Lin Lan thought for a moment. "It was almost four o'clock. A man carrying a basket on his back came to my door wanting to buy a chicken. He didn't look like a good person to me."
The woman beside her nodded as well. "Yeah, a monkey-faced man asked me if I had any chickens to sell. He looked so shifty that I just closed my courtyard gate. A little while later, Aunt Su started searching for her Little Yong."
"The police are here," someone shouted, and the crowd parted to let them through.
Lin Lan saw Yao Xiuyun and the officer named Wang He arrive.
Yao Xiuyun gave Lin Lan a slight nod, then followed Wang He into the courtyard and said to Old Mrs. Su, "Ma'am, we've already sent officers to the bus and train stations to look for the child. Can you tell us what happened in detail?"
