This was clearly meant to harm him!
Afraid that Cheyenne might catch up, Vincent irritably ruffled his hair in front of his forehead and decided to take matters into his own hands.
“Move aside, don’t get in the way here.”
Once this was over, he planned to find a place to kick this man and send him back to the capital.
Just as the two of them were crouching in front of the driver’s seat, trying to figure out which button would open the trunk, a small figure suddenly ran up behind them.
Seeing the cardboard box, the young boy finally smiled.
“Don’t be afraid, little kitten, I’ll take you home to raise you, okay? I have many, many little fish at home, I’ll save them all for you to eat later.”
Seeing the box next to the trash bin, the young boy actually thought that the two uncles from earlier had left the little kitten here.
So, he thought he wouldn’t be scolded for picking up the cat now.
Thinking about soon having an amazingly cute little kitten, the young boy couldn’t help but feel excited.
The black grape-like eyes on his little face were sparkling.
He opened the box and leaned in for a look.
In the next instant, the smile on the young boy’s face froze, his eyes widened in astonishment, and his lips slightly parted as he looked at what was inside the box.
Oh no, it’s a little sister.
She was really beautiful, dressed in a white sweater with a little skirt, her round chubby face exquisitely cute, even cuter than the cartoon characters in the animation!
Biting into a piece of bread, she tearfully gazed at him with her bright eyes that seemed to speak.
[Brother, please save me quickly!]
With just one glance, the young boy understood what she meant by her eyes.
He came to a conclusion. The two men were bad people, and the little sister was a poor girl kidnapped by them!
He had to save her!
After making up his mind, the young boy quickly glanced at the two men in front of the car, then picked Cierra up from the cardboard box.
Her hands and feet were tied with ropes, and he didn’t have anything on him to untie them, so he could only hold Cierra in his arms.
But he forgot that he was only eight years old and he had always been weak, he was often sick.
Now carrying Cierra and running away was an extremely strenuous task.
There was nothing to hide around… only this pile of garbage.
The young boy had a clever idea, he buried Cierra in the garbage pile, fortunately, these were medical waste, so they weren’t very dirty.
However, there was a strong, unpleasant smell of blood and disinfectant that stung the nose.
Then he also hid himself, picking up a larger cardboard box and placing it on top of both of them.
“Sister, don’t make a sound, be careful not to be heard by anyone.”
Looking at the young boy in front of her, Cierra thought he was so fair-skinned, he looked nothing like his brother at all.
“Okay.”
Finally solving the problem of the trunk, when Mr. Foley turned back to put Cierra in the car trunk, he found that the person in the cardboard box was missing.
There was only an empty box left on the roadside, with the piece of bread she had bitten earlier still inside.
“Where is the girl?” Vincent asked coldly.
The man in the white coat was immediately frightened, his legs turning weak as he sat down on the ground, “I… I don’t know.”
They were together just a moment ago, and no one else had passed by… how could the girl just disappear?
Vincent didn’t believe it, in his opinion, it was likely that Cierra had escaped on her own, “She couldn’t have run far with her hands tied, let’s search the nearby area.”
“Okay.”
The two of them immediately locked their target on this pile of garbage, but Vincent, being a clean freak, was unwilling to do it himself.
Instead, he pushed the man beside him and said, “You go!”
The man could only resign himself to rummaging through the trash.
Cierra looked at the feet that stopped right in front of her, her throat dry from nervousness, as the surrounding smells continued to assault her senses.
She felt like sneezing.
“Brother, I… I can’t hold it anymore, ah…”
“Mm.”
“Don’t speak.”
At the critical moment, the little boy reached out and covered her mouth, while his other hand tightly embraced Cierra’s back, allowing her to bury her head in his chest.
Cierra noticed that the little boy’s body was filled with the scent of medicine, a smell she was familiar with, similar to what Great-grandpa had on him.
There was a pharmacy at home, and whenever her mom went in and came out, she also carried this scent.
Compared to the bloody and pungent smells from inside the garbage, this fragrance was much more pleasant to her, prompting her to unconsciously sniff like a little kitten in the boy’s arms.
She snuggled closer.
The little boy was amused by her actions, but unfortunately, it wasn’t a good time to talk now as the two bad guys outside could discover them at any moment.
Sure enough… one of the men reached out to remove the cardboard box covering their heads.
“Brother…”
“Don’t, don’t be afraid…”
Cierra was so anxious that she was on the verge of tears. If she were caught, all the candies and snacks at home would be left to her brother, causing her to sob.
The little boy was also afraid. He suffered from chronic bronchitis and often coughed, but this time, he was trying his best to endure it to protect Cierra.
Could they not escape this time?
Just as he resigned himself to voluntarily going out to protect Cierra, a furious shout suddenly rang out.
“Hey, what are you two doing? This is my turf. If you want to pick up garbage, go somewhere else!”
The sudden voice interrupted the man’s actions, making him look up.
A elderly man aged over fifty, with gray hair and beard, approached. He was wearing a dirty navy blue traditional suit.
On his shoulder was a cloth bag, and he leaned on a cane.
A large plastic bag hung on the cane, containing half a bag of mineral water bottles picked up from who knows where.
As the elderly man approached Vincent, Vincent smelled the disgusting sour odor emanating from him, quickly covering his nose and taking several steps back.
“Lamar, keep searching!”
The man called “Lamar” not only despised this pile of garbage now, but also despised the old man.
Gritting his teeth, he continued to rummage through the trash. As he kicked open a black plastic bag, the back of his hand was suddenly struck hard by the old man with the cane.
“Young man, have some integrity. I’ve already said that Voteard is my territory, as are these trash cans. Dare to take one and try!”
Lamar’s hand turned red from the strike, but he had no patience to waste time with this stubborn old man.
“You old fart, spare me the nagging. Who cares about your garbage? I’m just looking for something, do you think I like touching this dirty garbage?”
Upon hearing this, the old man rolled his eyes in displeasure.
“What’s wrong with picking up garbage? Trash can still be turned into treasure. But you… are probably a lost cause!”
“A well-bodied young man with normal intelligence and dressed decently actually fighting an old man over garbage. Are you not embarrassed?”
Lamar was so angry he wanted to kill someone. He had already made it clear that he didn’t care about this pile of garbage. This stubborn old man was really a nuisance!