Chapter 698 I promise you can pick one you like

Zou Minglei rested for a day, and the next day he urged Zou Wanshi to buy a maid for him.

Not only that, Zou Minglei also insisted on following and making his own choice.

Zou Wanshi couldn't persuade him, and thought it was not a big deal. The maid chosen by her son himself might be more to his liking, so she took the maid with her.

Zou Pingping also clamored to go, saying that she wanted to buy one too.

Zou Wanshi refused bluntly: "You are about to get married, why do you still need a maid? Your distant aunt left behind so many servants, aren't they enough for you to order around?"

Zou Wan also drew a pie for Zou Pingping, "When you marry into the Ge family, you will have plenty of maids to order around."

Zou Pingping frowned and said nothing.

But when Zou Wanshi and Zou Minglei were about to leave, Zou Pingping followed them and said, "I'm not going to buy anything, but it's ok for me to go along and watch the fun, right?"

Zou Wan glanced at Zou Pingping, thought about it, and reluctantly agreed.

Zou Minglei was very excited, although he still felt a little uncomfortable in his penis, he managed to endure it.

As a result, before they even reached the human traffickers, Zou Wan suddenly saw Yu Mingzhu passing by in the crowd. Her eyes immediately lit up, and she hurriedly took out a handful of copper coins and stuffed them into Zou Minglei's hand: "Minglei, you and your third sister go to the teahouse next door to have some tea first. I have something to do, and I'll come back to see you later."

After saying this, without waiting for Zou Minglei to say anything, Zou Wanshi hurriedly ran into the crowd.

Zou Minglei curled his lips: "This is just a small amount, who will use it..."

Before he could finish his words, his third sister Zou Pingping hurriedly said, "I have something else to do, I'll be back in a while."

Yi Lin also ran into the crowd without looking back.

Zou Minglei made a "tsk" sound, feeling quite unhappy.

But he looked at the copper plate in his hand, his eyes rolled, and thought that maybe he could go to the human market first.

If you see something you like, it would be nice to touch its little hand first.

The more Zou Minglei thought about it, the more excited he became. He swallowed his saliva and immediately went to the dentist he had intended to visit while asking around.

However, Zou Minglei was not familiar with the road, and after many twists and turns, he ended up at the place where people lived in the south of the city.

Zou Minglei looked at the homes of ordinary people in the suburbs of Beijing, with a look of disdain on his face.

"Hey." Zou Minglei called out to an old lady who was passing by with a basket of vegetables, and asked rudely, "Do you know how to get to the dental clinic?"

The aunt saw that Zou Minglei was a teenager, and although she thought he was being rude, she didn't mind it and asked, "Which brokerage do you want to go to? The one on Changyan Road or the one on Majue Lane?"

Zou Minglei had no idea. He only knew that his mother wanted to take him to the pawnbroker to buy a little girl with a clean background.

Zou Minglei paused and said impatiently: "...Just point out the one that's closer to me."

The aunt was a little speechless, but still pointed to Zou Minglei: "Go straight along this alley until you reach the official road in front, then turn left. After three intersections, there is an alley with a sign hanging on it, Changyan Alley. Go in and walk to the end, and you will find the dental clinic."

After hearing this, Zou Minglei didn't even say thank you and went straight there.

The aunt curled her lips and muttered, "He looks well-dressed, but he has no manners at all. I don't know how he was taught at home."

Zou Minglei couldn't remember how the aunt pointed out the way halfway through, so he stopped a passerby and said, "Hey, do you know how to get to Changyan Hutong?"

The person Zou Minglei called out to this time was a middle-aged man wearing a sheepskin jacket and with rather sneaky eyes. He put his hands in his sleeves and looked Zou Minglei up and down. Seeing that Zou Minglei was alone without any followers behind him, he grinned with a fake smile: "Hey, young master, what are you doing in Changyan Hutong? Are you visiting friends or..."

The middle-aged man smiled slyly.

Zou Minglei puffed out his chest and said, "I'm going to go to the pawnshop over there and buy a maid to serve me!"

When the middle-aged man heard that Zou Minglei was going to buy a maid from a pawnbroker, his eyes rolled around: "Hey, young master, if you go to the pawnbroker in Changyan Hutong, aren't you going to be taken advantage of? The maids there are all ugly. The really pretty ones are quickly raised and sent to work for rich families. How can they stay in a pawnbroker?"

Zou Minglei felt that this statement made some sense.

But he just wanted to find a beautiful maid to relieve his sexual desire, so he couldn't help but get angry when he heard this: "I don't believe there is no one!"

