"Eat some candy, and the pain will go away." Song Wan stuffed a piece of date paste candy into their mouths. It had double the amount of sugar in it, and it would be too sweet for ordinary people to swallow.
The dancer with the most serious injuries, holding a candy in her mouth, sobbed uncontrollably. She looked at Song Wan, as if searching for a glimmer of hope. "Who are you?"
Song Wan took off her cloak and covered her exposed skin, while answering her, "I'm here to help you get revenge."
She remembered that women here were not allowed to expose too much in front of outsiders.
"Revenge?" The dancer wanted to say something, but she caught a glimpse of several men behind her and subconsciously snuggled into Song Wan's arms.
Song Wan turned around and saw Gu Yan anxious, and hurriedly explained to the dancer, "They are my teammates, they are good people."
The fear in the dancer's eyes was much less, but she still looked defensive and afraid when facing them, obviously the shadow left by the person who bullied her before.
"Can you tell me why they threw you into this dry well?" Song Wan asked as quietly as possible for fear of startling them.
This was not the first time that Song Wan had encountered such a situation. When the end of the world just came, among the first group of people who awakened their superpowers, there were a few scums who thought they were omnipotent and began to ignore the law and do cruel things.
Before asking this question, Song Wan used her mental power to sense the bodies of several recently deceased women at the bottom of the dry well, as well as skeletal bodies buried in the dirty and smelly mud, their appearance no longer recognizable.
Gu Yan heard Song Wan's question anxiously and said to Gu Wu, Song Qi, and Song Twelve, "Go buy some cloth for clothes, and get some thick ropes. Also, get a big carriage and remember to put some soft blankets in it."
The people and bones under the dry well must be buried in peace.
Song Qi and Gu Wu saw the girls looking at them with fear on their faces, and they understood what they had suffered before. While cursing King Yu in their hearts, they quickly flew out of the dark alley and headed straight for the clothing store and cloth shop.
Perhaps finally realizing she was saved, the dancer broke down in tears and began to narrate incoherently, "I was originally a good girl. My family called me Xiyu. That day, my mother came with me to choose red cloth for my dowry. Then, they took advantage of the fact that the shop was crowded with customers and knocked me unconscious and brought me back to Prince Yu's mansion."
"Most of them are girls from nearby towns or villages. Because they are quite pretty, they were abducted and brought back to Prince Yu's Palace shortly after entering the city." The dancer looked at the other girls who were still hugging each other and trembling with fear.
She had been here for a long time, more than a year, and she had dodged death several times before. It was thought that tonight would be her death.
Xiyu looked into Song Wan's eyes. She thought that she would never forget what happened tonight. She would never forget the girl who suddenly broke into her despair and pulled her out of the abyss.
Song Wan touched her face and secretly used his mental power to heal the whip marks on her face. At the same time, he asked, "Why did they arrest you?"
Xiyu shook her head, then hesitated and said, "I heard from my sister who was captured at the same time as me that King Yu likes to watch women dance. If they suit his taste, they will live longer, while if they don't, they will be treated like this tonight."
The older woman nearby added, "That's because they've tortured all the real dancers in Yuzhou City and the surrounding two cities. With no dancers left in the dance halls, they've taken women from ordinary families. Later, anyone under the age of eighteen, attractive, and childless, will be forcibly abducted if they're spotted on the street. Even reporting to the police is useless."
Her husband went to report to the authorities and wanted to save her from the fire pit, but King Yu pushed him in front of her and forced her to watch her husband being beaten to death.
Song Qin was furious after hearing this. "You're not a human! You're a beast!"
Xiyu was frightened by the sudden sound and snuggled into Song Wan's arms again. She felt that this embrace was sweet and warm, just like the date-flavored candy that had just been stuffed into her mouth.
She had never tasted such sweet and delicious candy.
Song Wan looked back at Song Qin and frowned slightly, "Second brother, you scared her."
Song Qin apologized guiltily, "Sister, it's my fault. I was just too angry."
Song Wan nodded and said, "I'll go back to Prince Yu's mansion and ask you to punch Prince Yu a few more times."
When Xiyu heard that Song Wan was going to Prince Yu's Mansion, she ignored the pain in her body and wanted to stop her, "Don't go, it's very dangerous."
After Song Wan helped Xiyu fade the whip marks on her face, she assured her, "Don't worry, I'll be fine."
Then she looked at the other girls, "Where are your families?"
"We have no home anymore," one of the older girls scoffed. "We've been kidnapped for so many days. If we return to the village, we'll be drowned in spit by our fellow villagers."
"Why are they drowning you in spit?"
"Because in their eyes, we are no longer virgins." Xiyu thought of her former fiancé and was overcome with grief. "In the end, we were forced to marry widows or disabled men."
Song Wan couldn't help but spit out a spit, "They're talking nonsense! You're so pretty, it's just that there's a little dust on your face, just wash and wipe it off."
