Chapter 22 - Chapter 22: 022 Bearing Insults and Heavy Loads (1/2)

Chapter 22: 022 Bearing Insults and Heavy Loads

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Once they left Lian Mountain, Tianshui City was their next stop.

At noon, four people arrived outside Tianshui City, two men and two women. These were Gu Yang and his companions. Su Qingzhen and Zhi Xing were both extremely beautiful; to avoid attracting attention, they wore veils over their faces.

“Tianshui City!”

Looking at the three characters mounted above the city gate, Gu Yang had deep impressions of this city.

Once, in a game called Simulated Life, he had carved out a living here and became the richest man in the city…

Zhang Xiao Hai, who was standing at the side, asked, “Master, have you been here before?”

Gu Yang shook his head and said, “Let’s go.”

Entering the city, they were not examined too strictly; just a glance made it clear that they were not people to be trifled with.

The foursome headed to the largest inn in the city and ordered two rooms, one for Zhang Xiao Hai and the other for Gu Yang, Su Qingzhen, and Zhi Xing.

As Su Qingzhen was a maidservant, naturally, she had to share a room with her master.

And since Zhi Xing was Su Qingzhen’s maidservant, of course, she would stay with her mistress.

Gu Yang had arranged it intentionally that way, curious to see how long this young lady could put up with.

For the past ten days, the four of them had been camping in the mountains, it was about time they relaxed properly in a city environment.

Gu Yang sent Zhang Xiao Hai out to procure some daily necessities. When he returned to his room, he found Su Qingzhen organizing the bedding.

Zhi Xing muttered in a low voice, “Miss, let me do it—” Seeing him enter, she immediately held her tongue, turned her back, and refused to talk to him.

Ever since she found out that he wanted Su Qingzhen to be his servant, she had been angry and refused to interact with him for the entire journey. Sure had a temper.

Gu Yang went up to Su Qingzhen, noticing that she hung her head low, seeming resigned to her fate.

She had been so patient until now, not even protesting when he announced that she would have to share a room with him.

It did surprise him a bit.

Gu Yang extended his hand, took the jade hairpin from her head, and said, “I need to borrow this. Stay here and don’t wander off.”

With that, he turned around and left.

“Hey

Just when Zhi Xing was about to protest, Su Qingzhen pulled her back. In a hurry, she protested, “Miss, that hairpin is a keepsake from your mother…”

Su Qingzhen shook her head, “It’s just an object. It’s not important.”

“Miss, I’ll beg Brother Gu, I’ll be his maid instead. I can’t see you being mistreated.” Zhi Xing couldn’t bear to see her mistress humiliated.

Su Qingzhen said, “I have to survive, learn martial arts, and avenge my parents personally. At present, only he can help me, and I must bear the burden of shame.”

“Miss—

Zhi Xing’s eyes welled up with tears, feeling that her mistress had drastically changed. Previously, when she was abducted by bandits, she would rather die than submit.

Yet now, under Brother Gu’s mistreatment, she could endure it.

Miss used to be so proud; now she was reduced to being a servant for others.

Brother Gu was really too much.

Upon leaving the inn, Gu Yang asked some locals and found his way to a pawnshop.

He took out the jade hairpin and asked, “How much can I get for it?”

Inside the pawnshop was an old shopkeeper who glanced at the hairpin. Spotting that the owner was a hunter from out of town, he thought of swindling him, “This jade hairpin can fetch two taels of silver.”

“That’s too little. Nevermind.”

Upon hearing this, Gu Yang reached out and tried to take back the hairpin.

“Wait.”

The old shopkeeper grabbed his hand and smiled, “Young man, shall we talk more inside?”

Gu Yang also smiled, revealing his white teeth, and said, “Sure, why not?”