novellhall Chapter 152 Little Bao almost lost his sister and felt guilty.
Chapter 152 Little Bao almost lost his sister and felt guilty.
Wenrou talked to her aunt about many things from her childhood, which also brought back many memories for the old lady.
"I still remember you as a young girl, how come you're married and have children in the blink of an eye?" the old lady said with a sigh, holding her gentle hand.
When Wenrou heard her mention many things from the past, she thought of her previous life.
In her past life, she was swindled out of everything by Zhou Dayong's family, losing both of her children. Of course, she didn't have the chance to visit her aunt.
However, in this life, she was finally able to fulfill this wish and visit her aunt with her child and husband.
"Xiaorou, seeing you so happy makes me feel at ease."
As the old lady spoke, she looked in Huo Yanchuan's direction and praised him with apparent satisfaction, "You have good taste in men; he's a reliable one."
Wenrou nodded slightly, a little embarrassed. "It's...it's alright."
The two of them met by chance, in a rather confused and accidental way.
However, she also agreed with the old lady's statement that Huo Yanchuan was indeed excellent in every aspect, far superior to Zhou Dayong.
"Don't leave at noon, have lunch at home before going back."
The old lady hadn't had anyone to talk to properly for a long time, and she was reluctant to leave so easily.
Seeing that they were having a good time chatting, Huo Yanchuan didn't disturb them. He told Wenrou to stay there with the child while he went to meet with his comrades from the intelligence team.
Wenrou knew that Huo Yanchuan was busy investigating his second brother's affairs, so she let him go ahead and do his work. She then waited for him at her aunt's place with Xiaobao and the two children.
"Auntie, both my younger sisters are asleep. Can I go outside and play for a while?" Xiao Bao asked gently, his big eyes seeking her permission.
Seeing him like this, Wenrou had no choice but to nod in agreement.
"Then you can play at the door, but don't go too far. If anything happens, come and call me. Don't do anything impulsive on your own, okay?" she gently instructed.
Xiao Bao nodded, responded, and then happily ran out with a smile.
When he arrived, he saw several children around his age playing with iron hoops outside, something he had never done before.
Seeing how much fun they were having, he was also drawn in.
After Xiao Bao went over, he first stood aside and observed how they played, but he quickly figured out the trick.
One of them was holding an iron hoop but couldn't get it rolling; it could only roll once before stopping.
He grew anxious as he watched the other children roll the iron hoop further and further away.
At that moment, Xiao Bao stepped forward and said to the child, "I can teach you how to play."
The child looked up at Xiao Bao and saw that he didn't even have an iron ring in his hand, yet he wanted to teach him how to play. Of course, he didn't believe it and scoffed.
"You're not from around here, are you? What kind of wild child are you? You don't even have your own iron ring, yet you have the audacity to lecture me?"
Although the child couldn't outplay the others, he could tell from Xiao Bao's coarse clothes that he came from the countryside.
"My mom says people from the countryside are dirty, so stay away from me."
Seeing the undisguised disgust on his face, Xiao Bao's expression changed slightly, and he clenched his hands tightly at his sides in anger.
He glared fiercely at the child, and just as he was about to step forward to snatch the iron ring from his hand, he suddenly remembered what Wenrou had just told him.
His aunt is so good to him, he can't cause her any trouble.
So he loosened his clenched fists, stepped forward without a word, took out an orange candy from his pocket, and said to the child, "You can let me try. If I can't roll it, you can have this orange candy."
The child's eyes lit up when he saw the orange candy in Xiaobao's hand.
So he licked his lips and handed the iron ring in his hand to him.
Xiao Bao finally got the iron ring. Remembering the technique he had observed earlier, he held the hooked push bar in one hand and stood the iron ring upright on the ground with the other. He pushed it forward, and the push bar went up smoothly.
Soon, the iron ring, which had been out of control just moments before, actually started rolling in Xiao Bao's hands.
After the iron ring started rolling, he gradually mastered the technique and could even roll it in circles.
