"Little cat, be a good boy and return the portrait to me, okay?" Zhu had a flattering smile on her face and spoke in a gentle tone.

She was about to go forward to take the portrait, but was stopped by Mu Laoer, "Mom, wait a minute!"

“There are lots of cats here.”

He noticed a large group of cats squatting or standing around him, and all the hair on his body stood up. Could this be a cat's nest?

The constant "meow meow meow" sounds are particularly creepy at night.

The Zhu family members were surprised when they noticed the groups of cats around them.

"Why are there so many cats?"

"These cats have green eyes, so scary."

"Let's be careful and leave here as soon as we get the portrait back."

At this time, a calico cat walked out from the group of cats.

The cats around all made way for the calico cat, and their attitude was very respectful, as if they were welcoming a king.

"This cat should be the leader of this group of cats." Mu Laoer said in a low voice.

He didn't need to say anything, the Zhu family members also saw it.

"Well," Zhu discussed cautiously, "We want to get the baby's portrait back."

She pointed to the portrait that was pressed by the cat's paw and said, "That's my granddaughter's portrait. Can you give it back to me?"

The calico cat ignored Zhu and looked at the Luohan cat, meowing a few times.

The Luohan cat also meowed a few times.

The Zhu family members could not understand what the two cats were saying. They just wanted to get the portrait back as soon as possible so they could continue looking for the wooden baby.

After the calico cat and the arowana cat communicated for a while.

The calico cat looked at Zhu again.

It stared at Zhu with its cat eyes for a long time, and tilted its head, as if thinking about something.

In its eyes, all humans look the same, except for the little girl.

After looking for a long time, it really couldn't tell the difference, so it meowed at Zhu a few times.

Then it raised its paw and pointed inside.

Zhu didn't understand what the calico cat meant.

She stretched her head and looked inside, but couldn't see clearly what was inside.

At Zhu's age, her eyesight is not good, and it is night, so she naturally cannot see clearly.

"Mom, there seems to be someone inside?" Mu Laoer said uncertainly.

"It's the baby!" Mu Laosan rushed into the alley.

When they heard it was a baby, the Zhu family rushed into the alley like crazy.

Mu Laosan, who rushed in first, saw Mu Baobao sleeping soundly, and tears instantly fell from his eyes.

"Baby, my dear daughter!"

He picked up the wooden baby gently, his body trembling with excitement, "Dad finally found you."

God knows how hard it has been for him and how much he blames himself since his baby was kidnapped. He is afraid that something might happen to his daughter.

Baby Mu was sleeping soundly and didn't notice that he was being picked up.

She even turned over in Mu Laosan's arms and smacked her lips.

"Baby..." When the Zhu family and their friends saw with their own eyes that it was a baby, they all covered their mouths and cried.

They found the baby!

"Let's go back first... I'm afraid we can't get out of the city now." Mu Laoer wiped his tears casually with his sleeves and came up with an idea.

"Mom, let's find an inn to stay for one night and go back early tomorrow morning."

No one noticed Zheng Xingguang lying next to them.

Zhu clenched the silver hairpin in her hand, not caring about the money at all. "Let's take the baby to find an inn now, and then find a doctor to see if she is injured."

Just then, the calico cat jumped into Mu Baobao's arms.

It raised its paw, pointed at Zheng Xingguang next to it, and meowed a few times.

The Zhu family and their companions looked in the direction the calico cat pointed, and only then did they notice Zheng Xingguang lying next to them.

"This is..." Boss Mu picked up Zheng Xingguang, a puzzled look on his face, "Could this be the little brother the shopkeeper mentioned?"

Zhu wasn't sure, but she had made a decision, "Let's take the child to the inn."

"in addition……"

She glanced at all the cats in the alley and said, "I think these cats are protecting babies."

"Boss, after we exchange the silver hairpin for silver from the innkeeper, you can use the silver to buy some meat to feed these cats."

"These cats are our benefactors."

If it weren't for these cats, they wouldn't have been able to find the baby so quickly, and the baby wouldn't be able to be safe.

Boss Mu agreed.

……

Inn.

This is a very ordinary, semi-old inn that specializes in accommodating ordinary people and passing merchants.

Zhu and her companions exchanged the silver hairpin for one and a half taels of silver, and then asked for a central room and some steamed buns.

Boss Mu took half a tael of silver and went to buy meat and call a doctor.

Mu Lao Er and Mu Lao San sat with their backs to the door, like two door gods.

Zhu and Qian were responsible for washing Mu Baobao and Zheng Xingguang with warm water.

The two children were covered in dirt.

When Qian and Zhu saw the bruises on Mu Baobao's right arm and the redness and swelling on his face, tears started to fall from their eyes.

"Grandma's baby is suffering." Zhu was heartbroken.

The baby she held in her arms was treated like this, which was more painful than killing her.

Qian gently wiped Mu Baobao's face and body, crying so hard that she almost fainted. "Damn the Du family, damn the human traffickers!"

Her poor daughter, she was so young and had suffered so much.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law quickly wiped Mu Baobao clean and then wrapped her in a quilt.

Afterwards, the two of them wiped Zheng Xingguang.

When the two saw the many bruises on Zheng Xingguang's body, they gasped.

"God damn human traffickers!" Zhu gnashed with hatred. "Such a young child, yet human traffickers were so brutal."

Qian agreed deeply, and was even more relieved, "Fortunately, the baby escaped."

"I can't even imagine what would have happened if the baby hadn't escaped."

Her baby is so small, how can he bear it?

After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law helped Zheng Xingguang wipe his body, they also wrapped him in the quilt.

Qian took the two children's clothes and washed them in a wooden basin.

Zhu went over to talk to Mu Lao Er and Mu Lao San. She lowered her voice and said, "The baby has suffered a lot. His face is swollen."

After hearing this, Mu Lao Er and Mu Lao San trembled with hatred.

"Damn human traffickers! Damn the Du family!"

"Be quiet, you'll wake the baby."

Zhu simply sat on the ground.

She looked relaxed and energetic. "Tomorrow morning, go buy clothes for the baby and the other one, and some meat buns."

She had to think about how to nourish her baby well when she returned home.

Mu Lao Er and Mu Lao San agreed.

Mu Laosan asked, "Mom, shall we take that little boy back with us?"

Zhu was thinking about this, "Take it back first."

"Looking at this situation, this little boy was most likely sold. I just don't know if his family sold him or if he was abducted."

"But he's with the baby. If we don't take him back, the baby will definitely be worried when he wakes up."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Boss Mu's slightly anxious voice.

"Mom, something happened!"

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