Chapter 143 Guaguaguaguaguagua~
When Zhou Laoer and He Jinfeng approached quickly, Aunt Li Si immediately put her hands on her hips and shouted, "Laoer, Jinfeng! What's wrong with you?"
Before Zhou Laoer could say anything, He Jinfeng, panting heavily, cried out, "Aunt Si, my little girl is missing! I'm back with Laoer, please help!"
What? Xiaoya is missing?
For a moment, everyone around stopped what they were doing and looked at He Jinfeng. Those who knew what had happened before were all confused.
"Wasn't Xiaoya taken by her biological parents to the city to visit her biological grandmother? How did she disappear? What do you mean by disappeared?"
He Jinfeng must have been under tremendous psychological pressure along the way, coupled with physical exhaustion, and she couldn't bear it anymore, so she sat down on the ground. She was always a strong person, but now she couldn't help but shed tears.
"My second brother and I had been waiting for Xiaoya to come back home. When they left that day, they said they would be back in a few days..."
"We waited and waited, but no one came to bring Xiaoya back. We discussed it and decided that no matter what, we had to go see Xiaoya and find out if she really didn't want to come back. Who knew that when we went to the city, wow—"
When He Jinfeng said this, she suddenly opened her mouth and burst into tears. Her throat seemed to be choked by something and she couldn't utter a word.
Seeing this, Zhou Laoer quickly supported her with one hand and patted her back lightly with the other hand.
He said: "We entered the city and followed the address they left, but it turned out to be a small restaurant, not their home at all!"
"Ah!" Everyone was shocked. "How could this happen? This is intentional!"
"Yeah, who is this guy? He must have done it on purpose. He's just afraid that the second brother and his wife will come looking for him!"
"I've always said that couple are not good people. Now it seems that even Xiaoya's grandmother is not sure whether she is really sick!"
Everyone couldn't help but feel sympathy for Zhou Laoer's family. What was going on? They raised a daughter, but ended up being tricked by her own parents!
Xiang Yao was also very angry. Xiaoya looked like a very honest girl. But she was brought to the city like this. She was unfamiliar with the place. If something really happened to her, it would be difficult for her, a little girl, to cope with it.
She understood very well how Zhou Laoer and his wife felt now. Who wouldn't be anxious if they encountered such a thing? It was very strong of them to be able to hold on and come back to ask everyone for a solution.
But if we want to help find a solution, we must make the whole thing clearer.
So she suppressed her emotions and said, "We're not close to the brigade headquarters. Uncle Zhou and Aunt Jinfeng must not have been there yet. They're already exhausted. Who can walk fast? Why don't you go to the brigade headquarters first and call the brigade cadres to come over quickly!"
Unexpectedly, Pan Yi was the first to speak. Upon hearing this, he immediately stepped forward and said quickly, "I'll go. I can run fast."
Xiang Yao nodded: "Then I'll trouble Pan Zhiqing."
Pan Yi waved his hand, glanced at Zhou Laoer and He Jinfeng, a trace of sympathy flashed in his eyes, and he ran quickly towards the brigade headquarters.
This man was tall and had long legs, so one step of his running was equivalent to two steps of others. Xiang Yao saw how fast he ran and thought that he hoped that with the help of the protagonist's halo, this matter could be resolved smoothly.
She turned around and asked Zhou Laoer, "Uncle Zhou, please tell us what's going to happen next. It's best to tell us all the key information without missing a word. Don't worry, there are so many people in our team, we will definitely be able to find Xiaoya."
Zhou Laoer nodded reluctantly. At this moment, he did not doubt that Xiang Yao could not handle the situation just because she was a little girl only a few years older than his daughter.
On the contrary, when he saw Xiang Yao organizing people to call the team cadres, he felt like he had found a backbone, and his pounding heart finally calmed down a little.
He swallowed, quickly opening and closing his dry, chapped lips, and said, "Jinfeng and I went there a few days ago to find the Li family. We searched everywhere on the street that day, but couldn't find them. The letter of introduction was only valid for one day, so we had to return."
"That night we decided we had to look for him, so we went back to the city early the next morning. This time we found him after many twists and turns. It turns out the Li family lives in the east of the city, and the address they gave us is in the west!"
