Ma Niuer's memory is very vague. She only remembers that she seemed to live in a very wealthy family when she was a child.

But I can't remember the specific details.

She had been sold to this family ten years earlier. Every day when she opened her eyes, she was faced with endless farm work, insufficient meals, and endless beatings and scoldings from her adoptive parents.

As she grew older, she gradually understood a lot of things. Her adoptive parents didn't want to buy her at first, but they thought she was cheap and cute.

I thought that if I gave birth to a boy, I could get him married right away and save on the betrothal gift.

They say I'm worthless and a money-loser, but why... do they force me to marry that old bachelor...?

[I won't marry, even if I die...I won't...]

She stood up and walked back slowly with the washed clothes in her arms.

As soon as she reached the entrance of the village, she saw several villagers gathered together, pointing at her.

"I heard that the Zhang family wants to marry her?"

"Yes, Lao Zhang paid 50,000 yuan!"

"Tsk tsk, this girl is really pretty, no wonder Old Zhang is willing to spend so much money..."

"But where did Lao Zhang get the fifty thousand yuan?"

"You don't care where he got it from."

"If I had known, I would have bought her... This is fifty thousand yuan..."

Ma Niu'er lowered her head and walked past them quickly, feeling sad...

[Fifty thousand dollars...I am worth fifty thousand dollars...]

She always felt that her life shouldn't be like this.

When she got home, her adoptive mother was sitting at the door eating melon seeds. When she saw her come back, she immediately yelled at her:

"You little bitch, you're taking so long to wash clothes! Go and cook!"

Ma Niuer walked into the kitchen silently and started cooking. Her movements were very skillful, as if she had done it countless times.

I've had enough of this kind of life.

She thought of the women she had seen in the pigpen a few days ago. They had also been trafficked. Some of them had been assimilated, some had gone crazy, some had become stupid, and some had even died.

I don’t want to become like that... I don’t want to...

Ma Niuer clenched the kitchen knife in her hand, and a hint of determination flashed in her eyes.

If they force me to marry... I'll fight them... and die together...

--

At the same time, Li Meiling and Wang Qiang have been taken into custody by the police and are being interrogated.

However, now they insist that they have nothing to do with the disappearance of Li Shengjie's daughter.

They even started to bite back, saying that Li Shengjie had gone crazy because of looking for his daughter and had paranoid delusions.

Li Meiling cried bitterly in the interrogation room: "My brother has been looking for my niece for ten years. He has been mentally unstable for a long time..."

"He must have been instigated by someone with ulterior motives, thinking that we were after his property."

"We are siblings... How could I attack my own niece... I am innocent!"

Wang Qiang gave a similar confession and refused to admit to harming Li Shengjie's daughter.

Although the police could not find any substantial evidence for the time being, their intuition and the fact that they were asked to come back for investigation at that time led to the conclusion that

Their expressions, the words they said in desperation, and the passports in their bags all showed that they wanted to escape.

Therefore, the police decided to send someone to follow Li Shengjie and his group and conduct a secret investigation.

--

The next morning, Jiang Muyao, Pei Haoyu, Li Shengjie and their group set out for the southwestern mountainous area.

On the way, Li Shengjie was very nervous and wished he could fly over first.

He held tightly in his hand a photo of his daughter when she was a child, his eyes filled with heartache and complexity.

[It's been ten years... My daughter... Daddy is finally going to find you...]

Li Shengjie looked at the rugged mountain road in front of him, his heart filled with anxiety: "Master Jiang, how long do we have to walk?"

Jiang Muyao counted on her fingers and said, "It's almost there, in the village ahead."

When they arrived, they had already driven around the mountain road for a long time. The mountain road in front of them was too narrow for the car to enter, so they had to walk.

Pei Haoyu followed behind breathlessly, carrying a lot of bags on his back:

"Sister-in-law...Mr. Li...please slow down. I can't keep up."

"I told you not to bring so many things, but you refused to listen."

Pei Haoyu grumbled aggrievedly: "I'm just worried that there won't be enough on the way..."

Li Shengjie was worried about his daughter's safety and had no mood to listen to their bickering:

"Master Jiang, let's go! I'm afraid... I'm afraid it will be too late..."

Jiang Muyao looked back thoughtfully and nodded.

--

In the village, Ma Niuer was forced by her adoptive parents to wear a tattered wedding dress.

The wedding dress was worn by other people in the village. The fabric was rough and the color was faded.

While combing her hair, her adoptive mother said hypocritically, "Girl, be obedient when you get married and don't embarrass us."

“Go home often, but don’t go empty-handed, otherwise…”

Ma Niuer looked at her adoptive mother coldly, her heart full of disgust.

She suddenly stood up and pushed her adoptive mother away: "I won't marry!"

The foster mother staggered after being pushed and immediately became angry: "You stupid girl, how dare you push me?"

The adoptive father heard the noise and rushed in, yelling, "You're a rebel!"

"You have to marry today, whether you want to or not!"

Ma Niuer grabbed the scissors on the table and pointed them at her neck: "If you push me again... I'll die in front of you!"

The adoptive parents were stunned. They didn't expect that the girl who had always been submissive would be so stubborn.

The adoptive father sneered: "Do you think you can scare us like this? Do you think I can do nothing if you die?"

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