CHAPTER 223: CHAPTER 223: ANHE VILLAGE (PART 1)

Two hours later

Lin Xiaoyan and Nan Xi looked at the large mounds of graves, their faces changing slightly.

"This Shi Wu! Actually in a place like this..." Lin Xiaoyan sighed.

Since we’re here, let’s go in and retrieve Shi Wu’s stuff!

"I’ll go get it, you wait here." Nan Xi quickly scanned the surroundings to ensure there was no danger, then said.

"Aren’t you scared?" Lin Xiaoyan looked at Nan Xi and asked.

Nan Xi shook her head, "Not scared."

Finally, Lin Xiaoyan gave Nan Xi an amulet before she went in to retrieve the item.

The item was quickly retrieved, a bracelet made from some unknown material.

There were also runes engraved on it, which neither of them could understand.

Lin Xiaoyan placed the bracelet into a box, and they quickly left the area.

As they got farther away from the grave mounds, Lin Xiaoyan breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the sun in the sky, "Luckily it’s broad daylight, if it was nighttime, I definitely wouldn’t come!"

Nan Xi glanced at Lin Xiaoyan, her mouth slightly curving, surprised that the young girl was so afraid of grave mounds.

She wasn’t afraid because she’d killed people before, let alone those who were already dead.

The two walked toward the main road, where they had parked the car.

"Hmm? Why are there people next to the car?" Lin Xiaoyan saw two men and one woman standing by her little Mini car not far away, seemingly looking at them.

Nan Xi saw the three and immediately raised her guard, stepping in front of Lin Xiaoyan and whispered, "Later, you step back a bit, I’ll ask them what they’re doing."

Lin Xiaoyan looked at the three who kept glancing over, she nodded, "Okay."

When they were about a hundred meters from the car, Lin Xiaoyan stopped, standing still without moving forward.

Nan Xi looked at the three and strode over.

"What are you doing standing by my car?" Nan Xi asked coldly.

The three were around forty or fifty years old, upon getting closer, she found them dressed simply with clear eyes, not looking like bad people.

However, Nan Xi remained cautious.

One of the women quickly said, "Young lady, don’t be afraid, we’re not bad people, we just came to have a look..."

The other two quickly explained.

It turned out that the task Xuan Shiwu took on in Sea City before was related to these three people.

Before leaving, Xuan Shiwu had mentioned she would retrieve the buried item in a few days.

So they thought the time had come, to see whether the high person had taken the item, and to thank her again.

Nan Xi listened but said nothing, she was wary of anyone.

One of the men saw the young woman in front of him didn’t believe them, so he quickly took out his credentials, "I’m the village chief from the nearby village, this is my identification, please take a look, what we said is true."

Nan Xi glanced from afar, indeed he was a village chief, but she said only, "Since that high person said the item would be retrieved, you can rest assured, no need to come again."

The village chief agreed repeatedly.

"Sorry for the disturbance, we’ll leave now, leave now..." The village chief quickly pulled the other two away with tact.

Nan Xi watched the three leave before waving at Lin Xiaoyan.

Lin Xiaoyan came over and asked, "What happened?"

Nan Xi quickly explained the situation.

"Oh, I’ll tell Shi Wu later."

Nan Xi drove the car, and on the way, they saw those three heading back.

When the three saw Lin Xiaoyan’s car, they immediately stopped, but Nan Xi didn’t stop.

Soon, they entered a village.

"Sister Nan, stop at that grocery store later, I want to buy a bottle of water to drink." Lin Xiaoyan said.

Nan Xi nodded, "Okay."

At this moment, students were carrying backpacks, getting ready to go to school.

When Lin Xiaoyan got out of the car, there were a few students buying snacks at the roadside shop.

She glanced at the shop, "Boss, do you have water?"

The shopkeeper looked up and pointed to the icebox by the wall, Lin Xiaoyan walked over, opened it, and took out two bottles of drinks.

She turned around and accidentally bumped into a child behind her.

"Sorry."

Lin Xiaoyan immediately apologized and steadied the child.

However, at the moment she touched the child, Lin Xiaoyan was momentarily stunned.

"No worries."

The child smiled politely before walking past Lin Xiaoyan to grab a package of spicy snacks.

Lin Xiaoyan looked at the child, a boy about eight or nine years old, looking handsome and chubby.

She walked to the exit, paid the shopkeeper, and at the same time looked at the other children, pretending to shop and walked behind them.

One by one, she lightly touched the shoulder and arm of each child...

Lin Xiaoyan’s face showed a solemn expression, quickly finishing the checkout before returning to the car.

Nan Xi saw Lin Xiaoyan seated properly, immediately driving away.

"Sister Nan, those kids in the shop a while ago are going to be abducted by traffickers..."

Lin Xiaoyan immediately narrated the scene she had "seen" earlier.

Nan Xi’s face turned serious, she pulled the car over and watched the store in the rearview mirror.

"I’ll call He Qi’an!"

Lin Xiaoyan’s call had already been dialed, Nan Xi focused her gaze at the view behind.

"Hello, I’m currently in Anhe Village, I just encountered some kids who are about to be abducted by traffickers..."

Upon hearing this, He Qi’an’s expression turned grave, "Make sure to stay safe, I’ll send people over right away!"

"Alright."

After hanging up, He Qi’an quickly stood up, "Li He, contact the police station near Anhe Village, there’s a group of traffickers heading there..."

"Anhe Village!!!" Zhang Ming looked frantic.

Everyone looked over, "What’s wrong?"

"My home is Anhe Village!" Zhang Ming said, full of worry.

Upon hearing Zhang Ming was from Anhe Village, everyone’s gaze changed distinctly again.

Anhe Village! The village everyone in Sea City longs for.

Anhe Village, there’s another name in Sea City, Compensation Village!

Since ten years ago, Anhe Village seemed to have gotten lucky overnight, lands were selected for various investment projects with compensation.

Don’t be fooled by Anhe Village being "a village", but every household is considerably wealthy.

"Zhang Ming, do you have your village chief’s phone number?" He Qi’an asked.

"Yes!"

"Call the village chief and have him bring people to guard each entrance, remember, don’t expose, if you find suspicious persons or vehicles, call..."

Officers from the precinct immediately set out for Anhe Village.

Every face carried an excited smile.

Unexpectedly, just after the national anti-trafficking initiative was issued, someone walked right into it!

"Zhang Xiaoxiao, let me taste your spicy sticks!"

"No way, it took a lot of effort for me to buy a pack secretly while my mom wasn’t home, this isn’t enough for me to eat alone!"

"I’ll let you have a bite, two bites of my instant noodles, how about it?"

A few kids each grabbed a pack of snacks, walking and eating while eyeing the snacks in each other’s hands.

Nan Xi drove from afar following behind.

Lin Xiaoyan occasionally checked the time on her phone, until...

"Sister Nan, stop, the traffickers are right there at the next turn."