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"Did I just see Pei Shaoqing seemingly chasing someone?" Xiao Ran asked.

Pei Shaoqing looked around, sighed, and said, "Hmm, that woman was acting suspiciously in the dirty street at night, which reminded me of the woman with dyed hair that I mentioned to you during the day..."

It seems they mistook Chen Zijin, this little girl, for an old woman with gray hair.

But Chen Zijin was just a young girl in her prime; no matter how hard her eyesight was, she wouldn't mistake her for an old woman.

Unless... he only saw his back.

After all, the clothes Chen Zijin was wearing this time were the kind that were old and simple, the kind of clothes that women liked to wear.

"Young Master Pei, you must have mistaken me for someone else," Xiao Ran said with a gentle smile, then walked to the bushes nearby and said softly.

"Little sister Zijing, it's me, Sister Xiao. Do you still recognize me?"

Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the bushes, and then a girl crawled out from them.

Perhaps because she had just gone through a tense escape and was sweating, some grass leaves were stuck tightly to her face, making her look a little disheveled but also a bit playful.

She was slightly out of breath, her hair was disheveled, and her eyes showed disbelief.

"...Sister Xiao, is it really you?"

After she finished speaking, whether it was tears or sweat, beads of sweat slid down Chen Zijin's cheeks.

Xiao Ran squatted down and took out a handkerchief from her bosom to gently wipe her reddened eyes.

"Sister Xiao!" Chen Zijin immediately burst into tears and threw herself into Xiao Ran's arms, but she quickly realized that it was inappropriate and lowered her eyes to leave Xiao Ran's embrace.

"I'm sorry, Sister Xiao. If I hadn't failed to catch you... I should have been the one who died. If it weren't for me..."

Chen Zijin became somewhat incoherent, but Xiao Ran understood what she meant.

She felt that if Xiao Ran hadn't come to save her, she wouldn't have fallen off the cliff and ended up missing or even dying.

But Chen Zijin never imagined that if it weren't for her, Xiao Ran would also be targeted by the He family and Chen Ruonan, without Xiao Ran even knowing it, just like in her previous life.

She saved Xiao Ran.

It was Xiao Ran who saved her.

……

"So, Pei Shaoqing, do you think this is the woman who abducted the child?" Xiao Ran reached out to help Chen Zijin up, a faint smile on her face, and asked.

"..."

Pei Shaoqing remained silent, only glancing at Chen Zijin, whose face was full of confusion.

He was speechless, never expecting that the "woman" he had been chasing all the way was actually the second daughter of the Chen family.

But why is she dressed like that?

She was nothing like the girls in the capital.

"I'm sorry," he said, his tone softening slightly. "But I wonder why Miss Chen came to Dirty Street alone?"

“Pei, Pei Shaoqing, I…” Chen Zijin stammered.

"Just call me Pei Yun."

Chen Zijing glanced at Xiao Ran beside her and said in one breath, "Every night I go to the outskirts of the capital to collect medicinal herbs to sell for money. I only recently discovered this place by chance, and because there are many medicinal herbs here, I came here at night..."

Her voice trembled slightly, and her eyes held a hint of unease.

Xiao Ran understood after hearing this; she wasn't lying, there were indeed some common medicinal herbs nearby.

Pei Yun was surprised. This was the second young lady of the Chen family, a well-known family in the capital! Why would she be picking herbs to earn money? Besides, how much are these unprocessed herbs worth? Just a few copper coins. Would the Chen family be short of money?

But instead of asking the question that was on his mind, he asked again, "Were you here on the night of the thirteenth of July?"

July 13th is the day children go missing.