"What a load of rubbish," Luo Yan thought to herself. If it weren't for the spiritual spring water that had transformed her body, they would have drunk the baby to death long ago by force-feeding her alcohol like this.
After dinner, Yan Yuan picked up Luo Yan, and Zhang Yulin took his wife on foot to town.
Luo Yan seemed to be attracted by the natural scenery. She looked around all the way, pointing at flowers and calling them "fa fa", chirping birds and barking dogs. She amused the three adults so much that they didn't feel tired at all after walking more than ten kilometers.
Upon arriving at the town's bus station, the three waited at the station entrance. Only then did Luo Yan realize that this was Lisha Town, which borders Lincheng and Jiangcheng, and was not far from Jiangcheng.
Before long, two women came over and asked, "Young man, do you have any mountain produce you'd like?"
Zhang Yulin sized up the middle-aged woman. "What kind of mountain produce? I don't want mushrooms."
"Don't worry, little white rabbit, it's alive. You can take it back and raise it for your daughter."
The code was matched, and Zhang Yulin tilted his head at Yan Yuan, who hesitated.
Zhang Yulin reached out to Yan Yuan, "You can keep the little girl with me and your sister-in-law. Go on."
Yan Yuan hugged Luo Yan tightly, but Zhang Yulin forcibly took Luo Yan away from him.
Yan Yuan was pushed onto the bus by two women. He sat down in a window seat, his eyes fixed on Luo Yan without blinking.
Luo Yan actually saw love and reluctance in the eyes of the human traffickers; it was too surreal.
However, the traffickers were leaving, and she should go home too, otherwise her frail mother would cry her heart out.
Luo Yan's big eyes were full of confusion. She looked at Yan Yuan sitting in the car, then at Zhang Yulin who was holding her, and pointed at Yan Yuan with her little finger.
Zhang Yulin sternly threatened Luo Yan, "From now on, I'm your father. Call me Dad."
Luo Yan blinked her big eyes, and her little mouth twitched as if she had been startled.
Zhang Yulin sensed something was wrong but was too late to stop it when Luo Yan's cries, louder than a megaphone, suddenly rang out.
Everyone around was drawn to the crying, and Zhang Yulin didn't even dare to cover Luo Yan's mouth.
Zhang Yulin's wife grabbed Zhang Yulin and tried to run away, but Yan Yuanchong got out of the car, snatched Luo Yan away, and held her to comfort her. However, Luo Yan seemed to be terrified, and her crying not only did not stop but became even louder.
People gathered around, and some began questioning whether the five people were the child's family.
Luo Yan just kept crying, crying so hard that her face turned purple and the scene was earth-shattering. The onlookers were talking about it. Zhang Yulin tried to slip away with his wife, but they were blocked and brought back.
There was a police station near the bus station, and the police officers arrived quickly. They asked the five people who the child's parents were, but none of them admitted it.
Seeing that Luo Yan was crying very hard, the police asked Yan Yuan to give Luo Yan to him first. Yan Yuan handed Luo Yan over to the police, and the crying stopped abruptly.
What else was there to say? The five people were immediately taken to the police station.
Zhang Yulin and his wife insisted that the child was brought to them by Zhang Yulin's cousin, Yan Yuan, and that they intended to foster the child in his home, but they did not know where the child actually came from.
Yan refused to answer any of the questions asked, only admitting that he and Zhang Yulin were cousins.
Luo Yan sat in the police officer's office chair for a long time, but Yan Yuan did not confess, and there was no progress on Zhang Yulin's side.
She was in a hurry to go home, so how could things be progressing so slowly? Luo Yan climbed off the chair and walked to the door of the interrogation room.
When the police officers saw this, they tried to carry Luo Yan away, but Luo Yan pointed towards the interrogation room.
Remembering that Yan Yuan was holding this girl when he was arrested, the police decided to give it a try and pushed open the door to let Luo Yan in.
