Barrage: [I’ve been a fan of Yu for so long, and it’s the first ti I’ve seen such a bewildered expression on his face.]
[I’m laughing so hard I could die. Just asking, has Yu violated Federation law? To marry soone like that ho.]
[People are seriously talking here, don’t laugh! This village seems to be matriarchal, right? This kind of marriage seems quite common.]
[Just asking, have the n in the village violated Federation law as well? To be exploited by won like this?]
[Why does this look so familiar? I rember there’s a similar situation recorded in the history of Ancient Blue Star, right? But the gender roles were reversed; won were exploited, and n benefited.]
[What a load of nonsense. Were n having babies during that ti?]
[No, it has always been won.]
[Then it’s even more nonsensical! Won are already at a disadvantage by having children, and you’re telling they were willing to be exploited, taking care of children and in-laws, and then being oppressed and humiliated by n every day?]
[Really! If you don’t believe , check the ancient history. It’s truly recorded that way!]
[No point arguing, it’s aningless. The ancient social system, cultural thoughts, and societal environnt are different from now. It’s normal not to understand.]
[Indeed, different historical eras, different cultural education, different humanistic thoughts all lead to different societal environnts. We cannot use modern thinking to look at that era. Besides... this is just a subplot.]
[Just asking, did won of that era violate Federation law?]
[Even if they did, would it warrant such consequences?]
[Never would have thought, watching Yu’s livestream, I’d learn about the history of Ancient Blue Star.]
Yuze cleared his throat: "Uh... I’ll think about it."
Hearing this, the others all smiled.
In their eyes, considering it ans agreeing.
Of course, refusing ans agreeing too.
Given Yunbing’s conditions, which man would refuse her?
The richest in the village!
A talented woman!
First marriage, has a house, car, and career.
Even gets an allowance of 1000 a month, you’d laugh yourself awake in your dreams.
Yuze managed to get through the dinner.
After dinner, Yuntian dragged Xiaxia to tidy up the room, leaving space for Yuze and Yunbing to be alone.
The two moved small stools to cool off in the yard.
Yunbing gazed at Yuze’s face with fascination: "You’re truly the most handso man I’ve ever seen, how co I never noticed how handso you are before?"
Yuze showed a professional, fake smile: "Maybe we just hadn’t encountered each other much before."
Yunbing looked at him smilingly, suddenly reaching to touch his wrist: "Let see how slender your hands are? In a couple of days, I’m going to the city, should I bring you a watch?"
"No need, I’m not used to wearing those." Yuze declined while subtly changing the subject: "I noticed the aunties in the ancestral hall seem very tense these days."
Yunbing wasn’t concerned: "It might be because the Holy Daughter election is approaching, and it coincides with the tourist season. There are many outsiders, and they’re afraid sothing might go wrong. My shop gets thousands, even tens of thousands of custors daily, and the staff are so busy with checkout that the machines are overheating."
Yuze nodded, then asked, "Do you know Zhang Qingqing?"
Yunbing tensed upon hearing the na: "Why are you bringing her up?"
Yuze chuckled: "I was talking about it with Yuntian today. Yuntian said no one in the village dares to talk about her, all the won are afraid of that na."
"Pfft... What nonsense, why wouldn’t they dare to talk about her? I just can’t be bothered." Yunbing waved her hand dismissively.
Seeing Yuze just quietly watching her, looking disbelieving.
His features were truly strikingly handso.
Being stared at quietly by soone like this, Yunbing felt her backbones turning soft and instinctively wanted to save face: "Just because others don’t dare doesn’t an I don’t dare! This Zhang Qingqing, there’s actually nothing special about her. You know about our village’s Holy Daughter election, right?"
Yuze nodded: "Yeah, I know."
Yunbing continued: "Did you think there are naturally over 30 girls of the sa age here? Our village isn’t that big! Among these Sacrificial Girls, so are college students traveling nearby who were kidnapped and brought in."
Yuze’s eyes flickered: "Kidnapped?"
Yunbing nodded: "Yeah, otherwise where do all these fair-skinned, delicate, soft girls co from, the ones who only know how to cry and have no backbone or toughness? They’re clearly not from our village."
Yuze frowned: "So many people went missing, and no one noticed?"
Yunbing chuckled dismissively: "Our village’s capabilities are vast. For the sake of electing a Holy Daughter, the won in the ancestral hall would do anything. They bought these college students, not expecting to let them leave alive. No matter how fierce the resistance from the students, a few days of hunger and beatings, and a fragrant mist from the Holy Daughter, and they’d forget everything."
Yuze’s eyes revealed understanding as he asked again: "Then why do villagers avoid talking about them?"
Yunbing lowered her voice mysteriously: "It’s because, in recent years, the Sacrificial Girls have been cursed. Not a single Sacrificial Girl has survived to the day of election and succession, so we’re not stupid. We bring in won from outside to be Sacrificial Girls."
"But one year, because soone kidnapped a woman with status, it caused a big uproar and even attracted dia attention. If it weren’t for the tsunami that year that subrged the village, the story would’ve gotten out."
Yuze slightly frowned, witnessing such blatant human trafficking for the first ti.
Yunbing continued: "It’s said these dead Sacrificial Girls offended the Sea God, it’s taboo, you can’t ntion them. Saying their nas would anger Lord Sea God. So no one in the village dares to discuss it. Those people died, and they weren’t even our village’s own, no need to concern ourselves with them."
Yuze nodded in understanding.
This way, the clues were cut off, the two who died were college students that had been kidnapped.
Not locals, difficult to investigate.
Wonder if Josh has any leads.
*
Elsewhere.
Josh stepped on the old lady’s face, a hint of realization crossing his face, "So that’s how it is. Why didn’t you tell earlier?"
The old lady, sporting a bruised, swollen face like a pig’s, cried out, "Then let go of ! You have no respect for elders and care for the young! I’m going to Yue Xi to report you!"
The room was littered with human-shaped lanterns, scattered all over the place.
Josh squinted at the ntion of being reported.
The old lady’s montum instantly weakened, whimpering and holding her bleeding nose, looking at her pitifully: "No matter how bad it is, you shouldn’t hit old people..."
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