"Wow!" Someone in the crowd slapped his thigh and cursed, "This couple is so wicked! Aren't they deliberately harming people?"
Zhou Laoer gave the detailed address: "But when we found the Li family and went to see Xiaoya, they turned their backs on us and said they had never seen Xiaoya before!"
He Jinfeng, who was standing by, showed an angry look on her face and gritted her teeth as she said, "Humph, I knew the moment I heard that. This family must have done something terrible to me, Xiaoya!"
"If they don't recognize me, I'll find a way!" She tried her best to suppress the sobs in her throat. "My second son and I were right outside the Li family's door shouting, accusing them of human trafficking! My perfectly healthy daughter was taken home by them, and then she disappeared. If this isn't human trafficking, what is it?"
Everyone present said that the couple's move was very wise. As expected, He Jinfeng continued, "Our crying and making a fuss attracted many people to watch the fun, and the Li family couldn't stand it anymore."
"But they only said they found a husband for Xiaoya and married her off to a family, but they refused to tell us where that family was!"
No matter how the couple pressed them, the man refused to say anything. In the end, he just closed the door and completely ignored them.
The couple couldn't knock on the door, so they had to ask the people around them.
However, the neighbors had no idea that the Li family had found their long-lost daughter, and they had no idea that the daughter had been married off immediately after being brought back. The two of them asked around but were unable to find out any useful information.
There was really no other way out now, so the two thought they had to go back to the team to find someone to help, so they hurried back.
This was also a coincidence. The team was organizing a land reclamation project, and the two were seen by everyone as soon as they returned to the team without wasting any time.
Xiang Yao concluded, "So the current situation is that we know where the Li family lives, but we don't know where they took Xiaoya."
He Jinfeng nodded heavily, looked at Xiang Yao with tears in her eyes, and said, "Xiang Yao, I know your husband often goes to the city, he must know it better than us. Please help me and Xiao Nie and take us to the city to ask around!"
Xiang Yao waved her hand and said quickly, "Aunt, don't be so polite. Baichuan and I will definitely do our best to help. It's not just us. Xiaoya's matter is very serious. Our entire Xiangjiawan will help!"
The others nodded: "Yes, yes, it's our duty to help!"
Nie Baichuan and other young men were digging stones in a valley not far away. All they had to do was shout and they would come over when they heard the noise. There was no need to find someone to call them specifically.
In a short while, almost all the people in Xiangjiawan gathered on this wasteland.
After Yang Youliang and Huang Guofu hurried over, Xiang Yao quickly explained the whole story.
She said, "Captain, Secretary, I'm thinking we don't need to send too many people first. Let's take a few strong men and go to the Li family's door. We'll use courtesy first and then use force."
"My family is well acquainted with people in the city, and we know some people there. If the Li family is willing to talk, that's fine. If not, we still have other ways to find them."
She said forcefully, “It’s not possible for a girl to just disappear into thin air!”
Yang Youliang nodded and looked at Huang Guofu. Huang Guofu pondered for a moment and nodded as well. "It's not realistic to ask everyone to help look for it right now. Not to mention that our team has a lot of things to do. Even if it gets to the higher-ups, I won't be able to explain it to your team leader."
He looked at Nie Baichuan and said, "Since Baichuan is familiar with the city, then do as Xiang Yao said. Take a few people with you and go to the Li family to ask for an explanation!"
"If that doesn't work," he sniffed, "then go to the Public Security Bureau!"
After getting the approval, he immediately organized a few young men, and together with Zhou Laoer and his wife, they borrowed two bicycles from everywhere, and went to the city with Wu Laizi's ox cart while it was still early.
Others also wanted to join in the fun, staring at the crowd leaving with eager eyes. Huang Guofu shouted at them: "What are you still looking at? Are you going to work or not? Do you want work points?"
He had a fierce reputation, so just by glaring at them and shouting loudly, everyone quickly lowered their heads and started working busily.
But they were all itching to do something, so after the team leaders left, they gathered together and whispered about it.
On the other side, Nie Baichuan, Xiang Yao and others quickly headed towards the city. In addition to Xiang Ming and other young people from the brigade, there were also Pan Yi and another male educated youth named Wu.
