CHAPTER 929: CHAPTER 931: CAN YOU BUY ME?

The horse carriage raced ahead, leaving their pursuers far behind.

Only then did the bride let out a sigh of relief. She could hardly believe it; she had actually escaped and wouldn’t have to marry that fool. She really thought she was doomed just moments ago.

Seeing the girl still terrified, Xiaoxiao held her hand and didn’t let go. Instead, she looked at her, smiled slightly, and comforted, "See, I told you we could escape."

The girl looked into Xiaoxiao’s eyes and broke into a smile amidst her tears, "Mm, thank you, sister. You’re truly a good person."

Xiaoxiao chuckled; being a good person wasn’t easy.

Originally, she wasn’t someone who liked to meddle, but the girl insisted on running towards her carriage. What could she do? She surely couldn’t just leave her to those fierce men who wanted to forcefully take her away. That would be too cruel; Xiaoxiao couldn’t bring herself to do that. "It’s nothing, just lending a hand."

Afterward, the girl sat steadily in the carriage, without saying a word, lost in her thoughts.

Xiaoxiao didn’t ask much, as she could understand; after all, everyone has different experiences, and you can’t just tell anyone your story, as that’s practically rubbing salt on your own wounds.

The carriage traveled a long distance, and Xiaoxiao felt that those people surely wouldn’t catch up anymore. So she asked Yang Ming to stop the carriage.

Once the carriage stopped, Xiaoxiao spoke, "Miss, we have matters to attend to, and can’t keep you with us. Please step off the carriage here. They’ve been left far behind and won’t catch up."

It seemed that the girl hadn’t heard Xiaoxiao, sitting motionless.

"Miss?"

Xiaoxiao felt despair inside; was this girl planning to follow them?

Suddenly, the girl dropped to her knees with a thud, catching Xiaoxiao off guard, "Sister, could you buy me?"

"..." Well, it seems like she’s really planning to follow them.

Xiaoxiao furrowed her brow; she couldn’t stand people kneeling or the buying and selling of humans. She was a modern woman advocating for freedom.

"Miss, if you have something to say, please get up first."

But the girl was resolutely unmoving, tears streaming down her face, desperately pleading, "Sister, I can do anything—cooking, laundry, childcare, farming—anything. Please buy me, it’s not expensive, just twenty taels. I’ll be a maid for life, I mean, whatever you tell me to do, I’ll do it."

"..." Xiaoxiao was utterly helpless. This girl was probably being serious; just to confirm, you think twenty taels isn’t expensive?

Seeing Xiaoxiao remain silent, her face turning sullen, the girl felt very embarrassed. She knew someone like her wasn’t worth twenty taels, but she had no other way. She continued to plead, "Sister, my family owes someone twenty taels, and can’t repay it. They want to force me to marry that fool. I just can’t agree. I’ve escaped, but my family is still there, and they definitely won’t let my family off the hook."

She was only focused on running away, refusing to marry that fool, forgetting the consequences of escaping.

After getting on the carriage, though rescued, she grew frightened.

Having run away, the people would surely trouble her family, demanding those twenty taels of silver.

She couldn’t just leave her family behind; she ran while they would suffer.

She thought for a long time and finally resorted to selling herself to get the twenty taels to pay off her family’s debt.