Su Xiaoqiang chimed in, "Yes, yes, she definitely didn't have a severance document. How could my grandma sever ties with her? She must be lying to you."
"Since she has no parents anyway, selling her to a brothel will offset the money I owe, right?"
"Ha, what a joke. She's not a celestial being. No matter how good her figure is, it's useless. She won't fetch more than a few taels of silver. You owe my master fifty taels of silver. How can that possibly be offset?"
"Fifty...fifty taels?!" Su Xiaoqiang could hardly believe his ears. "Are you crazy? I only owe you thirty taels, when did it become fifty?"
The man slapped Su Xiaoqiang's face hard. "You think our Qianlai Gambling House is a charity? Huh? It's all in black and white, you can't deny it."
"You forced me to sign it, I... I don't even recognize what's written on it." Su Xiaoqiang was so blinded by gambling that he had no idea what fingerprints he had pressed; all he could see were the gleaming silver coins.
With red eyes, he knelt before Su Ruanruan. "Cousin, please save your cousin. Here's what we'll do: tonight you keep these two older brothers company. Tomorrow morning... tomorrow morning I'll go back to Grandma. Grandma will definitely have a way."
His grandmother has money; yes, she must still have money.
"My cousin will definitely beg Grandma to acknowledge you again when he goes back tomorrow. Please help my cousin, otherwise he will get beaten again tonight."
"Cousin, please. You've dated other people before, you're not a virgin anymore, so just say yes! I promise I won't treat you badly in the future."
Su Ruanruan's eyes flashed with coldness; he was truly shameless.
She bent down and stroked his face with her fingers. "My cousin is so good to me. You're the one who's blessed. Do you want it?"
"Snap!" A crisp sound.
Su Xiaoqiang's face turned to the side from the sudden slap. After recovering from the shock, he touched his burning face in disbelief.
"You! You dare hit me!"
Although Su Ruanruan's shoulder had already scabbed over, it still hurt a bit from the slap.
"Smack." Another crisp sound rang out. Su Ruanruan said softly, "I'll hit you if you want, just for being so foul-mouthed."
Su Xiaoqiang's eyes were bloodshot, and he rolled over to his feet, wanting to fight Su Ruanruan to the death.
Before he could even grab Su Ruanruan, an apple had already smashed into his head.
"Who?" Su Xiaoqiang stopped, shook his slightly dizzy head, and turned his gaze to the direction from which the apple had flown, only to see a man walk in.
He was burly, with a cold and hard gaze, and a scar between his eyebrows; he looked like someone not to be trifled with.
The two thugs, who had been watching the show, turned to look at the door. When they saw the man's face, they jumped up from their chairs.
They had dealt with the man before and knew he was not someone to be trifled with.
"Officer Huo, what are you doing here?"
Huo Yan said coldly, "What? You dare to lay a finger on my woman?"
Su Ruanruan glared at him and pouted. Although she knew he was helping her, couldn't he have come up with a different excuse?
"Your...woman? Oh dear, it's a misunderstanding, how could we dare?"
"Now that you know it's a misunderstanding, why don't you take your people and get out of here? If I see you causing trouble for her again, you'll be in big trouble."
"Okay... we know, we'll never do it again."
"Officer Huo, a moment of bliss on this spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold. I won't disturb you any longer."
Su Ruanruan, "..."
The two men thoughtfully closed the door behind them as they left, but even through the door, she could still hear Su Xiaoqiang's cries of agony.
The two men had nowhere to vent their anger, so they took it out on him.
These people won't give up until they get their money, and the Su family is likely to be in chaos tomorrow.
Huo Yan sat down at the table without a second thought. "You're really being willful. Aren't you afraid your cousin will retaliate?"
Su Ruanruan broke open the crisp apple that was lying on the ground and fed it to Bai Ruan.
The little guy was also frightened by the sudden appearance of these people and hid in a corner.
"You've been standing at the door for quite a while, haven't you? Weren't you there to back me up?"
Huo Yan smiled calmly, "You certainly know how to use me. Since there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
"Thank you for today."
Huo Yan paused briefly, gave a soft "hmm," and then left.
Meanwhile, Mu Bai and his group found an inn to rest.
When he opened the bundle that Su Ruanruan had prepared for him, he found seven taels of silver wrapped in the clothes. No wonder he felt the bundle was a bit heavy.
This silly girl, she gave him all her possessions, didn't she?
Fortunately, before he set off, he put all the money he had recently earned under his soft pillow.
Mu Bai stroked his clothes, feeling a sweet but also somewhat disappointed feeling.
He pushed open the window and looked at the crescent moon, his longing for her intensified. He wondered what Ruan Ruan was doing at that moment.
He misses her so much.
On the day he left Qingshan County, he made a special trip to find Huo Yan to thank him for rescuing him from the water that night.
They also asked him if he had seen him arguing with someone, because he didn't remember anything about that night.
Huo Yan said he didn't see how the man fell into the water, but he happened to be nearby and went over when he heard someone calling for help.
And on the night he fell into the water, he was quite certain that he heard some noise outside the courtyard.
He was afraid of scaring Ruan Ruan, so he didn't mention it again.
Thinking about what had happened to Ruan Ruan recently, he was really worried about her safety.
He didn't want to leave Ruanruan at all, but Ruanruan insisted that he go out and see the world.
He couldn't think of anyone he could entrust with this matter. He had intended to go to the county government office to ask Lord Bai for help in taking care of Ruan Ruan, but Lord Bai happened to be out on patrol.
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