"It's had a huge impact. There aren't any children wandering around town these days. I heard a high-ranking official's son was also kidnapped, so that's why this incident has become such a big deal."
Xu Qi drank the honey water that the little girl had just poured for him and told her everything he had learned during this period.
"Then this incident must have caused quite a stir. Is the commune taking it seriously?"
"The situation in the commune is even worse. It's better not to go to the black market for the time being."
Xu Qi felt helpless when he thought about the situation in the black market. The black market was really in trouble this year. Those people might have known that the harvest this year was not very good, so they went crazy raiding houses and shutting down the black market.
They finally made a little money this year due to rising food prices, but they lost a lot of money because of moving things around. Now the black market is being cracked down on more severely.
He has already asked his subordinates to finish the work and transfer all the goods so that they can get through this period of time first.
"Are you all right then?"
"It's okay. We would have evacuated long ago if we had known about it in advance."
"That's good!" Song Tanglan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. Although she had nothing to do with the black market, every time she went there, those people took good care of her.
If something happened, she still worried about those people.
Xu Qi felt warmed when he saw the little girl, but when he thought about what he had seen before, he asked carefully.
"Little girl, are you close to Jiang Shubai?"
Song Tanglan was a little confused when she heard his question, but seeing how serious he was, she thought about it and answered.
"It's okay. Didn't he save me before? Plus, he didn't live in the Youth Hostel either. Later, he became a member of our small group. What happened to him?"
Xu Qi felt relieved when he heard her explanation.
"It's nothing, it's just better to stay away from him in the future." Xu Qi actually had a reason for saying this, thinking of what he asked Lu Qi to investigate.
If this is true, then the little girl's going to the countryside might have been related to him.
Song Tanglan didn't understand why he said that, but seeing the determination in his eyes, it didn't seem like he was slandering Jiang Shubai. Thinking about how she had been taking care of Zizi recently and hadn't said a word to Jiang Zhiqing all day, this couldn't be considered as being close!
Thinking of this, I nodded obediently.
Seeing that the little girl was so well-behaved, Xu Qi resisted the urge to rub her head and pinch her little face. He tried hard to calm down and suppress the restlessness in his heart.
He took out the wooden hairpin he brought with him. The hairpin was very simple and elegant, with a pattern of a jade rabbit flying to the moon hanging on it. It was very cute. He thought it was suitable for the little girl at first sight.
Sure enough, when Song Tanglan saw what he took out, she liked it at first sight. The rabbit and the moon on it were polished very delicately and had a strong three-dimensional effect.
This doesn't look like a wooden hairpin, it's more like a work of art.
Song Tanglan took the hairpin with great joy and touched the carved patterns on it curiously. As soon as she held it in her hand, she smelled a faint scent of sandalwood. Thinking of her own guess, she looked at Xu Qi with bright eyes and asked about her guess.
"Brother Xu, is this carved from rosewood?"
"Yes, I felt it was suitable for you at first sight. Do you like it? This is a gift for you."
"I like it, but isn't it too expensive?" Song Tanglan looked at the wooden hairpin with sparkling eyes, but after hearing what he said, she asked cautiously.
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