"Where's Third Brother?"
Zhang Bo suddenly asked.
"I don't know."
Zhuge Yun shook his head.
Uh...
Everyone looked in the direction Xiao Xiao had left earlier.
Qianqian pressed her lips together.
"I'm going to find Nini."
As she spoke, Qianqian started walking.
"Wait."
Brother Dachun grabbed Qianqian by the arm.
When he saw the stubborn look she gave him, he smiled wryly and shook his head.
"I'm not trying to stop you."
Even if he had thought about it—
Qianqian was in terrible shape.
The exhaustion on her face was plain to see.
They couldn't help worrying that she might faint at any moment...
But he also knew that unless they knocked her out, there was no way she would stand here quietly and wait for the police to finish searching.
"We'll go with you."
He glanced at the others, then smiled at Qianqian.
If they couldn't stop her, they might as well go together.
With them keeping an eye on her, Qianqian would be all right.
Qianqian lowered her eyes.
"...Thank you."
"Let's go."
Brother Dachun clenched his fists.
"This time, we'll find that child and bring her back."
Before long, Zhang Bo and the others were the only ones left at the previously bustling site.
"Were we... just ignored?"
Zhuge Yun shrugged.
From the moment Qianqian came back, to the police arriving, to the police spreading out to search, Qianqian and the others had followed along...
From beginning to end, he'd felt like they were just standing off to the side, at a loss for what to do, with nothing to do—like onlookers watching the whole thing unfold.
Even though they'd worked hard to help, too.
"Everyone's focused on the child."
Zhang Bo pursed his lips.
"Who cares about