The Imperial Court Heard My Thoughts—and Everyone Lost It!
Chapter 184

Journey to the Sixties: The Husband as Unassuming as a Chrysanthemum, Part 5

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"Brigade Leader! Something's happened!"

After Wang Ermazi brought Chu Xuewen before the Brigade Leader that day, the Brigade Leader not only gave him a dressing-down but also hauled him to the threshing ground and berated him again in front of the entire brigade.

After that incident, coupled with everyone at the Educated Youth Courtyard shunning him, he actually behaved himself for several days.

One day, the people at the Educated Youth Courtyard decided the weather was nice and headed into the mountains in groups of two or three.

The rural mountains were full of treasures. As long as you paid close attention and were willing to shed enough sweat, you were bound to reap something.

Who knew whether these educated youths simply had bad luck or had failed to check the almanac before leaving home?

Since nobody wanted to partner with Chu Xuewen, he remained alone the whole time, even though he went up the mountain with the other educated youths.

While everyone was searching for treasures, he faintly heard people talking. When he crept closer to eavesdrop, he accidentally made a noise.

The voices he heard happened to belong to Wang Cuicui and some human traffickers.

She had promised to help the traffickers lure children out of the brigade, but she had another condition: they had to sell Wenren Luoshui and Yunjian somewhere far, far away.

These traffickers were all vicious criminals. Not only did they traffic women and children, but their hands were also stained with plenty of blood.

Chu Xuewen did not know them, but his sixth sense told him these people were absolutely not to be provoked.

When he realized they had noticed him, his immediate reaction was to turn and run.

As they drew closer and closer, he decided that since he did not want

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