Chapter 255 Snatching My Daughter Back from the Hands of Human Traffickers

Qin Suisui and the others turned around at the same time and saw a little girl wearing red plaid overalls and with two braids running quickly toward them.

Hu Jue frowned, quickly turned around and ran two steps to catch her, his voice stern: "Why did you run out by yourself again? Haven't you learned your lesson from what happened earlier?!"

Seeing his serious expression, the little girl shrank back a bit, but still reached out her little hand to hook his finger and whispered, "Uncle Hu, I listened to you and didn't run around. My mom and dad came with me."

The little girl pointed behind her, and only then did Hu Jue and the others see that a young couple in their thirties were following behind.

The woman's face was still streaked with tears; she was clearly still reeling from the shock of almost losing her daughter. The man stepped forward and extended his hand to Hu Jue: "Hello, Comrade Hu Jue, I am Miaomiao's father, Lin Shengli. Thank you for rescuing my daughter from the human traffickers."

The woman hurriedly stepped forward to apologize: "Thank you, Comrade Hu, thank you so much! My husband and I only have this one daughter, she is our lifeline. If she had been abducted, I wouldn't have been able to live. You saved our whole family!" As she spoke, the woman broke down in tears again.

I thought Hu Jue would say something, but to my surprise, he pursed his lips, put on a stern face, and only spoke after a long time: "Since you have a child, you should take good care of her. Nothing is more important than a child."

After saying that, he lowered his head and looked at Miaomiao, who was snuggling close to him: "You too, be good, listen to your mom and dad, don't run around, the outside world is dangerous."

Miaomiao nodded quickly, her round eyes full of seriousness: "Uncle Hu, I remember, I will definitely be obedient from now on and will not run away alone from my parents. Can I come to play with you in the future?"

Hearing his daughter say that, Lin Shengli seemed to realize something and took a cloth bag off the handlebars of his bicycle.

"Comrade Hu, we were in a rush and didn't have time to prepare a thank-you gift. We heard you were in a hurry to catch your train, so we could only quickly buy some food for you to take on the road. This bag also contains our work unit's phone number and our home address. If you come back to Shashi on your return trip, please be sure to visit us! Also, could you please give us your address and phone number? We will definitely repay your life-saving grace."

Hu Jue pursed his lips, about to refuse, when Miao Miao realized his intention and quickly hugged his leg and shook it: "Uncle, Uncle, just tell Miao Miao that Miao Miao wants to come and play with you in the future."

The little girl's face was full of pleading and hope. Hu Jue's lips tightened for a moment, as if he was thinking of something. In the end, he sighed and borrowed paper and pen from Qin Suisui to write down his address and phone number.

Just then, the announcer's voice came over the train station's loudspeaker:

"Attention passengers! Attention passengers! There are only five minutes left before boarding closes for train No. 61 bound for your city. Passengers who have not yet boarded, please hurry up and board!"

Qin Suisui and the others were startled. Hu Jue and the others didn't even bother to talk to the little girl anymore. He shoved the note into Lin Shengli's hand and turned to leave, saying, "Farewell, Comrade Lin! We need to catch our train!"

Lin Shengli took a few steps forward, forcefully stuffed the bag in his hand into Hu Jue's hand, and then waved to them from afar.

They had certificates issued by the police, so they went through the green channel all the way, running as fast as they could, and finally boarded the train before it departed.

Liang Qi, Da Liu, and Zhou Jianguo were waiting at the door. They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the others had arrived in time.

Liang Qi scrutinized Qin Suisui for a while, making sure she wasn't injured, before frowning and asking, "What happened? Why did you take so long?"

While panting heavily, Jia Zhenzhen recounted what had just happened, adding at the end:

"Comrade Hu is truly a great hero!"

Da Liu and Zhou Jianguo both nodded in agreement: "We didn't expect Comrade Hu Jue to be so intelligent and decisive!"

After finding their private room, everyone busied themselves tidying up their things. Hu Jue knocked on the door and came in, handing Qin Suisui a package: "These are the things Lin Shengli gave you earlier. These pastries are for you to eat. Thank you for going to the police station to bail me out earlier."

Qin Suisui was making the bed when she heard this and turned to look at Hu Jue: "Comrade Hu, have you ever lost a daughter?"

As soon as she said this, the entire carriage fell silent, and everyone looked at Hu Jue with surprise and complicated expressions.

Hu Jue was also shocked by her words. His expression cracked inch by inch, and then quickly turned cold, his teeth grinding together.

"Comrade Hu, you need to speak up so we can help you. Many hands make light work," Qin Suisui's voice rang out again.

Hu Jue remained silent for a long time before nodding with difficulty: "That's right, my eldest daughter was lost when she was five years old..." Before he could finish speaking, his face was full of pain and his eyes were red.

His eldest daughter, Hu Xiaoyun, was also abducted from a department store in the city two years ago, at the same age as Miaomiao.

At that time, he and his wife were changing their youngest daughter, who had wet her pants, while their eldest daughter was standing next to them. However, the department store had just received new candies, and Xiaoyun, out of curiosity, took a few steps forward to look at them.

The candy counter was only seven or eight meters away from them, and the couple thought it wasn't far, right under their noses.

It's unbelievable that such a short distance led them to lose their eldest daughter! There's still no clue.

His wife fell ill as a result, and his younger daughter needed care, so he spent even less time in the lab each day than Qin Suisui. He had to stay home to take care of his wife and younger daughter, but he never gave up searching for his eldest daughter. He would go anywhere, no matter how far, if he heard any news about her.

This time, he took the initiative to apply to go to Yunnan Province with Qin Suisui because there was news of his eldest daughter there!

With red eyes, he finished recounting his experience before looking up at Qin Suisui: "Comrade Qin, how... how did you figure it out? He had never revealed it to anyone."

Qin Suisui's eyes were also a little red. She had heard the police officers' description when she was in the police station. It was said that when Hu Jue saw Miaomiao about to be taken away, he disregarded the size difference between himself and the burly man, rushed forward, grabbed the man's hand, pinched and bit him, and despite the man's fists, he desperately snatched Miaomiao away and then held her tightly in his arms.

The big man's fists and feet, as well as the woman's beatings, all landed on Hu Jue, while Miaomiao, whom he was protecting in his arms, was not touched at all.

He was able to quickly determine at the entrance of the department store that Miaomiao was not the daughter of those two human traffickers. While the onlookers were still in a daze and the traffickers were about to escape, he swiftly snatched Miaomiao away and did his best to protect this little girl who had nothing to do with him.

Adding to this, the hint of emotion in his eyes when he saw Miaomiao chasing after him outside the train station made Qin Suisui wonder if he had had a similar experience? Had his daughter also been lost? Was that why he was more cautious and astute than most people in this kind of situation?

After hearing Qin Suisui's words, Hu Jue finally couldn't hold back his tears and burst into sobs. He squatted on the ground, repeatedly pounding his head. He resented himself for not watching over his eldest daughter properly and for letting her work at the candy counter.

He had spent countless nights filled with regret, rehearsing in his mind what would have happened if he hadn't let his eldest daughter leave his sight. If he had looked up sooner and spotted the human traffickers, how would he have snatched his daughter back from their clutches?