Reborn in the 80s: The Smart Wife with a Secret Space Chapter 514

This immediately piqued Xinyan’s curiosity, and she found a place to sit down: "Is it convenient for you to tell me?"

Ling Tianze hesitated a bit. After all, those people were not simple, and he didn’t want to drag this Miss into it.

Xinyan could see his concerns: "If you really don’t want to say, then forget it. I was just thinking, if it’s really as you say, I could help pass the message up for you."

She was indeed thinking this way earlier. If it’s something major, she wouldn’t mind letting Han Jingchen help pass the news up. After all, it’s everyone’s duty to punish evil and promote good.

After some internal struggle, Ling Tianze chose to trust Xinyan: "Last month, I brought my grandma back to Beijing from East Province because she had surgery before and needed a good recovery.

But I didn’t have much money on hand, so I thought about going to the outskirts to see if I could exchange some things with the villagers.

Early yesterday, I went to the suburbs. For safety reasons, I went to a village a bit further away, to not get myself into trouble.

Because I drank porridge in the morning, I needed to find a place to relieve myself midway. Since I borrowed someone else’s bicycle, afraid it would get lost, I pushed it into the woods.

I didn’t expect that just after relieving myself, I heard people coming into the woods.

I initially thought they were just passersby also relieving themselves, but I saw something I shouldn’t have. The two people who came in were actually human traffickers, saying they brought goods to a mountain pocket ahead.

I didn’t want to get involved initially, but my conscience wouldn’t let me ignore it, so I summoned the courage to follow.

When I got there, I saw that these people were utterly heartless. There were not only women but also teenagers, and from what I heard, they were kidnapped from nearby villages.

Perhaps they were overconfident; they merely gagged and tied them. After those people finished the handover, only one was left to guard, and the rest left.

I was afraid those people would come back later, so shortly after they left, I knocked out the guard unnoticed and freed those people.

But unexpectedly, just when I came out of the mountain pocket, before deciding whether to continue exchanging meat in the village or return to the city, someone started chasing after me.

I had no choice but to run. I never thought they would pursue relentlessly. Afraid that the borrowed bike might get lost, I ran into a factory at the city outskirts and stored the bike there.

I planned to hide in the factory and return to the city later, but as time passed, more people sought me out.

In the end, I had to seize the moment and run outside, shaking off some, leaving only these three still chasing me."

Just as he spoke, his stomach growled.

Ling Tianze blushed instantly and pressed his hand against his stomach: "Sorry, I haven’t eaten for several meals."

Just then, Granny Zhang opened the door and came in: "Meal’s ready, come and eat."

Ling Tianze blushed: "I’m really troubling you all."

Xinyan gestured for him to go eat: "Let’s eat first, we can discuss after eating."

She also understood that if this wasn’t handled properly, it could potentially put everyone in danger. Since she encountered this situation, she had to do whatever she could.

Although Ling Tianze was starving, he didn’t gorge himself while eating. Instead, he looked quite elegant, indicating that he came from a prominent family.

Thinking of the white jade bracelet he sold at the black market earlier, his family must have encountered some trouble too, but she was embarrassed to ask about it.

Moreover, though she recognized him now, he didn’t recognize her, so she couldn’t casually bring up past events.

After finishing the meal, Xinyan then asked him to carefully recount the event again to see if there were any missing details.

He lowered his head, thought for a long time, and suddenly lifted his head: "On the way they chased me, I heard them mention Brother Li several times. I suppose the Brother Li they talked about is their mastermind."

Xinyan also recalled hearing someone say before that Ling Tianze had offended Brother Li.

Ling Tianze glanced outside: "Past midnight is when people are at their least vigilant. I could..."

Xinyan immediately understood what he intended to do and interrupted him by waving her hand: "You’re thinking too simply."