The child was shocked to see that Xiao Bao had actually rolled his iron hoop.
The iron ring rolls so smoothly!
Why did it seem like it was out of his control just now?
He stepped forward excitedly, his eyes filled with admiration, and asked, "Have you played with rolling hoops before?"
Xiao Bao shook his head. "No, this is my first time playing."
The child clearly didn't believe it; how could someone roll so well on their first try?
"If you want to learn, I'll teach you," Xiao Bao said, looking at him.
As he spoke, he handed him the orange candy he was holding. "My name is Wen Xiaobao. What's yours?"
The child was surprised that Xiao Bao would give him candy, so he reached out and took the candy, saying, "My name is Zhao Deshun, let's play together."
Soon, the two children were no longer separated and were happily playing together.
Xiao Bao played outside for a while, and seeing that it was almost time, he prepared to go back to find Wenrou and check if his two younger sisters had woken up.
Just as he reached the door, he saw an old woman in tattered clothes leaning on a cane, with a little girl beside her who looked a year or two older than him.
However, the little girl was very thin, with hardly any flesh on her body, and was somewhat malnourished.
Xiao Bao saw the two of them standing at the door, staring at his great-aunt's house, wondering what was going on.
So he went over and politely asked, "Grandma, is there anything I can help you with?"
Upon seeing Xiaobao, the old woman said, "My granddaughter and I are a little thirsty. Could we come in and have some water?"
Xiao Bao felt sorry for the two women because their clothes were dirty and tattered, so he led them inside.
"Auntie, those two say they want some water," Xiao Bao shouted loudly towards the kitchen after entering.
Wenrou heard the noise and came out to see what was happening. She saw Xiaobao with two people dressed in tattered clothes, who looked like a pair of granddaughters.
When she heard that they wanted to drink water, she didn't think much of it and asked Xiaobao to scoop a bowl of water for each of them.
Xiao Bao watched the two of them finish drinking water and thought they would leave, but to his surprise, the girl went into the house and said she wanted to help with the housework.
Wenrou was busy in the kitchen at that moment. She only let Xiaobao give them water before letting them leave.
Xiao Bao saw the little girl go into the house and was about to follow her when he saw the old woman from before suddenly clutch her stomach and squat down on the ground.
"Ouch, my stomach hurts so much."
Seeing this, Xiao Bao was also at a loss for what to do.
"Little friend, where is your outhouse? Take me there quickly, I can't hold it in anymore." The old woman said, and then farted on the ground. The smell made Xiao Bao cover his nose and wrinkle his brow.
So he temporarily forgot about the little girl and headed towards the outhouse with his wife.
Wenrou thought the two granddaughters had already left. When she saw that it was almost time, she thought the two children should be awake and it was time to breastfeed them.
But when she entered the room, there was only one child left on the bed, whereas there should have been two.
My aunt has a habit of taking a nap in the afternoon, and she was taking a nap in the inner room at the moment. Wenrou didn't wake her up. When she thought of the two granddaughters from earlier, her expression changed immediately.
Only then did she see Xiao Bao leading the old woman from behind out.
Upon seeing the old woman, Wenrou walked up to her and asked, "Where's your granddaughter? Where did you take my daughter?"
Xiao Bao's heart skipped a beat when he heard the gentle words.
He rushed back to the house to check on his two younger sisters on the kang (a heated brick bed), only to find that there was now only one left. He panicked.
"Auntie, Yunyao is missing."
At this moment, Xiao Bao's face was full of guilt.
If he hadn't let those two granddaughters in, Yun Yao wouldn't have been lost. What are we going to do now?
The old woman saw that her granddaughter had succeeded, so she wanted to find a chance to run away.
She initially didn't take them seriously, seeing them as a gentle woman and a child like Xiaobao.
But she never expected that Wenrou was no ordinary woman. Seeing that the old woman was trying to run away, Wenrou stepped forward and grabbed her.
She found a rope in the kitchen and quickly tied her up.
