Why did you provoke me?

Age is not a problem when faced with a young age and a valuable item.

After everything was arranged, Minister He started to shoo people away. "You brat, aren't you leaving yet? Are you waiting for me to treat you to dinner?"

"No, old man. I'm here on your grandfather's orders to invite you to my house for dinner. Reporting on work is just a side thing."

The next day, just as dawn broke, Yu Meng and Da Li got up. They were going to the morning market to buy things for their parents to take back home.

This was Yu Meng's first time visiting a morning market in both her lives.

She held Dali's hand tightly. "Big sister." Looking at the dense crowd in front of her, Yu Meng hesitated to move forward.

"Don't be afraid, I'll protect you, it'll be alright." Dali smiled at her. Actually, it was the first time she had ever seen such a scene either.

She even had some doubts: if the three of them followed the crowd, would they be able to get out? The idiom "shoulder to shoulder" was fully explained at this moment.

Jiang Mingfeng parked the car and walked over. "Were you waiting for me?"

"Mingfeng, why are there so many people here? If we go in, will we be able to get out?"

"Why not? This morning market has a really complete selection of things, you name it, so it's always packed with people. What do you want to buy? I think I know the general location, I'll take you there."

Yu Meng stood there without moving. She didn't like places where people were packed together like this.

"Big sister, why don't you and brother-in-law go? I'll wait for you here."

Dali shook her head. "No, little sister, there are too many people here. What if I can't find you when I turn around?"

Yu Meng shook her head; she resolutely refused to go in. She looked around. An elderly woman was standing there selling baskets, winnowing trays, and other items she had woven herself.

Yu Meng walked over and said, "Grandma, may I stand here for a while?"

"Hey, little girl, are you alone?"

"No, I came with my sister and brother-in-law. They're going to buy things, and I'm standing here waiting for them to come back." Yu Meng held her two little hands together in front of her.

"Okay, little girl, come up to the back of my stall. There are too many people in front, and they're blocking my way from selling things."

Yu Meng glanced at Dali and said, "I'll wait for you here. You can go ahead."

"It really works." Dali asked again.

Yu Meng nodded affirmatively.

"Grandma, I'll leave my little sister in your care. I'll be back soon."

"Okay, hurry up and go. I won't be leaving this stall until the appointed time," the old woman urged Dali.

The old woman handed Yu Meng a small stool. "Sit here and keep an eye on things for me. I'll be right back."

Yu Meng stared at her for a moment, "I don't know how to sell things."

"No need to sell, no need to sell, just keep an eye on it and make sure no one steals it."

"If my sister comes back, I will leave. I won't wait for you here," Yu Meng said again.

"Oh, young lady, I'm just going to the restroom, it won't take long." She said, already walking several steps away.

Yu Meng sat on a small stool, looking at the woven baskets on the ground. She reached out and picked one up. It was a round, open basket with a handle. The basket was decorated with cloud patterns, which were very beautiful. Yu Meng touched the cloud patterns on the basket and suddenly froze. Why were there wrinkles? This was the prelude to peeling off the dough.

She glanced around cautiously, making sure no one was watching. She quickly smoothed out the wrinkles she had lifted with her fingers.

My heart started pounding. Isn't it said that only naturally formed skin has a second layer? What's going on here?

Yu Meng hurriedly put the basket aside and dared not reach out again.

It wasn't until a voice rang out that Yu Meng was startled from her reverie. "Little girl, you're in charge of this stall."

"Oh, this isn't mine. It belongs to an old lady. She had to go out for a bit and asked me to look after it for her," Yu Meng explained.

To everyone's surprise, the person suddenly knelt on the ground and began kowtowing repeatedly to Yu Meng. Yu Meng jumped up and dodged the attack, saying, "I'm not the person you're looking for."

Early in the morning, the commotion attracted a lot of attention. "The person who directed me here said that whoever is here is the person I'm looking for."

Yu Meng grabbed a person at a nearby stall, "Auntie, you be my witness, I'm just waiting for my sister here. I'm not the person they're looking for."

"You are indeed not the owner of this stall, but whether the person he is looking for is you, I don't know." What the aunt said was true.

"Young lady, please help him up. This grown man has already knelt down and kowtowed; what can't he overcome?" someone nearby said.

Yu Meng suddenly looked up at him, "Do we know each other? You and he are in cahoots. You're setting up a scheme to kidnap children."

Yu Meng's voice was loud, and when the people around heard that she was a human trafficker, they all looked at the person who had just spoken. "I'm not, don't talk nonsense," the person said anxiously.

"You are the one. I already said I'm just waiting for someone here. You insist on saying those things, aren't you misleading kind people and criticizing me?"

The people kowtowing on the ground were stunned. I couldn't understand a word they were saying.

He stood up, looked at the person who had just spoken, and said, "What business is it of yours to babble about my affairs? Do we even know each other? If I'm willing to kowtow to her, what's it to you? Are you just bored or have too much salt in your mouth?"

"How could you do this? I was trying to defend you! What's wrong with you? You can't tell right from wrong." The person who spoke was furious. He'd run into a complete idiot first thing in the morning.

The speaker was about to leave, but the person kowtowing objected, saying, "That child said you set up a trap to deceive children; you're a human trafficker. Therefore, you can't leave."

Then he looked at Yu Meng and asked, "What do you think about me sending him to the police station?"

Yu Meng frowned slightly. "Your affairs have nothing to do with me."

The person waved, and two people came out from the crowd and dragged the person away.

The man kowtowing took out a business card from his pocket. "This is my business card. It has my position and company on it. I was introduced to you by someone who knows you are very skilled. Please save my nephew. If you are really busy, you can at least take a look at him for us. He is only five years old. Please have mercy." He was about to kneel down again.

Yu Meng stood there, looking very aggrieved. "I'm just standing here temporarily; I'm really not the person you're looking for."

"I know, but could you please look after my poor nephew?"

Yu Meng didn't want to talk anymore. If she had known there were so many things going on at the morning market, she wouldn't have come.

Seeing that Yu Meng hadn't said no, the person kowtowing quickly gave a wink to the person next to him.

Several burly men came over, dispersed the crowd, and cordoned off the area with a cloth.

A tall man carrying a tightly wrapped child came to Yu Meng and carefully opened the outer blanket.

Yu Meng looked at the little person in the man's arms. The little person had fair skin, an unnatural redness on their face, closed eyes, and weak breathing.

After a long silence, Yu Meng spoke, "He has a heart problem. One of his meridians is blocked." Yu Meng looked up at the man, "It's poison."

The man pursed his lips, then knelt down abruptly, clutching the child and kowtowing repeatedly. "Please, save him. We'll agree to any conditions."

Looking at the child, Yu Meng suddenly felt a pang of pity. She thought of the days when she was confined to a wheelchair. If only someone could kneel down and beg for help, perhaps she wouldn't have wanted to die at such a young age.