Uncle Xu, who had just arrived after hearing the news, was incredulous when he heard that his grandson was also missing. He asked, "Guoqing is so old, how could human traffickers abduct him?"

That kid is so cunning, how could he possibly be kidnapped by human traffickers?

"Grandpa, don't worry. I guess Guoqing went to look for Lanlan and has already found some clues, which is why he hasn't come back. I've asked Xiaobai to look for him, and I believe we'll have news soon."

"Woof woof woof—"

As soon as Li Xiyue finished speaking, she heard Xiaobai's cry.

"It's over there on the mountain!" Li Xiyue grabbed a flashlight and ran up the mountain.

Xu Guoqing shouted through a megaphone, "Dawei, you and Deputy Captain Wang go to the town to report to the police; Party Secretary, you stay here and oversee things; everyone, don't leave for now, light more torches to illuminate the threshing ground. Militia, follow me!"

The captain's influence was extraordinary, and everyone immediately acted as he instructed.

Xu Jianmin helped his wife sit down. "Xiangyang isn't here, so I have to take over the militia position. Xiulan, don't wander off. Wait for me to come back."

“Go ahead, I’ll take good care of myself and the child,” Gao Xiulan replied.

Xu Jianmin nodded, turned around and quickly ran home to get his gun, then caught up with Xu Guoqiang's team.

Li Xiyue arrived at the foot of the mountain and found Xiaobai. "What's going on?"

"The scents of Guoqing and Lanlan remain here, along with the scents of two other children and several strangers," Xiaobai said.

Li Xiyue's guess was correct; the human traffickers did indeed have someone to meet them, and this person came down from the mountains.

"How is it?" Xu Guoqiang and the others, carrying guns and flashlights, caught up.

Li Xiyue said, "Xiaobai discovered that the human traffickers took Lanlan and the others from the mountain."

"Chase!"

All the mountains in Chunfeng Commune are connected. You can enter from one mountain and exit from another. Once you enter the mountains, it's very difficult to track someone down without Xiaobai leading the way.

However, if someone unfamiliar with the terrain enters the mountains, they may accidentally wander into the deep mountains, where there are wild animals, making their chance of survival extremely slim.

“There’s a mark here,” Li Xiyue said, pointing to a tree. “It was left by National Day.”

When they went up the mountain to collect herbs, they would sometimes wander too far and be afraid of not being able to find their way back, so they would leave marks on the trees. Li Xiyue would leave a cross, Xu Guoqing would leave a hook, and Xu Xiangyang would leave a circle.

Xu Guoqiang exclaimed excitedly, "Good lad!"

Unexpectedly, during the National Day holiday, they discovered the human traffickers and even followed them, leaving marks along the way to lure them to their location.

Little White called out from ahead.

"Hurry up and keep up!"

Xiao Bai led everyone along the outer edge of the mountain until they reached a hill where the Red Flag Production Team and the Red Sun Production Team met.

The other party did not venture deep into the mountains, but instead walked around the outer perimeter, indicating that they were extremely familiar with the local terrain.

This strongly suggests that the crime was committed by locals in collusion with outsiders.

“There are markers here too!” Li Xiyue found another marker on a tree. “They’ve gone down the mountain.”

"Hurry up!" Xu Guoqiang led his men down the mountain immediately.

At the foot of the mountain, Xu Guoqing hid behind a big tree, watching several figures not far away. Seeing that they were about to leave and no one was chasing after them, he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.

At that moment, a dark figure rushed down from the mountain.

Xu Guoqing was overjoyed, "Little White!"