Xie Lin returned to the car door, calmed down and observed the ground. He noticed a golden light shimmering under the car, and Shi Shi's words immediately came to mind: "Ugly things will turn into gold."
Having witnessed Chou Chou's ability to melt metal, he immediately turned this possibility into reality.
After carefully examining the surrounding ground, they soon discovered another spot of shimmering golden light.
He thought that Chou Chou was very smart when he was not stupid, so it must be a mark he left behind.
Just as Xie Lin locked onto the entrance of a small alleyway by following the markings, Chen Xiao returned.
The thief ran fast, and he couldn't catch him.
But when he returned, the old woman who had been wailing and crying was gone, which was strange.
"Old Xie, where are the kids? Why aren't they in the car? What are you looking for here with your butt sticking out?"
What are you looking for?
Looking for a precious treasure.
"The children were missing. When I came back, the car door was open."
With just one sentence, Chen Xiao knew he had fallen into someone's trap, and his face immediately darkened.
The other party had clearly set their sights on a few kids, which is why they set a trap to lure him away.
One large and five small, what a huge deal!
"Are there any signs of a crime?"
"Hmm, I'm starting to see some progress." Xie Lin subtly mixed the gold dust on the ground into the mud with his foot.
Having lived on the island for many years and frequently visiting the city, I don't remember all of the city's layout, but I can recall the general outline.
The alleys behind the state-run restaurant are not as complicated as in other places; they are all one-way alleys.
Once you determine which alley it is, it becomes easy.
Xie Lin looked around and pointed to the alleyway next to him.
"Chen Xiao, you go into that alley, I'll go this one. According to the layout, the main entrance of the house should be in the alley on my side. Listen carefully to the sounds."
The main gate is on one side, but the walls on both sides are not very high, so you can hear any noise coming from inside the courtyard.
"good."
The two split up.
Actually, Xie Lin had another selfish motive.
Of the six people, four children are permanent residents of the family compound, and Chen Xiao knows a little about them.
The only ones who could leave clues are Shi Shi and Chou Chou.
With a soldier's keen intuition, Chen Xiao is very likely to identify the two individuals.
Regardless of whether he had other intentions, he didn't want the other person to notice anything special about Chou Chou.
It wasn't that he was being petty, but with such extraordinary abilities, the more people who knew about them, the greater the danger.
He should also protect the friends that Shishi wants to protect.
There are five households in one alley, all with back walls connecting to the front yard. As you walk in, the first few courtyards are quiet and there is no longer any gold dust to guide you.
Until the last courtyard, Xie Lin discovered golden light on the crumbling wall near the gate.
It's confirmed, the children are in this room.
He pressed his ear against the wall and listened intently.
There was no sound, not even a little bit.
Climbing over the courtyard wall and looking inside, the courtyard was empty, except for two small stools and a pile of firewood; the door to the main room was also closed.
Only one small room, which looked like a storage room, had its door ajar.
Seeing no movement, he was about to climb over the wall when someone climbed up from the other side. Their eyes met, and both were startled, but neither made a sound.
The people inside gestured for Xie Lin not to go in yet, and he climbed over the wall to get out.
"Old Lu, what are you doing here?" Didn't the commander say that the special operations team had been sent out to keep watch?
Lu Fan tilted his head towards the courtyard.
“I came here with a female educated youth, oh, she was the educated youth from Nanwa Village that the leader ordered to keep an eye on.”
"By the way, your sister-in-law is inside. You're here to see her, right?"
Xie Lin understood the key point after a moment's thought.
"Was that female educated youth an accomplice of the male educated youth who was captured on the mountain?"
"It should be. I followed them into this courtyard and found that they were gone. I guess there was a secret passage."
"Before we found the secret passage, we heard my sister-in-law's loudspeaker. She sounded very happy and had no idea that she had fallen into a human trafficker's den."
"Thanks to my sister-in-law, I was able to hide in time, but that female educated youth has left. I don't know if she went back to Nanwa Village or somewhere else."
"Old Xie, is that little boy named Chou Chou the child your wife found in the mountains?"
"He seemed quite shrewd and calm, always holding his sister-in-law's hand. The most excited one was his sister-in-law; she seemed to be playing around, her little voice very cheerful."
"The four little kids either didn't understand or didn't seem very scared."
“I was hiding behind the pile of firewood when my sister-in-law squatted down on the opposite side. I felt like she saw me, but luckily the little boy pulled her back so she didn’t scream.”
"By the way, they went into the storeroom and never came out again, so the entrance to the secret passage must be there."
Xie Lin thought to himself, "Didn't she see you?"
They probably thought you were playing hide-and-seek with someone and were trying to expose you.
In his haste, he didn't notice that the loudspeaker and radio weren't in the car.
It seems the two of them really cherish their toys; they even wanted to hold onto them when they were caught.
As for why the four children weren't afraid, it's probably because they believed in their powerful Queen.
Having witnessed the Queen climbing buildings, trees, and jumping over real houses, they probably believe that the Queen is omnipotent in their minds.
"Old Lu, how many people are inside? What weapons do they have?"
"There are several people in the secret passage that we don't know. There are six on the surface: three big men with knives, two women with handguns, and an old lady."
old lady?
It must have been the old lady who lured Chen Xiao away.
Having a gun would be troublesome; they would have to request reinforcements, and that would take time.
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