Liu Dashi was overjoyed, and his action of carrying Lili immediately changed to lifting Lili up and running towards the two people.
Pear swayed back and forth in his hand.
Liu Dashi quickened his pace and headed straight for the oxcart. When the two men, one strong and one thin, saw Liu Dashi coming, they immediately blocked the way in front of the cart, squinting at him suspiciously.
Liu Dashi smiled obsequiously: "Gentlemen, it's me, I am Liu Dashi!"
My money's here!
Lili watched coldly, even wrinkling her nose in disgust, secretly thinking that Liu Dashi's armpits must not have been washed for eight years.
She remained calm, as if she were the one kidnapping Liu Dashi, not the other way around.
Pshaw, that's boring.
It really is a kidnapping story; isn't there any originality in the plot?
The taller one was called Gao Zhuang, and the shorter one was called Ai Shou. When they saw that Liu Dashi was carrying a pretty child and heard the familiar name, they relaxed their guard a little.
But Lili neither made a fuss nor struggled, and didn't seem like she had been abducted at all, which made me suspicious again.
Liu Dashi smiled awkwardly. He could tell from the two men's suspicions: "Gentlemen, one is called Gao Zhuang and the other is called Ai Shou, right?"
Lili raised an eyebrow. The name really suited the person; she was tall and strong, while Aishou was short and thin.
When Gao Zhuang and Ai Shou heard that he could call them by name, and that Li Li was indeed the extremely beautiful child that Liu Dashi had told his superiors before, they finally believed him.
"It's her? She's definitely a good catch." Gao Zhuang said expressionlessly, carefully examining the silent Li Li before offering a sincere compliment.
It's just that the praise wasn't anything nice.
Lili was displeased. How impolite! No wonder you're in this line of work. You're the real merchandise, everyone else is just merchandise!
You two are complete idiots!
You idiot!
Ai Shou was even more impolite. With his shifty eyes and short, thin figure, he looked even more lewd. He didn't say anything nice either: "Really good-looking! So alluring at such a young age. She'll definitely be a vixen when she grows up!"
Lili felt uneasy under that gaze, and suppressed the urge to run away immediately, clenching her fists to calm herself down.
She wanted to see just how these people were managing to abduct children right under the law.
"Why is he awake?"
Liu Dashi paused, fearing that the two men would accuse him of being careless and use it as an excuse to deduct his money, so he blurted out, "Oh, this child doesn't like to talk and is afraid of people. I scared her a bit on the way, and she doesn't dare to speak at all. Moreover, her family dotes on her and has never seen such a scene before. As a result, she's been terrified."
Gao Zhuang and Ai Shou responded with an "oh," and although they still had some doubts, Li Li had indeed been quiet the whole time, so they didn't ask any more questions.
We should hurry back to the prefectural city to report back.
As for anything else, they don't care whether these children are the apple of their family's eye or not.
Blame it on their good looks.
Noble people prefer people who are good-looking.
They just want to make money; they're forced to by circumstances.
Liu Dashi smiled ingratiatingly, but he was secretly delighted.
These two are so satisfied with this little bitch, she'll definitely fetch a good price!
He needs more.
Liu Dashi's eyes darted around, and after Gao Zhuang and Ai Shou had finished looking at Lili on the oxcart, he rubbed his hands together and said, "Hehehe, gentlemen, how is it? Not bad, right?"
Gao Zhuang and Ai Shou had seen many people like Liu Dashi, especially since their superiors had told them that Liu Dashi was a gambler.
Gao Zhuang smiled casually: "This is indeed good, you'll definitely get your share of the money."
Liu Dashi exclaimed in surprise, "Really?! Thank you both!"
Gao immediately took out his money bag and counted out several silver ingots.
Liu Dashi stared greedily at the money that came out of the money bag.
Lili became curious and stared intently, wondering how much she was worth.
"promise."
Liu Dashi counted: "Huh? Only twenty taels!?"
Twenty taels of silver is barely enough to pay off his debts!
Liu Dashi looked disappointed yet unwilling: "No, sir, this little baby is really pretty, she'll definitely grow up to be beautiful! Didn't you all say that too?"
Liu Dashi praised Lili to the skies, saying how much potential she had, how fair and delicate she was, and how wealthy families liked her. He was practically begging for more money.
Liu Dashi dislikes her so much that he's even considering selling her for money, yet this is the only time he can keep praising her.
Lili pouted. She was only worth twenty taels.
Gao Zhuang was impatient and didn't want to pay any attention to him. He lifted the straw mat and casually threw Lili into a large basket. Then he skillfully tied her hands with hemp rope and stuffed a cloth into her mouth.
Looks like they've done quite a bit.
Lili lowered her eyes. When she was lifted up and put into the basket, she saw that there were many other children in the other baskets.
They were all fair-skinned, beautiful, and handsome.
Another thing they had in common was that they were all unconscious.
It seems that the cloth smeared with sleeping pills that made Wang Hongfang unconscious was originally prepared for her, but she was the only lucky one who wasn't drugged. All the other children were drugged and trafficked.
After Gao Zhuang finished tidying everything up, he gave her a cold look. Seeing that Li Li's eyes were glazed over, he covered her with the straw mat again.
Lili heard Liu Dashi still stubbornly demanding a price increase, while Ai Shou was just giving him a perfunctory response.
"No, sir, twenty taels is too little. This child is definitely worth more than twenty taels!"
Exactly, Shen Lili is a doctoral student, so she should be worth at least two hundred taels, right?
"Alright, alright, twenty taels is more than enough. This is already the highest price you've paid," Ai Shou said. "The others are only around ten taels at most. Yours is more than double the price. Don't be greedy!"
Wow, she's still the highest priced one right now!
Thank you so much.
"I hope our collaboration ends with a pleasant chat," Gao Zhuang said impatiently.
Liu Dashi wanted to continue arguing, but he had to back down after seeing Gao Zhuang's warning look.
Damn it, if he goes too far and angers these people, they might expose him, and then he's finished!
That's a capital offense!
He didn't want to die yet.
He dared to abduct a child with impunity and then kick the little girl into the water, simply because no one knew.
These people have the governor's backing, damn it, if things really get heated, they have people protecting them, but Liu Dashi doesn't!
Unfortunately, they couldn't accept any more money, no matter how much they wanted.
Liu Dashi could only clutch the twenty taels, a fawning smile on his face, and respectfully see the two men off: "Take care, gentlemen!"
A true man can bend and stretch. What's wrong with twenty taels? Once he pays back the twenty taels, he can buy more on credit.
He'll be a hero again then!
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