Their operating procedure was well thought out as well. Normally, they would ensure that the 'cargo' was in a docile state after being abducted, just like the young child they were carrying right now.
Despite blaring car horns on such a busy street, the racket had not roused the child in the slightest. He laid slack in the woman's arms as if he was in a deep slumber, except the fact that his eyes were red and swollen.
The man bent down to smile at little Qingchen, appearing as harmless as could be. "Hi there little one, is there a pharmacy close by? My child is sick and I would like to buy him some flu medicine."
Little Qingchen glanced at the man without responding.
The man did not expect such a reaction, and he called out again, "Little one?"
Little Qingchen ate a spoonful of his chocolate cake before slowly replying, "Follow me, I'll take you there."
The man's eyes brightened. "That's great, thanks a lot, kid!" Children were so easily tricked after all. They would just have to wait a little longer till there was no one around before taking action.
Upon this thought, the man turned to exchange a look with the woman who was holding the child. The meaning behind the look was merely comprehensible by both of them.
They had two targets today. Aside from the child lying in the woman's arms, the other target would be this child named Helian Qingchen.
According to their information sources, this child was from a mediocre single-parent family running a car repair shop. He was teased and being named a cheapskate ever since he joined the school. It would not attract much attention if such a child were to go missing.
Thick black fog rose from the man's body as these thoughts ran through his mind.
Those were the evil thoughts sprouting from a human's heart.
In the eyes of a devil, living spirits such as these were no different from evil spirits.
Baili Shangxie followed behind. Shoving his little hands in his pockets, he strode along with a cool demeanor. He arched an eyebrow after listening to little Qingchen's response.
The first thing that came to his mind was, his chocolate cake was about to be abducted.
Without further ado, he followed them gallantly!
The man cracked a smile at little Qingchen, though his left hand hung limp at his side as if he was holding something. A closer look revealed a handkerchief held in his palm.
The man did not get the chance to do anything yet.
The man was not foolish either. In fact, he was quite the opposite, rather sharp with a quick response. The moment he saw the policeman, he immediately became aware of the situation he was in. He swiftly tossed the handkerchief aside and turned toward little Qingchen defensively. The child did this on purpose!
In his numerous experiences in kidnapping children, he had never met one like this. He is actually thinking of biting right back at me!
At this moment, little Qingchen had arrived next to the policeman. His large, round eyes sparkled like an obsidian gemstone as he pointed at the man. "Something is wrong with him."
The policeman frowned, raising his head to take a look at the man.
The man was an experienced kidnapper, bold yet cautious. He was able to maintain his composure during such an unexpected situation. He turned to ask the policeman anxiously, "Pardon me, is there a pharmacy nearby? My child is sick."
The policeman could not identify any signs of deception from the man. Looking at the lethargic child, who was being carried by a similarly worried woman, he did not put much thought into little Qingchen's report. He pointed toward his left.
The man thanked him immediately. His earnest gratitude dissipated any suspicion left in the policeman.
Little Qingchen narrowed his eyes, and his tone hardened. "I said, there's something wrong with that man."
"Boy, I'm quite busy. Are you lost? The school is that way. Please be good and wait for your parents to pick you up." The policeman was expressing his kindness and care toward little Qingchen.
Apparently, he could not possibly take a three-year-old's judgment seriously.
At that juncture, a car stopped by. Recognizing the car plate number, the policeman knew that the passenger of the car was Madam Cheng. In a hurry to greet her, he neglected little Qingchen's statement.
Seeing this, little Qingchen did not say anything else. He carried his slice of cake and walked toward the direction of the man.
As for Baili Shangxie…of course, he would follow the direction of the chocolate cake.
As he noticed a decrease in the number of passers-by, little Qingchen stopped in his tracks.
Suddenly, a group of people posing as two pairs of couples appeared behind him. All four of them stared at him and among them was the man who had asked for directions just moments ago.
He slapped away the chocolate cake in little Qingchen's hands and immediately after that, a handkerchief was pressed over little Qingchen's mouth!
In fact, little Qingchen could have easily avoided the subsequent moves.
But this time, he was infuriated!
How dare they make him drop the cake that pretty Wei Wei had made for me!
Baili Shangxie was also gagged and dragged away. He was brought along in the spur of the moment since his thoughts were similar to little Qingchen. However, a demon would usually be a little more violent in such cases!
The half slice of chocolate cake he had been eyeing and planning to snatch away for an entire hour was gone just like that!
If I do not uproot their base this time, then I will not call myself Baili Shangxie!
When the woman standing at the side saw Baili Shangxie, she furrowed her brow tightly. "This child isn't on the list. Judging from his clothing, he's clearly from a well-off family, so why have you brought him along?"
"We didn't have a choice, these two were acting strange. Not only did they follow us all the way here, but these damned brats even had the nerve to walk us to the police! Watch them closely, make sure they don't get us into any trouble!"
