After traveling through time, the four best friends were all targeted by the boss

Breakfast the next day -

Xiao He ran to Xu Zheng and pulled her skirt: "Sister Zheng, we also want to learn martial arts."

Xu Zheng patted his head and said, "Okay, but you will suffer a lot. I am very strict."

Xiao He shook his head: "I'm not afraid!" Several other children also said they were not afraid.

Xu Zheng looked at the silent Ye Man and said, "Xiao Man, come along too, and learn some self-defense skills."

Ye Man originally thought that he was too old to learn, but after hearing her say that, he looked up in surprise, his eyes shining.

"Really? I can learn it, too?"

Xu Zheng reached out and pinched his cheek: "Of course."

Feeling the warm touch, Ye Man's ears turned slightly red and he quickly took a piece of steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth.

After Xia Nian and Meng Yin were ready, the three of them went out into the street.

Just in case, Xia Nian took the token given to her by Xia Hou Yu.

"Xiaoman, is...human trafficking very serious here?" Xia Nian asked.

Xiaoman said in a deep voice: "Human traffickers were rampant a few days ago, but I haven't heard much about them recently. Human trafficking is mainly a black industry."

"What black industry?" Meng Yin asked.

"It's about raising a group of women, letting them have sex with men... and then giving birth to children. When they grow up, the good-looking ones are sold to brothels or brothels, and the ugly ones are sold to big families as servants." Ye Man explained.

"What? There is such a thing." Meng Yin covered her mouth, feeling disgusted. "Isn't this treating people as reproductive tools?"

Xia Nian lowered his eyes: "Yes, there must be many terrible places in this world that we don't know about."

Meng Yin sighed, and soon Ye Man brought them to the place where human trafficking took place.

From the outside it looked like an ordinary yard. They pushed the door open and found children about the same age as Xiaohe and his friends playing inside.

A woman saw that the three people were all well dressed and thought they were young ladies from wealthy families who came to buy male companions.

"Ladies, you two want to see the boy, right? He's in the yard inside." The woman came forward with a kind smile.

Xia Nian waved his hand, "No need, let's look at the girls."

The woman was stunned for a moment, then said apologetically, "I'm afraid you'll have to wait for a while, because the girls who just turned fifteen have been bought."

Meng Yin was surprised and asked, "They bought them all?"

The woman nodded: "Yes, he is a powerful official, we can't refuse him."

Xia Nian asked: "Who bought it?"

Seeing that the woman was hesitant and didn't want to speak, Xia Nian said again: "Our store has just opened, and we are here to buy some servants."

What they meant was to tell her that they had no power and just wanted to find out, so she shouldn't worry.

Originally, the woman didn't want to tell them for fear of causing trouble, but when she heard that the two women only wanted to buy two servants, she immediately opened up.

"Oh, girls, don't tell me, they were bought by the son of City Lord Pan Huyang. He said they were for his own entertainment and as slaves, and he bought them all without even blinking an eye!" said the woman.

Meng Yin’s eyes widened. Wasn’t City Lord Pan the Pan Huyang she heard about last time?

Xia Nian glanced at Meng Yin's reaction, she nodded to the woman, and took Meng Yin and Ye Man away.

"Yinyin, do you know something?" Xia Nian looked at her.

Meng Yin frowned and told Xia Nian about the failed rescue attempt last time.

"That Lin Bao mentioned the name Pan Huyang at that time." Meng Yin said.

"I see." Xia Nian nodded.

It seems that there are quite a few rats underground in Zhaoding City.

"Sister Yin, Sister Nian, do you want to save those girls?" Ye Man asked.

Xia Nian sighed: "There's no way to save him. What can we do?"

Should we go find Xia Houyu? What if we cause trouble for him? He might not agree, so it is better to protect the safety of the four of them first. In this kind of situation, if someone's cake is touched, the others behind this person will attack him.

Meng Yin could only lower her head helplessly.

The two returned to the store. Tao Tao and Xu Zheng saw that the three people looked depressed, so they hurried over to ask what happened.

Meng Yin told them about this.

"Then... do we still need to hire people?" Tao Tao said hesitantly.

Xia Nian shook his head: "Wait a few more days, I always feel that something else will happen."

The three of them looked at each other. Xia Nian's intuition had been very accurate since she was a child. Hearing her say this, they couldn't help but become nervous.

"Shopkeeper, give me a cup of kumquat lemon!" A customer shouted, and only then did they come back to their senses.

In her free time in the afternoon, Tao Tao went out and bought some medical books.

She flipped through the pages, trying to find out what herb the smell on Yiqing came from.

She only remembered that it was a herb, but she forgot what it was.

Tao Tao was dozing off when a pattern caught her eye.

"Soul-calling grass! This is it!" Tao Tao exclaimed.

"Taozi, what's wrong?" Meng Yin asked.

Tao Tao was so excited, probably because it was about something she cared about.

Tao Tao looked at her, her delicate eyebrows knitted together: "I smelled a very familiar smell on Yiqing before, but I couldn't remember it. Today I finally found it in the medical book!"

Meng Yin ran forward and looked at the words on the book: "It's so densely packed, I can't understand it..."

Tao Tao explained: "This herb is usually used to make blood clotting drugs, but if you smell it every day, it will cause mental problems over time, such as seeing phantoms and having nightmares at night."

Meng Yin's eyes widened: "Oh my god, there is such a thing, Taozi, how did you know about it?"

Tao Tao put away the book: "I have been interested in these things before."

"Then Yiqing is doomed?" Meng Yin stroked his chin, "Are you going to tell him?"

Tao Tao lowered her head and was about to answer when Xia Nian, who came down from upstairs, spoke first: "I suggest Taozi go."

"It's a good opportunity to build a good relationship with Yiqing, which will make things much easier in the future." Xia Nian explained.

Tao Tao nodded: "Okay, even if it has nothing to do with him, I will tell him. I am a doctor." She smiled at the two of them and walked out.

Meng Yin looked at Xia Nian: "Niannian, you said that you want to build good relations with them in order to prevent them from splitting up, right?"

Xia Nian nodded: "Yes, after all, their identities make it impossible for them to completely trust others, and it is necessary to gain their trust."

Meng Yin took a sip of the drink and tilted her head, "It's fun. Isn't this the same as the strategy game I like to play?"

Xia Nian nodded helplessly at her head: "Silly Yinyin."

-

Tao Tao's steps were a little hurried. It was already evening, and she was not sure whether Yi Qing was at home. She had to go and check quickly.

Somehow, she always felt like someone was following her.

Tao Tao felt a chill down her spine. She had a strong fear of anything outside of her profession.

She quickened her pace, and as she passed through an alley, a man in linen clothes suddenly appeared and stabbed her.

Tao Tao felt his eyes go dark and he passed out.