Next, Helena and Vincent needed to think about having a child. After all, neither of them were spring chickens. The husband and wife started preparing a long time ago, but getting pregnant also depended on chance One cannot let the stresses of life or work become too overwhelming. In order to conceive, they needed to slow down. Hence, they would always hold hands and go for walks in the park and admire the greenery.
One day, Vincent and Helena went to watch a movie together. When the movie ended two hours later, it was already past nine o'clock at night. Just as they exited the movie theatre, they heard a woman screaming loudly, "My purse! My purse! How could such a young child steal my purse?! Hurry up and catch that thief! My purse..."
When he heard the screaming, Vincent was shocked. He glanced at his wife then chased after the child without hesitation. Naturally, it was easy for him to catch up with the child since he was an adult.
He grabbed the purse from the child once he caught up then sternly told the child off, "You need to learn to do the right thing now or else you'll suffer when you're older! Who are your parents? Did they teach you to do this?!"
Vincent could see that the child was dressed quite nicely, but he had a rebellious gaze. This child did not look like a vagrant. The child looked up at him and stared at him with a deep hatred.
Vincent could not help but smiled and ask," Why are you glaring at me? Do you know that what you did is against the law? You can't steal purses! You can smile now since the law cannot do anything against you right now, but you'll ruin yourself in the future! You're still young. You look like you're only about six or seven. You should still be studying in school, not robbing people on the streets!:
As a teacher, Vincent felt an inexpressible pang in his heart every time he saw children like this. He returned the purse to its owner. Both he and his wife decided to drop off the child at the police station.
They had to find out who the child's parents were. The way they were bringing up this child would lead him down the wrong way!
A six or seven-year-old child was naturally helpless to escape from Vincent and his wife since they were adults. He shouted the whole way, "I don't want to go to the police station! I'm not going! Let go of me! I hate you guys!”
Whenever he saw the chance, the child would lunge and try to bite Helena. Helena was so frightened that she hid behind Vincent. She said in disbelief, "Vincent, this child is really wild. Children like this are really dangerous. We have to make sure the police find his parents and tell them to counsel his parents. His parents must have such big hearts!"
Vincent nodded. "Don't worry. I won't ignore it now that I've seen it."
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