Chapter Eighteen: After Tasting the Boss's Candy, Does the Agent Still Want to Escape?

Jiang Xiaxia felt a bit unhappy. It seemed like she hadn’t done anything, yet the enemy agents had actively delivered themselves right to her. Would that mean she wouldn’t get any reward?

The sulky little Xiaxia poked the ground with a small stick.

Beside her, Xiao Hua glanced at the writing Jiang Xiaxia had just pointed out. Suddenly, he staggered to his feet, his throat rolling as he exclaimed, “This—this is—”

Jiang Hua frowned, about to say something, when he saw Xiaxia, who had been squatting and poking the ground, suddenly spring up like a flash and leap right in front of him.

The little figure used the momentum of her jump to collide with him, making him stagger back two steps.

At the moment Xiaxia jumped, Jiang Hua sensed danger and quickly grabbed the still stunned Xiao Hua.

With two sharp sounds, two holes suddenly appeared in the ground.

Xiao Fang screamed in fright, “Brother Lin Hua—”

Lin Hua, who had been a bit dazed, reflexively rolled on the ground upon hearing her voice, quickly rolling to Xiao Fang’s side and pulling her down: “Get down—”

Xiao Fang blushed and looked cautiously at the tense man who had thrown himself down beside her, her heart pounding wildly.

Jiang Xiaxia pushed her grandmother aside into a corner, her small eyes scanning cautiously.

As for Lin Hua and Xiao Fang—

Sorry, the well-being of strangers wasn’t something Tongzi considered.

“We have to get the item back!”

Just as Jiang Xiaxia stayed alert, Lin Hua, who had moved with Xiao Fang into the shadows, suddenly whispered, “Since it’s the agents’ item, and they want to kill me to silence me, that means this item is very important!”

Xiaxia tilted her head, looking at Lin Hua’s bulging eyes and gritted teeth, then softly uttered two words in her baby voice: “Nonsense!”

If it weren’t important, would they have come to kill?

Lin Hua, who was still overwhelmed by hatred, suddenly choked on his emotions at those words.

The small back courtyard fell silent, with only the increasingly heavy breathing filling the air.

“Ma’am, if anything happens to me, please—”

Lin Hua glanced at Xiao Fang, still hiding by his side, and couldn’t help but reach out to pat her head. “Please tell the police that all my things are to be given to this girl!”

“Why?”

Jiang Xiaxia, seemingly unaware of the danger, perked up instantly, her ears standing tall. “The girl?”

Xiao Fang’s face flushed violently. “N-no, that’s not it!”

Jiang Hua saw Xiaxia still wanted to ask more and quickly covered her mouth.

Though adversity reveals true feelings, this wasn’t the time for such matters.

With her mouth covered, Xiaxia glanced at her grandmother. If she wasn’t interested, then she wouldn’t ask.

But what she originally wanted to say was: since the attackers had run away, why would Lin Hua be in danger?

Scratching her head, puzzled, Xiaxia stepped toward the center of the courtyard.

Before she could take a step, Jiang Hua tightly pulled her back into her embrace.

“Xiaxia, be good. Your Third Uncle will be here soon. Let’s wait for him!”

Xiaxia looked at her grandmother in confusion. “They’re gone!”

Jiang Hua was stunned. “The attackers left?”

Xiaxia nodded. There had been five breaths just moments ago. Now there were only four.

“No, we still can’t move rashly!” Lin Hua didn’t know what kind of ability this little girl had to tell the attackers were gone, but seeing the elderly and the child, he shouted urgently, “A sniper can shoot us from two hundred meters away! It’s best not to move until the police arrive!”

Xiaxia frowned. She had scanned the area just now—there was no danger; it was safe, but—

“Xiaxia, be good. Listen to this brother. Let’s wait for your Third Uncle!”

Jiang Hua saw the little girl looking up at her and, after a moment’s silence, soothed her gently.

No danger meant no danger, but if Xiaxia insisted on proving it, that would be the real danger for her.

The four of them quietly waited in the courtyard for half an hour, until Officer Xiao Liu came running in, out of breath, before they dared to move.

“Nothing—nothing happened. Comrade Jiang Jing asked me to inform you—it’s all clear now!”

Officer Xiao Liu’s face still bore a few scratches, and his clothes were a bit rumpled.

Wiping sweat from his brow, he turned to Jiang Xiaxia and gave a thumbs-up. “Comrade Jiang Jing said, thanks to little Xiaxia here, they managed to catch the enemy agents!”

Lin Hua immediately stood up. “They caught that woman?”

“A woman?”

Officer Xiao Liu looked confused at Lin Hua. “No, it was two men!”

Lin Hua’s expression changed. He stepped forward and grabbed Officer Xiao Liu’s wrist. “No, there should be another person! A woman named Wu Ling, about 1.65 meters tall, very fair-skinned, with big eyes!”

At this, Officer Xiao Liu’s face turned serious. “We’ll head to the police station immediately!”

If they really were missing one person, the trouble would be serious.

Jiang Hua heard this and immediately took Jiang Xiaxia and the pile of items on the ground with her as they followed.

Upon arrival at the police station, the officers who had just received them that afternoon looked at Jiang Xiaxia as if she were a lucky star, giving her thumbs-up.

“This girl has done a great deed today!”

“Yeah, if not for her, those who went out today probably wouldn’t have come back!”

“This kid’s a good luck charm—”

“Don’t say that, saying it out loud might get you arrested!”

“Oh, right! But this kid’s really amazing!”

Their voices gradually softened until they fell silent. Jiang Xiaxia then tucked her ears back, looking at Jiang Hua shyly as she stretched out her small hand to cover her face. “Praise me!”

Jiang Hua felt embarrassed.

Though she herself didn’t quite know what she had done!

Her heart was pounding.

What if the agents found out Xiaxia was involved and retaliated?

The eldest son’s family had already suffered retaliation for catching agents, and now—

Her figure swayed slightly; her face paled. She held Jiang Xiaxia’s hand tighter.

“This matter, actually, we have to thank those human traffickers!”

Jiang Jing’s cold voice came from the doorway, “If the traffickers hadn’t given Xiaxia those candy tablets with medicine, Xiaxia wouldn’t have accidentally knocked out Qian Neng!”

Candy?

Jiang Xiaxia’s rosy cheeks, waiting for more praise, now darted her guilty little eyes around, avoiding her Third Uncle’s gaze.

Oh dear, why were those traffickers so greedy?

Those candies were meant for Tongzi to track scents, not for eating!