As fortune would have it, David connected with Magee and pin-pointed their location according to the faint signal they had sent out. Soon, David arrived on a helicopter.
Right behind David, came an entire cavalry of policemen.
Terrified by the sheer number of policemen, the villagers scrambled to make their escape. They hurried to hide the girls they had bought from the human traffickers.
Unfortunately, it was too late. The policemen had already surrounded them from all sides. When they rescued those girls, they burst out in tears. Both relieved and joyful at the same time.
However, there were those who had spent almost half of their lives here after they were sold at a very young age. They got married, had children and were much older now. They had long forgotten about their life outside the village and did not want to leave anymore.
The policemen could do nothing, but accept their wishes to stay back.
Most of the villagers who were in cahoots with the human traffickers were caught by the policeman. Everyone, including Mr. and Mrs. Yang were arrested. Mrs. Yang even fought against the police with a kitchen knife but was soon subdued...
David explained everything to Emily and Jacob when he arrived at Mr. Barefoot's house. Emily had mixed feelings but finally she didn't oppose to anything.
David was saddened to find that Jacob had lost all his memories from the past. However, he was glad to see that Jacob was alive. That was what mattered most. One could not hope to have everything.
"It's okay. Everything will come back to you eventually," David comforted Jacob.
Finally, Emily could leave this village with satisfaction knowing that she not only helped herself but also countless others like her. She went to see Mr. Barefoot before they left and asked whether he would like to leave with them as that he could live out his life in retirement with them.
But Mr. Barefoot refused Emily and he even did not turn back to look at Emily as he said, "No, thanks. You've almost fully recovered from your illness. Just remember to take good care of yourself. As for me, I want to live out the rest of my days in this village."
Emily tried to persuade Mr. Barefoot but Jacob stopped her.
"He has his own path to take so let's just respect his decision," said Jacob.
"Fine."
Almost half of villagers were caught by the police. Everyone blamed Emily and Jacob for bringing such a disaster into their lives, but alas, there was nothing they could do even though they hate them both.
Emily had planned to see Donny before she left, but no one could find him. Some said that he was also caught by the police, while some said that he had escaped into the forest. Some even said that he drowned in the river...
In any case, Donny was missed.
Emily urged David to help find Donny but it was in vain. In the end, Emily could do nothing but leave with bitter disappointment.
Little did they know that Donny was just hiding behind a huge rock, watching them from a distance as they all disappeared from sight, leaving Donny to drown in his sorrows.
'Daddy, Mummy, Miss Beauty, Bear...
They all left without me. They abandoned me...
Am I really that bad that not even one person wants to stay with me...' Donny was heart-broken.
Apart from Donny, there was also another person who stared helplessly at the helicopter as it flew away. That person was none other than, Cherry.
Finally, it was clear to her that Magee had used her for his pleasures and the moment he didn't need her, he discarded her as if she were nothing.
Magee once told Cherry that he had no intentions of bringing her with him.
Magee never sugarcoated the truth. Therefore, Cherry was just cheating herself from beginning to the end.
Magee was just like a passenger in Cherry's life who had brought her temporary happiness and then left her alone to die here in this god-forsaken village
How could Cherry accept this end so easily?
Cherry felt the anger and resentment flood her heart. She wasn't one to give up so easily! She vowed never to surrender to "fate"!
Back at Jingshi City.
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