After crossing, I was forced to hold on to my thighs and build a kingdom

Li Hunzi's home is at the west end of Qingxi Village. Three dilapidated thatched houses stand alone in the dark night.

Under the light, the thatched roof swayed messily in the wind, looking particularly desolate.

Jinchu stopped and signaled Fudan and Ernao to go up and knock on the door.

Fudan gave Ernao a push. Ernao hesitated, then walked to the rickety wooden door, knocked on it gently, and called out, "Brother Dabao, are you home?"

Hearing this name, Jin Chu immediately thought of the modern advertising slogan "See you tomorrow, Dabao, see you every day!" and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

There was no movement in the house.

Er Nao glanced at Jin Chu, banged on the door again, and continued to call, "Brother Dabao, I'm Er Nao. I have something to ask you today. If you are at home, can you open the door?"

The house was still silent.

Er Nao put his ear to the door and listened for a few more breaths. Then he turned around again and looked at Jin Chu and said, "Sister Jin'er, there is no movement at Li Hunzi's house. I guess he is not at home."

Hearing this, Jin Chu frowned again. It seemed that things were finally developing in the direction she least wanted to see.

There is a high probability that Zhao'er was taken away by this Li Hunzi.

After pondering for a moment, she returned home with the two children. She told Huizhen what had happened, and finally sighed worriedly, "I had hoped he'd bring Zhao'er back and hide him. Now it seems they haven't even left the mountain yet. They must still be somewhere inside!"

Huizhen jumped to her feet and said anxiously, "This bastard Li was married before, but he was lazy and liked to drink and gamble. After the family ran out of money, his wife tried to persuade him to stop, but he refused to listen. If she told him too much, he would even hit her. His wife couldn't stand it anymore, so she found an opportunity and took advantage of him going out for a drink again to grab a bag and run away."

"There's such a thing?" Jin Chu was quite puzzled. "I heard Fudan say he was a bachelor, and I thought he had never married!"

"The lucky egg is smaller after all, so it's normal that they don't know these things."

Huizhen shook her head, a look of helplessness on her face. "Ever since his wife ran away, Li Dabao has gone to his father-in-law's house to cause trouble several times. But even his father-in-law doesn't know where his daughter is, so naturally he can't give him a satisfactory answer."

"Plus, because he had beaten his wife several times, his mother-in-law felt sorry for her daughter and had long been dissatisfied with him. He had repeatedly made trouble, and the old lady was so angry that she fainted. The two brothers-in-law, unable to bear it any longer, finally beat him up together and threatened to break his legs if he dared to come to their house to cause trouble again!"

Huizhen curled her lips in disdain. "Li Dabao has been wronged, so he's finally quieted down and doesn't dare to cause trouble at Yue's house anymore! After that, he became even more unruly, stealing and doing a lot of shady things. The villagers just shake their heads when they mention him."

After hearing Huizhen's words, Jinchu became even more anxious.

Li Dabao is obviously a scoundrel who doesn't care about anything. If Zhao'er falls into his hands this time, he will be in great danger.

As the saying goes, poverty breeds evil schemes, while wealth breeds conscience.

If what he guessed was correct, Li Hunzi obviously wanted to take Zhao'er and sell her for money.

Zhao'er has a good appearance, is not very old, and is still a boy. If a child like this is taken away and sold to families who are short of sons, I wonder how popular he will be.

Li Hunzi is not at home tonight and is with Zhao'er. There are only two possibilities at the moment.

One possibility is that he had taken Zhao'er directly to the provincial capital. Fortunately, it was already late when Zhao'er was kidnapped, and Li Hunzi was alone with Zhao'er. If Zhao'er did not cooperate, with their speed, they would definitely not have reached the provincial capital by now.

Even if they were lucky enough to reach the provincial capital, the city gates would have been closed and they would not be able to enter the city. They could only choose a place outside the city and wait until the city gates opened the next day before they could enter the city.

Another possibility was that because it was too late and Zhao'er resisted fiercely, Li Hunzi was unable to take him out of the village smoothly, so he could only stay somewhere in the back mountain for one night and make plans the next day.

Jin Chu secretly hopes and tends to the second possibility.

The most urgent task is to find these two people as soon as possible. No matter what the situation is, we must make preparations for both scenarios.

"Huizhen, could you please ask your uncle Wang to carefully search along the roads of the prefectural city? If there's any information about Zhao'er, that would be great. If not, please wait at the city gate until the next day when the gates are fully opened. Then, you can confirm if Zhao'er is among the people entering the city."

Seeing Huizhen nod, Jinchu paused and said, "No matter what the result is, I will not let Uncle Wang's hard work be in vain."

"Jin'er, what are you talking about! I'm just as worried about my brother Zhao'er's disappearance. Besides, this accident was caused by my Ah Yue. If you keep talking about money, aren't you just slapping our family in the face?"

After she finished speaking, she glared at Jin Chu, but she didn't stop walking. "I'm going home now and asking my father to go to the capital to track them down. I'll be back later."

Jin Chu looked at Huizhen's receding back with gratitude and sighed heavily in his heart.

Glancing at Fudan and Ernao who were looking down, she grabbed three white flour buns from the kitchen and handed one to each of them: "Take this and eat it on the way!"

The two looked at the steamed bun in Jinchu's hand, with hesitation on their faces: "Sister Jin'er, we don't want to eat it."

"Take it! If we can't find Zhao'er tonight, you two won't be able to rest. If you don't eat and faint from hunger, I won't take care of you." Jin Chu said with a stern face.

Every peck and every drink has a certain number.

These two naughty kids played a huge role in Zhao'er's disappearance.

From the moment she discovered Zhao'er was missing to the start of her search tonight, she had been busy running back and forth until now. The two children probably hadn't eaten or drunk anything, and she didn't want to embarrass them with these trivial matters.

The fight between the children was so intense that it was impossible to accurately measure who was right and who was wrong. Jin Chu didn't want to care about it anymore.

The most important thing right now is to find Zhao'er as soon as possible. As for the accounts with these two naughty kids, now is not the time to settle them.

Seeing Jinchu's stern face threatening the two to eat the steamed bun, Ernao was the better one and took it. However, Fudan's lips trembled several times, and he bit them hard before reaching out to take the steamed bun.

The three of them hurried towards the back mountain again.

Everyone was still searching nearby, but unfortunately, they found nothing.

Jin Chu called out to everyone and told them what he was thinking, and everyone was shocked.

"Li Dabao?" Fudan's father, Liu Shengli, was a quiet farmer. He frowned, "If he takes Zhao'er away, then we really have to prepare for the worst!"

"Before I came, I asked Huizhen's father and Uncle Wang to go to the provincial capital to look for him. If he can't be found there, it is very likely that Li Dabao has not left here. So I would like to trouble you all to think about it. If Li Dabao really stayed in the mountains, where is there a place for him to stay nearby?" Jin Chu looked at everyone and asked.