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On January 24, Liu Xuezhou's grandmother admitted in an interview with The Paper that the family had bought him 27,000 yuan from Liu Xuezhou's biological parents. "(The birth parents received) 6,000 pieces because of the middleman.
"Born light, but also pure" - Liu Xuezhou gave his own long essay such a title.
At 00:02 on January 24, Liu Xuezhou, a boy looking for relatives, left this world after reviewing his life with more than 7,000 words on Weibo. "The sun shines on the sea, and I belong to the sea. From here, he ended his life and took away the most beautiful scenery in the world. ”
In his last words, Liu Xuezhou donated half of the savings earned from his part-time job and netizens to donate to the orphanage, and he pinned his wish to "want a home" to the next life, looking forward to his "should have lived a happy life, should be a very good life, and grew up in the arms of his parents."
If there really is an afterlife in life...
Family search
In the early morning of January 24, Liu Xuezhou updated his last Weibo and Douyin.
On Douyin, he posted a picture of touching the sunlight with his fingers, with the caption "bye", saying goodbye to the world.
Almost at the same time, his Weibo account @ Liu Xuezhou a updated a long post of more than 7,000 words, leaving a farewell sentence of "born to be light, but also clean".
After sending these, Liu Xuezhou disappeared.
Liu Xuezhou's self-report posted on Weibo. Source: Liu Xuezhou Weibo
Liu Xuezhou updated the last dynamic in Douyin. Source: Liu Xuezhou Douyin
When she saw the dynamics sent by Liu Xuezhou's Weibo, Lin Xia (pseudonym), one of Liu Xuezhou's few friends who had also experienced Internet violence before, was blindfolded and "trembling", and she immediately chose to call the Sanya police.
On January 24, Lin Xia recalled to The Paper that she had first met Liu Xuezhou because of a video of her search for relatives. In early December last year, Liu Xuezhou posted a video of his search for relatives online. Liu Xuezhou in the video, wearing a white shirt and a beautiful face, said in the video, "I am looking for my relatives Liu Xuezhou, I want to look for my biological parents, because my adoptive parents have not been there since I was a child, I have not had my parents and mothers, I want to find them." In the video, Liu Xuezhou said that he was not sure whether he was abandoned by his biological parents or stolen, "If they send it out, I will definitely not go to them again." ”
Deciding to find his biological parents, Liu Xuezhou once posted on social platforms that he had collected DNA, "This road is a long road, I have done my best to find ... No matter what the final result is, I will actively face it, and I will live my own life. ”
On December 29, 2021, Liu Xuezhou met with his biological father in the presence of the police. Source: Liu Xuezhou Weibo
Soon after, Liu Xuezhou recognized his biological father as he wished. Immediately afterward, Liu Xuezhou posted a photo of him recognizing his biological parents on Weibo. In the photo, he stood with his biological father in the presence of the police of the Xinrong Branch of the Datong Municipal Public Security Bureau, and he smiled. On January 10, 2022, Liu Xuezhou and his biological mother met.
Liu Xuezhou met his biological mother. Source: Liu Xuezhou Douyin
Liu Xuezhou's dream
Liu Xuezhou's long-standing desire is to have a home. "No matter where you are, you can rent a one-bedroom and one-room room."
On January 19, Liu Xuezhou said that he was not sure exactly when he was born, "I should be 17 years old this year." ”
Liu Xuezhou's aunt Chai Li (pseudonym) recalled in an interview with Cover News that Liu Xuezhou was bought in a restaurant in Datong City. When I first came to this family, I was only three or four months old, white and fat. In Liu Xuezhou's account, when he was four years old, his adoptive parents died in a fireworks accident, and he has lived with his grandparents, aunts and other relatives since then.
"I was under the impression that he was a very sensible and capable child." A teacher at the Xingtai Nangong Bilingual School in Hebei Province, where Liu Xuezhou once attended, recalled to The Paper on January 24 that she had briefly taught Liu Xuezhou for a period of time.
Liu Xuezhou was once one of the candidates for the "Top Ten People Who Touched the Campus Selection Activity (Junior High School)". Source: School WeChat public account
In the eyes of the villagers, Liu Xuezhou has a lively and cheerful personality. A villager in Beimeng Village, Dacun Township, introduced to the surging news on January 24 that Liu Xuezhou was lively and cheerful when he was a child, very cute, and after the death of his adoptive parents, Liu Xuezhou lived with his grandparents (yang) and grandparents (yang), "I will greet each other when I see it, and I will leave a particularly good impression."
