"Excuse me... who are you looking for?" Baili Wanwan looked at the man warily and asked.
The man looked at the tiny, bean-sized Baili Wanwan without giving her a second thought. Instead, he swaggered in as if it were his own home, his tone slightly mocking: "Don't you recognize me?"
Baili Wanwan asked in confusion, "Should I get to know you?"
The man smiled at her, a smile that held a deeper meaning.
"Your name is Wanwan, and your surname is Baili, right?"
Baili Wanwan pursed her lips and remained silent.
The man then said, "My surname is also Baili, and I am your father. Don't you recognize me?"
Although the man pretended to be serious, the hint of disdain in his eyes betrayed him.
Baili Wanwan stared unblinkingly at the black aura surrounding the man, her dark, round eyes remaining silent—a rare occurrence for her.
Not speaking doesn't mean she's stupid. If she learned to use the foul language of adults on land, this man would probably be speechless after being verbally abused.
But at this moment, the man only came here because he thought Baili Wanwan was a child and easy to fool, and made this deal with Zhao Damei.
"Wanwan, do you know how hard your father has been looking for you? Come back with your father now."
Baili Wanwan finally couldn't hold back any longer and said with a dark face, "Uncle, if you say the locals won't lie to the locals, I'll go with you."
The man was stunned and speechless.
Even scammers have some principles; how could he possibly say that...?
Seeing his reaction, Baili Wanwan said again, "Uncle, although I am a child, I am not stupid. Everything you do has a cause and effect. Doing too many bad things will bring retribution!"
"Why are you talking so much nonsense!" The man couldn't take it anymore, completely tearing off his disguise, and then went to grab Baili Wanwan.
No one was home at the time. He was an adult; catching a child shouldn't be difficult for him.
Upon seeing this, Baili Wanwan turned and ran, but she was, after all, just a child, and her short legs couldn't outrun the man.
She used her spiritual power to control the well water in the courtyard to try and stop it, but it was all in vain.
Although the man was inexplicably drenched in water, he was bold enough to wipe his face and, before Baili Wanwan could react, he picked her up, hoisted her onto his back, and turned to leave.
"You bad guy! Let me go!" Baili Wanwan struggled against him.
Because both of his arms were being held, Baili Wanwan was unable to circulate her spiritual energy.
At the same time, Wan Kongshan returned home and bumped into the man who was running out.
If a strange man appears in your home and carries your child on his shoulders, most people would immediately suspect child abduction.
Thanks to Wan Kongshan's quick thinking, he immediately closed the door, then took his wood saw and confronted the man coldly.
"Let go of the child! What do you think you're doing!"
The man looked flustered when he saw the door was closed.
His eyes flashed, and he suddenly chuckled, pretending to be relaxed as he said to Wan Kongshan, "Brother, there's a misunderstanding. I'm her father, and I've come to see her..."
The man had intended to use this tactic to lower Wan Kongshan's guard, but to his surprise, Baili Wanwan, who was on his shoulder, struggled and shouted, "Uncle, I don't know him! He's a bad person! Don't believe him!"
The man's expression changed instantly.
Before he could come up with a solution, Wan Kongshan coldly said, "Put down the child, and everything can be discussed. Otherwise, you won't leave this courtyard without losing a leg!"
The man was terrified when he saw the saw in Wan Kongshan's hand.
Having no other choice, they had to abandon the plan of Baili Wanwan and try to gain Wan Kongshan's trust by reasoning with him.
But the moment he put down Baili Wanwan, Wan Kongshan suddenly rushed up and gave the stranger a good beating.
"You're even stealing children from our homes! You must have a death wish!!"
Although Wan Kongshan was thin, he was still quite muscular.
The man couldn't beat him at all in a fight.
The man looked like he had been punched several times, wincing in pain.
Wan Kongshan was also furious and said to the man, "I'm going to tie you up and take you to the authorities today!"
Perhaps it was Wan Kongshan's words, which led him to see the official, that instilled fear in the man.
In that instant, he didn't know where the explosive power came from, but taking advantage of Wan Kongshan's inattention, he scrambled up the wall and jumped out.
By the time Wan Kongshan opened the gate to chase after them, the person had already vanished without a trace.
"That kid got away fast!!" Wan Kongshan cursed at the man's retreating figure before remembering Wanwan and rushing back to check if she was injured.
"Uncle, I'm fine."
Seeing his nervous expression, Baili Wanwan spoke up in time.
Seeing Baili Wanwan's obedient and adorable appearance, Wan Kongshan felt a chill run down his spine. So he said to her, "From now on, when you're home alone, never let strangers in. What will you do if it happens again and none of us are here..."
Baili Wanwan nodded and replied, "I understand."
After the two finished speaking, Wan Kongshan still felt something was strange.
Lanhai Village isn't very big, and everyone in the village is a familiar face.
But the man she just saw was clearly a stranger; she didn't even recognize him herself.
If this person isn't from around here, why would they be at his house?
Even if it were child abduction, their house is in a remote area. Coming from the main road into the village, the man should have gone to the nearest house. It's as if he knew where their house was and came straight there...
Thinking of these questions, Wan Kongshan asked Wanwan another question.
Wanwan answered truthfully, "He tried to lie to me and say that my father was going to take me away. Although I have no memory of my family, I just know that he is a bad person and not my father..."
Then, when Baili Wanwan refused to go with him, the man staged the scene of snatching the child.
"Wait a minute, how would this person know that we've taken in a child?"
Upon closer reflection, Wan Kongshan suddenly realized something was amiss.
Without saying a word, he picked up Wanwan and went to school.
The students hadn't finished class yet, and their clear reading voices carried far.
Wan Kongshan waited with Wanwan under the banyan tree at the entrance, pondering what was wrong with the whole thing.
At the same time, outside the Wan family's courtyard wall, the man who had been peeking out earlier stealthily crept back in.
He had already left, but halfway there, he touched his swollen face and became increasingly angry.
He used to be a thief, but Zhao Damei found him on the black market and offered him a good amount of money, so he took the job.
He was just used to being a thief, and thieves never leave empty-handed.
This time, he not only didn't abduct the person, but he also didn't take anything else.
That's not all; the most important thing is that his handsome face was swollen from the beating.
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