Yang Fei seemed to have come to terms with reality, and silently shed tears, answering Zheng Qianqian's questions one by one.
“I never thought I was so good to Xu Linlin. She practically ate and drank my food, and even borrowed money from me to go on dates with her boyfriend. Now she wants to trap me in this place.”
Zheng Qianqian exclaimed in surprise: "Her!"
She wondered how Xu Linlin could have a boyfriend. Her family had high hopes for her; Xu Linlin alone had earned so much money. Everyone knew how poor the Xu family used to be, and now everyone in the village was eyeing Xu Linlin.
The delicate young girl in front of me is Xu Linlin's roommate, and she's probably telling the truth.
The person monitoring the cellar was Lao Zhang's apprentice. Upon hearing Zheng Qianqian's words, he immediately called Lao Zhang.
Zheng Qianqian tried to remain calm: "How could she do this? But Zheng Qianqian is a heartless person. The first girl she abducted was a beautiful girl. I heard she sold her to Sun Laowu's family in their village for 80,000 yuan. I heard she's barely human now."
"Sister Zheng, how...how did you know?" Yang Fei sniffed.
“When I was abducted, I was locked up for a while. Later, I became obedient and had a child. That man would occasionally take me out for a stroll. When we went to Sun Laowu’s house, he even took me to see the pigsty.”
"Is she also Xu Linlin's classmate?" She was a little scared and hugged herself tightly.
"Yeah, I heard it's a really prestigious university." A flash of disdain crossed Zheng Qianqian's eyes. So what if it's a university? They were still tricked into coming here.
Yang Fei's tears flowed even more fiercely: "I'm the only child in my family. What will my mother do if I'm gone? My mother will definitely call the police, she definitely will."
"You'd better not think about it." Someone else interrupted her.
Fang Roujing looked at Yang Fei: "I am the only child in my family. I was abducted here eight days ago. They are not in a hurry to sell us because they have been targeted by the police recently. But if someone can really find this place, we should be outside now, not in the cellar."
“This whole village is full of people who do this kind of thing, so we have to be extra careful if we want to go out.”
Zheng Qianqian's heart pounded: "How do you know about the police?"
“I heard what they were saying when they came to deliver the food today; my hearing is very good,” Fang Roujing said.
Zheng Qianqian breathed a sigh of relief: if they became wary, they wouldn't know who in the village was helping them. Since they had married into their village, they had to follow their customs, and it was impossible for them to go back.
After receiving his apprentice's call, Old Zhang silently smoked a cigarette. Their home was no longer as gloomy as before; now they had appliances, and a large television in the living room.
Xu Linlin and her younger brother were sitting in the living room. Xu Linlin was a little afraid of her father.
But her brother was happily playing video games, occasionally swearing.
Xu Linlin's mother sat obediently to the side. She wasn't originally from here, and her life wasn't easy before she gave birth to Xu Linlin's younger brother, but she loved her two children.
But after she learned what Xu Linlin had done, she became disheartened and stopped talking, becoming like a ghost in the house.
She originally thought that Xu Linlin could get out of this filthy place and never come back, as if this family never existed.
But she disappointed herself too much.
Xu Linlin looked at her mother, who hadn't spoken a word to her in a long time.
She could guess what her mother was thinking; she herself had been abducted here by human traffickers.
Now she has become the kind of person her mother hates the most.
She still remembers the day she went to college. Her mother secretly came to her room, gave her a thousand yuan, and her separate household registration booklet.
Her mother told her never to show her face again in this lifetime.
She was very reluctant to leave her mother at the time, so she insisted on keeping in touch with her family. Her mother was the kindest person to her in the family.
When she was in school, she dreamed of making something of herself and bringing her mother out of the mountains.
She has now forgotten her original intentions and has even become the devil she once hated the most.
Xu Guang threw away the half-smoked cigarette, still unable to contain his anger: "Xu Linlin, Guangcheng heard from the surveillance footage that the roommate you brought back said you had a boyfriend outside?"
Xu Linlin never expected that Yang Fei would even bring up something like this.
She really likes her current boyfriend, and she's thinking that once she leaves the village, she'll go back and live a good life with him.
She rolled her eyes: "Oh, that guy? He's just someone I date casually. Every time we meet, we just have a meal and watch a movie. He even bought my brother's tablet. It's just something to pass the time when he's bored."
Xu Guang's cold gaze gradually softened: "I've already said, even if you don't get married, you have to stay in the village. We can't let the village's secrets slip out."
Actually, he had other plans for Xu Linlin.
His daughter is now very beautiful, with delicate skin, just like any other girl in the city. She could fetch a good price now.
He can make a fortune from Linlin's roommate, and then there's Linlin. These two girls are enough to ensure he and his son's financial security for the rest of their lives.
Xu Linlin's mother kept her head down quietly. Who had she just heard? Linlin's roommate?
She remembered that Linlin had a roommate who helped her in every way. When her daughter contacted her, she would always see that girl. She would always greet her very politely. She knew that many of the things Linlin had were gifts from that girl.
Now Linlin has brought this girl to the village.
She closed her eyes: How could she have given birth to a demon?
She originally thought Xu Linlin was a phoenix that had emerged from the mountain village. Because she was her daughter, she was glad that she had passed on her intelligence to Linlin.
In this family, the one she doted on wasn't the son who gave her a secure position and saved her from sleeping in the pigsty, but Linlin.
Her gender destined her to not live happily in this family, but her mother could at least provide her with some shelter from the storm.
But she was wrong. Xu Linlin was Xu Guang's daughter, and they shared the same selfish genes. She was terribly wrong.
But there was nothing she could do.
She shrank even further.
Xu Linlin noticed her mother's gaze, and she suddenly felt a pang of sadness. Her mother's gaze used to be warm and embracing, but now she saw her as a stranger.
Even the way she looked at him was one of disgust and indifference, just like how she looked at her father.
My mother was undoubtedly beautiful; otherwise, my father wouldn't have kept her for so many years. My mother's simple wish to keep me alive saved her from drowning.
"Mom!" Xu Linlin couldn't help but call out.
The mother did not react at all, as if she had not heard her cries.
She slowly got up: "I need to rest."
Xu Guang scoffed, "This is the daughter you dote on so much."
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