He started by killing his abusive father, and from then on, he embarked on the road to wealth.

Chapter 173 Nighttime Tracking

Han Ling'er panicked and banged her head repeatedly in an attempt to escape. She thought this silly child was clever, but it turned out she was just out playing in the mud!

Seeing two men and a woman talking in the distance, illuminated by torches, she looked around at the pitch blackness and fear filled her clear eyes.

She was terrified of the dark, and she would never put out the candles in her room when she slept.

We still have to bring along the silly kids who're playing in the mud.

She crouched down, pinched her nose, and slowly moved towards Meng Ali.

Meng Ali turned her head and saw someone coming towards her. She was so frightened that she fell to the ground and screamed.

Two men and a woman immediately looked in their direction upon hearing the commotion.

A burly man, who was also the ringleader of the human trafficking ring, strode over carrying a torch and demanded sternly, "What are you doing? Trying to run away?!"

As Meng Ali got up from the ground, she whispered to Han Ling'er, "Hey, Big Sister came with Xiao Ai looking for us!"

Han Ling'er couldn't understand what he was saying, and before she could figure it out, she was pulled to her feet.

"Hey, let's go!" Meng Ali said, "I'm going right now!"

He had a bitter smile on his face, and he couldn't close his mouth, making him look both comical and pitiful.

The trafficker leader cautiously scanned the two young boys, then looked around them by the torchlight. Finding nothing amiss, he barked, "Get in the car now, or I'll kill you!"

Meng Ali quickly pulled the little girl beside her back, saying, "This is too much, too much..."

He spoke in a mumbled voice, and the man almost thought he was being insulted. His face darkened, and he stepped forward, grabbing one of them in each hand and lifting them into the car.

Another problem arose when they tried to gag Meng Ali. Every time they asked him to open his mouth, he yelled and threw a tantrum, screaming in pain. The noise made the two men and one woman look extremely uncomfortable.

“Let’s just knock him out!” another man suggested.

“It won’t work if he wakes up and starts yelling,” the woman said, shaking her head. “Try to reset him. If that doesn’t work, just kill him.”

Meng Ali's eyes were brimming with tears, and she dared not make a sound.

Even though Han Ling'er was feeling depressed, she couldn't help but feel sorry for this silly child.

Watching helplessly as the man mercilessly pinched Meng Ali's chin, and then somehow made a move, Meng Ali screamed in agony, tears streaming down her face. She felt her heart pounding.

After everything was settled, the carriage set off again. Meng Ali leaned weakly against the carriage, her eyes swollen like peaches.

He knew that his older sister would definitely be able to find him with Xiaobai, which was why he had gone through all this trouble and wanted to wait for his older sister and Xiaobai.

He had cried and made a scene, and was still hungry, so he was feeling drowsy.

Before falling asleep, he silently prayed, "May the Fairy Goddess bless me, and may my older sister, Little White, find me soon..."

On the other side, Meng Fuqing, Xie Jin, and Meng Bochang returned to their lodging and found that the white wolf and a group of gray wolves had huddled together not far from the group.

At her whistle, the white wolf immediately came running. The gray wolf behind it tried to follow, but after being bared its teeth and growled a few times, it stopped coming forward.

The two men, one wolf, and the third young master of the Han family then reunited.

The moment Han San saw the white wolf, his eyes lit up with admiration.

"Is this the white wolf that Miss Meng spoke of, capable of finding people? It's extraordinary just by looking at it. Miss Meng is truly remarkable to be able to subdue such a ferocious beast."

As if only then noticing Meng Fuqing's unusual nature, he carefully examined Meng Fuqing.

Only then did I realize that the little girl in front of me was quite different from ordinary refugees. Her clothes were simple but could not hide her beautiful appearance. Her temperament was calm but slightly aloof, which made people feel mysterious and want to find out more.

The amusement in his eyes deepened, and a smile appeared on his handsome face.

