novelraw Chapter 291 - 269: Xiaoqiang, Come Quickly
Chapter 291 - 269: Xiaoqiang, Come Quickly
Yu Minglang hadn’t rested for two days straight, and even meals were just thrown together haphazardly.
This was a cross-province human trafficking organization with familial ties.
The gang came from the same village, rarely returning home, instead choosing to commit crimes while traveling around.
With proficient techniques, they devised routes with cunning precision, just slipping into dead zones.
These people usually had no fixed address, license plates, identification cards, and various documents were all fake, constantly on the move, making it incredibly difficult to trace them.
However, in the eyes of a man determined to find his beloved, there’s no such thing as difficulty.
From interrogating Xuan, revealing Human Trafficker Lao Wu and Da Mei, to using their connection to trace the leads, Yu Minglang finally deduced possible destinations for Da Mei and Lao Wu 52 hours after Qian disappeared, based on the existing conditions and comprehensive judgment.
They inferred where they might refuel on the way to these places based on fuel consumption, focusing inspections on gas stations in these cities; Yu Minglang knew he was taking a gamble, betting the other side wouldn’t switch cars midway, but fortunately, fate favored him and his beloved Mei.
Surveillance equipment near the gas station where Da Mei and Lao Wu had refueled captured a photo of the vehicle hours ago; the car had been there! His beloved Mei was brought to this place!
Now, Yu Minglang was flying in his family’s group’s helicopter, heading to the deduced location.
A stubble had grown on Yu Minglang’s chin.
Qiao Zhen was in a similar state; a day and a half left these two exceptional men physically and mentally exhausted. Their loved ones’ lives hung in the balance, trapped in a den of wolves, unwilling to rest; wasting a minute increased the danger for Qian and Shi Yu.
Whenever he felt he couldn’t endure, Yu Minglang took some painkillers, suppressing his injuries. Everyone thought it was impossible to find them in a short time, but he didn’t give up.
In fact, from Q City to here, if driving normally, it wouldn’t take this long. The traffickers must have taken many detours to avoid checks, buying Yu Minglang some time. While making their convoluted journey, Yu Minglang was already searching frantically.
They couldn’t follow the traffickers’ path; it wasted too much time. They flew straight by helicopter and arrived in two hours.
Although the gas station couldn’t provide particularly valuable information, it proved Yu Minglang’s destination inference was correct. He deduced six possible destinations, with three here.
The tricky part was these three places lined up precisely at three junctions.
Which direction to pursue was the challenge; the traffickers had refueled, making it impossible to infer their next stop, and they were past prosperous cities with no surveillance.
Based on timing, if it’s the nearest destination Yu Minglang calculated, Qian and the others were already delivered to the buyers and had spent the night there.
Several hours and an overnight stay meant so much could have happened.
Finding them earlier would accelerate the rescue.
Both Yu Minglang and Qiao Zhen mentally prepared themselves for the possibility that two young women, as delicate as flowers, fell into such a dire situation. The likely outcomes were predictable, but no one cared; they only hoped the girls were still alive.
Yu Minglang knew his beloved Mei was a fierce girl; if those people dared harm her, she would rather die a dignified death than suffer shame, possibly even ending it herself.
Yet he hoped she wouldn’t care about such things, that she would hang on to life, even if wronged. As long as she survived, nothing else mattered.
At the junction, Yu Minglang, with Qiao Zhen and two other team members, parachuted down, hoping against hope to find some clue.
When Yu Minglang and his team arrived, daylight had broken, yet the gloom in his heart grew heavier.
His beloved Mei had spent an unknown night in such a place, and he hated himself for not finding her sooner.
Many remain lost forever after being abducted. Such cases have a low resolution rate due to intertwined factors. Yu Minglang had already pushed himself to the limit; the speed of his efforts shocked those accompanying him. The fact that his influence was considerable granted him an edge over the fate, yet Yu Minglang remained unsatisfied.
His sole desire was to bring back his girl, nothing else mattered.
Hoping for any clue, just one would be enough!
Mei, where exactly are you, can you give your brother a hint so I can find you faster?
Suddenly, a sniper’s intuition drew Yu Minglang’s gaze in a certain direction, where a reflection in the grass made him squint.
This was—?!
Natural crystal emits light slightly stronger than synthetic, especially white; it glistens faintly under the sun. Though unassuming, as Yu Minglang adjusted his pants with a sniper’s keen sense, he detected something amiss in the grass.
He bent down, picking up a small pendant—a rather unattractive small flower crystal pendant with a bit of string attached.
The pendant was placed in a peculiar spot, seemingly made conspicuous on purpose, the string tied to the highest grass tip, easily seen if someone approached.
This little flower looks so familiar.
Holding the small pendant, Yu Minglang suddenly recalled visiting Qian before his business trip. She sat on her bed applying lotion to her legs, wearing an anklet on her foot, a piece he criticized for being unattractive...
His mind surged with memories like waves immediately; this was Mei’s!!!
A man with incredible recall efforts sifted through his abundant memory for that anklet’s look, vaguely remembering it with so many small pieces. When he touched it, he thought women were peculiar, carrying so many small bits despite them cutting into the ankle.
But now, Yu Minglang was madly grateful for the anklet he once disdainfully despised!
So many small pendants, only one left here; what does it mean?
It’s Mei, his clever Mei, she was leaving him a signal!
Yu Minglang’s blood boiled as he rushed back to the car, ordering his men to search in three directions, finding yet another pendant on the leftmost road!
She’s here!
Yu Minglang led his team, sprinting forward full speed, searching quickly.
After running some distance, they collected five pendants.
At this point, there was no need to keep pursuing, Yu Minglang already confirmed, his beloved Mei was in that mountain gully at the end of this winding road.