A group of people filled the streets, asking about the whereabouts of the two men, and the two men had unknowingly followed the crowd to the vicinity of the city gate.

Tietou looked around in panic and cried, "Brother Maomao, where are we? I'm scared!"

Maomao was also very panicked at this time. Looking at Tietou who was holding him tightly, Maomao suppressed the urge to cry and thought to himself, "Tietou, don't be afraid. My brother works at the largest Piaoxiang Building in the city. Let's go find him! Let him go find my grandfather and your father!"

Tietou was comforted by Maomao's words. With red eyes, he grabbed Maomao's sleeve tightly and dared not let go.

At this moment, an old woman who had been watching them walk by walked up to them and said lovingly, "Have you lost your family? I just saw someone looking for you on the other side of the street. Come on, I'll take you to find them!"

The old woman followed the two children all the way, and seeing that there was no adult around them, she began to think of kidnapping them and selling them.

Maomao was panicking at the moment, but he remembered his second sister's warning to him before: "Don't follow strangers!"

Maomao grabbed Tietou, who was about to follow the old woman, and stood on the busy street, shouting, "Help! Someone's stealing a child!"

Passersby couldn't help but stop and look at the panicked old woman. The old woman pretended to be calm and said to the passersby: "This child is playing crazy. He refused to go back with me. I'll ask your mother to punish you when I get home!" After that, she stepped forward, grabbed the two children and was about to leave.

Tietou now realized that this man was the beggar that his grandfather had mentioned. He twisted his little body desperately, struggling to get away, and burst into tears.

Passersby looked at the two awkward children and thought that, as the old woman said, the two children were too distracted by playing and didn't want to follow their adults back, so they didn't step forward to stop them.

Although the old woman was old, she was used to doing rough work, so it was easy for her to subdue the two children. Just when the two were about to be abducted by the old woman, a cry of "Maomao!" was heard, saving the two children from danger.

Qi Jin walked up quickly and grabbed Maomao from the old woman's hand. Madam Liu, who followed behind him, raised her eyebrows and shouted angrily, "Who are you? Why are you pulling my nephew?"

Seeing someone familiar approaching, the woman hurriedly put down the children in her arms, a trace of embarrassment and panic on her face. She said in a trembling voice, "I just saw that the two children were lost and took them to find their families!"

This remark immediately struck the hearts of the onlookers: "That's not what you just said!"

Others echoed: "That's right, that's right, you just said this child is yours!"

Madam Liu sneered, stepped forward and grabbed the old woman's hand: "You evil kidnapper, let's go and see the officials now!"

Although Madam Liu is a woman, she does have a lot of strength in her hands, so it is quite easy for her to trap an old woman in her fifties.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the old woman struggled desperately, but Madam Liu held her arms tightly and she could not break free for a while.

The commotion quickly attracted the police who were trying to maintain order: "What are you arguing about? What are you arguing about? Disperse! You're blocking the road, can't you see?"

Madam Liu dragged the old woman before the officer and angrily said, "Officer, this old woman actually took advantage of the Lantern Festival to kidnap a child on the street! If I hadn't met her today, my nephew would have been kidnapped by her!"

The old woman was terrified when she saw the yamen runner, but she still tried to argue, "Sir, I saw two children wandering around alone late at night, and I wanted to help them because I was worried they'd be found by some bad guys!"

The onlookers spat in anger and cursed, "What a shameless old woman! She's crying thief! Officer, we're your witnesses! That's not what she said before!"

The bailiff looked at the two children following Madam Liu, then looked at the angry onlookers. He didn't understand what was going on, so he ordered his men to take the old woman away.

The leading officer said to the crowded crowd, "That's enough, that's enough, everyone disperse!"

After the crowd dispersed, Madam Liu walked over to Maomao and asked softly, "Maomao, who did you come to the Lantern Festival with?"

Only then did Maomao's inner fear burst out, and he couldn't help but burst into tears: "Grandpa and I are separated!"

Seeing his friend crying so hard that he was out of breath, Qi Jin quickly stepped forward and stroked Maomao's back: "It's okay, it's okay!"

It was already late at night. Madam Liu looked at the two dispirited children and hesitated. "Rongcheng's inner city is very large. It's already late. Taking a few children with her to look for someone is obviously not very practical." So she asked, "Would you two like to go back with us first?"