“I don’t care. My child hasn’t been found. You have to give me an explanation!” A fat middle-aged woman said fiercely, “If you can’t find him, you have to compensate me. You have to pay at least a million…”
Mother Xiao frowned when she heard the middle-aged woman.
Shouldn’t she be more concerned about her child? Why would she be asking for compensation and starting with a million? Was money more important than her child? What kind of parent was this?
Xiao Lingyu comforted her, “Madam, don’t worry. If he really got lost on our farm, I will definitely give you an explanation. Now, the most important thing is to find him first.”
The middle-aged woman said disdainfully, “Hmph, what if we can’t find him?” Although she was loud, she didn’t look worried at all. “What if we find my son’s body?”
Xiao Lingyu frowned and said with some doubt, “Madam, let’s not scare ourselves. We have just started looking.”
When Xiao Lingyu said this, her expression was slightly stern.
She was slightly puzzled. Which parent would hope that their child’s body would be found?
This was obviously not right.
In any case, it was more important to find the missing child first.
The woman’s eyes flashed with guilt for a moment. She subconsciously wanted to refute, but the man next to her quickly pulled her back. He then acted like an anxious father. He went forward and explained, “I’m sorry. My wife is too worried about our missing son, so she doesn’t know what she’s saying. Now, let’s hurry up and find him.”
Father Xiao said, “Yu ‘Er, the man’s right!”
A ten-year-old was missing so late at night. It was really worrying.
Xiao Lingyu nodded and asked, “Sir, where did you all go today?”
Before the man could say anything, the middle-aged woman said impatiently, “We came here to travel. Where else could we go? Why are you asking theseunnecessary questions?”
As soon as she said this, many people around frowned again. This woman was acting really strange. Logically speaking, shouldn’t she be more anxious and cooperate with the owner to find her child?
Why was she… purposely stalling for time?
Xiao Lingyu’s eyes flashed as she swept her gaze across the family. Other than this woman and man, there was also a nine-year-old boy and a seven-year-old girl by her side.
The two children didn’t reveal any worry about the missing child. They didn’t care about their missing elder brother at all. There was even a sense of disdain and contempt.
This… there was clearly something wrong with this family.
Xiao Lingyu said very seriously, “Madam, finding the child is more important. We have surveillance cameras installed at all the places. Once we know your family’s traveling schedule, then we’ll be able to use the cameras to trace your missing son. So, I hope that you’d cooperate with us.” Xiao Lingyu stressed the last sentence.
At this time, Xiao Lingyun also interrupted and asked, “When did you return to the Inn?”
The middle-aged woman was about to speak when the man said again, “We returned to the inn at nine!”
“So, your son was still with you before nine?” Xiao Lingyun asked again.
“No!” The woman said without thinking before the man could speak.
“No?” Xiao Lingyun asked with slight doubt, “You returned to the inn at nine o’clock, and your son was already not with you. It’s already half-past ten, and now you’re only thinking about looking for him?”
When a child went missing, the whole family would be worried. However, this family didn’t seem to have that concern at all. The child had gone missing before they arrived at the inn at 9 pm. Furthermore, from 9 pm to 10.30 pm, the family hadn’t even been searching for the child. How little did they care about their son?
Many people thought of this question.
The surrounding tourists couldn’t stand it anymore.
“Hey, how do you become a parent? Aren’t you too unconcerned about your child?”
“The child has been missing for more than an hour and almost two hours. Why would you wait until now to look for him?”
“If you ask me, this whole family doesn’t look worried at all.”
“That’s true.”
“They haven’t even started the search, and the woman is already asking for compensation, and she wants a million!”
“That’s crazy!”
The woman was furious hearing the discussions of the tourists around her. She shouted angrily, “It’s none of your business! This is my family’s business!”
“It’s your family’s business, but the disappearance of the child is a big deal,” someone retorted.
“That’s my child. I’m not worried, so why are you worried?” The woman shouted, unwilling to be outdone.
“A child is missing. Why shouldn’t we be worried? Plus, why are you shouting? Is it to cover up for your guilt? Is it because the child is not your biological child?”
“Huh? Could it be a kidnapped child then?”
“No way! But these two children look like them.”
