After a while, everyone seemed to come back to their senses, and hurriedly retreated into the house silently, moving as quietly as possible, for fear of making even the slightest sound and attracting the attention of those outside.
They hurriedly lay back in their original positions, trying to regulate their breathing and make themselves look as if they were still unconscious, but their pounding hearts could not calm down, as if they were about to jump out of their throats.
After all, they had all thought about escaping, and just when they saw someone actually take action and run away, they actually had a glimmer of hope in their hearts. But who could have thought that they would be discovered so soon, and what Manager Wang said sounded so cruel, which made them full of fear at the moment. They just hoped to escape this disaster and not be discovered that they were awake.
Sure enough, after a while, footsteps were heard coming from far away.
Then, the door was pushed open with a creaky sound, and several ferocious-looking men walked in with lanterns in their hands. They first stood at the door, their eyes like lightning sweeping over everyone in the room one by one, their eyes revealing vigilance and scrutiny, as if they wanted to see through everyone.
Then, one of the big men walked towards the crowd. He first squatted down, stretched out his rough big hand, gently patted the face of the person closest to him, and then pinched the man's arm hard. Seeing that the other party had no reaction, still closed his eyes, and his body was limp, he nodded slightly.
Then, he checked the others in turn. Every time he checked one, everyone's heart would be lifted, and they all prayed silently in their hearts that they would not be exposed.
Fortunately, they only checked a few people, and seeing that they all looked unconscious, the big men finally felt relieved.
One of the big men muttered in a low voice: "Humph, I bet you don't dare to run away, or you will suffer the consequences."
After saying that, he turned around and left the house with the others, slamming the door shut.
At this moment, although everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief, they felt heavy in their hearts when they thought that they could not escape and that those people outside might come to check again at any time.
Everyone looked at each other, no one dared to speak, they could only huddle together tightly, curling up as tightly as possible, as if this would make them feel more secure.
In this endless darkness and fear, they could only silently wait for the arrival of dawn, hoping that the new day would bring a turn for the better and give them a chance to escape from this terrible place.
The next day, as the sky gradually turned pale, the thick darkness slowly faded away and the day began to brighten.
The rising sun was like a timid child, trying hard to penetrate the dirty and torn window paper, but it could only cast a few faint rays of light, like slender fingers, barely illuminating a few corners of the house.
At this moment, a chaotic sound of footsteps came from far away, breaking the panicking silence in the house.
Immediately afterwards, with a "bang", the door was roughly pushed open, and the door hinges made a harsh creaking sound, as if it was the painful groan of the house.
Several people walked in cursing, their figures appearing particularly rude and arrogant in the few rays of dim light.
Two of them were carrying two buckets of water in their hands. The buckets swayed as they walked, and the water kept swaying in the buckets, splashing some water onto the ground, forming a small wet stain.
There were also a few people carrying baskets of multi-grain steamed buns. The baskets were full of steamed buns, but the appearance of the steamed buns was not very good. They were gray and looked very rough.
The leader was a burly man with a face full of flesh and a fierce look in his eyes.
He strode into the center of the room, and with each step he raised a little cloud of dust from the dirt beneath his feet, which danced in the few rays of light.
He yelled at the top of his lungs, "Everyone, get up! After you finish eating, get to work! Don't dawdle. Do you understand?"
His voice was particularly loud in the silent house, making everyone's ears buzz, as if it was going to blow the roof of this dilapidated house off.
In fact, everyone in the room had woken up a long time ago, but after experiencing such a terrible thing last night, they didn't dare to act rashly at this moment and could only continue to pretend to be still asleep.
Hearing the shout, they pretended to have just been woken up, and slowly opened their eyes, their eyes full of confusion and ignorance.
Some of them stretched themselves, yawned deliberately, and looked at the newcomers with sleepy eyes, as if they really didn't know what had happened or why they were here.
But in fact, they all knew it very well in their hearts, but in this dangerous situation, they could only pretend like this and wait for the right time to make plans.
"Who are you? What on earth are you doing bringing us here?" Yao Qingshuang deliberately raised her voice and asked loudly with an angry and fearful look on her face.
Her eyes darted back and forth between the people who came in carrying water and steamed buns, her eyes revealing undisguised confusion and anger.
However, after hearing Yao Qingshuang's question, those people just looked at her coldly, without any intention of answering, and continued to put down the buckets and baskets. Their attitude was arrogant and indifferent, as if Yao Qingshuang and the others were not worth saying a word to.
Seeing that everyone was too scared to say anything, Yao Qingshuang knew that she had to quickly find a way to break the deadlock and dispel these people's doubts, otherwise the situation would only get worse.
So she decided to start acting, pretending to be a fierce old lady who was not afraid of anything, not even heaven or earth.
As she spoke, she stood up, put her hands on her hips, leaned forward slightly, and made as if she was going to rush up and argue with those people.
"Hmph! You don't want to say anything, right? You think you can get away with it by keeping silent? Let me tell you, I'm not someone you can easily bully!" Yao Qingshuang deliberately shouted even louder, and the voice echoed in the somewhat empty room with a hint of toughness.
Widow Wang, who was standing by, was watching all this with a bewildered look on her face, not understanding what Yao Qingshuang was up to.
She was still wondering in her heart, what time is it now, why do they still dare to question these people so loudly, aren't they afraid of angering these vicious people?
But when she saw Old Lady Yao secretly winking at her, she immediately understood.
Although Widow Wang was still a little scared, she knew that she had to cooperate with Old Lady Yao at this moment.
So, she quickly imitated Yao Qingshuang, stood up, waved her hands in the air, her face flushed red, and shouted at the top of her voice: "Are you human traffickers? Do you still have the law? How dare you arrest people in broad daylight! Is there any justice in this world?"
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