"She went back, she left yesterday afternoon after having lunch," Great-aunt slapped her thigh. "What's wrong? Did she disappear? She used to do this often. Did she go up the mountain to pick mushrooms? Don't worry."
Qin Sui took one glance and nodded slightly, saying, "She's lying."
The staff mber's "Why don't we look for her on the mountain" got stuck in their throat, effectively blocked.
Huh?
Lying?
"How did Young Master Qin figure that out?" the staff mber asked, dumbfounded.
Great-aunt often watched TV dramas, so she could understand Mandarin perfectly.
Hearing this, she beca agitated and pointed at Qin Sui, shouting, "Bullshit! You're slandering people here! You..."
Two tall and sturdy bodyguards stepped forward, directly blocking Great-aunt.
Only then did Great-aunt realize that this young man who had arrived was no ordinary person.
She retreated half a step, sowhat fearfully, and said, "If you don't believe , co in and look for yourselves. It's not like I could hide Li Xiaoya, could I? She often walks the mountain paths alone. Who knows if she was carried off by wolves or eaten by bears..."
Even the staff mbers found this statent hard to stomach.
The barrage of comnts also started cursing:
[Damn, is this what you call an elder?]
[What, hoping Li Xiaoya is dead?]
[What kind of people are these? I'm furious.]
At this point, almost everyone had forgotten about Li Qingqing; all the viewers' emotions were tied to Li Xiaoya alone.
People from such poor areas have one notable characteristic.
You can tell them about how important or rich you are, but they have no concept of it.
But once the village chief or local police station personnel stand before them, they beco scared.
As if on cue, the sound of police sirens drew near.
Although the car was far inferior to the Maybach, as soon as the door opened and a few uniford officers stepped out, Great-aunt's legs went weak, and she imdiately beca frightened.
It's over, it's over, she truly felt it was all over now.
"Such a small matter, why call the police?" she said with trembling lips.
Little did she know, this was rely the beginning.
With the cooperation of the local police station, they searched Great-aunt's house thoroughly but didn't find any trace of Li Xiaoya.
A staff mber asked, "Could it be a misunderstanding? Did Li Xiaoya disappear after she left?"
Qin Sui pointed at Great-aunt and asked, "Her son and daughter live in the county town, right?"
"Yes," the local guide nodded.
"She made tea yesterday, three glass cups in total, still unwashed in the sink. It wasn't loose tea, but the white tea on the wall. She entertained guests, and for her, they were three important guests," Qin Sui said rapidly.
This statent not only caused an explosion of exclamations in the comnt section,
but also made others at the scene take a second look at him.
"You'd be great at criminal investigation!"
With Qin Sui's words as a clue, Great-aunt was legally and reasonably taken away for questioning.
"I won't go, I won't, I won't, you're wronging an innocent person..." Great-aunt was drenched in cold sweat, clinging to the car door, crying and wailing, refusing to let go. Where was her smugness from the day before now?
anwhile,
Sheng Yuxiao got into a car from the provincial governnt and also headed towards Li Family Village.
This team was quite impressive.
"Child trafficking cases persist despite repeated prohibitions. It's truly despicable!" The man sitting next to Sheng Yuxiao said sternly, his tone particularly severe.
"Indeed," the person in the front passenger seat also furrowed his brow, "Especially in poor and backward places like ours, children are always being abducted and sold to economically developed areas. Every ti we co across those unsolved cases, it's heartbreaking!"
The more Sheng Yuxiao heard, the more uncomfortable he felt, fearing that after a day and a night, Li Xiaoya might have already been sold to who knows where.
This poor place needs investnt, it definitely needs investnt.
Better roads need to be built, more surveillance caras installed, local employnt rates need to be improved. Only then will cri decrease...
Sheng Yuxiao's mind was suddenly crowded with all sorts of thoughts, bothering him so much that his chest felt like it was filled with flas he couldn't expel.
The convoy gradually entered the county town to which Li Family Village belonged, instantly causing intense commotion in this small county town.
They discussed what had happened, then craned their necks curiously to look at the people sitting in those cars.
"I heard they're here to catch child traffickers."
"That's a good thing!"
Uncle Li, walking on the street, also overheard such conversations.
He didn't take it to heart at all.
Catching child traffickers had nothing to do with him.
He was a bit annoyed.
Because his wife had called to say that Li Xiaoya was sick, running a high fever of 38°C, vomiting severely, and turning pale. She needed to be taken to the hospital.
Recalling Grandpa Li's description of Li Xiaoya, Uncle Li's first reaction was — it's a trick!
That child is very smart and can endure a lot.
Once sent to the children's hospital, she might find a chance to run away...
But if they didn't send her, what if she really died from the fever?
Annoying!
Really annoying!
Uncle Li quickened his pace with a gloomy face. He hadn't gone far when he was stopped by a middle-aged man.
He looked closely and realized it was the man who had approached him the previous night to offer him a cigarette.
"Hello, hello, my na is Dou Dawei."
"Get lost."
Dou Dawei was stunned. Why such a bad temper?
"What relation are you to that little girl?" Dou Dawei persisted, grabbing Uncle Li's arm.
Uncle Li's heart skipped a beat, but he changed his expression and said, "Her uncle."
"Oh, oh, brother, actually I just wanted you to help introduce to Young Master Qin."
"Young Master Qin?" Who's that? Uncle Li looked puzzled, thinking this person must be ntally ill.
Dou Dawei realized that he didn't even know Young Master Qin!
Then he could only... "Can I see your niece?"
"Are you sick! Why do you want to see her? Are you a child trafficker?" Uncle Li cursed a few tis and hurried back ho.
Li Xiaoya was indeed ill.
Her lips had lost all color, only slightly opening and closing as she murmured, "Mom... Mom..."
"Has she taken fever dicine?"
"She did, but she threw it all up."
Uncle Li cursed, picked her up, and said, "We have to go to the hospital then."
Li Xiaoya's voice quickly beca hoarse.
She struggled to keep her eyes open, her face burning red, but even in this state, it didn't diminish the delicacy and beauty of her features.
She looked even more pitiful when sick.
Uncle Li looked down at her and thought to himself that she was worth the price.
But he didn't know that Dou Dawei was hiding nearby, watching as they got into the car.
"Is the little girl sick? Or injured? Wait, that's not right! Could they be human traffickers?" Dou Dawei's expression changed as he thought, "If that's really the case, and I manage to stop this cri, I could ask Young Master Qin to invest so money with just a snap of his fingers."
So Dou Dawei followed them without hesitation.
anwhile, the couple got into the car hurriedly, causing Li Xiaoya to bump her head on the car fra.
The spot quickly swelled, turning purple and blue, making her look even more pitiful.
Her lips were still moving, but this ti she was calling for soone different.
She was calling out: "Sheng Yuxiao... Sheng Yuxiao..."
But Uncle Li didn't hear it clearly.
"What's that?" he asked.
Uncle Li didn't pay much attention to it, completely unaware of just how impressive the background of the na Li Xiaoya was uttering truly was.
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