On the other side, Ah Yong came out of the state-run restaurant carrying a meat pie, looked around, and then walked along the alley to search.
Having reached the end without finding anyone, they went back and searched backwards.
After going back and forth twice without finding anyone, he started to get a little anxious and asked the people at the stalls on both sides of the road as he walked.
"Hello, comrade, did you just see two girls this tall, wearing white and maroon skirts...?"
"Oh, I see you, I see you. The one with the braided hair and carrying a military satchel, right?"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
The aunt pointed to the intersection of the alley, "They went that way, over there, do you see that? There's an old path that leads directly to the small lake below. They must have gone down from there."
"Okay, okay, thank you, comrade, thank you, comrade."
After thanking them, A-Yong hurriedly chased after them into the alley, carrying his things. They had clearly agreed to just stroll around in this alley, but they had run off again. He really couldn't trust those two.
"Click~"
After entering the alley and walking about twenty meters, A-Yong felt himself step on something. Looking down, he saw a colorful hair clip.
At that one glance, A Yong instantly tensed up. He looked down, picked up the hair clip, and saw that it was the same hair clip that Kong Yuzhen had brought out today. A Yong immediately grabbed the clip and ran towards the alley.
He ran to the lakeside and looked around. There were five or six small boats paddling on the small lake, and the sound of laughter could be heard from time to time. There were also many onlookers standing on the shore, but Jiang Yuyan and Kong Yuzhen were nowhere to be seen.
He searched around for a long time, making sure no one was there, and didn't dare to linger. He quickly ran back into the alley and soon checked the spot where he had stepped on the hair clip.
Just then, his pupils dilated as he spotted a fallen sandal in the grass.
He threw the meat pie in his hand to the ground, picked up the shoes from the ground, and saw that they were the same shoes Kong Yuzhen had worn today.
A Yong's face turned pale instantly. He knew that Kong Yuzhen couldn't possibly be playing a trick on him, because the path was full of broken tiles and rubble. How could he walk out barefoot? So it couldn't be that Kong Yuzhen deliberately left it here!
"Oh no, something's happened!"
He looked up at the network of alleyways and quickly darted through them.
He loudly called out the names of the two people.
He quickly caught up with him through a moss-covered, abandoned alley and reached the back street.
Then I saw the tracks of a dragging cart, and with my sharp eyes, I dug out an earring from the mud that the wheels had crushed.
Ah Yong's eyes were like radar as he examined the imprints on the ground, and then he quickly chased after them in a certain direction.
At this moment, Su Qingci and Kong Yuzhen were being pulled along by a handcart, bumping and swaying towards the old town.
Su Qingci felt like she was about to get dizzy and nauseous from being jostled around so much. Just as she was about to come back to life, the cart stopped!
"Grandma Luo, Grandma Luo, come out quickly."
"Old Zhuang, did you succeed?"
"With me, Lao Zhuang, taking action, need I say more? Hurry up and lend a hand!"
The second son, beaming with joy, held up two fingers at Granny Luo, exclaiming, "Two!"
"These are all top-quality goods. If we close this deal, we can all stay at home with our wives, kids, and a warm bed this year."
"That's wonderful!"
"Hurry up, get him inside! Get him inside!"
"Yes, yes, carry it in first. Just like before, find Master Jing first. If he accepts it, we'll be relieved of all worries. We can just take the money and go our separate ways. Otherwise, we'll have to find a buyer!"
"Don't worry, second brother, we won't have trouble finding buyers for this stuff. Even if Master Jing doesn't want it, we can still make a move."
Su Qingci listened to the conversation outside with her eyes closed. 1, 2, 3, 4, there were four people speaking, not counting the boy named Xiao Huai.
Perhaps there are other people inside!
Whoosh~
The straw raincoat and mat covering her were pulled off, her body was yanked, and then she was spun around again before being carried away.
After walking inside for a while, stepping over at least three thresholds and going up the steps, he was finally thrown down!
Then the sack over her head was ripped off. Whether she felt she had everything under control or was confident, she was neither tied up nor gagged.
I could clearly hear the other person breathing heavily and their footsteps as they left, followed by the clanging sound of the door locking.
Once everything around her had quieted down, Su Qingci opened her eyes, only to be met with complete darkness.
I touched the ground and the back of my hand; it was all cool, rough mud.
I glanced around and saw that only a few specks of light could seep in through the crack in the low door, which was about half a person's height.
Her little hand groped around and quickly found a soft body. She shook the body and called out, "Yuzhen? Yuzhen?"
"Kong Yuzhen?"
The other party didn't react at all.
Su Qingci flicked her small hand and took out a flashlight from the farm. She sat and waited for a while before turning it on with a click.
Not knowing what kind of medicine was on the handkerchief covering her mouth, and with Kong Yuzhen still unconscious, Su Qingci subconsciously probed her nostrils with her finger.
"Phew~ I'm still breathing!"
I slapped it twice, but there was absolutely no reaction.
Su Qingci then gave up and stood up to check her surroundings.
Thump! The top of his head hit the top of his head.
"Holy crap!" she cursed inwardly. "What the hell? He's so short! I'm only 1.58 meters tall, and I can't even stand up straight!"
I shone my flashlight around and found a warehouse of about 20 square meters. It was filled with threshed corn cobs. Except for the door, which was blocked by a board, there were many egg-sized ventilation holes around the top. It was not stuffy at all; in fact, it was quite cool inside.
Judging that Kong Yuzhen probably wouldn't wake up anytime soon, Su Qingci turned off her flashlight and disappeared into the farm.
I ran to the bathroom, wet a towel and wiped my face, neck and arms before lying down on the sofa in a disheveled state.
She had left behind quite a few clues along the way, so as long as Kong Liu and the others called the police, they should be able to find their way here.
According to Kong Yuzhen, they will be returning to Shanghai the day after tomorrow, so Su Qingci should seize this opportunity to get Kong Liu to take her along as well.
She hasn't come up with a good solution yet, so she can only resort to the worst possible strategy: taking advantage of being abducted by human traffickers this time, and getting seriously injured while trying to save Kong Yuzhen.
When the time comes, she will be a helpless orphan. She will express her reluctance to part with Kong Yuzhen, her good friend whom she saved with her life. I guess it shouldn't be a big problem for her to go back to Shanghai with them.
After resting for nearly an hour, Su Qingci left the farm, opened the water bottle in her bag, took a sip of water, and splashed it on Kong Yuzhen's face.
"Ugh~"
Kong Yuzhen rubbed her face and groggily opened her eyes.
"Who? Ahhhhh~, where...where?"
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