Chapter 208 Hints of the Conspiracy

“Don’t be afraid. This is a honey pastry, would you like to taste it?”

Lin Mengya spoke tenderly and then handed the honey dessert that Baizhi had left in the carriage to the little kid.

Maybe it was the warmth in the carriage or Lin Mengya’s gentle voice that attracted the little kid to reach out his chubby hands and take the honey pastry from Lin Mengya’s hands.

“Come on. Come here. Don’t worry. We’ve driven away those bad guys.”

The little child raised his head, whose appearance surprised Lin Mengya slightly.

He had a pair of beautiful, energetic, big eyes and a fair face. Although he seemed timid, he was fair-skinned and lovely.

“Sister…”

The honey pastry worked. The little boy looked at Lin Mengya with his spirited, big eyes.

Although his face was still dirty, his childish, soft call passed through into Lin Mengya’s heart.

“Come here. Give me a hug.”

Women would never refuse a lovely thing. Especially from a kid with such a lovely, cute look, it really attracted her.

Lin Mengya embraced the little guy in her arms and the lovely boy soon recovered.

Glancing at Lin Zhongyu and then looking at the little boy in her arms, Lin Mengya frowned slightly.

“Xiaoyu, do you remember the characteristics of those kids they kidnapped?”

Xiaoyu found the little guy to be lovely as well. Hearing what Lin Mengya asked, he thought about it for a while and then replied.

“Those kids kidnapped along with me had lovely appearances. And I heard from the Willow Gang that they were of great use. They would grade us. But because I was different, they took me to the street to extort money under false pretences.”

An absurd idea came into being in Lin Mengya’s mind.

One thing that happened in her childhood came to her mind.

That year, she was only seven years old. She didn’t know the reason why, but Shangguan Qing took her to the temple outside the city to offer incense to Buddha.

She had a vague memory of Shangguan Qing plotting something with a person in a room.

She was so young at that time that she heard nothing clear.

But she firmly remembered some of Shangguan Qing’s words. Shangguan Qing told that man to take her away.

But that man stalled because Lin Mengya looked a little goofy, even though she was cute.

Was that man from the Willow Gang as well?

Dozens of years ago, the Willow Gang began to collect boys and girls with lovely, beautiful appearances.

If it had carried on until now, what a tremendous number of boys and girls had been kidnapped!

“Boy, where is your home?”

Lin Mengya lowered her head and asked him. She believed that she seemed to be close to an unfathomable conspiracy.

At present, she had lots of things to deal with. If she got herself involved in the affairs against the Willow Gang, she would be deeply troubled.

The boy looked at her and then spoke in a vague, lovely voice.

“It’s not far away. A man was selling sweets outside. So my parents agreed to let me out.”

Lin Mengya nodded. Those men must have disguised themselves as sellers of sweets.

The kids without precaution were their targets. It was really impossible to defend against effectively.

“Okay. We’ll send you back home now. Remember, never go out alone, okay?”

The boy nodded, not fully understanding her. But Lin Mengya knew clearly that their targeting this boy was by no means accidental.

Perhaps they had already observed him for a long time.

Lin Mengya and Lin Zhongyu secretly sent the boy back home and didn’t tell anyone else.

On the way back, Lin Mengya and Lin Zhongyu found a couple of boys who were either lame or had damaged limbs, begging in the streets.

Xiaoyu squatted down and leafed through their clothes as he gave them money.

“What did you find?” Lin Mengya lowered her voice and asked.

Xiaoyu looked at her and quietly said, “I saw willow patterns on their clothes. I believe all of them are from the Willow Gang.”

Xiaoyu looked gloomy. If Lin Mengya had failed to save him in time, he would not be any better off than them.

“What are you thinking?”

On the street, Lin Mengya took Xiaoyu by the hand and tenderly asked him.

Lin Zhongyu turned and looked at Lin Mengya as if he wished to speak but stopped on second thought.

“Say what you want to. I strongly support you.”

Looking at Lin Mengya, Xiaoyu seemed to have made up his mind.

“Senior Sister, I believe that my kidnapping was not as simple as we expected. As for where I come from… I can’t tell you yet. But I want to figure out what actually happened that year.”

Sensing his determination in his eyes, Lin Mengya lightly let out a sigh.

She didn’t want to get into trouble, nor bring up any unexpected troubles.

But Xiaoyu was involved, so she had to reconsider it.

“Is this really important to you?”

Looking into Lin Mengya’s eyes, Xiaoyu firmly nodded.

He stared at Lin Mengya in anticipation, as if her approval mattered the most.

“Fine. Well then, just do it. No matter what happens, I’ll support you.”

She took Xiaoyu back, so in the future, everything involving Xiaoyu was also her matter.

Now that Xiaoyu was determined to figure out what actually happened that year, she had to take the responsibility to offer her help to him.

“Senior Sister, thank you.”

Lin Zhongyu suddenly cracked a big smile, which stunned everyone around them and made their eyes sparkle.

Eye-catching brilliance was emitted from his bright eyes.

Lin Mengya touched his face. No matter what, even it would be a mountain of swords or a