Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 107: Join Forces (2)_1

Chapter 107: Chapter 107: Join Forces (2)_1

Xiao Ruiyuan bowed his head, not letting Yan Junyu see the slight curve of his lips. Since the guy was volunteering to help, he was not going to be polite about it.

"This time, consider it that I, Xiao Ruiyuan, owe you a favor. However, without the Emperor’s decree, the Bureau of Military Office cannot act recklessly. We still need Huaixi to go to the palace and request a decree from the Emperor."

Yan Junyu rolled his eyes; he knew this frosty blockhead would not come to him for anything good. It turned out he was just waiting here, really too bad!

"Hmph, then you’d better remember that, I’ll make you pay it back."

...

Mo Yan had no idea that the outside world was in turmoil trying to find her.

At the moment, she was gnawing on a cold, hard bun, sipping on some thin soup, and thinking of ways to escape with the other seventeen girls who had been kidnapped.

Seeing that the seventeen girls were either hugging their heads and weeping in fear or looking desolate and hopeless, Mo Yan sighed.

"You’d better come and eat something. Only if we’re full can we think of ways to escape."

Hearing her words, the crying paused and then resumed. Influenced by Mo Yan’s composed demeanor, one of the girls reached for a bun and began to nibble on it.

Mo Yan took an unexpected glance at her and noticed that she was well-dressed and beautiful. She seemed to be from a well-off family. The girl didn’t make a fuss like the others, prompting Mo Yan to start a conversation.

"Miss, my surname is Mo, and I am fourteen years old. What’s your surname, and how old are you?"

The girl glanced at her and said softly, "My surname is Liu, and I am fifteen years old."

At this point, Miss Liu looked at the iron door at the top of the stairs, and asked quietly, "Were you also kidnapped at the lantern festival last night?"

Mo Yan swallowed the last sip of porridge and wiped her mouth before saying, "Yes, just like you. I woke up and found myself here."

Miss Liu silently ate her bun, and as she did, tears plopped into her porridge. "Sister Mo, I miss my parents so much. I’m their only child. If I’m gone, they will surely be heartbroken, woohoo!"

Mo Yan’s nose tingled with the urge to cry, as she too remembered her relatives from her previous life. In her past life, she had been declared dead in an explosion without a body to be found. She wondered whether her elderly grandparents could bear such a loss.

"Miss Liu, don’t cry. With so many of us, we will surely find a way to escape."

Miss Liu wiped away her tears, and a touch of determination appeared on her delicate face. "Yes, even if I worried about my parents, I must find a way to get out. Sister Mo, we have to escape."

Mo Yan held her hand firmly and said, "Yes, we will definitely get out."

After talking for a while, Mo Yan learned that Miss Liu’s name was Liu Tinglan. Her father was a Scholar who taught at a private school, and her mother was well-educated. The night before, she was separated from her parents in the crowd at the lantern festival and was then knocked unconscious by human traffickers, waking up in this desperate place.

Liu Tinglan had a delicate appearance but was an optimistic girl. As she opened up to Mo Yan, the last trace of worry on her face disappeared. Perhaps influenced by their positive attitudes, the other girls joined in and shared their situations.

Mo Yan found out that most of the kidnapped girls were between twelve and sixteen years old. They were all quite pretty, not one of them ugly, and they came from well-to-do families that had spoiled them with good care.

Understanding this, and combining it with the conversations she overheard from the traffickers last night, Mo Yan had a sinking feeling. The traffickers were likely not capturing them to serve as maids in the households of the rich, but to be sold into brothels. The situation was dire, and she needed to figure out how to escape as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, the Bureau of Military Office and government officers from the Government Office were ordered to search every house for the ’assassin’, promising that any citizen who provided information about a suspicious individual would receive a reward of One Thousand Liang of silver from the Government once verified.

One Thousand Liang was no small sum, enough to sustain an ordinary family in Jing City for decades. Before long, many people began to spread the word, looking for suspicious details in hopes of claiming the One Thousand Liang.

As the main force in the hunt for the assassin, Xiao Ruiyuan personally went with Young Master Yan’s beloved pet, Little Flower—a mature snow wolf with a keen sense of smell—to verify the information provided by the citizens...

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