"He and Chen Xiaoyi went back first. We just thought he was funny, so we took him along to play with us. I..."
The two men, having been beaten, dared not utter a sound, answering Xu Zijiang's questions tremblingly. Only later did they realize that they might have caused a great disaster.
"When did they go back? Did they take this road? We didn't run into them along the way!"
Xu Zi glared fiercely at the two little brats. It was good that they hadn't been kidnapped by human traffickers, but now it had turned from one child missing into two!
"Well, they got back half an hour earlier than us. There's a fork in the road ahead, but there's only one road that leads back to the village. Could it be that they didn't remember the way and got lost?"
Liu Yong was shaking like a sieve, and his speech was barely coherent.
"You worthless piece of trash! Go home and wait for your dad to hang you up and beat you! What are you waiting for? Lead the way! Find the person! If you don't find the person, I'll skin you both alive!"
Xu Zijiang was furious and kicked both of them in the buttocks again.
"Alright, don't be angry anymore. At least we have a clue. It's better than looking for a needle in a haystack. Xiao Rong didn't leave alone. She had someone with her, and she left half an hour earlier than them. Even if she got lost, she shouldn't have gone too far. She can find her way back."
Yu Jiu quickly grabbed Xu Zijiang to comfort him, and then made arrangements.
"Uncle Liu, could you please take a few people back to the village to see if Lin Rong and Chen Xiaoyi are still with the team? If they have, please come and let us know. Aunt Sun, you and a few people can wait here so we don't miss which fork in the road they come from."
We continued walking forward to find them.
"Okay, these kids really are something."
Everyone shook their heads and set off as Yu Jiu instructed. However, they were also relieved and not as tense as before. It was good that it wasn't human traffickers. If it were human traffickers, not only would Lin Rong be in danger, but all the children in the team would be in danger.
"What are you all standing there for? Lead the way! Want to get beaten up again?"
Xu Zi raised his hand with a dark face, ready to beat up these unlucky bastards again.
"I was wrong, I was wrong, we'll lead the way now."
Su Ao and Liu Yong didn't dare to say anything more and quickly led the way.
“We went this way, but we came back this way and didn’t see them.”
There were many forks in the road when they left; this was the first one.
"Send a few people this way."
Xu Zijiang gave the black wind a menacing command, and everyone consciously headed down that road, separating themselves from the main group.
"There's a fork in the road here. I don't know if they went this way; we went to the right."
Another fork in the road appeared, and Liu Yong was almost fainting. Why hadn't he realized how complicated the road was? If he had known earlier that the road was complicated, he wouldn't have let the two of them go back first, otherwise they wouldn't have gotten lost. Waaaaah.
"Stop crying, keep going!"
Xu Zi kicked it again, and then a few more people went over there.
Thankfully, we also found people from the Xitang team, so now there are more people; otherwise, we wouldn't have had so many people heading to the fork in the road.
"This is the last fork in the road. They shouldn't be going any further, right? We came back this way. Even if they got the fork wrong, they should have gone that way and wouldn't have gone any further."
Liu Yong's explanation was trembling.
"Who can say for sure? What if they realize they took the wrong turn at that fork in the road and come back to find you? Or should we keep going until we reach the place where you parted ways?"
Yu Jiu quickly retorted that if she realized she had gone the wrong way and didn't know the way, she would turn back to find her companions. However, it was possible that on her way back, the two of them had already gone back, so the four of them missed each other. Liu Yong and Su Ao walked back, while the two of them walked further and further away.
"Oh, okay."
Liu Yong and Su Ao dared not act childishly anymore. They moved forward when told to move forward and retreated when told to retreat, without daring to voice any objections.
After searching for a long time, they finally found the people ahead. Liu Rong and Chen Xiaoyi indeed went back to look for the two people, and they went further and further away, much further than Liu Yong and Su Ao had gone.
At this moment, Chen Xiaoyi and Lin Rong were pale and covered in sweat. They were both about to faint, and sat weakly under the tree to rest. They looked like they were about to faint at any moment, barely breathing.
"Little Rong!"
Yu Jiu was heartbroken and shouted from afar.
"Sister Yu, waaaaaah!"
Liu Rong cried as he reached out his arms to Yu Jiu. He tried to stand up, but his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably. He looked utterly miserable.
Even a teenager couldn't handle it, let alone a four or five-year-old. When Chen Xiaoyi saw so many people coming, he knew they must be looking for them. He was both moved and scared, and forgetting all about men not easily shedding tears, he burst into tears as well.
"mother!"
"You brat! I told you not to run around like that! You've come all this way, with Xiao Rong in tow! Why didn't you just get lost? I'll beat you to death, you little bastard!"
When Chen Xiaoyi's mother saw the person, she immediately rushed over and pinched the flesh on his arm.
Thank goodness they found the child; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to compensate the family!
"Sister Yu, cousin, waaaaah, where's my brother?"
Lin Rong finally saw people. He threw himself into Yu Jiu's arms and cried loudly. He was already exhausted and showed signs of heatstroke. Then he became too emotional and fainted. His eyes rolled back and he collapsed completely into Yu Jiu's arms.
"Little Rong!"
"Little Rong!"
Xu Zijiang and Yu Jiu's expressions changed, and they quickly picked him up, ready to rush to the hospital. Xu Zijiang carried Lin Rong ahead, while Yu Jiu hurriedly addressed the others.
"We've found him. Could you please help us inform everyone so they don't need to look anymore? Also, tell Lin Zheng that his brother has been found. We're going to the hospital now, and he should come to the commune hospital to find us."
"Okay, okay, don't worry, Yu Zhiqing, you can go now!"
Chen Xiaoyi's mother nodded quickly. Actually, Chen Xiaoyi's condition wasn't very good either, but he was already a grown man and not so weak. With his mother's help, he could walk back.
After searching for ages, we finally found them! It was such a joyous occasion! Everyone spread the news, and everyone came back.
Lin Zheng, who was heading east with another team searching for his brother, learned that his brother had been found. Before he could even relax, he heard that his brother had gone to the hospital. He immediately took off running, not caring about manners or etiquette at all.
On the other side, it was well past the afternoon working hours, and Yu Jiu still hadn't arrived. Her counter was empty, and everyone couldn't help but gossip about her.
"Does she think she's done something great by being in the newspaper? If she were just late, that would be one thing, but what time is it? Is she not planning to come at all? If she's not coming, she shouldn't have said anything. Who's going to look after this counter?"
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