CHAPTER 640: CHAPTER 640: YOU’RE LOOKING FOR LI BAO JUST FOR THIS MATTER?

Xu Chunxia ran out of her home and sat in a dilapidated thatched hut at the end of the village for nearly an hour, feeling the oppressiveness of the silence around her. Frightened, she left the hut and walked toward the busier parts of the village road before stopping to listen to people gossiping.

As those gossiping gradually went for home, she found herself with nowhere to go and thought of Kang Li.

Thus, she found herself outside Captain Kang’s front gate.

"If you need something, come back tomorrow and talk to Li Bao; she’s already gone to sleep," someone said.

With less than ten minutes until nine, most of the villagers were already resting. What was going on with this third daughter of the Xu family that she had to rush to his house to find his precious daughter at this hour?

"I... I’m afraid to go back home, Uncle Kang. My parents are listening to my sister-in-law and want to marry me off to a cripple—not marry, sell me to a cripple..."

Xu Chunxia’s voice choked: "I ran away from home. My mother and my sister-in-law beat me; my father too. If I go back, they definitely won’t make it easy for me."

"Let’s go, I’ll take you back," Captain Kang replied.

Locking the gate, Captain Kang called for Xu Chunxia to follow him: "Concerning what you mentioned, I will have a serious talk with your parents."

"Uncle Kang, I want to leave our village... please let me see Li Bao. I know she’s heading back to North City in a couple of days. Let her take me with her, please?"

"Is that why you’re looking for Li Bao?"

Captain Kang’s expression turned grim: "Living in the city costs money, let alone in a big city like North City. How did you even think of asking Li Bao to take you? Does my Li Bao have that capability? Besides, don’t you know what you have done before?"

"Uncle Kang, I really have no other way, that’s why I thought of asking Li Bao for help. I’m fit and able; if Li Bao takes me to North City, I’ll find a way to work and support myself."

"City businesses hire very specifically, one slot per person, and even if they are hiring, they prioritize the city’s unemployed youth over others.

Look at the urban youth who were sent down to the countryside; if there were enough jobs in the cities, surely they would have taken up positions in factories or contributed in other ways to the nation without having to come all this way to our rural village. Come on, let’s go to your house."

Xu Chunxia knelt down: "Uncle Kang, I’m begging you, let Li Bao take me with her. Have Li Bao find me a mate in North City..."

"Get up!"

Captain Kang interrupted Xu Chunxia sternly, his gaze cold: "Don’t put Li Bao in a difficult position with your requests. Now, you either go back to your own home or wander outside, but I’m not going to entertain your nonsense!"

Asking his Li Bao to find her a match in North City, what did they think Li Bao was?

Under Captain Kang’s intimidating presence, Xu Chunxia had no choice but to stand up, tears streaming down her face: "Is Team Leader really going to watch my parents sell me off?"

"I said I would talk to your parents. Besides, there’s the police station and the Women’s Federation. If your parents really go too far, just go and report them to the police or the Women’s Federation; ask the state to uphold justice for you!" Captain Kang said as he walked toward the Xu family’s direction.

Unexpectedly, Xu Chunxia suddenly pushed open the gate that Captain Kang had closed, rushed into the courtyard, and called out to Kang Li: "Li Bao! Li Bao! I’m begging you, please help me. My mother listens to my sister-in-law, and for five hundred yuan, they want to sell me to a cripple... Li Bao, I’m kneeling down and begging you!"

Shameless and kneeling in the middle of the courtyard, Xu Chunxia cried out like a ghost, pleading for Li Bao’s help.