No one answered this question. Tia tried hard to squeeze to the edge of the carriage. Although everyone didn't know what Tia wanted to do, they still made way for her.

Tia leaned against the wall of the carriage trying to hear something, but the driver was exceptionally quiet.

She shook her head at everyone, and suddenly remembered the lime on her head, "Lime, are you still there?"

"What's the matter?" Green Lemon slowly woke up. The sunshine outside was so comfortable that it couldn't help falling asleep.

"Get down from behind my hair and carefully crawl out along the wall of the carriage. Be careful not to let the boy in the blue shirt see you. Go outside and take a look. Do you recognize this place?"

Tia noticed it when she looked around just now. This boy was particularly quiet, and his eyes were examining everyone without any fear, terror or despair. If nothing unexpected happened, he might be in the same group with the people outside. It's always better to be careful and supervise them from inside.

Only then did Qing Ning notice that the surrounding environment was abnormal. It turned out that accidents could happen even when going out with the owner!

It climbed down from Tia's head and ran away quietly.

No one noticed that a mushroom ran away, but the children who were sticking to the car wall thought something strange was sticking to them and twisted their bodies. However, since Tia had just changed her position, some of them moved around because they were uncomfortable, and it didn't seem so abnormal.

The boy in the blue shirt stared at Tia. The coldness in his eyes scared Tia so much that she thought he would come over with a knife and chop her, so she simply closed her eyes.

It was a hot summer day after all. Apart from the annoying chirping of insects and the unbearable heat, the narrow space of the carriage was filled with everyone's heat. The sweat wrapped around the body and pulled out the water little by little. Some children already felt dry mouth, not to mention the children who started crying.

Tia had no other choice but to try to slow down her breathing and wait for Qingning to come back.

"Master, I'm back. These people are really scary."

After an unknown amount of time, a familiar voice finally reached her. Tia slowly opened her eyes, feeling somewhat relieved as she watched everyone around her gradually fall into a deep sleep. However, just as she was about to relax, she noticed that the boy in the blue shirt, who had just closed his eyes, was looking at her with a serious expression, and her heart suddenly rose to her throat.

The boy in blue looked at Tia viciously. This girl seemed to have never been quiet since she woke up. Although she had just closed her eyes and was pretending to be asleep, he always felt that this girl had bad intentions. He suddenly widened his eyes and leaned forward slightly, looking like he was going to scare someone, but the little girl tilted her head and looked at him, as if she didn't quite understand his actions.

Tia really didn't understand. Did he think this could scare anyone? She tried her best to react like someone her age, to dispel the boy's vigilance towards her, and quickly communicated with Qing Ning in her mind.

They should be taken to a small town not far from the main urban area. It is about half an hour away from the town. There are some plant-type monsters here who told Qingning that they are not the first group to be sent here. Generally, it will take less than three days from the time they are sent here to the time they are sent away, and the fastest time is one hour.

Everyone in the town knew that this group of people were up to no good. Someone had wanted to drive these bad guys away before, but they somehow kidnapped the child of this family and threw the wife into the local slave market. If this family had not known the slave traders, they might have been sold. Now, no one in the town dared to intervene in these matters.

Moreover, these human traffickers seemed to have specific employers. They would select their targets every time, and most of them would be sent to be child brides or make people lose their memories and sell them to others as children. No wonder the person she just saw had no scars on his face, a delicate appearance and a well-proportioned body.

While some were indeed tyrannical, she didn't believe they were without support. She also doubted they were working for some nobles. Even if ordinary people bought child brides, they would at most go to the slave market and buy a better-quality slave. But didn't nobles usually marry for marriage? Furthermore, nobles valued bloodlines, so even if some were truly infertile, they wouldn't engage in such frequent human trafficking.

Tia was torn for a moment. She asked Qing Ning to spread the word that she would definitely be rescued. The most important thing was whether the other children could be saved. Would saving them bring disaster upon themselves? If so, how should they be saved?

"Qing Ning, come back first. When we stop at the specific place, you can go find my brother immediately."

Qingning crawled back silently. Although it was a telepathic communication, it always felt that its master was not as calm as before.

"Master, don't worry. You will definitely be able to return safely. If things don't work out, I will attack them and you can run away. I will definitely protect you!"

"Okay, Qingning is the best little mushroom!" Tia also knew that Qingning was comforting herself, and tried to cheer herself up and make herself look more active.

"Yeah, I must be the best!" Qing Ning smiled shyly and added, "The master is the best too."

The car suddenly stopped, and soon the opaque compartment was filled with light. Everyone unconsciously wanted to block the light with their hands but could only twist their bodies and finally close their eyes.

"Get up, everyone get down! Don't waste time." The bearded uncle who was driving the carriage said viciously, and slashed the ground with the whip in his hand, scaring everyone in the carriage to shudder unconsciously. The uncle looked at everyone's frightened expressions and laughed with satisfaction.

"Get down now! If you don't accept my toast, you'll have to pay me back!" A thin young man with a pointed face and monkey-like appearance grabbed the outermost child and dragged him to the ground. The child fell directly to the ground, whimpering, and his hands were scratched on the stones, leaving blood stains.

The bearded man saw the child looking at his hand closely and frowned, "Be gentle, this kid looks tough, but he's actually quite delicate. Luckily, the cut isn't big, otherwise it would be difficult to heal it later."

The skinny monkey obviously didn't expect that the child would be hurt, but he was so upset to be scolded for nothing that he frowned and kicked a stone next to him. The stone hit a tree nearby and rubbed against the stones along the road, making a sound.

Now the children in the carriage did not dare to stay and filed down, stumbling and being squeezed by the people getting off at the back, and unconsciously trying to push themselves to the back.

"Hey, why are you hiding? Stand in a row quickly!" The bearded man pointed at the people who were hiding behind with the whip rolled up in his hand and shouted angrily, then swung the whip again.

The whip exploded in the air, scaring the child who had just been calmed down so much that he couldn't help crying again.

The skinny monkey got annoyed when he saw the child crying, "Don't scare him. I don't know how loud it will be when the gag is taken away. If you disturb the big brother, you will be in trouble."

"Cry for an hour if you have the guts, or I'll whip him to death. If I tell you he ran away and I catch him and beat him, you won't tell on me." The bearded man didn't care, but his words still shocked everyone.

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