Chapter 85

Tan Xinman quickly explained the whole story.

Because of habit, Tan Xinman doesn't like to be on time when doing things.

Even when she was in the Tan family company, whether it was attending board meetings, submitting reports, or even project deadlines, she would arrange time to complete them early or arrive early.

Now that she has entered the entertainment industry, she has not changed this habit.

However, in order to ensure that she can go home and reunite with her family every day, she borrowed the helicopter under her name from Tan Li for commuting.

Tan Xinman habitually leaves early, and the helicopter will not be stuck in traffic, so when she arrived at this mountain village, she was much earlier than expected.

The helicopter landing site they found was an open space a little far from the mountain village. Because it was deserted, few villagers usually came.

This was nothing. After all, the village chief had told them that outsiders would enter the village on that day. Some shady businesses would naturally not come near the village.

But by chance, Tan Xinman wanted to take pictures of the morning glow in the forest for Tan Li. Tan Xinman

was actually an outdoor person. She had played mountain climbing and jungle exploration before, but later she put away those unbridled hobbies after she knew that she was not a descendant of the Tan family.

It was rare to come to a mountain area with a relatively low degree of development. As she was taking pictures, she thought that she had time to go, so she walked a little further on a whim.

By coincidence, Tan Xinman saw a group of people, or rather, a group of human vendors.

In broad daylight, a group of human vendors were brazenly doing business.

I don't know if it was because they had done all these shameful things too smoothly in the past, or if they were arrogant by nature, but this group of people knew that there would be people from other villages coming in today, but they still came in a swaggering manner without any concealment.

"Which one of you said before that he wanted to find a wife? Among the goods this time, there are college students from the city. They are tender and beautiful. Besides, if you buy them back, the children born in the future will be smarter than ordinary people!"

"What's so difficult about disciplining them? Lock them up, starve them, beat them, and when the children are born, can they still run away?"

"You killed her and you were too harsh! We are not responsible for the goods once they are sold!"

"Okay, okay, I'll give you a discount."

"A girl to pay for it? How old is she? Only 6 years old? No, no, there are not many people who want such a young girl, and I have to raise her with all my effort. No, no!"

"...Okay, okay, then we'll pay a small amount. If it weren't for the fact that your village has done so much business with us, no one else would have thought about it."

Tan Xinman's blood rushed back and her body stiffened when she heard this.

She watched a girl being dragged out from behind someone, and she covered her mouth tightly to prevent herself from making any sound.

No one knew whether she was beaten or drugged, but the girl's limbs were weak and soft as noodles, but her legs were struggling slightly.

Unfortunately, the strength was too weak to be a big deal.

The two men who dragged her were also rough, and they didn't care that the girl's legs were scratched by the rough yellow ground and bleeding.

The blood beads wrapped the small gravel into dark red and scattered on the ground.

A man among the villagers came forward, impatiently lifted up the girl's face, and looked around. Tan Xinman couldn't see the man's face clearly, but she clearly saw the man's thick black fingers pinching the girl's white cheeks.

It was disgusting.

Then, Tan Xinman saw the man handed over a handful of red banknotes, waved back, and a little girl ran out from the crowd.

The man had no nostalgia or love for the little girl who ran out. He just pushed her in the direction of the traffickers and said something.

Tan Xinman didn't dare to move, let alone breathe loudly, and watched the two groups of people go away as if they were brothers.

Even though the person had left, Tan Xinman still didn't dare to move. She maintained her original posture and didn't know how long she had been waiting. Only when her limbs were stiff and no one appeared nearby did she come to her senses and

run away.

Tan Xinman didn't want to save people by herself at first, because she knew that it was like hitting a rock with an egg.

First, there was no home advantage, and second, the opponent had more people.

Tan Xinman's first thought was to call the police quickly, and then notify the next staff not to come, and leave as soon as possible.

But what she didn't expect was that the plan failed in the first step.

The mobile phone signal was unstable.

The signal in the mountains is not as good as in the city. Because of what she had seen before, Tan Xinman did not dare to approach the mountain village easily. The signal coverage outside the forest was even lower.

If she called the police, she might not be able to explain the situation clearly before the call was disconnected due to poor signal.

At this point, Tan Xinman was not in a hurry. She ran steadily to the location of the helicopter and quickly changed the plan.

The helicopter is equipped with a dedicated external connection channel. When she gets to the helicopter, she can still contact the outside world.

Unfortunately...

the helicopter actually flew away!

Tan Xinman was dumbfounded.

No, why did it fly away?

In her confusion, Tan Xinman figured it out. She still had to go back to pick up Tan Li. Seeing that the time was about the same, it was normal for it to fly away.

After all, before leaving, Tan Xinman specifically said that there was no need to wait for her to come back, and her luggage was also on the staff bus. There was really no point in stopping the helicopter here, except for wasting time and lives.

Tan Xinman was still calm and composed at this time.

She thought, the phone couldn't explain the problem clearly because of the intermittent signal problem, so she explained the situation and sent it out by text message, right?

