"You tell her and she will know." Zhang Qingxiang said nothing and went back to work.
Chen Jiao was stunned for a moment, rarely seeing Zhang Qingxiang looking so worried.
Chen Jiao threw down her hoe, walked out of the greenhouse, and went to Cheng Homesick.
She taught this sentence to Cheng Xiang, who pondered for a moment, "Did Zhang Qingxiang ask you to tell me?"
Chen Jiao nodded.
Cheng Xiang smiled lightly and said, "Okay, I understand."
Chen Jiao said worriedly: "Is everything okay?"
Cheng Xiang said comfortingly: "It's okay, don't worry."
After Chen Jiao left, Cheng Xiang sat on the swing and thought for a long time.
Cheng Ningning? Huangmei? How could they be linked together? What are their plans? Will it be bad for me?
In fact, Zhou Tianlei had warned himself before not to get too involved in other people's private affairs. People in the village had interlocking interests and unpredictable people. Many dangers lurked under the water and were difficult to guard against.
It was because she felt confident under Zhou Tianlei's wings that she became careless.
Zhang Qingxiang?
Why did Zhang Qingxiang remind me? Hasn't he always been obedient to Cheng Ningning?
There was a noise at the door. Looking up, it was Zhou Tianlei who had returned from get off work.
He saw Cheng Xiang sitting in a daze on the swing, walked straight over, sat next to her, and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
Cheng Xiang looked up at Zhou Tianlei. The man's eyes were concerned and full of tenderness.
"Zhou Tianlei, I seem to be in trouble." Cheng Xiang looked aggrieved.
"What's wrong? What's the trouble?" Zhou Tianlei touched the top of her head. Hearing what she said, he was no longer worried. With him here, how could he get her into trouble?
Cheng wanted to tell Chen Jiao what she said to Zhou Tianlei.
After Zhou Tianlei frowned and listened, he said quietly: "Zhang Qingxiang cares about you very much."
Cheng thought: "..." Brother, is this the point?
Seeing Cheng Xiang's resentful eyes, Zhou Tianlei said sternly: "I know that the Cheng family has always been jealous of you, but I never thought that she would actually have the idea of harming you."
"She has always been scheming, and her jealousy towards me has lasted for more than a day or two." Cheng wanted to understand that the relationship between her and Cheng Ningning was irreconcilable, and they could never accept each other.
"I will find someone to investigate the connection between her and Huang Mei and find a way to solve this hidden danger. You should go out less recently and wait for me to clear up these troubles as soon as possible, okay?" Zhou Tianlei helped her arrange her hair and said softly.
Cheng Xiang nodded: "Okay."
Zhou Tianlei pondered for a moment and took Cheng Xiang's hand: "However, I still have to go out recently and go to the branch factory in Jiangcheng. There are some management problems there that must be solved. I will be back in three days at most. Go out again and prepare for our wedding at home."
Cheng Xiang knew about the situation of that branch factory. It was originally a rural breeding farm and had a cooperative relationship with Zhou Tianlei. Zhou Tianlei provided him with piglets and technology. After they were raised, they were sold to customers designated by Zhou Tianlei.
Later, the owner of the farm was old and had negligence and loopholes in his management, which led to several business crises and customer complaints.
The old factory director was overwhelmed and decided to close the farm. Zhou Tianlei took over and became a branch factory, providing funds to maintain operations. The old factory director was still in charge of the overall situation, but the burden was not as heavy.
Cheng wanted to know that when he first took over, there must be a lot of troublesome things for him to solve.
He can't be distracted.
Cheng Xiang nodded: "Don't worry, I'll wait for you at home."
Before Zhou Tianlei left, he arranged for Chen Tianzhao to watch Cheng Xiang and his family, and rushed to Jiangcheng with Zhou He.
On Thursday, it’s time to go to school again.
When Cheng wanted to leave, Qing'er was having fun with Huzi and didn't want to leave.
Xiuhua then said, "You go to class, I'll watch her. Come and pick her up after school."
Seeing that he was going to be late, Cheng Xiang had no choice but to ask Xiuhua to take care of Qing'er.
After class, it was almost noon.
Cheng wanted to go back to the office, but was stopped by the principal and said a few words. He hurriedly packed his things and wanted to go home quickly.
As soon as she reached the door, she heard someone calling her.
Looking back, it was Xu Li.
Cheng wanted to ask: "What's wrong, Xu Li?"
Xu Li walked up to Cheng Xiang and said, "Teacher Cheng, I just saw a woman holding Qing'er and walking towards Liangzhuang Mountain. Qing'er seemed to be crying."
"What, do you know that woman? Is she our village beauty?" Cheng Xiang panicked, grabbed Xu Li's arm and asked.
Xu Li shook her head: "It's not Aunt Xiuhua, it's someone I don't know. Teacher Cheng, do you want to go and have a look?"
Xu Li asked tentatively, and then continued: "If they enter the mountain later, it will be difficult to find them."
