After spending more than half a month together, this child really likes me more and more.

He is well-behaved and smart. He is only over five months old, but when you are with him, you feel an indescribable sense of joy.

I told this little thing all my inner thoughts that I had not said to anyone else for many years.

We eat together and sleep together, just like family members.

There was a soft light in the middle-aged man's eyes, and the smile at the corner of his mouth was warm.

Suddenly, there was a strange fluctuation in the shadow behind him.

The middle-aged man looked sideways slightly, looked at the ghostly black shadow that flashed out of the darkness behind him and asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter?"

The black shadow is a man wearing a concealment cloak. His face cannot be seen, and his body seems to be integrated with the darkness.

The pair of eyes exposed were strangely cold and sharp.

"Master, this is news from the south. Please take a look, Master!"

The middle-aged man took a piece of paper handed over by the shadow man, spread it out, glanced at it, and crumpled the paper into pieces in his palm.

Then, the room fell into a brief silence.

After a while, the middle-aged man spoke out.

"Set off immediately to the south!" he said.

"Master, this child..."

"Bring it on!"

…

When the morning light appears in the east, it is dawn.

In front of the sight, among the dark blue peaks, half way up, there are faintly visible roof ridges.

The sound of a rooster crowing could be heard vaguely.

The barking of a dog is sometimes far away and sometimes near.

"This village is really hard to find!" Yang Ruoqing wiped the sweat off her face and said excitedly.

After running around all night, both of them no longer looked like human beings.

However, I didn't feel tired at all.

"Tangyaozi, let's walk faster, Chen'er is in the village ahead!"

Yang Ruoqing said excitedly. The further forward and closer to the village, the more excited and uneasy she became.

"Let's go," Luo Fengtang said.

Yang Ruoqing nodded, "Zhuiyun, just stay here and wait for us. Tang Yazi and I will go into the village to find Chen'er."

If Zhuiyun is brought into the village, it will definitely cause panic in the villagers, which will not be good for Zhuiyun.

Zhuiyun understood Yang Ruoqing's words and quickly lay down on the ground, pretending to rest.

Yang Ruoqing glanced at Luo Fengtang, and the two of them quickly ran towards the small village ahead.

As soon as the two entered the village, they met an old man carrying water at a well at the entrance of the village.

The two people quickly ran over and asked the old man.

The old man glanced at the two dusty people in front of him, "Are you saying that you are the father and mother of that child?"

Yang Ruoqing nodded repeatedly.

"Old man, our child is more than five months old. The boy was stolen. Later I heard that he was picked up by a middle-aged uncle..."

The old man said: "I know the two people you mentioned, they live in my house!"

"That kid is so annoying. He looks so much like you. Everyone in our village likes to tease him!" said the old man.

When Yang Ruoqing heard this, she turned around and looked at Luo Fengtang beside her. Both of them were so happy that they almost jumped up.

"Old man, please, take us to your home quickly!" Yang Ruoqing said quickly.

The smile on the old man's face froze, and he sighed: "It's really an unlucky time for you to come. The two of them left last night!"

"ah?"

Yang Ruoqing thought she heard wrongly and almost fainted.

On the side, Luo Fengtang frowned, stepped forward and asked urgently: "Old man, what do you mean? Why did they leave suddenly? Where are they going? Please tell us quickly!"

The old man looked at the anxious expressions on the faces of the young couple in front of him and didn't hesitate.

"He left in the middle of the night last night. He had been staying at my house before. I asked people in our village to help us find out if anyone in the nearby village had lost a child."

"That kid, I make rice soup for him every day. He's so cute."

"Originally, I planned to continue searching until I found the child's parents before leaving."

"But at midnight last night, out of nowhere, he came over to say goodbye to me."

"He said he was going to the south on urgent matters and took the child with him. He also left me a few taels of silver as a thank you gift for this period of time."

As he spoke, the old man had already brought Yang Ruoqing and Luo Fengtang to his home.

"Well, the two of them are living in this house these days."

The old man opened the door, and Yang Ruoqing stumbled into the house.

At a glance, he saw that there was still a used diaper left on the bed.

Yang Ruoqing recognized that diaper at a glance as it belonged to Chen'er.

When Chen'er was lost, she had a diaper wrapped around her crotch.

"Chen'er!"

Yang Ruoqing picked up the diaper that was still stained with the child's urine and put it against her face.

Can't tell whether it's joy or sadness.

Fortunately, Chen'er is not dead, she is still alive and well.

Sadly, I missed my child again.

This time of farewell, I once again fell into the vast sea of ​​people...

"Chen'er..."

When you experience disappointment, hope, and disappointment again...

At this moment, the whole person felt like a rubber ball that had been drained of air. Holding Chen'er's diaper, he sat on the edge of the bed and shed tears.

And here, Luo Fengtang's mood was the same.

However, he still suppressed his disappointment and asked the old man carefully about the ascetic's facial features and appearance...

"Qing'er..."

Luo Fengtang suddenly called Yang Ruoqing.

"Stop crying. Crying now won't solve the problem. The most urgent thing is to quickly write down the appearance of the middle-aged uncle who took Chen'er away."

"Afterwards, we will also leave for the south. With this clue, we will definitely be able to find Chen'er." He said.

Yang Ruoqing nodded.

He took a deep breath and tried to suppress his sadness.

"I brought a pen and paper, and you said, I'll draw!"

she said.

Then, the old man described the middle-aged uncle's facial features in detail, and Yang Ruoqing sketched these outlines on the paper in front of her one stroke at a time.

"He's tall and tall in stature, well, he's just like a young man like you."

"The face was unshaven, covering half of his face and his mouth."

"Those eyebrows..."

…

Changping Village.

Luo Fengtang told the elders of the two families about the results of the trip.

After everyone listened, their faces were filled with regret and mixed emotions.

Sun said: "Although I didn't pick up the child this time, I can rest assured that the middle-aged man is not bad to our Chen'er and will not harm him!"

Yang Huazhong nodded, "At this point, we can only comfort ourselves like this!"

Blacksmith Luo said: "So, we went to the south? But the south is so big, where can we find it?"

Luo Fengtang said: "East, west, south, north, there is a direction, it is better than none."
Chapter completed!