Chapter 339 This is top-quality goods
He didn't say anything more.
Having said this, the pain is already excruciating, and the meaning is clear enough.
Liang Yizhi's back tensed almost imperceptibly for a moment, and almost without thinking, his deep voice trembled slightly.
"To me, she will always be pure."
After saying that, he strode away.
Shen Jingxiu watched his retreating figure and nodded, realizing he hadn't misjudged him after all.
He turned to look at Old Master Shen on the ground.
"Chen Ke, take the old man to the police station on charges of human trafficking."
Grandpa Shen was greatly shocked.
“Jingxiu, I am your father. If I go to jail, I will bring shame to the Shen family. You…”
"So you knew your actions would bring shame to the Shen family, yet you still did it. Why should I cover up your illegal behavior?"
Old Master Shen trembled all over, a mountain of reasoning swirling in his throat, but he couldn't utter a word. In the end, he could only shout frantically, "I'm over 70 years old, the police won't sentence me, I have immunity..."
Shen Ke immediately ordered someone to gag Old Master Shen and personally took the man to the police station to explain the situation.
Only Shen Ruofu remained in the courtyard.
She fell silent after witnessing Liang Yizhi's interrogation of Old Master Shen.
Of course, I was scared.
"Take Niu Ruhang back to the storeroom and lock her up," Shen Jingxiu said.
Shen Ruofu's breath hitched.
Niu Ruhang was the name she used in the orphanage before she entered the Shen family.
By addressing her in this way, Shen Jingxiu was truly trying to strip her of her identity as the second young lady of the Shen family.
She was about to crawl over and grab Shen Jingxiu's trouser leg, crying and begging, when she heard Shen Jingxiu calmly continue giving instructions to the housekeeper.
“Send her some medicine every day, let her slowly rot away. After dawn, announce to the public that Miss Shen has suddenly fallen seriously ill and needs to rest and receive treatment. Her condition is not optimistic.”
"Yes," the butler replied calmly.
Shen Ruofu was so shocked that she was speechless.
She never imagined that Shen Jingxiu, who always appeared refined and composed, would reveal such a cruel and ruthless side for Ji Ying.
She instinctively turned to Madam Shen, her eyes full of pleading.
But Madam Shen turned her face away and remained silent, supporting her husband's decision with her silence.
In this cold despair, a terrible conjecture struck Shen Ruofu's mind like a thunderbolt.
"You...you're doing this for her, does Ji Ying mean...?"
Snap!
Madam Shen slapped him across the face, silencing what she was about to say.
"Reflect on your wickedness. If there is a next life, remember to learn how to be a decent human being!"
Shen Jingxiu neither looked at her nor responded to her words, but instead gave a slight nod to the person beside him.
Two bodyguards immediately stepped forward, one on each side, and lifted the limp Shen Ruofu, throwing her back into the windowless storage room without any mercy.
...
As the effects of the drug wore off, Ji Ying regained consciousness amidst the turbulence.
The last image that lingered in her mind was of a man covering her mouth and nose with a towel in the airport restroom, and after that she knew nothing more.
At that moment, she found herself with her hands and feet bound tightly with rough hemp rope, curled up in a closed freight car filled with a fishy stench.
Unable to see outside, it was difficult to assess the situation and find any opportunity to escape.
The car suddenly stopped.
The back door was pulled open from the outside, and blinding light flooded in. She struggled to open her eyes and look.
A middle-aged man with a dark complexion and fierce eyes stood at the back of the car and asked in a thick out-of-town accent, "Do you know where this is?"
Ji Ying squinted and shook her head blankly.
"Do you know why I brought you here?"
She shook her head again.
The man snorted, "We're taking you to get married. Behave yourself on the way, and you'll suffer less. Understand?"
Ji Yingxin understood.
I've been abducted and trafficked.
She nodded again, feigning timidity.
Seeing that she was willing to cooperate, the man stepped aside.
Then a simply dressed couple entered. They looked very kind and honest, but their movements were very efficient.