After hearing that his family said that Liu Xuezhou had committed suicide, the villager expressed great regret and pity. In his memories, Liu Xuezhou did well in school when he was a child, and he was also very filial to his grandparents in his 70s. The two old men were not in good health either, "His grandfather raised sheep and had cloth disease." ”
On the 24th, Liu Xuezhou's uncle said that he was "too surprised" to hear the news of Xuezhou's death in the morning. Previously, Liu Xuezhou had not contacted his family and had no signs. But his uncle also said that his family usually has less contact with him, and after the death of his adoptive parents, he lives with his grandparents, farming is the only source of income for the family, and life is relatively poor.
Liu Xuezhou once mentioned his dream. "My dream is to finish my studies before the age of 30, and then have a house through my own efforts." He hopes to live a stable life, stand on a three-foot podium to teach and educate people, and "teach every child with a positive and optimistic attitude." ”
Reversal after successful confession
"Happiness" comes too late, but it fades too quickly.
After finding his biological parents and recognizing him, Liu Xuezhou did not get "a home". In the period after that, his conflict with his biological parents deepened. He had posted in Douyin that the expectations of "Pingwu is Spring Mountain" and "Hope for a good result" can no longer be realized.
As netizens' attention increased, some people began to question his "hype" and asked fans to donate to him.
He posted on Douyin on January 14 that he had not accepted donations from any institution or individual.
During this period, the relationship between Liu Xuezhou and his biological father and mother also underwent subtle changes.
On January 17, he posted a screenshot of his birth mother blocking his WeChat. He said, "I don't know where your face says I forced you and scolded you?" At this time, they have come out to get exonerated, why did they go earlier? ”
On the 18th, he released a photo of his old family's house. The house in the photo is dilapidated and overgrown with weeds. He said it was his current home. "It was all caused by my birth parents selling me, so is it wrong for me to ask them for a home of my own?" Moreover, I am not the adult that everyone says, I am still a child! ”
On the same day, Liu Xuezhou released a recording of his conversation with his birth mother, and the two seemed to have an argument. His birth mother said, "Then why don't you ask your adoptive parents how they caused it?" Who let them hold it? They don't hug and there are other good people to hug. ”
On January 20, Liu Xuezhou's birth mother said in an interview with the media that she gave birth to a child without the consent of her family and then gave the child to others without financial support. As for whether they have ever received money, she said: "People didn't say give us money, we didn't say that the other party wanted money, they gave us money to buy a nutritional product." The most important thing was that we did not have the ability to raise him (Liu Xuezhou) at that time. ”
For Liu Xuezhou's WeChat blacklisting, his birth mother said that she just wanted to regain a peaceful life, she and Liu Xuezhou's biological father were married, "Originally, our economy is limited, we don't have that ability now, he forced us to buy a house and don't care if we live or die, and our parents are also cold." ”
Mr. Ding, Liu Xuezhou's biological father, said in an interview with the media that Liu Xuezhou insisted that his biological parents buy a house for him now, and his birth mother was very angry about this and blocked his WeChat. Mr. Ding believes that the family conditions of Liu Xuezhou's adoptive parents are not bad. For his voice on social media, Mr. Ding said he did not want to pay attention to it. "He can do whatever he wants, and he doesn't want to see what harsh words he says."
Liu Xuezhou posted a screenshot of the interview and said he did not ask to buy a house or live with them in Hebei. At the same time as the relationship with the biological father and mother changed, this made Liu Xuezhou, who was once known as the "wild child", feel malicious again. And this time the malicious comes from unknown netizens on the Internet.
On the 19th, some netizens privately sent a message to their Douyin account saying: "It's disgusting for you." On Weibo, some netizens commented that he was "hyping" and "setting up people", using the kindness of netizens to win sympathy. Some netizens questioned Liu Xuezhou, "At the beginning, I sympathized with this young man, and it was a bit of a change to see that my parents wanted to buy a house for him, why are other people's parents alive and can chew on the old age?" ”
Liu Xuezhou once replied to the comments of one of the netizens, saying, "Defamation is illegal, and the evidence is retained." ”
On the evening of January 19, in an interview, Liu Xuezhou repeatedly stressed that he did not know why the three words "want a house" came out. He said he just wanted a place to live.
