Chapter 282 I am an angel, you are a hero
The girl was wearing a slightly dirty pink dress and her hair was tied into two messy pigtails.
What made Meng Anran's heart tremble the most was the girl's eyes - those eyes that should have been clear were filled with fear and pleading, her lips were trembling but she could not make a sound, she just shook her head desperately.
"Little girl, what's wrong with you?" Meng Anran squatted down and looked at the girl at eye level.
The girl immediately loosened her skirt and began gesturing with her hands in a hurried and chaotic manner.
Qin Mu keenly noticed that the girl's gestures were not completely disordered. She was trying to communicate using sign language, but seemed too frightened to express herself accurately.
Meng Anran also noticed it and asked in her already somewhat unfamiliar sign language: [Can you hear me?]
The girl's pupils froze for a moment, and her big eyes were filled with tears. It seemed that she had never expected to meet someone who could understand what she wanted to express.
Then he answered Meng Anran's question by shaking his head.
Meng Anran looked up and made eye contact with Qin Mu.
Deaf and mute children, and are asking them for help.
At this moment, an older woman in her fifties, wearing a floral shirt, ran over and grabbed the girl's arm. "What are you running around for, you little girl?"
The girl screamed silently as if she had been electrocuted, tears streaming down her face. She desperately reached out to Meng Anran, the despair in her eyes almost overflowing.
Meng Anran was quick-witted and quickly pulled his aunt's hand away and pulled the girl to his side.
Qin Mu's eyes flashed, and he stepped in front of Meng Anran. His tall figure protected the two of them tightly behind him. "Auntie, may I ask who you are?"
The aunt put her hands on her hips and raised her voice suddenly, "This is my granddaughter! Niuniu, come here quickly!"
Meng Anran felt the little girl trembling behind her, her cold hands tightly clutching the hem of her skirt. She took out her cell phone and dialed the police with one hand.
A crowd of people gradually gathered around to watch the excitement.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know, it seems like the child is disobedient..."
"It's normal for children to have temper tantrums. Just ignore her a few times and she'll learn her lesson."
Seeing this, the aunt became even more angry. She wiped her tears and cried, "I happily took my granddaughter out to play, but the child got angry because I didn't buy her candy. Now she would rather hug two strangers and won't let go than acknowledge me as her grandmother!"
Seeing her sad face, the onlookers thought of the elderly people in the family who were not liked by the children, and couldn't help but join in her support.
"Little sister, hurry back with your grandma. Not letting you eat candy is for your own good. How can you be angry with grandma?"
"Yes, look how sad your grandma is crying, go comfort her."
"Don't run around anymore. What if you get caught by some bad guys? Come home with grandma."
Being stared at and pointed at by everyone, the little girl shrank back and hid behind Meng Anran, hugging her thighs and trembling all over.
Meng Anran sneered, "Who can prove that she is the little girl's grandmother? What if she is the villain who kidnapped the child?"
The surroundings suddenly fell silent.
Just then, a well-dressed couple squeezed into the crowd: "Mom! Have you found Niuniu?"
The woman rushed in, grabbed the little girl's arm, and pulled her out from behind Meng Anran, "You damn girl, running around again!"
Snap——
A loud slap landed on the girl's face, leaving a red mark on her fair face. Meng Anran's pupils shrank suddenly, and she subconsciously hugged the girl into her arms.
"Dear parent, you don't need to use violence to educate your children." Meng Anran's voice was as cold as ice.
The man glared at her fiercely: "What does it have to do with you if I beat my daughter?"
As he was about to grab the person, Qin Mu immediately stopped him, and his tall body blocked Meng Anran tightly.
Rather than being afraid that the person in front of him would hurt An Xiaoran, it would be more accurate to say that he was afraid that An Xiaoran would be stimulated and suddenly fall ill, and beat the other person into a severe disability.
"It's none of your business..." As soon as the man's hand touched Qin Mu's collar, his wrist was grabbed by a neat move.
Qin Mu's eyes were like knives, and his voice was icy cold: "If you move again, you will go to the hospital and I will go to the police station."
Meng Anran tightly protected the girl and said in a clear voice: "We have called the police. Let's talk after they arrive."
The crowd began to riot again:
"What's going on? You won't let anyone take the child away?"
"They said they were worried the other party might be a human trafficker and wanted to wait for the police to confirm their identity."
"My parents are here, how can I still have a day off?"
"Oh, I don't think so. Human traffickers have so many tricks up their sleeves these days! It's safer to wait for the police to arrive."
Amidst the chaos, the mall announcement suddenly echoed through the supermarket: "Attention, all customers! We are announcing a missing person notice: A six-year-old deaf-mute girl in a pink dress went missing in the fresh produce section ten minutes ago. Anyone who finds her please contact customer service immediately..."
The crowd was in an uproar!
“They are human traffickers!”
"Stop them!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, the three of them turned around and tried to run.
Qin Mu took a quick step forward, grabbed the man's wrist, twisted it with his backhand, and pushed him to the ground.
The other two were also surrounded by enthusiastic crowds.
Steady and powerful footsteps came from afar. When the police rushed into the supermarket, they saw this scene - Qin Mu subdued one of the suspects to the ground, Meng Anran grabbed the woman's hands and held her behind her back; and the dirty little girl was holding Meng Anran's legs tightly, as if she was grabbing the last straw.
Meng Anran squatted down, gently wiped away the little girl's tears, and used sign language to gesture: [It's safe, Mom is looking for you. ]
The girl was stunned for a moment, then suddenly threw herself into her arms, her thin shoulders trembling violently.
During the interview, they learned that the girl's name was Tian Xiaoyu and her parents were both deaf-mute. The three human traffickers had already committed numerous crimes across three provinces.
"Thanks to you for finding it in time," the veteran police officer said with emotion, "If it had been half an hour later, the child might have been moved away."
Qin Mu looked at the place not far away - Meng Anran was patiently teaching Xiaoyu to write a distress signal. The girl leaned on her arms, gesturing something in sign language from time to time.
The setting sun shone through the glass window onto the two of them, giving them a warm golden edge.
He has protected the girl for more than 20 years and now he is able to protect others.
When Tian Xiaoyu's parents received the news, they hurried over from the mall service center and hugged Xiaoyu, crying bitterly.
Especially when he saw the palm prints on his daughter's face, his heart felt like it was bleeding, but he couldn't express his sadness with a sound.
Meng Anran tore off two tissues and handed them over. The two seemed to have just reacted and kept bowing to her and Qin Mu to express their gratitude, almost kneeling down.
She hurriedly grabbed them and communicated with them in sign language: "Xiaoyu was frightened. Go back and make her some calming soup. Be sure to be careful when you go out. People are treacherous, so be careful."
The couple nodded frequently and bowed to Meng Anran again and again.
Tian Xiaoyu walked over, stuffed a candy into Meng Anran's hand, and then gestured something with her hands.
Meng Anran smiled and rubbed her head.
After watching the family of three leave, Qin Mu walked over and put his arm around Meng Anran's waist. "What did Xiaoyu say to you?"
Meng Anran glanced at him sideways: "She said, I am an angel and you are a hero."
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