His attitude was strange no matter how you looked at it, and for a moment, many people began to wonder—could it be that their child was really bought and sold?
This girl was actually right?
For a moment, many people glanced at Ye Mo.
Ye Mo "patiently" listened to Hong Youtian's words, but before she could speak, the viewers in Wu Youyou's live stream reacted strongly, shouting:
[No, we can't give the child back to them. This person's reaction to the mention of human trafficking is clearly abnormal. I suspect this child might really have been abducted by them! So, we absolutely cannot give the child back to him!]
Chapter 71, the seventy-first melon: What kind of melon is it? It's meant to be eaten seventy-one times...
As the saying goes, "the more chaotic things are, the easier it is to make mistakes," and this is probably the situation that Hong Youtian and his wife are in now.
The more anxious they seem and the more they try to smooth things over, the more guilty they appear.
Logically speaking, this couple, as "professional" online scammers, should have excellent mental fortitude, as evidenced by their previous actions—even when Li Kui and Niu Guangping, the two victims of their scam, came to their door, they were still able to calmly find excuses to refute them. How can this not demonstrate their excellent mental fortitude?
However, even with their excellent mental fortitude, this couple panicked at Ye Mo's words about "human trafficking," which can only mean that there is something fishy about this matter.
Even the viewers in Wu Youyou's live stream noticed something was off about them:
[I initially thought that the woman was accusing people of human trafficking without evidence, but seeing the couple's reaction now, I suddenly feel that it might actually be true...]
[Hiss, that's terrifying to think about. But if that's the case, it explains the bruises on the child's waist and abdomen. If it's not their own child, of course they wouldn't feel any remorse for hitting them.]
[I think this couple is just feeling guilty; they might not even know how this child came to be. So, sister, please don't be soft-hearted and reconcile with them!]
[Call the police! Call the police! I think this needs to be thoroughly investigated!]
[My feelings right now are really complicated. When I first entered the live stream, I thought I was watching an online scam, and now you're telling me it's about human trafficking? Who could have predicted this turn of events?]
Things have developed to this point, which was something no one could have predicted beforehand.
It's magical, truly magical...
It's true that you can't predict how things will turn out the moment before they actually happen. For a moment, everyone present felt a little strange and surreal.
Even the onlookers and those watching the live stream felt it was surreal, let alone Li Kui and his group. At this moment, their feelings could only be described as, "Who am I? Where am I? What am I here for?"
They came to get Mingming what Li Kui had been cheated out of, but how come they suddenly discovered that Niu Guangping had also been cheated, and that the person who cheated him was actually married to the person who cheated Li Kui?
They hadn't even finished processing this news, which was already enough to leave them speechless, how could it have turned into human trafficking in the blink of an eye?
Li Kui and his group. "..."
I can't guess, I really can't guess what will happen next!
Hong Youtian was unaware that he had already revealed his true colors.
To be honest, the couple weren't exactly stupid for being able to fool so many people. It's just that the crime of human trafficking was too serious. The mere mention of those four words shocked them so much that they lost their minds for a moment and instinctively tried to gloss over the matter.
Once they came to their senses, they realized that their reaction had been somewhat inappropriate.
"... Cancan is my child!" Mei Yi tried to calm herself down and said, "Give me back my child right now, or I'll sue you for child abduction!"
Ye Mo held the child firmly without the slightest hesitation, and coldly replied, "You can say those things when the police arrive..."
Just like she said before, with today's advanced technology, a paternity test can be done very quickly, and then we'll know whether the child is actually theirs or not.
Hong Youtian and his wife. "..."
Hong Youtian really wanted to snatch the child back and drive Ye Mo and his group out, but he couldn't stand the menacing looks of Li Kui and Niu Guangping, and with the others around, he dared not do anything.
As for the onlookers, word spread among the neighbors, and the number of people gathered at the door not only didn't decrease, but actually increased.
"... Is this family really involved in human trafficking?"
"It's not certain yet; we'll only know when the police arrive. But it's true that their whole family are liars... The man pretended to be a woman online to scam people out of money! And the woman pretended to be a divorced single mother..."
"No wonder! I was talking to Lao Xue about it before. No one in this family ever goes out to work. How do they support such a large family? Turns out they're running an online scam."
"Bah! This shameless swindler should be drowned in a pig cage!"
Whispers and whispers drifted into the house from the doorway, causing Hong Youtian and his wife's cheeks to twitch involuntarily.
As more and more people gathered to watch the spectacle, some seemed to want to leave. Just as the man in the black jacket and the old man in the gray sweater turned to squeeze out, Ye Mo immediately ordered his men to stop them.
"... What are you doing?" The man in the black jacket raised an eyebrow, glaring at the people blocking his way. "What, you won't let him leave after watching the show? Or are you trying to lock him up?"
Another elderly man in a gray sweater shrank back and didn't say anything.
The two men who stopped him looked at Ye Mo questioningly—they were also acting on Ye Mo's orders.
Those who were ordered to act didn't know why they had stopped these two people.
Ye Mo lifted his eyelids, said "Oh," and said in a light voice, "Oh, because I suspect that you two are in cahoots with this couple."
The crowd's initial reaction was:??
Then:!!!
Everyone's surprised gazes couldn't help but fall on the two of them.
The man in the black jacket had a grim expression. "What makes you think that? Just because you talk a lot, you think we're really on the same side as this couple? Who do you think you are?"
Ye Mo's gaze, as if he could see through people, fell on him, and he said, "... When that couple was crying and wailing, putting on an act, weren't you two hiding in the crowd speaking up for them?"
Yes, many people are like weather vanes, swaying whichever way the wind blows, but there has to be a wind for that to happen.
Ye Mo noticed that the man in the black jacket and the old man in the gray sweater were deliberately trying to get people to pity the couple and use words to pressure Li Kui into giving up on pursuing the matter of their fraud.
Of course, her claim that these two people and the couple were in cahoots wasn't just based on her own conjecture, but also on 888's certainty—she completely trusted 888, as experience showed that 888's gossip was never wrong.
"We weren't the only ones who spoke up for them back then!" the man in the black jacket said. "Isn't it a bit too hasty to conclude that we're in cahoots with them based solely on that?"
"Yes, perhaps I was being presumptuous." Ye Mo nodded, not arguing with him, and said, "But the police will be here soon. If you two really aren't with them, you shouldn't be afraid to see the police, right?"
The man in the black jacket. "..."
He suddenly sighed and said, "I'm not afraid to see the police, but I have an urgent matter to attend to. I can't just abandon my urgent matter because of your unverifiable speculation, can I?"