"I did too, I was shopping with my mom and got separated from her, then I was brought here," said one.
...
All the boys spoke sadly about their experiences of being kidnapped.
Thinking about their parents at home and then considering the cruelty and terror here, they all cried, each of them sobbed deeply.
Xiaocong's eyes reddened, and he felt like crying too.
He held back and firmly reassured them, "Don't worry, our parents will definitely come to save us!"
But no one responded to his words.
Zhang Xu cried, "They won't. I have been locked up for a year already. Every day I tell myself that my parents will come to save me. But they never have, and we'll never see them again, nor will we ever be able to leave this place."
Xiaocong's face turned pale, and his small fists clenched tightly.
"I don't believe it! My dad is amazing; he will definitely come to save me, he will!"
But did his dad know he was locked up in this place?