"Yun'er, Yun'er..."
Madam Zhou opened the gate and looked out at the street, but she did not see her daughter. She immediately called out loudly.
Moyun City had been far from peaceful lately.
With the Kunlun Divine Palace collecting blood taxes throughout Hengshan Dao, on top of the Black Tide's arrival and the strange siege around the city, ordinary people's lives had gradually become more difficult.
When people were driven to desperation, they sought change. Quite a few had begun making a living through robbery, and even though Madam Zhou rarely left home, she still occasionally heard news of people disappearing nearby.
Most of them were young girls.
She did not dare imagine the fate of those who had vanished, but she had her suspicions.
Therefore, when she saw that Zhou Yun'er had gone out to sprinkle water and had not returned for a long while, she immediately grew worried, afraid that her daughter had already caught the eye of some villain and met with misfortune.
"Mother, I'm here. Uncle Jiang has already returned."
Madam Zhou had barely shouted a few times when Zhou Yun'er leaped out of the neighboring courtyard and hurried over to her with a smile on her face.
"Mother, Uncle Jiang has already returned."
She came closer and lowered her voice.
"That's not all. Uncle Jiang also bought a lot of cooked food and invited us over to eat with him."
"Mother, hurry and get ready. Let's go over quickly."
As she spoke, the young girl warily glanced left and right, afraid that someone might notice them.
Things were not going well for her family, but neither were they for the rest of Ping'an Quarter. There were hardly any families living comfortably, and she did not want anyone else to hear that Jiang Yan had enough