NOVEL NEXT Chapter 194 - 194: What Did You Say, Say It Again?
Chapter 194: What Did You Say, Say It Again?
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Of course, he trusted Su Xuan’s judgment. But he didn’t understand how Su Xuan had discovered it. It was like every time Su Xuan could sense the criminals, and they were always one step behind…
When Zhou Qiang questioned this, Su Xuan glanced at him. He couldn’t reveal that it was a prompt from the system, right?
From experience,” Su Xuan said, reaching out to pat Zhou Qiang on the shoulder with a serious expression. “Once you have my skills, you’ll be able to do it too!”
Zhou Qiang thought, “I think you’re just picking a fight!”
With that, Zhou Qiang decided not to inquire further. He turned his attention back to the two men and women, narrowing his eyes and adopting a serious expression.
Meanwhile, the man continued to plead with Zhou Qiang, hoping that under the immense pressure, Zhou Qiang would release him.
That’s enough!” Zhou Qiang finally spoke, his tone firm. “Shut up! Behave!” Having worked in the police station for many years, Zhou Qiang had a strong presence about him, which he hadn’t displayed earlier. But now, with just a casual remark, the man who had been making noise suddenly closed his mouth. He looked at Zhou Qiang in shock, the tiny hope he had fading away instantly.
This… this was what a police officer was like?
Earlier, he had actually thought about shouting at the police officers… The man squatted down, and the woman next to him dared not say a word.
Su Xuan looked at the child in the woman’s arms, who was gradually waking up amidst the man’s shouting. The bewildered child glanced at the woman handcuffed and emitted a soft voice, “Auntie…”
“Where’s mommy? Have you found mommy?” he continued, hearing his aunt’s voice.
In response, the woman’s face changed abruptly, and she instinctively said “Hush!”
The child, upon hearing this, froze, not understanding why his aunt wanted him to be quiet. Wasn’t his aunt going to take him to find his mommy, as she had said?
Being only a few years old, the child was unaware of the adults’ current panic. He opened his mouth and burst into tears.
“Why? Why isn’t mommy here?” he sobbed. “I want to find mommy…”
As the child began to cry, the woman’s expression became even more troubled. Even the man, who had been squatting on the ground, had a change in his face. He nervously glanced at the child and then at Su Xuan and Zhou Qiang.
Seeing that they didn’t seem suspicious, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Qiang was also taken aback at this point. Listening to the child’s words… Could these two be human traffickers?
Just as he was about to inquire about something, Su Xuan had already taken the child into his arms.
“Don’t cry, sweetheart,” Su Xuan said. “You want to find your mommy, right?” The child, who had been crying, relaxed his body and nodded with sniffles. He reached out to wipe his tears, and Su Xuan helped him with that.
Speaking gently, Su Xuan continued, “Don’t worry, uncle is a policeman. If you want to find your mommy, uncle can help you, okay? Even if you don’t trust anything else, you can trust the policeman, right?”
Perhaps it was Su Xuan’s soothing tone, but the child, who had been somewhat fearful, widened his eyes, looked at Su Xuan, and slowly nodded.
Seeing this, Su Xuan smiled and asked, “So, can you tell uncle… what is your relationship with these two people?” He gestured toward the two individuals squatting nearby.
Upon hearing this, the two people’s faces changed. Beads of sweat as big as soybeans rolled down their foreheads, and their gazes became nervously fixed on the child. Especially the woman who had been holding the child earlier, she widened her eyes, barely daring to breathe.
The surrounding passengers were also stunned by the scene.
“What’s going on?”
“Why is the policeman asking like this?”
“Could it be because these two are human traffickers…”
“That’s unlikely. If you were a human trafficker, would you let the kidnapped child wake up?”
“True…”
“Wow, what’s really happening here? It’s so nerve-wracking…”
The whispers of the passengers reached their ears, making the two of them even more nervous. They were afraid that this little rascal might blurt out something he shouldn’t.
Damn it. Why didn’t they think that they would encounter a policeman while riding the train?
The man couldn’t help but glare at his wife. If it weren’t for her inexplicably causing trouble with someone, they wouldn’t be in this situation now!
He cursed to himself. When this was all over, he would definitely divorce this damn woman!
“It’s uncle and aunt,” the child replied.
Uncle and aunt?
As the soft voice rang out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Even the two individuals themselves let out a sigh of relief. Although they had known that the brat would say something like that, they couldn’t help but feel nervous.
To be honest, even Su Xuan was somewhat surprised by the response.
“These are your uncle and aunt?”
“Then where is mommy? Are you on the way to find mommy now?” Su Xuan asked.
At the same time, he reached out and gently patted the child’s head. In that moment, his eyes were filled with rage.
“Sweetie, can you tell Uncle your name?” Zhou Qiang looked at Su Xuan’s expression, momentarily stunned.
“Not…” Su Xuan began.
“Why are you asking this, Su Xuan?” Zhou Qiang interrupted.
“I’m Xiao Zhi, Mommy calls me Xiao Zhi. Uncle, you can call me Xiao Zhi too,” both Xiao Zhi and Zhou Qiang answered simultaneously.
Su Xuan sighed, lifted his head, and his eyes concealed no trace of indifference as he looked at the anxious couple before him.
He said, “Zhou Qiang, we might need to change our course of action.”
Initially, Su Xuan had intended to hand these two individuals over to the train attendants. After all, they were caught on the train. Their thoughts were in sync – they didn’t want to deal with it.
But now, it was clearly not an option. This child…
“Huh!?” When Su Xuan spoke, Zhou Qiang was dumbfounded. “Su Xuan, are you planning to…”
“We’re almost at the station, right?” Su Xuan said, standing up and coincidentally facing the train attendants who had hurried over.
He presented his police badge.
“Hello, I’m Su Xuan from the Jiangcheng precinct of Xiangjiang City. This is my colleague, Zhou Qiang.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Earlier, we thought they were just regular suspects and intended to hand them over to you.”
“But now, we’ll be taking them with us.”
“We apologize for the inconvenience.”
After Su Xuan finished speaking, the train attendants who had rushed over had their expressions darken.
He glanced at the man and woman who were pale as paper, squatting in place not knowing what to do. Then he looked at Xiao Zhi beside Su Xuan. As a fellow police officer, he immediately sensed the seriousness of the situation. Without asking further questions, he saluted Su Xuan and Zhou Qiang before leaving the train compartment.
Su Xuan then pulled Zhou Qiang to sit down.
“Su Xuan, what’s going on?” Zhou Qiang asked. “Why the sudden change of plans? Weren’t we planning to hand these two over to the train attendants?” “Now…”
“Wait!” Zhou Qiang’s words were cut short as he noticed Su Xuan typing a message on his phone. His expression changed, and he quickly took out his own phone.
Sure enough, Su Xuan had sent a message in their department’s work group chat.
“Dispatch a vehicle to the South Station to pick up someone, and also contact
911…”
“What are you doing?” Zhou Qiang asked.
“Why contact 911?!”
Su Xuan had finished sending the message. He put down his phone, reached out to pull Xiao Zhi over to sit down, and looked at the couple who were still crouching with a cold expression.
“Zhou…” Su Xuan whispered, “I suspect there are drugs with this child.”
Zhou Qiang:!!!
His pupils dilated in shock..