After a day had passed and the search for Wan'er had yielded no results, Junjue was plunged into endless despair.

He kept blaming himself for letting her out of his sight. Knowing how dangerous the world was, how could he just leave her like that?

Seeing the captain's despairing expression, Yue Ying looked at her brother with a heavy heart and said, her voice choked with emotion:

"Brother, what should we do? If the vice-captain isn't found, the captain will go crazy."

Yue Chi glanced at the despairing face of his captain, who was constantly blaming him, and sighed sadly.

No one expected this to happen, and the two siblings were also very upset, but life had to go on.

He took out a bottle of water and a piece of bread and handed them to his sister, comforting her, "No news is better than something unbearable."

"Little sister, eat something first, don't be too sad. We'll continue helping the captain search until we find the vice-captain."

Her vision blurred, and as she felt her brother hand her bread, she choked back tears and said, "Brother, I can't eat, I really can't eat."

The vice-captain was so good to us, how could he suddenly disappear? Waaaaah…

“Little sister, you have to eat even if you can’t. What will your brother do if you get sick from hunger?” Yue Chi said seriously.

"I...I'll eat!" Yue Ying opened the packaging, slowly took a bite, but the food tasted like wax, and she had no appetite at all.

Seeing his sister so upset, Yue Chi didn't want to say anything more. He took out a piece of bread, went over and handed it to the captain, comforting her:

"Captain, let's have some dinner!"

No news is the best news, isn't it?

You need to take good care of yourself, otherwise, if the deputy captain suddenly comes back one day and sees you've starved yourself to death, she'll be angry.

"Really? Will she really come back on her own?"

But I really can't eat. You guys eat by yourselves! Don't worry about me." Junjue just wanted to be alone; he felt so nauseous he could hardly breathe.

Why is this happening? Have I tried so hard for so long, yet still been unable to change the ending of my past life?

If that's the case, then what's the point of him working so hard?

"Captain...you need to take care of yourself, we still need to continue looking for the vice-captain!"

"Don't let yourself collapse before the vice-captain is even found," Yue Chi continued to advise.

"No news is good news. You're right, I can't let myself fall. Wan'er is still waiting for me to save her."

The Duke took out a piece of bread and forced himself to eat it, but with each bite, he could hardly swallow it.

………

Shangguan Wan'er lay in the car for an unknown amount of time until the car stopped and her blindfold was removed; by then it was almost dark.

"We've arrived, little piglets! We'll head over and let the boss know, we'll find you a good buyer soon!"

With her mouth gagged, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't say a word. She could only stare at the two bastards until they walked further and further away before she had time to look at her surroundings.

Where exactly is she? She had been blindfolded and driven all day, and she had no idea where she was being taken.

"Buzzing..."

Thumb-sized mosquitoes swarmed around her, biting her tender white feet and hands.

It hurts so much, it's both painful and itchy. She wanted to scratch her whole body because she was tied up. She watched as the mosquitoes bit her so badly that her stomach felt like it was about to explode. It had grown from the size of her thumb to the size of her big toe, and they were still sucking all over her body. She was about to faint from blood loss.

She really deserves it! She had no worries about food, clothing, or drink while living with her boyfriend, and she wasn't even bitten by mosquitoes. Now that she's been dragged here, who knows what her fate will be.

Thinking of this, her eyes involuntarily reddened.

I miss the Duke so much! What should I do!

We've been together for so long, and this is the first time I've been separated from him for so long.

Hearing that those people wanted to use her as merchandise to exchange for supplies, and wondering if Junjue would still love her if she became dirty and ugly in the future.

Thinking of this, my heart ached.

If that's the case, then she'll never be good enough for that tall, handsome boy in this lifetime, and she'll stay far away from him.

As she was lost in thought, the sound of clenched teeth drifted from afar.

"What kind of weather is this?! Why are there so many mosquitoes?"

"Damn, each of these mosquitoes is as big as a thumb. Getting bitten is really painful and itchy."

"Oh no, that little piglet is still tied to the car. Will it get bitten to death by mosquitoes?"

"Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and bring the person into the house."

Such a fine little piglet, we can't let her get hurt or bumped into anything, otherwise she won't be able to take care of the good stuff.

After they finished speaking, they rushed over to Shangguan Wan'er and saw that she was surrounded by a swarm of mosquitoes, and her whole body was swollen.

Startled, he rushed over to shoo away the mosquitoes, swearing under his breath.

"Holy crap! How can we trade like this?!"

"Damn it, these darn mosquitoes are biting this little piglet all over."

"Judging from her condition, we'll have to wait for her to recover before we can make the transaction. Let's take her back to her room and apply some medicine to help her recover!"

"Hmm! Luckily it was just a mosquito bite, otherwise it would have been such a waste to kill such a gem!"

The two quickly helped the swollen Shangguan Wan'er into the house.

As she was about to enter the dark room, Shangguan Wan'er opened her swollen eyes and observed her surroundings.

Two rows of guards with real guns stood in front of the gate, and outside the guards was a group of men carrying bags of supplies.

Each person who went in handed over a bag of supplies.

A guard weighed the supplies in his hand and said in a cold voice:

"Why is there less stuff this time? You promised two packs of instant noodles, two bottles of water, and one girl for one time."

"Um, there was some danger on the way here this time. Can I make up for it next time?" a middle-aged man in his forties said in a low voice.

"Okay! Remember next time, or you'll be blacklisted and never be able to trade here again."

"Go in!"

"Alright!" The middle-aged man rubbed his hands together and rushed inside.

At first, Wan'er didn't understand why. But when she was dragged into the gate, she saw several rows of row houses, each with more than a dozen rooms.

The doors to each house were half-open, and she could hear not only the pleas, pleas, and screams of various girls, women, and old people, but also the sight of a bald man forcing himself on a pregnant woman.

After passing another room, Wan'er saw that the door was not closed and inside was an old man in his sixties, dressed in a suit and tie, who was molesting a girl of eleven or twelve years old.

The girl was covered in scratches, crying uncontrollably, and struggling there.