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Sun Jinan moved when Chang Yin made his move. The middle-aged couple were very alert. When they saw Chang Yin make his move, they knew the situation was bad. They showed no intention of helping him and turned to run towards other carriages with their child in their arms.

Sun Jinan immediately rushed out from the connecting area between the carriages. He took a step forward and kicked the man trafficker in the back of the knee. The trafficker fell to his knees with a thud. The woman trafficker, unable to dodge in time, tripped over the man trafficker and nearly dropped the child in her arms.

Sun Jinan acted swiftly, grabbing the child and handing him to a nearby passenger before turning around and subduing the two human traffickers.

Chaos erupted inside the carriage as passengers screamed in terror and scrambled to the side.

Tang Yue, Chang Yin, and Sun Jinan were all highly capable and worked well together. Despite the human traffickers' desperate struggles to escape, none of them could be moved by them.

The incident happened quickly and ended just as fast. The human traffickers were all subdued. Loud applause and cheers erupted in the carriage, and passengers gave Tang Yue, Chang Yin, and Sun Jinan a thumbs-up.

Train attendants and police officers arrived at the scene. The train would arrive at the station in a few minutes. The police officers would escort the traffickers to the local police station, where the children would be located to their families.

A round of enthusiastic applause erupted in the carriage.

After all that commotion, the group was really hungry. They went to the dining car to eat, ignoring the excited and admiring stares of the other passengers, and then returned to their sleeper car. Those in the sleeper car heard what had happened in the hard-seat car, but no one knew who had done it, and the group breathed a sigh of relief.

The rest of the journey went smoothly. They changed trains in Harbin and traveled for another two days to reach Huludao. Before even getting off the train, they could already feel the cold air in the air.

When they changed trains in Harbin, they had already taken out their packs. At this moment, Chang Yin took out a thick cotton coat from his backpack, and also took out Tang Yue's coat. "Put your clothes on, it's too cold here." Actually, with spiritual energy protecting him, Chang Yin didn't feel the bone-chilling cold he usually did.

He figured the little girl probably wasn't afraid of the cold, but if she wore too little, it would definitely arouse suspicion, so she should put on all her clothes.

Sun Jinan was already wearing a thick cotton-padded coat, and on top of that, a thick military overcoat. However, Tang Yue was too young and didn't have a suitable military overcoat, so she had to wear two thick cotton-padded coats.

This cotton-padded coat was specially made for Tang Yue by Lin Cuicui, who knew that Tang Yue was going to the Northeast for cold-weather training. It was already very cold in Liaoning Province, and her daughter was going to Heilongjiang Province, where it would be so cold.

Tang Yue was already wearing a thick cotton-padded coat, and if she put on an even thicker one, she felt like her arms had become mechanical arms, with no flexibility at all.

She refused to wear her last cotton-padded coat. "I roll around in the snow every day, so I'll keep this one to alternate wearing. If I wear another one, I won't even be able to walk."

Sun Jinan suppressed a laugh as he looked at the chubby company commander, who at that moment resembled a doll from a New Year's painting—truly adorable. However, Sun Jinan dared not associate the word "adorable" with Tang Yue.

Once their company commander makes a move, they lose all their cuteness; they become a deadly weapon.

The train stopped at the station. Chang Yin got off carrying two large backpacks, while Tang Yue only had a small bag slung across her shoulder. As soon as they got off the train, a cold wind blew like knives, and Tang Yue shivered instinctively, quickly circulating her spiritual energy.

"The temperature is really low," Sun Jinan said, pointing in a direction with thick gloves. There were two men in military overcoats stamping their feet and observing the crowd.

"It's Wang Ming and Zhao Fei."

"Let's go!" Chang Yin said only one word and left. Zhao Fei was the first to see them. He waved to Chang Yin and the others, and as he approached, Zhao Fei reached out to take the luggage from Chang Yin's hands, but Chang Yin dodged to the side. "I can do it myself."

After bowing to Chang Yin and Tang Yue, the two men walked out of the train. Wang Ming chuckled, "Little Company Commander Tang, guess who we saw when we came over?"

Tang Yue looked up at Wang Ming, not feeling like she knew anyone else here.

Wang Ming didn't keep them in suspense, "We saw your good friend, Comrade Lai."

Tang Yue frowned. "What's going on? Why is Sister Lai here?" She had heard Sister Lai say that her parents were in the Northeast Military Region, but it shouldn't be such a remote place, right?

With such harsh conditions here, how could Sister Lai possibly live so well? And she doesn't seem to worry about her parents at all.

Wang Ming was nudged in the waist by Zhao Fei. Even through his thick cotton-padded coat, he could only feel Zhao Fei's warning. Wang Ming immediately straightened his expression. "I don't know the specifics. We just informed her, and then she was picked up by the villagers along with a group of people who were probably educated youth."

Tang Yue stopped in her tracks. "You mean Sister Lai came here as an educated youth? And around this time?" Wang Ming also noticed something was amiss; it did seem rather strange.

Tang Yue looked up at Chang Yin, "Battalion Commander, could you help me investigate?"

Chang Yin nodded, but he already had some guesses in his mind. Tang Yue seemed to have thought of something, "Battalion Commander, could it be related to Nie Youyu?"

Chang Yin could only admire Tang Yue's keen insight. "It should be. After all, the two families are relatives, and Comrade Lai has always lived in the Nie family's home. This kind of relationship is hard to break up."

Tang Yue was a little anxious. How could a girl like Sister Lai, who had never lifted a finger in her life, come to such a place to be an educated youth? Could she endure it?

Once in the car, Tang Yue looked at the back of Chang Yin's head and said, "Battalion Commander, when we get to the military region, could you ask about Sister Lai's family situation for me?"

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