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Chen Xiaohua said helplessly, "I ran away from home. My family and the village chief all disagreed with me coming out to find Rongqing."

"If I call the police and they find out, they will definitely arrest me and take me back."

Lu Yang couldn't help but frown: "Your husband disappeared without a trace, isn't it your duty to look for him? Why are the people in your village trying to stop you?"

Chen Xiaohua lowered her head and didn't say anything, but her expression clearly showed that she had something difficult to say.

Lu Yang and Zhou Yunkai exchanged a glance, and Zhou Yunkai whispered, "Why does this woman seem a bit strange?"

Lu Yang shook his head: "The problem isn't her, but the people in her village."

Zhou Yunkai looked puzzled, but then he thought, "Do you find it strange that the people in their village are preventing her from finding Li Rongqing?"

Lu Yang said in a low voice, "The more remote the village, the more backward and conservative the thinking."

"In the eyes of the people in those villages, women should get married when they reach a certain age. If there were no men, it would be like the sky falling down."

Why did the people in her village, knowing that her husband had been admitted to a top university in Yangcheng, not let him come to visit?

Zhou Yunkai pursed his lips, a look of confusion appearing on his face, unable to figure it out for a moment.

Lu Yang had a thought in his mind: he was worried that someone in Chen Xiaohua's village might have impersonated Li Rongqing and taken his place, since the opportunity to go to university was not easy to come by.

This idea had a conspiracy theory aspect, and Lu Yang didn't have any concrete evidence, so he didn't say it aloud.

If Lu Yao hadn't taken his place in university, he would never have thought of this.

The noodles were served quickly, and Chen Xiaohua and her son wolfed them down. Her son, Li Jinbao, then started licking the bowl clean.

Zhou Yunkai quickly snatched the bowl away from him: "If you're not full, I'll treat you to another bowl. Why are you licking the bowl? It looks bad!"

Li Jinbao froze on the spot, her face flushed red, clearly at a loss for what to do.

Lu Yang quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Make another bowl for Xiao Bao."

The waiter immediately ran to the kitchen before Chen Xiaohua could stop him.

"Xiao Bao, you're full. One bowl is enough for us. This noodle is quite expensive."

Lu Yang waved his hand and said, "It's not expensive."

"Is your Chenjia Village far from here?"

Chen Xiaohua shook her head: "It's not far from here, only about 30 li."

Zhou Yunkai was immediately stunned: "30 li is not far, you didn't come on foot, did you?"

Chen Xiaohua smiled and said, "People from the countryside aren't that delicate."

Lu Yang said with a straight face, "You'd better call the police. Continuing to search like this is no different from looking for a needle in a haystack."

“Our school isn’t an unreasonable place. If your husband is really studying at our school, the school can’t possibly prevent you from seeing him.”

Chen Xiaohua hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded, probably because she really had no idea what to do.

Lu Yang and Zhou Yunkai decided to accompany him to the police station, and Chen Xiaohua recounted what had happened.

The police officer immediately wrote it down, then said with a stern face, "I will notify you as soon as I have any news. Write down the address."

Chen Xiaohua hesitated for a moment: "I'm currently staying under the overpass on the west side."

Zhou Yunkai couldn't help but sigh: "It's really chaotic over there. You'd better not live there. I'll apply to the school for you to do something like cleaning the teaching buildings. At least you'll have a faculty dormitory to live in."

Chen Xiaohua quickly waved her hand: "This is too much trouble, isn't it? I've already troubled you enough."

Lu Yang quickly said, "It's not too troublesome. He's in the student council. If he can't get the job, you can work at my restaurant for now."

Chen Xiaohua wiped away her tears and finally wrote down the address of their Shandong University.

Zhou Yunkai smiled and said, "I'll keep an eye out for you. I'll let you know as soon as the police have any leads."

After the group left the police station, Chen Xiaohua's attitude towards the two of them improved considerably.

She even brought up the matter between her and Li Rongqing, saying that Li Rongqing didn't like her name, thinking it was too vulgar, and even gave Chen Xiaohua a nickname in private, Chen Qifang.

Lu Yang frowned upon hearing the name.

He stared intently at Chen Xiaohua, making her scalp tingle.

No wonder he felt sorry for Chen Xiaohua before and couldn't help but want to help her.

It turned out that this person was also an acquaintance of his from his previous life, and the backgrounds and later circumstances of those around him were simply too tragic.

In his previous life, Lu Yang originally planned to save some money and start his own small business.

Just when he had almost saved enough money, it was stolen.

Of course, he was unwilling to let the little money he had painstakingly saved be stolen, so he followed the clues and eventually tracked down a begging organization.

He overestimated his abilities and was knocked unconscious from behind just as he found a begging organization's hideout.

When he woke up, he was already in the cellar.

A foul stench permeated the air, and he saw several people huddled together, their expressions blank and numb.

A little while later, someone brought over the food, which was just a few cornbread buns.

In many rural areas, people no longer eat this because it makes their throats feel rough.

Before he could react, the people around him swarmed forward to grab the few steamed buns, and they even fought fiercely among themselves.

Lu Yang stared blankly at the scene. Only then did he realize that he had been captured by this begging organization and was very likely to be sold.

People like them are likely to be sold to illegal coal mines or factories, where they are very likely to be beaten to death or worked to death.

They were not taken away and moved to another place until three days later.

Lu Yang saw another group of people, one of whom was Chen Qifang.

Chen Qifang had already had both legs amputated and could only sit on a board, moving it by paddling with her hands.

Li Jinbao'er wasn't with him; it seems she's probably been sold off long ago.

He conspired with Chen Qifang and several other trafficked people to escape the begging organization.

However, during their escape, Chen Qifang and another person were captured and brought back.

Lu Yang knew that even if he went back to save people, he wouldn't be able to bring Chen Qifang back, and he would only get himself killed.

So he gritted his teeth and ran straight to the police station to report the case. A large group of police officers rushed over and arrested all of them.

But Lu Yang was too late; Chen Qifang had already been strangled to death.

In his past life, Lu Yang always felt a deep sense of regret whenever he thought about this incident, but he never expected that he would have the chance to meet Chen Qifang again in this life.

"Qi Fang, this is a nice name. Don't call her Chen Xiaohua anymore."

Lu Yang smiled, a hint of joy in his eyes.

Chen Qifang nodded absentmindedly. All she could think about right now was Li Rongqing, and she had no interest in what her own name was.

If it hadn't been a life-or-death situation in her past life, she definitely wouldn't have told Lu Yang her name.