But Little Gray White did not want to keep living in such an environment, starving and barely clothed. She would rather be bought away than remain there like this. Though she did not know whether the person who bought her would be good or evil, at least there was a chance to change her fate.
So she took a gamble. Even now, she did not know whether she had won or lost.
Ye Tian watched Little Gray White gaze after that stall as it receded into the distance. There was not a trace of emotion in those bright eyes. Such an expression appearing on the face of a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old girl made him sigh.
It seemed her former life had changed this little girl's temperament somewhat. Those wounds would need time to mend, little by little.
When the slave trader saw Ye Tian, he even greeted him, not recognizing that the little girl beside him was Little Gray White, whom he had kept in a cage yesterday.
The atmosphere was somewhat stifling. Ye Tian said nothing more and simply took Little Gray White around to look about.
"Hey, wait!"
As Ye Tian walked down the street, he heard someone calling from behind. He did not think the person was calling him. After all, he was unfamiliar with this place and knew no one. Who would stop him?
The man ran up to Ye Tian, panting heavily, and spread his arms to block his path.
"I've been calling you from behind for ages. What's wrong with you? Why did you ignore me?"
"You were calling me?" Ye Tian was somewhat surprised. Who was this person? Did they know each other?
"I was the one who said yesterday that I'd pay double for the stone you bought from that stall. Where