Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 310: Encountering Human Traffickers

Otherwise, people who don’t know might think she has some issues with the past events.

"I really don’t know where Old Yan got such good luck, having such a capable colleague like you."

Having received so many things from Director Liu, Su Xiaoxiao felt embarrassed to just accept them. Before getting on the train, she pulled out two electronic watches from her bag: "Director, these are little gadgets my relatives brought me from Hong Kong as gifts for your kids. Last time, we were rushed and I didn’t have a chance to give them."

Director Liu has two kids, a boy and a girl, the older one being only a year younger than Su Xiaoxiao.

If she gave them directly to Director Liu, he would definitely feel uncomfortable accepting them, but using the kids as an excuse worked much better.

People gave her a pile of dried seafood, and who knows how many little watches could be bought with that?

Director Liu thought it was just some small trinket, so he didn’t look closely. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

It was only after Su Xiaoxiao boarded the train that he realized the blue and pink toy-like things in his hand were actually watches.

Why didn’t he look properly earlier? How did he just accept such expensive things so casually?

The train had already started, and it wasn’t possible for him to chase after Su Xiaoxiao to return them.

He could only think about repaying Su Xiaoxiao for the watches next time he gets a chance to go to Lin City.

Su Xiaoxiao was so busy this week that she felt exhausted. As soon as she got on the train, her eyelids began fighting to stay open.

She had long since found an opportunity to stash everything in the small space in the train, so even if she encountered a thief, she had nothing to fear.

Thankfully, she hadn’t had coffee and leaned back into her chair, sinking into a deep sleep.

The clanking train noises had an excellent sleep-inducing effect.

She was awakened later by the train conductor’s voice.

"We are approaching Binhe Station. Passengers intending to disembark, please prepare in advance."

She hadn’t expected to sleep for several hours straight. Su Xiaoxiao wiped drool from the corner of her mouth and reached for her satchel that she’d set aside.

As soon as she picked it up, she realized her stainless steel water bottle was missing.

Su Xiaoxiao: "..."

This thief sure is desperate.

For convenience, she had placed the stainless steel water bottle directly in her satchel and hadn’t expected it to be stolen.

Fortunately, it wasn’t worth much, she could just buy a new one.

She slung the bag over her shoulder and headed toward the carriage door.

The carriage door was crowded with passengers waiting to disembark, and Su Xiaoxiao conscientiously waited at the end of the line.

Just as she found her spot, she felt a tug at her bag strap.

Again?

Su Xiaoxiao frowned and looked over, only to see a pair of dirty little hands gripping her bag strap, a little boy looking pitifully up at her.

To her surprise, he seemed to be only four or five years old.

Seeing the train about to stop, Su Xiaoxiao reminded him: "Little boy, I don’t know you. Go find your parents quickly."

But just as she finished speaking, the boy suddenly lunged and hugged her leg, softly calling out "Mama."

Su Xiaoxiao froze, no, what is this kid randomly calling her? She’s only nineteen, how could she be his mom?

"You’ve got the wrong person, little boy, I’m not your mama."

She was anxious to get off, trying to explain patiently.

However, the boy continued to cling to her leg, refusing to let go.

The train would only stop for a few minutes, and at this time, passengers were already getting off one after another.

Seeing the boy still holding tight, Su Xiaoxiao tried to pry the child off, but his dirty little hands gripped her leg and wouldn’t let go.

"Mama, don’t leave me!"

The boy said, tears starting to fall, and at that moment, a reproachful voice sounded from behind: "Wife, it’s my fault for not being able to earn enough money, but you can’t leave me and our child like this, going off to find another man. At least wait until the child is a bit older."

Meanwhile, the child’s sobbing grew more heart-wrenching: "Mama, I beg you, don’t go."

Even if Su Xiaoxiao was slow to react, she realized that something was wrong.

With the experience from years of reading novels and watching TV, she suspected these two might be a human trafficking group.

They used the child to gain sympathy and seize the opportunity to abduct individuals.

Sure enough, the next moment, many people surrounded them, pointing and commenting.

"This mother is too heartless, abandoning such a small child."

"Tsk tsk, even tigers don’t eat their own cubs, how can this woman be so evil?"

"Never seen such a shameless woman, leaving with another man with a child this big."

...

Su Xiaoxiao’s forehead throbbed with veins bulging, watching helplessly as the door closed, and feeling her wrist grabbed by a man’s coarse hand.

"Wife, please, come back with me. Mom is so upset by this that she’s had a stroke and is bedridden now."

A strange face appeared in front of her, the man’s ordinary features fixed on her, his eyes gleaming with greed.

The man held her too tightly; she couldn’t get free.

"Wife, please, come back for the sake of our mom and child."

The man spoke, red-eyed, though a quick flash of triumph darted through his eyes unnoticed by others.

But his triumph didn’t last long, suddenly feeling something cold pressing hard against his hand.

He reflexively looked down, and before he could see what it was, a strange tingling feeling swiftly spread from his hand to his whole body.

Following that, he lost control, collapsing weakly to the floor like a fish out of water.

The sudden change startled those around.

Before anyone could react, Su Xiaoxiao shouted toward the conductor coming from ahead: "Conductor, please call the police. There’s a human trafficker here, I suspect he might have accomplices."

The crowd, which had just quieted down, erupted like a boiling pot.

The child clinging to Su Xiaoxiao’s leg seemed shocked too, and once awake, tried to run, but Su Xiaoxiao quickly grabbed him by the scruff of his neck.

Su Xiaoxiao smiled at him: "Sweetie, where do you think you’re going?"

The little boy: "..."

A few minutes later, the rushing police officer looked bewildered at the convulsing man on the ground.

"Excuse me, where is the human trafficker..."

Su Xiaoxiao nudged the man on the floor with her foot and sent the boy forward: "There, a big one and a small one, both here."

"Mama, I’m not a trafficker, I’ll be good, don’t let the officer take me."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the boy again clung to her leg.

Whether frightened by the officer or not, this time he cried pitifully, with snot and tears everywhere.

Children are weak and easily elicit sympathy, and who would associate a child with trafficking?

Facing the complicated gazes of two police officers, Su Xiaoxiao opened her mouth to explain, yet her silence was filled again with heart-wrenching cries.