“That might be, but it doesn’t mean the missing child will look like them.”
“You might be right. That’s why they’re so relaxed when the child is missing.”
The woman cursed angrily, “You’re the kidnappers! That boy is my son. Who said I don’t care about him…”
Xiao Lingyu and the rest frowned with worry on their faces.
Finding the child was more important!
As for whether the child was biological or not, they had to find the child first. But the two parents, or rather the child’s mother, didn’t want to cooperate.
Xiao Lingyu looked at the man sharply and asked sternly, “Mr. Li, please cooperate and tell us where and when you and the child were separated. The child is young. If we delay any longer, he will be in more danger!”
But at this moment, Mrs. Li, who was quarreling with the tourists, questioned loudly, “Danger? Didn’t you guys put in place safety measures here? What kind of danger will there be? Also, let me tell you, if my child really encounters any danger, I will sue you! We’ll see who would dare to come here again in the future!”
Everyone was speechless
Was this person really not here to pick a fight?
Xiao Lingyu ignored this arrogant Mrs. Li and only stared at Mr. Li.
Just as Mr. Li was about to open his mouth, Xiao Ling suddenly said, “Master, quick, that child is under the stone bridge leading to Cow’s Heart!”
Xiao Ling’s voice suddenly sounded in her mind, and Xiao Lingyu’s expression changed. Then, without bothering to ask any more questions, she ran in that direction. She was so fast that she disappeared in an instant, leaving everyone dumbfounded.
The villagers and employees, “…” this was the first time they knew that Xiao Lingyu was so fast that she could even participate in the National Olympic Games.
The tourists, “…” the lady boss looked delicate, so they didn’t think she could run so fast.
But, they were also confused. Why was the lady boss running away?
At this moment, Xiao Letong explained to them.
Xiao Letong said in a crisp voice, “Grandma, perhaps mom already knows about the Little Brother’s location.”
Everyone was shocked and immediately reacted. Then, they ran to follow Xiao Lingyu.
Mr. and Mrs. Li’s expressions changed immediately.
How was this possible?
Mother Xiao did not run, but she carried Xiao Tong and followed behind the group.
Xiao Letong then asked, “Grandma, why do that Brother’s parents have such ugly expressions? Shouldn’t they be happy?”
Mother Xiao’s footsteps paused. She carried the child and turned around. As expected, the couple’s expression was ugly. It made her suspicious.
Could it be that the child was really not their biological child?
Otherwise, if the child was found, would their expressions be so ugly?
Mother Xiao thought for a moment and said loudly, “Mr. Li, Mrs. Li, the child may have been found. Shouldn’t you be happy? Aren’t you going to take a look?”
Mr. Li and his wife, who was looking at the crowd in a daze, immediately reacted when they heard Mother Xiao. Their strange reaction had aroused suspicion.
Mr. Li reacted very quickly. He smiled and said, “We were so happy that we were dazed. Big Sister, we’ll go with you.”
Mother Xiao looked at the two children beside him. They looked angry. “Are you going to bring these two kids along?” Why would the two children look so unhappy when they heard their big brother was found? Children were not good at hiding their emotions.
Therefore, Mother Xiao was very confused. She wondered if she should call the police. What if these two were really human traffickers?
Xiao Letong seemed to have guessed what mother Xiao was thinking. He said, “Grandma, these two adults must be very concerned about big brother. We can decide the rest later. Let’s go with them and find the big brother first.”
Xiao Letong said this because he was afraid that these two would suddenly run away! After all, they were acting too suspiciously!
Mother Xiao thought about it and felt that it was absolutely reasonable. Then she said to them, “Mr. Li, Mrs. Li, shall we go together to find the child?”
Although she was a little curious about how her daughter found the child, it was good that the child had been found!
Mrs. Li looked guilty when she heard Mother Xiao.
She wanted to refuse, but when she received the man’s gaze, she swallowed her refusal and said, “Okay, we’ll go with you!”
..
Xiao Lingyu asked curiously as she ran, “Ling ‘Er, how did you know that the child is there?”
In the space, Xiao Ling’s face suddenly flushed with guilt. He followed Xiao Letong’s instructions. “Master, I can see through you. I know that you’re looking for someone, so I used my divine sense to look for the child.”
