Perhaps it was because everyone around them was a stranger.
The two children kept crying.
They wouldn't drink water.
They wouldn't eat anything, either.
But they couldn't really take the two children with them to look for someone.
Looking for someone was no child's play.
It was certainly no game of make-believe.
Taking the two children along...
What would that even look like?
Wouldn't it get in the way of the search?
But if they didn't take the two children to look for their grandma, they wouldn't stop crying.
Was this a threat?
Officer Li pinched the bridge of his nose, his head aching.
He felt rather displeased with the children's parents, who still hadn't gotten in touch.
Officer Li never gave in to threats.
If it weren't two children, he wouldn't care whether they cried or not.
They'd stop once they got tired of crying.
But when the ones crying were two little children...
In the end, he couldn't help feeling sorry for them.
Officer Li hesitated, then pressed the number.
No one answered!?
Officer Li took a deep breath.
Great.
Was everyone unable to hear their phone at this hour?
Officer Li dialed the number again.
The call ended automatically, and Officer Li's face twitched hard.
He refused to believe it...
Officer Li dialed the number a third time.
Just as Officer Li was preparing to call a fourth and final time...
He didn't have that much time to waste arguing with a phone number.
The call was answered.
The owner of the phone, Student Xiao, soon appeared in front of him.
That lifted Officer Li's spirits a little.
"...That's more or less what happened."
"You're closer to these two children."
That was right.
Student Xiao was the reinforcements Officer