Clouds and Moon Shadow

Chapter 15 Seeking Kidnapping

Hearing the voices behind her, Gu Qingyue quickly ran forward, picked up the little boy who was kneeling on the ground crying his heart out, patted his back, and gently comforted him.

Gu Qingyue actually rarely interacts with children, especially those who need her to hold and comfort them.

In her memory, in the Gu family, her cousins, big and small, had always bullied and humiliated her. She had never been so close to anyone before, and her lost younger brother was too young for her to hold.

Stroking the child's thin back in her arms, Gu Qingyue felt a little uncomfortable, but she couldn't help but want to comfort the child, just as the little girl who longed for protection and care back then had finally found solace.

The child's crying gradually subsided, and Gu Qingyue looked up, just in time to meet Xiao Shun's dark and bright eyes.

"Brother, did you come to save me?" Xiao Shun blinked his eyes. Although he was wearing tattered clothes, he was still so chubby and cute, which warmed people's hearts.

Before Gu Qingyue could even ask, she heard a group of people surround her from behind.

"Are all the children here?" a man asked the people around him, holding up a torch.

The five or six men beside him were dressed in yamen runners' uniforms, and there was a large group of men in black behind him.

An older man spoke up: "Brother Bei, all the children in town are here."

"An older child has been taken away, right ahead," Gu Qingyue said quickly, not having time to be surprised that the torch-bearing Bei Ge was a familiar face.

"It was a man named Ma Er who took the person away," Gu Qingyue said again.

Mu Bei pushed the torch forward a little. "It's you?"

Her eyes widened in surprise.

Thinking back to that little boy who kept appearing and disappearing unexpectedly today, it's amazing that we met him here.

"You were arrested too?" the woman in black behind Mu Bei asked.

"No, it's a long story. You guys go after that child quickly." Gu Qingyue didn't want to explain why she was there at this moment. If it was too late, the boy might become the catalyst for the medicine.

"Chase!" Mu Bei shouted behind him, and immediately three men in black with swords followed him toward the front of the passage.

More than half an hour later, Gu Qingyue, carrying the little boy, walked out of the secret passage with a group of children.

By this time, the sky was beginning to lighten.

Looking at the children's tattered clothes and tear-stained faces, Gu Qingyue felt only relief that these children had been saved after all and had not become the catalyst for some kind of poison.

Mu Bei walked over and frowned slightly as he looked at Gu Qingyue.

"How did you get here?" Mu Bei asked, looking down at Gu Qingyue.

That's right, this Mu Bei is the bear-like man we met during the day.

Moreover, they met several times on the road, which was really fate, Gu Qingyue thought to herself.

"I came here by chance, and only after hearing the children crying did I come to check," Gu Qingyue said, quickly putting on a docile expression as she looked at the big man in front of her.

However, when she suddenly remembered her original purpose for chasing him here, and the red fox that had escaped, Gu Qingyue felt a pang of heartache.

"You've got guts, kid. You dare to come in here all by yourself?" Mu Bei narrowed his eyes, clearly not believing the boy who only reached his chest.

Gu Qingyue coughed and put on a very serious expression.

"I've been going up the mountain to chop wood and hunt since I was a child. I'm used to facing danger alone. What is there to be afraid of in a place like this?" Gu Qingyue raised her chin, looking incredibly proud. She then patted the head of the little boy in her arms. He was so fluffy and comfortable!

Gu Qingyue narrowed her eyes.

Like a cunning yet lazy fox.

This scene was witnessed by Mu Yun Chu, who was walking in from a distance.

Gu Qingyue sensed a sharp gaze fixed on her. Turning her head, she saw a man wearing a silver mask.

He was tall and slender, and his dark purple outfit accentuated his cold and aloof chin. His thin lips were tightly pressed together, and his gaze was tinged with a hint of chill.

As he slowly approached, Gu Qingyue's eyes narrowed even more. Those eyes were so familiar! Moreover, she was a doctor and a highly observant special agent, extremely sensitive to human bones. Once she had seen him before and carefully observed his every move, she could identify him with remarkable accuracy even without seeing his face the next time. This was truly…

Another handsome young man in black?!

"What's going on?" Mu Yun Chu raised her eyes and looked at Mu Bei, her voice different from before.

"The kid said he came in by accident," Mu Bei nodded respectfully.

"Have you found the person?" Mu Yun Chu asked Mu Bei, but then turned to face Gu Qing Yue's small face, her gaze growing even deeper.

Mu Bei nodded again: "Master, we found it and have arranged for someone to send it back."

Looking at the group of children with confused eyes, Mu Yun Chu raised her hand, and a man in black stepped forward, beckoning the children to follow him. Together with the constables, they prepared to take the children back to Rhino Town.

Gu Qingyue heard Xiao Shun say that these children were kidnapped from Rhino Town by those bad guys when they came out of the secret passage.

The only exception was the one in her arms.

Remembering Xiao Shun's words, Gu Qingyue's lips twitched again.

“Brother, Xiao Nian used to stroll around Changhuo Street with his grandfather. Later, his grandfather died, and my uncle and the neighbors buried him. Some neighbors wanted Xiao Nian to be their son, but Xiao Nian refused and cried very loudly. Xiao Nian only likes to play with me.”

"Taking a stroll? Why are they always taking a stroll? Doesn't Xiao Nian's family live on Changhuo Street?" Gu Qingyue asked.

"No, they don't have a home. They said they came from a very far place. His grandfather took Xiao Nian for walks and begged for food. Everyone liked Xiao Nian."

Okay, I've basically figured it out. Xiao Nian and her grandfather make a living by begging.

This little bean sprout was originally named Xiao Nian. Gu Qingyue turned around and stroked Xiao Nian's fluffy little head, watching him doze off in her arms, his little head nodding little by little.

Gu Qingyue was so angry she laughed.

The little guy, who is only four years old, has no idea that he was almost kidnapped.

"Then how were you and Xiao Nian captured?"

"Xiao Nian and I were playing at the entrance of the alley when a bad guy covered my mouth and told me not to shout, so I didn't," Xiao Shun said, shrinking his neck. He was still scared when he thought about the scene, after all, he was only a five-year-old child.

"and after?"

"I was carried onto the carriage by bad guys. We were about to leave, but Xiao Nian chased after us and wanted to go with us. When the bad guys wouldn't take him, he rolled on the ground and cried loudly. They had no choice but to take him. Those bad guys even said they didn't know if Xiao Nian's birth chart was compatible with theirs." Xiao Shun looked at Xiao Nian with an expression that said, "It's the father's fault for not teaching his son properly."

Gu Qingyue was utterly speechless!

This is still a case of emotional blackmail.

"Brother, what is Bazi (Eight Characters)?" Xiao Shun asked.

Gu Qingyue silently pondered the cause and effect in her mind. She guessed that the ingredients for the medicine needed to be compatible with each other's birth charts. It seemed that these people had considerable power and probably knew the birth charts of the children they had captured beforehand.

What kind of group is this? And who is their master? She's tempted to dig up their ancestral graves.

"Then are you taking Xiao Nian back to your uncle's house?" Gu Qingyue didn't answer, and asked Xiao Shun instead.

“My uncle has four sons. Xiao Nian’s grandfather wanted to give Xiao Nian to my uncle to raise, but my uncle said he couldn’t afford it,” Xiao Shun said dejectedly.

"Who raised Xiao Nian after his grandfather passed away?"

"He sleeps by the back door of my house, and I let him sneak food from the kitchen," Xiao Shun said in a low voice, sounding a little uneasy, as if the adults in his family didn't know.