The middle-aged man with a sly look in his eyes smiled meaningfully: "Of course there is...but..."

The middle-aged man approached Zou Minglei and said with a wink: "Young Master, I think we are destined to meet. I have a connection. Just in time, a group of very pretty girls have just arrived there. Their backgrounds are all clean and they are all from good families. That's where they come from. Hehe, it's a little hard to say..." The middle-aged man lowered his voice and smiled, "So their prices are very cheap. I guarantee you can pick one that you like."

Zou Minglei was immediately attracted and said impatiently, "Come on, take me there!"

The middle-aged man in the sheepskin jacket smiled obscenely: "Okay, young master, follow me."

The man in the sheepskin jacket took Zou Minglei through the streets and alleys until they came to a deep alley.

Zou Minglei was already a little impatient at this moment. He stood at the door, panting slightly and complaining: "Why is it so far——"

Before he could finish his words, the man in the sheepskin jacket kicked him on the butt and kicked him directly into the yard.

Zou Minglei fell to the ground on all fours, his whole body lying in the dirt, he was even more confused.

The man in the sheepskin jacket followed closely behind, closed the gate, and smiled at Zou Minglei: "Young Master, today I will teach you a lesson. Grow up your brain and don't just follow others!"

Zou Minglei felt great pain all over his body. He got up from the ground in a wolfish manner and spat out the dirt in his mouth: "Puh, puh, puh": "You bastard, you hurt me——"

The man in the sheepskin jacket kicked Zou Minglei in the stomach again and said with a sly smile, "You little brat, you dare to argue with me!"

The kick was so fierce that Zou Minglei felt as if all his internal organs were dislocated with pain.

Before Zou Minglei could recover, the man in the sheepskin jacket grabbed Zou Minglei by the collar and dragged him into the cellar like a dead dog.

It was dark in the cellar, but there was obviously a lot of breathing sounds.

The man in the sheepskin jacket threw Zou Minglei directly into the cellar.

Another tall and thin man came to watch the excitement, stood at the door of the cellar, and said, "Where did you get this stuff from? It looks so tender, why did you use such heavy hands on it?"

The man in the sheepskin jacket was very disapproving: "This guy was disobedient, so I gave him a little lesson. Don't worry, I didn't touch his face." He smiled obscenely, "Many nobles nowadays like this kind of tender young man..."

The man in the sheepskin jacket looked at the tall and thin man and smiled.

The tall and thin man said, "Just keep it in mind. This batch of goods will be shipped out of the city tomorrow. You have to be careful."

"Don't worry, I know everything." The man in the sheepskin jacket responded perfunctorily and closed the cellar door heavily.

Zou Minglei lay on the ground for a long time before the pain in his body was relieved a little.

He couldn't believe it. Was he kidnapped?!

He struggled to get up from the ground and started banging on the cellar door: "Let me out! Let me out!"

Zou Minglei shouted until he was hoarse.

A small voice nearby weakly urged him, "... stop shouting and save some strength."

It was very dark in the cellar and he couldn't see anything clearly. Zou Minglei became alert now: "Who! Who are you?"

The thin voice was listless: "My name is Chu Yaoniang... I was also kidnapped. They are kidnappers. They want to sell us out and won't let us go..."

Chu Yao Niang couldn't bear the grief and burst into tears.

Not only Chu Yaoniang and Zou Minglei were imprisoned in the cellar, but also some other abducted girls. They were moved by what they heard and the cellar was filled with crying for a while.

Zou Minglei collapsed and went crazy: "How could it be! I don't believe it!"

When Zou Minglei had made enough noise and lay on the ground gasping for breath, Chu Yaoniang, who was only seven years old, timidly asked him, "Little brother, how were you kidnapped?"

Zou Minglei didn't think twice and cursed angrily: "That man said there were some girls with bad backgrounds here, and tricked me into buying it. I fell for his trick!"

After Zou Minglei finished speaking, he didn't notice that Chu Yaoniang had fallen silent.

After a while, another older voice sneered, "It turns out you're not a good person either! I think you deserve it! You wanted to sell us as goods, but you ended up being the same kind of goods!"

Apparently, everyone imprisoned here thinks so.

At first, everyone felt a sense of sympathy for Zou Minglei, but after listening to Zou Minglei himself talk about how he was deceived, they suddenly felt that this man was not worthy of their sympathy at all!

If it weren't for these people, how could they have been abducted!

At first, no one imprisoned in the cellar paid any attention to Zou Minglei.

Zou Minglei didn't take it seriously at first, and just said disdainfully: "I'm different from you guys!"

