diskusbooks Chapter 184 Extortion
Chapter 184 Extortion
As Xia Mo called her "sister" repeatedly, the woman gradually lowered her guard.
“My name is Yin Rou,” the woman said in a hoarse voice.
Xia Mo opened her round, innocent doe eyes and exclaimed, "Sister's name is so beautiful!"
Yin Rou's voice broke as she said, "This is the name my godfather gave me. He hoped I would be gentle and obedient, ah..."
Towards the end, Yin Rou made a sarcastic remark.
"Who says women have to be gentle and docile?" Xia Mo looked at her mother, puzzled.
“Who said that! Women can also stand on their own!” Xia’s mother echoed Xia Mo, hands on her hips, and shouted.
Yin Rou looked at Xia's mother with some surprise.
"Sister Yin, in our family, we listen to my mother the most," Xia Mo said with a grin.
Yin Rou suddenly fell silent, lowered her head, and her body was shrouded in an unconcealable gloom.
Clearly, Xia Mo's words to Xia's mother touched Yin Rou's heart.
"Sister Yin, where are you from?" Xia Mo asked curiously.
She was testing Yin Rou to see how much of her guard she had lowered.
Yin Rou glanced warily at Xia Mo, then lowered her head and remained silent.
Yin Rou noticed that Xia Mo and the others were dressed plainly, so she guessed they were ordinary farmers. She was a little worried that if they knew who she was, they might betray her for the reward of one hundred taels of silver!
She had escaped ten times before, but each time... because of that damned bounty, she was sent back to the most humiliating brothel! Every day she endured... unbearable, worse-than-death torture! If she hadn't held on to her last breath, she would have already...
Xia Mo understood. Thinking about it, it made sense. It was impossible to completely lower one's guard just because of a few "sisters".
"Sister Yin, this is an incredibly powerful medicine that my master gave me. Take it, and it will make you feel better," Xia Mo said, handing over a creamy-white pill that smelled sweet.
Yin Rou looked at "Candy Bean" and then at Xia Mo with mixed feelings.
She felt that Xia Mo had been fooled. No matter how you looked at it, Xia Mo was just too naive.
Yin Rou thought Xia Mo was innocent and, without any suspicion, took the candy and ate it.
Yin Rou felt the sweet taste spreading quickly in her mouth and thought to herself: Just as expected.
After a few breaths, the pill took effect.
Feeling her feverish body, Yin Rou looked at Xia Mo in surprise. Her heart sank. Had she been tricked again?!
"What's wrong?" Xia Mo looked at Yin Rou with innocent eyes, then poured out four pills and handed them to Xia's father and the others.
"Father, Mother, Eldest Brother, Second Brother, you eat too," Xia Mo said, taking a bite for herself as she spoke.
"Little sister, this time it's sweet," Xia Erge couldn't help but laugh.
My little sister is still a bit childish.
“Hehe, the one Master made before was bitter, which I didn’t like. Now that I like it, I’ve made it sweet. It’s delicious,” Xia Mo nodded.
For her, the health-strengthening pills were like candy; they had no effect on her whatsoever.
Yin Rou looked at the situation with a mistake. They had all eaten, so was her fever really okay?
"Sister Yin, why do you smell bad?" Xia Mo said, winking playfully at Brother Xia.
Brother Xia immediately understood.
"The first time you eat it, your body will feel hot for a while, and then you will sweat and expel a lot of dirt. It's inevitable that Sister Yin... it's the first time you eat it," Brother Xia realized that he couldn't be as shameless as his little sister and call her "sister this, sister that".
Yin Rou was somewhat taken aback when she heard this. Was there really such a miraculous medicine?
“Perfect timing, I brought a big pot. Boil some water and you can rinse yourself,” Xia’s mother said, looking into the woods.
Yin Rou nodded. For now, she chose to continue observing the Xia family. She felt that the innocent Xia Mo didn't seem like a bad person at all.
After a flurry of activity, Yin Rou returned, having changed into Xia's mother's clothes.
His neat hair, clean clothes, and exposed face all indicated that he was not in his thirties, but rather around twenty years old.
Xia's mother was surprised and hurriedly invited Yin Rou to sit by the fire.
Xia's mother realized that Yin Rou didn't want to talk about her family or where she lived, so she didn't ask. Instead, she told Yin Rou some interesting stories about rural life.
Yin Rou gradually relaxed.
When it was time to sleep, those who slept in horse-drawn carriages or tents squeezed together and made do for the night.
* * *
Early the next morning—
The sky is bright.
Xia Jia opened his eyes in the misty, cold wind of early summer morning, got up, went to the river to fetch water, and did some simple cleaning.
Miao'er clumsily helped Miss Lu wash up.
Xia's mother got into the carriage, Miss Lu and Miao'er got into the carriage, and Xia Mo also got into the carriage. Xia's father and the other two tall and strong men had to give up their seats for the women and squeezed into the carriage seats.
The horse started moving again.
The carriage was so crowded that the horses were moving much slower.
"Le'an Village is just ahead," Brother Xia whispered to Brother Xia.
Xia Erge's expression hardened, he nodded, and secretly glanced at Xia's father sitting in the passenger seat.
Brother Xia raised the reins, urging the horse to run faster.
The horse quickened its pace, but with so much luggage on the cart, things were really getting difficult.
Xia Mo used his divine sense to lighten the load on the carriage.
The horse felt its load lighten, perked up, and sped up.
The carriage, which was moving at a snail's pace just moments ago, has sped up.
The horse-drawn carriage passed by the official road at the entrance of Le'an Village.
At the entrance of Le'an Village —
"Look!"
The woman pulled the old woman, urging her to look at the people in the carriage.
"Mother-in-law, have you seen that person driving the horse-drawn carriage?!" the woman asked the old woman excitedly.
The old woman saw three men crammed into the driver's seat of the carriage. At first glance, she saw Xia's father and felt that he looked somewhat familiar. Then she looked at Xia's eldest brother and second brother.
The old woman's eyes lit up.
"It is indeed beautiful," the old woman nodded.
The old woman dropped the makeshift cane she was holding and ran towards the main road.
The old woman decided to stage an accident to stop the carriage!
If the carriage hits her, they should be held responsible. Then she can propose that the person in the carriage meet her daughter, or marry her daughter or something...
The old woman thought that if she wanted to ask the other party to marry her daughter, she would have to make the collision quite hard.
The old woman's face turned serious, and she adopted a posture of facing death without fear, increasing her pace.
The carriage was still a bit slow due to overloading.
At the old woman's current speed, hitting her would be no problem at all.
but……
Xia Mo'an sat in the carriage, but his divine sense had already taken in the surrounding situation.
She used her divine sense to condense into a fine thread and tripped the old woman before she ran onto the main road.
"Ouch..."
The old woman screamed and fell down.
Even as she screamed and fell, the old woman still thought that it would be good if the carriage could stop.