"Canned... Canned Brother, I... I'll go get... get the money right now. You... you just give me two more hours, no... no no, just one hour, one hour is enough..."

You could tell that the voice of the ponytail girl was trembling.

"One hour, how many one hours have I given you? You damned leech, eating my food and drinking my drinks without earning me a penny. Do you think I'm supporting you for free? Stop whining, I've already called Sister Hua. I'm sending you over right now."

After saying this.

He waved his hand.

The two thugs behind him started walking over.

Dirk Carter didn't know what was going on.

He wasn't too keen on getting involved.

Just at that moment.

The smallest boy near the door rushed out.

In his hand, he held a worn-out toy gun, aiming it at the two approaching thugs, muttering, "You're all bad guys, I'll shoot you... I'll shoot you..."

The one with the blonde hair walking in front.

Simply lifted his foot and kicked the boy.

The boy fell to the ground, crying loudly.

As they were about to grab the ponytail girl.

In a flash.

Dirk Carter stepped in front of the ponytail girl.

"Man, don't meddle in other people's business."

The blonde thug who kicked the boy sneered.

"Pick him up and apologize."

Dirk Carter pointed to the boy and said.

The blonde thug froze, glanced at his companion, then burst into laughter, asking, "Apologize to him? Are you out of your mind?"

"I'll say it again, pick him up and apologize."

Dirk Carter said sternly.

The blonde thug's face suddenly turned vicious.

He pointed a finger at Dirk Carter, about to start cursing—

At that moment, Dirk Carter moved.

He swiftly grabbed the thug's finger and twisted it. With a cracking sound, the thug's arrogant expression froze, and he clutched his finger with his other hand, squatting down and wailing.

Seeing this, the remaining thug.

Threw a punch at Dirk Carter.

Simple trick.

Dirk Carter lifted his foot, kicking him in the gut.

The thug was knocked into the air, crashing face-first to the ground with a thud, and cried out in pain.

"Ar... Arden Rivers, you... you traitor... colluding with outsiders... fine, just you wait."

The bald-headed Canned Brother, enraged, ran off after flipping his coat.

The ponytail girl saw this.

She frantically said, "We can't stay here any longer, we need to leave right away."

After saying that, she picked up the boy from the ground and went inside to call out Qiangqiang and Heidi.

The group quickly gathered their things, about to leave, when they saw Dirk Carter still standing there.

The ponytail girl grabbed Dirk Carter's hand, saying, "What are you waiting for? Let's go."

Two adults and three children darted through the alleys, running for a long time, until they were out of the pedestrian street area and into a nearby city park. The ponytail girl, clutching her chest and out of breath, said, "Safe, temporarily safe..."

"Who were those people?"

Dirk Carter asked.

The ponytail girl paused, saying, "That bald guy is known as Canned Brother, and he's the one who raised me."

"He raised you? Is he your father?"

Dirk Carter asked, surprised.

The ponytail girl shook her head, saying, "I'm an orphan..."

She said her name is Arden Rivers, and she has lived in an orphanage since she can remember.

At six years old, she was adopted by a family, thinking she'd have a good life, but instead, she was beaten, scolded every day, and always had to work, like living in hell.

At 12 years old, she couldn't take it anymore.

She ran away in anger and started wandering.

Just like the three siblings of the Garrett Family, when she was starving, she met Canned Brother.

Canned Brother is the leader of the pickpockets around the pedestrian street.

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

Since she was 12, she was trained in various pickpocketing techniques.

The gang had a rule.

Before 18, you could do nothing, but after 18, you not only had to support yourself, but also give a portion of the money to Canned Brother every day.

Arden Rivers said she stayed with Canned Brother.

Just to make a living and didn't want to steal.

So she pretended to be unskilled, always returning empty-handed.

Canned Brother was furious, realizing he had raised a useless person, so he contacted a madam named Sister Hua, who worked in prostitution, wanting to sell her at a high price.

At the time, Canned Brother gave her a deadline: turn in ten thousand yuan within two weeks, or she'd be sold to Sister Hua. Today was the final day.

If the three children weren't starving, she probably wouldn't have made a move.

"Why don't you just run away?"

Dirk Carter asked.

Arden Rivers laughed self-deprecatingly, saying, "Run? Where to? I left at twelve, without an ID, without a degree, without anything. If I go to another city, I can't even stay in a motel. Where do you want me to run?"

"So you're just going to sell yourself?"

Dirk Carter asked again.

Arden Rivers sighed, saying, "If it came to that, I'd still resort to stealing. I have no choice. I have to survive somehow, right..."

Dirk Carter didn't expect Arden Rivers to also be a pitiful person.

Yet, this poor girl was already overwhelmed with her own troubles, but still thought of helping others. This moved Dirk Carter somewhat.

"What's your plan going forward?"

Dirk Carter asked.

Arden Rivers shook her head with empty eyes.

She looked at the sleeping boy by the flowerbed.

And said, "Take it step by step."

Dirk Carter thought for a moment, saying, "Come with me."

"Come with you?"

Arden Rivers asked, surprised.

Dirk Carter nodded, saying, "Don't worry, I won't harm you. If you trust me, I'll arrange a place for you to stay."

"Really?"

Arden Rivers asked, somewhat incredulous.

Dirk Carter nodded slightly again, saying, "I'm going to Koryn City the day after tomorrow. You can come with me. For the next two days, I'll find you a small motel to stay. We'll discuss the rest later."

Arden Rivers was, after all, an adult.

She didn't trust people easily.

But given the situation, she had no choice.

She could only nod and say, "Okay, I owe you one."

After saying this.

The group got into a taxi.

Dirk Carter found a small motel close to The Imperial Grand Hotel, and used his ID to rent two rooms.

He also bought them a bunch of food.

He told Arden Rivers to stay indoors for the time being and not to go outside.

After sorting everything out.

Dirk Carter left the motel.

At that moment, he was unaware that in the flow of people across from him, a pair of eyes were fixed on him, watching intently...

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