Jingbei City.

A residential area in the suburbs.

Saturday, 10:30am.

Rong Tao hung up the washed clothes, stretched her sore waist, looked back at the clean room, and revealed an innocent smile.

I took out a steamed bun from the refrigerator and put it on the table, then inserted a thin candle that my cousin had not used up from his last birthday in the middle and lit it.

Looking at the faint flickering candlelight, Rong Tao sat upright, clasped his hands in front of his chest, closed his eyes and silently made a wish.

"Happy birthday~" Rong Tao blew out the candles with a smile.

Today is her sixteenth birthday.

When she was seven years old, her parents died in a car accident and she lived with her uncle.

Everything was fine in the first few years, at least she was not badly treated in terms of food and drink. Until five years ago, when her uncle died of illness, her fate changed drastically.

Her aunt's temper became extremely bad. She would beat or scold her if she was not satisfied. She was often hungry and sometimes she didn't eat for three days. Not only that, all the heavy and dirty work at home was thrown to her.

Washing clothes, cooking and cleaning, at such a young age she endured pain that did not belong to her.

With a tear in the corner of her eye, Rong Tao cut a small piece of steamed bun with a kitchen knife, put it into her mouth and started chewing, but in her mind she imagined she was eating a cream cake.

Hearing the sound of the door opening outside, he put away the steamed buns in panic, and then picked up the rag to wipe the table.

"Rong Tao——"

The voice came before the person arrived, followed by the tapping sound of high heels coming from far away.

Rong Tao frowned at the harsh and annoying voice of her aunt Diao Hongying.

Diao Hongying leaned against the door frame and crossed her arms, looking him up and down with an unclear look, as if smiling, "Look, you've grown into a big girl in the blink of an eye. This little appearance is quite attractive..."

"Aunt."

She was frightened by the woman's malicious look.

Diao Hongying immediately changed her expression, smiled and took Rong Tao's hand, "Tao~ Auntie won money today, I will take you to a nice place and eat delicious food!"

Without any explanation, she was dragged out of the door.

Soon, they arrived at the entrance of a mahjong parlor. Rong Tao realized something was wrong and looked at Diao Hongying and asked in a low voice, "Aunt, what are you doing here? It's time for dinner. I have to go back to cook..."

"Hey, Tao~" Diao Yinghong grabbed her arm tightly, "What are you afraid of? Doesn't my aunt come here often? You know it, come on, just follow me~"

"Aunt..."

After pushing and shoving, we came to a room, where a bald man with a face full of flesh was sitting on the sofa, crunching walnuts.

Rong Tao lowered his head and dared not look directly at her. He was so scared that he hid behind Diao Hongying.

"Brother Biao, the people are here." Diao Hongying greeted the bald man, pulled out Xiao Rongtao and pushed him in front of the bald man.

The bald man nodded with satisfaction and handed over a stack of bills on the table.

"To pay off the 180,000 yuan gambling debt, I, Lei Biao, will give you another 20,000 yuan. Is that good enough?"

"Thank you, Brother Biao, thank you..." Diao Hongying bowed repeatedly, and then instructed Rong Tao, "Tao'er, your aunt will cook today, you just stay here and play with Brother Biao for a while..."

Lei Biao's malicious eyes swept back and forth over her.

She was not stupid, and she immediately had a bad feeling.

So he opened the door and ran away like crazy.

Lei Biao reacted, cursed inwardly, and immediately stood up and chased after him. He called two more people outside and followed him together.

The little girl's mind went blank. She only knew that she couldn't stop and could only run as fast as she could, regardless of anything.

Crossing the road and through the bustling crowd, the three people behind were chasing closely.

How to do?How to do?

Seeing that he was about to be caught, he made up his mind and crashed into an oncoming car!

The sharp sound of brakes suddenly rang out.

She fell in front of the car.

Lei Biao also rushed to the scene with his men. Seeing that the little girl on the ground was not seriously injured, he waved his hand and asked his two men to pick her up.

"Want to run? Can you run? Take me away!"

"and many more--"

Several people subconsciously stopped and turned around to look for the source of the sound.

The door of the black Bentley opened and a man got out. He had sharp features and looked to be in his thirties. He wore a white shirt with black trousers and a silver watch on his left wrist. He exuded majesty and extraordinary temperament.

You can tell at first glance that this person is not an ordinary person.

Lei Biao stepped forward and said, "What's the matter, brother? You hit someone with your car, and we didn't ask you for compensation, which is already very considerate!"

Shen Liuchu smiled faintly, "I don't like to take advantage of others, why not let the traffic police decide the responsibility!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lei Biao's eyes were a little flustered. Is this a joke? Once the traffic police came, the little girl told the whole thing, it would be all over!

"Forget it, I'll just take the loss, you go!"

"You can take the loss," Shen Liuchu walked slowly to Lei Biao, turning his head slightly to glance at Rong Tao behind him, "But I have to take the girl to the hospital to check if she is injured."

"Uncle, save me, they are bad... um..."

As soon as the little girl shouted, a big hand covered her mouth.

With sharp eyes moving back and forth between these people, Shen Liuchu smiled and asked, "Are you bad guys?"

Lei Biao glanced at the other person nervously and took a few steps back, "Stop meddling in other people's business!"

"Snapped!"

Lei Biao, who didn't react in time, was slapped hard in the face. He raised his head and looked at the other person in disbelief.

Shen Liuchu calmly lit a cigarette and said, "I rarely take action unless I can't help it."

"grass!"

Lei Biao, who was preparing to fight back, discovered that there were several burly men around the opponent.

"Who are you? No one in this area dares to mess with me, Brother Biao!"

Shen Liuchu, who was too lazy to pay attention, waved his hand and handed the matter over to the bodyguard. He walked over, took Xiao Rongtao's hand, stuffed her into the car, and drove away.

The little girl was obviously frightened. Her heart was beating fast and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.

"Are you scared?" Shen Liuchu asked in a low voice.

Rong Tao did not answer, but asked carefully, "Uncle, where are you taking me?"

"Oh, let's go to the hospital and give you a full body check-up."

Xiao Rongtao was a little resistant because she had no money, but she couldn't resist Shen Liuchu's insistence.

An hour later, Shen Liuchu, who received the test results, frowned and turned to look at the helpless little girl sitting on the bench.

He had been malnourished for a long time and had bruises all over his body, which were obviously caused by abuse.

He really couldn't imagine what kind of family she grew up in.

"Your name is Rong Tao?"

"Ah."

"So, I'll take you home now?"

The little girl didn't answer, and it was obvious that she seemed to have some fear and rejection of that family.

Shen Liuchu thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to my place first."

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