Afterwards, Gu Zhong was not as indulgent as before. He rushed out to stop Qu Jiang and took Xiaoxiao back to his house.

Qu Jiang didn't say anything. He looked at the smile, looked at the ancient clock again, then sighed and shook his head.

"It's useless to protect her. When it comes to Wei Yang, the result will be the same." He said.

Gu Zhong's heart trembled. He knew that Qu Jiang was telling the truth and the cruel truth. Indeed, these girls rushed to Wei Yang with the dream of making a lot of money easily, but after arriving in Wei Yang, what awaited them was endless exploitation.

He and Qu Jiang also fell down this kind of trap.

Suddenly, an idea came to his mind - what if he could persuade Xiaoxiao not to go to Wei Yang and find a normal job?

First, coerce and lure good people into prostitution, and then be polite and persuade people to become good people. These are two things that many men like to do the most, and Gu Zhong seems to be no exception.

But he quickly gave up the idea again. Boss Jin is a tough guy. If they lost someone in the middle, they would know what the result would be waiting for him and Qu Jiang that day.

He remembered the people who gave usury loans. Those people were the ones who cut people without blinking, but after Qu Jiang said that when Boss Jin called, the other party obediently saved them all their debts.

This circle is a game where tigers eat leopards. He and Qujiang are just two shepherds. At best, they are just two domestic animals and cannot fight against wild animals no matter what.

Besides, people have urgent needs and hardships, they all want to make quick money, and they all want to get something for nothing. Now he is penniless and can only live a life of silence, so he is not qualified to persuade Xiaoxiao to turn back.

He pulled Xiaoxiao back to the house. Xiaoxiao was already scared to death, and she grabbed Gu Zhong's arm tightly.

"Go to bed early." Gu Zhong helped her to the bed, pushed her down, and covered her with a quilt. He did not dare to contact her further because he was afraid that he would not be able to control her.

Xiaoxiao covered her head with the quilt, probably sobbing in her voice because the quilt kept shaking.

Gu Zhong's heart softened again, and that unrealistic thought floated in his mind again, like a float that could not be pressed.

The six people continued on the road the next day. While eating lunch boxes at the bus station, another girl came over.

"Brother, can I go to your house tonight?"

"No." Gu Zhong directly refused.

"Please, I really can't stand it anymore. That big brother is so tempting. Look."

The girl rolled up her sleeves and there were several obvious traces on her arm.

"Tie us up, kick, kick, beat us, like abuse of small animals, how could there be such a perverted person?" The girl's eyes shone with tears.

Xiaoxiao was waiting beside Gu Zhong. She was tilting her head to drink mineral water, but she was still shocked when she saw the scars on the girl's body and almost sprayed out.

"Gu Zhong, why don't you let me sleep in our room?" She also persuaded her to explain.

"No." Gu Zhong refused flatly, "The one who divided the house from the beginning is my brother."

"He is a brother, but we are humans." The girl simply pulled down her sweater collar and looked at Gu Zhong's blood marks on her chest, "Look, can you put such a heavy hand?"

Xiaoxiao was so scared that she trembled all over, and she snuggled tightly beside Gu Zhong.

Gu Zhong didn't say anything, of course he wouldn't respond to the girl's request for help. It would be enough for him to save Xiaoxiao alone.

They played in a county town in the easternmost part of Dongjiang Province that day. This time, the two rooms happened to be next door. In the middle of the night, they heard screams from the room next to them.

Gu Zhong lay on the floor next to the door. He pretended to be asleep and was completely unaware of it, but he was not sleepy at all.

But in the middle of the night, Xiaoxiao suddenly started calling him.

"elder brother."

"What's wrong?"

"I'm scared."

"It's okay, he is my brother and won't hurt you."

"I'm not afraid of him. I'm afraid what if I get into this industry, what should I do if I'm going to be such a pervert in the future?"

Gu Zhong sat up all the time.

"Don't you want to go to Weiyang anymore?"

"No, I just don't want to do this anymore." Xiaoxiao said in a crying voice in the dark, "I haven't had a boyfriend, I don't know anything. They lied to me that the first time I could sell it at a big price, I wanted to save some money to treat my parents, and I wanted to save some money to let my sister go to school, so that I don't suffer like me. But I don't know, this is too terrifying. Woo woo..."

"Don't cry, whisper." Gu Zhong hurried over, "Don't let the next door hear it."

"Yeah." Xiaoxiao nodded vigorously.

Gu Zhong sighed: "I saw that you were not suitable for this industry at first sight, so I wanted to persuade you to come."

"I don't know, I'm too young and I don't know anything..." Xiaoxiao choked.

"In this way, we will take a bus from here to Qiling tomorrow. We plan to stay in Luqiu for one night and go directly to Weiyang the day after tomorrow. We took people in Luqiu before. The place we usually live in is a village on the outskirts of the city. It is a small building built by the villagers. It looks remote, but in fact it is a wasteland from the railway station.

"I remember there was a night train back to Dongjiang at night at the train station. You pretended not to know anything tomorrow, but at night I would get the key.

"Where are you, take something at night and hit me hard on the head. When I pretended to faint, you secretly opened the door and slipped away by yourself - they were making a loud noise at night, and they were in the bungalow yard. As long as you are careful enough, you will definitely not notice it."

Xiaoxiao kept nodding.

"I remember."

She asked again: "Brother, I ran away, won't it hurt you, right?"

"Fortunately, we have worked hard even if we don't have any credit. Besides, I'm a man with a thick skin..."

Before he could finish this sentence, Xiaoxiao suddenly came up and blocked his mouth with his lips.

He struggled to break away: "Don't tell other girls about this."

The next night, as Gu Zhong expected, Qujiang took them to a village near the railway station.

It is quite hidden here, with mountains behind it, and there are sparse houses built by villagers at the bottom of the mountain. Because they are all built by themselves, no one usually comes to disturb them. This place was told by the old peddler at the beginning.

The small building is built in a yard with three floors in total. The first floor is a kitchen and other functional areas, and there are four rooms on the second and third floors. After Qu Jiang came in, he locked the yard door and locked the roller shutter door on the first floor.

"Which floor do you live in?" Qu Jiang asked Gu Zhong.

"Second floor." Gu Zhong said. It is more convenient to run out with a smile.

Qu Jiang nodded.

"Cook some food by yourself tonight, so many people are stunning." Gu Zhong suggested, "I will ride an electric bike and go to the town to buy vegetables."

"Okay," Qu Jiang agreed, "Buy some more wine and have fun in the evening!"

He handed a bunch of keys to Gu Zhong and instructed: "Lock the door from outside."

It is their rule to lock the door from the outside, so that people inside can't escape without a key.

Gu Zhong took the key, first locked the first floor of the rolling gate from outside, then rode out on the three-wheeled electric bike left by the owner of the yard, and then locked the gate of the yard tightly.

He rode his bike to a nearby town to purchase, then found a key stand, put the two keys in his pocket, and then he went to the train station again.
Chapter completed!