"Then let's call the police." Zhu Jin tightened his grip on Cheng Zhizhi's wrist to prevent anyone from moving. "It only takes five minutes to get to the nearest police station."

As soon as the little boy heard the word "alarm", he immediately let go of his hand and ran towards the alley without looking back.

Seeing this scene, Cheng Zhizhi was stunned for a moment.

She turned back blankly, "This, this is..."

"That kid wants to trick you into going to the alley. I'm afraid there are others waiting for you to go in."

Zhu Jin wasn't sure if the people in the alley would come out. She led Cheng Zhizhi away while dialing Uncle Zhang's number.

Fortunately, Uncle Zhang was not far away and arrived at the two of them within a short time.

"Second wife."

"Uncle Zhang, please help find a few people to look in that alley and see if they can find a child." Zhu Jin briefly recounted what had just happened and his suspicions.

Uncle Zhang responded directly, "Yes."

After a while, the four bodyguards arranged by Huo Jingcheng to secretly protect Zhu Jin appeared in front of him.

Zhu Jin also knew about this for the first time.

Three bodyguards went to the alley to find out what was going on, while Uncle Zhang and the remaining bodyguards stood there to protect them.

Cheng Zhizhi didn't come back to his senses until the bodyguard returned empty-handed.

"Jinjin, do you mean that person just now was a bad person?" Cheng Zhizhi asked.

Zhu Jin patted the back of her hand to calm her down.

"There is no one, so he must have escaped. There are two forks in the alley, making it easy to leave." Bodyguard Report reported.

Cheng Zhizhi's face became even more ugly.

"You send one person to the nearby police station to report the case. It is best for them to post a reminder to prevent those people from committing crimes here again." Zhu Jin ordered.

"Yes."

"Second Madam, do you want to continue shopping?" Uncle Zhang asked.

Zhu Jin nodded, "Just go back to where you were before. We'll go back after shopping for a while."

"Yes."

The other people took the order and left. The stall owners around them looked at Zhu Jin and Cheng Zhizhi with a lot of shock and surprise in their eyes.

Zhu Jin didn't care, she held Cheng Zhizhi's hand and continued walking forward.

"So, was he really a bad guy just now?" Cheng Zhizhi asked again without giving up.

That child is so young, is he just trying to deceive himself at this point in time?

Cheng Zhizhi really never thought about this possibility.

"Yes." Zhu Jin said, "There is a high probability. If you follow them in, they will use their familiarity with the terrain to take you away. There is a high probability that there will be no surveillance over there."

That road is so dark, even if there is surveillance, there is a high probability that the person will not be found through surveillance.

Cheng Zhizhi said nothing, and Zhu Jin sighed softly after catching a glimpse of her face.

"Shall we go over there and have some breakfast?"

Not far away from the two of them was a breakfast stall that had just opened.

"Hmm..." Cheng Zhizhi responded without seeming to notice what Zhu Jin said.

After ordering breakfast and paying the price, he sat down and Zhu Jin comforted him, "I know you mean well and are worried about the safety of your children. But think about it. How many people still don't have toilets at home and need to go outside to use the toilet?"

"Besides, there are so many adult male stall owners over there. That kid didn't look for me, so why did he look for you? And he ran away after I said I wanted to call the police."

Cheng Zhizhi sighed, "I know, I'm just a little sad. That child would want to take advantage of people's kindness to do such a thing."

"If you weren't here today, something might really happen to me."

"Kindness is a good thing, but kindness must also be edgy. Don't trust others easily."

Zhu Jin also said this to himself.

I used to let my so-called family members take advantage of my kindness and affection for them.

But, I will never be so stupid again.

"Hey, did you meet a little boy?" asked the boss who helped bring the soy milk to the table.

Cheng Zhizhi looked a little frustrated, "Yeah. I saw him there just now. He said that he went out to the toilet in the middle of the night. The alley was too dark and he didn't dare to go back."

The boss looked in the direction Cheng Zhizhi pointed and wiped his hands with a clean towel.

"Oh oh oh. It is indeed unsafe here. After all, the population is mixed in the suburbs. You two little girls should bring more friends with you next time, otherwise it will not be safe." The boss reminded kindly.

Cheng Zhizhi raised a bright smile and said, "I understand, thank you boss!"

"You're welcome." The boss smiled and put the freshly steamed siomai on the table. "This siomai is a gift from me. It is also a specialty of our place. If you like it, come back again in the future."

"it is good!"

Cheng Zhizhi has never been a character who would be overly depressed or immersed in bad emotions.

She quickly returned to her previous cheerfulness, and after finishing her meal, she took the initiative to lead Zhu Jin towards another street in the ghost market.

The two of them walked around and watched. Time passed little by little, and the sky gradually turned white.

"Ah——" Cheng Zhizhi yawned.

Although I deliberately went to bed early last night, I was still inevitably sleepy and my eyelids were heavy.

"I asked Uncle Zhang to wait for us at the intersection." Zhu Jin said, "After shopping at the back, we can go directly to the hotel to rest. In the morning, we will go to the city center to see the jewelry designer's studio store."

"Okay." Cheng Zhizhi tilted her head and leaned against Zhu Jin, yawning as she walked forward.

There are few stalls at the end of the street and not even many people.

When the two of them were nearing the end, Zhu Jin saw the old man sitting under the telephone pole.

The old man wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and sat reading under the street lamp. There were also heavy books on the blue cloth in front of him.

Those books looked extremely old, with the edges curled and yellowed.

Zhu Jin squatted down and reached out to flip the book.

The old man didn't even raise his head and continued to read the book in his hand.

Cheng Zhizhi squatted next to him and followed through the book. She only glanced at it twice and lost interest, but she didn't say anything. She squatted next to him quietly and waited.

The book in Zhu Jin's hand looked extremely worn, with incomplete pages and no cover. Moreover, the binding thread was old and made the whole book loose, as if it was about to fall apart anytime and anywhere.

Cheng Zhizhi moved over to look at it curiously, frowning as the printing on the page was blurry.

This is either a pirated copy or it was not properly preserved.

"Hello, how much does this book cost?" Zhu Jin asked after confirming something.

The old man didn't even raise his head, he just waved his hands towards the two of them.

"Please make an offer."

She did like this book.

And this book can be of great help to her jewelry design.

"No, it's for you." The old man said calmly, "It's an old book. It's a blessing to meet someone who appreciates it."

"You'd better make an offer."

Zhu Jin likes it, but he doesn’t want to be in vain. “I really like this book.”

The old man closed the book and raised his gold-rimmed glasses, "I don't sell books for money, but I hope to find suitable people for them. If you can identify this one among so many books, you must be the one." Its destined person.”

"No need to say more, just take it and that book will be yours from now on."

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