Originally, Xiang Yao didn't want to get too close to Pan Yi, the male protagonist in the book, but there was really no way. This male educated youth was too proactive. When Secretary Huang was selecting people, he quickly signed up.
The Party Secretary probably thought that city people were particularly good at dealing with city people, so he agreed without any hesitation.
Why……
She didn't want to pay attention to Pan Yi, but Pan Yi inexplicably paid attention to her.
At this moment, he was sitting on the back of Wu Zhiqing's bicycle, riding alongside Nie Baichuan's. Seeing Xiang Yao's somewhat melancholic expression, lacking the confidence and high spirits he had just displayed when offering advice, he couldn't help but smile and say, "Comrade Xiang Yao, are you too tired? Don't fall asleep, or you might fall."
He meant well, so even though Xiang Yao didn't want to agree, she had to smile and say, "Thank you. I'm not tired."
But after she finished speaking, she immediately turned her head to the other side, pretending to look at the scenery on the side of the road, and the corners of her mouth straightened.
Pan Yi was quite puzzled. He didn't know why, but he always felt that this young girl seemed to have something against him and her attitude towards him was strange.
He reflected on it for a moment, realizing that he hadn't provoked the other party...
However, for Pan Yi, this is not a big deal. After all, he always attracts the envy or jealousy of many people because he is too outstanding.
He has long been accustomed to all kinds of looks and attitudes.
Xiang Yao had no idea that this man had so many messy thoughts in his mind. She looked at the scenery and rested her head on Nie Baichuan's back.
Nie Baichuan tilted his head slightly and asked, "Are you feeling cold? I should have gone home to get you some more clothes."
Xiang Yao shook her head: "It's not cold, the wind is blocked by you, I'm not cold at all."
She is dressed warmly.
When I went out earlier, I was thinking that I had to work today, and the sun was still in the sky, so I didn't need to wear too thick clothes.
But Nie Baichuan disagreed and insisted on giving her another sweater.
Now that I'm being bathed in the sun, I feel warm all over, so how can I feel cold?
"Let me tell you something," Xiang Yao hugged Nie Baichuan's waist, "I just said in front of the captain that we should use courtesy before force, but that was all empty talk."
After hearing this, Pan Yi, who was standing next to Xiang Yao, immediately turned his head to look at Xiang Yao, his eyes full of surprise.
Then, the girl said cunningly, "What do you mean by courtesy first, then force? It's useless to talk nicely to people like the Li family. We need to take them by surprise and shock them the moment we get to them."
Before Nie Baichuan could say anything, Pan Yixian couldn't help but ask, "How do you shock me?"
Xiang Yao paused and said, "Of course it's you guys, a bunch of men, standing in a row in front of her."
"So many tall people standing in a row, although some are fatter and some are thinner, their aura overwhelms the Li family and makes them feel scared."
"When people are scared, they're more likely to cooperate. A few more threats will be half the battle."
If we really use courtesy first and then force, we don't know how long this "courtesy" will last. What we want is to catch him off guard and give him a shock!
Pan Yi gave a thumbs up and said with a smile, "You're right. Before we go to your house later, let's check the procedures first and you can teach us."
Xiang Yao felt a little embarrassed by his sincere praise.
Hey, this is the male protagonist in the book. He has always been portrayed as great and righteous, but she started to hate the male protagonist because her man is the future villain and the male protagonist's opponent.
Xiang Yao pinched the tightly stretched muscles on Nie Baichuan's abdomen and felt that he was being a bit mean.
Because they had bicycles and ox carts, the journey didn't take long, and they soon arrived near Li's house.
Xiang Yao naturally became the military strategist of this operation. She hooked her finger and whispered, "Deploy the troops."
Everyone listened seriously and nodded. Zhou Laoer and He Jinfeng looked at each other and also expressed that they had no objection.
Just like that, Nie Baichuan brought five tall young men and knocked on the door with a stern face.
Of course, when knocking on the door, everyone else stood aside and not facing the main door.
Xiang Yao and Zhou Laoer hid in the corner, ready to move forward at any time.
