6月25日，湖北高考成績公布，宜昌秭歸縣公安局交管大隊車輛管理所輔警袁江平，收到一條陌生號碼發來的短信。

“阿姨，不知道您是否還記得我，三年前我因學習壓力和人際交往而崩潰，深夜坐在江邊大哭，您和一起散步的阿姨開導了我并安全把我送回家……高考成績出來了，我考了582分……感恩您在我最無助的時候給予我溫暖與力量。”

逐字讀完，一段塵封三年的往事在袁江平腦海緩緩浮現。

On the evening of June 25, shortly after Hubei released its college entrance exam results, Yuan Jiangping, a traffic police assistant at the vehicle management office of the Zigui county public security bureau, received an unexpected text message from an unfamiliar number.

As she read the message, a memory from three years earlier came rushing back.

一條突然的高考報喜短信

緣自三年前江邊的偶遇

2023年5月12日晚10點，袁江平和同事向偉在木魚島江邊散步，突然聽到一陣哭聲，“遠看像是一個小孩，身影瘦小，這個時間點，不正常。”兩人馬上走下江邊護坡查看，發現一名瘦弱的女孩獨自蹲在江邊，把頭埋進胳膊和腿里，不停哭泣。

On the night of May 12, 2023, Yuan and her colleague, Xiang Wei, were walking along the riverbank at Muyu Island when they heard someone sobbing.

"From a distance, it looked like a child — a small, slender figure. At that hour, we knew something wasn't right," Yuan recalled.

The two officers immediately walked down the riverbank slope to check and found a slender teenage girl crouching alone by the river, her face buried in her arms as she cried.

經了解得知，女孩當時讀初三，臨近中考，因學習壓力和處理同學關系中的困惑，內心幾近崩潰，獨自跑到江邊哭泣宣泄情緒。

The girl, then a ninth-grade student, was overwhelmed by the pressure of the upcoming high school entrance examination and troubled by difficulties in her friendships. She had gone to the riverbank alone to vent her emotions.

袁江平和向偉蹲下身，耐心傾聽女孩訴說，并輕聲安撫，“孩子，別怕，有什么委屈慢慢跟我們說，說出來會好受一些。”“你要相信你自己，做好自己，只有你自己越來越好了，別的聲音都不重要。”

兩位輔警阿姨開導陪伴一個小時后，女孩情緒漸漸平復，“謝謝阿姨開導我，我現在好多了。”

After spending about an hour talking with and comforting her, the officers helped her regain her composure.

"Thank you for talking with me. I feel much better now," the girl told them.

待女孩情緒平復后，袁江平和向偉陪著女孩走上江邊公路，準備攔出租車送她回家。懂事兒的女孩拒絕了阿姨的好意，獨自登車：“謝謝阿姨，我身上帶了錢的，我自己回家。”袁江平再三叮囑，到家后一定要發個信息。

當晚11時左右，收到平安短信，袁江平立即回電確認，這才放心。

Once she had calmed down, Yuan and Xiang walked her to the roadside to help her hail a taxi. The girl politely declined their offer to accompany her home, saying she had enough money for the fare.

Before they parted, Yuan asked her to send a message after arriving home safely. At around 11 pm, a brief text came through, and Yuan immediately called to make sure she was safe.

女孩把感謝藏了三年

高考后終于發來短信

這件“小事”，袁江平和向偉從未向同事提起，日子一長，自己也忘了。她們沒想到，那個深夜伸出的援手，被女孩記了整整三年。

今年高考放榜后，女孩在發給袁江平的短信中寫道，當年深陷無助絕望的深夜，兩位陌生阿姨給予的溫暖與力量，她銘記了整整三年。

高中三年，有好幾次想跟兩位阿姨說說近況，但生性靦腆的女孩，怕打擾阿姨們忙碌的生活。直到高考結束取得理想成績，她才鼓起勇氣來跟兩位阿姨報喜，訴說這三年來的點點滴滴。

Three years later, after receiving her gaokao results, the girl reached out again.

She explained that she had often wanted to contact Yuan during high school but hesitated, fearing she might interrupt the officers' busy work. Only after finishing the gaokao and receiving encouraging results did she finally find the courage to share the good news and express her gratitude.

袁江平既驚訝又感動，“我們只是做了分內該做的事，沒想到孩子記了整整三年。”她當即給女孩回復信息，“孩子，你的堅持和努力，才是真正照亮自己的光。未來可期，加油。”

高考結束后，女孩與家人在校門口合影。

“作為母親，江邊那一小時曾讓我很揪心”

袁江平坦言，自己也是一位母親，“江邊的那一個小時，曾讓我很揪心。”

當時看到那個瘦弱的身影，第一反應就是“不正常”，因為孩子太小、時間太晚。在勸導過程中，女孩終于說出學習壓力和同學關系中的困擾。女孩上車后，她堅持讓女孩到家發信息，直到收到報平安短信才放下心來。

袁江平在路面上執勤，攙扶老人過馬路。

“這就是一件很平常的事情。”袁江平說，平時在車管所辦理業務時，也非常樂意解答問題和幫助群眾解決困難，“不管多小的事情，能幫助到他人，都是讓人開心的事情。”

Yuan, who is also a mother, said the incident had stayed with her. "That hour by the river worried me deeply," she said.

"It was just a small, ordinary act. In my work, I'm always happy to answer questions and help people. No matter how small the matter may seem, it's always rewarding to know you've made a difference."

來源：央視新聞綜合湖北日報、平安宜昌

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