The Female General Dominates All After Transmigration-Chapter 328 - 327

However, Ling Chengyan felt something was off the moment she laid eyes on the family of three, and couldn’t help but take a few more glances.

As she was scrutinizing them, the old lady selling sweet potatoes surprisingly greeted them with a smile: "Dalian, did you just come back from watching the lights?"

The husband from the young couple laughed and responded, "Yes, Aunt Liu, aren’t you going home yet? It’s getting late, people are starting to disperse, you should head home early too."

"Ah yes, I’ll go back shortly, I’ll go back soon." The sweet potato vendor replied cheerfully, wrapping the roasted sweet potatoes in newspaper and handing them over to Ling Chengyan and her partner.

Seeing them engaged in conversation, Ling Chengyan withdrew her gaze and accepted the sweet potatoes, continuing the patrol with Fu Qiang.

However, unlike her usual decisive and efficient self who rarely has any diversions during missions, Ling Chengyan’s actions today seemed less professional. ’Roasted sweet potatoes’ were meant to fill their stomachs, but what about those dumplings? Only after a few steps...

Just when Fu Qiang was filled with doubts, Ling Chengyan’s walkie-talkie buzzed with a voice: "Attention all teams, patrol personnel near the eastern section of Shunjing Road, near School Thirteen, be alert. A two-and-a-half-year-old boy is missing, wearing a red cotton jacket, dark blue pants, and brown leather boots..."

Ling Chengyan didn’t wait for the message to finish, turned around and started running. Fu Qiang was surprised and quickly followed behind her.

The dumpling stall owner holding two bowls of ready dumplings turned around, only to find that the two people by the table were gone.

They were clearly sitting right here – could it be?

The dumpling stall owner turned pale with fright, didn’t care about making more money, and called to his wife: "Quick, quick, pack up the stall!"

On the other side, Ling Chengyan rushed forward like an arrow, quickly reaching the woman selling roasted sweet potatoes, grabbed her and tossed the walkie-talkie to Fu Qiang behind her, continuing to dash into the alley.

They were responsible for the security and stability of this street and had previously surveyed the surrounding terrain, knowing that this seemingly normal alley led to a dead end with a tall wall just a hundred meters in. Truly a blind alley.

Fu Qiang swiftly tied up the sweet potato vendor, reporting their location via the walkie-talkie and explaining the discovery of the boy.

If there were any emergencies, additional help could come to block the escape routes of the couple from all sides.

Ling Chengyan pursued into the alley swiftly, targeting the end, but before reaching the end, she paused, directly leaped over a black painted wooden door into a small courtyard on the left.

After handing over the sweet potato woman to her comrades, Fu Qiang followed, slowing down as she noticed a mark left by Ling Chengyan outside the door, stopped, and raised her hand to knock.

Fu Qiang knocked for a while, but the room remained dark and silent. After waiting briefly, she knocked again, alternating knocks with calls: "Open the door, open the door!"

Inside, a dim light flickered on.

Someone emerged, and Ling Chengyan hiding in the shadows saw clearly that it was the man carrying the child.

At the moment, the man wore slippers, with a cotton jacket draped over him, suggesting he had quickly gotten up after lying down, yawning widely as he walked out!

"Who is it? It’s so late, can’t it wait until tomorrow?" With an impatient face, the man walked over to open the door.

A shadow slipped silently into the house near the doorstep.

By the door, the man barely opened the door a crack, peeking out at Fu Qiang with annoyance: "What do you want? Is it so important it couldn’t wait?"

Fu Qiang raised her credentials: "We’re responsible for security around here. A report just came in about a wanted fugitive running into this area. For everyone’s safety, we need to search inside. Don’t worry, once we find them, we’ll leave right away."

The man didn’t budge, his face half-visible in the narrow opening, doubting: "You claim to be catching someone, but who knows if you’re imposters. These days anything can happen, what if you’re criminals pretending to be officers... we’d be in danger then."

Fu Qiang’s eyes narrowed slightly, urgency showing on her face, as she pushed her credentials to the man’s face, "Look closely, the stamp here, the seal here, could they be fake? Move aside and let us search... If you continue to delay our investigation, I’ll charge you with obstructing justice!"

"Ha, is this how public servants behave? Is your fraud attempt failing, are you resorting to threats now? I’ve seen all sorts of tricks..."

He was shamelessly arguing when suddenly a cry came from inside: "Waa... Mommy..."

The man’s face went pale, and just as Fu Qiang glanced inside, he abruptly attempted to shove the door open and escape.

Fu Qiang wasn’t chosen to assist Ling Chengyan for being ordinary; she swiftly slammed her foot against the door, wedging the man’s escape attempt in the opening.

The man howled out in pain, but his voice caught halfway as he fainted and the sound got stuck in his throat.

Fu Qiang dragged the unconscious man away, handed him to her comrades, then hurried into the courtyard, racing straight into the room.

Inside, a woman lay on the floor silent, while Ling Chengyan held the missing boy in her arms, gently patting his back to comfort him, wiping his tears and snot while dressing him...

The boy’s bright clothing was likely why, upon arriving, the couple stripped off most of it, leaving him only in thermal underwear.

"Don’t cry, Auntie will take you to find mommy and daddy..." Ling Chengyan, having been a ’mom’ herself, had plenty of experience dressing children.

The child cried loudly but didn’t delay her in dressing him; fearing he’d catch cold, she quickly wrapped a clean towel around his head.

The once trendy little guy instantly transformed into a rural shepherd boy.

"Don’t cry, don’t cry, come, Auntie will carry you to find mommy!" Ling Chengyan picked up the little boy, lightly patting him as she walked out.

The little boy, whether exhausted from crying or understanding Ling Chengyan, started hiccuping but stopped crying, tightly wrapping his small pudgy arms around her neck like an octopus, gripping so tightly that Ling Chengyan felt slightly breathless.

"Be good, loosen up a bit, if you hang on too tightly, Auntie might run out of breath..." Ling Chengyan continued walking, still gently soothing the child in her arms.