Cheng Xiang ran a few steps towards the school gate, stopped, and looked back at Xu Li.
Xu Li's face was calm, nothing unusual.
Cheng Xiang turned around, walked to the sixth grade classroom, and called out Zhou Tianxing.
"Tian Xing, listen to me. Someone saw Qing'er being carried into the mountain. I'm going to chase him now. You go home and see if Qing'er is at home and at Xiuhua's house, and then go find Xiao Hua." God, go up the mountain and find me.”
Tian Xing was a little confused when he heard it, but looking at Cheng Xiang's anxious expression, he nodded quickly and said, "Okay, I'll go now. Please pay attention to your safety."
Tianxing rushed out of the school gate.
Cheng Xiang also hurriedly walked out of the campus and walked towards Liangzhuang Mountain.
Although it is still autumn, the weather is still hot.
Cheng Xiang was out of breath and sweating halfway through, but he didn't see anyone holding the child.
As she was cutting firewood on the mountain, she grabbed the man and asked, "Uncle, have you seen a woman carrying a child going up the mountain?"
The old man shook his head and said, "I didn't see it. Girl, don't go up there either. It's noon and there are few people on the mountain, so it's not safe."
Cheng Xiang nodded: "Thank you, uncle."
Cheng Xiang walked a little further up the mountain, stood on the mountainside, and weighed it for a moment. Indeed, it was unwise to go up the mountain alone. Even if Qing'er was really taken away, he would be alone and weak, so it would be difficult for him to do it.
Cheng wanted to take a look up the mountain, but the scorching sun couldn't penetrate the lush trees.
After a moment of hesitation, several more men came down from the mountain.
Cheng Xiang didn't hesitate, turned around and hurried down the mountain.
The few men behind also quickened their pace and caught up.
Cheng Xiang started running all the way, looked back, turned his head again, and bumped into someone.
I looked up and saw a middle-aged woman, who asked with concern: "Girl, why are you running away?"
Cheng Xiang patted his chest and said, "Sister, I'm going down the mountain. Do you want to go down too? Please be my companion."
Cheng Xiang glanced back and saw that the two men had stopped.
The eldest sister smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go with you."
Cheng wanted to take a step forward, but as soon as he took a step, he felt a pain in the back of his head, his vision went dark, and he fainted.
Zhou Tianxing here hurried home. As soon as he arrived at the door of his house, he saw Qing'er and Huzi playing with clay figurines.
"Qing'er, have you always been here?" Tian Xing grabbed Qing'er's arm and asked.
Qing'er nodded obediently.
Xiuhua said: "I haven't been here all the time. I haven't gone anywhere."
Zhou Tianxing panicked and said, "No, Aunt Xiuhua, help me keep an eye on Qing'er."
Turn around and run to the pig farm.
Found Xiaotian at the pig farm: "Brother Xiaotian, my sister-in-law is in danger, follow me into the mountains to find her."
Chen Tian's heart sank. Before Zhou Tianlei left, he repeatedly told him to take good care of his sister-in-law. A sow in the pig farm has been going crazy today.
He had stayed at the pig farm for a while in the morning, and was about to go down the mountain to pick up his sister-in-law from school when he saw Zhou Tianxing running over in a hurry.
"What's going on? Which mountain?" Chen Tian grabbed Zhou Tianxing and asked.
"Liangzhuang Mountain, someone told my sister-in-law that Qing'er was carried up the mountain by someone else, so she chased her." Zhou Tianxing said breathlessly.
"Fuck" Chen Tian cursed in a low voice: "Let's go".
On Liangzhuang Mountain, there are many shrubs and big trees, and the paths are winding and complex, making it easy to get lost.
Chen Tian and Zhou Tianxing hurriedly walked out of the pig farm gate, and a truck drove towards them.
"Big brother? It's big brother." Zhou Tianxing waved excitedly.
The truck stopped next to them. Zhou He stuck his head out and said with a smile: "Xiao Tianxing, you don't go to school, why are you here? Are you skipping class again?"
Zhou Tianlei, who was sleeping in the back seat, slowly got up and looked at Zhou Tianxing and Chen Tian.
He immediately sat up straight and asked in a deep voice: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Zhou Tianxing stepped forward and explained the matter.
Zhou Tianlei's face instantly darkened, and anger surged in his eyes.
"What happened to Chen Tian? Why did I tell you when I left?" Upon hearing this, Zhou He shouted angrily at Chen Tian.
Chen Tian knew he was in the wrong and did not dare to argue: "Brother Tianlei, I will go up the mountain to look for her. I will definitely find my sister-in-law."
"If you don't succeed enough, what can I expect from you?" Zhou He was still mumbling.
"Shut up." Zhou Tianlei's deep voice was chilling, shocking everyone.
"Xiao He, go to the town to find Lao Li and ask him to send people to the foot of the mountain. Xiao Tian, gather everyone in the factory and follow me into the mountain." Zhou Tianlei arranged calmly.