Chapter 894 - The Kidnappers Would Be In Big Trouble
The man stuffed Baili Shangxie and Helian Qingchen into the van as he spoke, before going in after them. After winding up the windows and locking the car doors, they started driving toward the train station.
The path they used was a normal surveillance route, which would allow them to avoid any suspicion. There were millions of cars passing through Beijing every day, so unless there were special circ.u.mstances, officials would hardly demand a search of the cars.
Not to mention, the outside of the van was completely normal. It looked just like a car from another province that entered the capital.
There was an advantage to this kind of van. Its interior was unable to be seen from the outside, whereas from the inside, anything occurring outside was as clear as day.
There was someone else driving the van. He turned the steering wheel as he passed a dozen train tickets to the two teams of imposter couples. He spoke with an accent, "Get ready. As usual, all of you will be seated together," he said as he glanced at the rearview mirror. He immediately furrowed his brow as he slammed the brakes on. "Why is there an extra kid?"
"I didn't think it was safe to leave him running around. He saw us while we were abducting the other kid, so he could be a potential problem if the policemen start to investigate. Besides, catching an extra one wouldn't be a problem. Since the kid from the pancake selling family is easier to control, we can send him off later, but the other two cargos should be sent off as soon as possible," The man uttered as he covered Baili Shangxie's nose and mouth with the handkerchief once more.
Upon hearing this, the driver knew that turning back was not an option. He threw them another two sets of clothing. "Take off the leather jacket and the white shirt on the two brats. The way they're dressed is too eye-catching."
However, it was not just their clothing that was eye-catching. Their appearances, too, were so exceptional that they did not look like they came from
ordinary backgrounds.
The human traffickers acted quickly. In a few seconds, they changed Baili Shangxie and little Qingchen's upper garments while leaving their trousers intact. The trousers would not make a difference anyway.
After everything was done, the man placed the two little ones in a single seat and leaned their heads against each other. This was a common trick amongst high-level human traffickers. Under suitable conditions, they would usually prefer to kidnap two children instead of one. It made things easier since such a heart-warming illusion would often save them from a lot of trouble if they were being checked.
"Hey, they do look like real brothers when their eyes are closed." Upon entering the van, the woman was visibly relaxed. As she cracked open some sunflower seeds, she turned her head around while she commented.
The man yawned and replied indifferently, "Don't they all look the same? It's just that these two are indeed a little too good-looking. Remember to hide their faces in their collars when we reach the train station later. Now, we should all get some rest. After boarding the train, we need to be on high alert to deal with any situations that may occur."
The woman agreed with the man's statement, hence she closed her eyes to rest. Aside from the driver, the other passengers of the van were resting while they could.
No one actually noticed the subtle twitch of a finger from the two little ones who were still leaning against each other. Instead of being unconscious, they were wide awake especially Baili Shangxie. Not only was he wide awake after inhaling the drug, but his eyes had also turned a deeper shade of crimson.
Naturally, Little Qingchen sensed the unusual scent radiating off the inhuman creature. He tightened his little hands around his wrist, warning the inhuman creature not to spoil his plan.
There was actually a very simple way of dealing with this group of people. After all, they were just a few foolish human beings. If worse came to worst, he could just gobble up their souls in one big mouthful.
However, Baili Shangxie had never taken a train ride before, so he would not mind experiencing human life once in a while. After all, he did say he was going to uproot the kidnappers' base.
Upon thinking about this, Baili Shangxie closed his eyes again. Perhaps because he was in a comfortable position, the elder one, who had never interacted with any other children of similar age before, fell asleep lazily while leaning on little Qingchen.
This was around the time when the children began to feel drowsy, and little Qingchen was tired as well, especially since he had been unusually obedient in class the whole day. He stuck his thumb in his mouth and fell asleep.
The saying that siblings are joined by blood is reasonably true.
Perhaps even Baili Shangxie and Helian Qingchen were unaware of the similarity in their sleeping positions as their heads leaned against each other.
The sky darkened outside the van's windows as the time approached 7:15 p.m.
This was the train station's peak hour. On average, there would be over 300,000 passengers transit every day at this station in west Beijing.
Amongst them were countless educated individuals, workers of various occupations, as well as numerous farmers.
Each passenger would wait by the ticket gate to enter the station. Dust-covered backpacks jostled against each other, while some people were carrying rolled-up beddings on their backs.
This was not like southern Beijing, where public transports were mostly business-class high-speed rails. The flow of people was less controlled here.
Security checks were mainly tasked with matching personal identification card numbers with train tickets. As long as the digits on the passengers' tickets matched and they were not carrying any prohibited items, they would be allowed to pass through.
It would be almost impossible to demand the security staff to check every single child to see if they were being drugged unconscious.
After all, their job was tiring enough on its own - to be able to sit there and carry out security checks all day was already immensely taxing.
The human traffickers were aiming at this breach in security when they chose to board the train in this station.
