Ji Fuguang truly did not know much.
But as a fairly powerful clan in the city, the Wang Family had access to far more information than ordinary citizens. Ji Fuguang had also been deliberately asking around about the matter lately, so he could at least give them a general picture.
"About half a month ago, a little boy from a family in the city went missing."
Ji Fuguang let out a long breath. Finally bracing himself, he began to recount what had happened.
"They were an ordinary family. Apparently, the father took his child out for a stroll, and a moment's carelessness was all it took for the boy to disappear in the bustling market."
"They still haven't found him." Ji Fuguang's gaze grew distant, as though his thoughts had carried him back to those chaotic days. "His family caused quite a stir at the time. The authorities sent people to search the city for several days in a row, but they couldn't find a single trace."
"Before that matter was even resolved..."
Ji Fuguang raised his head and looked at "Gu Chuan" across from him. "Another child went missing in the city."
Once again, it happened in a crowded market in the afternoon. Once again, a careless father had let his guard down.
This time, children from two families went missing.
The Prefect flew into a rage and dispatched more men to search the city day and night, but they still came up empty-handed.
Soon came the fourth case, the fifth, the sixth...
More and more children disappeared. The locations were no longer limited to bustling markets, and the ways they went missing gradually became varied and bizarre.
Panic gripped the entire city. No children could be seen playing out on the streets anymore.
At this point in his