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That night, Mr. Jiao came back very late, bringing the two elders with him. In stark contrast to their vigor in the morning, now the elders appeared to be in very poor spirits. Zheng Tan wondered if they would have collapsed already if they weren't normally in good health.
After all, no family could easily cope with such an incident. Moreover, given the elders' experience, they probably had a clear idea of what fate awaited the child if they had fallen into the hands of human traffickers.
Many people were destined to suffer from insomnia that night.
Not only did they experience insomnia, but the adults also discussed the situation throughout the evening. Even past two in the morning, phone calls kept coming in, inquiring about the situation from Mr. Jiao.
Zheng Tan hadn't slept, eavesdropping on their conversations outside the room and also overhearing the elders' discussion.
