In their line of work, babies are the most sought-after because they know nothing when they are born, and many people buy them to raise as their own children.
For slightly older children, no one can guarantee whether they will remember anything. Many families are afraid that they will not be able to tame their children and that they will run away when they grow up.
There's no need to worry about newborns; as long as the parents don't tell them, the child will never know.
Ye Zhiyu was carried away, and her consciousness spread towards Lu Chen, intending to tell him so that he wouldn't worry.
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Lu Chen was already somewhat absent-minded while working, and he would occasionally get up to glance in the direction Ye Zhiyu had just walked.
But only Xu Fen returned. After waiting for another ten minutes and still no one came, he picked up his sickle, got up, and walked towards Xu Fen.
They had agreed to go hunting in the mountains together at noon, but it was already past noon and she was still nowhere to be seen. There was only one possibility.
Where is Ye Zhiyu?
Xu Fen was in a good mood when she was suddenly asked this question, and she trembled all over.
She knew that voice all too well; this person had been threatening her repeatedly in her dreams these past few days.
Xu Fen forced a smile, not daring to look up: "What are you saying? I don't understand?"
He was clearly guilty.
Lu Chen's expression was cold. Worried that Ye Zhiyu was in danger, he didn't waste any words and put the sickle to her neck.
"Will you tell me or not?"
Xu Fen screamed, startling everyone around her.
"I don't know what you want me to say?"
"Lu Chen, calm down. What's wrong? Let's talk this out."
No one knew what was going on, but Lu Chen's current appearance was truly terrifying.
Aunt Guihua was right next to them, so she quickly told one of the boys next to her to go and call the brigade leader.
"Lu Chen, put the knife down first. Let's talk this out. Don't be impulsive."
Liu Shengnan and the others ran over when they heard the commotion, and all frowned, wondering what kind of trouble Xu Fen had gotten herself into this time.
There was no time to think it through; Lu Chen was Ye Zhiyu's boyfriend, so she had to persuade him quickly.
"Lu Chen, calm down. You still have Zhiyu. By the way, where's Zhiyu? Why isn't she here yet?"
Liu Shengnan looked around.
Mentioning Ye Zhiyu only fueled Lu Chen's anger, his eyes turning bloodshot. "Tell me, where did you take A-Yu?"
Xu Fen's legs went weak, but she gritted her teeth and forced herself to speak: "I... I really don't know, I don't know why you came to find me."
"Still trying to deny it. I saw it all. You took A-Yu away, but you were the only one who came back. You say you didn't know?"
Lu Chen used even more force, sharpening the sickle to a very fine point for efficient work, and directly slashed Xu Fen's neck.
She burst into tears, her legs trembling, and dared not move an inch, fearing that her head would roll off the ground at any moment.
At this moment, the old woman who had been working next to Ye Zhiyu spoke up: "Lu Chen is right, it was indeed Xu Zhiqing who called Ye Zhiqing away."
Li Xi had been watching from the crowd for a while.
After thinking for a moment, in order to buy some time, he said, "Maybe Ye, the educated youth, has gone back to the educated youth settlement? She's never been good at heavy work."
Some people who couldn't stand Ye Zhiyu not doing any work said irritably, "Lu Chen, that's enough. What's wrong? Your partner doesn't want to work, so you want to slack off too? If you want to slack off, then don't delay us and make everyone anxious."
"Exactly, the crops in the fields are still waiting to be harvested. The person has only been missing for a short while, why are they acting crazy?"
Lu Weimin learned about the incident on his way here. Although he didn't know the details, as a father, he unconditionally supported his son.
He was furious when he heard someone scolding his son for being lazy as soon as he arrived.
“That bastard said I was lazy. If my son is lazy, then none of you have done any work. Do you want to erase all your work points right now?”
The man immediately fell silent.
Lu Weimin snorted coldly, "Without my son, some of you would have died long ago. What are you putting on airs for? What are you pretending for?"
Seeing that no one objected, Lu Weimin turned to Lu Chen and said, "Second brother, put down the knife. I'll have someone keep an eye on her, and then send someone to look for Ye Zhiqing. If we can't find her, we can come back and ask again, okay?"
Lu Chen grabbed Xu Fen's clothes, tied her up, and pushed her to Lu Ze.
After that, he ran towards the educated youth settlement without saying a word, wishing he had the ability to fly.
Lu Weimin wasn't angry, and he selected more than a dozen people to go look for it together.
She was thinking to herself how to exonerate her son if she found someone later.
He simply believed that his son liked Ye Yatou too much, which is why he hurt her without verifying the facts.
Everyone has a youthful and impetuous phase.
He thought it was just a farce, but the news that came back next made him look serious.
"Captain, we don't have any here."
"We searched all over the foot of the mountain, but found nothing."
"There's none at the village entrance either."
Li Xi breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the last message: they had all left.
Suppressing the urge to smile, he knew that without any clues, he would never find Ye Zhiyu in this lifetime.
The thought of Ye Zhiyu being abducted by human traffickers reaching Beijing, and how those old fogies from the Ye and Su families would be devastated, made her wonder how many of them would survive.
At that moment, Fu Tingshen unintentionally grabbed Li Xi's arm, pulling her back from her thoughts.
Fu Tingshen's eyes were filled with worry, and Li Xi's eyes darkened, then she adopted a worried expression.
She grabbed Fu Tingshen's hand and asked, "Brother Tingshen, I hope nothing really happened to Zhiyu."
Fu Tingshen came to his senses and grasped Li Xi's hand: "She deserved what happened to her. It's a good lesson for her. She should be more obedient in the future and not offend people everywhere."
He said things against his conscience, as if that would erase the days when he was humiliated in front of Ye Zhiyu.
Lu Chen rushed to the educated youth settlement, but couldn't find it anywhere. Recalling the direction Ye Zhiyu and Xu Fen had gone, he began searching everywhere.
As we approached the abandoned house.
Ye Zhiyu's voice echoed in my mind.
“Ah Chen, I’m fine. Go to the town and report it to the police. They are human traffickers and they’ve kidnapped some children from the village. Follow the trail from the west end of the village; I’ve left a mark there for you.”
Lu Chen was startled. "Where are you? Are you hurt? I'm coming to find you right now."
No one else is as important to him as Ye Zhiyu.
Ye Zhiyu naturally knew his thoughts, and only he would want to protect her even though he knew she was capable of protecting herself.
"Chen, be good. I'm fine. Nobody here can beat me. Listen to me, okay?"
Lu Chen had never felt so useless before.
"Ah Chen?"
Ye Zhiyu was getting anxious when he didn't reply for a long time. She didn't want to be with these people either, especially since there were children around.
She had already thought it through. If Lu Chen disagreed, she would get away first, reunite with him, and then come back to rescue the children. It would be a bit troublesome, but she couldn't leave Lu Chen alone and let him live in fear. That wouldn't be fair to him.
"good."
As Ye Zhiyu was pondering, Lu Chen spoke up.
"But you have to promise me you won't get hurt. I'll be quick. Wait for me, okay?"
Ye Zhiyu was more than happy to agree and solemnly replied, "Okay."
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