"What?" came an incredulous voice from the phone. "Son, what happened?"
The little boy's hands were wet, and he may have accidentally touched the speakerphone, so Wenxi could clearly hear the sound from the phone, which surprised her.
It can actually talk to people who are far away, but it doesn't look like a telephone and doesn't have a telephone line. What is this thing?
"Mom, Dad just pushed me into the river and tried to drown me by pressing me down with a fishing rod. A big sister saved me..."
"Son, quickly send me your location sharing, I'll take a taxi to find you right now," the woman said urgently. She really didn't expect her husband to be so wicked.
If he didn't want to live with her anymore, he could get a divorce. She could leave everything else to him, as long as he gave her custody of their son. But unexpectedly, they wanted her and their son to die.
The little boy hung up the phone, took his phone and came to Wenxi. Wenxi pointed to the little boy's phone and said, "Can you let me see this? I think it's quite nice."
She didn't ask what it was, because asking would definitely reveal the answer, since even children use this thing, which means it must be widely available.
"This is a birthday gift my mom gave my dad. It cost over ten thousand yuan. How could it not be beautiful?" The little boy handed the phone to Wenxi.
Wenxi was a little taken aback. More than 10,000 yuan for such a small rectangular box?
Were people already this rich at this time?
How could you be willing to buy something so expensive?
The little boy thought Wenxi had never seen this before and didn't know how to use it, so he pressed the button on the side, and then the phone screen lit up.
Before Wen Xi could even take a closer look at what was on her phone, she saw a woman rush over, grab the little boy, and hug him tightly, her body trembling uncontrollably.
She never imagined that her husband's suggestion to take their son fishing was actually a ploy to kill him; she truly didn't understand how he could be so heartless.
"Son, are you alright?" The woman hugged the little boy for a while, still shaken, before letting go and asking with concern.
The little boy shook his head. "Mom, I'm fine. It was this older sister next to me who saved me."
Seeing that Wen Xi was soaked from head to toe, the woman knew it was true and quickly thanked her, "Miss, thank you for saving my son. Are you from around here? May I treat you to a meal another day?"
Wen Xi didn't answer, but pointed to the river beside her and asked, "The couple who wanted to kill the child also fell in during the argument, but I didn't have the strength to go down and save them. What do you think we should do next?"
"Um, if you're going to report this to the police, could you please not mention my involvement?" Wen Xi said.
Her identity is special, and she doesn't want to be found out and locked up. She always felt that this world she came to was much more dangerous than Qin Mi's world, so she couldn't expose herself at all.
The woman was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said to her son, "Son, in a little while, you'll say that when the mistress pushed you down, you accidentally fell down too, and then your dad went down to save her... Do you understand?"
The little boy nodded. "I understand. I definitely won't harm the sister who saved me."
The older sister saved him, but couldn't save the father and the mistress. When the mistress's family comes knocking, they'll definitely blame the older sister for not saving the mistress.
The older sister already expended a lot of effort to save him, how could she possibly have the strength to save the mistress?
Seeing a grove of trees on the other side, Wenxi said, "I'll go into the grove first, and come back to find you after you've finished dealing with things here."
The woman nodded.
Wenxi walked into the woods and, seeing that the system did not 'teleport', knew that she might have to stay there for a while. So she kept walking in and, after walking for a long time, she saw an old man with a face full of wrinkles sitting on the ground crying, his clothes covered with dust and grass.
Wenxi asked worriedly, "Grandpa, what's wrong? Have you encountered any difficulties?"
Upon hearing the young girl's voice, the old man quickly wiped away his tears. He glanced at Wenxi somewhat awkwardly, realizing that it was inconvenient to tell his family about these things, fearing that they would worry. He then poured out his grievances to Wenxi with tears streaming down his face.
It turns out the old man grew a lot of watermelons, but he couldn't sell them. Watermelons in supermarkets cost four or five yuan per jin, or even five or six yuan per jin, and a large watermelon can cost tens or hundreds of yuan. But the watermelons in his field couldn't be sold even for three mao per jin.
It's such a waste to just watch the watermelons rot in the field. His parents are in poor health and need to take their medication, and his grandson is about to go to university, which will be another significant expense...
Wen Xi glanced at her crossbody bag. Luckily, she had taken this bag with her when she changed into her dress; otherwise, she would have been helpless without the right ingredients.
Using her crossbody bag as cover, Wen Xi took out a large yellow croaker from the system's inventory and hesitated before speaking, "Grandpa, I really want to buy all your watermelons, but unfortunately I didn't bring any money with me. However, I have some gold here. Do you think I can exchange some of my gold for some watermelons with you?"
The old man wiped away his tears and saw that Wen Xi had a golden object in her hand. He took the large yellow croaker and bit it with his teeth. "It's real, but I don't know how much this gold is worth. If you trust me, I'll take it out and ask around to see how much it's worth. Then I'll give you watermelons that are worth the same amount, okay? If I don't have enough watermelons at home, I'll go to someone else's house and exchange some for you, okay?"
Wen Xi nodded, "Okay, sir. I'll wait for you here."
Since it was their first meeting, Wenxi didn't know the old man's character and could only take a gamble.
The old man hurriedly left with the large yellow croaker, but returned after a while and said to Wenxi, "Young lady, my son has taken the gold to the city center to exchange it for money. He should be back in a few hours. Why don't you come and rest for a while?"
Knowing that the system was protecting her and that her safety was guaranteed, Wenxi left with the old man. Soon they arrived in front of a building. Wenxi was very shocked. She didn't expect that the countryside at this time of year already had such nice buildings. So what time is it?
Just then, a woman came over, and the old man said, "Young lady, this is my daughter-in-law."
"Hello, Auntie." Wenxi greeted her politely.
Qin's mother said with a smile, "Miss, come in quickly. It's too hot outside. Come in and rest."
"It's alright, thank you, Auntie." Wenxi smiled shyly, not expecting this family to be so hospitable.
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