Cannon Fodder Becomes Group Favorite

Realizing Xu Chacha's plea for help, her adoptive parents quickened their pace of packing up, wanting to leave before the students realized something was wrong.

After buying the melons, Wen Mubai didn't actually go far. He just turned into an alley and stopped, then unfolded the sweat-soaked banknote.

On the crumpled one-yuan banknote, three words were written crookedly in black charcoal.

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Without the slightest hesitation, Wen Mubai immediately dialed a number on his phone, then turned his head to observe Xu Chacha and the others' actions through the glass window across the street.

Seeing that Xu Chacha was quickly pulled up and pushed back by her adoptive father, she left a message for her classmate and immediately followed.

The police station was nearby, so they responded quickly. Wen Mubai turned on his phone's location tracking, and they soon tracked him down.

A male and a female police officer arrived in a patrol car. "You're the one who called the police?"

Wen Mubai grunted in agreement, handed them the banknotes with writing on them, and then pointed to Xu Chacha's staggering figure, "That's the girl on the other side of the bridge. She might have been raped; she has injuries on her body."

When the policewoman saw that it was a tiny girl and heard Wen Mubai say that she was injured, she stepped on the gas and approached the three of them without saying a word.

Hearing a commotion behind him from afar, the adoptive father turned around and saw police cars chasing after him. Without hesitation, he dropped what he was holding and ran away.

The foster mother next to her probably couldn't bear to leave Xu Chacha behind, so she grabbed her arm and dragged her along. Her eyes were fixed on the tricycle not far away. As long as she got on the tricycle, there would still be a chance to take Xu Chacha with her.

Xu Chacha looked in the direction of the tricycle, shook her head in horror, and tried her best to shake off her. She tried to pry her fingers off with all her might, but the strength of a child was no match for that of a farmer who worked in the fields every day. She was dragged along, and her cloth shoes left a glaring drag mark on the cement ground.

Seeing this, Wen Mubai, who was running towards them, twitched her eyelids. She untied the sun-protective jacket tied around her waist and ran faster towards Xu Chacha.

"Sister! Sister, save me! I don't want to go with her! She's not my mother!" Xu Chacha cried out in distress.

The little girl's voice was filled with heart-wrenching sobs, her fair face and neck were red from crying, and tears kept falling from her bright red eyes. Her repeated calls of "sister" were like invisible fists hitting the softest part of Wen Mubai's heart.

She thought to herself that if she could save this girl, she would do anything for her.

As long as she's alright.

Xu Chacha was dragged a few steps, her feet burning with pain from the friction, but she still refused to give up.

The crying and shouting released too much of her emotions and energy. Her head was buzzing. Through her blurry, tearful eyes, she saw the tricycle getting closer and closer, and a sense of despair spread through her heart.

Suddenly, a pair of hands tightly encircled her from behind, and she felt herself being lifted up. The chest behind her was rising and falling slightly, and Wen Mubai's breathless voice rang out firmly above her head.

"let go."

At this moment, Wen Mubai's eyes and expression were filled with hostility as she coldly stabbed her adoptive mother. Despite being only a seventeen-year-old girl, she possessed an undeniable aura and charisma.

The adoptive mother didn't react for a moment, then tugged hard at Xu Chacha's arm, "Give me back my daughter! She's my daughter, and none of you can take her away from me!"

When she exerted herself, she was like a mad wild boar, her strength savage and unreasonable. Xu Chacha, whom she was pulling, was shaken back and forth like a rag doll.

Meanwhile, the police in the car had caught up with the adoptive father. As soon as the car stopped, the policewoman holding a baton shouted at the adoptive mother, "Put the child down! If anything happens to her, I'll make sure you spend the rest of your life in jail!"

The word "jail" seemed to trigger something in her adoptive mother. She shook her head in a daze, then glanced fearfully at her husband, whose hands were already handcuffed. A sense of despair, as if the dust had settled, belatedly crept over her.

"I don't want to go to jail! I don't want to go to jail! She's my child, she's my child! I'm not a kidnapper!"

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Wen Mubai grabbed Xu Chacha's arm from her hand and gasped when he saw the shocking bloodstains on it caused by fingernails.

Xu Chacha's body was still trembling. She seemed to feel no pain at all, and she reached out to hug Wen Mubai's neck, burying her head in his arms.

Wen Mubai gently hugged her back, offering silent comfort.

"Sister... Sister..." Xu Chacha called out to her breathlessly, her voice filled with uncontrollable sobs.

Wen Mubai understood her feelings and silently patted the little girl's back. Feeling Xu Chacha trembling under her palm, she said, "Don't be afraid, your older sister is here."

"Yes, I'll listen to you, sister. I'm not afraid." Xu Chacha wiped away her tears, her eyes red from being rubbed by her rough clothes, but she still held Wen Mubai tightly. "I thought I was going to die today."

Wen Mubai's eyes darkened; she found it difficult to describe her feelings at that moment.

Look at Xu Chacha's height, she's not even up to my waist. A child this young probably still thinks of the word "death" as flying into the sky and becoming a star.

But Xu Chacha, standing before him, spoke in such an unguarded voice, uttering the chilling words, "I'm doomed."

Recalling the sinister look in the man's eyes when he looked at Xu Chacha, Wen Mubai didn't think Xu Chacha was exaggerating at all.

She dared not imagine what a terrifying hell this child would have faced had she not asked that extra question and not snatched Xu Chacha from that woman's hands.

Wen Mubai's gaze was filled with many complex emotions. He gently wiped away Xu Chacha's tears by rubbing his fingers on her dirty face. "Don't cry. I will protect you. Also, what are you doing learning those unlucky words, you little brat?"

"Okay, I won't say it again."

"Mmm, good girl." Wen Mubai looked at her with tender eyes.

Xu Chacha hugged her and cried for a while. Her sobs gradually slowed down. She blinked her eyelashes, which were still covered with tears, and then suddenly took Wen Mubai's hand in her hands. Under the other's puzzled gaze, she lowered her head and kissed the back of her hand with her soft lips.

Wen Mubai: "What are you doing?"

"Sister, I will repay you for the rest of my life. When I grow up, I will protect you!" Xu Chacha raised her teary eyes and said earnestly.

Wen Mubai was stunned for a few seconds by her actions. She looked into the girl's clear eyes, which were full of sincerity, and then felt a warm touch on the back of her hand a beat later.

That tingling feeling in my heart came back, making my breathing feel sluggish.

After a long while, a s

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