Chapter 178

Upon hearing Han An’s words, his son raised his head.

Seeing this, Han An’s heart raced, because he felt that his son was mentally prepared to speak.

When he saw his son open his mouth, Han An didn’t even dare to breathe.

Unfortunately, his son burst into tears.

Just then, a woman walked over.

Looking at Han An, then at the child, the woman asked, “A human trafficker?”

Han An was already annoyed, and the woman’s question only made him angrier.

After glaring at the woman, Han An retorted, “If I were a human trafficker, would my son be clinging to me like this?”

After being scolded by Han An, the woman immediately left.

As for Han An, he walked towards his apartment building.

“It’s alright, it’s alright,” Han An comforted him. “Tell Dad who he is when you want to.”

Upon returning home, Han An immediately played a song that his son loved to listen to.

Listening to the music, his son’s emotions visibly stabilized.

Han An wanted to ask about the other person’s appearance and clothing, but he didn’t dare to, fearing that he would drag his son into fear again.

So he kept his son sitting on his lap the whole time, and he also hugged his son with both arms.

About ten minutes later, Han An ordered takeout on Meituan.

Remembering that Bai Qin had called earlier, Han An called back.

After the call connected, Han An asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Brother-in-law, whose child was calling that earlier?”

“Of course it’s Binbin.”

Did you bully him?

“He’s my precious son, how could I possibly bully him?” Han An said irritably. “Anyway, he was just scared, that’s why he yelled. Xiao Qin, what did you want to talk to me about just now?”

“Brother-in-law, you haven’t been to the store for several days.”

“What happened?”

“I remember you used to come here at least five days a week.”

“Am I not very annoyed lately?”

I want to be your source of joy.

“The thing that makes me happiest is just you not bothering me too much.”

“Brother-in-law, what you’re saying hurts my pride.”

“I’m not going to talk nonsense with you anymore, I’m keeping Binbin company.”

“Okay, then I’ll go learn to cook from Lao Qian.”

“I know you’re threatening me.”

How did I threaten you?

“We all know Lao Qian’s character, so aren’t you threatening me?”

“Actually, I was just joking with you, brother-in-law,” Bai Qin laughed on the other end of the phone. “There are already quite a few customers in the shop, how could I have time to go to the kitchen? Besides, let me tell you, I’m not that naive and innocent, why would I offer myself up there?”

“Try not to joke with me like that, I’m feeling really irritable lately.”

“How about we go to Happy Valley together?”

“That’s enough, let’s stop arguing.”

Before Bai Qin could speak, Han An hung up the game.

Around 6:30, Bai Jing returned home.

The family of three then ate their takeout.

After eating, Bai Jing stuffed the packaging boxes into a garbage bag and threw them into the garbage can in the stairwell.

When his wife came home from get off work, Han An wanted to talk to her about what had happened earlier.

But because he didn’t want his son to hear, he called his wife into the master bedroom as soon as she returned from taking out the trash.

Because she had visited Amu at noon, Bai Jing was worried that her husband had discovered something was amiss.

Because of this thought, Bai Jing felt somewhat afraid as her husband entered the master bedroom.

“I have something to tell you,” Han An said. “When I picked my son up this evening, he saw that person in the neighborhood.”

“who?”

“That’s the person who scared our son back then.”

Who is it?

“I don’t know,” Han An said. “I asked my son if it was the person he saw at home before, and he nodded. I asked if it was a man or a woman, and he nodded if I said it was a man. Later, when I asked if that person had ever been to our house before, he just burst into tears. But I could tell that he still wanted to talk, he just lacked a guide. Because you are better at communicating with our son, I wanted you to talk to him.”

Where did you see it?

“It’s right in the residential area.”

Are there any security cameras around?

“That section of road doesn’t have it.”

“I was thinking that if there were surveillance cameras, we could take our son to see them.”

“It must be someone from our neighborhood.”

“And they probably have a key to our house, right?”

“That’s uncertain,” Han An said. “Think carefully about whether you left the door open throughout the day and night. If you did, the person who scared our son might have slipped in and hidden away. He frightened our son while you were doing laundry. He probably just ran away when you were comforting him.”

When her husband asked her that question, Bai Jing fell into deep thought.

A minute later, Bai Jing said, “I keep the door closed except when I’m taking out the trash.”

“Then it’s possible they sneaked in around that time.”

“How scary!”

“Go and talk to our son.”

“Um.”

After hugging her husband, Bai Jing walked out.

Seeing her son watching “The Secret Life of Pets” on his phone, Bai Jing sat down next to him.

After picking up her son and letting him sit on her lap, Bai Jing asked, “Is it pretty?”

Binbin glanced at his mother and nodded.

“Sweetie, Mommy wants to tell you something from the bottom of her heart,” Bai Jing said, pressing her cheek against her son’s. “In this world, the people who love Binbin the most are Daddy and me, so our duty is to drive away all the bad guys who want to bully Binbin. As long as we’re here, Binbin is safe. Binbin, I know you might not want to hear what I’m about to say, but I still want to tell you because we want to protect you. Someone came to our house and scared you so much you wouldn’t speak. Just now, when I was talking to Daddy, he said you saw that person today. Can you tell me what that person looked like? Or, for example, did they often come to our house before?”

After hesitating for a moment, Binbin shook his head.

“You can tell us, and we will protect you.”

Despite Bai Jing’s statement, her son Binbin continued to shake his head.

Seeing her son’s attitude, Bai Jing looked very depressed.

Looking at her husband standing at the door, Bai Jing didn’t know what to do.

After thinking for a moment, Bai Jing stood up.

Walking to the middle of the living room, Bai Jing said, “Baby, don’t watch cartoons yet, look at Mommy first.”

Because of Bai Jing’s words, Binbin finally turned his attention to her.

After clapping five beats at an extremely slow pace, Bai Jing sang while clapping: “Little rabbit, open the door, open it quickly, Mommy wants to come in.”

After singing this part, Bai Jing asked with a smile, “Honey, shouldn’t it be your turn to sing from here on out?”