Yun Duoduo ran to the plump aunt with a pitiful look on her face, hugged her leg, and looked up at the plump aunt, pleading in her eyes that she would not tie her up.

If your hands and feet are tied, things will be difficult to accomplish later.

The plump woman was taken aback, not expecting Yun Duoduo to pull such a stunt.

"Alright, stop wasting your time, just take this brat to the basement!"

The plump aunt said disdainfully, and impatiently grabbed Yun Duoduo by the collar.

Yun Duoduo's body trembled, and with a push of her two short legs, she felt extremely unsafe as her feet suddenly left the ground.

"Sister Zhao, let's tie him up. What if this little brat runs away?"

A burly man looked hesitant and worried.

"Hey, you old bastard, what the hell are you doing? Have you lost your nerve?"

"Can't the three of us adults handle a little brat who's not even as tall as a table leg?"

The plump woman got impatient and scolded him.

"I saw you went to Tongzhou, and you've become so timid! And that accent, it's so strong!"

"Sister Zhao, do I have a heavy accent?" The burly man called Lao Liu looked incredulous.

The plump aunt glared at him, mimicking his tone of voice, "Your accent isn't strong, but mine is!"

"That's right, that's right, Sixth Brother, Sister Zhao is right. So many people were locked up in the basement, have you seen anyone escape?"

Another burly man chimed in, moving closer to the plump aunt with a fawning smile, spitting as he spoke.

"How many days has it been since you took a shower? You stink! After this job, there's a stinky ditch behind the mountain. Go wash up there; it'll smell better than you do now!" The plump auntie gave the smelly man a disgusted look and pulled Yun Duoduo back two steps.

"Sister Zhao, you're being unreasonable. This is a man's scent!"

The smelly man sniffed his armpits, a look of enjoyment and pride on his face.

Yun Duoduo smelled the strong body odor and felt nauseous, almost vomiting. She was afraid he would say next, "It smells like hormones."

[You stinky man, do you have a misunderstanding about what masculinity is?]

Why are you so confident?

[They're completely unreasonable, yet they're incredibly arrogant.]

Yun Duoduo could tell that the plump aunt was the leader, and the two men were her assistants.

"Hey, look! I didn't even notice before, but this little brat is wearing gold and silver!"

The plump aunt ignored the two of them and her gaze fell on Yun Duoduo's head. When she saw the golden flower, her eyes lit up and revealed a greedy look.

The plump aunt stretched out her thick fingers, pulled out the gold hairpin that was stuck in Yun Duoduo's hair bun, and happily stuck it into her own hair bun.

Waaaaah, my little golden flower hairpin...

"Let me take another look, see if there's anything else valuable." The plump aunt's eyes darted greedily over Yun Duoduo's body.

Immediately afterwards, the plump aunt took off the beautiful engraved gold bracelet from her wrist.

Waaaaah, my beautiful gold bracelet...

Yun Duoduo looked aggrieved and resentful as she watched her hairpin and table fall into the hands of the villains.

Look, they're harvesting bamboo shoots!

"You, you, you, you shameless brute! You don't earn money yourself, yet you try to steal money from children!"

Waaaaah, her secret stash of money has been stolen...

Yun Duoduo angrily waved her arms and glared at the fat aunt. She kicked the fat aunt with all her might.

"You little..."

No child had ever dared to hit her before. The plump aunt noticed Yun Duoduo's actions and raised her fat hand, about to strike Yun Duoduo.

With a "thud," something from Yun Duoduo's body fell to the ground, attracting the attention of the others.

Oh, a money pouch!

That was too hasty.

"Hey, big sister, we're about to strike it rich! This little rascal is carrying such a bulging money bag!"

The stinky man picked up the money pouch that Yun Duoduo had dropped from the ground, opened it, took out a gold leaf, and bit it. "It's full of gold!"

"We're rich! We're rich!"

Yun Duoduo pouted and started to cry, heartbroken at the loss of her little treasure.

The clown is actually myself.

The stinky man stuffed the money pouch into his pants, knelt on the ground, and opened a partition under the table. "Sister Zhao, come in quickly!"

[Oh, so this is where the entrance is!]

Yun Duoduo looked at the partition under the table. The partition was very finely made and blended perfectly with the floor. No wonder she hadn't noticed it before.

"This brat looks like he comes from a wealthy family. We won't sell him yet; we'll extort a lot of money from his father later!"

[Trying to rip off my dad?]

[Knock on it, or you'll go to jail, the kind that gets you killed.]

"Go, take this brat away!"

A gruff, smelly man with thick hair and body odor walked in front, followed by a plump aunt carrying Yun Duoduo, and another person who hadn't gotten off, was still standing guard on top.

Yun Duoduo was very curious about what the basement looked like.

After descending a few steps, Yun Duoduo saw the entire basement and exclaimed inwardly, "It's so big in here?!"

The underground space was quite large, with only three cabinets scattered around. In one corner were a dozen or so three- or four-year-old children, pale and thin, with fearful eyes.

The children had marks on their hands from being whipped, and bruises on their heads with red marks. They remained silent, their lips tightly pressed together, and they became even more uneasy when they saw the plump aunt.

The children huddled in the corner, looking weak, perhaps because they hadn't eaten much.

These heartless, despicable bastards! They actually kidnapped so many children!

They look so pitiful, being treated like this!

How can we get them out of here?

Yun Duoduo looked around. The basement was very cramped; if she shouted inside, no one outside could hear her.

There's no way to get help from others; I have to rely on myself.

[How about we beat these bastards to a pulp, then lead the kids and run away?]

Yun Duoduo glanced at the children who were hanging their heads in the corner.

[That won't work. These kids don't seem very strong. Even if I lead them out, they won't get very far, and they might get spotted by the fat aunt's other accomplices.]

Besides, they're afraid of being beaten and scolded; they probably wouldn't dare run away with her.

[Perhaps we should return to Father's side first, and then quickly get Father to come and rescue them.]

She had already found a place to keep the children; there was no need to waste any more time.

After making up her mind, Yun Duoduo touched her chest with her little hand, then flicked her wrist, scattering colorful poison powder at the two of them.

Because the fat aunt was still carrying Yun Duoduo and hadn't put her on the ground, Yun Duoduo's poison powder ended up on both of their faces.

"Ah!" the burly man screamed in agony.

"You little brat, what have you done?!"