Everyone felt that once the child was sent back there, it was no longer their concern.

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The woman holding the child couldn't bear it. She said, "There are so many children over there. If one is lost, they won't even know. It's better to let this child go."

Old Li lowered his voice and said, "You really think they've left and know nothing? If you want to live a peaceful life from now on, just pretend you've never seen this child. I'll send her away!"

After Old Li finished speaking, he pulled Tang Qiqi away. Some of the people watched indifferently, while others felt sorry for her, but no one said anything. They couldn't do anything about it.

Tang Qiqi was very curious about where this person was going to send her. Would he just hand her over to human traffickers?

As she was thinking, the two of them came out of the courtyard. The man didn't go to the innermost room, but instead climbed over the wall into the courtyard next to it, where the door had been locked and no one had answered. He opened the door from the inside, brought Tang Qiqi inside, and said, "Child, don't blame me. Just stay here and hope someone will come looking for you."

"Where is this?" Tang Qiqi asked innocently.

Old Li felt a pang of guilt. He said, "Your sister and the others left from here. Wait a while, and you might see your sister again."

"Uncle, are you saying that the people who took my sister away will come back?" Tang Qiqi asked obediently.

"It's up to fate!" Old Li said, then closed the courtyard gate and left.

After the man had gone far away, Yindi and Liu Rufeng, who were hiding in the shadows, quietly slipped into the empty house.

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"Qiqi, where are you?" Yindi entered the room but did not see Tang Qiqi, and she was a little flustered.

"Second sister, I'm inside!" Tang Qiqi replied.

She wanted to see what was so special about the house. The man had just said that human traffickers wouldn't take the main road, and that the yard wasn't empty for no reason.

She guessed that the human traffickers had most likely escaped from here.

Although we don't know why they ran away or why they took Xu Lanzhi away, if we can find them, everything will become clear.

Tang Qiqi told Yindi and Liu Rufeng what she had heard and her guesses, and the three of them began to search for the secret passage.

Sure enough, they discovered that there was a movable wall inside, and that this house was connected to the courtyard where Xu Lanzhi lost her embroidered handkerchief. Moreover, they found a large amount of silver in a hidden corner, concealed by some tattered clothes.

They didn't touch the silver and continued searching for the exit connecting the courtyard to the outside.

Persistence pays off. After spending half a day, they finally found a tunnel. The three of them walked out of the tunnel and found that it led directly to the outskirts of the city.

There were many footprints of varying depths on the ground. The three of them continued to follow the footprints, but after exiting the tunnel, the road surface became very dry and there were no more traces to be found.

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All three of them were somewhat discouraged. This was the middle of nowhere, and people could have escaped from any direction. Their clues had also run out.

Yindi said worriedly, "What are we going to do? Everything has come full circle."

Liu Rufeng comforted her, saying, "At least we can confirm that Xu Lanzhi is safe for the time being. Besides, we're not completely clueless now, so we can arrange for people to search the area."

Yindi was still very worried. She said, "This place is a maze of roads, far from any village or shop. Finding someone here is like looking for a needle in a haystack. The hope is slim. Where on earth has my mother been taken?"

After discussing it, the three decided that Tang Qiqi should go back to that house. These human traffickers left in a hurry, and they would definitely come back for the money. When that happened, Tang Qiqi would pretend to be a child who had been left behind, so that she could find the human traffickers without any effort.

The problem is that this method is entirely based on luck. If the traffickers don't come back, it's all for nothing, and it wastes the time spent searching for them.

However, a large-scale search now would inevitably alert the traffickers, who would surely hide.

After much deliberation, they decided to take a gamble and have Tang Qiqi wait for them to come to them.

But the others couldn't sit idle either; they had to disguise themselves and search in nearby inhabited villages and towns.

Tang Qiqi returned to that room, and fearing that the visitor wouldn't be able to find her, she deliberately slept next to the passageway.

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Another day passed, and the entire courtyard was deathly quiet. Tang Qiqi grew increasingly anxious as she waited, wondering what had become of Xu Lanzhi.

