"Okay, don't hit me on the face. If the dealers come tonight and see the wounds on my face, they will definitely find fault and try to lower the price. Then we will be the ones who suffer. We will lose a lot of money."
As Li Daduzi spoke, he slowly took out a crumpled rag with unknown stains from his dirty pocket.
She stretched out a big, fat hand and clamped Zhou Jingjing's thin chin tightly like a pair of pliers. Then she exerted force suddenly and forcibly opened Zhou Jingjing's tightly closed mouth.
Then, she stuffed the smelly, black and dirty rag in her other hand into Zhou Jingjing's mouth without hesitation.
After doing all this, Li Dadu raised his head and waved to Xiaohu who was standing not far away, motioning him to come over. Then the two walked to the door and began to talk in a low voice.
"Mom, what's going on?"
Zhao Xiaohu looked at his mother's solemn and cautious face, and his heart skipped a beat. He thought to himself: Could it be that what I did was discovered by others? Thinking of this, he asked with a guilty conscience.
Li Dadu's fat face was full of worry and anxiety. She pouted her thick lips and scanned the dilapidated house with her small eyes. After making sure that there was no one else around, she lowered her voice and said to Zhao Xiaohu, "Son, just before I came here, two people ran into our yard. They said they were Zhou Jingjing's brother and were asking around for your whereabouts!"
Hearing this, Zhao Xiaohu's face turned pale instantly and he felt panic in his heart.
He couldn't figure out how those two people knew where he lived. Could it be that someone leaked the news? If that was the case, the consequences would be disastrous...
"Mom, you didn't say anything to them, did you?"
Li Dadu was so angry that he pointed a finger at his forehead and said, "Would your mother be so stupid as to let this fat meat slip away?"
Zhao Xiaohu supported Li Dadu's arm with a playful smile, "I knew that my mother would never betray me. When I get the money, I will buy you a new set of clothes to show my filial piety to you."
"That's good enough. Mom is waiting to wear your new clothes. You haven't eaten yet, right? Mom bought you some meat buns. Eat them while they're hot."
"Mom is still thinking about me."
Zhao Xiaohu took out the meat buns from the basket, took one out and was about to put it in his mouth, glanced at Zhou Jingjing, and asked, "Mom, do you want to give her something to eat?"
"The human traffickers will come in the evening. Even if she eats, it will be useless. The traffickers won't give us a few more dollars. Let her starve. She won't die if she skips a few meals."
"Okay, I'll listen to you, mom."
Listening to the conversation between this unscrupulous mother and son.
Zhou Jingjing tightly closed her eyes full of regret, and crystal clear tears slowly flowed down her pale cheeks like a flood that broke through the dam.
Every teardrop seemed to carry endless pain and regret, dripping onto the ground, making a light yet heavy sound.
Her thoughts involuntarily drifted back to the nightmarish scene of last night, when she had said those incoherent and nonsensical words in front of all her family members.
Looking back now, those words were like sharp knives, mercilessly piercing her heart.
At this moment, she really wished that time could go back so that she could have the chance to take back those extremely stupid words.
She even wanted to slap herself hard a few times to punish herself for her mistake. However, it was too late.
She sighed deeply, secretly regretting in her heart: "How could I be so stupid? I was simply blinded by a single leaf. I thought I was extremely smart, but in the end, I was fooled by that scoundrel!"
Thinking of that hateful man, her body couldn't help but tremble.
Not only was her innocent body trampled on by him, she was also beaten and covered with scars. What was even more outrageous was that this cruel guy actually planned to sell her to human traffickers in exchange for money to make up for the huge debt he owed.
Zhou Jingjing's face was as pale as paper, her lips trembling, and she murmured in despair: "Zhou Jingjing, Zhou Jingjing, you are the biggest idiot in the world! How could you be so stupid? You actually pushed yourself into such a desperate situation!"
She seemed to have lost all her strength, leaning limply on the worn-out chair that was about to fall apart. At this moment, she was like an eggplant hit by frost, as if she had lost all her vitality and energy.
Her eyes were originally lively and bright, but now they became empty and lifeless, like two dry wells that had been dried up for a long time.
She just stared blankly at the dilapidated and crumbling roof above her head, as if through this heartbreaking and ruined scene, she saw her own miserable future - dark, helpless and without a shred of hope.
As time passed, Zhou Jingjing experienced an unprecedented intense struggle in her heart.
Every moment it felt as if millions of ants were gnawing at her heart, causing her extreme pain.
However, in the end, she gritted her teeth and made up her mind to make the final decision that would determine her own fate...
Just then, a crisp knock on the door broke the deathly silence in the house.
“Dangdangdang”
The sound is neither fast nor slow, and full of rhythm.
Zhao Xiaohu, who was sitting next to him, became alert instantly. He pricked up his ears and asked in a low voice, "Tonight, the moon is dark and the wind is strong."
After saying that, he held his breath and listened attentively to the movement outside the door. At the same time, he quickly pulled out the gleaming steel knife from his waist with his right hand, and held it tightly in his hand, placing it firmly in front of his chest, ready to deal with any emergency at any time, quietly waiting for the other party's response.
After a while, a deep voice came from outside the door: "Open the door, I'm here to buy cakes."
The code matched perfectly word for word.
Zhao Xiaohu in the dilapidated house finally let go of the worry in his heart. He put away the steel knife, put it on his waist, and opened the door with both hands.
With a flattering smile on his face, he respectfully invited the person outside into the house.
"Master Wu, please come in and check this thing out to see if it's worthy of your liking."
Master Wu was wrapped tightly from head to toe, in a black robe and a black towel, with only a pair of small, bean-like eyes visible from his body.
He is not tall and is thin, with a typical southern appearance.
He walked slowly into the house, glanced around the room cautiously, and asked, "Who is this?"
Zhao Xiaohu stepped forward and said, "Fifth Master, this is not an outsider, she is my mother."
"When you get out of this door, keep your mouth shut. Don't say anything you shouldn't say, don't look at anything you shouldn't look at, and keep this matter to yourself. If you can't keep your mouth shut, I'll kill your whole family."
Li Dadu was so frightened that his calves were trembling. He quickly replied, "Master, just put your mind at ease. My wife may not be good at other things, but she is very tight-lipped."
"Go out, I'll check the goods first."
"But this price is still..."
"Damn it, do you understand the rules? How can I give you a price without inspecting the goods? Get out, quickly."
"Okay, okay, Master Wu, take your time to check it out. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."
Zhao Xiaohu led his mother and quickly disappeared from the room.
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