"You're a grown person, how can you not even watch a child properly? Get out, get out! Give me back my granddaughter!"
Mrs. Qi, enraged, started hurling insults and reached out to grab Qi Manman.
But Qi Manman held onto Qi Quanjin's clothes with one hand and pointed toward the alley with the other.
Qi Quanjin finally sensed something was amiss.
The little girl wasn't trying to say she needed to relieve herself.
"Manbao, be good and don't cry. Go with Grandma and Grandpa to the teahouse across the street. Dad and your uncles will go inside to check, okay?"
Qi Quanjin softened his voice as much as he could.
The alley was too dark, and Qi Quanjin was worried that taking the children inside could lead to trouble, so it was better for the adults to go and take a look!
Qi Manman glanced at the teahouse Qi Quanjin mentioned and then at the pitch-black alley, looking conflicted.
