Just as Lamar was about to take out the gun from his pocket to deal with the annoying old man in front of him, Vincent firmly held back his restless hand.
With a sharp look in his eyes, Vincent warned him with slightly parted lips, “Don’t act recklessly!”
This area still belonged to the hospital, and the sound of a gunshot would definitely attract attention.
Moreover, Iker was still here.
Lamar felt despondent and blamed himself, “But if that kid gets lost, how can we continue with the plan?”
The current situation could be considered quite tricky.
Vincent was very irritable. The plan was about to succeed, but who could have expected that such an episode happened.
Suddenly, a siren sounded from the front of the alley, startling the two of them. They immediately decided to set aside the matter of the child for the time being.
“Let’s go, get in the car first. We’ll discuss the matter of the child later!”
It seemed like the only option for now.
The two immediately got into the car and drove away.
After they left, the old man standing next to the garbage pile continued to mutter to himself.
“Goodness! These days, all sorts of strange things happen. There are even people driving Mercedes-Benz cars to pick up garbage. Could it be those internet celebrities deliberately doing it to attract attention?”
During his “work hours,” he had encountered many such people, who would give him five hundred in front of the camera for their fans.
But as soon as the camera turned off, they would snatch the money back without saying a word.
It was really boring for them to come and play with this old man. If they don’t want to give the money, then don’t do it in the first place.
“Never mind, I’d better continue picking up garbage. I have to earn money for today.”
After saying this, the old man turned his gaze to the largest cardboard box in the garbage pile and reached out to open it.
The two little kids under the box almost startled him.
“Wow, whose kids are these? Why are they so naughty, hiding in the garbage pile!”
There happened to be a little boy and a little girl.
The girl’s hands and feet were tied up, looking like she was only two or three years old. She was wearing a very pretty little dress and looked fair and delicate.
Even in such a terrible environment, she managed to fall asleep, lying directly in the boy’s arms and sleeping soundly.
The little boy was equally delicate and beautiful, looking like he was only seven or eight years old. He was wearing a white shirt matched with black suspenders and looked as elegant as a prince from a movie.
At this moment, the little boy was awake. He looked warily at the dirty old man in front of him.
Instinctively, he held his little sister tighter and raised his head, looking at the old man with a pair of bright eyes.
“This is my sister. Don’t you dare have any ideas about her!”
Only then did the old man realize that these two little kids were probably the ones the two men had been looking for.
“Being this fair and delicate, it’s no wonder human traffickers set their sights on you two.”
“Kid, rest assured, old man like me is only interested in picking up garbage, not picking up people, especially troublesome kids like you!”
“Hurry and leave. Don’t stop me from picking up garbage.”
Upon hearing that the old man had no interest in him and his sister, the little boy finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as he was about to take Cierra away, his old problem struck again, a surge in his chest.
He kept coughing, and in the end, he spat out a mouthful of blood…
“Ah, my goodness, what are you doing, child? Just because that I said a few harsh words to you, you’re so angry that you’re spitting blood?”
The white shirt was stained red, and the boy’s face alternated between red and white, looking like he was seriously ill.
The boy tried hard to hold back, but the blood kept flowing from the corner of his lips, until his vision blackened… and he fainted.
Before passing out, he anxiously grabbed Cierra’s hand, his weak voice almost dispersed by the wind.
“Take her… to the hospital!”
With that, his small body fell onto the garbage heap.
The old man who was picking garbage didn’t want to get involved in this mess, but the sight of the blood on the boy’s clothes softened his heart.
He hesitated.
“Why should I bother with these two troublesome kids? I can barely support myself, let alone keep them.”
“Yes, just by looking at their clothes, you can tell they come from wealthy families. If I take them back with me, isn’t it like adopting two little consumers for nothing?”
With this thought, the old man didn’t even have the heart to pick up garbage anymore. He picked up the two bags of waste on the ground and turned to leave.
But after just a few steps, he couldn’t help but stop in his tracks.
“I heard that human traffickers have been rampant in the city recently, and many children have gone missing one after another. Those two just now…”
If he left like this, those two villains might come back in their car, and the two kids would be in trouble.
Biting his false teeth hard, the old man turned back with the waste on his shoulders.
Looking at the sleeping girl in the garbage heap, as well as the unconscious little boy.
He made a decision with his eyes closed.
“Alright, I’ll pick them up!”
“As for going to the hospital… I don’t have a penny on me, how can I go to the hospital in this state? It’s just a place to burn money!”
Going to the hospital was out of the question, but he could bring them back to his home to take care of them temporarily.
The girl was easy to handle, still young, he could carry her directly on his back.
But the boy was already eight years old… how could he carry him with a frail body?
The old man had to give up the fruits of his labor in the morning and put down some clean cardboard on the small cart.
Then he emptied the large box used for medical waste, placed the boy inside, and then put Cierra in his arms.
He took off his coat and covered them both, so that nobody would see him taking back these two attractive kids. Otherwise, he would never be able to clear his name.
As he pushed the cart, he almost couldn’t catch his breath, “These two kids are heavy!”
“When we get back, you have to collect a thousand plastic bottles alone to repay me!”
Thinking about the days when he made money by counting plastic bottles at home, the old man couldn’t help but smile, his false teeth looking especially white in the sunlight.
On the other side, Cheyenne, who couldn’t find Cierra in the office after returning, was about to go crazy!
When she returned, she found not only that the office door was open, but the computer was on.
On the screen, a group of children were playing games, with eerie and low-pitched singing coming from inside.
“Cage seam, cage seam
(From the gap in the cage) The birds in the cage
Always want to escape
On that dawn night…
But Cierra was not here.
There was just a half-drunk bottle of milk on the desk, proving that Cierra had indeed been there before.