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In March 2016, near graduation, Xiao Zhou withdrew from school with no family.

From an early age, Xiao Zhou is a well-behaved child with excellent academic performance. The college entrance examination has been admitted to a key university with more than 660 outstanding scores, and its professional scores have always ranked in the top three.

Originally, Xiaozhou was still able to successfully send postgraduates, but when she was about to graduate from college in three months, she suddenly quietly withdrew from the school, hurriedly left the school, and even the graduation certificate and degree certificate that were immediately available were not needed.

Father Lao Zhou knew nothing about this.

After Xiao Zhou dropped out of school, he also made a video call to him in June. During the call, her daughter behaved as usual. She told Lao Zhou that she was very good at school and was busy graduating. In the next few months, she would concentrate on preparing for the IELTS test in September. I hope Lao Zhou does not contact her at this time.

Lao Zhou had no doubt at all. In his impression, his daughter never lied. Even though he couldn't help making Xiao Zhou's phone calls several times during this period, no one answered. Lao Zhou always believed that his daughter should be focusing on preparing for the exam at school, so he didn't answer his phone.

Some honor certificates obtained during Xiao Zhou's school years

Missing

What Lao Zhou didn't expect is that the call in June 2016 was actually the last contact between him and his daughter. Since then, Xiao Zhou has disappeared, no one knows where she went, and no one knows what happened to her.

On September 30, when the time agreed with his daughter, Lao Zhou was still unable to contact Xiao Zhou. Then he suddenly realized that his daughter might be missing! Lao Zhou's heart suddenly hung up, he began to look for Xiao Zhou all over the world.

It was also in the process of finding her daughter that she thought of her school and found out that her daughter had found someone to impersonate him as early as March of that year, and that she had to withdraw from school for the reason of immigrating abroad.

"It's a shame! I think it's uncomfortable to think about it! She dropped out of school in March, but will be able to graduate in June. I also had a video with her in the middle, and she has been lying to me ..." Every time I think of this, The dumb man couldn't help crying.

Xiao Zhou

Lost is only in the blink of an eye, but searching is protracted. In the countless days and nights next, Lao Zhou mobilized all the relatives, friends and Xiao Zhou's classmates around him to inquire about Xiao Zhou's whereabouts.

Because I didn't know when my daughter would go home, and I was worried that her daughter would suddenly come home and couldn't enter the house, although Zhou wanted to go out for a long time to find him, he still dared not go too far away from home for too long. Every day, he kept his daughter's room spotlessly clean, waiting for the moment when a miracle appeared.

This suffering can only be borne by Lao Zhou. Because his wife also disappeared one year before Xiao Zhou disappeared. The reason was that he believed in the cult "Almighty God" and left home to devote himself to contributing to the so-called "God."

Lao Zhou's parents are in their 80s, and he can't bear to confess to the two old men the fact that his wife and daughter are missing one after another. When Zhou was young, Lao Zhou worked hard outside. Xiao Zhou was brought up by two old men. His ancestors and grandchildren had deep feelings. He didn't know if the old man could withstand such a blow. He could only tell lies that Xiao Zhou had gone abroad to study and his wife was with her daughter abroad.

"How long can you hide it?" Lao Zhou did not know if the old man who had not seen his granddaughter for a long time had doubts in his heart. "They have been asking when Xiao Zhou can come back? Why haven't they even called me for so long? ? "

Lao Zhou also wanted to know when his daughter would return. After numerous rounds of hope and disappointment, Lao Zhou said that he did not even dare to see a girl with long hair wearing glasses on the street. As long as he saw it, he would think of his missing daughter and would like to rush Go up and see if this girl is Xiao Zhou.

This search and waiting took three years.

Return

In June 2019, the detection of a case of the "Almighty God" cult, so that Xiao Zhou, like "evaporation on earth," was finally found. The daughter who dreamed about her dream finally appeared again in front of Lao Zhou.

