After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 162: Picking Up a Little Bun

Chapter 162: Chapter 162: Picking Up a Little Bun

The cultural performance was scheduled for 2 p.m., so the dress rehearsal started in the morning.

Shi Yaoguang and Shen Huan didn’t participate.

Shen Huan didn’t participate because his part was very simple and didn’t require rehearsal.

Shi Yaoguang was going to the airport to pick someone up.

Quan Jinbei was coming back.

Originally, the butler was supposed to pick him up.

But close to the time, the butler called her and said he had food poisoning and probably couldn’t make it, so Shi Yaoguang had to go instead.

Changhong Airport.

Shi Yaoguang arrived half an hour early.

As she aimlessly scrolled through her phone, she looked up and met a pair of pitch-black eyes.

Before her stood a little boy in tattered clothes.

He seemed to be about five or six years old, with big, glossy eyes staring wide.

His long, thick eyelashes resembled little brushes, casting shadows in front of his eyes.

Although there was some dirt on his round cheeks, he looked irresistibly cute.

Especially when he smiled, with his rosy lips and white teeth, it was enough to melt anyone’s heart.

Shi Yaoguang watched, her heart stirred, as if she wanted to reach out and pinch the little friend’s chubby cheeks.

However...

She still needed to ask for the little boy’s opinion.

If he wasn’t willing, she couldn’t insist.

Thinking this, she asked, "Little friend, what’s your name? Why are you here by yourself? Where is your family?"

The little guy stared at her with his glossy eyes for a while before finally saying, "I escaped."

"Ah?"

Shi Yaoguang paused, "You escaped?"

The little guy nodded, his white teeth biting his lip, looking aggrieved.

Shi Yaoguang hurriedly asked, "What exactly happened? Did you meet a trafficker?"

"Sort of..." the little guy lowered his head and started to choke up. "I... I was sold."

Shi Yaoguang frowned. "Your family sold you to the traffickers?"

The little guy nodded.

He looked at Shi Yaoguang and hesitantly asked, "Sister, can you help me?"

"Of course," Shi Yaoguang was happy to help. "How do you want me to help you?"

The little guy sniffled, "My dad married a woman twenty years younger than him to be my stepmother. She gave birth to a pair of twin brothers half a year ago. A month ago, my stepmother sold me to traffickers..."

As Shi Yaoguang listened to him recount the incident, her face turned grim.

What kind of parent could be so irresponsible?

It really did seem true, with a stepmother comes a stepfather.

Poor little bun in front of her, having to suffer all this at such a young age.

Shi Yaoguang felt sympathy for him while also noting what he said.

The little guy had been sold to the traffickers a month ago, and once in their hands, it wouldn’t have been easy for him to be released.

She wondered how he managed to escape.

As if sensing her curiosity, the little guy said, "I escaped at night while they were not paying attention..."

As he spoke, he seemed to grow anxious again, "I overheard them talking about a deal. More than thirty kids are going to be moved. I only managed to escape because of this opportunity."

After finishing, he looked at Shi Yaoguang with hopeful eyes, "Sister, can you help them too?"

Without a second thought, Shi Yaoguang promised to help.

When it comes to such matters, ignorance is one thing, but now that she knew, she was determined not to stand idly by.

However, she was somewhat curious, "Since you escaped, why didn’t you go to the police uncle?"

Speaking of this, the little bun looked dejected, "I heard them talking, and they said someone was watching at the police station’s door. If I went to the police station, I would definitely be taken away immediately."

As for calling the police, he hadn’t thought of that.

For one, he didn’t have a cellphone.

For another, he was worried that the traffickers might have some connection with insiders at the police station.

It’s not to say police officers could not be involved in abductions, but what about other non-official staff members?

The little bun was very cautious about this.

Shi Yaoguang understood his concerns, and she agreed with his reasoning.

In the absence of the full truth, preserving oneself was most important.

She was also curious about another point.

"With so many people at the airport, how did you come to find me?"

At this, the sparkle in the little bun’s eyes shone brightly: "I saw Sister among the crowd at a glance."

As he spoke, his little face flushed, "I just felt that Sister would be kind to me."

Shi Yaoguang couldn’t help but laugh, "Your intuition isn’t bad."

The little guy’s ears turned red.

Because the little guy mentioned the abductors had other moves, Shi Yaoguang didn’t dare delay. She sent a message to Quan Jinbei and followed the little guy out of the airport.

The human traffickers had snatched several dozen children, so they naturally couldn’t leave on a plane in a conspicuous manner.

The reason the little guy appeared at the airport was due to their scattering strategy.

Near Changhong Airport, there are two subway stations, one high-speed rail station, and one train station.

With the traffickers leading the children, as long as they dispersed, each bringing two or three children wasn’t conspicuous.

The little guy who found Shi Yaoguang was assigned to fly on the plane.

"Sister, I know where they are planning to meet up."

The little guy, clutching Shi Yaoguang’s hand, said nervously.

Shi Yaoguang asked, "Do you still remember the way?"

The little guy nodded, "I remember, but... Sister, what can we do to save them?"

Shi Yaoguang stretched out her hand to comfort him by patting his little head, and she shared her solution.

"I will contact the police uncle and inform them of the situation. When the time comes..."

Shi Yaoguang hadn’t finished speaking when a gorgeously dressed woman rushed out with an anxious expression.

"Baby, there you are. Mommy said not to run around, didn’t she? Why are you so disobedient?"

The woman was wearing a chiffon blouse paired with a pencil skirt and five-centimeter high heels. Her lips were painted red, and her nails were also brightly colored.

At first glance, she looked like a beautiful lady.

No one would have thought that such a person could be a human trafficker.

Therefore, when she rushed out, Shi Yaoguang wasn’t sure of her identity.

Not until she claimed to be the little guy’s mother.

The little guy had been kidnapped; could his mother possibly be here?

Obviously, that was impossible.

So, this woman’s identity was definitely problematic.

The woman rushed to Shi Yaoguang’s side, embraced the little guy in her arms, and then watched Shi Yaoguang with a wary gaze.

She asked brusquely, "Who are you? Why are you with my son? Where are you taking him?"

Shi Yaoguang met her guarded look and curled her lips slightly, "Little brother was hungry, so I was taking him to KFC for something to eat."

On hearing this, the woman huffed coldly, "Why would you take my little brother to KFC? I don’t know you. Who knows if you are a human trafficker?"