Li Xue'e took all the food out of her bag and distributed it to the children.
The youngest one was so hungry that it was weak and listless.
Yuan Mengge said to them, "You're out now, but don't run around. After we catch all these bad guys, we'll take you to the police station so the police can help you find your families, okay?"
The children looked at her blankly; the younger ones didn't quite understand, while the older ones hesitated after understanding.
They just want to get home as soon as possible and see their families. They don't want to stay here for even a second longer.
Yuan Mengge comforted them, saying, "Don't be afraid. If you don't want to, I can take you to the police station right now. But if that happens, the remaining bad guys might get wind of it and run away, and then we won't be able to catch them. Don't you want to catch them?"
Hearing her words, the older girls exchanged glances and immediately said, "Okay, we'll help you! But you have to catch them! If they get away, they'll definitely go and steal other children in the future."
Li Xue'e nodded and continued the child's words, "That's right, they will continue to steal and kidnap other children to sell in the future."
"I'll take you to a safe place and hide you. I'll ensure your safety and provide you with food and supplies for the next few days. Just stay there for a few days, and then wait three more days. The police will come looking for you after three days," Yuan Mengge told them.
The younger child isn't feeling well right now, so let's find a clean place for him to rest.
The children all nodded.
Yuan Mengge led them to the van, told them to get in, and then drove off herself.
Li Xue'e looked at her in surprise: "Can you drive this car?"
Yuan Mengge said, "I can drive, but I've never driven a minivan like this before... But it's okay, I can drive it."
This was the first time she had ever driven such an old-fashioned van.
And it's a manual transmission...
After studying the brakes, clutch, and gears in the car, she gave it a try.
It stalled right after it started...
Everyone stared at her expectantly.
Li Xue'e: "...You really can...?"
Yuan Mengge: "It's okay, it's okay, I know how to do it."
After failing twice more, she finally succeeded in driving the car away on her fourth attempt.
But everyone in Li Xue'e's car was staring at the road ahead with worry, just like her best friend had just gotten her license plate and was taking her on the road.
The car is moving, but whether we can get to our destination smoothly is the biggest problem!
Fortunately, it was later discovered that apart from being a little unfamiliar with the controls, Yuan Mengge was a very steady driver on the road, and no rollover accidents occurred.
Yuan Mengge drove to a hotel, parked the car on the side of the road, and then booked three rooms for the children to rest.
The hotel owner was reluctant to serve them because they were so dirty.
Yuan Mengge assured them that they would take a shower and change clothes as soon as they got to their room, and that they wouldn't get the bed dirty.
The boss then relented.
Yuan Mengge led the children upstairs into the house, while Li Xue'e went out to buy the children some clean clothes.
Once inside the room, some rooms in the hotel had bathrooms, while others did not.
So all the children went to the room with the bathroom and skipped taking a bath.
The smaller one needs help washing, but I can wash the rest myself.
However, he didn't know how to wash his hair, so the older children helped him wash his hair and take a bath.
They had been locked up together for a while and had gotten to know each other, so they weren't shy at all.
Yuan Mengge sat on the bed helping to dry the children's hair, saying to them, "You're all clean now. Wear clean clothes, have a good meal, and then get a good night's sleep. It's alright. Don't be afraid."
After a long while, Li Xue'e returned carrying a pile of bags in both hands.
A pile of clothes and slippers in my left hand, and a pile of boxed lunches in my right.
Although the children had eaten something, they were not full; they had only eaten to fill their stomachs.
Now that I smell the delicious food, I feel hungry again.
The clothes Li Xue'e bought for them were just random purchases; they weren't the perfect size, but they were wearable anyway.
Nine children, six girls and three boys.
The youngest one is a boy, and the other two are five or six years old and seven or eight years old, respectively.
There were six girls. One of the three older ones was the same age as Yuan Mengge now, and the other two were a little older.
The remaining three are seven, nine, and ten years old respectively.
Human traffickers can sell girls of any age, but for boys, the younger the better; older boys are not an option.
I don't know why they would arrest a seven or eight-year-old.
Yuan Mengge observed the seven or eight-year-old boy for a moment and noticed that he seemed very concerned about the youngest boy, so she asked him curiously, "How did you get arrested?"
The boy is a bit older, but he's still easy to communicate with.
While eating, he looked at the three-year-old child and said, "He is my neighbor's little brother. When he was kidnapped by those bad people, I wanted to save him, but in the end, I was captured by them as well."
Yuan Mengge said knowingly, "So that's how it is... No wonder, I was wondering why these human traffickers would target a boy as big as you. What's your name? Do you know where you live?"
The boy looked at her with some confusion: "My name is Asong, and I live in Yunhe Village. Why wouldn't human traffickers target a boy my age? Do they even pick and choose who they kidnap?"
Yuan Mengge explained to him, "Well, boys are usually sold to people who can't have children, so the younger they are, the easier they are to raise. Boys your age are already sensible and know who their biological parents are, so they're hard to raise. That's why people won't buy them..."
If they don't buy them, the traffickers won't catch them. But girls are different; they can be bought and raised as daughters-in-law regardless of age.
Organ trafficking is not as prevalent now, so human traffickers generally target women and children.
“Unless they have some special buyers, if you were sold to a place like that… it would be worse than being sold to an ordinary family as their son.” She added, as if remembering something.
Hearing her words, the others looked over curiously and asked, "Where?"
Yuan Mengge said, "Some illegal human research institutions, or assassin organizations, do buy children, regardless of gender, and then use cruel methods to raise them into adults, eventually turning them into cold-blooded and ruthless killing weapons."
"I've only ever seen this in movies... Does it really exist in real life?"
Yuan Mengge said, "Many of the plots in the movie are based on real events. Most of them are adaptations of reality."
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