Gu Xiaoran took another look at the person in front of her.

He was thin and small, with a sallow complexion and his face was covered in bluish-purple patches from the cold.

She was only covered by a coarse linen garment, patched with layers of gray-black patches, clearly ill-fitting.

This dress has been passed down through generations, and she's worn it for countless years.

Gu Xiaoran thought that this person's attire resembled that of a bird in a tree.

--sparrow.

"Auntie, please don't cry. I'll pay you whatever it costs."

"Who's your aunt? Which one is your aunt... Whose naughty child is this? Is no one going to discipline him/her?!"

She cried and looked around, but she couldn't see the child's family coming to compensate her.

"Whose naughty child is this? Why is no one taking care of him/her..."

"Sister, please don't cry."

Because of that "sister," the little girl stopped crying abruptly, looked up at Gu Xiaoran with teary eyes, and looked quite pitiful.

"Where are your parents? Let your parents come out and talk."

“My father, my mother, and I are nearby.” Gu Xiaoran paused noticeably when she mentioned her mother, instinctively feeling a little scared.

If he could, he didn't want his mother to know about what had happened.

He looked around, searching for Qin Susu's figure.

Strange, Qin Susu was just chasing after him a moment ago.

"Nearby? Where? Tell me, where are they? If you don't keep me the eggs, you're not leaving today."

The little girl gripped Gu Xiaoran's wrist tightly.

Gu Xiaoran wanted to say that if he wanted to run, he had already run away.

"Sister, wait for me to go back and find my mother. She is very rich."

"Do you think I'm stupid? If I let you go back, you would have run away long ago, wouldn't you? Humph!"

Gu Xiaoran frowned; he was really about to cry.

"What do you suggest we do?"

"What should we do? Humph!" The little girl was furious. In the end, she grabbed Gu Xiaoran's wrist and put her on her cart, not forgetting to tie her up with the rope that had been used to tie the egg basket.

"If you don't give me back my eggs, you're not leaving today."

The little girl was too strong, and Gu Xiaoran had no way to escape.

He looked around.

Mother, where are you?

"Sister, please spare me." Gu Xiaoran's hands were tied, and her little face looked aggrieved.

If he had known he would be so unlucky today, he wouldn't have come out.

Well, it seems like he's always been this unlucky.

"If you want me to spare you, you'll have to pay me back for the eggs first."

"I...I have no money."

"If you don't have money, then have your parents accompany you."

"..."

Gu Xiaoran: "My family... is nearby."

The two were caught in an endless vicious cycle.

Without a doubt, he has lost himself once again.

The young girl was naturally angry when Gu Xiaoran's parents did not come to redeem her.

She started walking, pushing the cart.

Seeing this, Gu Xiaoran exclaimed urgently:

"Sister, where are you taking me?"

"There's a human trafficker around the corner. If you don't pay me back for the eggs, I'll sell you off without anyone knowing," the girl said, her face full of ill intent.

"Huh?" Gu Xiaoran felt instinctively frightened just thinking about the vicious appearance of the human traffickers.

"Sister, do you know where the prefect lives? My mother lives in his residence."

"Prefect? ​​You naughty child, you've already learned to lie at such a young age. Lord Wang is not married yet, and his family has no children at all."

“We just arrived today; I’m a relative of his.”

"If I believed you, I'd be a fool."

Gu Xiaoran looked left and right.

Why didn't Xuanming Xuanying say anything about coming to save him?