A domineering country girl flirts with her son, and Commander Huo can't resist.

"—Click!"

That's the sound of a broken nose.

Erdan seemed to have been pushed from the front, and fell backward with his head tilted back.

The moment he fell to the ground, Sister Meng felt a chill on her neck.

She covered her neck, her eyes wide open.

I tried to open my mouth to say something, but it all turned into a gurgling sound in my trachea.

The shards of wood that Qiao An had just thrown severed Sister Meng's carotid artery.

No one could save her life.

Qiao An looked at her coldly and lowered her voice, "You dare to hurt my son? You're asking for death."

Sister Meng felt very cold, as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

The gushing blood took away all her life.

Sister Meng's body swayed and she collapsed softly to the ground.

His eyes remained wide open, as if he couldn't believe he was about to die.

After all these years of kidnapping, how did I end up messing with a killer this time?

Jiang Yushun and the others stared blankly at everything that was happening before their eyes.

What just happened?

With a flick of her wrist, the woman trafficker was lying on the ground.

A young policeman rushed over and checked Sister Meng's breath.

He then shook his head at Jiang Yushun.

The other two policemen helped Erdan up.

His face was even more horribly disfigured.

His nasal bridge was fractured, and the lower half of his nose was crooked to one side, making him look somewhat comical. Blood was still flowing from both nostrils.

All of Erdan's upper teeth broke, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, which contained more than ten broken teeth.

Jiang Yushun couldn't help but shudder; the sight of that pitiful state pained him.

"Take them up!"

"And this, carry it up too."

Jiang Yushun arranged for the police to take Sister Meng and Erdan out of the cellar, while he and another policeman stayed downstairs to comfort the children.

Qiao An untied the ropes binding Huo Chen's hands and gently removed the rag from his mouth.

"Ah Chen, are you hurt? Did they hit you?"

Qiao An turned Huo Chen around and examined him carefully from head to toe.

"Mom, I'm fine." Huo Chen's voice choked with emotion.

He then hugged Joan and buried his head in her chest.

Joanne noticed he was trembling, so she hugged him tightly and comforted him softly.

"It's okay, Mom's here. Don't be afraid, Ah Chen. No one can hurt you."

Huo Chen held back his tears. His father told him that he was a man and that he would protect his mother and sister when he grew up.

He mustn't cry.

But...but I'm really scared!

Those people just said they would break his legs, pull out his tongue, and burn his face.

Thinking of this, Huo Chen couldn't help himself, and tears streamed down his face like a tap that had been turned on.

At this moment, Wen Xiaoxiao walked over, and Jiang Yushun had also untied the rope from her hands.

"This is your mom? Just like you said, she's amazing."

Upon hearing Wen Xiaoxiao's words, Huo Chen rubbed against Qiao An a few times, wiping away his tears.

He turned around, his nose and eyes red, but he still smiled.

"Right? I told you, Mom would come to save us."

I'm not lying to you.

Soon, the four children were taken to the police station.

Huo Chen could leave with Qiao An at any time.

The parents of the other two children were from the county town and were soon taken away as well.

Only Wen Xiaoxiao's parents have not come.

By evening, her parents still hadn't been found.

Wen Xiaoxiao can clearly state which district her home is in, as well as her parents' names.

It will just take some time to find the right person.

After a whole afternoon of fussing around, it was getting dark.

Wen Xiaoxiao sat alone in the corridor of the police station, her two little feet dangling, neither crying nor making a fuss, which was heartbreaking to see.

Qiao An casually asked, "Chief Jiang, what about the child tonight?"

Jiang Yushun peeked out and said, "Let Director He take her home."

"Director He has five children, and their living space is already cramped. If they bring another child home, where will they live?"

Qiao An thought about it and figured that since there was food and drink at home, it wouldn't be a big deal for the child to stay for a day.

"How about this, I'll take the child home today and let her stay at my house for now. Once we find her parents, I'll send her back."

These words were exactly what Jiang Yushun wanted to hear.

"That's great, but it will be hard on you for the next few days."

"It's just a matter of having an extra pair of chopsticks."

That evening, Qiao An rode her tricycle back to Lianchi Village with Huo Chen, Huo Ning (who had just been discharged from the hospital and was wrapped up tightly), and Wen Xiaoxiao.

Along the way, Wen Xiaoxiao looked curiously at the wheat fields on both sides of the road, asking this and that questions.

Hearing Wen Xiaoxiao speak, Qiao An could tell that the child must come from a well-off family.

He speaks politely, but knows nothing about rural areas and has never even ridden in a tricycle.

They might be from a working-class family living in the provincial capital.

There are too many people in the provincial capital, and the various police stations are not connected online. Even if her parents report it to the police, it will take a long time to find her.

After returning home, Qiao An first brought Huo Fang back.

Wen Xiaoxiao and Huo Chen are about the same age.

Based on Erdan's testimony, it is inferred that Wen Xiaoxiao has been detained for more than a week.

But this child has a strong inner strength. Even when she witnessed Qiao An killing someone, she was only startled and didn't react much after that.

This is a very precocious child.

There was an extra child in the house today, and I came home late again.

I decided to fry some meat sauce and make noodles with soybean paste.

Wen Xiaoxiao sat in the chair, her back straight, staring intently at the noodles with soybean paste.

The bowl contains shredded cucumber, cabbage, bamboo shoots, and sliced ​​shiitake mushrooms, with a brown, oily fried sauce in the center that glitters under the light.

Wen Xiaoxiao smelled the fragrance and licked her lips, but was too embarrassed to take a bite.

After all, we're in someone else's house, so we can't be without manners.

Joanne mixed the noodles for each child one by one.

Finally, it's Wen Xiaoxiao.

"Eat it while it's hot, there's more in the pot if you're not full." After saying that, Qiao An touched her hair.

"Xiaoxiao, hurry up and eat. My mom's cooking is so delicious, the best in the world." Huo Chen's mouth was covered in fried sauce.

Wen Xiaoxiao picked up a noodle and took a bite.

His big, grape-like eyes widened, and then he began to slurp it up in large gulps.

"Xiaoxiao, will your mom and dad come to pick you up tomorrow?" Huo Ning asked while eating.

On the way, the two little girls whispered to each other, already quite familiar with each other.

"Probably, I don't know, they don't seem to be in the provincial capital."

"So who do you usually live with?" Joan asked.

Wen Xiaoxiao looked up, her mouth smeared with fried sauce, and Qiao An wiped it off for her with a handkerchief.

"Grandpa and Grandma."

How often do Mom and Dad come home?

Wen Xiaoxiao thought for a moment, "I don't remember, I haven't seen my parents much."

If the child lives with their grandparents, it might be harder to find them, but if they report it to the police, the problem can be easily solved.

Jiang Yushun applied for a notice of assistance in the investigation, asking all the police stations in the provincial capital to check the alarm records.

It just takes some time.

That evening, Huo Ning gave his doll to Wen Xiaoxiao, and the two little girls sat at the foot of the kang (a heated brick bed) and played house.

Huo Fang was reading and doing her homework, while Huo Chen was playing with his toy soldiers, pretending to charge into battle.

Joan lay on the bed, staring intently at the roof beams.

She killed someone today, and she did it in front of Jiang Yushun and the other police officers.

I don't know how this will be handled.

In that situation, even without killing Sister Meng, Huo Chen could have been saved.

But the moment she saw Huo Chen bleeding, she lost control of herself.

Joan drifted off to sleep with trepidation.