Then, with a serious expression, she instructed Xiaobao, "You stay here and watch her. If she tries to run away, beat her up. I'm going out to find my sister now."
Wenrou was also anxious at this moment, but she knew that human traffickers were working together.
The child should be awake by now. The little girl looks malnourished, and she's waiting for the old woman to join her, so she probably hasn't run far.
She had previously apprehended human traffickers and knew where they liked to hide, so she searched along the alleyways one by one.
At this moment, Xiao Bao looked at the old woman tied up in front of him and worried that Wenrou would not be able to find her younger sister.
What if my sister gets lost because of him?
His aunt was so good to him, and his two younger sisters were so cute and pretty.
He had previously sworn to his aunt that he would take good care of his two younger sisters.
But only a few days have passed, and he's already lost his sister. He doesn't deserve to be a brother at all.
Xiao Bao felt extremely guilty when he thought about this.
He wanted to go out and look for his sister, but then he remembered that there was another sister in the house, and his aunt had just told him to keep a close eye on the old woman, so he couldn't leave now.
He looked at the old woman in front of him, his eyes darkened, and his hands clenched tightly.
He then grabbed a stick from the side and struck the old woman hard.
"Where's my sister? You human trafficker, where did you take my sister?"
Don't let his age fool you; he's a child, but he's surprisingly strong. The old woman never expected to be caught. Xiao Bao beat her with a stick, making her scream and even beg for mercy.
At this moment, after searching through several alleys, Wenrou finally heard the child crying in the last alley.
She was startled and ran towards the source of the sound, where she saw the little girl holding Xiao Yunyao in her arms.
Seeing her crying loudly, he even tried to cover her mouth and nose with his hand.
Upon seeing this, Wenrou's expression changed, and she rushed over to snatch the child from her hands.
The little girl had arranged to meet the old woman here, but she never expected that the person who came would be so gentle.
She instinctively tried to run away, but Wenrou reached out and kicked her hard from behind.
She never imagined that human traffickers had become so brazen, even stealing children from homes.
Holding the child in one arm, she picked up the little girl with the other and headed towards her aunt's house.
When she returned, she saw Xiaobao beating the old woman with a stick. The old woman's face was covered in blood, and she was begging for mercy.
She walked over and snatched the stick from Xiao Bao's hand, as if afraid he would beat someone to death.
"Sister Yunyao!" Xiaobao called out excitedly as he looked at his sister in Wenrou's arms.
He originally thought his sister was lost and was worried that he would never find her, but he never expected that his aunt would find her so quickly.
Seeing his sister found again, he couldn't help but cry until his eyes were red.
"I'm sorry, Auntie, it's my fault for not watching my sister properly, that's why she was stolen." Xiao Bao cried and took the initiative to apologize to Wenrou.
Seeing him crying so sadly, Wenrou was taken aback when she thought of his identity in his past life.
Who would have thought that the boss of the notoriously ruthless and cruel criminal syndicate in his past life would be crying so sadly in front of her now because of his guilt?
Thinking that no matter what happens to him in the future, he is still just a child now, her heart softened. She reached out and touched his head, comforting him, "It's okay, your sister has been found. You didn't know they were human traffickers. They only brought them in because they felt sorry for them. It's not your fault."
Although he was clever, shrewd, and thoughtful, he was still just a child and couldn't fathom so many of the human traffickers' tricks.
Wenrou took the child back, leaving Xiaobao to watch over her two younger sisters, while she took the two human traffickers to the police station.
At this moment, the aunt was also woken up. When she learned that the child had almost been stolen by human traffickers, she was extremely worried.
"Xiaorou, I heard the child was just lost. Is it true? How come child traffickers are so rampant these days?" the aunt asked, still a little frightened.
Wenrou nodded gently. "I've already sent them all to the police station. According to their confessions, they started watching me and Huo Yanchuan when we brought the child here."
They succeeded because they took advantage of Xiaobao's kindness.
However, after this incident, Xiaobao and Wenrou's relationship became even closer than before.