The peasant girl led her mother and sister to become rich

In the dilapidated temple, Song Yunran and Ling Xiao were asking beggars one by one, but in the end they had no clues. Many beggars didn't want to pay attention to them at all. They were either snoring or holding wine jugs with faces as if they were asking questions to the sky.

The result of getting nothing made her more and more panicked. The sky was getting darker and darker. Song Yunran was so anxious that sweat was pouring down her forehead.

Finally, Ling Xiao took out his money bag and said loudly: "Here are twenty taels of silver. As long as you cooperate with me, anyone who can answer my questions will get one tael of silver."

Now the beggars lost their composure and rushed over one after another.

Song Yunran was still standing there blankly, and was almost bumped by someone. Fortunately, Ling Xiao was quick to pull Song Yunran behind him, tightly protecting her and said loudly: "Line up, we will ask questions after you are in line."

After everyone lined up, Ling Xiao signaled Song Yunran to ask questions.

Song Yunran, who was panicking, asked loudly, "Has anyone seen three girls and a woman around 30 years old on Erxi Street today?"

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All the beggars present looked at the people around them, but no one said a word.

Ling Xiao was a little helpless about Song Yunran's way of asking. He didn't expect that such a smart person would become so stupid at the critical moment. It seemed that he was really scared.

Ling Xiao could only turn around and whisper to Song Yunran: "What do you think of their clothes today?"

It was not until Ling Xiao spoke that Song Yunran realized what a stupid question she had just asked.

"Two were about thirteen years old, wearing light blue and pale yellow dresses, and one was about fifteen years old, wearing a pink dress."

There was silence at the scene, and still no one answered.

Ling Xiao glanced at the lost Song Yunran and didn't know how to comfort her for a moment. After all, it was her biological sister who was missing.

The two who couldn't find any clues could only go back to the shop and wait for news. As a result, halfway through the journey, Ling Xiao discovered that he was being followed.

He turned around and dragged Song Yunran into the alley, covered her mouth with his hand, signaled her to be quiet with his eyes, and looked out secretly.

Seeing Ling Xiao's actions, I realized that I had been thinking about my elder sister and didn't notice that I was being followed. I suddenly felt a sense of fear.

Soon the people who were following them realized that they were missing, and they walked out boldly, looking around as if they were looking for them.

The two men didn't expect that the person following them was actually a child. Judging from his height, he was probably only about six years old. His face seemed familiar, and after taking a few glances, they confirmed that it was a little beggar in the dilapidated temple.

Ling Xiao looked for a while and saw that there was no one else but a child, so he pulled Song Yunran around behind the child and asked, "Why are you following us?"

The sudden appearance of the two people scared the child, and he immediately tried to run away.

But how could a child be faster than an adult? He was caught by Ling Xiao after just two or three steps.

"Why are you following us?" Ling Xiao grabbed the child's collar and asked with a cold face.

I thought a child would be scared if he was caught by me, but he just rolled his eyes and turned his head towards the street, ignoring them completely.

Ling Xiao continued to threaten with a dark face, "Who are you? If you don't tell me, I will be rude."

The child still looked indifferent and was not afraid of Ling Xiao's threats.

Song Yunran felt a little sorry for him as he was still so young, so she stepped forward and asked Ling Xiao to let him go.

"Go away! It's too late now, and it's not safe for you, a child." As she said this, she took out her purse and gave him all the money in it.

The child who took the silver turned around and ran away without even saying thank you.

The two continued walking towards the shop. When they were almost at the door, they heard footsteps behind them. They turned around and saw that it was Shi Yu holding the child in his hand.

"Master"

"Why are you here?" Song Yunran turned around and asked Shi Yu.

Shi Yu shook the child in his arms and said, "It was getting dark and you guys hadn't come back yet. I was a little worried, so I came out to look for you. I happened to see this child following you stealthily, so I caught him here."

Song Yunran felt something was wrong. Why did this kid keep following her and wouldn't leave even after she gave him money? A hint of doubt flashed through her mind, and then she thought of something.

"Have you seen them?" Song Yunran stepped forward excitedly and quickly took the child from Shi Yu's arms.

"They are going to buy New Year's goods. They are holding a lot of things, right?"

The child was still holding the silver in his hand and breathing heavily. It was obvious that he had been carried for too long, and his clothes were stuck to his neck, making it difficult for him to breathe. His voice was a little hoarse.

The child was a little uncomfortable with Song Yunran's sudden hug. He twisted his body, but did not break free and answered honestly: "Well, is the sister in pink clothes missing?"

"Yes, that's her."

Song Yunran was already crying with excitement at this time, her tears flowing out uncontrollably, and her originally tense nerves seemed to relax a little.

Shi Yu stood aside and watched the excited Song Yunran, then looked at Ling Xiao with a puzzled look.

Ling Xiao dragged Shi Yu aside and said, "Song Yunqian is missing. He must have been captured by someone. I don't know if it was a human trafficker or someone with other purposes."

"What?" Shi Yu was suddenly surprised.

"Now we have a clue, let's see what the kid says first."

After Ling Xiao finished speaking to Shi Yu, he said to Song Yunran, "Let's go back to the shop first!"

After the four of them returned to the shop, Song and Song Yunxi immediately surrounded them. Seeing that there was no trace of Song Yunqian behind them, Song started crying again.

"Mom, don't worry, we already have a clue."

Song Yunran hurriedly helped Song to sit aside, turned around to look at Song Yunxi, but found that Du Run was missing, and his heart paused for a moment.

"Where's Du Run?"

"She went out to look for you. She left after sending us back. She..." Song Yunxi said a few words before realizing that Du Run did not come back with Song Yunran.

"I didn't see her." Song Yunran, who had just relaxed a little after learning that there was a clue, became nervous again after confirming that Du Run was missing.

When Song Yunxi heard what Song Yunran said, his face turned pale.

"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have let her go out. Now even Du Run is missing."

Song covered her face and cried, while Song Yunxi was also secretly wiping away tears.

Shi Yu looked at the women in the room crying and comforted them, "Don't worry, aunties. If Du Run is missing too, it must be the work of the same group of people. After all, the town is not big and there won't be so many human traffickers. But we have to find him before dawn. If they leave the town by dawn, it will be even harder to find them."

Then he turned and walked towards the child huddled at the door. This time, Shi Yu did not rudely lift the child, but squatted down and asked: "Where did you see it? What did you see? Tell me in detail."