as "True and Pure"
Although we have not yet found this umbrella-holding girl, her story has moved Suzhou. The local portal site "Famous City Suzhou" initiated a city-wide search. The post titled "In Pouring Rain, Suzhou Girl Holds Umbrella for Disabled Person, Soaked All Over - Such a Beautiful 'Fairy' Deserves to Be Taken Home!" received seven pages of replies within less than ten hours. Netizen "yy-god258" said, "Sometimes just a little help can cover many things expressed in words. Blessings for the good to be rewarded with goodness."
For the kind act of the umbrella-holding girl, Vice Minister of the Publicity Department of Suzhou Municipal Committee and Director of the Civilization Office, Miao Xuewei, gave high praise. "This girl's ordinary good deed, simple and unadorned, yet shines with the brilliance of true and pure human nature, conveying profound moral strength. Regardless of whether she is a 'native Suzhounese', a 'new Suzhounese', or a tourist, she has moved this city. Learning from and following such 'good people around us' should become the value pursuit and moral fashion of the whole society."
Disabled Begging Elderly Man:
She insisted on sending me all the way to my doorstep
Yesterday afternoon, the reporter went to the incident site at Lingyan Mountain Scenic Spot in Mudu Town, Wu Zhong District, Suzhou, searching for the whereabouts of the two parties involved. When the reporter showed the newspaper to the surrounding residents for identification, everyone pointed out in unison, "This disabled old man lives under that bridge hole! We just saw him go back!"
Following the guidance of the local residents, the reporter came to a road in front of the gate of Lingyan Mountain Temple, with a bridge hole in the center. Following the grass slope, the reporter found a dilapidated small house. The assisted beggar was sitting at the door smoking. The beggar was named Wang Yuanyi, 73 years old, from Xinyang, Henan Province, who divorced his wife a few years ago.
In March 2003, Wang Yuanyi came to Suzhou by train with fellow villagers and was hit by a car at Suzhou Railway Station, breaking his leg and staying in Huqiu Hospital for several months. The reporter saw that Wang Yuanyi's left calf below the knee had disappeared, and he usually moved around on a skateboard using his hands. "I've been in Suzhou for eight years, unable to return home because of my disability. My son and daughter-in-law, who work in Jiangxi, come to see me once a year during the Spring Festival. Otherwise, I live alone." The reporter observed this 15 square meter room, with only an old sofa used as a bed and a few scattered food items, nothing else.
Recalling the incident of the kind-hearted girl helping him with the umbrella more than ten days ago, Wang Yuanyi still remembered it vividly. "That was a good girl! Unfortunately, I have glaucoma, and it was raining heavily that day, so I didn't see her face clearly... If only we could find her, I would thank her in person." Wang Yuanyi told the reporter that on August 6th, Saturday, he went out begging and suddenly it started raining heavily near noon, so he wanted to go home quickly.
"I had just come down from the stone archway for a few meters when a girl rushed over and said she wanted to lend me an umbrella. I told her it wasn't necessary, my home was just up ahead, and I would walk back slowly." About ten minutes passed, the girl kept bending down to hold the umbrella for him, escorting Wang Yuanyi all the way to his home under the bridge. "On the bridge, I said I had arrived, but she insisted on helping me down the slope and to my doorstep. All I could say was 'Thank you, may you have peace all your life!'"
Tracing the "Umbrella Fairy":
She and her four companions might be tourists from elsewhere
Is the girl really, as Ms. He said, an intern employee at a nearby restaurant? The reporter first came to the employee dormitory opposite Lingyan Mountain Temple. After looking at the newspaper, the administrator Master Wu said he couldn't recognize if she was one of their employees. To be cautious, he found a few female interns in the dormitory and asked them to identify if they knew her, but all results were negative. "August 6th was a weekend, and all employees in our restaurant generally need to work, especially during the busy lunchtime period, so it shouldn't be our employee," said Zhou Jinwen, an employee of the restaurant.
Subsequently, the reporter came to the "Shi Family Restaurant" next to the scenic spot. As soon as entering and approaching the front desk with the report ready to inquire, the staff directly answered, "Not our employee." Apparently, other media had already come and let the employees identify one by one, so they were sure this kind-hearted girl was not their employee.
The reporter then went to the Mudu police station in Wu Zhong District. After reviewing the surveillance footage from that day, it was discovered that after sending Wang Yuanyi home, the kind-hearted girl returned to the small shop where she had taken refuge from the rain and gathered with her companions, then visited several scenic spots in Mudu. For example, at 1:04 PM, the group of five appeared at the Mudu Gathering Center; at 1:08 PM, they were strolling in Mudu's Shantang Street; at 1:30 PM, they visited the Hongyin Mountain House scenic spot; at 1:50 PM, the five reached the entrance of Shatang Street near Mudu People's Hospital; at 2:07 PM, their figures appeared in the Mudu Xie Bridge area, but since they headed westward where there was no further surveillance, tracking could not continue.
"Based on these segments of surveillance footage, the places they visited are typical Mudu tourist routes. I estimate they might be tourists visiting Mudu, not locals. Given that almost half a month has passed, they might have already left Suzhou," analyzed Officer Cui from the police station. Currently, netizens' full efforts to search for the girl's identity are still ongoing. Our newspaper will continue to follow up on this matter. If any reader knows her whereabouts, please contact our newspaper promptly.
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