Tang Qiqi looked up at the big tree outside the courtyard. At that moment, Baogen was hiding in the tree, watching Tang Qiqi from a distance to ensure her safety.

Tang Qiqi actually sent another team of reinforcements, namely the big dog Bai Xue and its three other brothers and sisters.

They followed the scent all the way, but when they reached the riverbank, the trail went cold. Those people had most likely traveled by water.

Although Tang Qiqi grew increasingly anxious as she waited, she was certain that those people would return, given the money she had.

As she pondered, Tang Qiqi's eyelids began to droop, and before she knew it, she had fallen asleep.

Tang Qiqi was awakened by a rustling sound. When she opened her eyes, she saw four men carrying dim torches, tiptoeing out of the tunnel.

A person accidentally kicked over something nearby, making a dull thud.

Someone reminded him, "Be careful. My older sister said that woman is someone important. There are probably a lot of people looking for her. We need to be careful."

"Third Brother, you're being too cautious. This house has been empty for years. I don't believe they could have found their way here!"

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The man said, "Better safe than sorry. Let's hurry up and get the money so we can meet up with the older sister!"

None of these people noticed Tang Qiqi sitting on the ground, so Tang Qiqi had to stick out one of her legs and trip one of them, sending him sprawling face-first into the dirt.

"Ouch, that hurts so much! What did I just bump into?" the man said, moving forward with his torch.

"Third Brother, it's a child!"

The guy called Third Brother kicked Tang Qiqi: "Is this child still alive?"

Tang Qiqi cried out in pain, rubbing her sleepy eyes and crying out in panic, "Sister, where are you?"

The man shoved a hand over Tang Qiqi's mouth and said menacingly, "Shut up, or I'll snap your neck!"

Tang Qiqi was so frightened that she was stunned. She just stared wide-eyed in terror, unable to even cry.

The guy called Third Brother said, "We probably left this thing behind in our rush. Let's go get our things first and bring it back later!"

The four men rummaged through the box of silver and struggled to lift it. One of them said, "This child is too much of a hindrance; we might as well just kill her!"

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Tang Qiqi was startled, and her mind was already trying to figure out how to deal with these four people.

Third Brother said, "This guy looks quite decent, he should be worth a good price. Besides, if we kill her here and someone notices, we'll be exposed. Take her with us!"

After the man finished speaking, he gagged Tang Qiqi, tied her hands and feet, and threw her directly into the box containing silver.

Tang Qiqi lay on the pile of silver, her whole body aching. She thought to herself, "When I find my mother, I'll definitely teach these bastards a lesson."

Suddenly, she had a brilliant idea and came up with a way to punish these people.

With a thought, Tang Qiqi put all the silver in the box into her spatial storage.

Tang Qiqi heard someone say, "Third Brother, why does this box feel lighter the more you lift it?"

Third Brother cursed and said, "You talk too much nonsense. This silver can grow horns and fly away by itself, and it's getting lighter and lighter as you lift it. Since it's so easy, then hurry up and move on!"

Tang Qiqi smiled and said, "It's too light. Wouldn't that be too easy for you?" She then brought in some more stones from the space construction site, making it even more tiring for the people carrying the boxes.

Tang Qiqi wasn't feeling well either. She used her mind to summon a small blanket, hoping to make herself more comfortable, but since she couldn't move her hands and feet, she could only curl up and bounce around in the box.

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“Strange, this box feels heavier again!” another person said.

Third Brother kicked them hard: "Shut up, all of you, and get out of here!"

There was no sound outside. Tang Qiqi had been walking along like this, bumping and stumbling, when she was suddenly thrown down heavily, and then everything went quiet.

Tang Qiqi was wondering what was going on when, after a short while, she heard the sound of oars paddling. It turned out they had arrived on the boat, and she would soon see her mother. Tang Qiqi thought happily.

When Baogen saw that the group had come out of the tunnel, but Tang Qiqi was nowhere to be seen, he fired a signal flare and went inside to search for her, but he couldn't find her either. He then followed the group from a distance and watched them board the ship.

Baogen searched in secret but couldn't find even a single canoe. He could only watch helplessly as the group disappeared before his eyes.