Having exchanged only two words with Young Master Han, Meng Fuqing could tell that this man was probably a womanizer, with his flirtatious eyes that seemed to be constantly radiating electricity, like a generator.

Before she could answer, Xie Jin spoke first, "Excuse me for asking, but may I ask if the Third Young Master and the Ninth Miss are siblings?"

Only then did Han San notice that Meng Fuqing was accompanied by someone. Although he didn't know why Meng Fuqing asked this question, he still answered, "Ling'er is indeed my own sister."

"Seeing how relaxed Young Master Han is... I must have misunderstood. Please forgive me, Young Master Han." Xie Jin gave a perfunctory bow.

The words weren't fully spoken, but the implied meaning was clear to everyone.

The smile on Han San's face faded, revealing his embarrassment and anger at being offended.

Meng Fuqing spoke up at the right moment, "Thank you for your praise, Young Master Han. The white wolf only has a slight understanding of human nature."

He then asked, "Did Young Master Han bring your sister's clothes?"

Han San suppressed his anger, glared at Xie Jin, and had a servant hand Meng Fuqing an outer garment.

Upon smelling the incense on her outer garment, Meng Fuqing paused in her movements.

Meng Ali ate and lived with them, and their smells were mixed up. Worried that the white wolf wouldn't be able to tell them apart, she found Miss Han Jiu's clothes.

But she forgot that wealthy families had many rules, and she wasn't sure if White Wolf could find the human traffickers' location through the incense.

She placed the ninth young lady of the Han family's outer garment in front of the white wolf's nose, let it sniff carefully, and commanded, "Take me to find someone."

The white wolf's ears twitched, and it ran off in a direction away from Qingzhou City. Meng Fuqing followed on horseback, with Xie Jin close behind.

Han San watched the two figures disappear into the distance, his eyes narrowing slightly. He gave a low shout of "Giddy up!" and led his men to give chase.

After traveling for about half an hour, the white wolf finally stopped in a place where the weeds were relatively dense. It sniffed around, nudged aside the fallen leaves with its nose, and found the osmanthus cake that had been crushed into pieces under the leaves.

After Meng Fuqing saw it clearly, she immediately remembered what her mother had said: Ah Li was eating osmanthus cake before she got lost.

The anxiety in her eyes subsided somewhat, and she gestured for the white wolf to continue on their way.

Meng Fuqing and his group traveled swiftly through the mountains. Meng Ali, who was tied up in the carriage, was so dizzy from the jolting that he suddenly regained consciousness and heard someone whispering something behind him.

"...Should we inform the Zheng family about this?"

"Those officials are cowards. Tell them if this business deal will even be possible in the future..."

He gently opened his eyes, then slowly closed them again, leaning against Han Ling'er without any hesitation, twisting his body and falling asleep once more.

At this moment, Han Ling'er felt extremely disgusted with Meng Ali, but unfortunately, she had no hands to push him away, and she was also extremely sleepy, so she could only put her head on top of Meng Ali's and fall asleep together.

Just after the hour of Chou (1-3 AM), the three human traffickers took turns resting twice. When they stopped to change shifts again, the ringleader, who had just gotten off the carriage, suddenly stopped moving.

After standing still for a moment, he squatted down, lay on the ground, and listened intently. Then he stood up and said definitively, "We have a lot of people chasing us."

"Could they be here to chase us?" the woman said worriedly.

The trafficker leader thought for a moment, "Let's hide first and continue our journey after these people have passed."

As they spoke, the three of them drove the carriage and hid in the dense forest by the roadside.

Bumping through the forest, Meng Ali and Han Ling'er woke up again, only to find that the carriage seemed to have stopped.

The carriage was pitch black and there was no one around. Han Ling'er couldn't help but sob.

A familiar voice outside hissed, "If you cry again, I'll cut out your tongues!"

Han Ling'er immediately stopped crying, only sobbing.

After the surroundings quieted down, Meng Ali suddenly heard a wolf howl.

He sat up straight with a somersault, his eyes sparkling.

The older sister brought Little White to find him!