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"This is your last chance," the girl said coldly. "I don't have time to joke with you."
Chapter 120 Xiaobai begins to doubt her own origins again
The man felt his bones creaking under his feet.
The feeling of constantly being threatened with a dislocated shoulder is absolutely terrifying.
Who exactly is this woman?!
"Sister, I'll tell you, I really will..." The man wasn't a very determined person, nor had he ever suffered before. Under the intense pain, he quickly gave in and pleaded, "Our shop really doesn't kidnap people, but other massage parlors do have this kind of situation. Sister, tell me what kind of person you're looking for, and I'll find one for you, okay?"
After saying this, the man felt the foot that was stepping on his back retract.
Just as the man was about to turn around, he heard the girl snort coldly.
"Turn back!"
"Okay, okay!" The man was genuinely afraid of this girl, and he quickly and meekly maintained the position where he had been stepped on, not daring to move.
The room fell silent immediately.
A faint rustling sound came from nearby.
It sounds like a girl taking off some clothes.
After a while, the man saw the girl walk up to him and hand him a photo.
With my nose so close, I could smell the fragrance of the girl's body in the photo.
It looks like a photo kept very close to the body, the kind that's kept very, very close to the body.
The photo shows a black-haired girl in a school uniform reading a book.
She's very cute and has a kind of charm that makes people feel calm and collected.
"Is it her?" the man asked.
The girl took the photo back.
Then came another rustling sound.
"Do you know her?" the girl asked.
"Lianhua Port is so big, sister, even I don't know all the massage parlors, but I do know most of them. I can only tell you that this girl isn't among the ones I know," the man answered honestly.
Occasionally, those kinds of brothels would buy young girls they had abducted because they were short of women. But these girls were usually very unruly and needed to be disciplined for a few days. The guys from the host clubs would go and help out, and maybe they could find a few pretty girls to have some fun with, so they knew quite a few of them.
The man could hear the girl's breathing quicken, as if she was suppressing some kind of anger.
"Sister! Sister! Please calm down, I'm telling the truth, it's really the truth!" the man hurriedly shouted. "The girl in that photo you gave me is so beautiful, and she has such a unique aura. If she were really in our line of work, she would definitely be very famous! There's no way I wouldn't recognize her!"
He was genuinely afraid that the girl, in a fit of anger, would kick him and break his leg.
The girl didn't reply, but instead kicked the man hard in the ribs.
It hurt so much that the man was speechless.
He clutched his ribs with a pained expression, and cold sweat poured down his back.
The girl stared at the man's retreating figure for a long time, as if considering her next move.
Finally, as if she had finally figured it out, the girl sighed.
"So I was just overthinking it after all..." she sighed softly.
The girl walked to the bedside, picked up her backpack, and took out a school uniform.
She gently bit off the pink sticker on her nail with her teeth, revealing her flesh-colored nails.
Neatly trimmed, like ten sparkling gems.
The girl glanced at the two men who had been beaten unconscious on the bed, seemingly checking if they showed any signs of waking up.
Then she took off her top, skirt, and stockings.
The steamy scene unfolded right next to the man lying on the ground, but due to the pressure he had been under, the man didn't dare turn around.
He felt that if he turned around, something terrible might happen.
After taking off all her clothes, the girl slowly put on her conservative school uniform.
She then took out a pair of red glasses from her clothes and put them on.
"I'm leaving," the girl said.
"Sister... Sister, please take care..." The man dared not say anything else, and did not even dare to look at her.
With a loud thud, the suite door was flung open and slammed shut.
The man lying on the ground finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the door close.
Good heavens... I've finally gotten rid of that shrew...
Outside the door, the girl carrying the clothes casually found a trash can, threw the clothes in, and left the hotel.
She took out Xiaobai's photo and looked at it with a frown.
"How could such a big person just disappear like that..."
Luo Lian has been searching for Xiao Bai all this time.
Although Luo Lian and Xiao Bai are friends, Luo Lian has never been to Xiao Bai's house and does not know where Xiao Bai's family lives. After Xiao Bai disappeared, she used some means to access the school's database, but she could not find Xiao Bai, and naturally could not find the location of her parents.
If Xiaobai wants to leave, she will definitely tell me.
Something must have happened.
Thinking this, Luo Lian put the photo away.
Luo Lian has practically turned the entire city upside down lately.
In the end, they even suspected that Xiaobai might have been kidnapped and sold to some brothel.
However, Luo Lian didn't know where there were any massage parlors or places like Heaven on Earth, and since she was a girl alone, they would never tell her the truth.
So she deliberately bought a frivolous outfit and strolled around the streets, specifically choosing less formal streets, hoping to run into people related to this kind of thing. By this Saturday, this was the third group of people she had met.
