Before the end of Chapter 297—Master Shanhui, who has been waiting for a long time.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..." Lin Luoxi was not pleased. She pried off a few pebbles from the boulder and threw them lightly. They accurately hit the men's vital points, killing them on the spot.
"Ah!" The woman screamed in terror when she saw the brains of the men who had forced themselves on her splattered all over the floor.
"Alright, I've already taken care of the danger for you, so hurry up and come over." Lin Luoxi glanced at the woman who was threatening to jump off the cliff, realized she was an acquaintance, and reluctantly called her over.
"You, you are..." The woman felt that Lin Luoxi looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she was.
Having endured inhuman treatment during this period, she was somewhat mentally unstable and naturally could not recognize who the person in front of her was.
"Don't you recognize me? That's good!" Lin Luoxi didn't bother to explain when she saw the puzzled look in the other person's eyes.
Seeing that the woman was still in a daze, Lin Luoxi didn't intend to help her up. Instead, she called Xie Hanchuan and Baihu and walked into the village.
The reason they ended up in this situation was entirely due to the path they chose, and Lin Luoxi did not feel guilty towards these women.
Upon hearing Lin Luoxi's words, Xie Hanchuan and Baihu leaped up and landed beside her, following her step by step forward.
"Hey, aren't you the master that Zhao Ximo follows...!" Seeing Lin Luoxi's heartless back, the woman finally remembered Lin Luoxi's identity.
Lin Luoxi had no intention of answering the woman's question. In her view, all these women had experienced were the paths they had chosen themselves, and all she could do was respect others and love herself.
When the woman saw that Lin Luoxi did not answer him, she struggled to get up and jogged after Lin Luoxi.
"Roar~" When the white tiger saw that Lin Luoxi had no intention of paying attention to the woman, it immediately put down the small bag in its mouth, bared its big teeth at the woman, and scared her.
The woman, who originally wanted Lin Luoxi to save her from her predicament, was only focused on Lin Luoxi's back and didn't even notice the white tiger beside Lin Luoxi.
Just when she thought she had found a lifeline, a roar from the white tiger made her stop in her tracks in fear, too afraid to go any further.
Hearing the white tiger's roar, Lin Luoxi turned around and glanced at the woman. Seeing the fear on the woman's face, she couldn't help but curl a sarcastic smile into her lips.
The woman who just threatened to jump off a cliff is actually afraid of tigers. It seems she was just putting on an act.
Ignoring the woman who was still chasing after them, Lin Luoxi led Xie Hanchun and Baihu towards the place where the women lived.
Before the person even got close, they could hear a series of noisy, laughing, and playful sounds, sounds so familiar they gave the illusion of a brothel.
Although there were sounds of beatings and scoldings, laughter and joking made up the majority of the noise. It was clear that the women here were being treated like prostitutes by the local landlords and villagers to make money, and they seemed to enjoy it.
After watching from a corner with Xie Hanchuan for a while, Lin Luoxi saw that the women were enjoying themselves, so she turned around and prepared to walk down the mountain.
"Benefactor, please, take me away!" The woman behind her saw Lin Luoxi leave and followed closely behind, pleading with her all the way. Even when they reached the foot of the mountain, she still did not give up asking Lin Luoxi for help.
"Do you really want to leave with me? Your sisters really enjoy their current life. Following me will mean enduring a lot of hardship. Are you willing to do that?"
Lin Luoxi is not compassionate, nor does she want to be taken advantage of, so naturally she doesn't want to be someone else's lifeline.
"I once heard Lord Ji say that when he was dealing with the aftermath of the Bear Ridge incident, didn't he give you money? Where did your money go?"
The clothes these women are wearing don't look new, so did these local villagers take their money?
"Our money, our money was taken by that bitch Wang Shuya."
“That night, the villagers from the surrounding villages heard that the bear forest had been wiped out by the government troops, and they all wanted to come up and take advantage of the situation. But when they saw us old, weak, women and children, they had wicked ideas.”
"That woman Wang Shuya knew those stinky men were coming up, but instead of warning us, she ran off with all the money. Now, who knows where she is?"
When the woman spoke of Wang Shuya, her eyes flashed with hatred, and she was filled with resentment towards those men.
"Just consider this a sudden act of kindness from me. You can take this money and start a small business, or even live under an assumed name. As long as you are diligent and frugal, it will be enough for you to live on for the rest of your life."
Lin Luoxi hadn't expected these women to have such tragic fates, but she didn't want to keep them by her side, so she took out twenty taels of silver from her pocket and gave it to the woman.
Riding on the white tiger, and following Xie Hanchuan on horseback, they left Bear Ridge and disappeared into the morning mist.
The woman looked in the direction where they had disappeared, then looked again, holding the twenty taels of silver in her hand, and tears of regret streamed down her face.
They were wrong. If they hadn't listened to Wang Shuya and instead chosen to leave with Zhao Ximo and the others, following their benefactor, their situation would definitely not have been so dire.
Thinking of Lin Luoxi's words and looking in the direction where Lin Luoxi and the others disappeared, the woman made up her mind to find this benefactor and repay her properly.
Even if her benefactor doesn't need her to repay him, living near him is a form of safety.
Thinking this, she carefully put away the loose silver in her hand and began to walk in the direction where Lin Luoxi and the others had disappeared.
"Sister Luo Xi, do you know them?" Xie Hanchuan asked curiously as they walked back.
"I wouldn't say we know each other, we've only met once." As a woman herself, Lin Luoxi didn't want to discuss the women of Bear Ridge too much.
Xie Hanchuan seemed to have noticed this as well, and instead of pressing the matter further, he changed the subject.
"Sister Luo Xi, should we go directly to Fuze Temple, or return to the town mayor's mansion?"
"Let's take these things and go find Master Shanhui!" After saying that, he immediately turned the white tiger around and headed directly from the official road towards the back mountain of Fuze Temple.
This path leads directly to Fuze Temple without requiring you to climb any steps; this is what Master Shanhui quietly told Lin Luoxi.
"Benefactor Lin, you are truly honest and trustworthy!" Lin Luoxi was startled by Master Shanhui's voice as soon as she arrived at the back gate of Fuze Temple.
"People can scare each other to death, Master Shanhui, don't you know that?" Early in the morning, Lin Luoxi was focused on getting on her way when Master Shanhui did this, and she was terrified.
“However, Master, your peach orchard is truly vast.”
"Won't the scene be beautiful next spring?"
If it were the inn she built, it would be next to the farm...
Thinking of this, a calculating glint flashed in Lin Luoxi's eyes once again.
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