Xie Huaiye readily took out a small piece of silver and handed it to the little boy:
"Take it."
"Thank you, big brother! Thank you, sister!"
The little boy clutched the silver and thanked him repeatedly.
Xie Huaiye handed the bouquet of blue flowers to Yan Ning.
Yan Ning accepted the flowers.
Her fingertips accidentally brushed against Xie Huaiye's fingers.
The warm touch made her heart skip a beat.
She looked down at the flowers and muttered softly:
"Mr. Xie, you really are out of touch with reality. These flowers aren't even worth a tael of silver!"
Xie Huaiye looked at her slightly flushed cheeks and lowered his voice even further:
"If you like it, that's fine. Besides..."
Xie Huaiye's gaze fell on the little boy's thin figure as he hurried away:
“Look at him, his clothes are all patched, his shoes are torn, and he has chilblains on his feet.”
"Consider this money as a way to help him."
Yan Ning followed his gaze and her heart sank.
I was too busy feeling embarrassed and thinking it was too expensive to look at it carefully.
Upon closer inspection now...
The child's thin figure stood out starkly in the bustling street.
The purplish-red frostbite scars on her ankles were even more shocking.
"strangeness."
Yan Ning frowned slightly and murmured to herself:
"The Ye family mansion is so luxurious, and this town looks prosperous and peaceful."
"How can a child... live such a miserable life?"
This stark contrast felt like a thorn piercing her heart.
This is illogical.
"Let's go, let's follow them and see."
Yan Ning was filled with doubts.
Her professional habits made it impossible for her to ignore this clue.
She tugged at Xie Huaiye's sleeve.
He quickly chased after the direction in which the little boy had disappeared.
Xie Huaiye didn't ask why, and followed suit without hesitation.
A tall figure naturally protected her behind him.
Not far away, a drone locked onto the two figures in the crowd and flew over to them.
Wow, are Xie Shao and Ningning on a date?!
[Young Master Xie even bought Ningning a bouquet of flowers, how romantic!]
[Ahhh, I'm so into this! My favorite couple is on a date!]
They're walking so fast! Hurry and catch up!
The little boy ran very fast.
After several twists and turns, we entered a secluded, narrow alleyway filled with clutter.
At the end of the alley, it seemed to lead to a desolate place on the edge of town.
Yan Ning and Xie Huaiye carefully followed them inside.
The alley narrowed as we walked, and the light grew dimmer.
The air was thick with a damp, foul odor mixed with the smell of garbage.
Xie Huaiye suddenly reached out his hand.
He gently grasped Yan Ning's wrist and whispered:
Watch your step.
His palms were warm and strong.
Yan Ning's heart skipped a beat. She nodded and did not struggle.
He let Xie Huaiye pull him away from the potholes and debris on the ground.
Walk through this almost forgotten narrow alley.
A scene suddenly appeared before my eyes.
The two of them held their breath instantly!
But what lay beyond the alley was not wilderness at all.
Instead, it was a huge depression surrounded by high walls and shacks!
This place is crammed with many low, dilapidated shacks.
Crooked and shaky, on the verge of collapse.
Sewage flowed freely, and flies swarmed around.
Many ragged people huddled in the doorways or corners of the shacks.
The emaciated children ran barefoot through the mud and water.
Compared to the bright and glamorous main street just a wall away.
This place is hell!
Yan Ning was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
I felt a chill run from the soles of my feet straight up to the top of my head.
She saw the little boy who had been selling flowers earlier.
He was carefully handing the piece of silver to a woman lying on a tattered mat.
The woman coughed as she took the silver and put away a can of food.
The little boy patted her back understandingly.
"I never expected... there was a slum hidden here."
When Yan Ning saw this scene, her eyes were filled with disbelief and heartache:
"It turns out that the so-called peaceful coexistence with the world is just a way of isolating these poor people from the outside world with high walls."
"Built with their blood and flesh!"
Xie Huaiye's face was also terribly grim.
He gripped Yan Ning's wrist tightly.
You could feel her trembling slightly with anger.
He looked at the vast slum, his eyes sharp as knives:
"It seems that some people in this town have not only swallowed the people's hard-earned money, but also living human lives!"
Yan Ning took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
She gently pulled her hand away from Xie Huaiye's.
Quickly scan the surroundings to find a high vantage point.
She saw a relatively sturdy dilapidated shed roof not far away.
"Keep an eye on people for me."
She said to Xie Huaiye.
Before Xie Huaiye could respond, she had already nimbly used the momentum to climb up.
In a few swift movements, he leaped onto the roof of the shed.
His movements were so agile that he didn't seem like someone who wasn't fully recovered.
Standing on high ground.
The area beneath their feet was completely exposed to Yan Ning's view.
That's terrible!
Seeing this made her feel a tightness in her chest, as if she had been hit by a heavy hammer.
Yan Ning turned around unintentionally.
In the distance, a small black dot was slowly approaching.
It's a drone from the production team!
Sure enough, they were filming her and Xie Huaiye again.
But this speed... is as slow as a snail's pace!
Yan Ning suddenly had a brilliant idea.
She can use these eyes to expose everything here!
The drones wobbled awkwardly through the dilapidated buildings.
They are clearly not good at this kind of narrow and complex urban warfare.
Viewers in the live stream also saw Yan Ning standing on the roof.
The screen was instantly flooded with comments:
【Why is Ningning on the roof? Weren't they on a date?】
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