"Get up!" Jiang Chan interrupted sharply, her voice fast and urgent, like ice beads hitting the ground. "These people from Wengjia Village are human traffickers! They specialize in kidnapping people and selling them to mines and brothels! Now they're forcing the village chief to keep people here! If you don't leave, you're going to die!"
Her words exploded like thunder over the women's heads!
"ah?!"
"Human traffickers?!"
"Selling...selling brothels?!"
A terrified scream rang out instantly!
The woman, still half-asleep, was terrified and scrambled to her feet.
"Quick! Go to the men's side! Hurry!" Jiang Chan urged urgently.
“Outside…it’s not that you can’t move around outside…that would offend the mountain god…” A woman still remembered Zhang’s warning.
"Where did this mountain god come from?! It's all a bunch of deceitful tricks! Let's go!" Jiang Chan shouted sharply, no longer wasting words, she picked up Xiao Tao, who had been awakened and was trembling with fear, and rushed out!
As Aunt Zhao and the others watched Jiang Chan's resolute back and thought about her words, immense fear overwhelmed all rules!
They supported each other and stumbled as they rushed out of the room following Jiang Chan!
...
The people of Wengjia Village were watching the man from Liushutun with bated breath, plotting how to force him to submit.
Sudden!
A flurry of hurried footsteps and a woman's terrified sobs broke the tense silence as they approached.
Everyone's attention was instantly drawn to it!
A large group of women from Liushutun came stumbling and staggering over...
"This...how is this possible?!"
Aunt Zhang's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as she pointed at the women who should have been "sleeping like logs." Her voice was shrill and distorted, filled with disbelief and utter despair, "Impossible! They...they drank it! I saw them drink it with my own eyes! They drank it all! Not a single drop left! How...how are they all awake?!"
She looked like she'd seen a ghost, pointing at the group of women and her words trembled uncontrollably.
Looking at the women who should have been theirs but were now standing there alive, and then at Zhang Saozi who seemed to have gone mad, a huge chill and a sense of absurdity gripped him!
The drugged water failed? How is that possible?!
Seeing the women gather safely, the village chief and the others breathed a sigh of relief!
A huge surge of surprise mixed with even more anger welled up inside me!
Their gazes toward the people of Wengjia Village were filled with cold mockery and anger!
Jiang Chan stood slightly in front of the village chief, her gaze piercing as she stared directly at Weng Lao Jiu, whose face was ashen and whose eyes held a mixture of surprise and uncertainty, bathed in the firelight.
“Manager Weng!” Her voice was clear and bright, piercing through the chaos. “Everyone can see it clearly! All of us who are conscious are here!”
She waved her arm, sweeping over the men and women of Willow Village huddled together behind her. "Everyone, take your family!" Her hand finally pointed to the panicked women and the few teenagers being protected behind the men. "See? According to the 'rules' you just mentioned—all those who are conscious, take your families, and you can leave now! Give them food and water!"
A cold smile curved her lips as she spoke clearly, each word distinct: "Now! Everyone is here! Steward Weng! Please keep your promise! Provide food! Provide water! Let them pass!!"
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