Chapter 548 - The Tip of the Iceberg (2/2)

“Is a residence like this in the old capital the only one?”

She couldn’t help feeling cold in the heart. Now, the more she approached the mysterious force, the more she felt that what she touched was quite a scary monster.

If she kept taking reckless action, she was afraid that it would be like smashing an egg on a rock.

By taking a familiar path, Hongyu led Lin Mengya to a little courtyard.

Still, no guards were seen. As soon as the three of them stepped into it, they saw that a group of little children was watching curiously in their direction in a tidy small room.

“Aunt, you’ve finally come.”

When they found that the person they saw was the very familiar Hongyu, all these delicate and nice young girls ran out of the room at the speed of little rabbits.

Instantly, they surrounded the three of them.

“Well, have you all eaten yet? Did anyone come to trouble you?”

Affected by Sumei, the young girls led by Hongyu were given the lowest treatment.

But Sumei had only had the guts to do something tricky to their eating and clothing.

Among these little girls, the oldest ones were just thirteen or fourteen, and the youngest looked like seven or eight.

But they had left their families quite early, and the tender care given them had gone. Then, they became the sacrifices of a conspiracy, with their lives ruined because of someone’s ambition.

Seeing such ignorant girls, Lin Mengya clenched her fists secretly.

“What a cruel devil!” Sooner or later, she would toll the death knell for it in person!

“No, only the aunts of the other courtyards came and said that you wouldn’t teach us anymore from today on. Aunt, we’re unwilling to part with you.”

A little older girl spoke with disappointment. Instantly, these young girls, who had been noisy moments ago, became silent.

It seemed that Hongyu was sincere to these girls and had been treating them nicely.

“I’m unwilling to part with you, either. In the future, you must cherish yourselves much. Remember, no matter what difficulty you face, don’t lose hope in your hearts. Sooner or later, you’ll be free.”

Hongyu truly didn’t want to leave such girls, but her strength was limited.

She could just put off the coming of their fate a few days here.

Looking at these innocent and lovely faces, she thought of their helplessness that they would be stained someday and become the tools for pleasing men. Then, she couldn’t help feeling quite sad.

Looking back at Lin Mengya, Hongyu bit her teeth lightly and knelt before her.

“Princess, I know you are in a terrible dilemma, but can you, can you—”

Before Hongyu said it, Lin Mengya had learned what she begged her to do.

At this moment, she felt the deep helplessness that she had never tasted before.

She had the wish to help all these young girls get out of the abyss of suffering.

But she was now hardly able to save herself, let alone others. If she tried to take these young girls away, she would hurt them, in fact.

This was not cowardice but the helplessness that she couldn’t handle the situation.

“Huh, she has fallen into such a trap here and can’t get herself out, so how can she spare time to care about these useless people?”

When the dilemma occurred, an arrogant voice suddenly came from behind.

When Lin Mengya and Xiu looked back, they saw a scarlet figure, who had appeared at the entrance of the courtyard at some point.

Complacent, he arched his eyebrows. His eyes were filled with a look of belittling everyone, which was as proud as ever.

This person turned out to be the little servant named Zhu Yan, who had once shown up in Huichun House.

As expected, all her moves were under the control of Zhu Yun.

But she didn’t know why he asked Zhu Yan to appear in front of her now.

“Who do you think you are! You dared to talk to my Sister Princess like this! Don’t you believe I can kill you anytime?”

Seeing that the person was just an older child but dared to act like that, Xiu couldn’t help coming out to glare at the annoying man.

Zhu Yan smiled coldly and took out a silvery sharp scimitar sometime unknown.

He had a childish face, but there was a cruel and bloodthirsty smile on it.

But before he could do anything, he seemed to have been nailed to the spot by something.

“Don’t move! If you want to live on, be obedient; otherwise, I’ll let your intestines break and belly burst and die with all kinds of torture.”

Xiu’s beautiful little face became serious. She had been angry inwardly for a long time.

She hadn’t vented her anger earlier because there was no chance, but now, the man asking for trouble had come to her. Naturally, she would not miss the chance.

“When did you—you put the insect at my chest!”

An itchy and numb feeling came from his chest.

But the soft feeling had instantly made Zhu Yan stand stiffly.