After entering the room, the woman pushed Xia Chuyi inside and said, "You can rest here."
Finished speaking, she didn’t wait for her reaction, she closed the door and left on her own.
As soon as the woman left, Xia Chuyi took out a medicinal pill from the space.
This was a material stored in the Heavenly Book Space’s warehouse, unbearably foul-smelling, which could instantly awaken anyone who smelled it.
Because the medicinal effect (stench) was so strong, Xia Chuyi didn’t even need to bring the pill close to her nose before all traces of drowsiness vanished, and she was completely alert.
However, the smell was so overpowering that it nearly brought tears to her eyes.
She quickly put the pill back into the warehouse and couldn’t help but retch a few times.
After retching, she began to observe the room.
Because the room’s windows were covered with paper and sealed off, it was too dark, and she could only faintly make out three small bodies huddled together on the bed in the southwest corner of the room.
She slowly made her way over and softly called out, "Xiao Yi?"
There was no response, so she moved in closer to touch the children’s heads.
Suddenly, she heard a tiny voice say, "Ugh, what’s that... so stinky..."
"Xiao Yi?" she quickly called out.
"Sister..." However, it was another child responding to her.
"Xiao Yi?" she hastened to touch the child.
"Pee ween sister." Xiao Yi actually remembered her voice and obediently called out.
"It’s me!" Xia Chuyi quickly hugged him into her arms, touching his face and scrutinizing it carefully.
No doubt about it - it was definitely Xiao Yi!
"Sister... stinky" came the soft whisper from Xiao Yi.
The child who had awakened earlier then commented from the side, "Maybe sister farted."
Ahem, it must have been the residual smell of the pill on her.
The three little ones had probably been drugged, and after sensing the lingering odor of the pill on her, they had become alert,
The last child, perhaps weaker, took longer to wake up.
As soon as he came to, he couldn’t help but shiver, on the verge of tears but not quite crying.
She quickly consoled the children in a gentle voice, "Don’t be afraid, your sister will rescue you."
However, this time, none of the three children responded to her.
Hmm... Xiao Yi had just woken up after being captured, probably still unaware of what had happened.
As for the other two, she remembered the words of the trafficker.
"Those brats were given up by their families, taken in for a low price."
"Fruits" and "piglets", these two words might represent the two types of people traffickers usually kidnap: women and children.
The woman said that the fruit was picked up (herself) and the piglets were ordered (Xiao Yi), so fruit should symbolize women, and piglets represent children.
The other "brats" would be the other two kids, given up by their families, acquired for a low price.
This meant that these two children were sold to traffickers by their own families.
She sighed and proposed, "How about I show you a magic trick, and you all listen to what your sister says, okay?"
"Okay!" Xiao Yi, the most interested, agreed immediately.
The other two children, usually obedient, also nodded their heads.
Xia Chuyi pretended to toss her hand in the air and produced three steamed buns, showing them to the children, "Look, this is what your sister conjured up for you three to eat."
Even in the dark, she could feel the children’s eyes light up.
Especially the two children other than Xiao Yi.
A sour feeling suddenly surged in Xia Chuyi’s heart.