Recently, the Prefect of Ji Jiang City encountered something that made him extremely angry – his old love interest had been talking about introducing a beautiful young mistress to his youngest son and the praises she had showered on the young lady had him, too, feeling an unbearable itch. If such beauty truly existed in this world, even if his family could not enjoy and savor her, she could easily be sent to the high officials and nobles in the capital in exchange for a raise in his family’s status!
In fact, he already had everything planned out and had his abacus clicking, because the young lady was merely the daughter of an ordinary hunter and was someone he could easily get his hands on under the pretext of expropriating a good family by the orders of the imperial court. His recent dreams had been filled with wealth and power that he would wake up laughing every morning.
It should also be mentioned that his love interest was also a charming and coquettish woman with a well-developed and blooming body. The Prefect and Hui Niang spent countless nights indulging in each other’s body while conspiring against Xie MingLang and Gu MingYue.
They finally agreed on sending an ‘invitation’ to the mountains on the grounds of expressing their gratitude to the father and the daughter for saving Hui Niang in her time of need. A mere hunter would not be able to refuse an official invitation from the city, so both of them would definitely attend.
By the time they’re in the city, with the Prefect’s power and status, it would be too late for them to escape and if they tried to retaliate or refuse to obey, there are more than enough ways to tame the two.
However, the only thing that he didn’t like was his love interest’s proposal to keep the hunter as a guard in their residence. He knew that Hui Niang had probably taken a fancy to that hunter, but upon thinking of the number of men whom she had affairs with, one more man would not make much difference. And so, he begrudgingly agreed.
Hui Niang’s thoughts were indeed vicious. She wanted Xie MingLang and Gu MingYue to live in the same place, so that they can continue meeting each other daily. She wanted Xie MingLang to have no choice but to watch his daughter turn into nothing but a plaything under other men and become a whore like herself.
However, the Prefect and Hui Niang’s plans were doomed to fail from the start because when they sent someone to the mountains to deliver the invitation, they found out that there were no traces of them and the courtyard had long since been abandoned.
The Prefect’s beautiful dreams were shattered and in his furious rage, his anger was not unexpectedly transferred to Hui Niang, who was the person that proposed such a plan to get his hopes up which turned into such disappointments in the end. To vent his pent-up anger, the Prefect began roughing her up on bed, and as if it was not enough, he even invited his youngest son to join in this threesome activity.
Furthermore, the Prefect’s youngest son was infamous for his various methods of abusing and ‘taming’ women throughout the years, and before long, Hui Niang was ravaged to the point that there was hardly any piece of good flesh left on her body.
As the saying goes, the wicked would not go unpunished, and even if they did, the laws of heaven would not allow it.
Meanwhile, though it might’ve seemed cowardly for Gu MingYue and Xie MingLang to take their leave and escape, it was actually the perfect move for such a situation.
Furthermore, the enemy was much more powerful than they were, and Hui Niang’s social status and contacts were wide. It did not take someone with a brain to understand that it was not something a common family like Xie MingLang and Gu MingYue could retaliate against.
As the saying goes, a smart person would always recognize their own abilities and react to a situation accordingly according to their strengths and weaknesses, instead of just blindly going against the will of someone stronger just for the sake of ‘winning’.
At this moment, Xie MingLang and Gu MingYue had already traveled through several towns, and according to Gu MingYue’s plans, they would finally settle in Ji Yuan City, which was in another country in the northwest desert where the Hu People lived.
The customs of the Hu People were quite different from those of the Han People. Their ancestors were born in bitter and cold places, and their descendants had always been scarce, therefore, it was not uncommon for a son to inherit his late father’s concubines, or for a younger brother to marry his late elder brother’s wife.
In other words, it was a good place for Xie MingLang and Gu MingYue to live in.
The two bought a house in the commoner area of Ji Yuan City. It consisted of a small-scaled living room and a personal well plus garden, which was more than enough for the two of them to live self-sufficiently.
However, though they finally had a place to live, their wallets were almost emptied with all the previous traveling and necessary expenses. Gu MingYue did a quick count and confirmed that if they don’t start earning a living soon, their living expenses would not last more than a week.
Xie MingLang was strong and vigorous, and in such times of war, if they resided in an ordinary town, he would’ve been forcefully conscripted into the army. However, Ji Yuan City was a free zone and did not belong to any countries, furthermore, the commoners of Hu and Han had always maintained a good relationship, so the city had managed to keep its position of neutrality and detachment during such trying times.
Good riddance! Annoying original FL smh
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