Perhaps the person inside didn't see Zhou Laoer and the other man through the crack in the door, but instead saw a tall and polite-looking young man. He soon opened the door and looked at Nie Baichuan in confusion: "Who are you looking for?"
However, the next moment, the other young men moved forward simultaneously and crowded at the door, which gave Li Zhiguo a shock.
The six young men stood in a row at the gate like pine trees, making the entire gate look like it was completely blocked.
Although Li Zhiguo didn't understand what was going on, his instinct of fear made him prepare to close the door immediately.
But as soon as he moved, the door was blocked by the young man standing in the front.
His voice was trembling slightly, his hands tightly grasping the door frame, he looked up and asked: "What are you doing?"
Nie Baichuan raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "We are from the Shitang Brigade. Where did you take Xiaoya?"
Li Zhiguo was about to ask where he was when he saw the young man in front of him slightly curl his lips and look at him with a chilling look.
"I advise you to think carefully before you speak, otherwise, our trip here will not be in vain."
Li Zhiguo swallowed, obviously realizing this.
Not to mention anything else, the height difference and the difference in number alone made him feel like he was just a small ant on the ground.
If someone really attacks him, he has such a small frame and very little lean meat on his body, he won't be able to withstand a beating!
Li Zhiguo is very self-aware and knows that these country folk really do what they say. They don't listen to reason or behave in a civilized manner. Their big hands are like stones. If they punch him, he will be in pain for half a month.
His legs were shaking, and his voice was trembling: "Don't, don't do it, I'm telling you, Xiao, Xiaoya, she——"
"Li Zhiguo! How dare you say that!"
A sharp female voice came from the house, and then a face that was quite inconsistent with the voice appeared. It was Li Zhiguo's wife Sun Qiaozhen.
Sun Qiaozhen was no longer as polite as she had been in Xiangjiawan. She raised her chin in a condescending manner, glanced around at the young men outside, and said, "We haven't done anything wrong, and we don't know you. Why are you standing at my door?"
Li Zhiguo turned his head: "Qiaozhen, they..."
Sun Qiaozhen glanced at him and said, "Shut up, you coward! Don't talk!"
Pan Yi and others behind Nie Baichuan secretly sighed in their hearts. The man surnamed Li was almost about to say it out, but a powerful woman showed up!
Sun Qiaozhen crossed her arms and said coldly, "I don't care where you're from. We don't know you. If you're still standing here, I'm going to call the police. I don't know where you came from, you vagrants. Don't hang around in front of our decent house!"
"Would a decent family kidnap and sell women?" A crisp voice took over Sun Qiaozhen's words, and like a clear spring, it instantly flowed through the hearts of the angry young people.
Xiang Yao knew that he could not achieve his goal by intimidating Li Zhiguo, so he stood up with Zhou Laoer and his wife.
There was sarcasm in her voice, and her eyes looked at Sun Qiaozhen so clearly, as if she was looking at a pile of smelly garbage.
Sun Qiaozhen was stung by such a look, and the momentum she had just raised could not help but drop by a tenth. She said fiercely but weakly, "What do you mean by trafficking women? You little girl, what nonsense are you talking about!"
She remembered this little girl. When they were in Xiangjiawan before, she was mixed in the crowd watching the fun.
Haha, a troublemaker!
Damn it, what does it have to do with them?
Xiang Yao sneered. Seeing many neighbors gathered to watch the fun, he immediately shouted, "If you have women or children at home, please keep a close eye on them. The Li family is not a good family!"
Someone in the crowd murmured—
"What's going on? Why do people keep coming to Zhi's house to cause trouble these days?"
"What's with the trafficking of women? It sounds so scary, can't it be true..."
"Now that you mention it, it really reminds me that a little girl appeared in the Li family's house a while ago!"
"Ah? Is this true?"
"Of course it's real. She looks about the same age as your Chunmei, with two pigtails and a skinny figure..."
Xiang Yao was very pleased with the discussion. She said loudly, "Everyone, we are from a production team under Shitang Brigade. This family kidnapped a 15-year-old girl named Zhou Xiaoya from our team! We don't know where they took her, and they refused to tell Xiaoya's parents!"
"If you don't tell me, we're going to the police station to report the case!"
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