When the boys saw An Moxue return, they all stopped what they were doing and came to the car.

She smiled and said, "You guys go ahead with your work, I can do it myself."

Then she heard A-Xia say, "You guys go pack your things, I'll help Sister Ji-duo."

An Moxue looked at them and said, "When I'm dressed as a man, you can call me Aria!"

Several people said in unison, "Brother Aria!" She thought to herself, they are very good at surviving.

"Okay, everyone go about your business!"

After saying that, the group dispersed, and An Moxue and A Xia began carrying things into the kitchen. Looking at the items, An Moxue belatedly realized a question, "A Xia, can you cook?"

Ah Xia smiled brightly and said, "It may not be the most delicious, but it'll fill our stomachs. Besides, if you don't know how, you can just learn!"

Looking at his satisfied face, An Moxue said, "I'll cook a delicious meal tonight. How much you learn depends on you guys."

Before the two of them could finish moving their things, the others came over and started moving things too. With so many people, they finished in just a few trips.

The children were very enthusiastic, tidying things up neatly, and all of them had big smiles on their faces. An Moxue instructed them to pick and wash the vegetables, and they washed them very clean.

She really liked a fish dish at that little restaurant. Today's main course included whole wheat bread, grilled fish, and a fish soup.

As An Moxue demonstrated, she explained the steps, and the children listened attentively. They knew that they would never go hungry again, and they wouldn't have to worry about freezing to death during the coldest days of winter—something they never dared to dream of.

The food was ready, and An Moxue ate with them. She didn't look down on them for being dirty or useless. As the children ate, they realized for the first time in their lives that they too could be treated with kindness, without discrimination, only equality.

That night, a seed was planted in the hearts of the little children: they too could be treated well, and they should treat those who treated them well well. They were no longer useless people who were so lowly that no one would even glance at them when they were buried in the mud.

After finishing her meal, An Moxue gave Xia a few instructions, gave him some money, left her phone number, and then drove away.

At the edge of the border, in the same spot as last night, An Moxue looked around but found nothing. It was already dark. She moved a thick, dead tree from the surrounding area and placed it across the middle of the road. Then, she dug a large pit a little further away where the leaves were thick, big enough for several people to fit in.

Tonight is the time when that smuggling vehicle is most likely to pass through here, because when she came over, she observed that the border guards seemed to be more active tonight than yesterday.

She roused herself and began to survey the surrounding terrain.

Not knowing when the vehicle passed by, An Moxue fell asleep fully clothed. In the middle of the night, she was half asleep when she heard a sound and woke up with a start.

Once outside the space, she put on her hat and mask, making it impossible to distinguish between men and women. The voices grew clearer, and the vehicles drew closer. An Moxue waited on the sidelines, ready for anything.

Finally, the headlights came into view, growing brighter and brighter as the vehicle drew closer. A large military green truck stopped in front of the dead tree.

Two men got off the bus, one of them cursing, "Which idiot put this piece of wood here! He's asking for trouble. Don't let me find out who did it, or I'll beat him so badly his own parents won't recognize him."

While cursing and keeping a watchful eye on their surroundings, the two men hugged the tree and tried to move it, but after several attempts, they couldn't budge it.

An Moxue noticed that the driver was still in the car and there was another person in the front seat.

"Brother, get out, we can't move it." One of them whispered to the person in the driver's seat.

An Moxue vaguely saw the person in the passenger seat lean close to the person in the driver's seat and say something to him before he got out of the car.

An Moxue was certain that there were at least four people in the car, but she didn't know if there was anyone in the back.

She took out her crossbow and aimed it at the three men. When they bent over and hugged the dead wood, she fired all three arrows at once. All three arrows hit the back of the three men, and they fell to the ground, unable to get up.

After shooting an arrow, An Moxue shot another one, this time aimed at the person in the passenger seat. Without caring whether she hit him or not, she took advantage of his moment of dodge, jumped into the car, grabbed him, tied him up, gagged him, and threw him out of the car.

This person was clearly their leader; the three men on the ground had already been drugged and passed out.

An Moxue carefully went around to the back of the car to check, and only felt relieved to see that there were only four people in the car.

An Moxue returned to the leader, removed the rag from his mouth, and stuffed a pill into it. After the pill entered his mouth, she raised and lowered her chin until she felt he had swallowed the pill before letting go.

The man glared at him fiercely, about to say something, when An Moxue dislocated his jaw with another blow.

An Moxue waited quietly until she saw his eyes gradually become unfocused and lose their focus, then she put his chin back on.

Then, they began asking questions.

What's your name?

"Wang Kui".

"Are you in charge of this escort mission?"

"Yes."

"Who is the contact person here?"

"have no idea."

"So how will you make contact?"

"We're responsible for driving the car to the designated location and then leaving; we don't care about anything else."

"Are all four of you from Lan Kingdom?"

"Yes."

"Who is the person in charge on the Lan Kingdom's side?"

"Director Gou."

"What is Director Gou's full name?"

"To become rich and powerful."

"Where is he from? What does he do?"

"He is the director of the cabinet committee of Feilong Province."

How often do you come here?

"About two months."

"How long have you been cooperating with them?"

"It started not long after the start of the sport."

How did the border guards from the Lan Kingdom get here?

“We bribed an officer to cross the border while he was on duty. He would create opportunities for us to evade border patrols.”

"What's his name?"

"Liu Xiaoguang".

How much will this truckload of goods cost?

"I don't know, they were all packed in boxes. I just took them back, I didn't see the specific amount of money."

"Is there anything else to add about this matter?"

"No."

An Moxue knocked him unconscious with a single chop, stored the truck in her spatial storage, transported him to the edge of the pit, twisted his neck, searched his body, and threw him into the pit.

After returning, they put the dead tree back in its original place, searched the three men, and gave each of them a stab to the neck. They put away the four crossbow bolts, threw the three men into the pit, and picked up shovels to start filling the pit with soil.

After the soil was backfilled, it was a bit higher than before. An Moxue stepped on it, then spread leaves on top to remove all traces of herself before leaving.