The officer in charge noticed that Xiao Ling was still wearing a mask and frowned: "Take it off and let me see!"
Shen Yuan knelt down in a panic, "Your Honor! My husband's face was recently burned, and he's disfigured, which is why he wears a mask. It's not that we don't want to marry him, but we're afraid of frightening you..."
"Insolence!" The officer lashed out with his whip at Shen Yuan. "Am I some coward?"
The whip whistled as it struck Shen Yuan's face. Shen Yuan's expression hardened, and she instinctively tried to back away. However, she was worried that her movement would anger the officer in charge and invite an even more vicious beating. So she gritted her teeth and knelt on the spot, only turning her face slightly to the side.
In this way, he might not be disfigured directly.
The expected pain did not come. Just a second before the long whip in the officer's hand was about to strike Shen Yuan's face, Xiao Ling suddenly knelt down in front of her.
The whip then landed on his shoulder.
Xiao Ling grunted and removed his mask. "My wife is young and foolish, please don't take offense, sir!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Ling's face, half of which was covered in black ointment and emitting a foul stench, was completely exposed.
The officer in charge covered his nose and looked away in disgust.
Xiao Ling hurriedly put the mask back on, then took out all the valuables he had on him from his bosom and offered them with both hands.
The officer in charge chuckled and ordered his men to take the things from Xiao Ling's hands.
Just then, Shen Yuan grabbed Xiao Ling's hand and started crying uncontrollably.
"Husband, this is all the money we have! How can you take it all out? How will we survive without it! Waaah! I can't give it to you! I can't give it to you!"
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