Zhao Yuan looked at the direction Song Yanyan pointed, his face full of anxiety, and took a step forward, ready to lead people to look for the direction Song Yanyan pointed. However, Lu Yuanting's eyes fell on Song Yanyan, pressing forward step by step.

"I want you to tell the truth." Lu Yuanting spoke and met Song Yanyan's eyes that were flashing with pitiful eyes.

His aura was already strong, and his expression was full of oppression. The tone of his voice was more like that of an interrogator. He reached out and grabbed Song Yanyan's hand, squeezing it tightly.

"Brother Yuanting, my hand hurts... This is really all I know." Song Yanyan was crying and looked so pitiful. Others felt soft-hearted when they saw Song Yanyan like this, and thought that Lu Yuanting was too anxious and did something irrational.

"Captain Lu! Why don't you just let go of your hands first!" Zhao Yuan said from the side.

"On the way here, someone told me that they saw Xia Xia chasing you out. Xia Xia disappeared, but you were still there. You didn't even mention Xia Xia from beginning to end. Song Yanyan, stop lying." Lu Yuanting said every word with a sharp voice and a sharp gaze as he looked at Song Yanyan, without any sign of softness in his heart.

Naturally, no one saw these things or said these things to him. He said these things only to deceive Song Yanyan.

After hearing what Lu Yuanting said, Song Yanyan was really panicked. She pointed out the mistake and hoped that Jiang Xia would never appear again, so that no one would know what happened that afternoon. In this way, Lu Yuanting would not hate her and she still had a chance.

But now...

"Brother Yuanting, I was just too scared. I didn't mean it. Some human traffickers came to the village to catch me. Jiang Xia fell and couldn't run away. I wanted to call for help, but I was afraid that you would misunderstand me and hate me." Song Yanyan spoke with a pale face.

Lu Yuanting looked at Song Yanyan's tearful appearance, without any sympathy in his eyes. He just tightened the hand that was holding her wrist a few more times, with such force that it almost crushed Song Yanyan's wrist.

"Fang Qi." Lu Yuanting said concisely.

Looking at Lu Yuanting's horrifying expression, Song Yanyan finally panicked and became afraid. She also knew that her pretending to be pitiful would have no effect on Lu Yuanting, so she could only raise her trembling hands and point in a direction.

That was the direction she saw the ox cart moving away.

"Go, go this way, Brother Yuanting, I really didn't lie to you this time, please... forgive me..." Song Yanyan said.

"Find someone to watch over her. No one is allowed to let her leave without my permission." Before Song Yanyan could finish her words, Lu Yuanting mercilessly let go of her hand and threw Song Yanyan to the ground without even looking at her. He had no time to deal with Song Yanyan and directed everyone to set off.

Zhao Yuan's face was full of disbelief as he glanced at Song Yanyan's pitiful appearance with tears in her eyes. He had just thought that Song Yanyan looked quite pitiful, but he had not expected her to be so vicious and even pointed out Fang's mistakes intentionally.

If they had gone in the direction she pointed, they would have wasted the time to rescue people. By the time they realized what had happened and went to rescue them, who knows how much time had passed. The people might have already been transferred away. Jiang Xia's life would have been ruined. This was too bad.

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Jiang Xia was hidden in the straw of an oxcart. Her skin was pricked by the straw and was stinging all over, and she had many red rashes. One of her hands was tied to the oxcart to prevent her from escaping, and something was stuffed in her mouth so she couldn't make any sound.