Chapter 90: Saving People
Xiaohong had never been in a situation like this before, and her eyes immediately reddened with fright as she nodded repeatedly.
Xia Muqing moved her hand to her neck and used a little more force as a warning. She let go of Xiaohong when she began to struggle.
Xiaohong panted heavily. The suffocating feeling just now made her even more anxious.
Xia Muqing asked, “Was the child you mentioned brought back by a concubine two days ago?”
Only now did Xiaohong realize that Xia Muqing had overheard their conversation, and she nodded in fear.
Xia Muqing’s expression turned cold and she asked, “Why did that child run?”
Xiaohong stammered, “Madam Liu wanted to offer that child to our master, but that child wasn’t willing.”
Xia Muqing frowned and subconsciously tightened her grip.
Frightened, Xiaohong hurriedly said, “I’m not lying. I’m telling the truth.”
Xia Muqing asked again, “What do you mean by offering him to your master?”
However, Xiaohong felt a little uncomfortable this time. Under her threat, she said shyly, “Our master likes both men and women, especially children.”
Xia Muqing didn’t expect that to be the reason. What followed was blazing fury. She knew that the woman had ill intentions towards the boy, but she didn’t expect her to have such disgusting intentions.
Even a vicious tiger wouldn’t eat its cubs.
Suppressing her anger, she asked, “Where is that child?”
“The second room on the left.”
After Xiaohong finished speaking, Xia Muqing used a knife to press against the back of her neck.
After Xia Muqing placed her on the ground, she finally dared to breathe.
If Xiaohong had dared to turn around to take a look just now, she would have realized that Xia Muqing’s face was already covered in cold sweat. Xiaohong had fainted mainly from fright.
Xia Muqing rested for a while before walking out of the bushes.
She observed the situation in the residence and slowly walked along the wall.
Just as she arrived at the second room, a group of people approached from afar. Xia Muqing was shocked and looked around to see that there was no place to hide.
As the people approached, a small window suddenly opened, revealing a small face.
“Sister, come in quickly.”
Xia Muqing quickly snuck into the window at the same time there was a knock on the door.
She couldn’t care less about anything else right now and she quickly hid under the bed. The boy sat on the bed, his feet blocking her from view.
There was a symbolic knock on the door and the person entered.
The person was the woman she had met back then.
After entering, she scanned the room and her gaze fell when she saw the opened window.
She stepped forward and raised her hand, wanting to slap the boy. However, she thought of something and lowered her hand.
She then whipped the boy forcefully with a whip and hissed with hatred, “If you dare to run again, I’ll break your legs. Anyway, Old Master only likes your face.”
Xia Muqing clenched her fists tightly under the bed.
The boy didn’t make a sound despite being hit. He lowered his head and didn’t speak.
The woman lashed him a few more times before her anger subsided. “Wash yourself clean tonight. Someone will come and get you.”
Seeing that the boy still didn’t react, she snorted. “You’re really like your father. How unlucky.”
With that, she instructed her men to lock the windows before leaving.
The boy immediately looked down at Xia Muqing who was under the bed. “Sister, are you okay?”
Xia Muqing climbed out and looked at the various old injuries on his body, as well as the red marks that had just appeared. She said, “I will take you away.”
The boy shook his head and said, “Sister, leave by yourself. I’ll implicate you if you bring me along.”
Xia Muqing didn’t know if this village was a hallucination or reality, but the little boy in front of her gave her a feeling that he was a real person.
Xia Muqing ignored the boy’s constant urging.
The woman seemed to be very afraid that the boy would escape, and she added two guards to guard the door.