"Lu Yuanting, why did you find me just now?" Jiang Xia spoke. She knew it wasn't Lu Yuanting's fault, but when she saw Lu Yuanting, she couldn't help feeling aggrieved and wanted to cry. She blamed Lu Yuanting for coming a little late. If Lu Yuanting had come a little later, she might have really jumped off the cliff.
"I was wrong." Lu Yuanting's voice was muffled and heavy. He took off his coat and covered Jiang Xia's body with it. His eyes, which usually looked calm and steady, were now full of panic and fear, especially after seeing Jiang Xia's tears.
Those tears seemed to fall on his heart, causing him pain and discomfort.
Panically, he reached out to wipe Jiang Xia's tears, but the more he wiped, the more tears came.
Just now when he saw Jiang Xia's frail figure standing on the edge of the cliff, his heart almost stopped.
"Lu Yuanting, you hurt me, I don't want you to wipe it for me." Jiang Xia frowned. Lu Yuanting's hands were too rough. When he wiped her tears, the calluses on his palms rubbed against her face, scratching her and causing her pain. The skin on her face turned red. She sniffed and pushed Lu Yuanting's hand away.
"Hey, no more. It's my fault. I'll be gentler when I apply hand cream next time." Lu Yuanting hummed sullenly, listened to Jiang Xia obediently, and reached out to hold Jiang Xia in his arms.
Only when he held the person in his arms did Lu Yuanting feel completely relieved.
Jiang Xia wiped her tears and let Lu Yuanting hold her. She felt warm in Lu Yuanting's arms and felt safe. She really couldn't walk anymore. She poked her head out of Lu Yuanting's arms and looked at the situation of the others.
Lu Yuanting should have rushed here with a small force. He did not bring many people with him, only six or seven people including him. However, people who came from the army were more than capable of dealing with ordinary people like this. In just a few moves, they subdued the group of people who chased out of the village.
They were handcuffed behind their backs and pressed to the ground. They all looked pale and dared not utter a word.
The women who escaped from the village, still in fear, hid behind the comrades brought by Lu Yuanting. They were wearing thin clothes, but were put on coats by the considerate men, who stood in front of them to shield them.
"Captain Lu, how should we deal with these people?" After counting the number of people, Zhao Yuanqing came to Lu Yuanting and asked.
Zhao Yuan glanced at Jiang Xia and finally felt relieved. He had been with Lu Yuanting for so many years, but this was the first time he saw Lu Yuanting so panicked. He pretended to be calm, blocked all the intersections, and mobilized people to search for people secretly, for fear of being discovered by the human traffickers.
If it weren't for the sudden fire, they might not have been able to search here so quickly. The fire in the mountains was too sudden, and it was obvious that something was wrong. Lu Yuanting led a small group of people to hurry here first, and they didn't dare to stop along the way.
Thinking about Lu Yuanting's expression just now, he didn't dare to imagine what would happen to Lu Yuanting if something really happened to Jiang Xia.
"Take them away, and escort the female comrades away. Let's treat their injuries first." Lu Yuanting spoke, taking a look at the people lying on the ground, his brows full of coldness.
Jiang Xia was held by Lu Yuanting, and her strength finally recovered. Her face regained some color, and she pulled Lu Yuanting's clothes.
"There are still people, there are still people in the village, send someone to catch them all, otherwise they will run away before dawn, we can't let them get away."
The old man was dumbfounded when he saw Lu Yuanting holding Jiang Xia. He really didn't expect that what Jiang Xia said before was true, and there was such a big fuss, with so many people searching and rescuing people everywhere.
It's over, it's all over. He has kidnapped some ancestor and returned. Not only did he burn down the village, but he also had his nest destroyed.
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