Chapter 165: The reason for the 165 being sold is not as she said. Chapter 165: The reason for the 165 being sold is not as she said. “I’m still your lifesaver, aren’t I? Despite your prowess, you still had to pay a price to bring me along!” Ye Jiu muttered under her breath.
“What did you say?” Sikong Mo asked.
Seeing the warning look in Sikong Mo’s eyes, Ye Jiu forced an awkward smile, “I didn’t say anything, nothing at all. I mean, the Guard Office must be heavily guarded by now, even if I wanted to be an insider, I couldn’t get in, could I?”
“I have my own arrangements for that. When the time comes, you just need to follow orders and get the job done,” Sikong Mo said.
“Alright, alright, whatever you say, I’ll listen, as long as you can take me back to Dongyue,” Ye Jiu finally capitulated.
Ye Jiu followed Sikong Mo and hadn’t gone far when they saw someone flying down from a distance, landing directly on their knees in front of Sikong Mo, “Master…”
Si Bei was about to speak when he noticed Ye Jiu standing behind Sikong Mo. He promptly swallowed his words and looked at Sikong Mo with confusion.
Sikong Mo, seeing Si Bei’s hesitance, knew he must have something important to report, so he gestured with his hand, “We’ll talk about it when we get back.”
“Yes,” Si Bei bowed with his fists clasped.
“Ye Jiu, where are you staying now?” Sikong Mo didn’t even turn around and suddenly asked.
The last time he asked Si Bei to deliver the silver note to her, that boy had taken it upon himself to find out everything about this girl, and for some reason, Sikong Mo had remembered all of it, which was how he knew Ye Jiu’s name.
“I’m living in a courtyard on Dong Street. That courtyard is specially used by human traffickers to keep girls who have been abducted. Every fifteen days, a group is sold off, and in another couple of days, new abducted girls are brought in,” Ye Jiu answered through clenched teeth.
No matter the era, human traffickers are always abhorrent, invoking deep-seated hatred.
“How long have you been abducted?” Sikong Mo suddenly grew curious.
He remembered that when he saw this girl last year, she was chubby, but now, although she hadn’t lost her shape, she was no longer the plump figure she used to be.
“Almost three months!” Ye Jiu was on the verge of tears; being away from home for so long, she didn’t know how worried her family must be!
Sikong Mo couldn’t help but turn around, “Three months, then how come you’re still in that courtyard, not sold off yet?”
Ye Jiu twisted her mouth.
How was she supposed to answer?
Could she really say it was because she was too ugly, and Madam Xun thought she couldn’t sell for a good price, so she had her stay in the courtyard to do chores?
That really was a blow to her self-esteem, wasn’t it!
“Because I’m deft with chores and too young to sell well, I was kept in the courtyard to do miscellaneous tasks,” Ye Jiu said awkwardly.
Sikong Mo nodded his head, actually believing this reason.
Si Bei twitched his mouth, unable to hold back a laugh.
The gazes of Sikong Mo and Ye Jiu both shifted onto him.
Si Bei immediately put away his smile and became serious, bowing to Sikong Mo, “I’ve overstepped, Master, please punish me.”
How could he forget? This girl was the only one who could get close to their Prince.
Even if her status was too low to become a Princess Consort, in order to continue the lineage of the War Prince Residence, being a concubine was inevitable.
If she could bear a son… rising to the status of a secondary wife due to her son’s nobility wasn’t impossible. Hence, she was not someone he should be laughing at!
“Why laugh?” Although Si Bei was not as cold as Si Nan, he was usually a measured man, prompting Sikong Mo’s question.
Tugging at the corner of his mouth, Si Bei answered, “I just think that the reason Miss Ye hasn’t been sold may not be what she claims.”