After his previous attempt to frame Luo Yingbai was exposed, Wang Huaizhi returned to school after being severely punished. Not daring to trick his parents again, he intended to tell the shop owner he would no longer contact him. But when he arrived at the shop, he accidentally saw two people carrying a bag out from behind the mysterious cotton curtain, with something moving inside the bag.
Wang Huaizhi didn’t think much of it at the time, just feeling inexplicably reluctant to enter. Only days later did he hear that a teacher’s child had gone missing nearby, never to be found again, with the date coinciding exactly with his visit to the noodle shop.
So, could it be that the shop owner, who originally wanted to make money, suddenly stopped seriously running his noodle shop because he found a better way to earn money? Perhaps through human trafficking?
Luo Yingbai carried the demon-seeking ruler but didn’t sense any demonic energy here, which at least proved the shop owner was an ordinary person. However, when interests were at stake, perhaps there wasn’t such a clear boundary between humans and monsters.
In fact, from the current perspective, the best method is to use the female student as bait, while he continues to follow silently, which would greatly reduce the difficulty of investigating the case. However, the consequence might be that even if the child survives by chance, she would inevitably suffer other harm, with half her life essentially ruined.
So, rescue or not?
Luo Yingbai barely had time to think before tapping twice on his phone, sending edited messages to Luo Xiao and Xia Xianning, then rushed towards the three people, shouting like a reckless youth: “Hey, what are you doing! Quickly, let her go!”
The old man and woman were seasoned criminals.
They had clearly seen that there was no one around before attempting their act. Just as they were halfway into the noodle shop entrance, a young man suddenly appeared, startling them.
However, upon closer look, this young man seemed weak, with a face whiter than a girl’s, looking unthreatening and somewhat foolish. He grabbed the girl’s wrist and questioned, “What are you doing? Kidnapping?”
