Chapter 26

Xiaobai often goes out alone, so Jiang Jiang didn't think much about it and went back to the bathroom to take a shower.

After drinking the isatis root that Xiaobai handed to him in one breath, Jiang Jiang was about to watch TV, but found that Xiaobai was a little absent-minded.

"Is work not going well today?" Jiang Jiang asked casually while sitting on the sofa.

Xiaobai was stunned for a moment, then realized Jiang Jiang's question and quickly shook her head, "It's fine. Today with Sister Liang..." She told her about what she and Liang Rou had painted today and what her plans were for the future.

"Just a little tired." She trotted over and sat beside Jiang Jiang, hugged Jiang Jiang's shoulders and squinted her eyes happily, "Recharge."

Jiang Jiang smiled dotingly, poking Xiaobai's head with disdain and pushing it away, "Get out of the way, it's so hot!"

"It's not hot, not hot! It's not hot on a rainy day!" Xiaobai hugged Jiang Jiang shamelessly. She really, really, really liked the smell of Jiang Jiang! She really, really, really liked Jiang Jiang even more!

Unable to push away this clingy guy, Jiang Jiang didn't care anymore. Anyway, she was used to being stuck with Xiaobai.

Turning on the TV, the two of them watched a TV series they had been following in recent days.

*

In the early summer afternoon, the sun is still strong, casting mottled light and shadows on the ground through the dense branches and leaves.

Jiang Jiang walked out of the company building carrying her bag and walked on the sidewalk happily and relaxedly.

It's a rare day that I don't have to work overtime, and the busy project has come to an end. If nothing unexpected happens, the bonus this time will be extremely generous!

Jiang Jiang couldn't contain his joy at the thought of the generous bonus.

I have to go back early to celebrate with Xiaobai.

By the way, she might as well buy Xiaobai a piece of her favorite cake!

Thinking of this, Jiang Jiang changed his steps and walked towards the cake shop nearby.

Carrying a small cake, Jiang Jiang walked out the door humming a song and headed towards the subway station.

Before she had walked far, she saw a short-haired woman wearing gold-rimmed glasses walking towards her.

The woman was about thirty years old, wearing a white shirt and carrying an off-white handbag. She looked back and forth on both sides of the street, seeming very anxious.

"Excuse me." The woman's eyes lit up when she saw Jiang Jiang. "Excuse me, do you know how to get to Mingde Road?"

Jiang Jiang was stunned for a moment. Mingde Road was not far from here, but it required turning a few corners.

She pointed to the road ahead with one hand, "You can go straight along this road, turn right at the second intersection, and then..."

"I'm sorry, my sense of direction isn't very good, and I can't quite remember..." The woman pushed her glasses up and gave an apologetic smile. "Could you please take me there? I have an appointment and I'm going to be late."

Jiang Jiang glanced at the woman suspiciously, hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm going to the subway station. Mingde Road is in front of the subway station. I'll take you there."

"Thank you so much!" The woman breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

Jiang Jiang nodded and took the woman to the subway entrance.

The woman hurriedly followed, "My name is Lin Yue, and I'm here on business."

She seemed to be interested in getting to know Jiang Jiang.

"My name is Jiang Jiang." Jiang Jiang gave his name, but didn't say much, and walked forward with Lin Yue.

Along the way, Lin Yue seemed very talkative. She told Jiang Jiang that she worked as a researcher in a company, researching pharmaceuticals, so she often stayed in the laboratory. This time she was on a business trip invited by a cooperative company.

While talking, Lin Yue kept touching his pocket unconsciously, as if there was something inside.

"Are you a local?" Lin Yue suddenly asked.

Jiang Jiang smiled and answered casually, "No, I came here to work."

"That's pretty impressive," Lin Yue said with a smile, "surviving alone in a strange city!"

There was a deep meaning in her words.

Jiang Jiang always felt that this sentence was strange and gave her goosebumps, but there was nothing wrong with what the other party said, so she didn't take it too seriously.

Turn the second intersection and you will arrive at the subway station.

Jiang Jiang stopped and pointed in a direction not far away, "Go straight ahead, then turn left at the second alley and walk to the end, and you will find Mingde Road."

However, when she looked at Lin Yue, Lin Yue was staring at the phone screen with a frown.

Jiang Jiang moved his lips but still didn't ask.

The other person was a stranger, so it was enough for her to lead him for a while, there was no need to ask too many questions.

Lin Yue was embarrassed. "My friend said they changed the location and asked me to meet him at the intersection of Mingde Road and Kangjian Road." She said distressedly, "But I'm not familiar with this place at all..."

Jiang Jiang was unmoved. "How about you give me some navigation?"

In the age of smartphones, she doesn't believe that the other party doesn't know how to use navigation.

"Oh... OK! Thank you for your help!" Lin Yue was stunned for a moment, then showed a grateful look. She took the phone and started tinkering with it.

Jiang Jiang nodded, turned around and went to the subway station.

"ah!"

Suddenly, a wailing sound came from behind, which frightened Jiang Jiang so much that she staggered. She looked back in confusion and saw Lin Yue's face full of worry.