This is both joyful and sad for Lao Zhou. Fortunately, Xiao Zhou, who had been missing for 3 years, was finally found. Sadly, the suspicion that had been long-heeled and unbelievable became true—the daughter of the formerly good-for-study student was originally influenced by his wife and followed the letter. In view of the "Almighty God" cult, dropping out of school is actually to give the so-called "God" a "duty".

Xiao Zhou missing for three years cried with his father

The scene of the father and daughter meeting again made everyone in the scene can't help crying. Lao Zhou, who was looking for her daughter for three years, stretched out her trembling hands and hugged Xiao Zhou. The hug of the father and daughter lasted for several minutes. After comforting his sobbing daughter, the old father who had not cried a few times in his life couldn't cry.

Looking at the thin father, Xiao Zhou said that in addition to his distress and guilt, he was more deeply apologetic. Later, in Xiao Zhou's narration, Lao Zhou finally understood how his daughter joined the "Almighty God" cult and why she dropped out of school.

Believe in "teaching"

"Almighty God" also known as "Oriental Lightning", "Actual God", etc. was founded by Zhao Weishan in the 1990s. It draws believers under the pretext of Christianity, controls believers by its strict and covert methods of transmission and threats of violence, etc., and uses brainwashing to deceive believers to give up their love and dedication to "God." In 1995, after the Chinese government banned the "Almighty God" cult according to law, Zhao Weishan fled abroad and continued to remotely control domestic believers through the Internet and other means.

On May 25, 2014, six "Almighty God" cult thugs brutally beaten an innocent woman to death in a McDonald's restaurant in Zhaoyuan, Shandong, causing national concern. In the eyes of people, this is an indifferent, cruel, dehumanizing organization that has destroyed countless happy families. Lao Zhou's home is one of them.

The "Almighty God" cult has repeatedly preached fallacies and heresies such as the "Apocalyptic Doctrine," creating panic and unrest.

In his early years, Lao Zhou opened a textile factory. His wife was selling cosmetics. The two also attached great importance to Xiao Zhou's growth and trained her for various interest classes for Xiao Zhou. Xiao Zhou is also very sensible and has consistently ranked among the best.

However, since Xiao Zhou's mother believed in the "Almighty God" cult, this family seems to be very complete, but it has begun to produce numerous cracks, which may be fragmented at any time.

Group photo of Xiao Zhou's family

"She started to hide from home to go to work. She was mysterious all day long. Sometimes she walked for more than a month and didn't know what she was busy with." After many years, Lao Zhou had always regretted it. Negligence in caring for his wife, daughter, and family.

Failure to find and prevent his wife from believe in the cult "Almighty God" in time failed to lay the roots for the family. In 2015, Xiao Zhou's mother was bewitched by the "Almighty God" cult and left the house to "gospel the gospel". When Xiao Zhou was 8 years old, he also began to believe in "Almighty God" under the influence of his mother. Lao Zhou had never noticed.

Under the brainwashing of "Almighty God", Xiao Zhou had a different understanding of the world and his family than ordinary people.

"They told me that I did so well, not because of my own efforts, but because of the blessing of the Almighty God."

"Everything good is given to us by God, not by our own efforts."

"It's 'God' who created us. Parents just bring us to the carrier of this world, so they can't be dictated by love and can't betray 'God'."

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A similar "word" circled in her ear every day. Xiao Zhou said that as she grows older, she becomes more and more inferior, fearing that she will do nothing when she leaves God.

Severance bond written by believers in Almighty God

"Do your part"

Why did Xiao Zhou suddenly drop out of school?

In March 2016, when she was in her senior year, she received instructions from the "Almighty God" cult organization, asking her not to go to school anymore, saying that "God" had selected her, and asking her to leave school now and do her best for "God" Minute.

Xiao Zhou, who has excellent grades and is about to hold a research institute, stands at the fork of fate. She was unwilling to study hard for 4 years and graduated in 3 months. Can she wait and get her diploma and degree certificate?

