As soon as Lu Yan arrived in Liang Town, looking at the streets with no surveillance and no management rules, as well as the people coming and going, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
Everything here seemed no different from usual. People were still living their own lives as usual, as if nothing strange had happened.
The town was not large, but the houses were densely packed and the alleys were intricate. In such a closed place, finding Ning Anmiao and Yin Yiyan, who might have gone missing two days ago, was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
He went to the hotel where Ning Anmiao stayed in Liang Town. Song Qin, who had rushed over in a hurry, asked the landlady for the room key, and Lu Yan directly entered the room.
The room was in full view. Apart from the two girls' personal clothes, there were no other valuable clues.
Song Qin stood at the door, watching Lu Yan standing in the room with a deeply furrowed brow. The idea he had just come up with, he didn't dare to tell Lu Yan.
"Have you reported the case? Have people been sent to search now?" Lu Yan's side face was clearly defined. Standing in the room, he was extremely tall, and his voice was cold and indifferent.
It was intimidating and chilling.
"A special search and rescue team has been sent from Haicheng. It will take a while for everyone to arrive."
Song Qin swallowed hard and hesitated before speaking, "Just now, a villager said that cases of missing tourists in their town have been quite common in recent years. It seems to be the work of a human - trafficking gang."
Only then did Lu Yan turn his head to look at him. In those pitch - black eyes, there was a coldness like ice: "Human trafficking?"
"Yes. If they're lucky, the victims are usually sold as wives in the mountains. But there are also those who are transported for underground organ trafficking..."
The lower Song Qin spoke, the softer his voice became. He already felt Lu Yan's sharp gaze, like a blade, slicing across him.
It was not surprising that such things could happen in this small place.
It was just that Lu Yan never expected that the disaster would befall Miao Miao.
Fall on his Miao Miao.
Lu Yan closed his eyes tightly. He seemed very calm and his emotions showed no fluctuations, but the hand hanging by his side tightened more and more.
He couldn't accept it.
He couldn't accept that Miao Miao would be sold to the deep mountains to suffer, and even less could he accept that his Miao Miao would be cut into various organs and sold on the market!
He took a slow breath, and his eyes instantly turned chillingly cold!
"Actually... there's another way."
Knowing that waiting now would only waste time, Song Qin spoke cautiously, "When I just left the Haicheng Police Station, they gave me a police dog. But it hasn't been fully domesticated and is very disobedient. All the other police dogs have been sent out on missions, and this is the only one left."
"In this small place without surveillance, maybe we can give it a try, but it may not work..."
Song Qin didn't dare to make any guarantees. After all, the police hadn't promised that this dog would definitely be helpful.
Taking a desperate chance, Lu Yan thought for a second, then directly pulled out one of Ning Anmiao's tops from the suitcase in the hotel and stuffed it into Song Qin's hand.
"Try it."
Even if there was only a one - in - a - thousand chance, he had to try!
After leaving the hotel, Lu Yan saw the dog tied at the door.
It was completely black, with its head held high. Its pair of jet - black eyes were looking into the hotel, full of vigilance.
It was a wolfdog.
Lu Yan walked over silently, put the shirt in his hand in front of the wolfdog's nose, and pursed his lips, "Help me find the person with this smell."
After a pause, he said seriously again, "Please."
After he finished all this, the wolfdog still looked up at him, standing still on the spot, not understanding what he was saying at all.
Lu Yan felt that he must be crazy!
He was actually talking to an undomesticated police dog and still hoped that it could help him find Miao Miao!
At this moment, he was extremely desperate.
But who would have thought that the next second, the wolfdog suddenly barked at him, then turned around and ran out.
"Mr. Lu, there's hope!" Song Qin cheered, pointing at the dog and shouting, "Let's hurry and follow!"
Lu Yan's pupils shrank, and he didn't hesitate to follow.
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Ning Anmiao leaned against the wall, her eyes dull. She could only count the light shining through the crack of the door, watching the light outside gradually move down. She knew that evening was approaching.
The man said that someone would come to pick them up in the evening and transport them to other places to be sold.
By that time, there would be no hope at all.
She listened to the complete silence outside and knew that she and Yin Yiyan should have been tied up in the most remote part of the town, just to avoid being discovered by others.
The quieter it was, the more afraid she became.
She tried to keep calm, but when she thought about what might happen, her lips turned pale and her limbs began to feel cold.
So cold.
Fear and darkness made big tears pour out from the corners of her eyes. The little bit of courage she had managed to muster was completely shattered, and finally she sobbed uncontrollably.
From childhood to adulthood, Ning Anmiao had never had such a negative experience. Her sense of vigilance was too weak, and she was too easy to trust strangers, which led to her panicking quickly when encountering such a thing.
She should have listened to Lu Yan.
She shouldn't have talked to the strange man, shouldn't have run to this crowded and closed place with Yin Yiyan, and definitely shouldn't have gone to the bonfire party without even taking her phone...
The more she cried, the louder she sobbed. There was too much dust in the air, and her throat began to feel hoarse and painful, and her eyes were swollen and uncomfortable.
If Lu Yan knew that she had been sold, he would definitely be very sad, right?
Just thinking that she might never see Lu Yan again in this lifetime, Ning Anmiao felt a bitter pain in her chest and indescribable regret.
Just then, she heard the sound of the iron chain at the door.
She immediately tensed her body, gritted her teeth tightly, and stared at the door with hatred in her eyes!
She wouldn't leave with anyone, absolutely not!
If they wanted to take her away, she'd rather die!
The metal chains clashed for a long time. Ning Anmiao waited for a long time, but the door still didn't open. She could faintly hear the barking of a dog.
How could they bring a dog? Wouldn't the barking of the dog attract more attention?
Ning Anmiao suddenly realized that this might be someone coming to rescue her.
She immediately got excited and shouted towards the door, "Is there anyone outside? Help! Save me! Someone has kidnapped me!"
Actually, she had already exhausted most of her strength when crying just now. At this moment, she was weak, but she still mustered all her strength to call for help from the outside world.
Even though the chance was slim, she had to try with all her might!
The door never opened, and the people outside also fell silent.
Ning Anmiao's hopeful heart gradually sank.
It turned out that they were not here to rescue her.