Luo Yan ran up to Yan Yuan and climbed into his arms, hugging his neck with her little hands.
The little girl was so dependent on him, yet he took her away from her parents and almost made her recognize that devil Zhang Yulin as her father. He was truly wicked.
With his hands cuffed, Yan Yuan turned his head and kissed Luo Yan's forehead. Luo Yan, as if ticklish, shrank her shoulders and giggled. Her cheerful laughter was pure and innocent, enough to cleanse even the most filthy soul.
Yan Yuan had the police officers carry Luo Yan out, and then confessed everything.
The veteran police officers were all surprised that Yan Yuan suddenly stopped being stubborn. They were even more surprised when the officer who brought Luo Yan in to see Yan Yuan said that Luo Yan confessed because she was close to Yan Yuan and laughed a few times.
A human trafficker actually revealed his entire secrets just because a little girl got close to him; this was simply the most incredible myth they had ever heard in their careers.
Knowing that Luo Yan's family was from Jiangcheng, the police immediately contacted the police in Jiangcheng.
Luo Yan has been missing for three days, and missing person notices have spread throughout Jiangcheng. Sun Bailing received the news as soon as he finished making the call.
Hua Li fell ill after learning that Luo Yan had been abducted, and insisted on going there no matter what when she heard that Luo Yan had been found.
Sun Bailing went to pick them up personally, and Chen Yuanshan drove Hua Li along. The three of them arrived in Lisha Town at dusk.
Upon seeing Luo Yan, all three adults burst into tears.
The little girl was covered in dirt; her pink dress had turned gray, the bandage on her head was crooked, and her face looked like a little kitten's, with only her big, bright, and clear eyes remaining.
"My darling!" Hua Li rushed over and hugged Luo Yan. The joy of finding her again was mixed with endless heartache, and Hua Li cried her heart out.
She knew her mother would cry when she went missing, but she didn't expect her to cry like this. Luo Yan gently patted Hua Li's back to comfort her frightened mother.
Once Hua Li calmed down a bit, Chen Yuanshan helped her into the car. Sun Bailing wanted to hug Luo Yan, but Hua Li wouldn't let go, so he had to give up.
Chen Yuanshan drove back to Jiangcheng and went to the police station to close the case.
Because it involves human trafficking, all three of them also have to give a statement.
Hua Li was still shaken and spoke incoherently. The recorder poured her a glass of water and told her to calm down.
Luo Yan took the paper and pen that the recorder had placed on the table and began to draw with the most childlike strokes.
Hua Li forbids Luo Yan from being naughty, but the recorder indulges her.
"Let her draw it; there wasn't much written on this page anyway."
Luo Yan drew a large circle on the paper, inside which was a smaller circle, and inside the smaller circle lay ten children.
In front of the small circle is a house, inside which are two adults, and another adult is carrying a child as they leave.
The recorder was increasingly surprised as he read the report, and quickly summoned the captain in charge of the case.
The captain gestured for everyone to remain silent and watch over Luo Yan.
Luo Yan drew three mountains behind the large circle, and at the foot of the last mountain, another large circle appeared. Inside the large circle were a man and a woman, and there was also an overlapping circle.
The recorder pointed to the overlapping circles and asked the captain, "What is this?"
Even the captain didn't notice.
One of the group members examined it closely and said, "It looks like a millstone."
They were the police officers who arrested human traffickers in Dadong Village and rescued ten infants. Of course, they could understand the meaning of drawing ten children in a circle, but they didn't know what the man and woman three mountains away meant.
The team member said, "We'll know once we go there ourselves."
The captain waved his hand, "No need, this is clearly Lisha Town's territory, and the little girl was found there. Asking the police there should be enough information."
Luo Yan isn't stupid; all that effort she put into drawing it wasn't in vain.
It's said that imitating children's drawings is more tiring than drawing independently; it's exhausting for her.
Luo Yan put down her pen, rubbed her eyes, nestled in Hua Li's arms, and closed her eyes.
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