The first two times I encountered either strange older men who wanted to keep me as a sugar daddy or simply bad guys with ulterior motives. I beat them up but couldn't get anything out of them. This time, I finally encountered a professional human trafficker, but the result was rather strange.
In any case, it's best that Xiaobai wasn't abducted.
—Although it's possible they were trafficked to another city.
Luo Lian sighed.
She looked at her hands.
If you ask me why I'm so good at fighting, it's because I've been learning martial arts since junior high school. I need to learn how to protect Xiaobai. What if the two girls live together and get hurt by some thugs? It's okay if I'm alone, but it would be bad if Xiaobai gets hurt.
Perhaps due to her genius, Luo Lian learns everything exceptionally quickly. Even something as unsuitable for a girl as melee combat has gradually become highly lethal to her.
—I never expected this thing would come in handy at this time.
Luo Lian felt lost and confused about life.
I've spent a lot of money during this period.
Luo Lian wouldn't feel bad about spending this little bit of money; in her opinion, it was worth it no matter how much she spent for Xiao Bai. But Luo Lian's parents were different.
Feeling something was amiss, Luo Lian didn't even tell her parents about Xiao Bai's disappearance.
Pocket money is always limited, and even if Luo Lian's family is well-off, her parents cannot allow her to spend it like this.
It seems like we're running out of time in every sense of the word.
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Xiao Bai returned to the familiar front door of her home.
This trip home was kind of a surprise trip.
There was a reason for choosing Saturday, as my parents also had the day off.
Xiaobai had the house key, but instead of opening the door, he stood in front of the door and rang the doorbell.
"Ring ring ring——"
"Aren't you going to open the door?" Saratoga stood beside Little White, somewhat curious. "Don't you have a key?"
“I have one, but I want them to open it for me,” Xiaobai said with a smile.
After a while, the door opened.
"Who is it?" The woman with long hair poked her head out and looked at Xiaobai.
The woman's usually calm eyes reddened the moment she saw Xiaobai.
Like a dam being opened, large drops of tears streamed down her face.
The woman's mouth was open as she looked at Xiaobai, but she couldn't say a word.
"Mommy!" Little Bai rushed into the woman's arms.
"Oh dear... oh dear..." The woman seemed so overwhelmed with emotion that she forgot what to say, only stroking the little white hair and sobbing as she murmured, "My daughter..."
"Who's here?" The father, noticing his wife's unusual behavior when she opened the door, came out. "I've already told you we don't want health supplements, and we don't want to buy any..."
Then Dad saw Little White in Little White's mother's arms.
He was also stunned.
"Honey, don't stand here, bring the child in." But being the father, he quickly composed himself and called to Xiaobai's mother.
At that moment, Dad also saw Saratoga next to Little White.
"Excuse me, young lady, who are you? Are you my daughter's friend?" the father asked, looking at Saratoga in her dress.
Saratoga thought about it and agreed. So she nodded.
“Dad, she’s also my brother’s wife,” Xiaobai said at this moment. “Her name is Saratoga.”
Both Mom and Dad were stunned, and even Mom stopped crying.
"Ahem. Sorry." The mother, who was holding Little White and crying, wiped her face and immediately regained her composure, revealing a saintly glow to Saratoga, "Is this my son's wife? She's so beautiful. Come here, let Mom take a look."
Saratoga was taken aback by the woman's sudden change in expression and was pulled in front of her by her mother while still in a daze.
The mother looked Saratoga up and down, her eyes gleaming.
“That’s wonderful, wonderful. So handsome.” His mother held Saratoga’s hand. “What’s your name again? Say it again.”
"Uh, Saratoga."
"Wow, that sounds nice! Is it a foreign name?"
"Boat……"
"Come on in, come on in!" Little White's mother's face lit up with a smile. "Little Sa, what do you like to eat?"
"meat!"
"Old Lu, did you hear that!" Little Bai's mother shouted at Little Bai's father, "Your daughter-in-law wants to eat meat! Go and buy me a cow right now!"
"Alright, alright!" Little White's father, who was usually very dignified, didn't have this air about him in front of Little White's mother. He simply walked out wearing slippers.
Saratoga was led into the house by Little White's mother.
Xiao Bai stood alone outside the house.
"Xiaobai, why aren't you going in?" Xiaobai's father, who was about to leave, asked Xiaobai.
Xiao Bai sighed.
"Dad, there's a question I've been wanting to ask for a while now."
"what?"
"What am I..." Xiaobai felt the wind was particularly cold today. She shivered and began to doubt her life again, "Am I even their biological child...?"
Chapter 121 The Voice of Life
"What are you thinking about? I watched you crawl out of your mother's belly." Xiaobai's father reached out and ruffled Xiaobai's hair roughly. "Come on in."
My dad is usually a very serious person, but today he seemed much gentler than usual.
"Oh," Little White squeaked and went inside.
As soon as I entered the house, I heard Xiaobai's mother's voice.
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