However, the "Almighty God" cult members are pressing hard. They told Xiao Zhou that knowledge and education are things that ordinary talents pursue, and those who believe in "God" should not take them too seriously, and they should not let the mundane heart entangle themselves.

In order not to be put on the hat of disloyalty to "God" and not to be punished by "God", Xiao Zhou's balance began to tilt. Therefore, Xiao Zhou, who never lied, lied to his father for the first time because of the teachings of the cult and secretly dropped out of school. Immediately after that, it was the second and third time ... until finally, like his wife, he completely lost contact with Lao Zhou.

A letter of guarantee from a believer in Almighty God

brainwashing

After leaving school, Zhou was taken to a very humble rental house and began to work day and night for the "Almighty God" cult organization, gradually becoming a numb "machine".

"I have rarely slept before twelve o'clock in the past three years. Basically it is one or two o'clock. When the task is heavy, I even go to bed at six or seven o'clock in the morning for a week. Otherwise, 'God' might punish him. "For a time, Xiao Zhou felt that he might die from overwork. But no one cares, because the cult told them that it is also a glory to give or even give their lives for "God."

The windows of the rental house were all covered with thick curtains, and they were barely opened 365 days a year. Here, Xiao Zhou, like everyone else, cannot go out casually or use his real name. Communication between believers uses a "spirit name". Anything that may expose information or traces, such as bank cards and mobile phones, is also required. cross. The believers are like black ghosts, wandering between square inches, seeing no light.

Xiao Zhou also misses home and even wants to go back, but this is not allowed inside the cult. When he was homesick, Xiao Zhou diverted his attention by working hard and constantly "praying". The person in the organization told her: "Pray to 'God', 'God' will comfort you."

Fallacies and heresies proclaimed on the Almighty God website

In order for Xiao Zhou to completely stop thinking about staying in the "Almighty God" cult organization, the people even said with Xiao Zhou: "Human beings are selfish. If your father can't find you for a while, he will forget you. "Let's live my own life." In the rhetoric of the cult, people are selfish, evil, and lowly. Only after they believe in "Almighty God" can they become honest, kind, and noble. The cult also told Xiao Zhou that in order to "god", he must let go of his family and other ties, otherwise he would betray his "god".

Start again

In this way, Xiao Zhou got deeper and deeper in the "Almighty God" cult. It was not until three years later that she was rescued by the police that she finally saw her father who was still thinking about her.

In fact, it is not easy to see each other again like Lao Zhou's father and daughter. Favored by the "Almighty God" cult for a long time, the believers of the "Almighty God" cult are generally indifferent to their families and are reluctant to go home. Some believers even regard their families who obstruct their belief in the "Almighty God" as Satan. When Xiao Zhou was first found, she was once very repellent to the police and her family. It was only after more than a month of education and transformation of the police that she really recovered her past family ties.

At this time, Xiao Zhou realized that his taciturn father, who never spoke his love, never gave up on her one day.

"No one will give up her daughter ..." After learning that the police had found her daughter, Lao Zhou was speechless with excitement. He finally didn't have to lie in tears silently in his daughter's bed every night. The favorite bear puppet of Xiao Zhou in the bookcase was the same decoration as 3 years ago. It seemed to be with Lao Zhou, waiting for Xiao Zhou to go home.

For three years, Lao Zhou kept Xiao Zhou's bedroom as her daughter left the house, lest she feel strange when she returned.

But the home destroyed by this cult has not yet become complete. Xiao Zhou's mother was bewildered by "cults" and left home, but her whereabouts are still unknown. So, after looking for a girl, Lao Zhou took her daughter's hand and set foot on the road to find his wife again.

No one knows how long this road will take. But every day, Lao Zhou and Xiao Zhou are looking forward to seeing her mother come back soon. The family of three has not been sitting together for a long time.

Lao Zhou's father and daughter went to CCTV's "Waiting for Me" section to find Xiao Zhou's mother

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Source: China Anti-Cult Network, China Economic Network