The next morning, when it was still light, two men were sleeping soundly in the simple brick house. Apparently, the delicious food and wine last night had made them forget everything else and they were a little drunk.
Suddenly, a piercing cell phone ring rang out. The tall and thin man moved, took out his cell phone, answered a few words in a daze, and suddenly widened his eyes. The next moment, he jumped out of the bed, not even bothering to put on his shoes, and pushed the snoring strong man hard, "Get up, get up quickly. Let's go now! Move all the little guys away, the cops are coming to the county."
The tall and thin man's words scared the big man so much that he got up from the bed without saying a word. Fortunately, they had drunk too much last night and didn't take off their clothes, so they just put on their shoes and left.
The two men hurried to the truck, one opened the trunk, and the other untied the chain tied to the wooden cover, and then they worked together to pull all the kids out of the cellar and put them on the truck. Because of the news, the two men were very fast. After a quick glance to make sure that all the kids in the cellar were moved out, they put the wooden cover back in place, and did not bother to lock it. They just covered it with thick straw and got on the truck.
Because of the rush of time, neither of them counted the number of people. The tall and thin man obviously forgot something he had done before. Also, due to the dim environment in the cellar, they did not notice the two untied ropes in a corner of the cellar.
The engine roared, and the ordinary-looking small truck clanged away at a speed that seemed to be flying, leaving only flying sand raised by the wheels on the yellow earth.
Time passed slowly, the sun rose gradually, and the originally gray sky suddenly turned blue. It was a rare sunny day in winter.
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Bai Yichen, who had been in a coma for a whole night, slowly regained consciousness. When he regained consciousness, he was a little stunned. Was he alive
Before he could feel happy, Bai Yichen suddenly felt something was wrong. There seemed to be a warm air flow beside his ears, and the soft and warm cushion under him seemed to move.
Moved a bit...
Bai Yichen suddenly opened his eyes and met a pair of eyes that were shining with water in the darkness.
The owner of those eyes seemed to have noticed that he was awake. He only heard a tender voice full of surprise: "Brother, you're awake."
Hearing this childish voice, Bai Yichen was stunned for a moment. He felt the still narrow environment around him and thought about how he felt that the cabinet was much softer than he had imagined before he lost consciousness yesterday. Suddenly he understood something.
It turned out that it wasn't that the cabinet was soft, but that there was already a person locked inside.
Thinking about how he had slept on this child last night, and that childish voice, calling him brother, and the possibility that the other person was even younger than his current age, Bai Yichen's heart was suddenly filled with a sense of guilt. He quickly said sorry, pushed open the cabinet door, and crawled out with his weak hands and feet.
As soon as he went out, Bai Yichen felt something was wrong. It was too quiet. The cellar, which was originally crowded with young children and could be heard sobbing from time to time, became eerily quiet. The sounds of clothes rubbing against each other and the soft coughing all disappeared. Even the dark shadows of the children that he had vaguely seen on the ground before were all gone. Bai Yichen couldn't help but take a few steps forward to be more sure.
"Brother." Because of Bai Yichen's departure, the childish voice sounded a little panicked.
"I'm here." Bai Yichen agreed quickly. He found that he had recovered a lot after a night's sleep. His head was not so dizzy anymore, and the swelling in his throat was much better. At least he had no difficulty speaking anymore. The person he should be most grateful for all this should be the child in the closet. If it weren't for his body temperature, even if he survived by chance, he would never have recovered so well.
Hearing Bai Yichen's voice, the man who seemed very anxious before also quieted down, but the pair of eyes that were shining in the darkness were still looking at Bai Yichen without blinking, as if he was afraid that he would abandon him.
Bai Yichen walked to the place where many children were lying last night and confirmed that there was no one there. This made him have some strange guesses in his mind. Could it be that the traffickers had left? Was he so lucky? Was he just forgotten
Bai Yichen pondered for a while, and suddenly found that the child in the closet was still motionless and had not come out yet. He was a little surprised, and suddenly remembered something. He walked back to the closet and reached out to touch it. Sure enough, he felt a rough rope on the other person's hand. He was secretly annoyed at his carelessness and quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, I'll help you untie it."
"Um."
The childish voice was very sweet. Bai Yichen felt even softer when he heard it. He untied the rope on the child's wrist gently, and then fumbled to untie the rope on his feet. This time, Bai Yichen lived up to his adult IQ. He knew that the child had been pinned down by him all night, and his hands and feet were tied up and he couldn't move at all. Now, to say that he was numb was an understatement.
He stretched out his hand, carefully carried the person out of the closet, and then let him lean on him and massaged his hands and feet. This child was indeed smaller than him, not only with small hands and feet, but also with his body shape just now, and even with his current strength, he could easily carry him out.
Bai Yichen was now much more relaxed because he guessed that the traffickers might have left. While helping the child relax the meridians in his hands and feet, he asked him, "Little guy, why are you in the cabinet?"
Although he was a little surprised at how his brother addressed him, the child still answered honestly, "I was locked up by bad guys. It was so dark in there and I was so scared. Fortunately, my brother came later." As the childish voice spoke, it seemed to remember something terrible and hid in Bai Yichen's arms again.
After hearing this timid answer, Bai Yichen thought to himself, as expected. He still remembered that when he touched the cabinet last night, there was a wooden bar inserted horizontally on the outside to lock it shut. In this way, the people inside could not get out at all. It was equivalent to being locked in the cabinet. Those human traffickers were simply unscrupulous. They could even harm such a young child.
Bai Yichen rubbed the little guy's hands and feet for a while, then helped him up and said, "Try and see if you can walk."
"Yeah." The little guy took two tentative steps on the ground, and it was obvious that there was no problem. Then the next moment, the corner of Bai Yichen's clothes tightened, and it was obviously tightly grasped by a little guy. Bai Yichen smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to cover the cold little hand holding the corner of his clothes, and held it in his hand, "Let's go, let's go out together."
