Suddenly, about fifty meters down the street at the end of the block, two familiar figures beside a carriage caught her attention. They were shoving someone inside. Only a pair of legs was left dangling out. Although she couldn't see clearly, the color of the pant legs was the same dark red as the ones Pu Pao was wearing.
Realization struck like a bolt of lightning. "That carriage!" she shouted at Huai Zi. Without waiting for his reply, she broke into a sprint, darting nimbly through the crowd. She trusted that Huai Zi would follow her.
Her intuition back at the tofu pudding stall had been right. Those two men were up to no good and had already set their sights on them. She feared their original targets had been Banli and Cong. Unable to snatch the children, the men must have trailed them, seizing the perfect opportunity when Pu Pao went to buy things alone.
