As she finished speaking, the kind old lady realized that she had arrived at her stop and hurriedly said goodbye to Song Lan: "Lanlan, I'm getting off at my stop soon, so please remember to come and visit me!"
The bus had come to a slow stop. Before she could say anything, the kind old lady waved to Song Lan and followed the crowd of people getting off the bus to the back door.
At this moment, Song Lan inadvertently glanced at the middle-aged woman who seemed to be a child abductor. The distance between the two was not far. Since the woman was carrying a child, a kind passenger gave her a seat as soon as she boarded the bus. Therefore, the middle-aged woman who seemed to be a child abductor was sitting on a seat not far from Song Lan.
Her eyes were lowered and she wore a headscarf, making it difficult to see her face clearly.
Considering the large number of people on the bus and the difficulty of getting off, Song Lan took advantage of the flow of people getting on to move closer to the middle-aged woman who appeared to be a kidnapper. At this moment, the two were only two seats apart.
To avoid arousing the other party's suspicion, Song Lan did not deliberately stare at them as the bus started moving again.
About two stops later, a middle-aged woman, suspected of being a child abductor, squeezed off the train with a little boy in her arms. Seeing this, Song Lan naturally followed the crowd off the train.
Upon seeing the sign indicating that she needed to transfer to another bus route, Song Lan boarded the bus without hesitation.
Of course, she remained calm and composed, just like an ordinary passenger transferring trains.
About twenty or thirty minutes later, Song Lan saw a middle-aged woman, who appeared to be a kidnapper, get up from her seat with a little boy in her arms. Undoubtedly, she was preparing to get off the bus.
At this moment, the bus had already driven to almost the outskirts of the city.
"Wahutong Station has arrived. Passengers getting off, please move towards the rear door immediately!"
The ticket seller was a man in his early twenties with a loud voice. When the bus was less than 100 meters away from the Wahutong stop, he raised his voice to announce the stop name.
Song Lan followed behind the middle-aged woman, who appeared to be a kidnapper, two passengers away, and moved towards the rear door.
Soon, the bus came to a slow stop, and then the doors opened with a clang.
The middle-aged woman, suspected of being a child abductor, hurriedly walked into the alley by the roadside as soon as she got off the bus with the little boy in her arms.
Song Lan walked at a distance, neither too close nor too far, behind the other person.
After turning into two alleys, the middle-aged woman, who appeared to be a kidnapper, stopped in front of a courtyard house.
She first tapped on the door latch, as if giving a secret signal.
The rhythm is to clap three times in quick succession, pause briefly, and then clap twice more.
Song Lan hid at the fork in the alley. If you looked closely, she and the middle-aged woman who looked like a kidnapper were standing about fifty meters apart at the gate of the courtyard.
Holding her breath, Song Lan, with her exceptional hearing, heard the courtyard gate creak open from the inside.
"Honey, what do you think of the goods I'm carrying?"
"Very good, she is indeed my wife, Hu Dacheng's wife. One move and she's worth two!"
"Have Niu Dan's second uncle and aunt returned yet?"
"not yet!"
"What about our Niu Dan and his wife?"
"They're back. They're both a bit younger, and the cargo they brought back can't compare to what you're holding."
How big?
"Looks to be at most two years old."
...
Listening to the conversation coming from inside the courtyard, Song Lan was certain of the middle-aged woman's identity—she was undoubtedly a kidnapper!
The alley was very quiet, and no pedestrians were seen for a long time.
She thought about reporting the case to the nearest police station, but Song Lan was worried that the kidnapper would leave the courtyard as soon as she left.
After a moment of contemplation, Song Lan decided to first check the situation in the yard.
For example, figuring out how many accomplices the middle-aged female kidnapper has.
She walked out of the fork in the road and came to the gate of the courtyard next to her target courtyard. She knocked lightly on the door bolt, but no one responded for a long time.
After a moment's hesitation, Song Lan moved to the wall on one side of the courtyard gate, intending to climb over the wall into the courtyard.
Based on his observations, Song Lan suspected that not only this courtyard, but also the courtyard next door to the one the middle-aged woman had entered was uninhabited.
reason?
It's very simple; the two courtyards look obviously desolate from the outside.
Well, actually, this alley, which is about a hundred meters long, is in a remote location. The walls are covered with weeds, and there are hardly any people walking around. The original residents either had an accident and were not in Beijing, or they had other properties and therefore did not live here.
The alley could be called a dead end because there was a wall at the other end.
Song Lan's gaze remained calm. After looking around and finding no one else, she moved with the agility of a swallow, vaulting over the wall and landing in the courtyard on the other side.
Sure enough, the yard, which was about 100 square meters, was overgrown with weeds, the doors and windows of the house were dilapidated, and there were many spider webs on the walls, indicating that no one lived there.
Softly, Song Lan arrived at the wall separating the courtyard from the neighboring yard. She held her breath again, listening quietly to the conversation drifting into her ears.
"Including the two items you and Niu Dan's wife brought back, we now have five items. Regardless of whether Lao Er and his wife can bring back any more goods, we have to leave Beijing tonight."
The speaker was a kind, middle-aged man.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, boss."
The woman responded.
"If this batch of goods is all male, then we'll make a fortune!"
It was a young man's voice, which also sounded honest and simple.
"Those two good-for-nothings in the cellar are at least sixteen or seventeen years old. Your Uncle Kui said that someone from his in-laws' side wants to buy a wife. He offered seven hundred, but if she's of good quality, a thousand won't be a problem."
"Dad, you're not lying to me?"
"You silly kid! Why would I lie to you?"
"Then why doesn't my Uncle Kui do this deal?"
"How do you know they don't want to do it? I was just thinking of taking those two girls we have back to the village and letting your Uncle Kui's in-laws pick one out. Maybe one of them will be chosen!"
"Hehe! A thousand yuan! You can sell a worthless item for a thousand yuan. That's fast money!"
"Look at you, so unambitious! Just wait, it won't be long before our family becomes a ten-thousand-yuan household."
"What are you listening to? Go get something to eat right now, or do you want your father-in-law, your husband, and me, your mother-in-law, to starve to death?"
The woman's voice was sharp and sarcastic, sounding like she was telling her daughter-in-law to cook.
"Mother, can't you talk to Xinghua nicely? No matter what, she's my wife and your daughter-in-law!"
"Why didn't I speak properly?"
"Mother, can't you be reasonable? Ask my father if you were talking to Xinghua properly just now?"
"You've forgotten your mother now that you have a wife. I've raised you for nothing!"
The woman expressed her dissatisfaction.
"Alright, why are you getting angry with your own kid?! Niu Dan isn't wrong. I can't control how you treat outsiders, but if you keep spouting such rude things to your own family, I'll give you a couple of punches!"
The man scolded the woman.
"I've figured it out now. In your eyes, I, Niu Cuihong, am an outsider, not even as good as that vixen you've only been married to for two years!" the woman said, her footsteps suggesting she went inside.
"Dad, do you think anyone might notice us here in the yard?"
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