If the letter delivery went wrong, wasn’t delivered, or nobody believed it . . . In other words, if no one came to rescue them, she would only have a second plan.
Keep pretending to be foolish, gain trust, and then drug the human traffickers’ food.
However, this would take some time and there were many variables.
If even that failed . . .
The last resort would be to hide the children directly in the space, release all the Chicken Master and duck masters from the space, create chaos, and seize the chance to escape.
With these three plans, the risk of exposing the space would increase.
So, she prayed that the letter would be delivered.
Just as she was pondering these matters, a disturbance erupted from outside: "Quick, take the piglets and the fruit and leave! Someone is coming!"
Xia Chuyi was shocked: Uncle Quan’s letter had just been sent out; how could there be news so quickly?
Or was there some other mishap? Infighting among criminals?
"Hurry, hurry, catch the piglets!" the bearded man outside yelled, "After grabbing the piglets, we’ll retreat from the back door!"
Upon hearing this, she did not have time to think of a new plan. When the door opened, she instantly threw a handful of powdered medicine at the incoming person.
"Achoo!" The person who opened the door choked and collapsed to the ground.
"What’s going on?" the bearded man shouted, as several fierce-looking men came over to check the situation.
A gleam flashed in Xia Chuyi’s eyes. She stepped on the person who had fallen at the door, dashed out, and threw another type of powdered medicine onto several men.
After a series of sneezes, their eyes began to turn red.
The men started uncontrollably tearing off their clothes, biting, and beating each other.
"Ah . . . " Screams resounded one after the other.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Xia Chuyi quickly retreated back into the room, closed the door, and immediately turned to comfort the frightened children.
"It’s okay, your sister is here."
She held a pill in her hand and quickly flashed it in front of three children. They became drowsy, closed their eyes, and leaned on each other.
She silently reflected.
She had used the drug as a last resort, although the Heavenly Book Recipe described this herb as having no side effects, only causing deep sleep and some future memory confusion.
But she still felt guilty, fearing the drugs might harm the children.
However, the situation was urgent, and she had no choice.
After the children were sedated, she took them into the space.
Then with a bottle of strong pepper powder in one hand and a stick in the other, she took a deep breath, opened the door of the room, and prepared to escape amid the chaos.
However, as soon as the door opened and she saw the scene outside, even though she was mentally prepared, she was still frightened.
She saw the human traffickers still fighting and biting each other savagely, even though they were already bloody. One of them had his ear bitten off, and another had his eyes gouged out. Xia Chuyi felt somewhat nauseous.
Nevertheless, she had no sympathy for these utterly ruthless human traffickers.
Just as she was about to run away, "Woof, woof!" Uncle Quan suddenly rushed in from outside.
"Woof, woof!" Upon entering, Uncle Quan wagged his tail proudly at her a few times.
Xia Chuyi’s eyes lit up.
This meant the people Uncle Quan brought were the rescuers!
She didn’t need to leave!
Without having time to think too much, she immediately turned back into the room, took the sleeping children out of the space, and laid them on the bed.