Koi Fubao: Being loved by everyone on the road to escape from famine

Chapter 263 The real master

"Thanks to the rescue, young master!"

Words of gratitude came one after another.

Xiao Zhixue gently helped them up and said softly, "Hurry up, going home and reuniting with your family is the most important thing."

Then she sheathed her sword and urged them to leave as soon as possible.

The women dispersed like the tide, only the woman from whom Xiao Zhixue had snatched the wooden hairpin remained standing there without moving.

Xiao Zhixue returned the hairpin, but was puzzled to see that she still had no intention of leaving.

"Why don't you leave?"

Xiao Zhixue asked.

The girl named Muqin shook her head with a blank look in her eyes.

"I have no home, and I don't know where to go in the future."

Her voice was low, full of confusion and sadness.

Xiao Zhixue was slightly stunned. The girl in front of her seemed to be only sixteen or seventeen years old. She should have been at a carefree age. How could she have fallen into such a state?

"Where are your family? Where are they?"

Xiao Zhixue tried to know more, but as soon as she finished speaking, she saw Mu Qin biting his lower lip, trying his best to suppress the grief in his heart.

Tears welled up in my eyes but never fell. What a tenacity and stubbornness this is.

Xiao Zhixue realized that she had touched the other party's sore spot, so she stopped asking questions. Everyone has secrets that they don't want others to know, and she didn't want to delve into it further.

Just as she was about to check if there were any prisoners in other rooms, her sleeve was grabbed tightly by Mu Qin, her eyes full of expectation: "Sir, you are a good person, please allow me to follow you. Whether it is menial work or rough work, washing clothes and cooking, I am willing to do it, just ask you to let me stay, even if it means giving me your body, I am willing to do it."

Xiao Zhixue frowned slightly, feeling dissatisfied with such almost pleading words, and gently broke away from Mu Qin's hand.

"You are so young, yet you want to commit yourself to a stranger so easily. It seems that not all the people I saved were sober. If you really want to thank me, you should cherish your life and leave quickly. Otherwise, my sword will not show mercy."

There was an unquestionable determination in her words, and the tip of the sword was pointing squarely at Mu Qin's throat, as if it could be unsheathed at any time.

Mu Qin closed her eyes tightly and gave up resisting. She no longer had any interest in living. If she could die and be reunited with her parents in the underworld, it would be a relief.

The reason why she had held on until now was simply for the freedom of her sisters. Now that her wish had been fulfilled, she had no regrets.

The shadow of death is looming, but it is still not here.

Yin opened her eyes and saw Xiao Zhixue retracting her sword, turning around and leaving. Her back looked resolute and lonely.

She woke up suddenly and hurriedly chased after him, following Xiao Zhixue closely, fearing that if she stopped, she would lose everything again.

Xiao Zhixue seemed quite helpless about this. She finally stopped and turned back to warn him sternly: "Don't follow me anymore. You should go back to where you came from. This house is under my control now. It doesn't belong to you."

Mu Qin was at a loss for a moment, with so many questions and grievances that he didn't know how to express.

In fact, ever since her parents were kidnapped by Yuan Shang's gang, their property was looted, and their property deeds were forcibly seized, everything has changed drastically.

The servants in the house fled one after another out of fear of Yuan Shang and his gang, and no one was willing to stay.

And she became a prisoner. Her father and mother's lives became bargaining chips to exchange for property, but it was never successful, and she herself could not be rescued.

They went to the government for help, but were disappointed to find that the officials turned a blind eye to the lifeless threat and were so indifferent that it seemed as if the sufferings of the world had nothing to do with them.

Finally, her parents, who were suffering from endless grief and under continuous heavy blows, made the decision to say goodbye. They jumped into the icy river hand in hand and ended their suffering.

This unfortunate news suddenly blew into Mu Qin's world like a cold wind. Her days have been soaked in tears since then, and she can only wash away the pain in her heart by crying every day.

In moments of despair, she was shaken and fantasized about following her parents down the road of no return, accompanying them in another world and continuing to protect each other.

However, it was on the brink of life and death that she inadvertently realized that there were more innocent girls imprisoned here, suffering this inhuman torture together.

The strong desire deep in her heart to rescue all her sisters became the only light that kept Mu Qin going in the darkness.

Yuan Shang's men tortured those weak girls until they were unrecognizable. Only Mu Qin, with her tenacity and courage, refused to obey. Yuan Shang was afraid that causing a loss of life would bring about disastrous consequences, so he ordered his men not to cause any substantial harm to her, but only to detain her, thus preserving the purity of her body and mind and allowing her to retain a bit of dignity in the darkness.

When Xiao Zhixue realized that Mu Qin stood still and had no intention of continuing the conversation, she turned around resolutely and walked towards the neighboring house.

However, Mu Qin's voice sounded behind her, with a hint of trembling and expectation: "Master, is what you just said true? Are you really in charge of my home now?"

Xiao Zhixue's footsteps stopped abruptly. She slowly turned back, her eyes intertwined with Mu Qin's tears.

Mu Qin mustered up her courage and took a few steps forward. Her voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz. "Young Master, I'm afraid you don't know that this old Mu family house was originally my home. I am Mu Qin. My father and mother chose to jump into the river under the coercion of Yuan Shang. To this day, even their bodies have not been found or buried."

When she said this, the pain in her heart surged like a tide, and tears rolled down her face like pearls from a broken string.

Xiao Zhixue was surprised. It turned out that she had always misunderstood Mu Qin, thinking that she was just one of the many women abducted by Yuan Shang. Little did she know that Mu Qin was the real owner of this land.

In fact, the property deeds of the Mu family were seized by Xiao Zhixue from Yuan Shang.

Thinking about it this way, her possession was not legitimate.

If you want to get to the bottom of it, it is she who should leave.

But why did she ask Mu Qin to leave?

Facing Mu Qin's plea, Xiao Zhixue did not immediately believe it. She asked coldly, "Since you said you are from the Mu family, what evidence do you have to prove that what you said is true?"

Mu Qin understood Xiao Zhixue's doubts. After all, her life was saved by the person in front of her, so she answered frankly: "Master, please follow me. There is a secret place in our home that even Yuan Shang and the others don't know about."

Mu Qin led the way, and Xiao Zhixue followed behind. She was not too wary of her because the earlier conflict had made her realize that Mu Qin did not possess any martial arts skills.

Soon, they arrived at the backyard of the Mu family.

Mu Qin stopped beside a rockery and gently knocked three times on a seemingly ordinary stone.

Surprisingly, the rockery actually moved slowly, and with a dull roar, a hidden passage was revealed.

Mu Qin pointed to the newly appeared passage and said, "This is a secret place that my father arranged for people to dig. It hides the treasure of the Mu family. I am willing to give all of this to you in gratitude for saving my life. If you still don't believe me, I only ask you to either take me in or give me a quick death so that I can reunite with my parents as soon as possible."