Chapter 41: with translation of chapter title

【Don't panic, Sui Sui, calm down!】

【Don't struggle, don't provoke the traffickers.】

【Let's first calmly wait for rescue, meanwhile think of a way, see if there are any other escape routes.】

【Although Prince Qing will come to rescue, we also can't be too passive.】

Seeing his brother cry, Sui Sui panicked.

She wanted to comfort her brother, but her mouth was stuffed especially tightly, Sui Sui couldn't even make a sound.

She could only painfully shift toward Feng Xuanrui a bit.

Feeling the movement nearby, Feng Xuanrui lifted his head and glanced.

Seeing Sui Sui's wrists reddened by the rope as she struggled to move closer to him, he quickly widened his eyes and shook his head at her.

He wanted to say: "Sister, don't move, it hurts!"

But Sui Sui wasn't reassured about him, and still kept moving toward him.

Feng Xuanrui saw that and also imitated Sui Sui.

Qing Shan and Qing Shui were dazed, but after reacting, they also moved toward the middle.

The four painfully gathered together, before they could think of a plan, they removed the cloths from their mouths, the woodshed door was shoved open forcefully, and at the same time came the woman's coarse voice: "If this goods isn't good, I won't take it!"

As she spoke, the big-bellied, thick-waisted woman had already walked in.

The woman first saw Feng Xuanrui...

With red lips and white teeth, fair-skinned and naturally aristocratic little lord.

Her eyes were full of the gaze one uses to inspect goods, and as she observed she clicked her tongue twice: "At this age it's fine; our customers over there like this type, this figure is okay, a bit chubby, but after starving for two meals it'll look much better."

Upon seeing Qing Shan and Qing Shui, the woman showed some disdain: "These two are of average quality, barely enough as an extra."

Finally the woman noticed the thin, small Sui Sui; upon seeing her she furrowed her brows: "How come there's also a little monk?"

Sui Sui was wearing a cyan-colored outfit, loose-fitting, neutral in color; she now had no hair and was still young, making it easy for people to mistake her gender.

The woman took her for a young boy and thought her frame wasn't good enough.

But her foundation was barely acceptable.

With some nurturing she might look better.

But the woman wanted to press the price down, so she certainly wouldn't speak the truth.

If it weren't for Feng Xuanrui pleasing her greatly, she wouldn't have said so much just now.

The goods were decent; the woman turned satisfied and began haggling over price with the old woman who had previously received Sui Sui and the others.

The two spoke bluntly and crudely, completely treating the four as merchandise.

Feng Xuanrui was so angry he kept kicking his legs; if he weren't tightly bound and truly unable to move, he would surely make them look bad!

The woman who came in later, seeing him struggle, laughed and teased him: "Yo, your waist is still quite flexible; don't rush, when you're tired later you don't need to show off right now."

Feng Xuanrui didn't really understand the meaning of those words.

But he understood the malice behind them.

This made him struggle even harder!

Perhaps anger unleashes limitless potential.

So, while Feng Xuanrui struggled, he actually kicked the woman's shin.

Suddenly, the kick caught her off guard; she instinctively stepped back two steps, gasping in pain: "Hiss!"

That kick directly kicked out the woman's anger.

She turned around and kicked Feng Xuanrui twice: "Lowly wretch, don't give me face."

After kicking twice, still feeling unsatisfied, the woman lifted her leg, preparing to kick two more times.

She thought, since training later is inevitable, she might as well start now.

Upon seeing her brother being kicked, Sui Sui struggled hard.

When the woman was about to kick Feng Xuanrui again, Sui Sui made a sudden jerk, launching herself onto his leg.

Sui Sui prepared to use her body to block the woman's punches and kicks.

She wasn't afraid of being hit; she felt pain for her brother!

Feng Xuanrui, after being kicked twice, had the anger in his heart stirred up.

Unfortunately, he can't do anything now.

When the woman was about to strike again, Sui Sui lunged forward to help him block the harm, and Feng Xuanrui almost swallowed the cloth directly!

The young man at this moment had eyes nearly bursting, filled with killing intent; he exerted great force, but only managed a slight twitch.

Watching his sister take the blows for him, to Feng Xuanrui it was a painful torment.

Even more painful, he couldn't save his sister!

This made his tears flow even more fiercely.

Qing Shan and Qing Shui beside them usually had decent skills, but now they were utterly helpless.

This made them both angry and regretful.

But before the woman's brutal beating came……

Prince Qing's Flying Knife.

A Short Knife emanating a chill swooshed over, carrying killing intent and coldness.

The woman only felt something fly past; her leg shot with intense pain, making her unable to stand, she collapsed directly onto the ground and screamed.

The old woman realized something was wrong, turned and tried to run.

As a result, Prince Qing leapt over a few times and kicked her flying away.

Bang!

The old woman flew low for a while, then slammed into the wall.

Then she had no response.

Zhan Gao had already passed, cleanly severing both of the opponent's hamstrings.

The intense pain made the old woman, who had been feigning faint, cry out in anguish!

The woman watched this scene, finally reacting in terror: Had they been discovered?

Or rather, they had provoked someone they couldn't afford to offend!

At that moment, the leg she was readying to kick with was sliced by Prince Qing's Short Knife, removing a large chunk of flesh.

Now that leg was a bloody mess, blood pouring out, the pain making even the slightest movement difficult.

The woman, having come to her senses, half-crouched there begging for mercy: "Strong sir, spare my life! Strong sir, spare my life!!"

As soon as she begged, the old woman also began to beg.

Zhan Gao, with his men, swiftly tied up the two.

Prince Qing's attendants also bound everyone else in the small courtyard.

The old woman and her ilk must be habitual con artists, while the woman on the other side is likely a madam from a pleasure quarter.

This might involve the interests of some special groups.

But among these people, who could be more noble than Prince Qing and Prince Qi?

Others were busy handling the battlefield, while Prince Qing squatted down and first untied the ropes on several children.

Having gained freedom, Feng Xuanrui cried while pulling out the torn rag, threw it hard to the ground, clung to Prince Qing's thigh, and wailed at the top of his voice: "Uncle Prince Qing, wuu-wuu, they deceived me, they deceived me!!!"

Feng Xuanrui only gradually realized, after being bound and beaten, that they had been deceived.

The one who deceived them was even a seemingly cute little girl.

At that moment, the lens of his sister's identity in his eyes had already shattered largely.

In the end, it was Sui Sui's struggling lunge that rescued the lens again.

At that moment, feelings of distress and indignation surged together, and Feng Xuanrui's youthful heart collapsed straight into ruins.

The little boy's sobs shook the heavens; Sui Sui carefully took his hand, hoping to give him comfort and strength.

After feeling his sister's warmth, Feng Xuanrui cried even louder!

Second watch.

(End of chapter)