Chapter 41: The Road of the Ghost Emperor (16)

Zhou Ziyan, who had just prepared a meal and was about to bring it into the basement, also saw the old man, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and then he quickly rushed into the basement like a mouse meeting a cat.

It's a pity that it backfired, Zhou Ziyan was still seen by the old man, and an unknown light flashed in the old man's eyes, and then he followed Sister Hong with a faceless face.

According to the usual rules, the old man wants to talk about the price with Sister Hong first, different children have different prices, but this time the old man seemed to be in a hurry, and quickly grabbed Sister Hong, who was about to enter the inner room, and spoke, his voice was hoarse and ugly.

"I have an urgent matter today and need five children, do you still have good goods here?" The old man didn't speak, but a middle-aged man beside him spoke first. This middle-aged man's name is Zhong Hu, and he is the old man's eldest apprentice, and he often comes to Sister Hong with him to select goods.

"We've been working together for so many years, you still don't know my Sister Hong, she has always had a good reputation, and all the good goods are reserved for you." Sister Hong smiled all over her face, this is a big customer, so she naturally has to serve her well, and these people have always been generous, and they have more than doubled the price of ordinary goods.

Since the customer asked Sister Hong to say anything, she took these three people into the basement, and as soon as she entered the basement, Sister Hong saw Zhou Ziyan who was dividing the meal, and hurriedly glanced at him and let him go out, Zhou Ziyan looked up at the three people and then lowered their heads in panic and immediately ran out.

Zhou Ziyan is very smart at a young age, he has a natural fear of these people, and he always feels that there is something bad about these people, maybe this is the intuition and nature of children, so he usually avoids these three people.

The old man didn't care about Zhou Ziyan, just walked around the children in the basement, and then shook his head in disappointment. None of these children were too good, and it was the child who ran out before that didn't meet his requirements......

Zhong Hu is the old man's eldest apprentice, he has followed him for the longest time and knows his mind best, he knows the old man's mind since the old man paid special attention to Zhou Ziyan before, and at this moment, he immediately understands it.

He didn't need the old man to speak, he pulled Sister Hong to the side and began to discuss, Sister Hong was very resolute at the beginning, she was also old, some things were beyond her power, and she wanted to find a child for her old age, Zhou Ziyan was smart, clever and sensible, she was very satisfied.

But no matter how satisfied Sister Hong is, in her heart, there is no satisfaction from those banknotes, under the promise of the other party's high price, Sister Hong gritted her teeth and finally decided to sell Zhou Ziyan.

Zhou Ziyan felt panicked and scared since he saw the three people, hiding in his room and holding his knees silently feeling the fear of loneliness, but he didn't expect the door to be opened suddenly, he looked up in a panic and saw Sister Hong's indifferent face, and instantly seemed to understand something, his face was pale.

He has been with Sister Hong for a short time, but it is not short, about two or three months, he knows what Sister Hong is doing, and he also knows what his fate is, but he is much smarter than ordinary children and knows how to observe words and feelings, he knows how to please others and knows how to show his strengths, so he makes Sister Hong treat him differently, and even treats him as a child.

As for the child who has the same tragic fate as him, Zhou Ziyan is also sympathetic, but he is also a weak child who can't do anything at all, and he has no other way than to save himself. He is not a person with a fearless and sacrificial spirit, if he can't even protect himself, how can he protect others? It's his selfishness, but it's also his survival.

In the past two or three months, he has also had a deeper understanding of Sister Hong, this woman is cunning and smart, more cold-blooded and ruthless, whenever he wants to get the group of children away, she always has such an indifferent expression, which makes people feel cold.

Zhou Ziyan didn't dare to look at Sister Hong's indifferent face, but buried his pale little face in his knees, and his body trembled slightly and waited for fate to come.

"Xiao Yan, this time Sister Hong has found you a good family, you just follow them, they will definitely take good care of you."

Sure enough, Sister Hong's words were high-sounding, obviously a dirty deal, but she said it as if she had found biological parents for these children. Zhou Ziyan knew Sister Hong's personality, and he knew that his resistance would only bring Sister Hong's tyranny, so he just buried his head silently and didn't dare to speak, and even more so didn't dare to resist.

He is just a young child, he has no ability to resist and no way to resist, the only thing he can do now is to be submissive, otherwise he will be treated more terriblely, Zhou Ziyan has already understood all this in the past few years.

Hearing Sister Hong's words, Zhou Ziyan felt infinite despair in his heart, but he knew that he couldn't do anything at all, except to be obedient, so he followed the old man and them without saying a word, and he was unexpectedly obedient.

In addition to Zhou Ziyan, the old man also reluctantly picked three children in that group of children, and took them away together, Zhou Ziyan looked at the three children next to him with numb faces, and couldn't help shedding tears.

He didn't know what the old man was doing, but he could understand from Sister Hong's words that what this group of people had done was even more unconscionable and terrible than Sister Hong. He came every two weeks to pick up the children, and no matter how little they lacked them, it was impossible to reach this level, and the only possibility was that he killed them all.

Thinking of what might happen to him next, Zhou Ziyan couldn't control the tears he shed. He didn't want to die, he didn't want to die at all, he wanted to find his biological parents, he wanted to know if his parents had abandoned him, or if they had lost him unintentionally.

He was only two or three years old when he was abducted, and his memory was already blurred, and what impressed him was only his mother's gentle singing, and it was this memory that kept him alone until now.

No, he definitely can't die so easily, he must find a way to escape, Zhou Ziyan's eyes flashed with infinite hope.

"My stomach hurts." Halfway through the car, Zhou Ziyan suddenly covered his stomach with his little hands, with a painful expression on his face.

Zhong Hu happened to be in a car with the four children and was in charge of watching them, and when he heard Zhou Ziyan's words, he had an impatient look on his face, so he could only stop the car and let Zhou Ziyan get out of the car.