The Tempting Educated Youth Married to a Rough Man-Chapter 229 - 225: Wen Ran: Yes, Everyone Calls Me Big Ox
"Don’t play any tricks, raise your hands."
"Okay, okay," Wen Ran squatted on the ground and obediently raised her hands, "Let’s all calm down, how about you move that thing a bit?
If it accidentally fires, my head will be blown off."
"Can you stay still and behave?"
Wen Ran smiled cheekily, thinking ’damn’ inwardly, "Of course."
"But I don’t trust you."
The man above chuckled lightly, "You seem like a lively and cute young girl.
But to me, lively means unstable. Can you understand what I mean?"
"I think I get it."
"Slowly move your hands behind your back."
"Alright."
Wen Ran moved halfway and got stuck.
The man pushed the gun against Wen Ran’s forehead harder, "Why did you stop moving?"
"The basket is stuck."
The man: "..."
After a brief silence, the man’s voice sounded again, "Hey, take her basket off."
"Yes."
Wen Ran’s basket was removed, and the henchman used the vine she had made for beating wolves to bind her hands behind her back.
She was tied up tightly.
Wen Ran: "..."
She tried to struggle a bit, but it was indeed quite tight.
If she had known, she wouldn’t have woven vines to fend off wolves, damn it, digging a pit for herself.
Although she was inexplicably tied up, there was some good news.
The gun aimed at her head was moved away.
She looked up and cautiously faced the five people around her, "Who are you guys?"
"Us? We’re kidnappers."
This guy was straightforward, seeing Wen Ran wasn’t a threat, he revealed his identity.
A middle-aged man with a kind face, someone who would be lost in a crowd and never found again.
He patted his chubby face, sighed, "Geez, your Silly Deer Team is really a bit odd."
Wen Ran was curious, "What do you mean?"
"The kids from your team?"
He stroked his chin, puzzled, "Logically, spring sowing is busy right now, they shouldn’t be able to watch over the kids."
They were a wandering, organized group of kidnappers.
The reason for acting now was that they thought the team was too busy planting crops to pay attention.
Children would surely be neglected.
Moreover, this was the lean time for many people.
The perfect opportunity for them to strike.
With luck, half a cornbread and a piece of candy could entice one away.
In other teams nearby, this always worked.
But in the Silly Deer Team, these tricks failed.
They had waited in Silly Deer Team for two days without seeing a single child, and time was money, they didn’t want to waste more time here.
They planned to transport goods and escape.
The main roads were too risky, so they decided to cut through the forest to flee.
The jungle was dangerous, but their pursuers behind them were clearly even more dangerous.
Whether luck or bad luck, that’s how they met Wen Ran.
"Jin Dou, enough talk, though we didn’t catch any kids, this wasn’t a loss," the leader appraised Wen Ran, chuckling lightly, "This young and pretty one will surely be perfect for selling into the mountains for childbirth."
"Hehehehe," Jin Dou laughed, "Boss, I was thinking the same."
"Let’s go," the boss looked up at the sky, murmuring, "It’s getting late, if we delay further, we might not reach the next stop."
"Alright."
Wen Ran was extremely cooperative from start to finish, quiet as a mouse, walking when told, stopping when told.
Told not to look around, she obediently kept her eyes on the rough ground, cautiously walking without uttering a word.
It puzzled Jin Dou, "Hmm~"
He pulled the hefty middle-aged man, "Kui, I think something’s off."
Kui glanced over, bewildered, "What’s off?"
"Her attitude, didn’t you notice? This little girl’s cooperation seems excessive," Jin Dou stroked his chin, starting to analyze.
"Logically, girls her age in such situations would cry their eyes out, that’s rare. But her..."
Indeed, Wen Ran seemed as if she was on a tourist trip.
Upon hearing this, Wen Ran felt speechless, ’Right, you tied her up, what’s the point of stressing about her fear?’
She thought for a while and decided to speak up, "Well, don’t mind me, I’m naturally absent-minded, missing a beat, just a straightforward person."
She candidly added, "Everyone calls me Big Ox."
Everyone: "???"
"You, a girl, named Big Ox?"
Wen Ran also complained, "Who knows? It’s a terrible name. Whenever I try dating, it’s a disaster, I’m at my wit’s end."
Watching Wen Ran grumble, everyone felt the unease diminish, made sense.
Surely, no ordinary girl wouldn’t be scared.
Only someone not too bright like this would be so unconcerned.
"But," Jin Dou pulled Kui for a private word, "Will someone like this fetch a good price?"
Kui remained calm, "Simple, when selling her, make sure she keeps her mouth shut."
He looked Wen Ran over, fairly commented, "If she keeps quiet, with those looks and figure, she’s quite deceiving.
Definitely will sell for a good price."
Hearing this, Jin Dou sighed in relief, "If even you say that, I’m reassured."
Wen Ran nodded along, "Right, right."
Everyone: "..."
This woman was definitely not right in the head.
Realizing Wen Ran’s odd mental state, they relaxed their guard around her quite a bit.
After walking about seven or eight minutes, they reached their resting spot.
One glance showed a dozen or so kids, only one girl among them, the rest boys.
Wen Ran was shocked.
Oh man, which team would lose so many kids, wouldn’t they be in an uproar?
The guard was a brawny man with a shaggy beard.
Seeing Wen Ran, his eyes lit up, but he knew the rules, first greeted the leader, "Caught a person?"
"Yeah, caught one, casually," the leader lit a cigarette, puffed, mist swirling around, "Quit dawdling, get moving.
This damn weather, who knows when it’ll rain."
He grumbled, "Rain won’t bother us, but if these little brats catch a cold and die, we’ll lose big."
"Alright."
After everyone regrouped, they set out directly.
Wen Ran was bound and sandwiched in the middle, appearing bulky.
But she behaved quietly, causing no trouble, soon no one paid her any mind, chatting and bragging all around.
Sometimes weather could be quite odd.
Better not talk about it, mention it, and rain’s bound to fall.
Before dark, rain poured down heavily.
