C69 Cui Ping's Background

"Scram!" The man roared and the seller ran away.

Lin Ruo Xi had always admired heroes since she was young. Seeing that man run away so easily, she felt that he was very powerful. She thanked him, "Thank you for saving me."

The man turned around and looked at Lin Ruo Xi and Qing He. He smiled and said, "So it's the two little girls. Don't you know that you have to pay for the food?"

"Pay?" Lin Ruo Xi was puzzled.

The man took out some shattered silver from his sleeve and waved it in front of them. "This is it. Don't you know?"

Lin Ruo Xi and Qing He looked at each other and shook their heads.

"It seems like this is your first time out, right? How are you going to eat without money?" The man kindly rubbed their heads and said, "I'll treat you guys to a meal."

Maybe it was because this man saved her, but in Lin Ruo Xi's heart, he was a good person. Therefore, she nodded and agreed to follow him.

The two girls followed the man into a restaurant and ate a big meal. However, they found that they were dizzy. Then they saw the man opposite them smiling at them.

"Qing He…" Before Lin Ruo Xi lost consciousness, she called out to the maid beside her. However, she found that the person beside her had already fainted.

When Lin Ruo Xi woke up, she found herself in a small room. Besides Qing He, there was another girl beside her. She looked at Lin Ruo Xi with her frightened eyes.

“Where are we? Who are you?” Lin Ruo Xi looked around and suddenly realized something. She quickly got up and wanted to run out, but she realized that the door was locked from the outside. She ran to the window and realized that it was also locked.

“Open the door, open the door, hurry up and let me out!” Lin Ruo Xi slammed the door and windows with all her might, but no one paid attention to her.

At this time, the strange young lady said weakly, “It’s useless. We have already been sold in. They won’t let us leave.”

“Sold? What do you mean?” Qing He also woke up. She was extremely shocked when she heard this. She looked up at her Miss and asked in fear, “Miss, what did she mean?”

“Miss, what does she mean?”

Lin Ruo Xi did not know what to do, so she asked the young lady to explain.

“I was tricked by a man and sold. It has been two days. I saw him bringing you two here today. I’m afraid that you were also sold after being tricked.” The young lady explained in a low voice.

Lin Ruo Xi suddenly became angry, but she knew that it was useless to throw a tantrum now. At this time, a woman came in from the outside. She was dressed extravagantly and looked at the three young ladies as she said, “Not bad. They are quite distinctive. After nurturing them well, they will definitely sell for a high price.”

“Who are you? Do you know who my father is? If he knows that you have locked me up, he will definitely not let you go.” Lin Ruo Xi felt that it was dangerous. She did not care that she had escaped. If her father knew, he would definitely punish her. She wanted to tell him her identity.

“I don’t care who your father is. I’m not your mother. You should listen to me when you arrive here.” The woman left after saying that, leaving behind a few burly men to watch them.

Lin Ruo Xi wanted to rush out, but was stopped. Later on, she understood that they had been sold to a brothel. She tried her best to escape, but was captured and beaten half to death.

“It was from that time onwards that I told myself that I must be strong enough to protect myself.” Lin Ruo Xi pulled herself out of her memories and looked at Cui Ping. “Do you still remember how we escaped?”

Cui Ping naturally remembered. If it wasn’t for Lin Ruo Xi, she would have died there a long time ago. How could she be the current her?

“I, Cui Ping, will remember Eldest Miss’s kindness. If Eldest Miss didn’t help me conceal the crime of killing, I would have been executed a long time ago.” That was right. When they were escaping, Cui Ping had used a vase to kill a person in panic. The government wanted to hold her accountable. Lin Ruo Xi had falsified the evidence and saved her life. She even brought her home and named her Cui Ping.

Lin Ruo Xi raised her eyebrows slightly. “It’s rare that you still remember.”

“No, Cui Ping has always remembered Eldest Miss’s kindness. I will be used by Eldest Miss for the rest of my life.” Cui Ping quickly knelt on the ground to express her loyalty.

What Lin Ruo Xi wanted to hear was exactly this.

The two of them pointed at her. “The one on the left is not poisonous. The one on the right is poisonous. I want you to send her to the Water Moon Temple. Do you understand what I mean?”

Cui Ping was not stupid. Besides, ever since she entered the Shanhai House, she had been following Lin Ruo Xi. After Lin Ruo Xi sent her to Lin Ruo Yun as a spy, she knew that Lin Ruo Xi was ambitious. She tried her best to make herself a person that could help her, in order to repay her kindness.

"Eldest Miss, don't worry. Cui Ping understands." Cui Ping glanced at the pomegranate and remembered which one was poisonous and which one was not. After that, she lowered her head.

Lin Ruo Xi looked at her calm and composed appearance and felt a little strange. She did not beat around the bush and directly asked, “Logically speaking, if this kind of thing were to be discovered, it would be a capital offense. Why did you agree without even thinking about it? Aren’t you afraid of death?”

Cui Ping naturally knew that Lin Ruo Xi would not easily believe her. So when she asked this question, Cui Ping raised her head and looked straight into Lin Ruo Xi’s eyes. She said without hesitation, “Did Eldest Miss forget? Cui Ping was a dead person thirteen years ago. So to Cui Ping, if she died, it would only be earning thirteen years.”

Lin Ruo Xi knew that she was not lying. She gave her a praising look and said, “Then go. I’ll wait for your good news here.”

Only then did Cui Ping pick up the tray and slowly leave.

The Water Moon Nunnery was not far from the Great Scholar's Mansion, so Cui Ping arrived at the moment when Grand Lady woke up from her afternoon nap. There was still some time left before dinner.

After Cui Ping entered the Water Moon Nunnery, she handed over the poisonous pomegranate to a little nun and asked very kindly, "Young Master, there are two pomegranates here for our Grand Lady and Third Miss, but I'm afraid that they won't be fresh if I wait too long. Can you send them to our Third Miss?"

This little nun was the little nun from before. When she heard that she was going to find Miss Lin Ruo Yin, she happily agreed, "Benefactor, don't worry. This poor nun will definitely send them to you."

"Then thank you, Young Master. Hurry up and send them. Don't make my Third Miss wait too long." After Cui Ping finished speaking, she nodded slightly as a form of gratitude.