AMRWFA -Chapter 149 The Kidnapping in Progress

The more people Yu Xiangqiao pointed out, the more impatient Ruan Yaoyao became.

【Are you sick or something?】

【You’re calling that ugly guy handsome? What kind of taste is that?!】

Suddenly, she froze.

【Huh?】

【You actually think kidnapping is cool too?!】

Her eyes widened as she stared at Yu Xiangqiao, completely incredulous.

【My daughter-in-law has such terrible taste—how did she even end up with my eldest son back then?】

【Could it be… just pure luck?!】

Phew… after pointing out so many, she finally got one right! Yu Xiangqiao felt a bit more confident. Ignoring her mother-in-law’s complaints, she pointed to the next person.

Ruan Yaoyao said, “You should go home and wash your eyes. I seriously think you can’t even tell beauty from ugliness anymore.”

【Of all people, you picked the kidnappers?!】

【Where are your eyes?!】

【Good thing my eldest showed up early. If he had come any later, you’d probably have been tricked out of your heart, body, and money—ending up like Wang Baochuan, waiting in a cave for eighteen years.】

Great news! With so many people in the square, I finally found the other one! Yu Xiangqiao quickly made an excuse and pulled out her phone to reply: 【These two!】

She even added a complaint: 【Mom says my taste is terrible and told me to go home and wash my eyes. Whoever came up with this dumb idea—can you come up with something more normal next time?】

She was worried that if this kept happening, her mother-in-law might actually drag her to see an ophthalmologist or even a psychiatrist.

Ru Anzhi replied: 【Thanks for your hard work, Sister-in-law!】

Ru Anzhi: 【Try to take Mom into a nearby shop and distract her. We’ll handle the kidnapping.】

Yu Xiangqiao: 【Alright, I’ll try.】

She had barely finished distracting her before worrying her effort might fail. So she acted quickly.

Thus, a rather comical scene unfolded. Yu Xiangqiao pointed at the same mother-and-baby store Ruan Yaoyao had just pointed at earlier and said, “Mom, look, there’s a baby store over there. Should we go take a look? Maybe pick something out for Xiao Lingxuan?”

Ruan Yaoyao twitched at the corner of her mouth.

【When I asked you earlier, didn’t you say your legs were sore after walking for hours?】

【Why are you asking now?】

Still, since she wanted to send Yu Xiangqiao away anyway, she pretended not to remember and nodded.

【Mm! First trick her into going in. Then I’ll find an excuse to come out.】

【After that, I’ll lure those two kidnappers over, have Zhihé “accidentally” witness me being kidnapped, and then rescue me…】

【Perfect plan!】

So Mom really plans to risk herself… good thing I already identified them. Yu Xiangqiao felt extremely relieved. She pushed the stroller faster, urging Ruan Yaoyao along, acting as if she were genuinely interested in some baby clothes.

Once inside, she headed straight to the back and had the shop assistant introduce products to both her and Ruan Yaoyao—deliberately stalling to give the others enough time to “capture” the targets.

Sure enough, the moment their backs disappeared through the shop entrance, the plainclothes officers in the square received the signal. They split into three groups: one headed toward Kidnapper A, another toward Kidnapper B, and the third toward the kidnappers’ van.

Just as two burly men approached Kidnapper A, they suddenly turned and pressed a gun to his waist. “Don’t move! Police. Come with us.”

Kidnapper A: “……”

Wait, I haven’t even done anything yet—how was I discovered?!

Could it be something from before finally caught up with me?

Kidnapper B had just noticed something was wrong on A’s side and was about to turn when two people suddenly rushed over and pinned him to the ground.

The surrounding crowd panicked at first, but when they saw handcuffs being taken out and the man restrained, they quickly calmed down.

Oh, police operation.

Wait—police operation?!

Right here?!

The crowd’s gossip instincts instantly awakened. Everyone began speculating what had happened.

“Murder?”

“Arson?”

“Theft?”

“I think it’s drugs. Otherwise, why so secretive with no warning?”

“Wait, in broad daylight, in a place this crowded—drugs?! Don’t scare me! What if they contaminate something and I accidentally ingest it?!”

……

After finally slipping away from Yu Xiangqiao, Ruan Yaoyao returned to the square—only to find that the two kidnappers with “labels” were gone.

【Wait, where did my two big kidnappers go?!】

【Where are they?!】

【Weren’t they here to kidnap me?!】

【Where are they?!】

At that moment, she overheard several bystanders near a shop entrance excitedly discussing how two people involved with drugs had just been arrested.

“They dared to touch that stuff? Are they crazy?!”

“Who knows with people like that. Doing things that disgrace their ancestors—they’ll definitely go to hell after death.”

“They were taken away so fast, I didn’t even see clearly.”

“Of course. With so many people in the square, they had to avoid causing panic.”

“Those two—could they have been meeting for a deal?”

“Very possible!”

……

【Drugs?!】

【Weren’t they kidnappers?】

【So there were undercover officers here today, and they arrested the wrong people?】

Ruan Yaoyao fell silent for a moment.

【Should I report this and tell them they got the wrong people?】

【Kidnappers are scary, but compared to those kinds of people… the kind that harm masses with a single move are even worse, right?】

【And there were two of them—if they escape…】

【But the problem is… where’s the evidence?】

Ruan Yaoyao looked around, searching.

Unfortunately, no matter how she looked, she couldn’t find anything unusual.

【Looks like my “golden finger” still has quite a few drawbacks.】

【Before, I could only see the male lead and important cannon fodder. Now, even though I can see kidnappers too, it’s still useless—it’s not like everyone is a kidnapper.】

【Especially those dealers—they definitely wouldn’t be labeled as kidnappers.】

Yu Xiangqiao thought: Good thing you can’t tell. If you could, we’d all be scared to death.

They had just dealt with kidnappers, and now drug dealers appeared—just how chaotic was this square?!

She felt a sudden urge to worry about public safety on behalf of the entire country.

“Mom, I’m tired from shopping. I kind of want to head back. What about you? Still want to keep going?”

Since the kidnappers were gone, Ruan Yaoyao didn’t care anymore. “No more shopping. Let’s go back.”

Yu Xiangqiao let out a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness!

Who knew if all the kidnappers had been caught? Better to head home—it’s safer.

Just as they were about to leave, Ruan Yaoyao suddenly stopped.

【Huh?】

【What’s that?】

It seemed like she saw another line of glowing text, but it was too far away and partially blocked by a signboard, making it hard to see clearly.

“Mom, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing. Let’s go.”

【I’m not even sure I really saw anything—maybe my eyes are just playing tricks on me.】

【It can’t be that coincidental, running into labels everywhere I go.】

Yu Xiangqiao thought: That’s not necessarily true. If you don’t go over, we won’t know either.

At this point, you basically have a “detective Conan” constitution. Any anomaly—we’re all counting on you.

For a moment, Yu Xiangqiao hesitated—should they just leave, or persuade her mother-in-law to go take a look?

If it turned out to be the male and female leads, no problem…

But what if it was a criminal suspect?