After all, it only takes a moment to send a text message.

Tan Xinman had memorized the layout map of the village before coming. She thought about it, and while typing quickly on her mobile phone, she went in the direction where the staff would arrive. She

stopped people halfway and told them not to enter such a dangerous village. At the same time, she joined the main force and hurried out to call the police.

Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes.

On the way to the bus stop, Tan Xinman bumped into the car of the traffickers.

From the conversation between the villagers and the traffickers, Tan Xinman knew that this time they were mainly here to deliver the wives that the villagers wanted to buy, and there were only two cars.

At that time, Tan Xinman arrived here faster than the other merchants because she ran all the way.

This village is too small, and there is no way to get around this main road whether going up or down the mountain.

Tan Xinman has good eyesight and saw the driver waiting in the car at a glance. He was a strong bald man, and at the same time, he also found her.

Tan Xinman saw the other party open the door and get out of the car.

I don’t know if it’s because of nervousness or something, in her eyes, all the other party’s movements seemed to become slow motion. While she saw it clearly, her legs and feet froze uncontrollably.

Fear spread from the bottom of her heart. Tan Xinman only felt that in front of her eyes, there was the figure of the bald man slowly approaching, and then the girl just now was dragged away like cargo.

Run!

Run!

Tan Xinman screamed in her heart. She had always thought that she was quite courageous. After all, in the bloody battles in the mall, one must be very ruthless.

But now, she was doubtful.

The dirtiest thing in her previous world was to fight for a project, throwing dirty water on each other and stabbing each other in the back. But

the Tan family was a proper wealthy family with a good family tradition. They would not and would not be willing to be associated with the gray industrial chain.

Indeed, in the eyes of Tan Xinman, a former capitalist, people could become leeks or cheap labor, but no matter what, they would not become like the girl just now, like a commodity that could be found everywhere.

At that moment, the greed of human nature that Tan Xinman had been able to face with a smile, like algae hidden in the dark, entangled her layer by layer, making her unable to move.

Even when Tan Xinman recalled it now, she still felt a lingering fear.

"If Tong Jing and the staff hadn't arrived at that time, I can't believe what would have happened to me." Tan Xinman said.

Tong Jing came with two variety show staff.

There are two reasons why she didn't come with Tan Li.

First, she came here in advance to make arrangements.

After all, Tan Li was also going to visit the set, and even if she only stayed for a short while, Tong Jing had to make sure that Tan Li would not feel uncomfortable during her short time here.

Second, she took Tan Li's mission and supported Tan Xinman.

This is the first group show after Tan Xinman formed the group. Even though the location is in a remote mountain village, as Tan Li's sister, she still has to show her presence.

She came to coordinate the whole scene first to facilitate the smooth deployment of other cheering teams that will arrive later.

The mountain village is closed and the transportation is not convenient.

After being sent to the foot of the mountain by bus, everyone still needs to walk a distance before they can actually enter the mountain village.

Compared with the photography crew who need to carry equipment, Tong Jing is considered to have it easy.

But when she was halfway there, she saw Tan Xinman.

The first thought was that Tan Xinman came so early.

The second thought was that something was wrong.

Although she didn't like Tan Xinman very much, she had to be honest and said that Tan Xinman was always decent.

But at this time, Tan Xinman was standing in the middle of the path, her face horrified.

In front of Tan Xinman, there was a man approaching her step by step, with his back to Tong Jing and others. Tong Jing didn't know what the man's expression was at the time.

Tong Jing subconsciously called Tan Xinman.

Because of her shout, the air that trapped Tan Xinman began to flow slowly again.

Tan Xinman paused for a moment, and hurriedly waved to Tong Jing and others. The bald man who was walking towards her finally stopped when he saw this scene.

Tan Xinman's heartbeat was still very fast, and she trotted towards Tong Jing and others.

Later, she kept reflecting on herself. The most correct thing she should have done at the time was to find an excuse to take everyone away from the mountain village, wait until she got to the road, explain the situation to everyone, then call the police, and then notify Tan Li not to come over again.

But at that time, although Tan Xinman's face remained calm, and she instinctively greeted everyone calmly, her mind was already in a mess.

Her mind was full of bloodstains left on the ground after the girl was dragged away, and the black shadow approaching with the bald man.

When she finally came to her senses, she had already entered the village with the newcomers Tong Jing and others.

Tan Xinman gritted her teeth in hatred at the time.

She only blamed herself for her weak on-the-spot reaction when facing the crisis, which led to everyone entering this tiger's den.

Tan Xinman forced herself to calm down and think, but the tense nerves did not bring clarity to her brain, but instead made her originally clear brain blank.

The more she wanted to do something to change the status quo, the more she couldn't think of a solution.

In her confusion, a voice reached her ears:

"What a pity, that woman was so beautiful, I don't know how much she would be worth if sold."

Tan Xinman turned her head sharply, and the person who spoke was the bald man she had just met on the road.