Li Qingqing hugged the child in her arms tightly, wishing she could tie all three children to herself.
“I’ve heard that there have been a lot of children going missing lately. We’ve already encountered one at the hospital, Yingying. What should we do now?”
We're already on the train, we can't let this continue, can we?
Shu Ying teased Tuan Tuan with one hand, acting as if nothing had happened.
"The train is still moving. As long as it doesn't stop, we are safe for the time being. Regardless of whether their target is the child or not, we should still be careful."
It's a pity that Tuantuan can't enter the space, otherwise, if there are special circumstances, we can just leave the three children at home, which would save a lot of trouble.
“The three children are still so young, and there isn’t a single man in our group. It’s easy for them to be targeted. If the children need to go to the toilet, we will follow them closely and make sure we don’t give them the chance.”
Tuantuan was alright; he was only a few days old and did nothing but drink milk and sleep. He was held the whole time on the train and was basically never out of his sight, so those people naturally had no chance to succeed.
Li Qingqing was worried that at night, when people are most tired, they might neglect something.
Shu Ying picked up the water glass on the table, unscrewed the lid, and took a sip of water.
While the cup blocked other people's view, she scanned the surroundings again and finally confirmed her guess.
"The well-dressed couple diagonally across from us are suspicious. We just need to keep a close eye on them."
Li Qingqing dared not make any large movements, and could only pretend to look at the location of the water room, glancing at it casually.
The woman was dressed smartly, and the man next to her was dressed in a suit and tie; she didn't see anything wrong with him.
Shu Ying noticed her confusion: "Look, that woman is leaning affectionately on the man's shoulder, but her body is leaning in the opposite direction. This means that their relationship is not as good as it seems."
She subtly withdrew her gaze: "And look at the child in her arms."
Li Qingqing glanced over quietly, keeping her body very low to the ground.
“They got on the bus at the same place as us, but the child in their arms hasn’t made a sound since getting on the bus, just like a fake doll.”
“We both have experience with childbirth. If it’s a normal, healthy baby, it’s impossible for them to sleep for so long. But if it’s a baby with a physical problem, they will only cry more. Even a deaf-mute person will wiggle their limbs.”
But the child remained quiet throughout, a strange calmness lurking beneath, and the frequent glances he gave her made Shu Ying suspicious.
Li Qingqing also noticed something amiss: "You're right, it's so obvious, how come I didn't even notice? Tuantuan is already one of the more carefree children, but at least he'll cry when he's hungry or wet. They've been in the car for so long, and they haven't fed him or changed his diaper. This child is like still water. Yingying, they..."
Li Qingqing didn't say what came next, but she felt a chill run down her spine.
She looked down at the child in her arms, her expression growing increasingly tense.
Shu Ying placed the water glass back on the small table, turned to look out the window, and gently stroked Yueyue's hair with one hand, her voice soft.
“I suspect they may have given the child sleeping pills or other sedatives. Many traffickers give these kinds of drugs in advance to prevent the children from crying and causing trouble later.”
Li Qingqing's eyebrows furrowed: "How could they dare to give such young children such medications with such severe side effects?"
Human traffickers only care about their own interests; once they get their hands on a child, the child is just an object in their eyes.
All they had to do was deliver the child to the buyer without making a fuss, so that nothing else was ever a consideration for them.
"This is just our speculation. There is no concrete evidence yet. We will keep an eye on the children before we arrive at the station. I will find an opportunity to verify it then. If it is indeed as we speculate, I will find a way to expose them."
Li Qingqing felt that Shu Ying made some sense. If a mother saw her lovely child in her arms, how could she resist teasing him?
But the woman seemed only immersed in being a loving couple with the man, and she held the child in her arms tightly. The child was wrapped up so tightly that his face was barely visible.
"I'll follow your lead and act accordingly. If anything goes wrong, don't take any risks."
On the way to the capital, the two of them were each other's only companions, and any trouble that happened to either of them was devastating news.
Shu Ying smiled slightly and nodded in agreement.
I don't know how much time passed, but the train stopped at a station it was passing through for two minutes.
Shu Ying became nervous, not expecting the train to arrive at the station so quickly. She took her water bottle in advance and went to the water room to block the two people's way. Fortunately, they were not getting off at this station.
Li Qingqing didn't dare to turn around and look. Shu Ying only came back after the train doors closed.
There was still one seat missing opposite her. The man next to her with a standing ticket saw that the train had already departed and no one had come yet. Just as he was about to sit down, a pale-faced woman walked over.
"Excuse me, this is my seat."
The man glanced at her; the woman had beautiful features, but her face was very pale.
Perhaps because she was running so fast, there were still beads of sweat on her forehead and dark circles under her eyes.
She looked terrible, especially her upper lip, which was covered in scabs, as if she had been hit.
The other person looked rather disheveled, and Shu Ying couldn't help but glance at them a few more times. Realizing she had offended them, she quickly looked away.
Li Qingqing looked at Shu Ying, who had sat down, and moved closer to her: "Yingying, don't you think the woman sitting next to you looks a lot like your husband?"
But she clearly saw Xie Zhiyan's older sister at Shu Ying and Xie Zhiyan's wedding.
How could there be anyone in this world more like Xie Zhiyan than his own sister?
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(Shu Ying unlocks an important character on the train, so this part of the plot can't be skipped. Shu Ying's meeting with Xie Zhiyan won't be long; they'll meet soon!)
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