In reality, the person who did that was not Xiao Ling but Xiao Letong.
When Xiao Letong was carried over to the inn by Mother Xiao and saw the child’s parents, he used their blood connection and channeled his divine sense to identify the child’s whereabouts. He soon found him.
But he couldn’t make a sound, so he used his divine sense to tell Xiao Ling to relay the news to Xiao Lingyu.
Xiao Lingyu trusted Xiao Ling very much.
Therefore, when he said that he had found the child, she didn’t have any doubts at all.
Xiao Lingyu didn’t know anything about cultivation, so she had no way of knowing that Xiao Ling didn’t really have the ability to channel divine sense through his masters. Otherwise, in the cultivation world, many artifact spirits might have killed their masters already. Xiao Ling was able to lie to Xiao Lingyu because she didn’t know better.
Xiao Lingyu did not suspect anything. Her footsteps were very fast, and in a short while, she arrived at the stone bridge.
The stone bridge was about one and a half meters wide and seven to eight meters long. It was all piled up with stones to form a curved arch bridge, and there were also guardrails on both sides.
There was a small river under the stone bridge. The river was not wide, only one to two meters wide. The river water was clear and shallow.
On both sides of the river were stoning. Most of them were cobblestones.
The child was lying on a rock at the bottom of the stone bridge and was already unconscious!
There were many wounds on his body, but Xiao Lingyu noticed something wrong…
It was summer now, so it wouldn’t be a problem for him to wear thin clothes at night.
However, the parents said the child was supposed to be ten, but he looked around seven. It was obvious that he was malnourished. He was wearing a thin old shirt and lying on a cold rock. His body was very cold.
Xiao Lingyu frowned and quickly picked up the child.
“Child, child, wake up!” Xiao Lingyu gently patted the child’s little face, but she could not wake him up.
Xiao Lingyu immediately became anxious. She asked Xiao Ling, “Ling ‘Er, what’s wrong with this child? Why can’t I wake him up?”
Xiao Ling thought for a moment and said, “He might have caught a chill!”
“A chill?” Xiao Lingyu pondered for a moment and immediately asked, “Are you saying that this child caught a cold?”
“Yes!” Xiao Ling nodded.
“But he has no other symptom than his body being very cold.” Xiao Lingyu asked in puzzlement.
After all, she was not a doctor. She couldn’t diagnose someone.
Xiao Ling said, “Master, why don’t you feed him some spring water while no one is around?”
Xiao Lingyu thought for a moment and asked, “Xiao Ling,is this child’s life in danger?”
Xiao Ling shook her head and said, “He’s not in danger for the time being. He’s just unconscious. He’ll have a fever in a while!”
“Okay, I got it!” Xiao Lingyu nodded.
It was not that she was unwilling to save the child, but the injuries on the child’s body were clearly abnormal.
She took a look and saw that many of the injuries on the child’s body seemed to have been left by punching and kicking.
She immediately thought of the parents who did not care about the child at all.
At this moment, Xiao Lingyu also suspected that the couple was human traffickers. Otherwise, why would they abuse the child so badly? After the child disappeared, the first thing they thought of was not to look for the child but to look for her to ask for compensation.
Since the child was not in danger for the time being, she needed to leave these scars as evidence.
Otherwise, once he drank the spiritual spring water, these scars would disappear.
Xiao Lingyu carried the child and rushed back.
On the way, she met the people who were chasing after her.
“The child has been found. Isn’t that great?”
“Boss Xiao, how is the child now?”
“Eh, isn’t he about ten years old? Why does he look like he’s only seven or eight years old?”
“Is the child asleep or something?”
….
Father Xiao also came over. He immediately carried the child over and said with a slightly surprised expression, “The child’s body is so cold! We have to quickly carry him back and send him to the medical office!” Father Xiao immediately ran back.
At this moment, Xiao Lingyu did something very surprising.
She took out her phone and made a call.
Xiao Lingyu said directly, “I want to report a case!”
“Report a case!”
The people around were obviously shocked.
“I want to report a case! This is child abuse and even attempted murder case!”
“Murder?!”
