Rashid sat on the chair and looked down at Xue Lier.
That was Xue Li'er's first time meeting Rashid. He was thin, his face somewhat sunken from collagen loss, making his hooked nose look even more sinister.
"Paffy..." Xue Lier's voice was so weak that it seemed only she could hear it.
"Paffy," Rashid said to Xue Li'er in English with a Middle Eastern accent, "From today on, you're my commodity. As long as you eat well and behave yourself, I'll sell you for a good price."
Xue Li'er's heart sank, she knew that she had become a commodity in the hands of human traffickers.
Rashid didn't say anything else to Xue Lier. He left her alone in this dim room and left.
Xue Li'er slowly stood up and looked around the room. Besides a few chairs and a bed, there was also a simple bathroom. It looked like a room where people were often imprisoned.
After moving her stiff hands and feet, Xue Lier adjusted her posture and sat on the ground.
The clothes she was wearing had not been changed for many days and gave off a bad smell.
After sitting for a while, Xue Li'er finally regained some of her spirits. Trembling, she struggled to stand up and, holding onto the wall, she slowly walked into the bathroom.
Xue Li'er was a little surprised to find that there were simple shower facilities in the bathroom.
She seemed to have seen a set of clean clothes on the bed just now. The clothes on her body were no longer wearable. Xue Lier turned on the shower and let the warm water rush over her head.
I must wake up quickly and think of a solution, Xue Lier kept telling herself.
If she was really sold to someone else by this Middle Eastern man, there would be no hope. She had to find a way to escape from here before being sold.
Not long after Rashid left, a Middle Eastern woman pushed open the door of Xue Lier's room carrying food.
Xue Li'er tried to talk to her in English, but the woman just put down her things and quickly left the room as if she was escaping.
Xue Lier frowned as she looked at the Middle Eastern food on the ground. Without thinking too much, she picked up the food and started eating.
No matter what, she had to recover as quickly as possible. Only when she recovered would she have hope of escaping.
In the next few days, Xue Li'er stayed quietly in this room, obediently accepting the food brought to her by the Middle Eastern woman.
After a few days of rest, Xue Li'er's body had recovered somewhat. Now all she could think about was how to escape.
"You ask that man to come see me."
When delivering food again, Xue Lier said to the Middle Eastern woman.
But the Middle Eastern woman put down the food and left, not paying any attention to Xue Li'er.
Doesn't she understand English? Xue Li'er wondered. Regardless of whether she couldn't understand English or not, Xue Li'er had already made up her mind.
I can't just sit there and wait for death any longer. I have to find a way to meet that Middle Eastern man.
When the Middle Eastern woman came to bring food to Xue Lier again.
Xue Li'er didn't sit on the bed waiting for her as usual. The room was completely empty.
The Middle Eastern woman became a little worried. She wondered where Xue Li'er had gone.
This time she put down the food and did not leave immediately. Instead, she walked into the room and carefully looked for Xue Li'er.
"I'm here!" Xue Li'er suddenly shouted, then rushed out from behind the door, grabbed the woman's neck, and put a sharpened toothbrush against her throat.
The woman was frightened by Xue Li'er's sudden action and screamed, attracting the two Middle Eastern men guarding the door.
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