Hopefully...
The people at the station would come through.
As long as they could uncover the hidden images in the footage, even if they couldn't find the child directly, it would still give the police search a major boost.
The couple got into the police car.
"You're coming too."
The officer said this to the boy, who had stopped nearby.
The couple froze.
They looked up at the boy outside the car.
The surveillance footage had taken up all their attention.
They had nearly forgotten he was there.
"I'm going too?"
The boy blurted out.
He'd thought there was nothing more for him to do...
The officer raised an eyebrow.
"You were the last person to see your sister."
And it was the boy's actions that had led to this difficult case.
As one of the people involved...
"Of course you're coming with us."
"And I hope you can give us the contact information for the boys who were with you at the time. We have some questions for them, too."
"Ah, why?"
The boy instinctively resisted.
"What do they have to do with this?"
"They're involved, too."
The officer gestured for the boy to get in.
"How could they have nothing to do with it?"
"One of them might know something you didn't notice, or have information you don't know about..."
The boy unconsciously took a step back.
"I—"
He didn't want to go to the police station.
He didn't want to contact his friends, either.
"Luo Xialang."
The man's gaze was stern.
"Get in."
"Don't waste time."
He was getting angry.
He realized that the boy seemed more protective of his friends than of his own younger sister.
Friends and family weren't mutually exclusive choices.
Yet the boy's behavior