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On the way back.

Chen Yanqing looked at the little girl who was pursing her lips, not knowing what she was thinking. The expression on her face was not as relaxed as before, and she didn't even look at the road ahead.

When she walked onto the stone bridge, she was about to trip, and Shen Yanqing reached out to hold her back: "Be careful."

Hearing the voice, the little girl turned her head and looked at him, as if she had just come to her senses. The water gurgled under the bridge, and Ye Rong slowly said, "Thank you, and for what happened just now."

Shen Yanqing nodded, thinking of the greedy and obscene eyes of the man who had just chased her out. The little girl was perceptive enough and would not fail to understand what that meant.

Although the little girl is smart, she is still young and has never been exposed to such blatant evil, so she will indeed be scared.

"It's gone." Shen Yanqing reached out and touched the top of her head. "We will leave in the afternoon. If the road repairs are not open to traffic by four o'clock this afternoon, we will leave by helicopter."

Hearing that they would leave in the afternoon, Ye Rong's eyelashes trembled, and she grabbed Shen Yanqing's arm with her backhand, looking into his dark eyes: "Can I wait another day?"

Ye Rong’s words obviously surprised Shen Yanqing: “Do you want to stay one more day?”

"Yeah." Ye Rong nodded and looked at him: "There is something I want to confirm."

Looking at the little girl's expression, she didn't seem to be frightened by what happened just now.

If an ordinary girl encountered the situation just now, she would probably want to leave this place immediately.

But she wanted to stay one more day.

The little girl's willfulness was always measured, and this abnormal behavior must be related to the family just now.

If it wasn't because of that man, then what was it because of?

Shen Yanqing lowered his eyes and looked at her: "What did you see in the room just now?"

"………" When asked about this, Ye Rong was silent for a moment, but still did not hide it: "I saw that the child's mother was chained in the house."

Chen Yanqing paused for a moment, almost predicting what she saw: "She has mental problems?"

"Yeah." Ye Rong nodded, "She grabbed my hand and told me to run away... She had a lot of wounds on her body and was also very afraid of that man..."

She seemed to hold it in for a moment, took a deep breath, and then said in a calm voice, "How can you tie people up like animals?"

Shen Yanqing didn't know what he was thinking of. His eyes darkened slightly, and then his gaze fell on the little girl's face: "You want to save her?"

"From her accent, I can tell that she's not a local, and she doesn't speak any dialect. I suspect she might have been trafficked here." Perhaps Shen Yanqing was too calm, and nothing could move him, so when Ye Rong looked into those eyes, which were still as dark and lifeless as ever, her emotions seemed to be affected by him, and she quickly calmed down.

Ye Rong continued, "I thought maybe I could do something. At least she shouldn't be chained around the neck like an animal until she dies, and have to endure the beatings and venting of anger from that man."

Shen Yanqing looked at the little girl in front of him. Her eyes were watery and sparkling in the sunlight. She looked a little sad.

"..." Before this, Shen Yanqing didn't know what was behind the door. He just thought that the little girl was frightened by the man and was distracted all the way.

It turned out that it wasn't the case. The reason why she looked a little dazed was not because she was frightened.

䀴Because of the crazy woman with an iron chain around her neck behind that door.

Crazy woman.

Shen Yanqing frowned slightly, which brought back his memories that were too far away.

But it was only for a moment, and he suppressed all his emotions.

There is another meeting he must attend tomorrow, but at this time Shen Yanqing made a decision that is contrary to his usual practice: “Then let’s stay one more day.”

Hearing that he said "we", Ye Rong was a little surprised: "Won't your work be delayed?"

Shen Yanqing did not answer but asked: "What are you going to do if you stay one more day?"

Ye Rong's eyes were determined: "If she was indeed trafficked here and went crazy, then those who trafficked her, imprisoned her, and drove her crazy... must be punished by law."

"Afterwards, I think she will get traditional treatment, and maybe one day she will be able to remember who she is." Ye Rong said lightly, "She is a person, and she shouldn't be tied around the neck for her whole life with an iron chain."

In the sunlight, the little girl's eyes were clear and her voice was not loud, but powerful.

A power born from nature.

Shen Yanqing looked at her deeply, and based on his understanding of her, he knew that the girl in front of him did not make the decision on a whim.

She did not ask him to do anything, nor did she choose to call the police immediately.

So what is she going to do?

Ye Rong stood on the stone bridge. She looked up and saw villagers working in the fields not far away. She looked away.

In a small village like this, everyone has the same surname and the families are very close to each other. If something happens in any family, the whole village will know about it.

At this moment, Ye Rong thought of something that made people feel powerless and chilled, but she also understood that things that were incomprehensible in such a place would become "normal".

But first, we need to confirm the identity and background of the child's mother.

In some countries, this is not difficult to check.