No one in the cellar spoke to him.

Zou Minglei was quiet for a short while before he started shouting for water again. He shouted until his voice became hoarse, and then he found that no one in the entire cellar paid any attention to him.

He almost collapsed.

He wants to drink water!

…

Zou Wanshi chased Yu Mingzhu for a long time and finally caught up with her.

"Miss Yu!" Zou Wan greeted Yu Mingzhu happily.

The female companions around Yu Mingzhu were all a little surprised.

I don't know when Yu Mingzhu got to know this woman who has no basic etiquette and whose clothes are quite "rustic".

Yu Mingzhu's face flushed slightly: "What do you want to talk to me about?"

Zou Wanshi hurriedly said, "No, no, I just happened to see the young lady and came over to say hello. Nothing else."

Yu Mingzhu knew that Zou Wanshi would not reveal the secret of her identity in public, otherwise no one would be happy. But Zou Wanshi suddenly jumped out to say hello, which also made Yu Mingzhu very unhappy.

Because there were other people around, Yu Mingzhu couldn't say anything else, so she just smiled and nodded: "I understand."

But before she could finish her words, a girl dressed in a very rustic way suddenly appeared from the side. She said excitedly, "Mom, when did you meet such a beautiful lady?"

The girl was Zou Pingping, who had followed Zou Wanshi all the way.

When Zou Pingping saw Zou Wanshi take the initiative to step forward and greet the rich young lady who was dressed very luxuriously that day, and the rich young lady smiled at her mother in a very amiable manner, Zou Pingping could not stay any longer and jumped out to ask Zou Wanshi to introduce her to her.

The veins on Yu Mingzhu's forehead were throbbing.

She could even feel the mocking and inquiring eyes of the girls around her.

Yu Mingzhu tried to hold back, still with a distant smile on her face: "Madam Zou, you see, we still have things to do..."

Zou Wanshi hurriedly said, "I know, I know. Miss, you go and do your work first..."

Yu Mingzhu left with her female companions without looking back.

Zou Wan looked at Yu Mingzhu's back with a look of joy on her face.

Zou Pingping was anxious: "Mom! Why don't you introduce me to that young lady? I think the two girls next to her are not as pretty as me..."

Zou Wan rolled her eyes at Zou Pingping and said unhappily, "Why would I introduce you here? You don't know how to do anything, and you'll just be causing trouble for the young lady if you go there?!"

Zou Pingping pursed her lips, looking extremely unhappy.

"I haven't asked you yet, why are you following here? Where is your eldest brother?!" Zou Wan asked with a frown.

Zou Pingping said angrily: "I just came to see... Minglei was drinking tea in the teahouse."

Zou Wan frowned and said, "Let's go back and find Ming Lei first."

After a while, Zou Pingping approached Zou Wan again and asked, "Mom, come to think of it, have you noticed that the young lady looks a bit like Minglei?"

Zou Wan was shocked and reacted violently: "What nonsense are you talking about! She is the daughter of the Duke of Xin! She is the future consort of the Fourth Prince! She is very noble! How can our Minglei be like her?!"

Zou Pingping was also shocked by Zou Wan's reaction.

And I feel a little puzzled.

She knew how much Zou Wan doted on Zou Minglei. Now that people were saying that Zou Minglei looked like the daughter of the Duke of Xin, Zou Wan should be honored.

Why do you look so upset?

Zou Pingping was puzzled and was scolded by Zou Wanshi again.

At this time, one of Yu Mingzhu's female companions was joking with Yu Mingzhu: "...Come to think of it, could it be a distant relative of your Xin Guogong Mansion? I looked at that woman, and her eyebrows and eyes vaguely resembled you."

Yu Mingzhu's eyelids twitched heavily, and her expression was somewhat unhappy: "What distant relative? She is just a merchant woman who wants to curry favor with our Duke's Mansion."

Another female companion also said, "Yes, yes, our Mingzhu is so beautiful, and that merchant woman is not even as pretty as our Mingzhu's little finger. How can they be alike?"

The female companion who spoke earlier laughed and said, "Maybe I saw it wrong."

The topic was quickly brought to an end.

No one noticed that a hint of murderous intent flashed in the depths of Yu Mingzhu's eyes.

Zou Wanshi and Zou Pingping walked back along the street they came from and returned to a nearby teahouse, but they didn't see any trace of Zou Minglei!

They even asked the owners of four or five nearby teahouses, but they knew there was no such thing as a teenager coming here alone to drink tea!

Zou Minglei, just disappeared like that!

Both Zou Wanshi and Zou Pingping were a little panicked!