Chapter 41 is coming early?
After resting for a while, Su Yue felt that her hands were not so painful anymore, so she let Xiao He wash her. Looking at herself in the mirror with dry hair and pale face, Su Yue couldn't help but mock in a low voice:
If you have time, you should also replenish yourself.
"Xiao He, let's go out for a while later." Su Yue thought that the daughter of housekeeper Su should be in some opera troupe now, so she wanted to try her luck.
"Second Miss, you are injured like this, and you still want to go out?" Xiao He pointed at her hands with an exaggerated expression.
"Xiao He, I'm fine. Please help me change the medicine. Remember not to bandage it so exaggeratedly afterwards." Su Yue looked at Xiao He's deliberately exaggerated expression and couldn't help but find it funny, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.
After everything was packed, the two of them went out holding umbrellas. Although it was drizzling today, they would still get wet without an umbrella.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, the streets become bustling with people coming and going. Ordinary people who have worked hard for a year use the money they have saved to buy new clothes and shoes with flowered cloth, and to buy food and drinks.
Su Yue just quietly watched those busy people. Sometimes, she really wanted to be an ordinary person, but how could it be possible? She laughed subconsciously. Now her existence was just dragging those two people into hell forever.
"Grandpa, is there any opera troupe nearby?" Su Yue caught a glimpse of a white-haired old man selling vegetables nearby, who was humming a piece of opera.
"Oh, little girl, you've asked the right person. I've been listening to opera for decades. I know exactly how many opera troupes there are in the imperial city and when and where they stay!"
The old vegetable seller looked up and saw a young girl asking him about the opera troupe. He couldn't help but become curious: "Little girl, you are so young, you are not also a fan of opera, right?"
Su Yue chuckled after hearing this, her big eyes sparkling: "Grandpa, you are joking, I just want to find someone."
"Oh, you're looking for someone. I was just saying that not many young people like to listen to operas nowadays." The old man's tone was unrecognizable, and he continued, "The nearest one here is the Qingping Opera Troupe. Walk a cup of tea from here, then turn right and you'll find it inside the Jixiang Restaurant."
"Okay, thank you grandpa, I understand." After hearing the answer he wanted, Su Yue took Xiao He directly to the Jixiang Restaurant.
"Hurry, catch that little bitch!" Suddenly, several men shouted from the front, and a girl in a green cotton jacket with many patches ran towards Su Yue.
The girl looked panicked, and because she kept looking back at the person chasing her, she bumped into many pedestrians.
The pedestrians who were hit were cursing, but when they saw that it was a little girl being chased by several big men, they decided to avoid trouble and just walked away.
Su Yue looked at the girl who was getting closer and closer. When she saw the girl's features clearly, her heart skipped a beat. In her previous life, she had seen this girl in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
That’s right, the girl running towards her was Su Qing, the daughter of housekeeper Su. However, Su Yue didn’t know why Su Qing escaped half a month earlier in this life.
Su Qing saw that the big men behind him were getting closer and closer to him. Because he had not eaten enough for a long time, he had no strength to run anymore. When he was feeling desperate, he suddenly saw a girl with dry yellow hair in front of him, staring at him with wide eyes.
She simply made up her mind and ran behind the girl: "Miss, please, save me."
Su Qing pleaded in her tone, clutching the corner of Su Yue's clothes tightly with both hands. Her almond-shaped eyes were filled with tears, and her hair was wet by the rain and stuck to her forehead. Su Qing seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw. She really couldn't run anymore, and could only hope that the lady in front of her would be kind enough to save her.
"Run, run again!" The big men ran to Su Yue, panting and staring at Su Qing behind Su Yue fiercely.
"Let's catch this girl and go back to tell the boss that she was fed too much and she actually had the strength to run so far." Another big man stared at Su Qing, his tone full of ruthlessness. They had to run so far to catch her, and they would see if they wouldn't starve her for a few days when they got back.
The big men simply ignored Su Yue, as if Su Yue did not exist, and talked about the punishment that would be given to Su Qing after he was captured.
Su Yue was shocked when she heard this. She knew that Su Qing was not doing well, but she had never heard it with her own ears. Now, looking at Su Qing's wrists that were so thin that only skin and bones were left, a trace of regret flashed through her heart.
After all, Su Qing's disappearance was related to himself.
Su Qing was about the same age as her, so she especially liked to play with her when she was a child. About ten years ago, Su Yue, who was still a three or four-year-old child, was really naughty and secretly took Su Qing out of the Prime Minister's Mansion alone.
At that time, they had no idea that people's hearts were sinister. In addition, the two of them did not dress like children from ordinary families, so they were soon targeted by human traffickers. It was Su Qing who sacrificed himself and attracted the attention of the traffickers, so that he escaped danger.
Su Yue still doubts until now whether the one-eyed man trafficker wanted to kidnap her because he was instructed by someone or it was just a spur of the moment decision.
Su Qing's face as a child overlapped with the face of the terrified girl in front of him. Su Yue glanced at the bruises on her outstretched wrist and saw a fierce look in her eyes.
"Silly girl, we advise you to stop meddling in other people's business and get out of our way." One of the leading men threatened Su Yue when he saw that she not only did not dodge but was actually in a daze.
At this time, Su Qing was like a frightened bird. When he heard the big man's voice, he was so scared that he went into Su Yue's arms.
"Miss, please, save me, I don't want to go back to that devilish class owner." Thinking of that class owner, Su Qing's hands were shaking unconsciously.
"Who are you trying to scare? Do you know who my lady is?" Xiao He saw that the big man was actually shouting at her lady, and she tried to shout him away by being strong and calm.
The reason why those big men didn't take action until now was actually because they saw that Su Yue was dressed elegantly and didn't look like an ordinary lady, otherwise they would have pushed her away and run away with the little girl behind her.
"I don't care who your young lady is. I advise you to get out of the way and let us take this girl away. Otherwise..."
"What else?" Su Yue looked at the leading man with sharp and cold eyes. She patted Su Qing's hands imperceptibly to comfort him, and Su Qing seemed to have received her kindness and gradually calmed down.
The big man looked at Su Yue. He was sweating profusely from running, but when he saw the gaze of the little girl in front of him, he shuddered for no reason. This little girl, although young, had a very intimidating aura.
"Otherwise, I will take you away too." The big man was not a pushover. Seeing that there was only one servant around Su Yue, and a little yellow-haired girl at that, he couldn't help but feel confident.
It's just a decoration, meant to scare people.
"I wonder who dares to say that they can recruit people." A clear and familiar young voice came, and Su Yue's eyes changed.
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