“Little sister, don’t do this, stand up right now,” Nan Feng told her not to kowtow. But she kept on doing so. Nan Feng had to help her up to prevent her from smashing her head.
The young lady’s forehead was all red from kowtowing. She was inherently dirty and sweaty, and now her tears began to flow: “Sister, thank you for saving me, thank you!”
“No need to thank me, it’s only natural to help out when you see an injustice!” Nan Feng is a heroine who shoots wolves.
Nan Feng helped the young girl up, had her sit on a small stool, then squatted down in front of her, wanting to touch her face. But her face was just too dirty, so she pulled her hand back, then asked her: “Young girl, what’s your name?”
“Xiaodie, Zhuang Xiaodie,” the young lady responded.
“Nice name, by your accent, did you e from the north?” Nan Feng asked.
At this point, Xiaodie’s tears started flowing more fiercely: “Father is gone, mother is … also gone. I escaped alone. I saw many people going south, so I also moved in that direction. It was tough getting to Fuxian, with no relatives or friends. A lady gave me a bun, but who knew I’d faint before even finishing it. When I woke up, I was …”
In a brothel.
Xiaodie continued to say: “They wouldn’t give me any food, wanted me to entertain guests. I didn’t ply so they drugged me, hoping I wouldn’t have the strength to run away. I vomited out the medicine, but I still was too weak to escape. I pretended to obey, was well-behaved, and tried to escape when they least expected it, but I was caught again. Sister, if you hadn’t helped, I would have surely been beaten to death sooner or later. I won’t entertain guests, I’d rather die!”
After Xiaodie finished speaking, she wiped her tears again. Her face was very dirty, Nan Feng could not see her clearly, but judging by her eyes, she seemed truthful.
That said, she truly was a stubborn girl, who managed to exert all her energy even while kowtowing. When she said that she would rather die than entertain guests, there was a flash of determination in her eyes. Seem like she really would rather die than oblige.
“So, what are your plans now?” Nan Feng asked.
Xiaodie shook her head then looked at Nan Feng’s shop: “Sister, I don’t mean to impose on you. I can see that you run a business. If you need help, I could stay and assist you. If you don’t, could you please let me rest here for the night? I will leave first thing in the morning.”
“Do you know where you will go?”
Xiaodie simply shook her head again.
Nan Feng smiled and asked: “Are you hungry?”
Xiaodie held her stomach: “Not hungry, it’s just that…”
Nan Feng lifted her clothes recalling the man on the street had kicked her. She saw Xiaodie’s stomach had swelled up considerably.
Xiaodie’s face was dirty and dark, but the skin on her stomach was remarkably white. It seemed she must have e from a fortable home before fleeing and was likely pampered by her parents. Alas, that was not the case now …
She sighed: “Xiaodie, e with me to the backyard to wash up. I have some medicine for reduces swelling and relieves pain. Let’s apply it to you.”
…
After bathing, Xiaodie came out wearing Nan Feng’s clothes. As northern girls are generally taller, the clothes on Xiaodie were only slightly long.
Xiaodie’s face was also clean now, she was a typical northern girl with a high nose bridge and phoenix eyes, quite a good-looking young lady.
With a clean face and fresh clothes, her refined demeanor began to show.
“Your family was well-off before, right?” Nan Feng stated as she applied medicine on Xiaodie.
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