Chapter 431: Trafficked

Si Rong looked up at her, "Don't be in such a hurry; it will be your turn to be in a sorry state soon enough."

As the words fell, Li Xuan felt a chill on the back of her neck.

She saw that the two people who had just been grabbing Si Rong were, in the blink of an eye, grabbing her instead!

Li Xuan's brain raced; what was going on?

Could it be that Si Rong had used some other sinister scheme?

Li Xuan wanted to glare at Si Rong, but before she could even lift her eyes, a rag was stuffed into her mouth, and then she lost consciousness entirely.

Si Rong smoothed out her skirt, remaining elegant as ever.

Yet, there was a ruthlessness in her eyes; two lifetimes now, Li Xuan, I really don't want to play games with you anymore.

"Do it."

Her voice carried the decisive, murderous air of someone in a position of power.

In fact, after she noticed these two people yesterday, she had immediately told Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng took his men and interrogated the two of them, to the point where they even confessed to how many chickens they had stolen as children.

Naturally, they also confessed their entire plan for this time: they were going to traffic her into the deep mountains to be a wife for a pair of bachelor brothers.

Such a vicious intention would be a waste to just report to the police.

Si Rong decided to use their own methods against them, giving the two human traffickers a sum of money, only the subject of the transaction had changed.

The traffickers were naturally willing; it meant they earned an extra sum.

But they never imagined that on the train back, they would be caught by plainclothes police.

The plainclothes police were naturally arranged by Jiang Cheng; for such potential elements of social instability, it was better to resolve them early.

……

Great! Shen Yuan had been in a great mood all day; she even hummed a tune as she walked home from school, feeling carefree.

She figured Si Rong must be almost at the mountains by now; although the traffickers hadn't specified exactly where, she could imagine how unbearable the deep mountains were.

And she was going to be a wife to two brothers—that would torture her to death!

Let her stay elegant! Let her stay noble!

She had to have her mother make something delicious today; their family was going to celebrate properly.

"Mom! Mom!" Shen Yuan called out twice, but no one answered.

How strange; things should have been finished long ago.

A sense of foreboding suddenly rose in Shen Yuan's heart.

Could it be that that idiot Li Xuan didn't listen to her?

What if the plan failed and Si Rong found out?

Shen Yuan's good mood vanished in an instant; just then, Shen Lan returned.

He was covered in injuries; at a glance, his face looked like a painter's palette, with reds and purples everywhere.

"Where is your mother?" Shen Lan asked weakly.

Today, he had been severely beaten by Ming Zi and the security guards, who insisted he was trying to sneak into the factory to steal things.

Now he felt as if his whole body had been crushed by a carriage wheel, and he had only one breath left to hang on to as he returned.

"My mom isn't back yet." Shen Yuan hurriedly asked him, "What exactly happened today? Did you two go and provoke Si Rong in front of her again?"

Shen Lan's expression was somewhat unnatural, because he hadn't provoked her; he was a mole.

But he couldn't be blamed for that; the tactic of selling a woman into the deep mountains to be a wife for two brothers was truly too vicious.

He didn't want Si Rong to end up in that state; regardless of anything else, Si Rong had been his wife in his past life, so by rounding up, she could be considered his woman.

"Stupid, you two are truly stupid together."

Shen Yuan plopped down onto the bed; there was no need to think—with Si Rong's alertness, seeing that jumping, idiotic fool Li Xuan, she would definitely have sensed something was wrong.

She figured Li Xuan had already been caught and taken to the police station.

After all, she knew from Li Xuan that Si Rong loved reporting things to the public security bureau the most.

Oh well, letting her stay in there for a while was fine too.

The father and daughter had a tacit understanding; neither of them thought about going to look for Li Xuan.

……

When Li Xuan woke up, it was pitch black before her eyes; she couldn't even see her own fingers.

Recalling the scene before she fainted, she shuddered.

Si Rong was truly vicious; she had actually bribed the human traffickers.

So where was she now?

The straw beneath her and the strange smell of cow dung reminded her that she was in a completely unfamiliar place.

Could it be that she had been…

At this moment, the rustling sounds of two men's voices came from outside the door.

"I'm the older brother, I go first!"

"What kind of older brother are you? Older brothers are supposed to yield to their younger brothers! I'm going first!"

The two argued endlessly outside the door, and the heart that had been hanging in Li Xuan's chest finally died.

She was now filled with hatred; damn that Si Rong!

Originally, according to the plan, the one who should have been ravaged by these two men was Si Rong.

And Shen Yuan, the one with the Rebirth, was truly vicious; at such a young age, she had actually come up with such a method.

However, discovering she was missing, the father and daughter would definitely find a way to get her back.

Li Xuan knew that her position in that family was still quite important.

When there was no money at home, she would find a way, and she kept the house in good order by cooking and doing the laundry.

They could not live without her.

This thought comforted Li Xuan for the time being, and she was also skilled at dealing with men.

After waiting a while longer, the wooden door was pushed open with a creak.

Two short, thin men walked in, exuding an indescribable stench that nearly suffocated Li Xuan.

"You choose!"

One of the men explained, "You are now the wife of us two brothers; you choose for yourself who you will be with tonight."

Li Xuan did not want to choose either of them, but she knew she had to.

Even in the dark of night, she could feel the fierce gazes of these two men.

They would have no shred of pity for a delicate woman like her.

At this moment, she could not help but feel relieved that she had done that kind of business with Xiao Wen before, so she was not completely clueless now.

"Which one of you is the older brother?" she asked. "Tonight, I will be with the older brother first."

"Hahaha!" The man on the left laughed boisterously, walked over to Li Xuan, bent down, picked her up, and went into that straw hut.

Two hours later, the younger brother outside went in.

Li Xuan did not rest for the entire night.

She stared out the window with hollow eyes, her hands and feet bound by iron chains, feeling true despair.

What should she do? What was she supposed to do?

When would Shen Lan come to find her?

"Your mother is not home, so you will do the cooking from now on," Shen Lan instructed his younger sister.

"I won't do it!" Shen Yun immediately refused. "When is Li Xuan coming back, anyway? She is the wife of this family; cooking is something she should do."

"If you don't do it, then we will all just go hungry."

Shen Lan figured Li Xuan would likely be locked up for more than two years, as this was, after all, a case of suspected human trafficking.

The best-case scenario now was that Li Xuan would not implicate Shen Yuan and him; besides, he had not participated in it at all.

Two years later.