From the girl's words, Grandpa Chi gradually learned the truth about what happened back then.
At that time, some petty thugs in the county were also secretly engaged in human trafficking!
Especially the trafficking of women!
When Liu Zhijie asked them to abduct Tang Xue, other girls were also abducted, including the woman.
They tied the abducted girl up with hemp rope, stuffed a rag into her mouth, threw her into an oxcart, and then covered her with weeds.
This way we can avoid being noticed and make it easier to set off!
Three or four big men would sit on an oxcart and guard it. If they saw any movement from the women, they would hold them down tightly!
The woman and Tang Xue were tied to the same oxcart!
When the thugs stopped to rest, they would occasionally pull them out and give them some water to prevent them from dying of thirst on the way.
The woman was a sports student in college, so she would run away whenever she had the chance. Later, they pinned her down and beat her severely. She was also suffocated in a pile of weeds and had difficulty breathing. That night, she developed a high fever that wouldn't go down.
I almost didn't make it through that day!
It was Tang Xue who saved her by taking medicine out of her pocket!
If Tang Xue hadn't persuaded those thugs to give her the drugs, the woman wouldn't be alive today.
But for her, living has been more painful than dying all these years!
Tang Xue not only saved her with medicine, but also comforted her throughout her life, so even today, women have a very deep impression of Tang Xue!
The two women were originally in the same car, but because of the medicine delivery, the thugs became wary, fearing that the two of them would run away together.
So they separated the two of them and put them into different oxcarts.
She never saw Tang Xue again after that!
However, before she was sold to the village of bachelors, she heard the thugs who had separated from them earlier return to report that two women had run away from the oxcart they were driving!
They hid in the woods, but couldn't find a single person!
The woman didn't know if Tang Xue was among them.
"Please thank your mother for me. I will do my best to help her find her family, and I will also give you some money so that you can live a good life outside."
Grandpa Chi was extremely grateful!
He knew that forcing a woman to recall her unbearable past was asking the impossible, but he had no choice. He couldn't eat or sleep if he couldn't find Xue'er for a day!
"Chairman, we've searched the whole village, but we haven't found Miss Tang."
Uncle Zhou took off his coat and draped it over his hand.
He jogged to the village entrance, his forehead covered in a fine layer of sweat. Grandpa Chi took out a tissue and gestured for him to wipe it off.
"Oh, thank you, Chairman!"
"The brothers have searched everywhere, they even turned over the cellar where they harvest sweet potatoes, and the pigsty... they searched it too..."
Thinking of the woman's experience, they searched every place, but still couldn't find the person they wanted.
“There were indeed other women who had been trafficked into the village, seven in total, and we brought them all back.”
"Is anyone hurt?"
"We can't hurt them! Those old bastards are no match for our brothers. Let's take these victims out first, and then we'll wipe them out when the police arrive!"
Uncle Zhou said indignantly.
This was the first time in his life he had ever thought of using brutal methods to torture someone!
Those women were a pitiful sight; in fact, the ones they saw at the Gong family's house were relatively presentable.
The sight of the remaining women was so tragic that even these dozen or so virile men wanted to close their eyes!
Back when I was a soldier and fought real battles with others, I never felt this eager to kill!
Just as Old Master Chi was about to speak, Uncle Zhou's phone suddenly rang. He glanced at the caller ID—
They were the ones who sent people to the county to find the thugs who abducted Tang Xue back then!
"Hello--"
Two minutes later, Uncle Zhou reported with a delighted expression, "Chairman, the brothers who went to the county just reported back that Tang Xue was not abducted back then. Instead, she cut the rope and ran away while the guards were in the toilet!"
"Great! That's fantastic! Everyone's year-end bonus will be increased tenfold!"
"Although we don't know Miss Tang's whereabouts, at least she wasn't trafficked to the mountains or subjected to inhuman torture."
As Uncle Zhou said this, he glanced at the woman next to him with great sympathy.
"Notify the people specifically looking for Xue'er to keep searching, without stopping for even a second!"
Grandpa Chi was moved to tears, overwhelmed with emotion.
As long as she escapes, she can always survive in this world!
"Send more people, search all over the country, and keep searching until you find him!"
"yes!"
Uncle Zhou hesitated for a moment, but still didn't dare to discourage the old man.
The Chi family had long ago established a special detective team to find Tang Xue, but after so many years, they still hadn't found her.
They must be intentionally hiding!
The country is so big, finding someone who has been missing for over forty years is like finding a needle in a haystack!
…………
Private hospital.
Yan Miao brought in several breakfasts and bumped into Chi Chuan, who was leaning weakly against the headboard with an IV drip in his hand and gauze wrapped around his chest. She apologized to Chi Yinyin.
"Yinyin, I'm sorry, I was such a jerk before!"
"I was out of my mind back then. Even though I knew Pei Yue had bad intentions, I still forgave her again and again. I don't deserve to be your brother!"
"I know you won't believe me no matter what I say, but I will prove to you with my actions that I have really changed!"
"I've come to understand a lot during this time. No one is more important than my family!"
[Pfft, it's only because you found out Pei Yue cheated on you that you finally woke up! If it weren't for that cuckoldry, you might not have woken up so quickly!]
Yan Miao's rant, though late, has finally arrived.
Chi Chuan's expression froze, and the words he was about to say stuck in his throat.
Yan Miao, munching on a steamed bun, swaggered in as if nothing had happened and handed the breakfast in her hand to Chi Yinyin, who was sitting in front of the hospital bed.
Chi Yinyin suppressed a laugh, her face flushed, "Second brother, you really went too far before!"
Regardless of the circumstances, when he risked his life to save me last night, he didn't consider his own safety at all.
Chi Yinyin was moved by him!
"But you also saved my life, thank you, second brother. I already told you last night that I've forgiven you! But you must never do anything to hurt the family again, understand?"
"Because of what happened to you, Grandpa is so angry that he can't eat or sleep well. If it weren't for Sister Miaomiao's medicine, his health would be in serious trouble!"
When Chi Chuan heard that his family was exhausted because of him, he lowered his head in guilt.
Upon entering, Chi Rang saw the scene before him and instantly understood.
The two siblings have reconciled!
But he still had a cold expression and earnestly warned Chi Chuan, "You must remember what you said today. If there is a next time, Xiao Chuan, we will never forgive you!"
"I'll pretend you no longer exist in the Chi family!"
"If you hadn't risked your life to save Yinyin this time, even if you knelt at the door until you died, I would never allow you to enter the house again!"
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