"Okay" Zhou He and Chen Tian agreed to carry out the plan.
Zhou Tianlei turned to Zhou Tianxing and said, "Tianxing, go home. If my sister-in-law comes back, go to the foot of the mountain to deliver a message to me."
Although Zhou Tianxing wanted to follow the mountain to find his sister-in-law, he knew that the most correct thing to do was to follow his elder brother's arrangements.
Cheng Xiang woke up in a daze and found himself tied up in a dark wooden house.
Mouth stuffed with cloth.
The ball of cloth pressed hard against her tongue, and she pushed it hard, but her tongue couldn't use any force at all, and the ball of cloth didn't move at all.
This is obviously different from those little cloth balls held between teeth in the drama.
There were voices outside, and Cheng Xiang listened for a while.
It's a conversation between a woman and two men.
"come yet?"
"No, I'll come over later."
"This little girl is pretty good-looking. How long has it been since you met such a good thing?"
"Look at that little figure, I can't help it." A man made a lewd voice.
"When you get out of the mountain and find a good buyer, you can do whatever you want. If you hold back for now, if you cause trouble and ruin the deal, I will skin you." A woman's cold voice warned.
"Hehe, I know, it's the old rules, but if this girl is sent to those bastards in the mountains, she will definitely be ruined. It's a pity."
"I'm in contact. Maybe instead of sending this order to the mountains, the price will be better if she sends it to the south."
"That's for sure. There is a shortage of such goods over there. They are all big bosses, so the prices must be high." The man said excitedly.
"Sister, why are you waiting for her? She is already in our hands. We can just take her away. Why don't you wait for her and let her take a share?"
"This is an old rule. If she leads the way, you have to give her a share. Leave her alone for fear that she will bite back. Besides, she said she would find a way for goods to the south. This bitch has some skills, so keep this layer. Relationships come in handy.”
Cheng Xiang felt cold in his heart as he listened to these conversations.
She calmed herself down and thought about what happened today. It was indeed strange.
Xu Li has been in school, how could she see someone taking Qing'er away?
She thought of Xu Li's hints to her, which seemed to have been leading her up the mountain.
But why did she?
These people should be human traffickers, and meeting them was definitely not an accident. They had specially set up a trap and were waiting for her.
Listening to their conversation, there was another person behind the scenes, and it was that person who helped them design this trap.
who is it?
Cheng Ningning? Huangmei?
So this was their plan? How vicious.
"What should I do?" Cheng Xiang thought silently in his heart.
Tianxing, when Tianxing comes home and sees Qing'er, he will realize that something is wrong.
He will go to Xiaotian, and they will come to me on the mountain.
I want to hold them back and buy time.
At this time there was another sound outside.
"You are finally here, sister. Thank you for the goods you recommended. It is indeed first-class." The woman complimented.
"I've told you before that I won't let you lose. I'll bring it to your mouth directly. I want 50-50 for this order." It was Huang Mei's voice. Cheng Xiang closed his eyes with a sigh. Sure enough, it was her. .
"Fifty-five? Are you crazy?" A man cursed angrily.
"I created this bureau, I picked the people, and I sent them here. You are just handling them. If you don't want to, I can change them to someone else." Huang Mei said coldly.
"Sister, don't worry, I have to think carefully about this kind of goods. Where is the most suitable place to send it? If it can be sold at a good price, we can discuss it easily."
"As I said, send her as far away as possible. This girl should still be a virgin. If you protect her well, she can be sold for a good price. If you send her south, I can help you buy a train ticket. I have Access, box, safety.”
"Really? If you are really a virgin, with this appearance, how can you be sure that you will make a fortune? Just wait, I will contact you and give you a message."
"You guys stay on the mountain now, don't rush down the mountain. Her family is a bit powerful, so they must be looking for her everywhere in the past few days. It's very hidden here and it's hard to find her."
"OK."
After Huang Mei finished speaking, she hurried down the mountain.
By the time she reached the foot of the mountain, many people had gathered at the foot of the mountain.
Huang Mei was startled: "They moved so fast? Could it be that they wanted to search the mountain? But it doesn't matter. The wooden house is in the back mountain and it is hidden. It will be dark even if we search it, so few people can't do anything."
Huang Mei pretended to be nonchalant and walked down the mountain.
Zhou Tianlei also saw it: "Huangmei"
Zhou Tianlei shouted coldly, which startled Huang Mei.
She walked over obediently: "Brother Tianlei, what are you doing? Why are there so many people?"
She walked through the crowd and saw Zhou Tianwang behind her.
Zhou Tianwang saw him walking over quickly: "What are you doing? Why are you here?"
"I, didn't you say you wanted to eat the hare? I lowered the trap and came over to see if I caught the hare." Huang Mei said with wandering eyes.
Zhou Tianlei stared at her with cold eyes. He remembered what Cheng wanted to say, that Huang Mei and Cheng Ningning were colluding.
It would be too much of a coincidence to see her coming down from the mountain now.
