Chapter 212 Ghost Marriage
After Chu Yian's emotions had completely calmed down, Qin Sheng asked softly, "Then... do you want me to accompany you to the cloth shop?"
Chu Yian shook his head and pointed at the armor he was wearing: "You should go and do your business first. This is a critical moment. Don't delay it and don't give others any handle."
Qin Sheng: "Okay."
After saying that, the two of them walked out of the alley together.
After crying with Qin Sheng, Chu Yian felt much better.
But after taking only a few steps, I suddenly heard a tiny rustling sound in my ears.
Qin Sheng frowned, took a few steps forward and turned his head to look at the alley on the left. Seeing this, Chu Yian hurriedly followed and took a look.
I saw a man in tattered clothes clinging to the wall with great effort, trying to climb over from one end to the other.
But the man was too short, and he could only barely reach the wall with his feet and hands stretched out.
As if hearing some movement behind him, the man turned around, revealing a pale, thin, and frightened face.
Chu Yian was stunned and asked subconsciously: "Zheng, Zheng Xiu?"
Didn't she run away? How did she end up here? She even trapped herself in the alley.
Qin Sheng turned his head and looked at Chu Yian: "Do you know him?"
Chu Yian nodded gently: "I have seen it."
Just as he was about to say that, he suddenly heard a rough male voice from not far away: "Have you looked over there?"
"Come on, two people go over there and take a look."
Another voice said, "I don't care. If you can't find the person today, you will all pay me compensation."
Chu Yian frowned instantly.
Zheng Xiu obviously also heard the voice, and she became even more frightened.
She looked at the high wall and it was obviously unrealistic for her to climb over it with her short body.
She looked at Chu Yian and Qin Sheng again, her eyes full of vigilance and precaution.
They appeared just in time to block the intersection, blocking her way out.
Zheng Xiu clenched her clothes tightly, feeling increasingly anxious.
Seeing her like that, Chu Yian hurriedly said to Qin Sheng, "Xiao Shengzi, hurry up and lead them away."
Qin Sheng didn't ask why. He glanced at Zheng Xiu, turned around and quickly disappeared into the alley.
Qin Sheng had just left when Chu Yian suddenly heard that familiar electronic sound in his mind: [Ding, mission successfully triggered.]
Chu Yian gnashed his teeth: [Why didn't your system trigger when we first met? ]
The system didn't explain at all, mechanically saying, "Task 11: Please help the woman in front of you. Her name is Zheng Xiu, and she's from Zhengjiawan, dozens of miles outside Shengjing City."
Almost everyone in Zhengjiawan has the surname Zheng, and they live in poverty, often going hungry.
[Zheng Xiu's family was no exception.]
After paying taxes this year, the remaining food rations won't even be enough to sustain my family until next year's harvest. It's still a long way off.
In order to support their family, Zheng Xiu's parents planned to marry her off in exchange for some food.
[After all, Zheng Xiu was old enough to get married in that era, so there was no need to keep her at home and waste food.]
Besides Zheng Xiu, her family also included an older brother, two younger brothers, and a younger sister.
My elder brother is also old enough to get married, but his family is too poor to afford one.
[All these factors combined made Zheng Xiu's parents sacrifice her without hesitation to make the rest of the family happy.]
Zheng Xiu's parents made this decision without hesitation. After all, they had raised their two daughters with the intention of marrying them off when they grew up so they could find a new wife for their son.
Zheng Xiu didn't say anything when she knew she was going to marry an old widower with a lame leg. She knew this was her fate, and her sister's as well.
Growing up in such an environment, her parents brainwashed her from a young age, preventing her from harboring any rebellious thoughts.
[Marrying anyone is the same as marrying them. You will still have children, there is no difference.]
【Every family's life is like this.】
Zheng Xiu numbly waited for her family's arrangements, waiting to marry the old widower who was nearly thirty years older than her.
[This is her fate, and you can see the end at a glance.]