This was the first time Xiyu heard such a statement. She was stunned. "Just wipe it and it will be clean?"
Song Wan nodded, and after rummaging through her waist pouch for a long time, she finally pulled out the handkerchief that Qi had made for her long ago. She wiped the dusty back of her hand with it, and then said, "Look, is it clean now?"
Xiyu looked at the only white spot on the back of her hand that was different from other parts of her hand, and her heart was filled with emotion. She raised her eyes and looked at Song Wan again, tears falling drop by drop.
Song Wan didn't expect that the other person cried even harder even though she was trying to comfort him sincerely. She turned around and looked at Gu Yanji in panic.
Gu Yan quickly gave her a look of encouragement and approval, telling her that she was doing the right thing.
In this situation, neither he nor Song Qin was suitable to step forward. No one except Awan could really help them.
Song Wan had no choice but to continue, "Don't cry, I still have candy, do you want another one?"
Xiyu shook her head, trying hard not to cry. She choked and said, "My benefactor, I don't want to go home. I don't want to marry a widower."
The other girls timidly showed the same hopeful looks. They actually knew that Song Wan had done her utmost to save them, but they had no other choice or opportunity and could only shamefully cling to such a life-saving straw.
"So you want to follow me?" Song Wan glanced at the remaining seven or eight girls.
Xiyu shook her head, "We know we are not worthy of staying with you, young lady. We just want you to help us leave Yuzhou. We can go anywhere, as long as we leave here."
They are not good at fighting and are not smart. If they stay with their benefactor, they will only be a burden. But they want to live and don't want to die like a floating duckweed, homeless.
"Okay, I'll help you." Song Wan promised solemnly, "I'll take you to the inn first. Can you wait for me there?"
Xiyu trembled slightly as she bent down and kowtowed to Song Wan, "Thank you so much, benefactor."
The other girls followed suit and kowtowed together.
When Song Qin saw this scene, he opened his mouth to say something, but in the end, nothing came out.
What Gu Yanji recalled at this moment was the description that Song Wan had given of the world she lived in.
He suddenly thought that if Dayue wanted to go long-term and become truly powerful, there were still many things that needed to be changed.
This change may take dozens or even hundreds of years, but it will definitely be worth it.
Song Qi and his companions quickly drove the carriage back to the dark alley.
Song Wan supported Xiyu, and the other girls supported each other as they got into the carriage.
The eight girls plus Song Wan sat in the carriage, while Song Qi and the other two stayed behind to deal with the mutilated corpses that were piled up in all directions.
Gu Yanji and Song Qin drove the carriage towards the inn where they were staying.
Inside the car, Song Wan took out the remaining candies and let them eat them, fooling them by saying, "These are not candies, but special medicines. After eating them, the pain in your body will go away."
In order to use her mental power to heal them, Song Wan could only use her own sugar as medicine.
Xiyu and the others did not suspect anything and took it, put it in their mouths and ate it slowly.
The youngest one huddled in the older woman's arms, tilted his head, and whispered, "So there are sweet medicines?"
She was different from others. She was sold to Prince Yu's Palace by her biological parents. She started cleaning toilets in the palace at the age of eight. In April this year, when she was thirteen, she was accidentally discovered by the palace's housekeeper for her good looks. So she was promoted from a toilet-cleaning maid to a dancer in the palace.
The older girl didn't say anything, but just touched her hair and signaled her to eat quickly.
Along the way, Song Wan used his mental power to heal them while also asking their names and ages.
The oldest one was only eighteen, and the one she was holding was only thirteen, the youngest in the group.
One of them is called Xiuyu and the other is called Xiaohua.
Xiaohua probably also felt that her name was very unique. Her face turned red and she said timidly, "My parents never gave me a name before. It was when I was working in that place before that I saw the wild flowers blooming beautifully in the corner. I named myself Xiaohua."
Song Wan touched her face and said affirmatively, "Xiaohua sounds nice. Look, my name is Song Wan, and it's also a bowl."
Xiaohua's eyes lit up. In fact, she also thought her name was very nice.
Gu Yan, who was driving outside, heard this anxiously and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
Song Qin whispered to him, "This is the first time I've seen my sister be so patient."
Gu Yan glanced at him anxiously and said, "Really? I've seen it."
Song Qin didn't believe it, and asked with a squinting eye, "When have you seen it?"
He clearly remembered that the two had never met again from the time they got engaged until their homes were confiscated and they were exiled.
Besides, Song Qin knew very well what kind of temper his sister had, and Gu Yanji had never seen it before.
Gu Yan said slowly and hurriedly, "Ah Wan was also very patient when she coaxed me."
Song Qin: "..."
If I really believed it, I would be a fool!
When they arrived at the inn, the rescued girls were reluctant to separate, so Song Wan asked for a double room with two beds lying sideways, which was enough for eight girls to sleep.
