Until Yier was seven years old
The brothel got a new owner who took a liking to her at first sight.
He said he would take her as his concubine when she got a little older.
The new owner was powerful and influential, but also notoriously ruthless.
Every time they went to find a girl, they would beat her half to death...
Nianhuan lived in constant fear, having been sold into a brothel by her parents when she was a child.
Deceived again by a heartless man, she had long since lost all hope in this world…
She didn't care how much abuse she suffered, but she was determined not to let Yi'er follow in her footsteps!
She took advantage of the fact that Yi'er had contracted a cold and was coughing day and night.
I asked the madam to help me find a doctor I knew.
Agree on a price with him and have him lie and say that she doesn't have a cold, but rather tuberculosis!
After the landlord agreed, the madam sent the person to the dilapidated temple.
The doctor went to find her again and found a farming family to take her in...
But things don't always go as planned. The doctor was being harassed by a nobleman that day and was temporarily unable to attend to other matters!
By the time he arrived at the dilapidated temple, Yi'er had already been taken away by Li Jun.
The doctor was uneasy and returned to the city that night to tell Nianhuan what had happened.
Nianhuan was already immersed in the grief of losing her daughter when she suddenly heard that Yi'er was missing.
Still nowhere to be found, neither alive nor dead, she suddenly coughed up blood and fainted on the spot.
After that, no matter how the madam tried to persuade her, she spent every day in tears.
Ultimately, he was rejected by his new employer, thrown into the woodshed, and whipped daily.
He died in that dark corner less than half a month later…
When the madam went to collect her body, the wounds all over her body were already festering.
He was so thin that he was just skin and bones.
She clutched a purse tightly in her hand, inside which was Yi'er's baby hair...
The employer forbade her to be buried in a coffin and ordered his men to throw her into a mass grave.
The madam secretly bought a thin coffin and chose a burial plot to put her down.
The madam sat quietly at her grave for a long time, and finally left a message.
"May you be reborn as a flower or a tree, not as a human!"
She left, and from then on, no one ever visited her grave again…
Qin Luo, unaware that danger was lurking nearby
He even went out of his way to find "Niu Niu," who was currently complaining and blaming her fate.
Tiger Cub told her she had gone to find Doctor You.
Qin Luo knew it was definitely that brat deliberately bullying people again.
He kicked the tiger cub.
After kicking him to the ground, I went out to look for Niu Niu.
Tiger Cub sat on the ground wailing, just as Qin Xian happened to come by on patrol.
Annoyed, she glared at him, and Tiger Cub instantly became as quiet as a chicken.
Qin Luo searched everywhere but couldn't find the person.
I almost thought that Zhang Niangzi and her group had kidnapped the person.
In the blink of an eye, "Niu Niu" emerged from the forest.
Qin Luo stepped forward and hugged her tightly.
"Where did you go? I've been looking for you for so long, I was so worried!"
Yi'er felt the strength of her embrace and the heartbeat so close to hers.
She turned around and hugged Qin Luo back.
She hadn't felt such a warm and genuine embrace in a long time!
At this moment, she didn't want to lie to Qin Luo; she wanted to tell her everything.
To her surprise, as soon as she looked up, she saw Li Jun watching her from a short distance away.
The words she wanted to say were swallowed back down.
She rested her head against Qin Luo's neck, her voice muffled.
"Tiger Cub told me to go find Doctor You, but I was too embarrassed to trouble him and didn't dare go back, so I went to stay in the woods for a while!"
Qin Luo tenderly rubbed her head.
"Are you stupid? You could have come to me! Come on, instead of going back to Tiger Cub's, let's go find Shuiying. The three of us will sleep together tonight!"
After saying that, he gave "Niu Niu" a bright smile.
On the way to find Shuiying, he told her about kicking Huwa over, which made her laugh out loud.
Three little girls lay on the donkey cart, talking about everything from the grass on the ground to the stars in the sky.
They then talked about their childhood dreams and future plans.
Shuiying has a cheerful personality and talks about her future plans in a very casual way.
"I want to open a fortune-telling shop, preferably with several floors, charging according to different levels!"
Qin Luo thought it was a good match, as it complemented their clan's talents.
"So which floor do you think is best?"
Shuiying stretched out a hand
"Five floors. The first floor is for the young people of the clan to calculate the location of lost items; the second floor is for the older clan members to calculate marriage prospects; the third floor is for the elders of the clan to calculate feng shui; the fourth floor is for the clan elders to change their fate; and the fifth floor will be where I, the priestess, will preside over the calculations for the future!"
"Niu Niu" didn't know that Shui Ying was from the Shou Ze clan and thought she came from some kind of charlatan family.
She looked at Shui Ying teasingly.
"Sister Shuiying, fortune telling and divination can easily lead to being beaten up!"
Shui Ying wanted to explain, but couldn't reveal her identity.
I don't know where to begin arguing...
She could only puff out her cheeks and sulk, while Qin Luo watched her speechless expression.
She laughed so hard she almost fell over, and "Niu Niu" laughed along with her.
Shuiyingqi frantically tickled their ticklish spots.
The two little girls laughed until tears streamed down their faces.
In the end, Qin Luo surrendered.
"Water Fairy, I was wrong. I shouldn't have laughed at you. Please forgive me, you're too kind to hold a grudge!"
Shui Ying then angrily stopped.
"Hmph! I will definitely keep my word today, just you wait and see!"
Qin Luo also corrected his attitude.
"Shuiying, you sound like the legendary Tianji Pavilion. What will you name your shop?"
Shui Ying thought about it seriously.
"Let's call it Ze Shui Ge (泽水阁), taken from the Ze Shui Kun (泽水困) hexagram, which signifies that difficulties will eventually pass, and favorable circumstances will eventually arrive! Just like us now!"
"Difficulties will eventually pass, and good times will eventually come!"
Yi'er repeated her words several times.
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