“My phone’s dead!”

Jiang Jiang, “…”

Lin Yue looked at Jiang Jiang pitifully and pleaded, "Could you please take me there?"

Jiang Jiang really wanted to refuse. She was not a kind-hearted person, and she was eager to go home.

But seeing Lin Yue's pleading face, and even the confused and panicked look when he saw the street, he felt a little bit reluctant.

She thought about her first visit to the city.

At that time, she had just arrived in this city, was unfamiliar with the place, and was alone. Looking at the tall buildings, her face was full of confusion and panic.

"Then I'll take you to Mingde Road." Jiang Jiang finally agreed. After all, it was only a few hundred meters, so he could just consider it as exercise.

What's more, if the other party is a bad guy, there are cameras all around and the police can easily find him.

"Okay, thank you, thank you!" Lin Yue said gratefully, a light flashing in his eyes under the lenses.

After turning a corner and walking straight ahead through an alley, we arrived at Mingde Road.

"This is Mingde Road. Walk from here and you will reach the first intersection, which is the intersection of Mingde Road and Kangjian Road." Jiang Jiang said, pointing ahead.

Lin Yue stood on tiptoe at the entrance of the alley, looking ahead, and asked in confusion, "Where is this?"

Jiang Jiang subconsciously took two steps forward, "Just keep walking forward..."

Lin Yue was still puzzled. "Is it the intersection at the end with the green-signed store?"

"No, it's the one with the blue sign..." Jiang Jiang took two steps again and pointed to the road ahead. What she didn't realize was that she was getting closer and closer to Lin Yue.

"Look, it's the blue sign behind a black car parked on the side of the road..." Before Jiang Jiang finished her words, she smelled a pungent odor, her vision began to blur, and her body fell uncontrollably.

In the last moment before she lost consciousness, she seemed to see Lin Yue smiling at her, and her heart skipped a beat.

Oh no, could it be that I am really unlucky and have met a human trafficker?

With a "pop..." sound, the small cake in Jiang Jiang's hand fell to the ground and broke into a ball...

*

It was sunny in the afternoon, but in the evening it became cloudy and started to rain.

Raindrops hit the window with a crackling sound. Xiaobai stood in front of the window, tapping the glass unconsciously with his fingers.

The floor of the house is not very high, and you can see the scene downstairs from the window.

Especially when Jiang Jiang comes back, she can see him first.

But it's already ten o'clock in the evening and Jiang Jiang hasn't come back yet.

Obviously, Jiang Jiang didn’t say that she was working overtime today!

She was a little worried, wondering if something had happened.

Xiaobai rubbed his temples, and the image of that crazy woman appeared in his mind again.

On that rainy night, the short-haired woman wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a black raincoat looked crazy.

And the fanaticism in the mad woman's eyes when she looked at her.

It was obvious that the other party knew something, perhaps even knew her identity, but unfortunately he didn't get anything out of her that night.

The rain was getting heavier, and the lights from the street lamps in the community cast circles of halos in the rain.

Water droplets hit the glass, leaving streaks.

Xiaobai began to worry. Why didn’t Jiang Jiang come back yet? The last subway train should have finished.

She lowered her head inadvertently, and her pupils suddenly contracted.

I saw a woman in a black raincoat standing under the street light in the community, looking up at her window.

It's that crazy woman!

Xiaobai turned around and rushed downstairs without even bothering to take an umbrella.

This time she must catch this crazy woman and ask her what she wants to know.

The rain instantly wet her clothes. She wiped the water off her face and looked around.

There were only dense raindrops under the street lights, nothing else, as if what just happened was just an illusion.

Xiaobai frowned, thinking, could it be that he had seen it wrong?

She looked around and saw a dark figure running out of the community.

Xiaobai was shocked and immediately chased after him.

The sound of raindrops could be heard in her ears, but she only focused on the figure in front of her and ran as fast as she could.

The black shadow didn't run very fast, and it was obvious that his physical strength was not as good as Xiaobai's. He just ran to an alley near the community, and was pounced on from behind by Xiaobai and pressed to the ground.

"I caught you!" Xiaobai held the woman down and ripped off the black raincoat hood on her head. "You still dare to come? It seems like you really know something."

Because of the fall, the woman's gold-rimmed glasses fell to the ground, but she didn't care at all. She looked at Xiaobai with undisguised enthusiasm in her eyes, "You really want to know about your own situation!"

"Oh? Are you going to tell it today?" Xiaobai hated the way the woman looked at him, but in order to know his physical condition and his identity, he had to suppress his nausea and ask.

The woman tilted her head so that her rain-soaked bangs no longer blocked her eyes. She looked at Xiaobai with a strange smile on her lips. "So you don't care where your friend is?"

Xiao Bai was stunned for a moment, then thought of something. His eyes widened in anger, and his relaxed aura turned cold. He suddenly grabbed the crazy woman Lin Yue's neck and gritted his teeth, "Where's Jiang Jiang? Where is Jiang Jiang?!"