Liu Xuezhou recalled the scene after the successful recognition of relatives. A man dragging his suitcase, walking down the street, with no place to stay. "There's no way, I'll call my aunt and ask my aunt to open the door for me at home."
"Even if you don't buy a house, you can rent a one-bedroom and one-room apartment, whether it's on your (biological parents') side or our (aunt's) side." Liu Xuezhou explained.
In addition to the above farce, Liu Xuezhou also said that it was difficult to face the fact that he was sold by his biological parents. In his more than 7,000-word self-report, he wrote, "At noon that day, I called my father. He said, he did collect thousands of dollars, but it wasn't my adoptive parents who bought my 20,000 70,000... Because my father had told me before that they had sold me through the introduction of the hospital doctor. ”
After knowing this, Liu Xuezhou was extremely distressed in his heart. In his final self-statement, he mentioned that he had "several emotional breakdowns" and "couldn't sleep for several days."
On January 24, Liu Xuezhou's grandmother admitted in an interview with The Paper that the family had bought him 27,000 yuan from Liu Xuezhou's biological parents. "[The birth parents received) 6,000 pieces because of the middleman."
For the sale and purchase of Liu Xuezhou, on the 24th, the surging news learned from the Xinrong Branch of the Datong Municipal Public Security Bureau that the relevant departments are currently launching an investigation, and some of the results of the investigation will be notified to the public.
A final plea for help
"If I knew that the end of the confession was such a tragedy, I would definitely try to stop him by all means." Lin Xia has been paying attention to Liu Xuezhou's dynamics when she released a video of her search for relatives.
Lin Xia told the surging news that during the brief contact with Liu Xuezhou, she thought Liu Xuezhou was a cheerful, optimistic and sunny big boy, "He worked very hard, and on the day he went to Sanya on January 22, we also had a phone call." ”
In this more than 20-minute call, Lin Xia felt that Liu Xuezhou was in a depressed mood. Liu Xuezhou confided in her the troubles of studying, and the attitude of his biological parents after looking for relatives disappointed him.
"I asked him to turn off Weibo private messages, but I really can't uninstall Weibo Douyin, and I can't see it." He promised me he wouldn't do anything stupid. Two years ago, Lin Xia also experienced online violence. Recalling her feelings of being hit by the Internet storm, Lin Xia said that she seemed to be trapped in a trap, opening Weibo private messages, and everywhere was full of chaotic information, "I can especially understand the state and tell him not to be afraid." ”
In this call, Liu Xuezhou talked about his studies, Liu Xuezhou is currently studying in a school in Shijiazhuang, specializing in secondary school, planning to take the college entrance examination after graduation next year, Liu Xuezhou also told her that no matter what happens, he will not give up his life.
"When the phone was about to hang up, he told me, sister, I'm going to cut my hair." To Lin Xia's surprise and shock, in the early morning of January 24, Liu Xuezhou posted the "suicide note" on Weibo.
After Lin Xia and others saw Liu Xuezhou's long Weibo post, they immediately reported to the Sanya police, and also looked for netizens in Sanya through social media such as Weibo and Douyin. "A netizen left a message on Weibo saying that he saw Liu Xuezhou walking past in Sanya Houhai and passing by, and after we provided the information to the police, we quickly locked it."
Lin Xia said that Liu Xuezhou had previously revealed to her that he had severe depression, "has been taking medicine, and online violence is the last straw that crushed him." ”
On January 24, another volunteer, Wang Xue (not her real name), told The Paper that she had advised Liu Xuezhou to turn off private messages on Weibo when she was subjected to online violence in Liu Xuezhou. Liu Xuezhou told her, "If something really happens one day, please call everyone to call the police for me." ”
Lin Xia told the surging news that at present, together with Wang Xue and many other netizens, she intends to collect evidence of Liu Xuezhou's online violence and contact a lawyer to sue the corresponding Internet rioters. ”
In his last words, Liu Xuezhou said that he had previously had a birthday on September 28 on his ID card, and later learned that the real birthday was April 12 of the lunar calendar, "If I have a birthday next year, I still want to continue to have September 28." ”
Senior Editor of this issue Xing Tan