Chapter 12 - 12. Checking the Truth (1/2)

Third person POV

The maids clean up the table and left the hall. Only leaving the three of them. ” Hong er, how is your life until now?” Bai Huiqing asked Hong er while gently holding her hand. ” uhm, quite good.” Hong er replied.

Bai Huiqing :” Where do you live before you come here? Where is your guardian?”

Hong er: ” I live in a small village beside Thousands Beasts Forest with my granny. She died one and a half year ago. Since then I was a slave until this morning. I became a chef in there that's why I had some experience in cooking.”

Bai Huiqing:” y-you were slaved?”

Hong er: ” yes ma'am”

Suddenly a frightening aura come out from Bai Huiqing, the ground shook by its aura. A large hand hold her hand, she looked at Xu Tingfeng. Seeing his bad expression too, make her a little bit calm. The ground stop shaking.

Hong er: ” Madam, are you okay?”

Bai Huiqing caress Hong er's hair.

Bai Huiqing: ” I'm fine. You are a good child for worrying about me. What did they do to you?”

Hong er: ” nothing special, they whipped me, flogged me, and beat me up. But I was lucky enough that I got to eat even if it was only once a day.”

Hong er lean closer to Bai Huiqing's hand, ' uhm, it feels warm.'. Bai Huiqing's hand shook , the ground start to shook again but it is stronger this time. Xu Tingfeng was angry after he knew that she was slaved by those Bei Zhou. But after listening to what she had been through, he is furious. ” My Lord! Madam!” A voice woke them up.

Bai Huiqing: ” What's wrong Hong er?”

Hong er: ” My Lord and Madam both have a very scary expression. So I thought that you were disgusted by me. I am sorry if I dirty this place with my lowly presence but please don't kick me out. I have nowhere to go.”

Hong er quickly kowtowed and slammed her head on the floor for a few times. Xu Tingfeng and Bai Huiqing are shocked by her action. They immediately pulled her up and stopped her from slamming her head on the floor.

Bai Huiqing: ” No, that isn't what we mean. We are just angry by how they treat you. And why would you think we will kick you out?! Don't ever slam your head like that ever again!”

Hong er: ” Really? I can stay here?”