Song Wan asked for bath water for them, accompanied her after they finished bathing, changed into clean clothes, and ordered a large table of delicious food for them.
After they had a quick meal, Song Wan told them her plan, "I'll let Song Qi stay to protect you."
Fearing they would be frightened, Song Wan added, "Don't worry, if he dares to bully you, the eight of you can knock him unconscious with a stick each."
Song Qi outside the door...
Xiyu is much better now, both physically and mentally. Maybe it’s because of the two candies, or maybe it’s because of the woman in front of him with eyes as bright as pearls.
She forced a faint smile and said, "We are not afraid anymore. Thank you, benefactor."
Song Wan didn't like her calling her "benefactor" all the time. "Just call me by my name. Everyone in my family likes to call me Ah Wan."
Xiyu: "Thank you, Miss Awan."
Song Wan pursed her lips but ultimately said nothing.
Just call her Miss Awan, because you are pretty.
Song Qi didn't understand why he was being kept. He asked Song Wan, "Miss, why don't you let Twelve stay? I'm more experienced in things like moving money and beating people up."
Moreover, Song Twelve was often sent by the second young master to protect the second young master's wife. It seems that Song Twelve must be experienced in protecting weak women.
Song Wan shook her head, "Twelve, he can't do it."
Song Qi was puzzled, "Why?"
Song Wan "doesn't look festive enough, and I'm afraid it might scare people."
Song Qi: "..."
So he looks festive enough?
Well, this reason is sufficient enough, but there is one thing that the eldest lady forgot to mention. Not only is he more festive-looking than Twelve, he is also more handsome than him.
Song Twelve's ordinary appearance would indeed make girls feel insecure. After all, it was a face that would be completely lost in a crowd.
It was already three o'clock in the morning, but the singing and dancing in the palace had not stopped.
Ji Feng had been leading his men out for over an hour. King Yu looked up, waved his hand to let the dancers retreat, and then called over one of his men and asked, "Is Ji Feng back?"
The subordinate stepped forward and replied tremblingly, "Your Majesty, Ji Feng has not returned to the palace yet."
Upon hearing this, King Yu frowned, "Why is Ji Feng so slow this time?"
"Your Ji Feng is dead." Song Wan appeared from the darkness and walked to the stage where the dancers had just danced. She was holding a pear in her hand and chewing it slowly.
"Where did this female thief come from!" The subordinate quickly waved his hand and asked all the guards to gather together and surround them.
"You are the King Yu, right?" Song Wan took a glance at the man in red in the middle. Even from such a distance, she could smell the bloody smell on him.
The smell of zombies was even stronger than the one she had on her body at the end of the world, so he killed more people in a day than the number of zombies she had killed at the end of the world.
"Do you know me?" Li Che raised his eyebrows slightly. "Why do I feel like you look familiar to me?"
"Of course I look familiar, because I am your ancestor, you useless grandson!" Song Wan cursed.
Li Che's eyes changed, and then became fierce, "This king thinks you want to die!"
In all these years since he came to Yuzhou, no one had dared to speak to him like this for a long time. The dying woman in front of him was the first one.
"You're the one looking for death!" Song Wan picked up a knife from the side and threw it towards Li Che.
Li Che dodged in shock, the tip of the knife grazed the tip of his ear, and a drop of blood fell to the ground.
Song Wan used her mental power to retract the knife, shocking the people around her.
The guards stepped back consciously and swallowed their saliva.
"Isn't it my eyes that are blurry?"
"I think I saw it too."
"That knife will fly by itself!"
"No, it's not a knife, it's a person!"
Li Che touched his bleeding ear and looked at Song Wan in surprise, his eyes full of interest. "Will you follow me? I will grant you the throne, but as a condition, you have to tell me how you sucked the knife back out of thin air."
"Queen, you bastard!" Song Wan threw two more knives over.
Li Che was unable to dodge, and his eyebrows, the black hair on his head, and the speed belt around his waist were all broken.
Gu Yan, who was hiding in the dark, saw that King Yu's belt was broken and he found that he was not wearing any underwear. His face turned dark instantly.
Song Qin was also stunned. He muttered, "I only knew he was a pervert who enjoyed torturing people. I didn't expect there was someone even more perverted."
Seeing that the woman was not as ashamed and angry as he thought, Li Che immediately became more interested. "Girl, you are alone, and I have hundreds or even thousands of people. You have to think carefully."
He felt that he had been very patient tonight, and if he were a sensible person, he would be content.
"Last time, I chopped off the heads and bodies of those hundreds and thousands of people. They died."
Li Che vaguely felt that he had seen this way of dying somewhere before. He narrowed his eyes, and after a moment, he finally remembered it.
This time, there was an extra scrutiny in his gaze towards Song Wan. "It was you who helped the Song and Gu families kill hundreds of police officers?"
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