"Right, our mommy and daddy will come out to find us soon."
The woman hadn’t expected that two little toddlers, just over a year old, would speak with such clear logic, not to mention knowing the term ’abduct.’
Yixiao gently smiled, "It’s normal to eat candy during the New Year’s celebration. I must say, your parents have taught you well. Go ahead, we live nearby and often see you. If it were some other kids, I wouldn’t even bring it out."
The man looked around, seeing no one else near, he approached the woman and spoke, "Why waste words with them? I’ll carry one, you carry the other. Once we have them, they won’t dare to disobey."
The children weren’t fooled. The woman nodded her head; that was the only tactic left.
Gu Dabao patted Dahuang’s head, as if to speak to it.
The man reached out to cover Gu Dabao’s mouth.
The woman did the same, attempting to cover Gu Xiaobao’s mouth.
"Help, someone is stealing children, help, someone is stealing children!" A frantic woman’s voice suddenly shouted, breaking the brief peace of the noon.
Upon hearing this, the man and the woman instinctively turned towards the source of the noise and saw a young girl, shouting as she looked for a stick.
The man and woman looked at each other, "Let’s run."
The man was about to move when Dahuang fiercely bit into his trousers. A tug, and the trousers tore.
Dahuang immediately chased after.
The woman looked at Dahuang chasing the man in a different direction.
Lin Yue, with a stick in her hand, started beating the woman.
Hearing the noise, nearby neighbors also ran over to help.
Soon, both the man and the woman were subdued.
He Ximei, alarmed by the mentions of kidnappers outside, dropped everything and rushed out, calling out to Xiaofeng, "Xiaofeng, they say they’ve caught some child traffickers outside, could it be Dabao and the others?"
Dabao and Xiaobao were so adorable that everyone who saw them was astonished and could even develop a desire to possess them.
By the time He Ximei and Xiaofeng arrived nearby, the kidnappers had been caught.
Because he had fought with Dahuang for a while, the man had several bites on his legs and arms, bleeding profusely.
As for the woman, she had been hit with the stick by Lin Yue several times, her arm was bruised and swollen.
The man and woman were held by the crowd, now kneeling on the ground.
Lin Yue explained the facts to everyone, "When I arrived, I saw them trying to steal the children. The man tried to carry the boy, and the woman tried to carry this girl."
Xiaofeng pushed through the crowd and ran to Dabao and Xiaobao, "Dabao, Xiaobao, what are you doing here, is everything okay?"
Xiaobao hid in his mother’s embrace, his face full of fear, "Mommy, we met bad people. This auntie said she would give me and brother candy, but we didn’t take it."
"We’re not kidnappers, we were just passing by and saw these adorable kids, so we came over to play with them. We’re not bad people."
"Not bad people? If I hadn’t discovered it in time, you would have taken them away," Lin Yue said angrily.
"Call the police," a neighbor suggested.
"Yes, call the police."
Gu Yecheng and Su Peng, having heard the commotion, came over and saw the two people kneeling on the ground. Gu Yecheng took out a cell phone and dialed a number, "Officer, we’ve caught two kidnappers here. Please come and take over."
Upon hearing about the police, the kidnappers turned pale.
In that era, those who carried cell phones were wealthy.
"Daddy!" Gu Xiaobao ran to his father, crying bitterly, "Daddy, I almost never saw you again. I was so scared."
"It’s okay now, the bad people have been caught."
Dabao glanced at his little sister’s acting, rolled his eyes. What an actress she was. Scared? He hadn’t noticed her fear from start to end; not until their father arrived did she suddenly become ’scared.’
He patted Dahuang on the head, "Dahuang, you did great."
"Of course, I’m always fierce."
"Can you bite more bad people in the future?"
Xiaofeng, watching the interaction between Dabao and Dahuang, squinted her eyes then looked at the man’s bite wounds. So, Dabao and Dahuang must’ve worked together to result in such damage.
Captain Hong acted quickly, and it wasn’t long before he took the people away.
The man and woman, bruised and beaten, were taken away by the police, almost fainting in the police van.
"Thank you, auntie," Xiaofeng said, knowing that it was Lin Yue who had quickly called for help from the neighbors, and had the children thank her.