After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 13 Hostages
The villagers watching the commotion behind them were also quite frightened.

"When did Old Liu's young wife become so strong? Yes, this young woman is amazing. She took down three men all by herself, and they were all young and strong men."

"I remember this woman was just an ordinary person, and her family seemed to be from the next village. But it seems like she hasn't seen her family members visit her in a long time, and she hasn't been back to her hometown either."

"Who knew she was so good at hiding her true strength?"

"But if it were someone in this situation, who would want to be dragged away by human traffickers and sold to a brothel?"

"Yes, if it were you, would you be willing?"

The villagers now feel a mixture of sympathy and awe towards Su Xiaoxiao.

"Great! Mother has won another victory!"

A childish voice came from behind. It turned out that Xiao Bao had sneaked out of the inner room. She saw Su Xiaoxiao knock the bad guys to the ground and happily clapped her hands.

Su Xiaoxiao had also forgotten about this incident. Thinking about how she had made such a good impression on her children, she couldn't help but feel a little smug.

Before anyone could react, the bearded man suddenly stood up, rushed to the door, grabbed Xiaobao, and said fiercely to Su Xiaoxiao, "Su Xiaoxiao, you, you stay away! If you come any closer, I'll strangle her!"

Little Bao struggled with his tiny hands, and burst into tears in fright.

Su Xiaoxiao realized that she had really been careless this time.

She immediately became very serious and whispered to the bearded man, "I told you not to do anything reckless! What are your conditions? Tell me!"

The bearded man looked very smug, realizing he had Su Xiaoxiao under his thumb.

Xiao Bao was being choked so badly by the slave trader that he could barely breathe. Su Xiaoxiao was so anxious that she wanted to rush over and snatch Xiao Bao away from the slave trader several times.

She gripped the fire stick tighter and tighter.

Grandma Liu came over and took a picture.

"This woman has gone mad! Arrest her immediately! Our Liu family can't tolerate a daughter-in-law like this!"

She then incited the other villagers, saying, "You all don't know yet, do you? My daughter-in-law is lazy and gluttonous, and she's incredibly unlucky. It was all her fault that my son, Xiaozhuang, died!"

In a single sentence, the blame for Liu Xiaozhuang's sacrifice on the front lines was directly placed on Su Xiaoxiao, who was accused of bringing misfortune to her husband.

Su Xiaoxiao was so angry that she spat on Granny Liu. "You old hag, how dare you talk like that? I think you're the biggest nemesis in the family!"

"Pah, you're the nemesis!"

Grandma Liu and Su Xiaoxiao started arguing.

"Stop arguing!"

The bearded man was getting increasingly annoyed by the noise; he was terrified of women arguing together, and it gave him a huge headache.

"Su Xiaoxiao, shut up right now! I order you to put down the fire stick you're holding and have my companions tie you up, then I'll release the child!"

Su Xiaoxiao thought to herself, "What kind of nonsense is this?"

She would have to obediently surrender and be tied up, otherwise she would be doomed.

Seeing that Xiao Bao was in imminent danger, she really had no other choice.

Finally, having no other choice, she threw her fire starter to the ground with a clatter.

The bearded man was overjoyed when he saw Su Xiaoxiao throw away the fire stick.

However, he felt that even without the fire poker, the woman was still terrifying; she was not only incredibly strong but also extremely ruthless. The bearded man knew this all too well.

He quickly told his companion, who was wailing nearby, to go over and tie Su Xiaoxiao up with a rope.

His companion had just been kicked in a sensitive area by Su Xiaoxiao and was spinning in pain. But he had no choice but to muster his courage and walk up to Su Xiaoxiao.

He pointed at Su Xiaoxiao with one finger, while his other hand was still covering his private parts in a defensive stance. "Let me tell you, don't even think about resisting. Your little treasure is in our big brother's hands..." He was genuinely terrified by the beating, and the bearded man shouted at him, "What are you thinking? Quickly grab the rope and tie her up. She won't dare to fight back; the child is in our hands!"

As he spoke, he gripped Xiaobao's throat tightly with his hand, and the child cried out in pain but could not make a sound.

Xiao Bao's face turned purple as she struggled with her little hands, reaching out with all her might towards Su Xiaoxiao.

Upon seeing this, Su Xiaoxiao shouted loudly at the bearded man, "Stop! I'll tie you up, okay!"

At this moment, Da Bao also rushed out of the house to save his sister Xiao Bao, but Su Xiao Xiao stopped him with a shout.

"Dabao, be good and go inside quickly. I'll handle things here."

Da Bao was stopped by Su Xiaoxiao's gaze. Although he was unwilling, he had no choice but to hide back in the inner room.

"Come on, I won't resist!"

The bearded companion, holding a rope, walked step by step towards Su Xiaoxiao.

He carefully tied Su Xiaoxiao up with a rope, but to his surprise, Su Xiaoxiao did not resist at all.

Things went surprisingly smoothly. He tied Su Xiaoxiao up with a rope, then happily asked his older brother, the bearded man, for credit.

"Brother, I've tied this young lady up. Aren't I amazing?"

The bearded man spat at him angrily, "So what if you're so great? Hurry up and keep an eye on the person, we still need to hand him over at the brothel in town!"

"Okay, big brother!"

Su Xiaoxiao stood there, refusing to move. She asked coldly, "Bear-faced man, didn't you say you'd release my little treasure if I surrendered obediently? Release him right now!"

Upon hearing this, the bearded man burst into laughter.

"What are you thinking? Your mother-in-law sold this baby to us too. But don't worry, we'll find a good home for the child."

As he spoke, he tried to put Xiaobao into a large bag that he had prepared beforehand.

Su Xiaoxiao was so angry when she saw it that her eyebrows almost stood up.

She knew she shouldn't have believed the bearded man's nonsense.

In a fit of anger, she snapped.

The bearded man laughed heartily and said smugly to his companion, "That's a wrap!"

Then he said to Granny Liu, "Granny Liu, you can just wait at home and collect your money!"

Grandma Liu was all smiles, the curve of her lips impossible to suppress.

She was beaming with joy, imagining herself counting her money – it would be absolutely fantastic.

She hurried over to open the fence gate of the courtyard for the bearded man and his group, hoping they would come out.

"Sir, please take care."

Just as she ran to open the door, she suddenly heard her bearded companion scream, "Ouch!"

He screamed terribly, and then he flew sideways.

He crashed headfirst into the fence gate, his head lolled to the side, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood before becoming still.

Next, the bearded man saw his companion being sent flying and was about to react.

Suddenly, someone rushed at him from the side and kicked him in the face, causing his vision to go black and him to fall to the ground motionless.

(End of this chapter)