Listening to this soft and pleasant voice, and with his palms wrapped in warm hands, Su Yuanhang's heart, which had been wandering and uneasy since he was separated from his mother, strangely calmed down. It seemed that as long as he was by his brother's side, even the darkness around him was not so scary anymore.
He would always remember the time when that bad guy roughly locked him in a closet. No one came to let him out no matter how hard he beat him. He was locked there, as if he was abandoned by the whole world. No matter how he cried and trembled, or how he shouted, no one paid attention to him. Just when he thought he would be forgotten there forever, his brother appeared...
Bai Yichen suddenly felt the little hand in his palm tighten again, and the strength of the grip made him feel a little pain, but he just thought that the little guy was scared, so he said nothing. He pulled him closer to himself and carefully led him to the stairs that he had groped for yesterday.
After walking to the entrance and listening carefully for a while, there was no movement outside, and Bai Yichen's expression relaxed a little. When Bai Yichen stretched out his hand to push the top cover, he imagined two possibilities in his mind. Although he guessed that the traffickers might have moved away with all the children, there were still two possibilities for this top cover. The worst possibility was that the traffickers did not forget to lock the iron chain after leaving. If that was the case, their crisis would still not be resolved. The best possibility was that Bai Yichen gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand and pushed with all his strength. With a creak, the heavy wooden top cover was pushed open a little by Bai Yichen.
Bai Yichen couldn't help but smile. Obviously, he was really lucky today.
After that, Bai Yichen made a concerted effort and completely moved the roof open. Then the two of them helped each other to climb out and were back in the sunlight. Bai Yichen couldn't help squinting his eyes to adapt for a while. When he could see normally again, he lowered his head and saw an extremely delicate and lovely face.
He was a child who looked very well-behaved, wearing a blue winter coat, with smooth bangs on his forehead, and a pair of big, black and pure eyes that seemed to be able to speak, and long eyelashes fluttering. He was very adorable to look at. The first thing the little guy did after coming out was to hold Bai Yichen tightly, just like when he was in the cellar.
Bai Yichen said nothing. Now was not the time to talk. He looked around and didn't see any people or vehicles. However, he didn't dare to be careless. He put the roof back in place, covered it with a layer of straw, and then walked carefully to the side with the little guy.
Bai Yichen tried his best to hide behind obstacles along the way, so that he could hide as soon as possible if someone came. After walking for a while, he did not see any figures. He only saw a simple little house not far away with the door half-open and no sound from inside.
The terrain here is very open. Apart from the house, Bai Yichen is sure that there is no one around. Logically, he could just take the kid and run away. However, although he had a good sleep last night and his body has recovered a lot, he is not in a good condition. Not to mention that his legs are still a little weak and he can't run fast at all, he and the kid haven't eaten anything since yesterday, and he doesn't have much strength left. Judging from the desolate environment around him, he doesn't know how far he has to go before he can see people. It is obviously not good to leave directly in such a weak state.
Bai Yichen looked around and pushed the little guy to his hiding place, "Wait for me here."
As a result, the little guy, who had always been very well-behaved, refused to let go no matter what, so Bai Yichen had to take the little guy with him to the dilapidated little house. Fortunately, according to his speculation, there was probably no one in the house, and he just wanted to sneak a peek outside the window first, so the risk was relatively small.
Just like that, Bai Yichen brought the little guy with him, and the two of them crouched down all the way to the window, and stood on tiptoe to look inside. This shabby little house was not big, and everything inside was visible. There was only a simple wooden bed against the wall, a square table and a few chairs. There were a few plates of leftovers on the table, and an empty wine bottle on the ground. Apart from that, there was no one in the room. One could even tell from some details that the human traffickers left in a hurry.
Seeing this, Bai Yichen breathed a sigh of relief. He led the little guy towards the door. The shabby door was not locked at all, but just ajar. It must be because the human traffickers also thought that there was nothing worth stealing in this small house.
Bai Yichen reached out and pushed open the door, asking the little guy to pay attention outside the door and remind him if he saw anyone, and then he quickly started searching the small room.
In this shabby little house where even the human traffickers thought there was nothing to steal, Bai Yichen found a few steamed buns and half a pot of cold water, then he pulled the little guy to sit at the table and started to wolf them down.
The messy leftovers on the table, which had already solidified a layer of white oil, were very appetizing, but now both Bai Yichen and the little guy were eating very happily and didn't care about anything else. After the two of them finished eating hurriedly, there were still two steamed buns left. Bai Yichen packed them in the bag for steamed buns, drank enough water, and then took the little guy who did the same thing out.
Because they were well fed and well drunk, both of them had recovered a lot of their strength. Bai Yichen looked around and followed the road that still had tire marks on the yellow soil.
This place was indeed very remote. The two walked for more than an hour without seeing any human habitation. Of course, this was also due to the fact that they were small and weak and walked very slowly.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, they saw a village in the distance. However, Bai Yichen did not take the little one to ask for help, but avoided it from a distance. After all, this was the village closest to the human traffickers' den. In such a remote and desolate place, all the villagers had cooperative relationships with the human traffickers. This was not uncommon in legal news. He did not want to escape from the tiger's den and fall into the wolf's mouth because of a little carelessness.
Those human traffickers drove away along this road. So as long as they continue along this road, they will reach the main road sooner or later, and that will be the real time to ask for help.
In this way, Bai Yichen kept walking with the little guy. When he was tired, he would rest for a while. When he was hungry, he would eat the steamed buns he brought with him. After an unknown amount of time, just when he felt that he could no longer move his legs, he saw a long black dragon in the distance...
A long black dragon made of tar.