But as soon as he got into the water, he regretted it!

The river water in December was icy cold, making his whole body numb, and every inch of his skin screamed for warmth.

Moreover, he wasn't sure if the two children were actually his older sister's daughters.

I secretly berated myself for being too impulsive!

Fortunately, it wasn't far from the shore. Su Xiangyang struggled a lot and finally managed to drag the two children onto his small boat, which hadn't capsized yet.

The boatman didn't want to get involved and had no intention of taking in the children.

It was only after Deng Jiaqi unhesitatingly paid more money that the boatman reluctantly agreed to take the children on board.

By the time they had rescued all the children and brought them ashore, the two men had long since disappeared.

Deng Jiaqi quickly performed first aid on the unconscious child. After finishing, she took out her mobile phone and dialed the police.

The police hadn't arrived yet, but a group of people had.

The leader was Meng Kangshun and his colleagues, who had chased after them all the way to the port city, inquiring about information everywhere.

They guessed that human traffickers were most likely to smuggle people across the border from here, so they searched several places along the way, but did not see any trace of human traffickers or suspicious boats, and were inevitably somewhat disappointed.

Unexpectedly, they actually ran into each other at this last location!

Meng Kangshun and his companions immediately spotted the two soaking wet men. The way they looked at them was suspicious; there was definitely something wrong with them.

Meng Kangshun immediately ordered his men to rush over and subdue the two men.

They ran to the shore and saw a group of children crying loudly, shivering from the cold, huddled together tightly.

Deng Jiaqi tried her best to comfort the children, and even took out all the clothes from her suitcase and wrapped them around the children.

Not wanting to get into trouble, the boatman took the money and left early.

Meng Kangshun hurriedly called his colleagues to come and help. Inadvertently, he saw Su Xiangyang surrounded by children.

At this moment, Su Xiangyang was shivering from the cold, and his lips had turned purple.

"Su Xiangyang, what are you doing here!" Meng Kangshun couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Xiaoli and Xiaojuan were holding Su Xiangyang when they heard a familiar voice. They timidly raised their heads and saw that it was Meng Kangshun. The two sisters burst into tears and reached out their little hands for him to hold them.

Looking at the two sisters' pale, bloodless faces, Meng Kangshun felt a pang of guilt, secretly relieved that they were alright.

They've been found, and everyone is safe and sound—this is absolutely fantastic news!

When Su Xiangyang saw Meng Kangshun, his eyes immediately darted away, and he lowered his head.

I kept praying in my heart: Please don't recognize me, please don't recognize me!

But when Meng Kangshun shone the flashlight on Su Xiangyang, he immediately recognized him as Su Xiangyang.

Just then, the police arrived at the scene.

When the police approached to inquire about the situation, they learned that they had caught a human trafficker and rescued so many children. They immediately took the trafficker back to the police station and then sent the children to the hospital.

Meng Kangshun was holding a child in each arm, which made it very difficult for him to move around.

After receiving a call from the police, Su Xiumei and Zhou Xianye rushed to the hospital to claim their child.

When Su Xiumei saw her two living children, she rushed over without hesitation, hugged them tightly, and cried her heart out.

Zhou Xianye looked at Meng Kangshun with eyes full of gratitude, tears streaming down his face.

He felt it was all thanks to his brother-in-law, who had helped find his two children.

Zhou Xianye was so moved that he even wanted to kneel down before Meng Kangshun to express his gratitude.

Meng Kangshun quickly helped him up and explained the whole story in detail, especially mentioning that it was Su Xiangyang who rescued the children.

If it weren't for Su Xiangyang, things probably wouldn't have gone so smoothly by the time they arrived.

Su Xiangyang was taken to the police station for questioning. When he came out, he found that the people waiting outside were his eldest sister Su Xiumei and his brother-in-law Zhou Xianye.

Su Xiangyang didn't dare to go forward. He lowered his head and wanted to walk straight past, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

He was in such a sorry state that he didn't want anyone to see him like this.

Su Xiumei reacted quickly, grabbing his hand and saying, "Su Xiangyang, where are you going? Come home with me."

Su Xiangyang looked dejected and said through gritted teeth, "I have no money, I can't go back."

"Brother-in-law will take you back. Thank you for saving Xiaoli and Xiaojuan. Don't worry about the travel expenses."

Zhou Xianye said sincerely that in his opinion, it wouldn't be too much to kneel down to Su Xiangyang, let alone ask for some travel expenses.

Su Xiumei wiped away her tears and said, "Dad went to prison, Xiang Bei was executed, and Xiang Nan's leg is... Xiang Yang, you are now the only man in the family who can hold up the sky!"

Su Xiangyang was completely shocked, his eyes wide open and his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

After hearing these words, he felt even colder than when he jumped into the river yesterday.

How did his father end up in prison?

No wonder when he called the factory, they said there was no such person and they couldn't find the person he was looking for.

And my older brother, how could he just disappear like that!

"You must be lying to me, this isn't true!"

Su Xiangyang shook his head desperately, refusing to admit it at all.

When he left, everyone in his family was perfectly fine.

"Whether it's true or not, you'll find out when you come back with me."

Su Xiangyang kept shaking his head.

He recalled the harsh words he had said to Meng Shuyun before.

Those words felt like resounding slaps to his face.

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