activa-t Chapter 80 Her heart was completely dead.
Chapter 80 Her heart was completely dead.
Li Xianda looked at Fang Niu with a sense of sympathy in his eyes. "Xiaoxue's father does indeed love gambling. Fang Niu has helped his family many times. He often gives the money he earns back to Xiaoxue's father to pay off his debts. Otherwise, Xiaoxue would have been sold long ago. But even though he has taken Fang Niu's money, he is reluctant to marry Xiaoxue to Fang Niu."
Because of Jia Yi's matter, Fang Niu went to another place. During this time, Xiao Xue's father had already found a family he liked, received money from them, and was just waiting to send Xiao Xue there.
"You even know about the people's neighbors?" Jiang Mingyun looked at Li Xianda with admiration.
Li Xianda said smugly, "It's a small matter. This is routine operation. Many times, it is these small things that can affect the development of the whole matter. Now that we have investigated, we must find out the truth."
Since Li Xianda said so, it must be true.
Zhou Hanzhang secretly gave him a thumbs up, and Li Xianda seemed even happier.
"He's not exactly a bad person. If we can help Xiaoxue, that would be fine too."
Jiang Mingyun stepped forward and took Zhou Hanzhang's hand. "Brother Hanzhang, shall we help them?"
“This is not a big deal. Let’s take care of Xinyi’s matter first, and then we’ll deal with Xiaoxue’s family matters for you. However, if you want Xiaoxue to be your wife, you need her consent.”
Fang Niu nodded quickly, "Of course, of course. Xiao Xue agreed. She's been saying she wanted to marry me for a long time, but her father has always disagreed."
After Fang Niu finished speaking, he knelt down before Zhou Hanzhang. "However, I have heard that Xiaoxue is being sent away today. Could you please help me get Xiaoxue back?"
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Actually, I should thank the benefactor for this. If it weren't for the benefactor finding me and bringing me back, I would never have known that Xiaoxue had been sold. But I've heard of that family; they're not a good family." Fang Niu said helplessly.
“I gave all the money Jia Yi gave me to Xiaoxue’s father. I also worked in other places and sent all the money I earned back home. Xiaoxue’s father promised me that he wouldn’t marry Xiaoxue off to anyone casually!”
Fang Niu pounded the floor to vent his grief, looking quite pitiful.
“If we can’t save Xiaoxue, she will definitely die. The family she went to loves to tormenting their new concubines. They have all sorts of tricks up their sleeves. Besides having to serve the master of the house, she also has to be harassed by the mistress. If Xiaoxue goes there, she definitely won’t survive.”
Jiang Mingyun looked at Zhou Hanzhang with curiosity, "What kind of endless variety of tricks?"
Caught off guard by her sudden question, Zhou Hanzhang suddenly coughed.
Li Xianda quickly stepped forward and gently patted Zhou Hanzhang's back, answering Jiang Mingyun, "Why are you asking so many questions when you're a young girl who hasn't even gotten engaged yet?"
Jiang Mingyun had been married in her previous life, but she didn't realize it when Fang Niu mentioned it. Now that Li Xianda had told her, she immediately understood.
Her face flushed instantly, and she turned to leave, saying, "I...I'll go out for some fresh air first."
"Honestly, why bring up all this?" Jiang Mingyun muttered as she left.
Zhou Hanzhang was fine with it. She was essentially a modern person. Even if someone actually demonstrated it in front of her, she wouldn't flinch.
She thought about it and realized that Jiang Xinyi's matter wasn't as urgent as Xiaoxue's. She might as well go with him today and resolve Xiaoxue's matter first.
This way, Fang Niu can work for her with peace of mind.
Without hesitation, Zhou Hanzhang took Fang Niu and headed towards the outskirts of the city.
Luckily, they decided to come. When they arrived, they ran into a few old women dragging people away from the tofu stall.
Inside was a delicate-looking girl who was being held back by several old women, unable to move. She cried out, "Father, Father, Brother Aniu said he would come back to marry me. He has given our family so much money over the years, it's enough. I don't want to be a concubine!"
But the father the girl mentioned didn't even glance at her.
The old woman who was holding her sneered, "Little Xue, your father has already sold you to our master. Let alone a concubine, if our master asked you to be a maid, you would have no choice but to agree."
"I won't go! I won't go!" Xiaoxue struggled violently.
She kicked the old woman next to her, stumbled backward to the door, and her eyes suddenly fell on a porcelain bowl. She grabbed it and threw it to the ground, shattering it into pieces.
She quickly picked up one of the pieces and put it around her neck. "Don't come any closer! If you take another step, I'll die right in front of you, and you'll get nothing!"
At this moment, a fat old man with big ears stepped out of the sedan chair. "Oh dear, little beauty, you mustn't do that. It wouldn't be fun if you scratched your pretty little face."
When the old women around him saw him come down, they quickly cast pleading glances at him.
The old man glared at them and said, "Get out of here!"
The old women slowly retreated to the side.
When Xiaoxue saw the man come down, her hands holding the broken porcelain shards trembled slightly. She knelt down and said, "Master Huang, please don't take me away. I have a fiancé, and he will be back soon. Whatever amount of silver you gave my father, we will repay you."
The old man, known as Master Huang, saw that Xiaoxue's neck had been scratched by a piece of porcelain and bled slightly. He dared not go any further, fearing that something might really happen.
He could only coax her gently, "Xiaoxue, if you come with me, you'll eat and drink well, and I'll be your concubine. You'll be living a life of luxury once you return to the Huang residence with me. You won't have to sell tofu here anymore."
He dragged his obese body forward slowly, trying to get closer to Xiaoxue.
As Xiaoxue saw him approaching, she immediately pointed the porcelain shard she had been holding near her neck at Master Huang, saying, "Don't come any closer!"
Master Huang gave a wink to the old woman beside him, who was quick-witted and immediately stepped forward to restrain Xiaoxue, taking the porcelain shard from her hand and throwing it far away.
Seeing that Xiaoxue had been subdued, Master Huang stepped forward without hesitation, grabbed her chin with one hand, and brought his head close to Xiaoxue's face to examine the scratches she had just suffered.
"What bad luck! Go back and rest for a while, will this scar disappear?" he asked an old woman beside him.
The old woman had noticed it long ago and quickly took out some medicine powder from her body and sprinkled it on the wound. "Don't worry, sir. We've seen plenty of people like this. I always carry medicine powder with me. This powder is very effective. Even the deepest wounds will disappear completely after a while."
Master Huang nodded in satisfaction, "Take him away!"
Xiaoxue watched as her own father closed the door and hid in the room, motionless and not daring to make a sound. Even when she threatened to kill herself, he remained unmoved.
Her heart was completely dead, and she let those old women lead her into the sedan chair.
Fang Niu finally couldn't hold back any longer and shouted, "Xiao Xue!"