Chapter 84 - pay me with your body (1/2)

He closes his eyes and sighs.

He has been an idiot. Why did he pick up a strange woman like this? Why didn't he consider the possibility that she might have been left to die on the island because she committed a heinous crime? She could be a murderess or an exiled woman. She could be a king killer.

”Speak.” Lu Weixue can't take a risk. He has a younger brother. If this woman is going to bring him misfortune, then he will throw her in the sea right away. ”Why were you there?”

She sits down on the bed and leans toward the wall. She doesn't meet his eyes. She has decided to ignore him to death.

Angry beyond words, he grabs her wrist tightly. ”Did you commit a crime?”

She smiles at him mockingly. ”Regretting it already?”

The contempt in those dark eyes makes him feel shame. He scrutinizes her with his eyes. What can a woman like her do? Her bones can be broken easily if he grips her arm hard. She can't even protect herself. She won't tell him about herself if he threatens her with death.

She's afraid of being dishonored though.

”If you don't tell me the truth, I will let those men do whatever they want,” He tells her quietly.

As expected, she looks at him with fearfully again and then, it's gone with a flicker. There is only hate and disgust. He doesn't care. He just doesn't want troubles in the future. He already has nothing left.

”I didn't commit any crime,” She replies with the same quiet tone.

He waits for her to say more. She doesn't open her mouth again. She watches him solemnly. Under the soft light of the lamp, she seems like someone who came back after touching the door of the death. A part of him is afraid of this woman.

Another part of him pities her. She's just a weak woman. What can she do? What can a woman who tried to bury herself do? She is likely to kill herself again. At most, he will have a dead body to bury.

”What's your name?” He asks her.

She shrugs her shoulders. ”Must I tell you?”

”I need to know your name in case you kill yourself,” He taunts her. The unpleasant feeling is growing strong. He doesn't like her at all. He should just sell her. ”Do you want to be buried under a nameless grave?”

”Mo Wei,” She whispers after a long time.

He raises his brow. ”Where did you come from?”

”Just throw me in the sea,” She says to him bitterly.

”I won't do that.” He laughs, trying to sound sinister. ”You want to die. If I throw you into the sea, you will get what you want.”

Silence again. The woman just ignores him and closes her eyes. He lets go of her wrist. The red fingers marks on her pale skin the disappear right away. He frowns deeply and thinks nothing of it. It seems like he can't push her too much to answer him.

If she's not a felon, then it's fine.

He leaves the cabin. He needs to think about what to do about her after they reach the city.