Bid for My Baby: A Mother’s Nightmare in a Dark Web Group
Zhou Yiqing was admiring her baby daughter Jiang Nian’s adorable face when she was suddenly added to a second-hand parenting group chat. At first, she assumed it was just a marketplace for used baby items—until photos of her daughter were posted, followed by a frenzied bidding war among members. Panicked, Zhou Yiqing barely had time to react before her husband, Jiang Chuan, casually suggested taking Jiang Nian out for a walk. Suspicious, she snatched the baby back and rushed outside—only to see the group chat suddenly update the "transaction time.Her unease deepened when she encountered their seemingly kind neighbors, Wang Cheng and Li Qian, who jokingly offered to "borrow" Jiang Nian for a while. Zhou Yiqing recoiled, The Trap Closes That night, despite Zhou Yiqing's vigilance, someone drugged her and snatched Jiang Nian. She awoke to find her daughter gone—only to. Though Jiang Chuan later appeared cradling the baby in the living room, her terror only grew when the group chat uploaded a real-time photo of them sitting there. Convinced her husband was involved, Zhou Yiqing fled to her mother’s home, dodging shadowy pursuers. After entrusting Jiang Nian to her mother, she began investigating. Teaming up with Wei Ling—another victim who’d added her to the group—they infiltrated the auction, only to be exposed. The failed sting revealed Jiang Nian’s location, forcing Zhou Yiqing to improvise a diversion. The Husband’s Secret Hacking into Jiang Chuan’s secret account, Zhou Yiqing found damning messages negotiating Jiang Nian’s sale. She tailed him to a child trafficking deal, helped police rescue victims (including Wei Ling’s son), and uncovered the auction’s dockyard HQ—only for her mother to be lured away by a fake text, allowing Jiang Nian’s abduction. Final Reckoning At the dockyard, Zhou Yiqing found Jiang Chuan tied up—he’d been undercover all along. As police stormed in, the mastermind escaped. But when Jiang Nian’s photo reappeared in a new auction, Zhou Yiqing realized the true evil lurked closest to home. Her seemingly sweet neighbor Wang Cheng, driven mad by IVF failures and envy of Zhou Yiqing’s motherhood, was the real architect. When he broke in to steal Jiang Nian one final time, officers ambushed him—thanks to Li Qian’s unwitting cooperation after Zhou Yiqing’s subtle probing.
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