"Are you sure? That bitch is called Ye Yunniang?" Xing Jinxiu shouted through gritted teeth.
"I confirmed with the doctor that it was her. She has a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter named 'Shushu'."
When Bao Min spoke to his subordinates, he would sometimes say in a good mood, "My daughter, Shushu."
“He would rather have his eye on a fickle widow than marry me.” Xing Jinxiu clenched her fists. “Brother, I want Ye Yunniang dead.”
"I've already had someone make arrangements, and good news will be coming soon." Xing Wenzhi had a plan as soon as he received the news.
"Brother, we can't let Ye Yunniang die. Death is too easy for her. I want her to suffer a fate worse than death."
"good."
Ye Yunniang had no idea that someone wanted to kill her; she was feeding Li Ping some snacks.
Cai Damei's illness lasted on and off for half a month before she recovered.
During this period, Bao Shuyi was always taken care of by Ye Yunniang.
The little girl followed Ye Yunniang from morning till night, not counting the time spent caring for Cai Damei. Ye Yunniang had very little time to spend with her three sons.
Li Pan and Li An are older and not as attached to Ye Yunniang.
Li Ping couldn't bear it. He could endure it for the first few days, but it became unbearable later. But Li Ping didn't say anything; he just sat aside and stared at Ye Yunniang.
Ye Yunniang was being pestered by Bao Shuyi, and could only comfort her son with her eyes.
After Cai Damei recovered, Bao Shuyi was returned. Ye Yunniang went to the kitchen and made some pastries that Li Ping liked.
I had to personally feed her snacks and agree to many of her requests before I could appease the little jealous girl.
After coaxing her youngest son, Ye Yunniang took some snacks to find her eldest and second sons.
After being comforted, Ye Yunniang lay exhausted on the bed.
She needs to rest and lie down properly.
I slept until dawn, then opened my eyes.
Ye Yunniang blinked and looked out the window.
The sun is coming out!
I got out of bed and went out the door.
The sky has finally cleared up!
After two more sunny days, Ye Yunniang couldn't sit still any longer and discussed with Cai Damei about going back to Wanxia Lane for a visit.
They cannot live in the prefectural government office indefinitely.
Cai Damei agreed, and Ye Yunniang asked Luo Xin to arrange a carriage to return to Wanxia Lane.
We left the prefectural government office by horse-drawn carriage and turned a corner.
Ye Yunniang suddenly felt dizzy and realized something was wrong. She tried to shout "Help!" but it was too late.
...
When she regained consciousness, Ye Yunniang felt the wooden board behind her moving and the surrounding smell was unpleasant.
I opened my eyes and saw the wooden roof of the vehicle.
"You're awake, eat something." A blackened cornbread was handed to her.
Ye Yunniang looked at the person through the cornbread. The person was in their early twenties, with bright, almond-shaped eyes. The person looked somewhat familiar.
"The next meal won't be for another three hours," the woman reminded Ye Yunniang, warning her that she would go hungry if she didn't eat.
Ye Yunniang took the cornbread and said, "Thank you."
"No need." The woman lowered her head and ate the cornbread in her hand.
Ye Yunniang didn't eat, but looked around the car.
Inside the ordinary, dilapidated carriage, seven or eight people, aged between seventeen or eighteen and twenty-six or twenty-seven, were crammed together.
Everyone was listlessly munching on their cornbread. Only the person next to her remained calm.
Where am I?
"In the human trafficker's car."
Human traffickers? Ye Yunniang gripped the steamed bun in her hand tightly.
Does Luo Xin have a grudge against her? Is he going to sell her?
Thinking of the children in the prefectural government, Ye Yunniang couldn't help but worry, wondering how they were doing.
Inside the backyard of the prefectural government office.
Luo Xin knelt on the ground, "It was my fault for misjudging people and causing harm to Madam Ye. Please punish me, sir."
"What you need to do now is not to kneel down and beg for punishment, but to find Ye Yunniang at all costs."
"I will definitely find Lady Ye." Luo Xin stood up and went to investigate.
Bao Min took a deep breath and walked into the courtyard.
Cai Damei held Bao Shuyi and looked at the courtyard gate. Her expectant gaze fell on the person who came in.
"It was my fault."
"I don't want to hear who's right or wrong. I just want to know where Yunniang is and who kidnapped her." Cai Damei felt guilty, thinking she shouldn't have agreed to let Ye Yunniang go home alone.
"Luo Xin is under investigation. We will notify you as soon as there is any news."
"I want to check too," Li Pan said, running out.
Ang Lee and Ping Lee followed behind, also wanting to investigate.
“You can’t go.” Cai Damei couldn’t take it anymore and threw another one at her.
"Grandma, I will definitely find my mother." Li Pan didn't want to sit down.
"Milk, we can do it."
"Grandma, I want to go find my mother."
“You’re still young, don’t cause trouble. Staying at home is the best you can do,” Bao Min said directly.
"Is he one of your rivals?" Li Ping had experience in government affairs and knew that Bao Min had many rivals.
"We're investigating." Bao Min wasn't sure, but he had someone in mind.
...
Ye Yunniang learned from Wen Nuan that her current situation was not good.
It's quite a coincidence that Ye Yunniang and Wen Nuan have a connection.
The first meeting was at the human traffickers' hideout, and the second meeting was on the human traffickers' carriage.
The last human traffickers mainly abducted children.
This time, the human traffickers mainly abducted young girls and women to the border regions and smuggled them into the neighboring state of Yan.
"The Yan Kingdom doesn't have the same terrain as ours; it's mostly mountains and grasslands. Living conditions are much harsher, and there are more men than women."
Many human traffickers risked their lives to transport women to the Yan Kingdom for profit. Even a woman of average appearance could be sold for 20 taels of silver.
"Is there any way to escape?" Ye Yunniang didn't want to be sold to the Yan Kingdom.
"We can't escape. The cornbread we ate and the water we drank were all laced with muscle relaxant."
How do you know all this?
Why didn't you warn us that there was something wrong with the food?
"Are you in cahoots with human traffickers?"
The woman inside the car who had been listening to their conversation asked a series of questions.
"I'm not a human trafficker."
"Then how do you know so much?"
"Yes, you were caught right after me." She didn't know any of this, so how could Wen Nuan know so much?
“If you were like me, being sold every two years, you would also know how to deal with human traffickers and extract information.” Wen Nuan spoke lightly, but Ye Yunniang could hear the despair in her words.
"We're sold every two years, can you really get us out of here?"
"I already told you, we've laced our food and drink with muscle relaxant. Even if we try to escape, look outside the carriage—it's just endless wilderness. Not a soul in sight. Where can we run?"
"Are we just going to accept our fate and be sold to the State of Yan?" some people were unwilling to accept it.
"If we don't accept our fate, what else can we do?" Wen Nuan asked rhetorically, and then she told everyone a piece of news that made them turn pale.
"The human traffickers said that many families in the Yan Kingdom practiced communal marriage."
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