The man ripped the tape off her mouth, while the woman held a bowl of instant noodles, picked up a pinch, and brought it to her lips.
Ji Ying took a couple of bites, and while the woman was feeding her noodles, she asked, "Excuse me, where is this place?"
Snap!
The man standing next to her raised his hand and slapped her across the face, giving her a vicious warning.
"You're not allowed to open your mouth except to eat! If you make another sound, I'll cut your tongue out!"
Ji Ying's cheeks burned, and she remained silent.
She silently swallowed the bowl of instant noodles without any seasoning, her mind unusually clear.
Figure out your position, and then find a way to send a message to Liang Yizhi.
He must be looking for himself too!
The truck traveled on the bumpy road for about two days.
After that, she was blindfolded, dragged off the vehicle, and then lifted onto a slightly worn tricycle.
The gas station tricycle bumped along the rugged mountain road for three or four hours before finally stopping.
She was roughly pulled out of the car, and the moment her blindfold was removed, the intense sunlight almost made her dizzy.
As the view gradually cleared, a village nestled among towering mountains came into view.
The mud-brick houses were low and dilapidated, and the air was filled with the smells of firewood smoke, dust, and livestock manure. Every crack in the wall and every inch of muddy ground seemed to bear the inscription of the word "poverty."
Ji Ying knew that she had been sent to the buyer's place.
She was pushed and shoved, and fell into a farmer's woodshed.
There were three people standing in the courtyard.
A mother in her fifties with two sons in their thirties.
From the moment she entered the courtyard, the three men's eyes were constantly scanning her.
"Aunt Ma, this batch is definitely top-notch. They're from the city, educated, and strong; they're sure to have children," the menacing-looking man said.
Aunt Ma didn't reply. She just walked into the woodshed, grabbed Ji Ying's chin with her rough hands, and forced her to raise her head. Her gaze was like that of someone inspecting livestock.
"How old are you? Have you ever been with a man?"
The menacing-looking man immediately replied, "Twenty-six, a girl from a good family, definitely clean, she's top-quality."
Aunt Ma didn't believe him and called to her two sons, "Come and pull her legs apart, I want to check."
Ji Ying gasped, angrily pulling her chin away from her grasp, and shouted in a hoarse voice, "Don't touch me! When my husband comes, you're all dead!"
Although her tone could easily be interpreted as boasting, Aunt Ma's face instantly turned cold.
"A secondhand item that has been married before is not worth 50,000."
The fierce-looking man hadn't expected the woman to have a previous marriage, and immediately felt he'd been deceived by the old man.
“Hey, I spent 35,000 yuan to get the goods from them. How about this, you give me 40,000 yuan. Look at this woman's appearance, your grandson will definitely be handsome.”
"Ten thousand, that's all it's worth, even a secondhand one."
There were too many people trying to bargain, and one of them was about to start yelling menacingly when the woman from the couple next to them quickly stepped in to calm things down.
“Aunt Ma, you’re too shrewd. One woman for your two sons, two wives for one price, and you’re still haggling over such a low price… Add a little more. Besides, this woman was sold by her own family, no one will report it, and no one will come looking for her. You can use her without worry.”
Aunt Ma seemed to be persuaded by him. After pausing for two seconds, she made a gesture and said, "Twenty thousand. If that doesn't work, I won't take it."
After all that hard work, this is all I got.
The menacing-looking man saw that it was getting late and he needed to hurry back to town to do his next job.
So he stamped his foot and said, "Fine, consider this me acting as matchmaker for your two sons. You have to give me a red envelope."
Finally, Aunt Ma gave the three human traffickers a 12-yuan red envelope and used a stick to drive them away.
She glanced at Ji Ying, who was curled up on the ground, and instructed her two sons, "Lock her in the room first."
Upon hearing this, the two sons immediately rushed towards Ji Ying, almost starting a fight.
Aunt Ma shouted angrily, "What are you robbing her for? After the wedding banquet in a few days, both of you can sleep with her."
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