Chapter 73: Mysterious Stone

Su Ruo kept searching, her gaze missing no one in the carriage and any corner where a person could hide.

The two police officers following her advised: Before these people boarded, we had already carefully inspected them; your daughter is absolutely not here.

The two had been staking out here for several days; searching for people is inherently hard, and now Su Ruo's actions make them feel she doesn't trust them, so they have grown resentful toward her.

They felt that after so many years as police officers, how could they be inferior to a yellow-haired girl.

Su Ruo seemed not to have heard the two at all, continuing to search carefully; she had a strong premonition that An'an was definitely here, waiting for her to come save her.

But Su Ruo was about to reach the end of the train, yet still hadn't found An'an; she felt a bit uneasy, beginning to wonder if she had guessed wrong.

Those people weren't trying to take An'an back to Kyoto; they wanted to take her elsewhere, and Su Ruo began to feel uneasy.

The two police officers following Su Ruo looked at her displeased, as if saying: We told you the child isn't here, yet you refuse to believe us, causing us to go out of our way for you.

Su Ruo steadied her mind, then walked straight to the last sleeper carriage; as long as it wasn't the very last moment, she would absolutely not give up.

Su Ruo knocked on the carriage door; Bai Xinya opened the door and saw Su Ruo, obviously startled for a moment, a flash of guilt crossing her face.

Bai Tianze saw his sister open the door, remained silent for a long time, then also walked over; upon seeing Su Ruo his pupils contracted momentarily, but he quickly composed himself and said in a stern but weak voice: "What do you want?"

At this moment, the two police officers following Su Ruo had already recognized Bai Xinya and Bai Tianze, and they immediately stepped forward with smiling faces, saying:

"Mr. Bai, Madam, sorry to disturb you; this comrade's daughter is missing, and according to our investigation, the child is likely on this train, so we've come to check."

Bai Tianze shouted angrily: "Looking for people, and you actually came to my head—are you crazy?"

The two police officers, though shouted at, didn't dare get angry, still smiling and saying: "It's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding; we'll leave now."

The two turned around, their faces immediately darkening; they secretly blamed Su Ruo, thinking that if they angered this young master, they'd surely suffer today.

But the two also thought of Su Ruo's connection to their bureau chief, and ultimately didn't dare show displeasure, advising: "Comrade Su, the child definitely isn't here; the train is about to depart, let's go look elsewhere!"

Su Ruo, however, stood there motionless, fixing Bai Xinya with a cold stare and saying, "Move aside!" Meanwhile, she grew ever more certain that An'an was definitely in this carriage.

Bai Tianze was stunned by the shout, then angrily cursed: "I'm telling you, you'd better get lost right away, don't wait for the young master to lose his temper." What thing, a country village woman, actually dares to shout at him like that.

Su Ruo, however, directly pushed him aside and walked straight into the private compartment.

Bai Xinya saw Su Ruo actually barge in, panicked instantly, she opened her arms to block Su Ruo's path, saying: "This is our private compartment; what right do you have to barge in? Get out immediately."

Su Ruo ignored Bai Xinya, her eyes scanning every spot in the compartment; the compartment isn't large, just two bunk beds and a table.

Su Ruo looked around the carriage and didn't find An'an.

The two police officers following Su Ruo also entered at this point; because of Su Ruo's actions, they felt a bit annoyed, impatiently saying: "Alright, you've looked, let's go!"

Su Ruo, however, seemed not to have heard them at all, walking straight toward the suitcase on the bed.

Bai Xinya saw Su Ruo's movement, her heart tightened instantly; she wanted to stop Su Ruo, but Bai Tianze beat her to it, reaching out and grabbing Su Ruo.

Bai Tianze knew how important this child was to his sister; he hadn't seen his sister smile in a long time, and only this child could heal her, stop her from being sad, so no matter what, he absolutely could not let Su Ruo take the child away.

However, the moment Bai Tianze's hand touched Su Ruo, she kicked him, sending him flying.

Bai Tianze hadn't expected Su Ruo to suddenly strike, nor that her strength would be so great; he was kicked to the ground and couldn't get up for a while.

Bai Xinya saw her brother injured and hurried over to check.

The two police officers who had come with Su Ruo had cold sweat streaming down their foreheads.

Su Ruo even dared to strike the Bai Family's Chaos Demon King; knowing this person always repays flaws, their intuition told them that great disaster was imminent.

After dealing with Bai Tianze, Su Ruo walked straight to the suitcase on the bed, carefully opened the zipper, and seeing An'an curled up inside, her heart jolted.

Su Ruo immediately reached out to touch An'an's neck, confirming she was still alive; her eyes instantly reddened, the nerves that had been taut for days suddenly relaxed, and Su Ruo barely kept herself from collapsing.

She gently held An'an in her arms: "An'an, Mom's here, sorry I'm late."

An'an heard Su Ruo's voice, struggled to open her eyes: "Mom, An'an really misses Mom, An'an feels awful." Then she fainted again.

Su Ruo's heart startled; she immediately took An'an's pulse, but An'an's pulse seemed normal, and even Su Ruo couldn't understand why An'an was so weak.

At this moment, 001 said: "Host, there's a problem with the necklace on An'an's neck; it has been draining her vitality."

Su Ruo's heart startled; she immediately looked at the black necklace on An'an's neck, snatched it off, threw it to the ground, and crushed it with her foot.

As the black stone shattered, the black-robed man who had been lurking in the shadows with a grim face directly spat out a mouthful of blood.

This black stone was originally made by him to harm people; now that the stone has shattered, he too has suffered backlash.

The vitality that the black stone had stolen from An'an also overflowed as it shattered, flowing toward An'an's body; however, this vital force is invisible to ordinary people.

Su Ruo's face turned icy cold; she had thought Bai Xinya acted so drastically because she was heartbroken over losing her daughter, but she never imagined Bai Xinya would use such a vicious method against An'an.

Bai Xinya saw Su Ruo had found An'an, no longer caring about her brother, she lunged forward trying to snatch An'an from Su Ruo's arms.

Su Ruo directly reached out, swung a slap, and landed it hard on Bai Xinya's face.