Chapter 29: Whatever, One More Doesn’t Matter
Nan Yuanman tilted her head watching that sister’s back, sighing inwardly. It seemed that sister hadn’t taken her words to heart.
She stood in place with a conflicted expression, wondering whether to save that sister. But grandpa had said not to get involved in others’ karma…
While Nan Yuanman was hesitating indecisively, that short and stout yet exceptionally pretty and cute face gradually attracted the attention of the surrounding adults.
The little girl standing in the lobby had a palm-sized face with soft baby fat, delicate and beautiful features, fair skin, just like a porcelain doll meticulously carved.
While the older sister standing behind her was itching to strike up a conversation with Nan Yuanman, Nan Yuanman stomped her little foot, turned around, and quickly caught up with Qiu Shi and her group.
Forget it, she had already interfered in a lot of karma these past few days; one more wouldn’t make a difference.
That sister was a good person; her life shouldn’t end up like this.
Nan Yuanman had just left when an excited female voice rang out from the restaurant corner: “I’ve already applied to medical school as you requested! And I gave the bonus to my younger sister! What more do you want from me?”
“Yes! My younger sister is weak and sickly, that’s true! But is her weakness my fault? Isn’t it because of you two useless parents? If you had paid attention to her back then, wouldn’t she be normal now?”
The people around curiously looked toward the direction of the voice.
They saw a young girl in restaurant server uniform standing in the corner, her eyes red-rimmed, emotionally shouting into the phone: “Mom, I’m your daughter too, I’m only eighteen, I get tired too. Why can’t you think about me a little?”
A loud and forceful female voice came from the phone: “When have we not thought about you? If we hadn’t, could you have gotten into university?”
“We’ve raised you this long, you’re the older sister, so what’s wrong with asking you to take more care of your younger sister? Tingting, saying these things is like stabbing at mom’s heart!”
“Haven’t I taken care of her enough!” Xie Tingting raised her voice excitedly: “I picked her up and dropped her off from elementary to junior high, I cooked the meals usually, she wanted a study room, I immediately gave up my bedroom for her to use as a study room, I slept on the sofa myself. Doesn’t that count as taking care of her?”
“Mom, are you trying to force me to death to be satisfied?”
While Xie Tingting was emotionally agitated, an invisible ghost shadow slowly floated up behind her.
The student ghost greedily absorbed the negative energy emanating from Xie Tingting’s body and slowly burrowed into the mobile phone in her hand…
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Meanwhile.
After Qiu Shi and her group left the restaurant, they parted ways, only the woman in the red dress and the woman supporting Qiu Shi turned the corner into a remote alley.
A van was parked in the alley, with black film covering the windows, making it impossible to see inside.
Seeing someone approach, the van door was opened by someone, and two tall men got out, waving to the woman in the red dress in greeting.
Seeing those two men with tattoos on their arms who looked extremely fierce, the girl following behind the woman in the red dress paused her steps and hesitated: “Wei Jie, maybe we should forget it. If others find out, then we…”
“Forget it? You can forget it, but I can’t.” Liu Wei snorted lightly: “Qiu Shi stole my spotlight everywhere in high school, and at this party, she knew I liked Yu Junhao and still flirted with him. If I don’t teach her a lesson, I won’t be able to swallow this anger.”
Liu Wei tucked the hair falling by her ear, turned her head with mocking eyes: “Besides, Yu Meimei, the drink you poured for Qiu Shi is what she drank.”
“Now that we’re here, regretting it won’t help.”
“And… aren’t you very jealous of Qiu Shi? Jealous that she’s pretty, good at studies, and now has a high-paying job. Don’t you want to… step on her under your foot?”
Yu Meimei pursed her lips and said nothing, her hand gripping Qiu Shi’s arm tightened, sharp fingertips digging into the skin on the inner side of Qiu Shi’s arm.
Seeing Yu Meimei’s cowardly look, Liu Wei sneered mockingly, twisted her waist, and walked toward the men by the van: “Brother Niu, I’ve brought the person.”
“She’s a top student I knew before; you have to be gentle with her, treasure the beauty~” Liu Wei batted her eyes seductively, her fingertip lightly tracing over the chest of the man she called Brother Niu.
Brother Niu was aroused, laughed heartily: “Don’t worry, us brothers are the best at treasuring beauties.”
The other man impatiently reached out, roughly yanked Qiu Shi from Yu Meimei’s side: “Come, let me see what this woman looks like.”
Conscious but unable to control her body, Qiu Shi was desperately pulled into his arms by him; that rough hand reeking of sweat and smoke pinched her face to inspect, nodding in satisfaction: “Not bad looking!”
Whether sold as a wife or sent to be a street miss, she could bring them a bunch of customers.
“Good, I’ll take her.” Brother Niu pinched Liu Wei’s buttocks, had someone roughly stuff Qiu Shi into the van: “Contact online later.”
Liu Wei gave him a coquettish glare and agreed.
The van door closed in front of her and slowly drove out of the alley.
At that moment, inside the van, Brother Niu’s companion eagerly tore at Qiu Shi’s clothes: “This chick is too pure-looking, right up my alley. Big brother, let me test the goods first.”
Brother Niu, who was driving, glanced back: “Be careful, don’t break her.”
“Don’t worry!”
Fully conscious, Qiu Shi felt her clothes being stripped off, filled with fear, despair, and regret inside, desperately wanting to struggle, but her body was like it was sealed, limp and completely out of her control.
Miss Nan had clearly warned her not to drink the wine handed over by her friend at the evening banquet, but she still took the chance, thinking her ten-year friend Yu Meimei wouldn’t harm her, and drank the wine she poured without guard…
She was wrong; she underestimated the evil of human nature.
If, if she had listened to Miss Nan’s warning back then and not drunk that glass of wine, would she not be in this situation now?
Qiu Shi’s heart was filled with despair, but on the surface, she was like a corpse, motionless and at others’ mercy.
Just as that man was about to pull down her pants, a child suddenly appeared in front of the van driving out of the alley.
Brother Niu: “!!! Fuck!”
He cursed loudly and slammed on the brakes.
The man on top of Qiu Shi was flung to the back seat by inertia, his head smashing heavily into the seatback: “Hiss! Fuck, Brother Niu, what happened?”
“Damn, a little ghost suddenly appeared, scared me to death.” Brother Niu’s forehead had also hit the steering wheel, hurting so much he hissed and sucked in cold air, speaking with lingering fear. This wasn’t a place without surveillance; if he hit someone, he’d be going to jail!
Nan Yuanman tilted her head to look at the van, then at the woman in the red dress slowly walking out of the alley, raised her little wrist, and used the watch to dial 110: “Police uncle! I want to report a crime, someone is human trafficking women!”
The operator who received the call: “???”
