"You got the wrong person. I don't know you, and you are not Sister Hong."

The woman who was mistaken for Sister Hong turned around in panic and denied it flatly. She was the girl who fell down the wall and was rescued by Ruan Qiqi and others. Her name was Twenty-Nine.

"Sister Hong, I'm Ah Xiang. I came here specially to see you. Why are you so thin? Are you sick?"

The girl was anxious and worried. Sister Hong in front of her looked dull and lifeless. Where was the bright and lively girl like she was back home?

Sister Hong's eyes turned red, but she still didn't want to recognize her. She was now neither human nor ghost, and she had no face to face her former good sister.

Ruan Qiqi recognized the girl named A Xiang, who was one of the girls who came on the same boat with them that day.

"do you remember me?"

Ruan Qiqi asked with a smile.

Ah Xiang turned her head and recognized her at a glance. She said happily, "Sister, of course I recognize you. Do you know Sister Hong?"

"Yes, I didn't expect that the sister Hong you were talking about was her. How are you now?"

Ruan Qiqi did not mention Sister Hong's past, and simply passed it over, then asked about the girl's experiences in the past few days.

The smile on Ah Xiang's face faded, and her eyes were filled with sadness, but she forced a smile and said, "It's fine. I moved out from my cousin Ah Zhen's house, rented a house, and sold white sugar cakes every day. I'm doing OK."

"What about the others?"

"Azhen married her cousin's eldest uncle, and Aju also married someone from the same village. Amei, Ayu and I moved out, but later they all separated from me. I live alone now."

Ah Xiang spoke simply, but one could tell that a lot must have happened to these five girls.

"Why didn't you come to the hotel to see me?" Ruan Qiqi asked.

It was obvious that Ah Xiang was not doing well, as she had given the girl the hotel address before.

"I'm fine now. I don't want to trouble you, sister. Please have some white sugar cake. I made it myself. It's very clean."

Ah Xiang lifted the gauze, revealing the soft and glutinous white sugar cake. Next to it was a piece of cut paper used to wrap the white sugar cake.

Ruan Qiqi took a piece and ate it. It tasted really good. She smiled and praised: "Your cooking skills are very good."

"The white sugar cakes made by my mom are delicious. I have only learned half of her skills. Sister Hong, you can eat some too. You used to like the white sugar cakes made by my mom the most."

Ah Xiang warmly invited Sister Hong and others to eat. Sister Hong could no longer pretend and covered her face and cried.

"Sister Hong, I'm here now. No matter how hard it is in the future, we will bear it together. Don't be afraid!"

Ah Xiang hugged Sister Hong and cried. When she felt that her back was full of bones, she cried even more sadly.

"You shouldn't have come here. What are you doing here?"

Sister Hong was very upset. She shouldn't have only reported good news and not bad news in the letter to her hometown for the sake of face, which caused her sister A Xiang to come here as well. They used to think that Hong Kong was full of gold and they could make money as long as they were willing to work hard.

But when she got here she realized that this was a man-eating den. She saw with her own eyes so many sisters being eaten alive by this den, leaving only a pile of bones.

"If I don't come, I will be sold to a fool in exchange for a betrothal gift. Sister Hong, it's going to be hardship anyway, so I might as well come here and suffer. At least I can control my own destiny."

Ah Xiang's eyes were determined. She did not regret coming here. Although life was hard, she had a bright future. She had saved up 200 yuan by selling sugar cakes for only one month.

She also planned to rent a bigger house and get a car after saving more money, and sell snacks at night. She would definitely be able to earn more, and maybe she could even buy a small house here and settle down.

Sister Hong sighed and tears started flowing again. Why were the lives of all of them sisters so miserable?

Gan Defa's minibus arrived and Ah Xiang followed. The basket of sugar cakes was bought by Ruan Qiqi. The girl refused to take the money, so Ruan Qiqi forced it into her pocket.

Gan Defa took them directly to the construction site. The workers were working in full swing when suddenly a group of beautiful women came. The workers were all stunned. After a long while, someone jokingly asked, "Brother Gan, are you going to introduce us to some girlfriends because there are so many bachelors?"

"They are here to do odd jobs. If any of you dare to mess with them, don't blame me for being rude!"

Gan Defa frowned and warned seriously. He also called the supervisor Aliang and told him to keep a close eye on these people and not to touch these women or even make dirty jokes.

After listening to Ruan Qiqi's talk about the experiences of these women, he knew that they must be extremely sensitive now, so the people on the construction site must give them enough respect while maintaining a sense of boundaries.

"Brother Gan, are you hiring a helper to do the work?"

Aliang made a joke. If you are not allowed to even joke, then what else can you be if not an ancestor?

"How did you feel when others joked with your daughter Ah Zhen when she first came ashore?" Gan De asked.

Ah Liang was stunned, and looked at the women next to him. He immediately understood and asked in a low voice: "They are also..."

Gan Defa nodded. "Just like Ah Zhen, I was forced to do it!"

"Leave it to me, no one will dare to mess around!"

Aliang patted his chest and promised.

His wife Azhen was sold to a nightclub by her biological parents and lived a miserable life. At that time, he was a gangster in the nightclub and he and Azhen felt sorry for each other. They often had a midnight snack together and told each other about the grievances they had suffered that day.

Ah Zhen was beaten by a customer, and he was slapped by the boss. This was their daily experience. Then they would eat a bowl of hot midnight snack and hug each other and cry, and they would feel much better.

Later, Gan Defa took him to work on a construction site and established the Rongyao Gang. He redeemed Ah Zhen, got married and had a child. Others laughed at him for marrying a prostitute, but those people didn't know that he and Ah Zhen were each other's warmth. The past was over, and life had to look forward.

"A laborer gets 70 yuan a day, daily wages, with food and lodging provided."

Aliang walked over and told them about the salary and benefits. Shi Hongmei and the others' eyes lit up, as the salary was much higher than they had imagined.

Even Ah Xiang was excited when she heard this, as this made more money than selling sugar cakes.

"Brother, can I do it? I'm very strong, look!"

Ah Xiang volunteered and even picked up a load of red bricks to prove that she could do the job.

Aliang couldn't make up his mind and looked at Gan Defa, who looked at Ruan Qiqi.

"I'm short of someone to work for me. Do you want to come and work for me?"

Ruan Qiqi had other plans for Ah Xiang. The new house was quite big, so she needed someone to clean it. Also, when she returned to the inland, someone would need to look after the new house.

"Yes."

Ah Xiang nodded vigorously.

Ruan Qiqi took her and Sister Hong back to the new house. The house was too big and required two people to fit in. Mainly because she was impressed by Sister Hong, who was a strong-willed person and quite pleasing to her eye.

"Did Azhen and Aju marry voluntarily?"

On the way, Ruan Qiqi asked A Xiang.

Ah Xiang's expression changed. She gritted her teeth, shook her head gently, and whispered, "Ah Zhen was deceived by her cousin. That uncle is a fool. He is in his forties and still drools. Her cousin put drugs in Ah Zhen's tea..."

[The third update is finished, I will continue tomorrow, good night]