"Brother Can... Brother Can, I... I'll go get the money right now, please... give me two more hours, no... no no, one hour, one hour is enough..."

It was clear from the way Ponytail's voice trembled.

"One hour, how many damn hours have I given you? You eat my food, drink my drink, and don't make me a dime. Am I raising you for free? Cut the crap," I already called Sister Hua, and I'm sending you over now."

Having said that.

He waved his hand.

The two thugs behind him walked towards us.

Chen Fang was unaware of the circumstances.

And did not really want to get involved.

Just at that moment.

The youngest boy near the door rushed out.

In his hand, he held a battered toy gun, aiming at the approaching thugs while muttering, "You're all bad guys, I'll kill you... I'll kill you..."

The blond in the front.

Lifted his foot and kicked the little boy.

The boy fell to the ground and started bawling his eyes out.

As they were about to grab Ponytail.

It happened in an instant.

Chen Fang quickly stepped forward, standing in front of Ponytail.

"Dude, don't stick your nose into others' business," said the blonde who had kicked the boy, brow raised.

"Pick him up and apologize to him," Chen Fang pointed at the boy and said.

The blonde was momentarily stunned, exchanged a glance with his companion, and burst out laughing, asking, "Apologize to him? Are you out of your mind?"

"I'll say it again, pick him up and apologize to him," Chen Fang said sternly.

The blonde's expression turned menacing.

He pointed a finger at Chen Fang, about to curse loudly—

At that moment, Chen Fang moved.

He suddenly grabbed the blonde's finger, twisted it fiercely, and with a crack, the blonde's arrogant face froze, then he covered his fingers with his other hand and crouched down, howling in pain.

Seeing this, the other thug.

Swung a punch at Chen Fang.

Child's play.

Chen Fang lifted his foot and kicked him in the midsection.

The man's body flew horizontally through the air and crashed to the ground face-first, screaming in pain.

"Jiang... Jiang Yu, you... you've turned against me... daring to collude with an outsider, well, you just wait," Bald Brother Can snapped angrily.

He jerked his sleeves and ran off.

Upon seeing this, Ponytail.

Spoke anxiously, "We can't stay here, we need to leave quickly."

After speaking, she first helped the little boy up, then went inside to call out Qiangqiang and Qiqi.

The group quickly packed up their things and were about to leave when they saw Chen Fang still standing there unmoved.

Ponytail grabbed Chen Fang's hand and said, "What are you waiting for, let's hurry up."

The two adults and three children wove through the alleys, running for a long time until they reached a city park next to the pedestrian street. Only then did Ponytail, patting her chest, struggling to catch her breath, say, "It's safe now, temporarily safe..."

"Who were those people?" Chen Fang asked.

Ponytail paused, then said, "That bald guy, people call him Brother Can, he raised me."

"You were raised by him? Is he your father?" Chen Fang asked, taken aback.

Ponytail shook her head, saying, "I'm an orphan..."

She said her name was Jiang Yu, and as far back as she could remember, she had lived in an orphanage.

At the age of six, she was adopted by a family, thinking she would finally have good days ahead, but it turned out after entering their home, she was either beaten or scolded, and constantly had to do chores—it felt like an eternity.

At twelve, she couldn't bear it anymore.

In a fit of anger, she ran away and ended up wandering the streets.

Just like the Jia siblings, she encountered Canned Food Brother when she was starving.

Canned Food Brother was a big brother who picked pockets near the pedestrian street.

He had a group of pickpockets like her under his care.

From the age of twelve, she was trained in various pickpocketing skills.

There was a rule in this gang.

Before you turn eighteen, you can do nothing; but once you are over eighteen, not only do you have to fend for yourself, you also have to hand over a portion of your earnings to Canned Food every day.

Jiang Yu said she was staying at Canned Food's place.

She was only trying to make a living, not wanting to steal.

So, she pretended to be unskilled and always came back empty-handed.

Canned Food, furious, was seeing a loss in her, so he contacted Sister Hua, who was specialized in the flesh trade, hoping to sell her off for a high price.

At that time, Canned Food Brother had given her a deadline—one fortnight to hand over ten thousand yuan, or else she would have to be sold to Sister Hua, and today was the last day.

If it hadn't been for the three children starving, she probably wouldn't have made a move.

"Why didn't you run away?"

Chen Fang asked.

Jiang Yu laughed mockingly and said, "Run? Where to? I left when I was twelve; I have no ID, no education, nothing. In a different place, I can't even stay at a hotel. Where would you have me run?"

"So you're resigned to actually selling yourself into the flesh trade?"

Chen Fang asked again.

Jiang Yu sighed deeply and said, "If it really comes to that, I would still steal. There's no way around it—I need to survive…"

Chen Fang hadn't expected that Jiang Yu was also a pitiful person.

Yet this pitiful person, who hardly could take care of herself, was still thinking of helping others, a fact that somewhat touched Chen Fang.

"What are your plans next?"

Chen Fang asked.

Jiang Yu's eyes were vacant as she shook her head.

She looked at the little boy sleeping by the flowerbed.

She said, "I'll take it one step at a time."

Chen Fang thought for a moment, then said, "Come with me."

"Come with you?"

Jiang Yu paused and asked.

Chen Fang nodded and said, "Don't worry, I won't harm you. If you trust me, I can arrange a place for you to stay."

"Really?"

Jiang Yu asked incredulously.

Chen Fang nodded slightly again and said, "The day after tomorrow I'm going to Guyang City, come with me. For the next two days, I'll set you up in a small hotel; we can discuss the rest later."

Jiang Yu, after all, was an adult.

She didn't trust people easily.

But given the current circumstances, she felt helpless.

She could only nod and say, "Alright, I owe you then."

Having said this,

they got into a taxi.

Chen Fang found a small hotel close to Zundi Hotel and checked into two rooms using his own ID.

He also bought them a bunch of food,

and told Jiang Yu to not go out for a while and just stay quietly in the room.

After settling all these matters,

Chen Fang left the hotel door.

At that moment, he didn't know that amongst the passing crowd across the street, a pair of eyes was fixedly watching him…

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