Little An'an has unlocked the power of coercion and bribery. With her sweet, childish voice, she completely intimidated the little girl.
Little Ya looked reluctantly at the chocolate candy in her hand, then at the fierce-looking Xu Zijiang. Looking around, she realized that only little An'an seemed easy to get along with. She couldn't help but snatch the candy, then tearfully told him the truth.
“My brother sent me here. He also told me to find out where there were no dogs, because they were going to steal something.”
"How many people are there, and where are they now?"
Seeing that she had so easily spoken the truth, Xu Zijiang raised an eyebrow and quickly pressed for more information.
"All four of them were waiting for me outside the village entrance. They wanted me to find out the details before they told me. They wouldn't come into the village during the day."
The little girl unwrapped the candy, stuffed the chocolate into her mouth, and then honestly confessed everything.
"Were you the ones who stole things from the other teams as well?"
“They did it. Every time, they would let me go into the village first to play with the children and get information out of them, and then they would sneak in at night to steal things.”
"So where are you all from? Is the brother you're talking about your biological brother?"
Xu Zi looked at Xiao Ya with a probing gaze. Generally speaking, if it were a younger sister, he wouldn't want her to do such a thing. If she were caught, even if she was young, she would still get a severe beating.
"It's my cousin. Our home isn't here. Our home is in a very, very far place, sob sob sob."
The little girl suddenly burst into tears, crying so hard she could barely breathe, as if she had remembered something sad.
There's no need to ask any more questions; let's just go and arrest them. Xu Zijiang gestured for Yu Jiu to close the door and lock the girl in their house. Then he led his men to the village entrance to arrest the four people; none of them could escape.
After Xu Zijiang left, Xiao Ya rolled her eyes and slowly moved towards the door. Although she had been tricked into betraying her cousins with just two candies, she still wanted to escape if she could. If her cousins were caught and brought back, she would be finished too.
"What are you doing? You're not allowed to run! You can't reach the top! You can't escape!"
Little An'an leaned against the door, stretching out her two little hands to block the doorway, not allowing Xiao Ya to get any closer. Xiao Ya was getting anxious.
"Please let me go, I didn't mean to, sob sob..."
"Mom says crying won't solve anything, it won't work!"
Little An'an shook her head resolutely, refusing to back down. The little girl's tantrums and rolling around were useless; she couldn't run away, and finally could only sit dejectedly on the ground, hugging her knees, helpless and frightened. Yu Jiu sighed, unsure whether to pity her or not. She pulled her up from the ground, helped her sit in a chair, gave her a piece of candy, and gently began to inquire about her family situation.
The little girl was quite young, and she did this under the instructions of adults. In the end, she was innocent, but she still became an accomplice of bad people.
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On the other side, Xu Zi led Gouzi and a few others to the village entrance. They didn't come out aggressively; instead, they pretended to be going to the commune to buy things. They were chatting and laughing as they came over, trying to lower the guard of the people at the village entrance.
Sure enough, when two unfamiliar men saw Xu Zijiang and his group come out at the village entrance, they were terrified and tried to run away. However, seeing Xu Zijiang and his group chatting and laughing, they thought they might be overthinking things and didn't run. Instead, they pulled their companions and hid in the bushes nearby.
The roadside bushes were tall and lush, so if you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to see anyone hiding inside. But Xu Zi had brought them out specifically to look for someone, so they pretended to laugh and joke while casually glancing at the roadside bushes.
Xu Zijiang had the sharpest eyesight; he immediately noticed that the bushes had been trampled. He headed straight for them, and the two men hiding in the bushes quickly pressed themselves down, trying to completely conceal themselves. But it was no use; Xu Zijiang simply parted the bushes, and the three men looked at each other in bewilderment.
The two thieves were quite clever. Startled for a moment, their pupils dilated, but one of them immediately came up with a solution. He snatched the grass from Xu Zijiang's hand and then cursed fiercely.
"Haven't you ever seen someone use a toilet before? What are you looking at!"
"Damn it, can't even go to the toilet in peace!"
He was cursing and swearing, trying to tell Xu Zijiang to get lost, but Xu Zijiang looked at them with a half-smile.
"You guys don't even take your pants off when you go to the toilet, do you? You pooped in your pants, didn't you?"
Oh no! This person is so hostile towards them. Could it be that Xiaoya has been discovered? The two quickly stood up and tried to run away, but as soon as Xu Zijiang parted the bushes to reveal the person inside, Gouzi and his gang surrounded them. Xu Zijiang grabbed one of them with each hand, his arms as strong as steel, holding them tightly so they couldn't move an inch.
"Want to leave? Too late."
Xu Zijiang sneered as he dragged them out. Of course, they wouldn't surrender without a fight. They raised their feet and kicked at Xu Zijiang, trying to take the opportunity to escape. However, Xu Zijiang kicked them back with a loud crack, as if Xu Zijiang had dislocated their legs.
Xu Zijiang didn't even need to lift a finger. With their superior numbers, Gouzi and his men simply tied the two men up with ropes. They couldn't resist and were dragged away.
"Wait, let's check the surrounding area again to see if there are any other Tibetans. They said there are four."
Xu Zi raised his hand to stop everyone, telling them not to drag the two back to the village yet, but to search the area further. However, perhaps the other two were resting somewhere or staking out elsewhere, so they only found these two near the village entrance. But with these two caught, the remaining two wouldn't be difficult to find. After Xu Zi finished searching the carpet and confirmed that there was no one else around, he waved his hand and led them back to the village.
Xu Zijiang was about to torture them severely. If they didn't tell the truth, he would take the two young men to his house, since Xiaoya was there. When the villagers heard that Xu Zijiang had caught two accomplices of thieves, they all rushed over to him, eager to watch the spectacle.
"Tell me, where are your other two accomplices hiding? Confess honestly."
Xu Zijiang wasn't in a hurry to ask them how they coordinated to steal the items; he wanted to catch their accomplices first.
"I don't know what you mean by 'accomplices.' We were just passing through your village and stopped by the roadside to relieve ourselves. We had just pulled up our pants when you came over and arrested us. What's wrong with you? This is too barbaric! Don't you have any sense of reason?!"
They roared angrily at Xu Zijiang, but their attempts to reason with him were futile. Yu Jiu led Xiao Ya to them and had her identify the individuals.
"Little girl, do you know them? Which one is your cousin?"
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