Seeing Wang Yue shield Xia He behind him, several burly men slowly closed in.
The muscular man in the middle stopped a few steps away from Wang Yue and Xia He, while the men on either side of him swaggered closer.
"Xiao Liang, how'd you find these two? They're both pretty good."
After coming a little closer, a fat man wearing a thick gold chain looked Wang Yue and Xia He over. He praised the skinny monkey beside him with obvious satisfaction.
The skinny monkey, surnamed Liang, replied excitedly, "Of course! I wouldn't dare introduce anyone lousy to Brother Sun.
"Don't worry, Brother Sun. They're from the orphanage by Daming Lake. Even if they go missing, it won't cause much trouble!"
Brother Sun nodded from farther away, seemingly agreeing with the skinny monkey. Then he stepped closer and looked at Wang Yue and Xia He. "Are you coming with us, or do we have to make you?"
Wang Yue wanted to figure out who these men were, so he asked in confusion, "Are you human traffickers?"
Brother Sun snorted twice and said with a vicious grin, "We're doing good deeds, finding you a place where you won't have to worry about food or shelter."
Wang Yue was afraid Xia He hadn't understood what the fat man meant, so he played dumb. "We're too old to be adopted. Thanks anyway, uncles!"
"Haha!"
The burly men all burst out laughing at Wang Yue's words.
A man with a face full of fat and a gold tooth grinned. "Kid, we can find someone willing to take the girl in, out of the goodness of our hearts. But you? You won't be so easy to place."
The others laughed lewdly, too.
Wang Yue heard what they were saying and calmly turned to Xia He.