The train was due to depart at 7.30 p.m. This was usually when parents began noticing that their children had gone missing. Things would have been too late by then as the human traffickers would have already boarded the train along with their child.
Undeniably, the human traffickers' plan was extremely well-planned. The only mistake they made was setting their eyes on the wrong target.
The train whistled as the sky above Beijing city fell into darkness.
"It's already 7.30 p.m., why isn't the Little Boss back yet? The Orleans chicken wings I grilled for the Little Boss are already cold."
"Could it be that the Little Boss lost his way?"
"Impossible! Did you forget about the Little Boss's ability to remember anything at first sight? Only an idiot like you would get lost!"
"Stop making noise, S is already on his way to the school. He should be back soon." The relatively cool-headed one was, in fact, the youngster L, who was holding an iron pipe.
However, before S could return, Helian Wei Wei's BMW Tomahawk appeared. The beautiful streamlined vehicle came to a halt in front of them. Helian Wei Wei took off her helmet and raised an eyebrow. "What are you all standing here for?"
The five blokes looked at each other and replied solemnly in unison, "Waiting for the Little Boss!"
"Little Qingchen is still not back yet?" Helian Wei Wei paused, furrowing her brow.
The distance from the kindergarten is less than half an hour. Even if he was taking Blackie for a stroll, he should have been back by now…
Chapter 895 - The Return of The Ghost!
As Helian Wei Wei was thinking about it, there was a sudden sound of screeching brakes. The sound came from a modified version of the Hummer that belonged to Suit Man S. He had a sour look on his face, or rather, he looked enraged, which was a big difference compared to his usual gentleness when picking up girls.
Even when faced with the most powerful enemy, he never had such an expression on his face before.
The car door slammed shut with a bang!
S did not greet Helian Wei Wei, instead, he immediately clutched her hands, throwing out a bomb. "The Little Boss is missing."
These few simple words caused the relaxed atmosphere around them to change in an instant.
"S, what are you talking about?!" When Old A did not smile, he looked like one of those criminals in the movies who was not to be messed around with. At that moment, the knife scar on his face exuded a distinct chill in the air.
S rubbed his own face. "I went to the kindergarten but as the teacher was handling a fight incident in the class at that moment, she had no idea how the Little Boss went missing. She said the Little Boss beat someone up, so she wanted the Little Boss and another kid to wait in the classroom. However, when she finished talking to the parents, the Little Boss and the other kid had vanished. I've asked the guard, who confirmed that the Little Boss did indeed leave the school, and was talking to a man who seemed like a relative, so he had probably been picked up by that relative. Such f*cking bullsh*t! What other relatives does the Little Boss have besides us, this is…"
"He didn't go missing." Helian Wei Wei, who was still on her motorcycle, interrupted S, her eyes turning completely cold. "He has been kidnapped."
"Kidnapped?" Not just the five blokes, but even the youngster L jumped up, hurling aside the steel pipe he was holding.
They had already been upset that someone was trafficking kids in their domain. Now they even dared to touch their Little Boss!
Do they have a death wish?!
L was the most straightforward one. He immediately took out all his gear from the garage and said coldly, "Let's go!"
The calmest person in the whole group was probably Helian Wei Wei, the biological mother. As she stared at the brothers before her, looking like they were about to kill someone, s
he did not feel emotional because she knew that there were only a few people in this world who could actually hurt Little Qingchen.
However, they dared to kidnap her son. Indeed, they truly wished to die!
Helian Wei Wei not being worried and her son being kidnapped were two completely different things.
"Old A, call Monkey and tell him to come to the garage immediately," said Helian Wei Wei as she got off the Tomahawk, throwing her helmet aside. In the dark, her waist-length c.h.e.s.tnut-colored hair swayed in the wind, and the sheer arrogance of a queen exuded from her - beautiful yet fierce. "S, send a notice. Inform all the organizations, the Ghost...has returned!"
Suit Man S's phone had almost all the contact information of the secret organizations, hence he was responsible for sending out emails.
The world's top Mercenary Organization, the Ghost has returned!
The people in Southeast Asia had no idea what had happened. They immediately contacted him back, fearing that they did something to offend the Mercenary Queen.
Of course, there were some people who were not afraid of death. After all, three years is a long time, even 'the resurrection of the Ghost' would not be as impressive as before.
They did not forget that back then, 'the Ghost' laid dormant because their Boss had been seriously injured, and it was still unknown whether they were dead or alive.
However, more than 90% of the people were still afraid of them especially the big boss from Macau, a place near China that was famous for its gambling activities.
He felt shocked and immediately called S, a trembling cigar hanging from his lips. "S?"
"That's me." Suit Man had regained his usual attitude of dealing with outsiders, being extremely professional.
The big boss immediately clarified his stance. "I only manage casinos now." What he tried to imply was, Do not come for me, I do not touch weapons, and I did not mess with you guys.
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