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Gu Danyan was interrupted before he could even finish his sentence.

”My life is yours, as long as you let go of my two sisters.” The thirteen-fourteen year old boy knelt on the kang and kowtowed fiercely. Behind him, the two girls of different ages stared at her with wide eyes.

Gu Liuyan suddenly felt angry. Why did they, as teenagers, not know that life wasn't just two words?

When he finally reacted, he had already climbed onto the kang and pulled him up. He looked at Ye Xiao seriously and said, ”Your life is yours, no one can go.”

The boy was stunned. The other slaves watched in shock, not daring to make a sound.

Gu Liuyan boldly pulled the boy off the bed and wiped the dust off his face with a handkerchief. Looking at the child's obsidian eyes, she said seriously: ”Do you have a name?”

The boy craned his neck and shook his head.

”Then you're not alone.” Gu Danyan's soft fingers pressed against the other's cold face, making the boy want to leave. However, due to his servility, he had to stand up straight. After staring at each other for a long time, Gu Danyan finally said softly: ”Then, do you have any words you like?”

”Words?”

”Of all the things you've heard, the one you love the most is the one I chose to name you.” Gu Danyan felt his heart hurt and his tone softened.

After a long silence, the boy blankly said, ”My family's former Miss said the sunset is very beautiful.”

Gu Danyan thought for a while and looked at him: ”If you're a girl, you might be able to call her 'Sunset', but since you're a boy, why not call her 'Xu Yang'? ”Xu refers to the rising sun. As for the latter, you might consider it to be the setting sun.”

”Xu …” ”Rising Sun?” The boy thought about it dumbly, as if he didn't understand what it meant.

The waiter's heart also ached. He pulled the boy to his side to teach him, while Gu Danyan asked the ghost to bring out his four treasures. Gu Danyan didn't think about anything else but to give the names of the nearly thirty children, writing down each name and placing them in their hands.

However, they didn't say a word the entire time. Only their eyes revealed a happy expression.

Li Yao was just one of the many people in Jiang Yan. The lowest level of people in Jiang Yan would be directly taken as slaves, and the children born from the slaves would only be accepted as slaves, but as long as there were some slaves who were smart enough to enlist their troops as generals, even if they were just captains, then one of their own generation would be able to get rid of their slave.

Even so, Li Yao was unable to find any good jobs in Jiang Yan. Even becoming a waiter was only because he was smarter than others and didn't have a high salary.

Gu Danyan listened to Li Yao's brief description and felt a headache looking at the children who did not dare to speak or sleep. He helplessly said, ”The battle report will arrive in a while. I won't stay for long. Watch them eat and sleep.”

”Go ahead. I'll take care of this place.” Li Shi quickly patted his chest.

Gu Liuyan nodded in understanding. Just as she was about to leave, a tender voice came from the corner of the brick bed: ”What are we going to do?”

”No need.” Gu Daiyan shook his head in confusion, only to see the other children shrinking their shoulders in sadness.

Li Yao quickly moved close to her ear and said, ”They don't usually work, so they're not allowed to eat. I'm afraid they're hungry.”