The two primary school students were so surprised that their mouths fell open, and the popsicle pieces that had just been stuffed into their mouths fell to the ground with a slap, causing immediate distress to the two cubs.

After a while, the situation sank in and they began to feel scared belatedly.

Xiaoyun hugged his arms tightly, “Older sister, are there really traffickers in that park?”

Xiaokai was skeptical. He’d heard about children being abducted before, but he always felt that this kind of thing was far away and could not happen to him. “Impossible, we go to that park every day, how could there be traffickers? I don’t see anyone who looks like a bad guy.”

“When people’s hearts are flawed, you can’t see it on the outside.”

After An Rugu reported to the police, she could see that the blackness on their faces were gradually dissipating, and she felt relieved. “It was because you were playing in that park every day that people began watching you. For now, you just stay in this canteen; I will let you know when it’s safe for you to go again.”

The two had no choice but to stand by the entrance of the canteen, secretly peeping at the park to their right while biting into their popsicles.

The owner of the canteen saw the appearance of the two children being surreptitious and thought it was funny, so he teased them. “What are you two looking at? Are you sneaking out to eat ice cream behind your parents’ backs?”

Xiaokai shook his head. He pointed in the direction of the park and said, “No, someone told us that there was a kidnapper in that park who wanted to grab me and my classmate.”

The owner of the canteen was stunned when he heard this. There was a trafficker? How did Xiaokai know about this?

The owner put down his work and walked to the door of the canteen. He glanced to the right curiously, and his eyes fell on a middle-aged man some distance away who seemed to have just exited the park.

The man was wearing a white shirt and black shorts. He looked left and right, his face looking a bit nasty. He seemed a little angry with his brows crossed in a frown, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, exhaling smoke in fierce puffs.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

At this time, the canteen owner’s daughter was coming over from across the road. She was only six years old and was wearing a pink tutu.

Their family lived in the community across the road from the canteen—house and canteen very close to each other. Every night, when it’s time for dinner, the daughter would come to the canteen to eat.

When the man in the white shirt saw the little girl, his eyes lit up immediately. He walked up to the little girl and said with a smile, “Little sister, where are you going?”

The little girl looked up at the man and said honestly, “I’m going home for dinner.”

“Oh, are you hungry?” The man fumbled in his pocket repeatedly and found a lollipop. “I happen to have a lollipop here, I will give it to you.”

The man thought that the little girl would immediately accept—after all primary school students generally cannot refuse candy.

But the little girl shook her head, dismissing the offer with disdain, “No, thank you.”

The man was stunned; it was the first time he met a child who refused candy. “Why?”

“My dad’s store is full of candies like yours, and I’m tired of eating them,” the little girl said.

Man: “….”

Then the little girl ignored the man and started to cross the road to get to the canteen.

The man was speechless. Ha! It turned out that the family ran a canteen; no wonder she didn’t like his candies.

This child looked very smart. The parents were probably nearby, so she would not be an easy prey…

But the two children who used to go to the abandoned park every day did not come today. He even prepared the drugs to immobilize them and a van to spirit them away, but they were all useless now.

Looking at the situation, the more he thought about it, the worse he felt—all his preparations ruined! His heart became ruthless, and he decided to just do it!

He looked around and saw no pedestrians nearby, so he walked up to the little girl and grabbed the child.

Grabbed and suddenly finding herself lifted into the air, the little girl quickly realized that something was wrong and instinctively screamed, “Ah!! Dad!!!”

The man hurriedly covered the little girl’s mouth, but he was bitten by the little girl, her teeth piercing in the back of his hand. His hand bled profusely from the bite and he was in excruciating pain.

At the same time, the panicked canteen owner saw what was happening and rushed out like a rocket, pointing at the man, shouting at the top of his voice, “Kidnapper! Someone is kidnapping my child, catch the kidnapper!!”

The canteen owner’s voice was very loud, and the people who were eating dinner at home hurriedly leaned out of their windows to see what was going on. Some people who could hear his shouts clearly rushed downstairs and ran towards the man.

Seeing the unfavorable situation, the man hurriedly ran towards the waiting van with the child in his arms.

The scene suddenly became chaotic. The man ran faster, successfully reached the van, and began driving away.

The canteen owner looked at the back of the van in desperation, feeling extremely panicked, along with everyone else. How could a person on foot possibly catch up to a speeding van?

… …

The man, on the other hand, felt a little proud in his heart. Unless the police arrived unexpectedly, he would definitely be able to get away with this child!

However, right at that moment, a police siren could suddenly be heard approaching, causing the trafficker to go into panic.

Damn it! How could the police come just when he caught the child!?

I Livestream Divination to the World translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: I’ve read so many ‘kidnapped as a child’ and ‘swapped at birth’ stories that I don’t have the heart to google real life stats.