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?”
Luo Yingbai’s shirt sleeves were long, and while speaking, he used the sleeve to cover pushing a black obsidian bead hanging on a red thread from his wrist onto the girl’s, then mercilessly pinched her.
The old man and woman’s attention was completely drawn to this foolish youth. The old woman smiled and said, “Young man, you’ve misunderstood. My granddaughter is sick, and I’m taking her to rest at a shop.”
She spoke kindly, hoping to brush off the incident, expecting anyone sensible would leave. But this brat, as if he’d invested all his emotional intelligence in his looks, directly said, “Hmph, impossible. This girl is so pretty, how could she have such a dirty and ugly grandmother? You must be human traffickers!”
Luo Yingbai took advantage of her momentary daze to push her onto the old man, then grabbed the girl and ran towards the alley exit.
The girl had just regained her senses, with recent events still processing in her mind. After finally reacting, she panicked and ran with Luo Yingbai: “Big brother, they…”
She looked back and saw the elderly couple pursuing them at an inhuman speed, her heart nearly jumping out of her throat, stumbling as Luo Yingbai dragged her.
The previously reckless youth seemed transformed. The girl could feel his fingers firmly gripping her arm, pushing her forward and commanding in a low voice: “Don’t look back, hold onto the bead on your hand and run… Do as I say!”
His voice was calm and confident.
Luo Yingbai stuffed his phone into her school uniform pocket, shouting, “Don’t worry about me, go!”
He turned to face the pursuing elderly people, his face now masked with a resolute expression, showing no trace of his previous demeanor.
He spread his arms across the path, dramatically shouting: “I’ve already called the police, don’t come closer!”
The hunched old man cursed and struck a palm at his neck, and this passionate fool immediately collapsed.
The old woman sprouted wings from her back, and actually flew into the air, diving towards the stumbling girl.
The girl was so panicked she couldn’t think, even forgetting to be afraid, with only Luo Yingbai’s instructions to “not look back and run” in her mind. Hearing the sound above her head, she didn’t even look, just continued running.
As the age-spotted hands were about to touch her back, the bead on her wrist suddenly flashed a dazzling white light. The old woman screamed, her hand recoiling as if electrocuted, and she crashed to the ground.
The girl seemed to suddenly understand something, tears in her eyes, still running desperately until she finally escaped the alley. She took out Luo Yingbai’s phone with trembling hands, dialing 110, but before she could explain to the police, a hand supported her.
She retreated like a startled rabbit, looking up to see a young man in a police uniform, handsome and righteous, standing next to a man in his forties. Both were staring at her phone.
“Where did this phone come from?” the man asked.
The girl grabbed his police uniform, trembling: “Police… are you a police officer? Someone was captured ahead, please come and save him!”
Gou Songze had just returned home from work when he received an urgent call from Luo Xiao. They couldn’t wait and rushed over, meeting this girl who had miraculously escaped on the way.
But when the three arrived at the alley, the noodle shop was already empty.
Gou Songze knew Luo Yingbai had intentionally followed them, but couldn’t help but worry. He turned and asked, “Uncle-in-law, what do we do now?”
Luo Xiao remained silent, searching the wall before finding a guiding talisman, finally breathing a sigh of relief.
He said, “Don’t worry, he deliberately followed them and won’t suffer.”
I’ve already arranged manpower to track them immediately.
Luo Zhao spoke, his face dark and gloomy, and added: “Prepare for support. Human trafficking has become so rampant that this time we must catch them all, leaving not a single fish to escape!”
At the time, the situation was urgent. People needed to be rescued, but the base also had to be found. With time pressing, Luo Yingbai had already planned his next move when he rushed out to save people.
He deliberately rambled on like an inexperienced hothead, just to make these people realize they were no longer safe, forcing them to quickly evacuate and return to their base.
As for himself, if the other party wanted to kill and dump bodies, they might leave traces in a hurry, which was not a good choice. Luo Yingbai put himself in their shoes – if they wanted to prevent him from leaking information, they would most likely take him away.
Everything went as expected.
He was freely transported to the mountains. Along the way, he roughly figured out the situation. Besides two teenage girls, there was also a male college student with him, escorted by five people. However, he suspected not all of them were Yu Yi people.
— He had previously worried that being old and past his prime, no one would want him. Now it seemed he had worried unnecessarily. These beasts not only trafficked men and women but also targeted all ages!
These unfortunate children were bound, but fortunately, due to Luo Yingbai’s earlier interference, the traffickers were afraid of being discovered and quickly returned to the mountains, leaving no time to harm them en route.
Only after crossing two rivers did these people visibly relax and begin to divide their spoils.
The four were roughly thrown to the ground from the vehicle, limbs bound, though their eyes were not covered. Luo Yingbai quietly opened his eyes a crack to observe the situation outside.
Someone kicked Luo Yingbai hard from behind, cursing: “It’s this damn brat who ruined everything! If you hadn’t stopped us, I would have killed him!”
Luo Yingbai symbolically struggled twice before a woman stopped the man: “We’ve worked hard to catch him. Killing him would be uneconomical. Sell him and make some money, which is better than burying a body.”
She squatted down, pinching Luo Yingbai’s chin and touching his face, clicking her tongue: “I’ve never seen such a handsome young man in my life. Let’s discuss the price – maybe we can sell him for ten thousand yuan.”
Luo Yingbai had no time to be pleased about being valuable.
He was puzzled – these people sounded like ordinary villagers, not Yu Yi people. So who exactly were they? Were they ordinary people or monsters, going to such lengths for human trafficking?
Fortunately, he immediately heard the voice of the old woman who initially captured them: “Fen Aunt, who this person goes to isn’t up to you. We caught him, so by old rules, we should get first pick. I want to offer this person to the Yu King.
