Chapter 214 Subjugation: The Battle on Bear Ridge Nears Its End
"As long as you work diligently and stay within your bounds, you don't need to sign any indenture. Once you've saved enough money and are ready to leave voluntarily, I will not stop you!" Lin Luoxi dislikes taking advantage of others' misfortunes.
As a woman herself, she helped them when they faced injustice.
A person who is loyal to you will remain loyal for life, even without a formal contract of servitude.
Even if an unfaithful person signs a death contract, they still have ways to harm you.
"Really?" The girl who had come to Lin Luoxi was surprised that Lin Luoxi was such a kind person and looked at Lin Luoxi in disbelief.
“It’s more real than real gold. If you don’t believe me, we can sign a contract. You provide the labor, and I’ll pay you. That way, you’ll have a guarantee.” Lin Luoxi thought the girl didn’t believe she wouldn’t keep her word, so she immediately brought up the contract.
"Of course we believe you! We will believe your words, our benefactor." The girl bowed gratefully to Lin Luoxi after receiving her assurance.
They thought they would only face certain death after descending the mountain, but unexpectedly, God sent such a kind benefactor to rescue them from their predicament.
"Master, my name is Zhao Ximo." Having already acknowledged Lin Luoxi as her master, she addressed her as "master" as soon as she spoke.
"Okay, Zhao Ximo, right! My name is Lin Luoxi. Come with me now." After robbing the bandits' treasury in Bear Ridge, Lin Luoxi's pockets were bulging, and she felt much better.
Furthermore, she disliked the women here who were inexplicably hostile towards her and didn't want to stay here. Now she wanted to go to the front and see how the battle was going.
"Okay!" Zhao Ximo nodded happily when she saw that Lin Luoxi really intended to take her away, and followed Lin Luoxi's steps outside.
"Wait, can I come with you?" A woman in blue saw Zhao Ximu follow and after thinking for a moment, she immediately ran up to ask Lin Luoxi for her opinion.
"Miss, my name is Tang Chuxia! I can read and write, and I can do accounting..." Afraid that Lin Luoxi would disagree, the woman in blue immediately revealed her advantages.
“Master, this girl is named Tang Chuxia. She is indeed intelligent, quick-witted, calm and composed…” Zhao Ximo saw Lin Luoxi frowning and immediately stepped forward to explain the name and personality of the woman in blue.
"Your name is Tang Chuxia?" Lin Luoxi asked, her eyes scanning Tang Chuxia up and down as she heard Zhao Ximo's words.
When their eyes met, Lin Luoxi noticed that Tang Chuxia's gaze did not waver when she looked at her; her dark eyes were looking at Lin Luoxi earnestly.
"Alright! You can come with me if you want. My requirements are simple: just be loyal to me." There was no mention of signing a contract of servitude.
"Master, I will be loyal to you for the rest of my life." As long as she could leave this hellish place and have a way to survive, she had no other wish.
To demonstrate his resolve, he raised his right hand in front of Lin Luoxi and swore an oath to the heavens.
"Alright, I believe you, let's go!" Seeing Tang Chuxia's attitude, Lin Luoxi was very satisfied. She smiled slightly and led Zhao Ximo and Tang Chuxia forward.
"Wait for me... wait for me..." Just as Lin Luoxi was about to leave with Zhao Ximo and Tang Chuxia, several more girls ran out and knelt in front of Lin Luoxi, begging her to take them in.
Their intuition told them that Lin Luoxi was their future benefactor, and if they didn't seize the opportunity today, they would regret it later.
Lin Luoxi's eyes lit up when she saw the two girls running. They looked so alike, they must be twin sisters.
The two girls ran towards her with great joy, their eyes still showing the innocence that hadn't been corrupted by the bandit den of Bear Ridge for long, and they could stay by her side.
She glanced at the two girls who had run over, then at the other women still standing there, and was about to ask who else wanted to go with her when that annoying voice rang in her ears again.
"You foolish women, you don't even know who the other party is, yet you beg them to take you away. Aren't you afraid that if you leave this den of wolves, you'll encounter tigers in the next den?"
When Wang Shuya saw Zhao Ximo, Tang Chuxia, and the two women turn to Lin Luoxi, she couldn't help but sneer.
Since she had chosen to stay, she couldn't let other women who had suffered the same fate as her find salvation. Her eyes were bloodshot as she glared at Lin Luoxi, as if Lin Luoxi were her father's killer.
Wang Shuya's words made the other women, who were originally itching to make a move, stop in their tracks. They looked at Lin Luoxi, then at Wang Shuya, unsure of what to choose.
They had suffered inhuman torture and desperately wanted to grasp at Lin Luoxi, but they were also afraid that Lin Luoxi was a trap.
“Master, these two girls were kidnapped by bandits and brought up the mountain on the same day as me.”
"One is named Yang Keyi, and the other is named Yang Kexin. They are twin sisters. They are literate and know some pharmacology..." Zhao Ximo's words rang in Lin Luoxi's ears again.
keep
She also heard Wang Shuya's words, glanced at Lin Luoxi, and didn't believe that Lin Luoxi was the villain Wang Shuya described. She was willing to gamble her future on it.
"Alright, you won't regret your choice today." Lin Luoxi smiled at the four people who had come to her aid, then turned and left gracefully with the four women.
"Wang Shuya, do you think that woman might really be here to save us?" After Lin Ruoxi left, the group of women who hadn't run over surrounded Wang Shuya and discussed among themselves.
"Hmph, if you think she's your savior, you're welcome to go with her."
Anyway, I'm not going. Now that the bandit stronghold has been destroyed, there will be no more bandits in this place. From now on, it's our turn to be in charge.
“If you go with those women, you might be sold into slavery somewhere, never to rise above your station again. It’s better to stay here, be kings of the mountain, and live our own lives.” As Wang Shuya said this, a gleam of ambitious desire flashed in her eyes.
Since there is no place for them in the secular world, they can at least live a good life with the treasures left behind by the bandits who guard this place.
The other women nodded in agreement with Wang Shuya's words, finding them to be very reasonable.
With Wang Shuya's words, everyone felt reassured and no one mentioned leaving the bandit's den anymore. Instead, they watched the four women who followed Lin Luoxi away with a hint of schadenfreude.
When Lin Luoxi led the four women to the front, she found that the battle was gradually coming to an end, and the bandits on the mountaintop had been almost all killed by the bears and bamboo vipers.
"Girl, where have you been? I've been looking for you everywhere." Lin Jize, who had been anxiously searching for Lin Luoxi, finally felt relieved when he saw her.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
