Gu Youyou had already awoken, yet as Uncle Three carried her on his back in a flight for life, she still dared not reveal her consciousness.
The situation was too peculiar; if Uncle Three had produced a pile of broken silver, she might have guessed it was the result of his years of scrimping and saving.
Although the members of the Gu Family were all cunning, they were also quite diligent and frugal. It wouldn’t be surprising if they really had saved up a hundred or two hundred taels of silver. But what he held was untouched silver—where in such a small place could someone have two hundred taels in whole pieces? Don’t tell me he made a special trip to the town’s bank to exchange it—that would be a ghost of a chance to believe.
Heh, my second uncle and his wife selling me to a human trafficker for silver is something they would do, but what about Uncle Three?
Why would he do that?
So much money, clearly it could not be his own—had he found a bigger buyer to exchange me for even more money?
Uncle Three, carrying Gu Youyou, had run a good distance, panting heavily. Seeing that they were already far from those three men, he stopped and threw Gu Youyou onto the ground.
Gu Youyou kept her eyes shut, motionless.
After catching his breath for a few moments, he drank from a stream running down the mountain beside him and could not help but burst into laughter, saying, "This is perfect, too perfect! That fool of a second brother actually helped me so much—I was worrying I wouldn’t get the chance to make my move.
Ha ha, even if Dad dies of anger, it won’t be my fault; it will be second brother’s doing. Selling his own niece and angering Dad to death—do you think you’ll get the Gu Family’s property? It’s all mine, all mine! I’m going to use that silver to buy fields and lands; I’ll become the first landlord of Lotus Village!"
Gu Youyou listened with a sinking heart, indeed none of her uncles were good men. Her second uncle sold her to the human trafficker, and who knows where Uncle Three intended to sell her.
She gripped the needle hidden in her sleeve tightly, ready to stab him to death if he came close.
After his wild laughter, Uncle Three was in an exceedingly good mood.
Humming a tune, he turned around to pick up Gu Youyou once more.
They were not far from the meeting place with those people—the things he wanted were soon to be in his hands.
Getting closer, Gu Youyou quickly calculated the distance in her mind. Just as he went to grab her, Youyou suddenly opened her eyes, her hand hidden in her sleeve moving swiftly toward Uncle Three’s neck.
A needle penetrated his skin and the anesthetic infiltrated Uncle Three’s body.
"You..." Uncle Three’s eyes widened in shock; he could only utter a single word before losing consciousness.
"To think of harming me and wanting to anger Grandpa to death, huh..." and here she thought he was a good person just a moment ago.
Gu Youyou was furiously indignant; a beast without humanity, that was the real beast without humanity. Cursing, she kicked him fiercely several times.
Suddenly, she heard some unusual noises and promptly stopped.
"We should be close by now, keep searching," a man’s voice said. By the sounds of it, there were several people.
Gu Youyou was startled; these could very well be the people Uncle Three was meeting. Not bothering with Uncle Three anymore, she quickly hid in a thick bush.
After Gu Youyou was taken away by Uncle Three, how could Liu Dazhuang just sit back and accept it? He had to make a scene at the Gu Family’s home, no matter what. Everyone for miles around knew what kind of person he was, so he didn’t care about losing face, but the Gu Family did care about their reputation.
Hmph, you care about face, yet you commit such shameless acts; can I let you get away with it? I’m not some great benevolent person.
"Thump thump thump..." Liu Dazhuang banged forcefully on the door.