Xia Youyou skipped after Cao An and started chattering, "Brother, what do you think that guy does? He was so scary!"
"Hurry back. Why do you care what he does? You may not meet him again in the future."
Thinking about it, Xia Youyou stopped worrying. She returned home, took out the yellow croaker she had just found and placed it on the table. She also took out the gold, silver, and jewelry she had found in the bed and placed them on top, then called Cao An over.
"Brother, take a look at what you want. Let's divide these between us."
Cao An sat down opposite her and picked up a string of emerald green jade Buddhist beads, "Brother, I don't want them, keep them for yourself." There was no use for him to have them, but he could give them to her as a dowry in the future.
"Do you have any that you like? You can play with them. They will be very precious in the future!" The Buddhist beads in his hand were obviously not ordinary items.
He raised his lips and put down the beads. "I'm not being polite, you've already given me so much." Space was the greatest asset she had given him, and he would make good use of it in the future to create a better living environment for her. "Put it away and go to bed. I have to get up early tomorrow morning to monitor the farm. Stay home and don't go to the black market again!"
Xia Youyou said embarrassedly, waved her hand to put the things into the space, and returned to the room.
Cao An raised his eyebrows in amusement and left the main hall. He was busy with the vegetable greenhouse and couldn't take care of her. He hoped she would behave herself.
How could Xia Youyou possibly stay still? She went to the black market every day and had long since become close to the gatekeeper. Today, she was at the black market again as usual. The gatekeeper, Liu Chao, saw her small figure approaching with the basket on his back from a distance and quickly stepped forward to help her take it.
"Your brother won't come today?"
The two were already quite familiar with each other, and they knew that she had a brother who worked as a police officer. A few days ago, Cao An came home early and didn't see Xia Youyou at home. He knew she had disobeyed and gone to the black market again, so he came looking for her in a rage. He was dressed in a police officer's uniform, and when he ran to the black market, everyone was scared away. Cao An grabbed Xia Youyou, who was happily selling grain, on the spot, twisted her ears, put her in a backpack, and went home.
Liu Chao didn't see her again until a few days later and realized that the man was her brother.
Xia Youyou waved her hands embarrassedly, "I won't come unless something unexpected happens. If I come, it means something unexpected happened!" Mainly because she was not sure whether he would come back early.
For the past two weeks, Cao An had lectured her every day, telling her not to come to the black market again. She said she had finally put on some flesh on her face, and she looked more energetic, but now, carrying food to sell every day, she was losing weight again.
Although she was still wrapped up tightly, it couldn't hide her bright eyes. When she stared at people, she looked so cute that it was hard not to have bad thoughts.
To reassure him, she smeared her face with dark makeup, obscuring the fair skin around her eyes. However, her eyes remained pure and charming. Looking at her like this, Cao An felt like rubbing his forehead. Who could have imagined that Xia Youyou, the skeletal figure he'd first met, would one day transform into this irresistibly pure persona? With those bright, lively eyes staring at you, you couldn't refuse any of her requests!
After Cao An caught her once, he finally managed to get her to behave herself for a few days, but she started to act like a spoiled brat again, and only then could she come to the black market to sell food again.
Xia Youyou squatted in the corner and looked around. There were fewer people buying food today. It was probably because she had sold a lot recently and the market demand was saturated. Maybe she could move to another place.
She would do whatever she thought of, and ran back to the door to find Liu Chao, "Where is your other market? I want to go and see it."
Liu Chao hadn't expected her to be so ambitious. She wasn't able to sell enough here, and she was looking to move. But then he realized she had a brother in the police force, and he felt relieved. He simply assumed her brother had some connections, and since it wasn't convenient for him to come forward, he had asked this young woman to do it.
"The other one is in the west of the city, a little far from here, and there's another one further to the north."
"Where is this specific location in the west?"
"It's behind the cotton mill. Just like here, there's a guard at the gate. If you look carefully you'll find it."
Xia Youyou walked to a secluded spot and neatly packed up her backpack. She wasn't going to the west side of the city today. She had just suddenly thought of the scrap yard over there. Last time, she and Cao An were going to collect some things, but they left in a hurry, leaving only some food for the old man. She had made a lot of money selling food recently, so she could go buy some more goodies from the old man!
The weather had turned cold recently, so she asked her mother to sew a layer of black cloth over her goose down coat so that to outsiders, she would look like an ordinary coat. She followed suit and had Cao An and his wife wear the same warm goose down coats, but Cao An found it too hot and irritable.
She walked briskly to the scrap yard. It was cold, and the old man had already gone back inside. Xia Youyou knocked on the door, but there was no movement from inside. She was a little curious, did he go out?
After being turned away, she had no choice but to go to the west of the city.
She hadn't taken the main road today, instead taking a shortcut through the alleys, aiming for the west side of the city. As she reached a secluded spot, she heard a subtle noise behind her. Xia Youyou's heart tightened, and she slowed down to look behind her. Unexpectedly, she was met with a strange smell, and before she could react, someone grabbed her mouth and tightly grasped her waist.
Frightened by this, her heart began to beat erratically! But with her mouth covered, she couldn't take the medicine. She forced herself to calm down, closed her eyes, and let the man hold her. She realized there was a strange smell on the hand covering her, and then she realized it. This might be a drug!
It was too late for Xia Youyou to hold her breath; she had already inhaled quite a bit. She forced herself to stay calm, and with her free hand, she pulled out a needle from the space and stabbed the man in the side without hesitation.
The man groaned in pain and let go of her. Surprised that she still had the needle in her hand, he felt a tingling pain all over his body, fell to the ground, and began to convulse.
"you…"
Xia Youyou breathed in the fresh air and collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath. Her heartbeat was irregular and the pain was so severe that it was difficult to breathe. She quickly took out the medicine and swallowed it with difficulty.
He shook his confused head to prevent himself from passing out.
Looking at the man lying on the ground, Xia Youyou was terrified. She had been too careless recently. It was obvious that someone had been targeting her! This was a premeditated kidnapping!
"Who are you?" She spoke in a hoarse voice, pinching her thighs tightly to prevent herself from becoming more and more confused.
"Ahem...you...what did you inject into me?"
Xia Youyou looked at the man lying on the ground, and she was still afraid. The man was in tatters, and his face was black and stained. She couldn't see his features clearly, but she could vaguely see a scar on his left cheek.
"Oh, of course it's something good that will make you live a life worse than death!"
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