Chapter 27: For money, he actually gave his granddaughter away.

"You good-for-nothing, why aren't you a boy? It's all your mother's fault for being useless. Get out of here."

There was a black car parked in the village. Qian Su'e immediately noticed that the car was expensive, with four rings on it, and it was said to cost several hundred thousand yuan.

As the two passed by, a man wearing sunglasses stopped her. "Auntie, this is for you. Can I come to your house for a meal?"

When Qian Su'e saw what he was carrying—a bag of rice and a bottle of oil—her eyes widened. "Alright, alright, my house is just ahead. Come with me."

Taking the things from the man's hands, she didn't feel tired at all; she had inexhaustible energy. Soon, the group returned home.

The courtyard is not big, with a few newly built houses, all built by the son and daughter-in-law while they were working away from home. It is considered to be one of the better-off families in the village.

"Auntie, is it just you and your granddaughter in your family?"

The man asked casually, and Qian Su'e took out a piece of zombie meat that she had bought in the twelfth lunar month and that had been sitting for more than half a year, ready to properly entertain her guests.

After the meal.

The man didn't rush to leave. Instead, he chatted with her casually. As he looked at the little girl sitting in the corner, a glint of shrewdness flashed in his eyes.

"Auntie, is this your only granddaughter?"

Qian Su'e looked at Youyou and said, "Why aren't you getting out there and picking those vegetables? You're a good-for-nothing, and you're still thinking about reading?"

Youyou carefully placed the books her mother had bought in the drawer and went out.

"Why!"

The man leaned back on the sofa and sighed, "If only I had a daughter like that. I'm destined to have no daughters!"

"Those who want grandsons can't have them, and those who want daughters can't have them either."

Qian Su'e held the palm-leaf fan and swayed back and forth, but in her heart she was thinking that if only Youyou weren't here. She had consulted a master who said that the next one would be a boy, but unfortunately, that damned daughter-in-law just didn't want to have children.

“Auntie, you saw that car at the village entrance. Actually, I really want a daughter. How about you let your granddaughter come live with me? Don’t worry, I’ll take care of her like my own daughter. And I’ll give you a large sum of money every month. What do you think?”

What a stroke of luck! Someone is raising my granddaughter for me, and I'll get a lot of money in return. I've really stumbled upon such a wonderful opportunity.

Qian Su'e's eyes lit up, "Really?"

Fearing she wouldn't believe him, the man opened his bag and took out a wad of cash. "Here's three thousand yuan. Take it first. I'll bring it back to you when I get the money back in the city."

Qian Su'e smiled and took the money. "Alright, you can take it with you later."

She thought herself clever all her life, but she never expected that she would sell her own granddaughter for only three thousand yuan.

The scene shifts to the man carrying the unconscious Youyou to an unfinished construction site. They walk up to the tenth floor and stop in a simply furnished apartment.

He opened the door and saw three little girls huddled in the corner, their arms and legs chained. The girls looked at him and their eyes involuntarily shrank back.

Youyou was also locked up in the same way. When she finally came to her senses, she found herself in an unfamiliar place. Fear and terror overwhelmed her, and she started crying towards the man sitting opposite them.

"Uncle, Youyou wants to go home."

"Go back to your home, and when you get here, behave yourself and listen to me. If you don't behave well, you'll end up like those three."

Youyou turned around and saw that the little girls were covered in injuries, their faces were dirty, and they even had an unpleasant smell. On a small round table in the distance were several bloodstained whips.

[What a beast! This person was a child trafficker. He disguised himself so carefully just to gain people's trust and lower their guard so he could abuse these children.]

[I've heard that some perverts abuse small animals, but I never imagined there were people who abused children. This is truly eye-opening. Isn't there the "Hat Uncle" incident? I wonder where this person is. We need to arrest him quickly; it's terrifying.]

[It's all her grandmother's fault for being greedy. She calls her a "money-losing brat" all the time, and now look what's happened—the child has been tricked and this has happened too.]

The scene shifts to the sound of several little girls crying. The man's face is contorted in a grotesque grimace, and the little girls cry even harder. He seems to be enjoying it, a sinister smile on his face.

Youyou was completely different from when she first arrived. She huddled in the corner, trembling. Her mother had said that she would come back for the New Year, and that as long as she held on until then, she would come to rescue her.

Unfortunately, they didn't live to see that day. When Youyou's face reappeared in front of everyone, the live stream seemed to pause for several seconds before the barrage of comments started flying.

[Answerer, where is this human trafficker? We're calling the police. This kind of evil person doesn't deserve to live.]

Yes, he might be causing trouble somewhere again.

"I've already sent the address to the [fictional] police in Lixian County via private message. Right now, I need to deal with Youyou's matter first."

Gu Yunxi picked up her phone, felt the camera shake, and when she reappeared, she was already next to Youyou.

"Youyou, I'll take you to find your mother right now."

Youyou nodded and closed her eyes.

Wu Yan has been feeling unwell these past few days. She called her mother-in-law several times, but the answer was either that the child was asleep or that she was out playing.

More than a month has passed, and she still hasn't spoken to her child on the phone even once. She felt extremely anxious, so after get off work, she suggested to her husband that they go home to check on them.

Wang Wei lay on the bed with his legs crossed. "Don't mess around. We'll be working full-time soon. We've only been out for half a year and haven't saved much money yet. My mom is taking care of the child, so I'm at ease. Although she doesn't really like girls, she's still her granddaughter. With her taking care of the child, we can work hard and when the child starts elementary school, you can go back to take care of the child full-time."

Wu Yan thought about it and agreed. She was about to lie down when she sat up again, feeling uneasy. "I've video-called several times, but the child isn't with me. We're resting tonight, and it's already past ten o'clock. Why don't you make a call? Just hearing Youyou's voice would put my mind at ease."

Wang Wei thought for a moment and then dialed the number.

Qian Su'e was sound asleep when she was woken up by the phone call. When she answered, she heard her son wanting to hear his granddaughter's voice, but she casually brushed him off, saying that the child was tired from playing and had already fallen asleep.

When Wu Yan heard that it was this excuse again, she asked her to send over a photo of the child. Unexpectedly, the photo she received was from more than a month ago.

“Your mom is too good at fooling people. The dates on the form are all in May. I think she’s deliberately trying to avoid taking me and Youyou out. If you don’t like it, I’ll go back and take care of the kids myself after this month. At worst, we can find a cheap job in our local area. At least the kids will be with us, and I’ll feel more at ease.”

"Let me think about it some more!"

Wang Wei was also somewhat dissatisfied with his mother's attitude, but she was his mother, so what could he do?

The two fell asleep in a daze, and not long after they fell asleep, Gu Yunxi took Youyou outside.