The fat steward wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and said tremblingly, "Good man, no, these children were bought with real money by me, and they all signed indentures. It's all legal!"
Zhui Feng knew that most of these children were either trafficked or begging on the streets. He stared coldly at the fat manager.
"Go and bring me all the indentures so I can see which one is legal."
The fat steward turned pale. The indentures were all fake; only two or three were genuine. If they were investigated further, the truth would be exposed.
He glanced at Zhui Feng and cautiously began, "May I ask who you are, sir? I am a legitimate broker permitted by the magistrate of Anyang County and have never done anything illegal or disorderly. I don't know where I have offended you two sirs. Please enlighten me."
Zhui Feng raised his leg and kicked, "Do you think you, a mere brokerage manager, have the right to inquire about our names? If you don't want to die, release them right now."
"This..." The fat steward hesitated, "Good sir, spare my life, I'll release him, but you have to let me know why!"
Zhu Yue expressionlessly pulled out a token from her waist and waved it in front of the fat steward. "Release all those children immediately, or I'll take your dog's life!"
The fat steward was dumbfounded. When he saw the words "As if I were personally present" on the token, he was so frightened that he trembled all over and his face turned pale.
I really offended someone I shouldn't have today. It seems I have no choice but to let these kids go.
To save his life, he ignored the pain and kowtowed repeatedly, pleading, "My lord, spare my life! I deserve to die! Please, my lord, have mercy on me! Please don't kill me!"
Zhui Feng glanced at him indifferently, "Stop talking nonsense, I'm telling you to release those children."
"Okay, okay, release them all, I promise not a single one will be left."
The fat foreman stumbled and crawled to the room where the dozen or so children were being held, and opened the door with trembling hands.
"Come out, all of you! Get out now, you're free!"
The children were trembling with fear, their faces filled with undisguised terror. They looked at each other, unsure of what to do.
The fat manager hurriedly waved to them, signaling them to leave quickly.
The children huddled together, hugging their knees, and murmured, "Don't hit us, don't hit us, we'll never run away again."
Looking at these pitiful children, Zhu Yue felt a lump in her throat. She walked straight up to them and said softly,
"Children, the bad guy has been subdued by your brother, you should go home now!"
"Brother, can we really walk?"
"Really, let's go!"
After finishing speaking, Zhu Yue gestured for the fat steward to lead the dozen or so children toward the front hall.
The incident happened so suddenly that everyone present was stunned by what they had just witnessed.
Everyone stared in disbelief, as if they were dreaming.
Only the little fish knew what was going on.
Just as everyone was looking on in confusion, the fat steward limped out from inside.
More than a dozen children followed behind him.
Mrs. Sun rushed over and hugged the two babies tightly in her arms.
"My dear second child, you've worried your mother to death."
"Dad, Mom, Grandpa and Grandma don't want me anymore, they're going to sell me." Erbao cried out.
Seeing more than a dozen children scatter in an instant, Grandma Sun was completely dumbfounded. What happened? Had the person in charge lost their mind? Why did they let all the children go? This is money!
She rushed over to the portly steward, "Steward Qian, what, what exactly happened?"
"Shut up! I'll settle the score with you later." The fat manager glared at her fiercely.
Granny Sun shivered and dared not speak again.
The fat man bowed as he approached Chen Qingqing, his face full of apologetic smiles. "Please forgive me, young lady. It's all my fault for being blind and not recognizing your greatness. Please don't hold it against me. I'll release all these children. Please forgive me!"
These words left Chen Qingqing completely bewildered. What was going on? Why was this person being so polite?
Does this mean that people in this era have come to value the concept of customer first?
That's impossible. These people were about to attack without saying a word.
That's right, it must have been those two righteous people who intervened that intimidated this person.
Thinking of this, she quickly clasped her hands in a fist salute to Zhui Feng Zhu Yue, saying, "Thank you for your help, heroes. If there is a chance, I will definitely treat you two to a drink."
Zhui Feng grinned, about to agree, when he was stopped by a look from Xiao Yu behind Chen Qingqing.
"Thank you for your kindness, young lady. We have important matters to attend to. Farewell." After saying this, Zhu Yue pulled Zhui Feng away quickly.
Seeing this, Chen Qingqing couldn't help but shake her head and smile. These two were really interesting. They came and went without a trace, doing good deeds without leaving a name. Could they be the legendary heroes who robbed the rich to help the poor?
Seeing that Chen Qingqing ignored him, the fat steward hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Girl, please spare us! We're just doing legal business, please don't hold it against us."
The dozens of burly men struggled to their feet. They had never been treated like this before, and wanted to unleash a torrent of curses to save face.
But when they saw the person in charge bowing and kowtowing to them, they were so frightened that they lowered their heads and stepped aside.
Chen Qingqing subconsciously took two steps back; she knew she had to clarify things first.
If these people report this to the authorities, the government will surely arrest these two righteous men.
If you really consider her an accomplice, you'll be severely punished, even if you don't die. After all, this kind of thing happened all the time in feudal times.
"Manager, please get up quickly. We're just here to find our child; we won't pursue anything else."
"Girl, don't explain. I understand everything. I'll be so grateful if you just promise not to pursue this matter."
"Don't worry, don't worry, we won't pursue this." Although Chen Qingqing was still dazed, Erbao was out of danger, and knowing they couldn't stay any longer, she quickly spoke to Chen Zhanliang and his wife.
"Second Uncle and Second Aunt, quickly take Erbao with you, let's go home."
"Alright, alright, let's go home." Chen Zhanliang picked up Erbao and followed Chen Qingqing out of the dental clinic.
Chen Zhancai, who was hiding outside the door, saw everything clearly. Seeing Chen Qingqing and the others rescue Erbao, he hurriedly pretended to approach them.
"Erbao, what's going on? Didn't I tell you to wait for me with Grandpa and Grandma? Why are you here? Where are your grandpa and grandma?"
Erbao nestled in Chen Zhanliang's arms, his eyes unfocused, as if he were in a daze. "Daddy, bad man, he's a bad man."
Seeing Chen Zhancai's hypocrisy, Chen Zhanliang spat on the ground in disgust, "Stop pretending to be a good guy, don't you know what's going on? If you don't want to get beaten up, get out of here!"
"Look at you, why are you taking your anger out on me? What did I do to deserve this?" Chen Zhancai, afraid of being beaten, quickly stepped aside.
Once the fat steward had seen the person walk away, he wiped the cold sweat from his brow. "My goodness," he thought, "which ancestor did I offend? I almost lost my life!"
He was furious and glared at Granny Sun, "You good-for-nothing! You almost killed me!"
Grandma Sun was completely bewildered. He was the one who let the person go, so why was she being blamed?
She slapped her hips and exclaimed, "Oh my money manager, you've completely confused me! Tell me quickly, what's going on here?"
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