Perhaps it was because she saw Xia Lan first when she opened her eyes, or perhaps it was because of Xia Lan's gentle smile just now, but Qi Qi looked at Xia Lan with a hint of trust in her eyes.
Xia Lan looked at Qi Qi. "I will try my best to help you find your mother. Until we find your mother, can Qi Qi be a good girl?"
"Meng Qiqi is a little man, Qiqi can do it." Meng Qiqi nodded, earnestly promising that he would be good.
At this moment, the two police officers finally found Qin Yu and Xia Lan and stepped forward to salute them.
"Hello, are you Comrade Xia Lan and Comrade Qin Yu? We received a report from the public that you had uncovered the child traffickers. We have apprehended the traffickers. Where is the child now?"
"Hello, this is the child. During our questioning, the child said his name is Meng Qiqi, he is three years old, his father's name is Meng Jianguo, and his mother's name is Xiuxiu." Xia Lan told the two police officers all the information she had just obtained.
The police officer took notes diligently and smiled at Xia Lan. "Thank you very much, Comrade Xia Lan. We will help the child find his parents."
Xia Lan nodded, saying that handing Meng Qiqi over to the two police officers was probably the best option.
"Qiqi, these two police officers will help you find your family..." Xia Lan had just finished speaking to Meng Qiqi.
Meng Qiqi's expression immediately changed, and she hugged Xia Lan with a pout.
"I don't want to, I want Auntie." Meng Qiqi's eyes were red, and her little face was covered with tears. She looked extremely pitiful.
He hugged Xia Lan's neck tightly with both hands and buried his head in Xia Lan's chest.
"Qiqi, we are the police..." Two police officers tried to step forward, but Meng Qiqi acted as if he had seen wolves and tigers, preventing them from touching him.
"I don't want to, I don't want to, I just want Auntie..." Meng Qiqi's emotions were becoming more and more chaotic. Xia Lan felt bad looking at the child like this.
"Let's go to the police station with him!" Seeing the situation, Qin Yu knew that Meng Qiqi wouldn't let Xia Lan leave, so they might as well go to the police station together.
He also needed to find Du Qiang to see if he could try to contact Qi Qi's father.
"If that's possible, that would be wonderful! Thank you both." The two police officers also breathed a sigh of relief.
Xia Lan picked up Qi Qi, and Qin Yu reached out to Qi Qi.
"Let me carry you!"
Xia Lan thought Qi Qi would refuse, but the little one just glanced at Qin Yu and obediently reached out to let Qin Yu pick her up.
"Aren't you afraid of this uncle?" Xia Lan looked at Meng Qiqi and asked with a smile.
“Uncle is a good person.” Meng Qiqi shook her head and smiled shyly at Xia Lan.
"My dad is surrounded by uncles like that."
Meng Qiqi said something else that made Xia Lan and Qin Yu pause in surprise.
Xia Lan looked at Qin Yu, who was supporting Meng Qiqi with one hand and Xia Lan with the other.
"His father is in the army, right?" Xia Lan suddenly asked.
“…Mmm.” Qin Yu rubbed Xia Lan’s head and responded.
Xia Lan couldn't help but think that if Qin Yu were still in the army, he would surely be very impressive...
After the two of them took Meng Qiqi back to the police station with two police officers, Xia Lan saw the woman with a bruised and swollen face and almost didn't recognize her.
"She was like this when she was brought in; she must have been beaten by angry people," a police officer explained to Xia Lan.
This wasn't done by the police; she was already beaten like this when she was brought in.
"Serves her right." Xia Lan pursed her lips, feeling that just beating her up was too lenient.
Two police officers tried to take Meng Qiqi's statement, but Meng Qiqi seemed to be very resistant to the police and did not cooperate at all, or she simply refused to speak.
She was no longer the obedient girl she was in front of Qin Yu and Xia Lan; her little face was full of rejection and repulsion.
The two police officers were at a loss with such a young child, so they had to ask Xia Lan for help.
Xia Lan agreed without hesitation. While Xia Lan accompanied Meng Qiqi into the interrogation room to take her statement, Qin Yu arrived at Du Qiang's office.
"Big brother, you're back?" Du Qiang, who was annoyed by being disturbed, looked up and was about to curse, but when he saw that it was Qin Yu, he immediately put away his impatience and swallowed his curses.
Qin Yu glanced at Du Qiang. "Can you still contact the military?"
"It should be possible. Who should I contact, brother?" Du Qiang asked Qin Yu.
“Meng Jianguo,” Qin Yu said.
"Pfft!" Du Qiang, who had just taken a sip of tea, was so startled by the name that he spat out the water and looked at Qin Yu in astonishment. "Big brother, who did you say?"
Qin Yu repeated, "Meng Jianguo."
"Brother, why did you contact him?" Du Qiang asked in alarm, wiping the tea that had spilled from his mouth.
"Today I ran into a trafficked child. I don't know how many times he's been through the hands. The traditional Chinese medicine treatment took a long time. He said his father's name is Meng Jianguo," Qin Yu explained casually.
"Who? Meng Jianguo's child has been abducted?" Du Qiang's eyes widened in disbelief.
"That's why I asked you to make a call to confirm." Qin Yu gave Du Qiang a disdainful look. He's a bureau chief now, why is he making such a fuss?
"Call, call, call right now." Du Qiang quickly calmed himself down, picked up the phone on the table, and started dialing.
"Is this the radio station? Transfer me to this station. This is Du Qiang. I'm requesting to contact Comrade Meng Jianguo."
After a long silence on the other end of the phone, Du Qiang nervously swallowed.
Until the phone was answered, a serious voice came from the other end.
"Hello, this is Meng Jianguo..." Meng Jianguo looked at the phone in front of him, his brows furrowed.
Why would the police chief call him?
"Hello, I am Du Qiang. Please forgive me if I have offended you because of the special circumstances," Du Qiang said to Meng Jianguo.
"Comrade Du Qiang, please speak frankly." Meng Jianguo nodded.
"May I ask if your son's name is Meng Qiqi?" Du Qiang thought for a moment and decided to start with the child.
"How did you know?" Meng Jianguo frowned immediately, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.
"It's like this..." Du Qiang relayed Qin Yu's words to Meng Jianguo. After hearing that his son had been abducted, and that his identity information matched the child's words, even Meng Jianguo couldn't remain calm.
"Is Qiqi really with you?" Meng Jianguo asked seriously.
"If the information is correct and matches up one by one, there's a very high chance it's your son." Du Qiang didn't give an absolute guarantee, but the child's words were spoken by him personally, without any guidance from anyone.
"Comrade Du Qiang, please take care of Qi Qi for me for a day. I'll be there right away!" Meng Jianguo didn't hesitate and hung up the phone to prepare to leave.
Just after hanging up the phone, Meng Jianguo's phone rang again.
Meng Jianguo immediately answered the phone. This time, it was a woman's voice on the other end, filled with despair and collapse.
"Meng Jianguo, my Qiqi is missing, what should I do... Waaah..."
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