Chapter 25 My Wife is a Vixen
"My child, my child is gone!"
"Have you seen my child? Wearing a red shawl." A woman would grab anyone she saw and ask if they had seen her child.
Did you see that?
"My child, my child."
The woman frantically searched everywhere, repeatedly calling out her child's nickname.
Hearing the shouts nearby, some children tightened their grip on their children's hands.
But when asked by women, he always waved his hand.
The lantern festival was packed with people; it was a very crowded scene.
They can easily get separated.
The woman was so frightened that her hair was all messed up, but she still couldn't find any trace of her child.
"With so many people, could we have run into child traffickers?"
"It's possible; quite a few families have lost their children recently."
The woman cried uncontrollably upon hearing the news of the child being lost; for a mother, losing her child is worse than the sky falling.
At that moment, she felt dizzy and disoriented.
She wished it was just her child playing hide-and-seek with her.
Ji Ling pursed her lips: "Mother, she's so heartbroken that her child is lost."
"If I were lost, you would definitely be very worried."
She wanted to help her.
Children's minds are pure; the couple exchanged a glance.
"Let's go take a look."
Ji Huaizhi pulled the mother and daughter forward.
They were one step ahead of Chizuru and her group.
A-Yuan recognized Qianhe at a glance: "Husband, that's...."
"Yes, it's him."
Ji Ling spoke up at this moment: "It was that big brother in black who told me to go back to Qingtai Mountain."
"Father, Mother, do you know me?"
"They're kind of acquaintances, so let's listen to what they have to say."
As I approached, I heard the woman rambling incoherently, her words jumbled from anxiety: "My daughter, she was just next to me."
"She... was right next to me just now."
Chizuru said, "Excuse me."
He gave her shoulder a hard squeeze.
The woman screamed in pain.
"Calm down first. The child has just been lost, and this is a critical period. If you delay any longer, the child will be even further away from being safe." Chizuru did this to calm her down.
The pain calmed the woman down considerably; she took a deep breath and held onto Chizuru's arm.
“She was just... right around me. She got lost up ahead of me, but suddenly there were so many people, it was so crowded, and I could hear her voice. I called out to her too.”
"But unexpectedly, she disappeared in the blink of an eye, and I couldn't hear her anymore."
"I've come all the way here, but I still can't find her."
After saying that, she gestured to show her child's height: "The child is this tall, wearing a red shawl."
"I combed it..." He looked around and pointed to Ji Ling's head: "This is what your hair looks like."
Chizuru nodded to the couple.
"Understood. I'll look around the neighborhood first. Let's search together as a group."
"Senior brother!"
At this moment, several more white-clad demon hunters came from the other side, accompanied by constables.
"Senior brother, we just ran into the constables from this area while we were helping someone look for their child. They said that three children have already gone missing."
The constable bowed and said, "Master, we already know your identities on the way here. Please help us."
"Understood, we will not stand idly by."
Qianhe looked at her junior brothers and said, "Everyone, split up and arrest any suspicious persons you see."
The woman who lost her children had already started to faint upon hearing that she had lost three children.
"What should we do?"
"My child, my child..."
But no one was in the mood to comfort her.
Qianhe looked at Ayuan and Ji Huaizhi, knowing their abilities.
Before he could even speak, Ji Huaizhi nodded: "We're all parents; since we've encountered this, we certainly won't stand idly by."
"Those who bully children are my enemies, Ji Ling!" Ji Ling said indignantly.
The group split up to search.
Many people heard the commotion and, seeing that three children were missing, turned to look for their own kids.
The police officers also reminded people with children to keep a close eye on their kids.
Just as Chizuru was about to turn and leave, the head constable quickly grabbed him.
"Master, may I speak to you in private?"
There were too many people around, and he was afraid that what he said would cause a huge uproar.
Chizuru followed him to the corner of the wall.
"Master, to be honest, the children who went missing recently were probably not because of the flower sellers."
Chizuru frowned.
Then the head constable continued, "There are rumors that a monster has entered the city."
"This is not a rumor."
"This is also why our master sought help from Jiutai Mountain."
Chizuru was getting anxious, fearing that they might grab the child and run away: "Why didn't you say so earlier? How are we supposed to find any traces now?"
"Moreover, with lantern festivals in the city, children from these families are more likely to get lost. Since there is such a suspicion, the lantern festival should not continue."
The head constable slapped his thigh: "The lantern festival was indeed canceled, but somehow it's been restarted."
"So we can only ask you to come down the mountain early to help keep an eye on things."
“Look at this…”
Chizuru pondered for a moment, glancing at the joyful scene on the street.
"Have your people go out on the streets to remind families with children to go home early, and if they don't, to make sure they keep a close eye on their children."
"They said that kidnappers were on the loose and that three children had already gone missing."
Ji Huaizhi asked A Yuan and the others to wait a moment, then came over and said:
"We don't need to go too far to find them. With so many children out playing today, this demon won't just capture three kids."
"If that demon makes another move, we'll be able to find the three children once we catch it."
Chizuru nodded: "You're right."
The head constable stepped aside and did as Qianhe instructed.
Qianhe cupped her hands in greeting to Ji Huaizhi: "It's been so many years. I never imagined that the baby in your belly back then would be so big now."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at his daughter behind him.
"You've changed quite a bit too."
After exchanging a few pleasantries, and once the person left, A-Yuan asked, "Did you ask him how the one with the white hair is doing?"
"I didn't ask. He was in such a state when he was sent down the mountain, there was no need to ask any more questions."
Ji Huaizhi held his daughter's hand tightly: "Besides, nominally he is, after all, that person's apprentice."
"I didn't expect his apprentice to be so good." A-Yuan glanced at Qianhe's lean and wiry back.
Now, the demon hunters on Mount Jiutai no longer indiscriminately kill innocent people, so many lesser demons no longer hide like before.
"Father, Mother, let's hurry and go find the child."
"No need to look." Ji Huaizhi looked around: "Just go to a place with lots of children."
"That demon will definitely come back."
After the three of them walked for a while, A-Yuan suddenly stopped: "The demonic aura is so strong."
Ji Huaizhi looked in the direction A Yuan was looking.
Suddenly, there was a great commotion over there, as everyone made way for a carriage that appeared, decorated with all sorts of lanterns and patterns, making it look dazzling.
"The Lantern Goddess has arrived."
"Quickly, quickly, the Lantern Goddess is here."
"May the Goddess of Lanterns bless my son with great fortune in the future."
May my family be safe and sound.
The surrounding children all rushed forward to grab the candy.
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