"What are you blabbering about?" the woman scolded Xia Chuyi first.
"Wuwuwu, elder sister." Xia Chuyi, with a simple and foolish look, said, "My mom said there are lots of crooks outside. I’m pretty as a flower and need to be careful not to be kidnapped!"
While speaking, she also shook the woman slightly, out of fear.
The woman swayed, and the child’s face became visible once again. She looked carefully and indeed, it was Xiao Yi.
Seeing her act this way, the woman exchanged a glance with the man, who then stopped walking.
"What’s there to be afraid of? This is my man!" the woman suddenly said to her gently.
"What?" Xia Chuyi feigned surprise, "Then, is this your son?"
She pointed at Xiao Yi.
"Mmm-hmm, that’s my son." The woman nodded without hesitation.
"Oh." Xia Chuyi obediently smiled foolishly, answering.
She thought to herself: This woman and the man are indeed human traffickers.
I don’t know how Xiao Yi ended up in their hands. Does Du Hong know about the situation?
At this point, although she found herself in a tight corner, she had no way to retreat.
Let alone that she had a kind fate with this child, she couldn’t stand idly by even if she didn’t.
After quickly weighing her options, Xia Chuyi patted her chest and chuckled, "That’s good, that’s good!"
"My mom said that when you’re outside, you can trust people who have children with them."
"Elder sister and brother, you both are good people!"
She put on a dumbfounded look.
In the woman’s eyes, a hint of contempt flashed by, but she showed a hypocritical and false smile, asking her, "Sister, you’re right, we’re all good people, you can trust us."
"By the way, where are you from? What brings you to Capital City? Are you alone?"
The woman began to inquire about her situation.
Xia Chuyi continued to smile foolishly in a docile manner, saying, "My name is Cuihua, I’m from the east of the city!"
"At home, I have a relative, my aunt, who opened a steamed bun shop in Capital City, and she asked me to come help out."
"But my family disagreed, so I secretly bought a ticket and rode here by myself."
"But after arriving, I couldn’t find anyone. It seems like the steamed bun shop has moved..."
Xia Chuyi looked pitiful.
"This is really killing me, I’m almost out of the money I brought from home!"
Her words hit the spot for the woman.
The woman said to her, "Is that so? The steamed bun shop you just mentioned, what’s the name again? Xingxing Steamed Bun Shop, right?"
"I know it, but it seems it didn’t move, it closed down."
The woman looked regretful.
"What? Then what am I going to do?" Xia Chuyi showed a look of urgency as if cooperating, "I don’t want to return to the countryside, I want to become a city person, I want to work in the city!"
The woman was waiting for just these words.
"Hey, it’s just a steamed bun shop, if it’s closed, it’s closed, what’s the big deal? You want to find a job, right?"
"Do you trust your sister? If you trust me, follow me! I’ll find you a job, fifty a month, with food and accommodation included!"
Xia Chuyi looked extremely surprised, "Elder sister, can you really get me a job?"
"Don’t worry, you can count on me!"
"Umm, then I trust you, elder sister!"
"Hehe." The woman laughed.
"Hehe." Xia Chuyi chuckled.
After that, the woman waved her hand and called the man over.
Once the man came over, two more men and one woman emerged from several hidden spots in the alley.
Xia Chuyi thought to herself: So many accomplices?
This certainly doesn’t seem like typical human trafficking; it has more of a kidnapping conspiracy feel to it.