"Ah, little girl, you..." The woman's voice was thick with sobs as she reached for the food boxes in the van.

But she had only just opened her mouth to say a few words when she suddenly heard a loud "bang"—the back door of the van, which had been open just moments before, slammed shut with lightning speed!

Not only the women were startled, but even Gao Yingwei was taken aback. He even reflexively straightened up and reached for the pistol at his waist...

"Sorry, I startled you." Mu Qingyu patted the raindrops off her hands and said to Gao Yingwei in a gentle but insincere voice.

Gao Yingwei then realized that Mu Qingyu had simply used tremendous force to slam the open rear door shut...

Normally, the rear door shouldn't be able to close because it's being squeezed by the protruding box.

However, Mu Qingyu's force was so great that the van shook several times, and she forcefully squeezed the box inside the vehicle, locking the back door firmly...

Gao Yingwei was speechless—this woman seemed a bit too aggressive…

The woman and the child in her arms were basically stunned, staring wide-eyed for a long time without being able to utter a word.

"Hey, what's that little kid? He's so cute and chubby." Mu Qingyu immediately smiled at the woman and the child.

The woman suddenly came to her senses and heard Mu Qingyu praising her daughter's cuteness. She was overjoyed and was about to say something when she heard Mu Qingyu continue speaking.

"She's doing quite well, all round and plump. Our village chief loves kids like this the most; they smell best when they're cooked, with just the right amount of fat and lean meat... Those skinny kids who are starving aren't good to eat, they're just bones..." Mu Qingyu looked the little girl in the woman's arms up and down, even making a gesture as if she wanted to reach out and hug her.

What? What is she saying? A good mix of lean and fatty meat? Not tasty?!

When the woman saw Mu Qingyu's outstretched hand about to touch her daughter, she shuddered instantly: "Ah, get away, don't touch us!"

She took several steps back in terror, clutching the child, and stared warily at Mu Qingyu.

Mu Qingyu looked puzzled. "Big sister, I'm trading supplies for children here. One child for one box of instant noodles. Didn't you come to trade for a child? How about this, yours is a bit chubby, so I can give you five extra packs..."

"Ah—" the woman screamed in terror. She wouldn't switch children! She wouldn't switch children! Pervert! Nightmare!

As Mu Qingyu approached her step by step, she wanted to curse him, but all that came out was a terrified scream.

At this moment, her older son also ran over, calling "Mommy, Mommy..." all the way.

Mu Qingyu turned her head to look at the little boy: "Huh, there's another one. This one's a bit thinner, maybe..."

Before Mu Qingyu could finish speaking, the woman quickly turned around, took the boy's hand, and stumbled away down the way they had come.

Gao Yingwei sighed from the side: "Why are you scaring her..."

Mu Qingyu turned and glanced at him: "If I don't scare her, she'll start morally blackmailing me. She'll say I have a truckload of supplies, and that they're a widow and her children who are about to die... If I don't give them to them, I'll be letting them die..."

Gao Yingwei: "..." He admitted in his heart that Mu Qingyu's words made sense.

“Although I won’t be morally blackmailed, and I don’t care what others say about me, I’m impatient to get entangled with them,” Mu Qingyu said.

For vulnerable groups like this, scolding them won't do any good, and if you hit them, you'll feel like you're still in the wrong... It's better to cut the Gordian knot quickly.

"Have you encountered quite a few things like this before?" Gao Yingwei asked Mu Qingyu, since she seemed to have a lot of experience in handling such matters.

"I've seen too much of this in my past life," Mu Qingyu thought to herself.

She didn't answer Gao Yingwei's question directly, but instead opened the passenger door, rummaged around, and found some instant noodles, biscuits, and a few bottles of water.

Seeing Xiao Wu, who looked guilty and ashamed for failing to stop the person earlier, walk over, Mu Qingyu stuffed everything she had found into Xiao Wu's arms.

While Xiao Wu was completely bewildered, she said, "Aren't you soft-hearted? Aren't you sympathetic to that mother and children? Here, these things are for you, take them and give them to them."

"Remember, don't give them all at once, they can't keep it all. Just give them something to keep them alive if they really have nothing to eat or drink. Anyway, I'll only give them this much, when they finish eating it is when it's all over, it's none of my business."

"Also, just consider it as you kindly giving them alms, please, please don't mention me. I only exchange supplies for food for the children, don't go around saying things that will ruin my reputation," Mu Qingyu said in one breath.

Xiao Wu wasn't that clever or quick-witted, and Mu Qingyu's words completely baffled him. He just stared blankly, glancing at Mu Qingyu for a moment, then looking to his superior, Gao Yingwei, for help.

Gao Yingwei sighed repeatedly. He knew that Xiao Wu had deliberately let the mother and her two children pass by. How could a professional soldier like him not be able to stop a woman and two children?

Besides, there was more than just Xiao Wu there.

He probably had a soft heart. Seeing that Mu Qingyu was a girl, he guessed that Mu Qingyu was kind-hearted, so he deliberately let people come to beg for food, hoping to give the mother and son a way to survive.

Mu Qingyu saw through it, so her words, "Weren't you being kind?" were a sarcastic remark directed at Xiao Wu.

Unfortunately, Xiao Wu wasn't very bright. He didn't understand Mu Qingyu's sarcastic remarks and was only focused on holding the supplies in his hands, at a loss.

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