Just as Peng San and the scholar reached the gate, a young woman ran out. She looked at Peng San shyly and said, "Third Master, may I speak with you alone for a few minutes?"
She knew that Peng San really wouldn't force them; the girls who were brought back were all assigned to do housework in various places.
But she didn't want to; she didn't want to torment her life like that.
Peng San waved his hand, dismissing the scholar. "Now you can speak, can't you?"
The young woman nodded and asked, "Third Master once said that he found this person for the sake of the child. I wonder if I am suitable?"
Peng San carefully examined the girl. She had previously bitten her tongue for fear that he would take liberties with her, but now she was willing.
The girl calmly accepted Peng San's scrutiny. After a long while, Peng San finally asked, "Who else is in your family?"
The girl bit her lip and said, "I'll just pretend there's no one else in the house."
"Um?"
“I wasn’t left behind. They wanted to sell me into prostitution, so I hid and only dared to come out after they left.”
Peng San understood, and he asked, "Then do you hate them?"
The girl shook her head.
Do you feel guilty?
The girl shook her head again.
Peng San was satisfied. "Then you can stay. Give me a son within a year, and you'll be free."
The girl didn't understand Peng San's meaning; she only asked, "Does Third Master not want me?"
He drove her away after she gave birth to his son?
What was the point of all that she did?
Peng San shook his head. "What I mean is, if you give birth to the child, you might as well stay or leave."
If you wish to keep the child, you can raise it yourself.
In such a chaotic world, how could a woman be willing to leave?
She chose the latter without hesitation.
A year later, she indeed gave birth to a child.
But the child's birth was fraught with misfortune; there were always people who wanted to kill him.
Upon learning of this, Peng San couldn't help but go to see Madam Lu, asking, "Why did you have to kill my son?"
Looking into those bloodshot eyes, Madam Lu felt a pang of fear. "I don't know what Third Master is talking about?"
Peng San sneered, "Isn't what I've given you and your son enough?"
You'd only be happy if my son died?
"Just because your son talks about people, does that mean my son isn't a person?"
As if he wanted to vent all the resentment from his past life, Peng San kept pointing out Lu's mistakes.
Madam Lu is also a lady of a prominent family. What has she ever done to deserve such insults? "What did Third Master say to me back then?"
You said it would be good for my child and me?
But in just a few months, you brought back that group of demons, and now that woman has given birth to your child.
Where have you taken us, mother and child?
Seeing her red and swollen eyes, Peng San's heart softened.
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