Lin the Blind's question instantly evoked memories for the two sisters.

Shu Wan is eighteen years old, and her younger sister Shu Xin is only one year younger than her.

Six years ago, Shu Wan was twelve years old.

Her parents, who favored boys over girls, suddenly became kind to her. When they bought new clothes for her younger brother that year, they bought new clothes for her as well, and she got a new set of clothes from head to toe.

She was able to eat the good food that was meant for her younger brother.

She ate some herself and shared it with her younger sister, Shuxin.

Her parents were very unhappy, but she didn't know where she got the courage, she actually talked back to them and said that if her sister didn't eat, she wouldn't eat either.

So her parents gave in, and from then on, the sisters all had new clothes to wear.

Those were the happiest days of Shu Wan's life.

Until she turned twelve, her parents gave her a bright red peach to eat, and her younger brother was also eating one.

Seeing that no one had prepared one for her younger sister, Shu Wan asked, "What about one for my sister?"

I thought my parents would compromise as before and give one of these sweet and juicy peaches to my sister. But instead of giving it to her, they slapped her across the face.

"You good-for-nothing! You eat what I tell you to eat. When did it become your place to question me!"

Her mother hit her.

Dad watched coldly, puffing on his pipe, and said fiercely, "Beat her, beat her hard! We should have loosened her skin a long time ago. We'll force-feed her the medicine, and in two more years we'll marry her off to that old leper so we can build a new house for our Yaozu..."

Perhaps she had been too unruly lately, which had pushed her parents to their breaking point, so her mother hit her harder and harder.

Shu Wan felt her mind was blank, and every part of her body ached.

She was completely stunned, forgetting to cry out and beg for mercy.

All I could hear was my sister's soothing sobs.

"Don't hit my sister, don't hit my sister."

Shu Wan doesn't remember what happened after that.

In her dazed state, she seemed to hear her parents angrily yelling and cursing.

"You good-for-nothing! Who told you to eat this? Spit it out!"

"Are you trying to die? Who gave you the guts to spit it out right now!"

The fists that had landed on Shu Wan disappeared, but they went to her younger sister instead.

"Don't hit your sister..."

Shu Wan was so weak she could barely open her eyes; she could only beg her parents to stop hitting her.

Yaozu, the younger brother, clapped his hands: "Well done, well done..."

The peach that was originally meant for her was eaten by her younger sister, Shuxin.

After that, my younger sister's health began to decline.

She kept falling down for no reason, and Shu Wan asked her parents to take her younger sister to see a doctor, but they refused.

When Shuxin was at her weakest and unable to get out of bed.

My parents were discussing selling my younger sister to someone else as a wife, but she was only eleven years old at the time.

The memory ended, and Shu Wan, with tears streaming down her face, looked at Blind Lin and said, "Master Lin, I remember now. Six years ago, my parents gave me a blood-red peach to eat. My younger brother also ate it. I didn't want to eat it alone, so I asked my parents why my younger sister didn't have one. Then I was beaten. My younger sister ate the peach, and her health started to decline... Was it this peach?"

Back then, not only did her parents refuse to treat her younger sister's illness, they also planned to sell her to someone else as a wife. Shu Wan, who was about to turn twelve, decided to run away with her younger sister.

She stole the money and ran away with Shuxin behind her back.

Along the way, she suffered losses and was deceived, but she grew up quickly, hoping only to find a good hospital to cure her sister.

But if this illness is not something that hospitals can cure, then no matter how far she takes Shuxin, she won't be able to cure her.

Shu Wan has experienced these things herself, so she can accept them, and she is also searching for the answer.

"In metaphysics, this kind of peach is called the 'Longevity-Borrowing Peach,' which means that the lifespan and fortune of the other person are transferred to another person. Originally, you would have died in less than two years after eating the peach, but an accident happened in the middle, so this method did not completely drain your sister's lifespan and fortune."

After listening to what Shu Wan said, Blind Lin quickly made a summary.

Shu Wan froze upon hearing this.

She looked at Shuxin, filled with remorse: "Sister, I'm sorry, it's my fault..."

Shuxin wiped away her tears and spat three times.

"Pah, pah, pah, you're not the one who should apologize, and you're not the one who hurt me. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be alive. Although I'm weak now, I've been truly happy these past few years. It's been the happiest time of my life."

Shuxin hugged Shuwan, not allowing her sister to blame herself for this.

Her sister never harmed her; on the contrary, her sister protected her.

She felt truly happy these past few years; as long as her sister was there, she felt like she had the whole world.

“Back then, when I saw her hitting you, Yaozu was laughing so happily, and I was really sad. I thought if I ate a couple of bites, would she stop hitting you? If I ate, you wouldn't be sad for me anymore…”

Shuxin felt a pang of sadness when she recalled that time.

The sisters have a good relationship, and the older sister always protects her.

Countless nights they cuddled together, wiping each other's tears and saving the best treats they had secretly hidden for one another.

Seeing her sister being beaten like that, Shuxin couldn't think of anything else but to eat a couple of bites herself, because she was afraid that her sister would really be beaten to death.

"I took two bites, and they all got angry and started hitting me. Later, she was the one who regained her composure and pulled him back, saying, 'You can't kill me, otherwise you'll be useless...'"

"I don't know what was useless, but later she made me finish the peach, and threatened to cut me with a knife if I didn't. That's why I finished the peach."

The peaches were so sweet that she could hardly swallow them, because her sister hadn't been able to eat a single one.

But now that she understands what those peaches are, Shuxin can only feel relieved that her sister didn't get to eat them.

The two sisters hugged each other to comfort one another.

Blind Lin and his apprentice Su Tiantian waited quietly until they calmed down.

After Shu Wan and Shu Xin calmed down, Shu Wan looked at Blind Lin and asked in a hoarse voice, "Master Lin, please save my sister. I am willing to pay any price."

"No, you've already done enough for me. I don't want you to save me unconditionally. If it's over ten thousand, then forget it."

After Shuxin finished speaking, she looked firmly at Blind Lin and said, "Master Lin, we don't know how much money it will cost to hire you, but the bottom line is no more than ten thousand."

Ten thousand yuan was her bottom line for her life.

If she is healthy and not afraid of hard work, she can earn back 10,000 yuan in her lifetime.

But if it exceeds that, she feels it's unnecessary.

“You sisters are interesting people. You don’t need that much money, five hundred yuan will do. But you’ll have to pay for the round trip for us, master and apprentice.”

Lin the Blind Man smiled faintly and said.

There are different ways to make money when dealing with the poor.

When he handles funerals or similar events, the family usually just gives him a red envelope containing a few dozen yuan and provides him with food and lodging.

The matter involving the Shu Wan and Shu Xin sisters is a bit complicated, so charging them 500 is reasonable.