However, things are unpredictable. Zheng Xiu originally thought she would marry that old widower, but who knew that even this would become a delusion.
[One day, she accidentally overheard her parents' conversation.]
Zheng He and his wife had originally planned to marry her to an old widower, but someone approached him and offered to pay more money to marry Zheng Xiu.
[It does sound better than marrying an old widower, but if that family was truly good, Zheng Xiu wouldn't have run away.]
[The reason they were willing to pay more money was not because they loved their daughter-in-law, but because the person Zheng Xiu was marrying was not a living person, but a dead person.]
Chu Yian's pupils trembled, and he looked at the lines of words in his mind in disbelief.
Ghost, ghost marriage?
She immediately understood why Zheng Xiu wanted to escape and why her parents were chasing her relentlessly.
Although the mission was not long, this was the first time that a parent wanted to kill their own child.
The level of viciousness is almost as bad as Bai Xiaozhu's parents who wanted to hand her over to someone else to be tortured and killed.
One can imagine the shock and trembling in Chu Yian's heart.
She stared blankly at the little girl who was rushing towards her like a little lion, and the distance between them was getting closer and closer.
Zheng Xiu's eyes were full of fear and a hint of determination.
She didn't know whether Chu Yian was in the same group with those people. She only knew that everyone she met now might send her into hell again.
But seeing Chu Yian standing motionless, as if in a daze, a hint of surprise flashed in Zheng Xiu's eyes.
While staring into her eyes, he quickly passed by Chu Yian.
Then he disappeared again into the deep and long alley.
The system's voice rang again.
[For the sake of money, the parents agreed without hesitation to arrange a ghost marriage for their daughter.]
[As long as Zheng Xiu is buried with the deceased, Zheng He and his wife will receive five taels of silver.]
[For poor families, this is a huge sum of money, enough to support them for a long time.]
Zheng Xiu's parents and brother only thought about themselves. She repeatedly gave in for the sake of her family, but she never expected her parents to be unwilling to even leave her a chance to survive.
Zheng Xiu found this ridiculous. She had always been sensible and always thought about her family.
[When she heard she was going to marry an old widower, she didn't even say anything and obediently accepted their arrangement.]
[But they wanted to send her to death for five taels of silver.]
Zheng Xiu thought about it all day and came up with the idea of escaping to fight for her life.
After sacrificing so much for her family, Zheng Xiu finally got a ghost marriage. This was something she could never accept.
However, upon learning that their daughter had escaped, the Zheng He couple were furious, scolding her for being ignorant and saying they had raised her to such an age only to have her turn out to be an ungrateful person.
[If I had known this would happen, I would have strangled the baby to death at birth.]
Zheng Xiu's ears were filled with these harsh words, which only made her more resolute to escape.
She broke free from the invisible shackles her parents had placed on her, and her heart found a freedom she had never known before.
However, her parents' relentless pursuit made it difficult for her to move forward. Zheng Xiu knew that if she was caught, she would be completely finished.
There is no room for maneuver.
If she couldn't break free from those restraints despite her best efforts, she would accept it.
[But before that, she had to do her best to escape and fight for a way to survive. Even if there was only a tiny chance, she would try.]
Please help Zheng Xiu break free from the constraints of her family and the fate of a ghost marriage, so that she can become a truly free person.
[From then on, the sky was high and the world was vast, allowing her to explore, live, and do whatever she wanted without any scruples.]
[Task reward: After accumulating all points earned from Task 8, the host will receive a Body Building Pill to further enhance their physical fitness.]
【After strengthening your physique, practicing the exercises will be twice as effective with half the effort.】
[Note: Mission 8 has not been completed yet. Pills will be distributed after both missions are completed.]
Chu Yian came back to his senses, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes.
This time the reward pills were obviously prepared for her, and there were no more inexplicable rewards popping up.
Does this mean that the things Qin Sheng needs this time are just the ones he mentioned before?
Is he no longer in danger?
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