It's really strange. After Lin Qingyan's things were put on her, Lin Qingyan seemed to have suffered a lot of bad luck. At such a young age, she had to become their family's maid, doing all kinds of dirty and tiring work. She also became sickly and weak, like she was half-dead.

And of course, she wanted to be a happy little princess.

Over the years, her life and Lin Qingyan's life have been worlds apart.

The luckier she is, the more unlucky Lin Qingyan becomes.

Conversely, the more unlucky Lin Qingyan is, the luckier she becomes.

Little did she know that the jade pendant actually concealed a magical space.

"Mom, this jade pendant is my blessing. It brings me good luck and happiness. If I lose it, I will become unlucky."

"You're already incredibly unlucky," Fang Huilan said mercilessly. "You've lost your father, lost your home, and now you have to go to the countryside. Aren't you unlucky?"

"No, as long as I wear it, I can still have good luck. Mom, don't forget, I still have Mingzhou as my boyfriend, and you have capable in-laws like Dad and Mom Gu, so we're not completely without anything."

Fang Huilan then came to her senses, realizing that there was still a glimmer of hope, and that things hadn't reached a dead end.

"Yes, Mom was too upset just now and forgot about this. Now we can only rely on their family. You should go to the Gu family quickly and borrow some money from them."

“Okay, Mom. By the way, Mingzhou’s parents know a lot of people. I’ll ask them to use their connections. I don’t want to go to the countryside.”

"Sister, tell me too, I don't want to go to the countryside either."

"Okay, I'll go tell them."

She thought about it and realized that even if she couldn't avoid being sent to the countryside, she could at least go somewhere else.

On the train heading to Kyrgyzstan

Lu Zhengting and his comrade-in-arms Feng Yidong boarded the train at a station near the military region at 11:00 a.m.

The two were dressed casually, and once they sat down, they looked no different from ordinary passengers.

While they were talking, their eyes would occasionally dart over to the passengers on the train, scrutinizing them.

Before they knew it, it was noon. In another carriage, Lin Qingyan only spoke a few words to Du Xiaoyue and a few words to Jiang Meihong. However, there was a barrier between her and Tong Jiaojiao, and they had nothing to talk about.

Lin Qingyan turned her head and glanced diagonally behind her, only to find that the boy was no longer looking at her, but had turned his head to look out the window at the scenery.

She turned her head and inadvertently met a pair of shrewd yet somewhat sinister eyes.

Actually, she had noticed the old lady diagonally opposite her a long time ago, but some people just like to stare at others, especially on a train where you can't make large movements of your body, you can only move your eyes. She hadn't paid much attention to it just now.

But at this moment, I felt that the old woman's eyes were a little abnormal, especially when she was staring at the three girls beside her. Her eyes were like, like, like a wild beast seeing its prey. Yes, that's the look in her eyes.

Just as she was about to remind Du Xiaoyue, the old lady turned her face away to look at someone else.

She still told Du Xiaoyue about it: "I just noticed that old lady kept staring at us. She might have bad intentions. Do you know there are human traffickers and thieves on the train? We have to be careful."

Du Xiaoyue nodded and hummed twice, "Qingyan, I've actually heard about these things."

It was almost lunchtime, and she planned to eat the tea eggs she had brought with her for lunch. However, she was a little thirsty, so she got up and took her water cup to get some hot water.

As she passed by the old woman, she noticed something was wrong again.

The old woman was holding a baby in her arms. The baby's eyes were tightly closed, and the baby hadn't woken up since she got on the bus.

Normal babies are active. They will definitely sleep for a while and then cry or play for a few minutes. It is impossible for them to remain in a deep sleep without making a sound in a noisy carriage.

Moreover, she noticed that although the old woman was dressed in tattered clothes with patches on her clothes and the baby's swaddle was torn, the baby's clothes underneath were brand new and made of good material.

Poor families generally cannot afford such fabric.

All the signs made Lin Qingyan increasingly suspicious of the old woman's identity.

She had heard before that in the days before surveillance cameras, the security was poor, and theft and trafficking of women and children were rampant. So the child in the old woman's arms was very likely the one she had abducted.

To find out what was going on, she pretended to bend down to pick something up and bumped the old lady with her arm.

The old lady immediately looked at her, and she quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, ma'am, I dropped something and bumped into you while picking it up. I'm so sorry."

She showed the old lady a piece of fruit candy in her hand, while also making a point of observing the baby in the old lady's arms.