Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 109: Scheming to Save Oneself (2)_1

Chapter 109: Chapter 109: Scheming to Save Oneself (2)_1

"Miss Liu, you’ve been ’running a fever’ for almost three days now, and it’s just the right time for the ’smallpox’ to come out. In a moment, you just need to lie down and wail; as long as it seems somewhat convincing, it’ll do. If you’re not confident, you can practice a few cries now for me to hear,"

Mo Yan looked at Liu Tinglan, who was a bit nervous, and quietly comforted her, asking her to relax.

Liu Tinglan nodded and tried crying out twice. It did sound quite believable, enough to deceive the traffickers.

Mo Yan nodded, then cautioned the sixteen other girls, "Whether we can successfully escape depends on this. The traffickers are extremely cunning, so everyone, be careful not to give us away."

All sixteen girls nodded in unison. After these past few days, their admiration for Mo Yan had grown immensely.

Mo Yan smiled and gave them an encouraging gesture before stepping up to the platform and squatting beside the iron gate to watch outside.

Guessing that it was almost time for the meal, when Shouzi would be bringing the food, Mo Yan gestured to the girls below, signaling them to be ready.

Before long, Mo Yan heard footsteps and, with a heavy heart, pinched her thigh hard with her right hand, causing tears to stream down her face.

"Hurry, open the door! Someone’s got smallpox, someone’s going to die—help—help me—"

Mo Yan beat and shook the iron door with all her might, crying out hoarsely.

Upon hearing this, Liu Tinglan and the others knew Shouzi had arrived, and quickly took their positions as previously discussed: those who were to feign illness did so, those who were to cry did so, resulting in a chaotic dungeon filled with nothing but the sounds of agony and cries for help.

From a distance, Shouzi could hear the wailing from the dungeon, and as he got closer, the word "smallpox" scared him so much he dropped his bucket of porridge.

Smallpox. That was an almost invariably fatal disease!

"Who’s got smallpox? Who? Tell me quick!"

Mo Yan’s shoulders were grasped tightly by Shouzi through the iron gate, causing her such pain that she broke out in a cold sweat and her tears fell even more fiercely.

"Wuwu, it’s Miss Liu who had the fever the day before yesterday! Wuwu, she’s broken out, you have to open the door, let me out, wuwu, someone’s been infected, I don’t want to die, please open the door, open it quick!"

Seeing her crying so heavily, Shouzi believed it wasn’t an act, and upon glancing into the cell, he saw many girls crying while crawling up the platform, screaming to get out.

And on the ground, a girl was groaning, near her three others clung tightly to the wall, yammering about the heat.

Instantly breaking out into a cold sweat, Shouzi pushed Mo Yan aside and bolted, terrified of becoming infected himself.

Watching Shouzi run away as if fleeing for his life, Mo Yan breathed a sigh of relief, but continued crying out even louder, making Shouzi run even faster.

"Don’t relax, everyone. They’re sure to send someone over to investigate soon. Keep it up!" Mo Yan quietly reminded them, then resumed her wailing.

Sure enough, before long, a series of hurried footsteps approached—Fat Brother and the others arrived, stopping about four to five yards away, not daring to come any closer.

"Shouzi, are you sure it’s smallpox?" Fat Brother demanded, listening to the howls and screams from the dungeon.

Shouzi, drenched in sweat and pale, nodded, "Fat Brother, I wouldn’t dare deceive you with something like this. If you don’t believe me, you can go and see for yourself."

With Shouzi’s confirmation, Fat Brother’s expression grew dark as if clouds were about to drip rain, and none of the others dared to utter a word.

The atmosphere turned cold and still, the cries from the dungeon all the clearer.

After a while, Fat Brother glared at Shouzi, "Shouzi, how have I treated you over the years?"

Shouzi turned pale, sensing trouble, but knowing Fat Brother’s methods, he had no choice but to stiffly respond, "You have been as gracious to me as if giving me another life."

Satisfaction flickered in Fat Brother’s eyes before he finally said, "When night falls, take care of the one with the pox and those three with the fever. Move the rest to another room. We’ll save as many as we can."

Upon hearing that, Shouzi’s complexion shifted dramatically, and a deep ruthlessness flashed through his downcast eyes...

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