I traveled back to ancient times, but I was able to lie down and relax.

"what?!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Nanjia was so angry that he almost jumped up, but he refrained from doing so because of Liu Sirou in his arms.

Liu Yanxi was both surprised and angry, and pulled Liu Sirou aside.

The two men looked her over carefully and found that she was not injured except for her swollen eyes from crying, so they breathed a sigh of relief.

This allowed Aunt Wang to properly explain to them what had happened that day.

"Sigh." Aunt Wang sighed again.

"Not long ago, when everyone was cooking dinner, there weren't many people on the village roads. Fang and a human trafficker she had hired sneaked into the yard, avoiding people."

"Isn't it a coincidence that Si Rou was in the yard at that time?"

Liu Sirou nodded with red eyes, on the verge of tears again.

"That human trafficker was probably a repeat offender. He covered Si Rou's mouth and dragged her away. How could a little girl like her resist? She was taken out of the yard."

"If it weren't for this young man Song noticing their movements and chasing after them, single-handedly rescuing Sirou, we wouldn't know where she would be right now. She almost got into the carriage!"

Song Chen shook his head: "It was my oversight today. I was in the room, yet they still managed to take Si Rou away. I'm sorry."

Aunt Wang comforted him, "How could it be your fault? Who would have thought those two people would be so shameless as to dare to snatch a child from someone's yard in broad daylight? But you, young Song, is your foot alright? I remember it's not fully healed yet."

Liu Sirou also looked up at her, saying, "Brother Song, you don't need to apologize. If it weren't for you, I... I wouldn't be back today. Sister, brother, please don't blame Brother Song, okay?"

As she spoke, the little girl remembered that she almost would never see her older brother and sister again today, and she started to cry.

Liu Nanjia quickly comforted her, "Okay, okay, we don't blame him, we should thank him."

Then he turned to Song Chen and said, "I really have to thank you today."

Liu Yanxi also said, "Yes, if it weren't for Brother Song, it would have been too late for anything by the time my siblings and I returned. Brother Song, how is your foot?"

Aunt Wang chimed in, "It's fortunate that young Song was quick-witted; he called some villagers while chasing after them. I only went out to see what was happening because I heard the commotion. By the time we caught up, they were already out of the village. That shameless Fang actually claimed that she was Si Rou's aunt and had taken the child to see a doctor, and that young Song was the kidnapper. If it weren't for me and some other villagers following them, that bitch Fang would have succeeded!"

Liu Nanjia was furious with Fang Shi. How could she do such a vicious thing? Originally, she thought that after separating from that family, they should just keep to themselves and live their own lives.

But she went even further in bullying them, and this time she even tried to sell Sirou!

She had crossed her bottom line, and this time she would definitely not let Fang off easily.

So he immediately decided, "Aunt Wang, you be my witness, let's go find the village head. I must get an explanation for what happened today."

Aunt Wang readily agreed.

Song Chen, leaning on his crutches, followed along, saying, "I'm also involved, so I'll go too."

He also felt a strong aversion to that Fang woman.

The group arrived at the village head's house. Since the incident had only recently occurred, he had not yet received any news and was somewhat surprised to see Liu Nanjia and his group.

"Nan Jia, Yan Xi, and Sister-in-law Wang, what brings you here today?"

Liu Nanjia explained her purpose and burst into tears: "Uncle Village Head, we almost never saw Sirou again today. How could such a thing happen in our village? Just because she's our elder, does she think she can forcibly drag Sirou away and sell her to human traffickers?"

When Liu Sirou saw her sister crying, her already swollen eyes turned red and she started crying too, looking quite pitiful.

Liu Yanxi also wanted to cry, feeling both angry and resentful of his own uselessness. However, considering that he was now the head of the family and this was in front of outsiders, he had no choice but to hold back his tears, keeping a straight face, though his eyes were also red.

Aunt Wang chimed in, "Yes, village head, that Fang family dared to bring human traffickers into the village. This time it was Si Rou, but what if it's another family's child next time? They even dared to run into other people's yards. They're not even safe at home. How can we adults work in peace?"

The village head was also furious. If a child trafficker were to run into a family and snatch a child in the village under his jurisdiction, it would be his dereliction of duty as the village head.

He immediately instructed his son, "Go and call the Liu family here! Especially that Fang family member, she has to give me an explanation for this!"

The village head's son had just heard the whole story and ran out very eagerly.

Before long, Liu Song, the eldest uncle of the Liu family, and Fang arrived. Both of them were somewhat timid, especially Fang, who shrank behind Liu Song with evasive eyes.

Before the village head could even ask any questions, Liu Song said with a fawning expression, "I wonder what brings you here so late, village head?"

The village head snorted coldly: "Don't play dumb with me. You know exactly what your wife did today?"

Fang tried to brush it off: "Village head, what are you saying? I didn't do anything today." As she spoke, she shrank behind Liu Song again.

The village head was even angrier when he saw their lack of cooperation. "So many people saw it! Liu Fangshi, are you afraid to admit it? How dare you bring human traffickers into the village and openly abduct children from other people's homes? Who gave you the guts!"

Seeing that she couldn't hide it any longer, Fang still stubbornly insisted, "Village head, you've wronged me! I have absolutely nothing to do with that human trafficker. He did it all himself. I... I was trying to save Sirou, don't you think so, Sirou?"

As he spoke, he even reached out to Liu Sirou, intending to pinch her and force her to agree with him, just like before.

Liu Nanjia slapped her hand away, shielded Liu Sirou behind her, and glared at her angrily.

Liu Nanjia's slap was quite forceful; Fang's hand immediately turned red. Accustomed to being domineering at home, she couldn't stand it and glared at him, ready to curse again.

Aunt Wang pushed him away, saying, "What do you think you're doing in front of so many people?"

Aunt Wang now loathes this woman and no longer gives her a kind look.

Fang initially tried to use force against the younger children, but failed. Her eyes then fell on Song Chen standing behind them, and she shouted, "It's him! He's the one colluding with the human traffickers! A perfectly healthy man living with a bunch of kids, what's he after? He's definitely waiting for them to lower their guard so he can sell Si Rou. I'm the one who rescued Si Rou; you should be thanking me!"

Liu Nanjia was so angry she laughed, her worldview once again being shattered by Fang's words.

Song Chen wasn't angry at being falsely accused by Fang Shi. He said calmly, "When you were taking her away, you covered Si Rou's mouth with a handkerchief to prevent her from screaming. That handkerchief should still be on you."

Fang was startled and tightly clutched the place where she kept her things.

Aunt Wang immediately pulled her over and took a handkerchief from her arms. It was relatively well-made and clearly not something a rural woman would use.

The village headman took one look and said, "With witnesses and evidence presented, what excuses do you have left, Liu Fangshi?"