Xiao Yunying was also curious whether the children who had been sold in the past could be found.
"Has the government found buyers? Will the children who were sold before be found?"
Chen Yuancheng's smile faded, and after a pause, he said in a slightly heavy tone, "Those children... I'm afraid they won't be found anytime soon."
It won't be found anytime soon...
Xiao Yunying sighed deeply.
The only reason she could think of was that the person behind it was hiding too well and couldn't be found out.
Or perhaps the person behind the scenes holds a high and unshakeable position.
The worst outcome is... those children are all gone.
In this era, power trumps everything, and given these possibilities, the chances of finding abducted children are extremely slim.
Seeing her downcast expression, Chen Yuancheng said, "Those bandits don't know much, and we can't get any important information out of them. The captured crew members all committed suicide by poisoning themselves on their first night in prison, and they didn't have any tokens to prove their identities. The trail went cold, and the government has no clue whatsoever, so we can only put this matter aside for now."
The fact that they were able to handle things so cleanly, leaving no clues, suggests that the person behind it is not someone who can be easily brought down.
Xiao Yunying's good mood vanished, and she replied softly, "I understand."
She took a deep breath: "By the way, how is Yuanxuan?"
"Your medicine works very well. His fever subsided quickly after taking it, and he's almost fully recovered now. Once he's fully recovered, we'll have him come to thank you in person."
"That's good."
As the two were talking, the door to the private room was suddenly pushed open forcefully.
The door slammed against the wall with a loud thud, startling Xiao Yunying: "Why are you so startled... Xin'er, what's wrong with you?"
Luo Xin, her hair disheveled and her eyes red from crying, ran in and hugged Xiao Yunying: "Mother, there are bad people! Please go and save Sister Yunwan and Brother Jincai!"
"What happened? Tell me slowly."
Luo Xin tried her best to hold back her sobs and said, "After buying the cloth with Sister Yunwan, we wanted to go to the market. We walked through a small alley when suddenly some bad guys came out and injured Brother Jincai. They wanted to arrest me, but Brother Jincai and Sister Yunwan stopped them, and that's how I escaped."
Standing next to Ling Qi was an older woman around fifty years old. Xiao Yunying vaguely remembered her; she was the one who sold wontons at the entrance of the market.
She was still wearing an apron, so she must have come directly from the stall.
The old woman looked anxious: "This little girl ran out of the alley crying. I noticed something was wrong and asked her what was wrong. She said that bad people in the alley were trying to kidnap her and asked me to bring her to this restaurant, so I brought her here."
Xiao Yunying stood up: "Thank you, Auntie. It's great to see my sister and the coachman."
The old woman said somewhat awkwardly, "I'm sorry, young lady, I asked the old man to go in and take a look. He said he heard fighting sounds, so he didn't dare to go in. He doesn't know how the people inside are doing."
"It's alright, I'm already very grateful that Auntie brought Xin'er back."
The two elderly people are so old, they couldn't stop those bad guys even if they went in, so it's understandable that they were afraid and didn't dare to go in.
Chen Yuancheng hurriedly said to Ling Qi, "Quickly take some people to rescue them."
Ling Qi responded and turned to leave.
Xiao Yunying took out a five-tael silver ingot from her bosom and gave it to the old woman: "Auntie, this is a thank you for bringing Xin'er back."
“Oh, girl, this is too much.”
"Don't be so polite, ma'am. I'm in a hurry to find someone and can't entertain you. Please go back now."
The kind old woman reminded me, "I can't be of much help here, so I'll be leaving now. Young lady, if all else fails, you should report it to the authorities."
"Thank you for reminding me, ma'am."
After seeing the kind old lady off, Xiao Yunying turned to Chen Yuancheng and said, "Yuancheng, I'm going to check out the market."
"Don't worry, I've already asked Ling Qi to find someone. I'll go with you."
Xiao Yunying said to Xin'er, "Xin'er, be good. You stay in the restaurant. I'll go find your sister Yunwan."
After saying that, he hurriedly prepared to leave.
Luo Xin grabbed her clothes and, forcing back tears, said, "Mother, they are not ordinary kidnappers. I heard someone call your name and ask another person if they might have kidnapped the wrong person. The other person said it was this carriage and the driver. It seems they came specifically to kidnap you and me."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yunying and Chen Yuancheng's expressions both changed.
Xiao Yunying's first thought was of Luo Sheng.
Could it be that he hired someone to kill him?
He then immediately denied the possibility.
With that man's abilities, he has plenty of ways to make himself disappear without a trace; he would never choose a few idiots that she wouldn't even recognize.
"Mother knows, Xin'er, don't cry anymore. Wait here for Mother to come back."
Xiao Yunying hurriedly headed to the market and entered the alley next to the wonton stall.
From afar, they could see their own carriage parked in the middle of the alley, with Ling Qi having people carry the unconscious Dai Jincai onto a door panel.
Seeing blood on Dai Jincai's head, Xiao Yunying asked, "How is he?"
Ling Qi answered truthfully: "This young man is seriously injured. He was hit on the head with a heavy object and passed out. His left leg is also broken. I was just about to have someone take him to the clinic."
Xiao Yunying pinched her palm: "Tell the doctor to use the best medicine for me. Don't be stingy, he must be cured."
After saying that, he looked around and asked, "Ling Qi, where is Yun Wan?"
Ling Qi hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Chen Yuancheng. Seeing his young master nod slightly, he said, "That young lady... is gone."
Xiao Yunying closed her eyes briefly and murmured, "Fortunately, being missing is better than being dead."
According to Xin'er, those people's target was her, but they didn't recognize what she looked like. They only recognized the carriage and Dai Jincai, which meant they had kidnapped Zheng Yunwan, mistaking her for themselves.
Kidnapping someone most likely means there are demands involved.
Is it for money?
Thinking of this, Xiao Yunying said to Chen Yuancheng, "Yuancheng, if those people want a ransom and I don't have enough, could I get an advance on some of the restaurant's profits?"
Chen Yuancheng said, "You don't need to worry about that. If they're after the money, that's the simplest thing to do. The real problem is that they're not after the money..."
Xiao Yunying fell silent. The people who came to kidnap her didn't know her, so it was very likely that someone had hired these people to kidnap her. It wasn't necessarily for the money.
Is it revenge? Or is it because of her recipes, vegetable seeds, or something?
During this period, with Chen Yuancheng as her backer, she has indeed been too indulgent.
I don't know if it caught someone's attention, or if there was some problem she hadn't considered.
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