Li Mazi was eating an ice pop in his hand, glancing occasionally at the little boy a few meters away from him.
Seeing the little boy's greedy expression, she smiled kindly.
"Little kid, do you want an ice pop?"
Seeing the boy drooling, Li Mazi took out another popsicle from the box hanging on his bicycle and gestured for him to come and take it.
The little boy wiped his mouth haphazardly with the back of his hand and stammered, "I have no money."
I swallowed hard, staring at the icy popsicle.
Li Mazi's smile deepened, and he whispered enticingly, "It's okay, Uncle will give you this one for free, but you have to help Uncle spread the word among your friends in the village and bring them over. Tell them Uncle is giving away free popsicles, and then Uncle will give you a bottle of soda, okay?"
After saying that, he took a bite of the popsicle in his hand and repeatedly praised how sweet and cool it was.
How could a child resist such temptation? It's already a blessing if they can eat their fill at home; they wouldn't have any spare money to buy these things.
They ran off happily.
When Li Xi arrived, she saw this scene and frowned, "What are you doing?"
Li Mazi whistled, "Oh, here they come. Where is everyone?" His lewd gaze lingered on Li Xi.
Li Xi was disgusted and said through gritted teeth, "The person is in that room over there. Go and move them yourself." After saying that, she was about to leave, but then she remembered the scene just now and warned him, "Take Ye Zhiyu and leave quickly. Don't have any other ideas. If things get out of hand, you won't be any better off."
He would not allow anyone to disrupt her plans; Ye Zhiyu had to disappear.
"Okay, okay," Li Mazi waved his hand impatiently.
He glanced disdainfully at Li Xi's departing figure and spat, "You bitch, if it weren't for the fact that you provided us with people, you would have been under my crotch long ago."
They're human traffickers, how could they possibly let such a good opportunity slip by?
They've been doing this business for so many years without getting caught. They have their own methods, so who cares if she lives or dies?
A short man approached: "Boss."
"Okay, go bring them here, take a few more kids and then leave." Li Mazi smiled broadly as he watched the children running towards them.
This is money! Each one is a huge sum of money.
"good."
The short man waved towards the bushes, and two more men followed him.
Li Mazi waved kindly to the group of children.
He counted seven or eight, mostly boys, which made him even happier. Boys were easier to sell and fetched higher prices, while girls were only bought by families in remote mountain villages who couldn't find wives, and he wouldn't earn much money from each trip.
With popsicles to eat, the children were excited and chattered excitedly, creating quite a lively scene.
"Come on, kids, Uncle is treating you to free popsicles. When you get to the village, you have to tell me about it and get people to buy them!"
"good!"
The children agreed in unison.
Li Mazi gave the little boy the popsicles and soda he had promised him earlier, and the boy jumped for joy.
Most of the popsicles had already been eaten, but there were one or two that I hadn't eaten yet.
Li Mazi narrowed his eyes. "What's wrong? Don't you want to eat? Uncle still has some soda here."
The two children looked at each other, and one of them said timidly, "Uncle, I want to take this back for my mother to eat. She works very hard."
Another child nodded in agreement, and the other children stopped as well.
Yes, my parents are still working, but they are eating alone. A wave of guilt washed over me, and they all said they wanted to go back.
Some had already taken a few steps.
Li Mazi smiled, knowing the crux of the problem; solving it would be a piece of cake.
"Oh my, the children are so filial. Uncle is so touched. Your parents really did their best to raise you. As a reward, Uncle will give each of you another one to take home, okay?"
Children don't understand complicated matters; this is their own backyard, so they have no sense of caution.
Hearing this, I was immediately overjoyed.
Seeing this, Li Mazi said, "Then hurry up and eat what you have in your hands. You can only get the next one after you finish eating, otherwise it will melt."
He smiled contentedly as he watched them obediently eat all the popsicles.
“3”
The children who heard him speak stared at him strangely.
"Uncle, what did you say?"
“2”
Li Mazi ignored him and continued counting.
Some of the children were already feeling dizzy and could barely stand.
"Uncle, why are you spinning around?"
At the same time, Li Mazi counted to 1.
“1”
The children collapsed to the ground with a thud, their eyelids twitching, and finally, unable to hold on any longer, they closed their eyes.
Amidst the children scattered on the ground, several men who had been watching from the shadows suddenly darted out.
"Boss, that was great, you've had a very fruitful trip."
The man who spoke was tall and strong. At this moment, he stared at the child on the ground with a gleam in his eyes. In his eyes, the child was not a child, but just a piece of money that could be bought and sold at will.
Seeing a few more girls made him even more excited.
Besides money, his only hobby is little girls. Lately, he's been too busy and hasn't had a good time in a long time.
Looking at Li Mazi expectantly, he asked, "Boss?"
Li Mazi was in a good mood today and casually waved his hand: "When we get back, it's up to you, just don't die."
"Okay!"
With the benefits in hand, they worked with even more energy, and quickly led three or four children toward their hiding place.
Li Mazi also leisurely finished his work.
Meanwhile, Ye Zhiyu lay on the ground, waiting for a long time before Lu Cao finally arrived, acting suspiciously and carrying a bundle in his arms.
Looking around and seeing no one, she put her bundle down beside her and ran away quickly.
Ye Zhiyu opened her eyes and looked at her carefully. Suddenly, her expression changed.
That bastard Lu Cao actually left a baby here.
Thinking of the red eggs that the Party Secretary distributed to each household a few days ago, they must be for their newborn baby.
She's really crazy.
Li Xi's drug had no effect on her; she just wanted to see what they were up to. She never expected Lu Cao to be involved, and so ruthless at that.
But how did she get out? Wasn't she locked in her house?
Just as I was thinking this, I heard footsteps and quickly closed my eyes.
Her divine sense spread out and revealed three men, one of whom was very short. He stepped forward and lifted the hair that was covering her face, and all three of them were stunned.
"Second brother, this woman is so beautiful, we're so lucky."
The short man, Li Quan, also revealed a lewd look. "That's right. When we get back, we'll check the goods first. Even secondhand ones like this would be in high demand."
Ye Zhiyu suppressed the urge to jump up and hit them.
Judging from what they said, they were probably a human trafficking gang.
If we go back with them, we might be able to find their hideout.
"Hey, second brother, there's a baby here."
The man who was about to help Ye Zhiyu up noticed a bundle next to him. When he lifted it, he found a newborn baby inside.
"Second brother, someone is even bringing us money. We've made a fortune this time."
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