Chapter 253: Sibling Dialogue

Jiang Huanran was struggling, already bearing several wounds.

Hua Zhi glanced at the battlefield, "Wang Cheng, come help me."

Wang Cheng responded, and Hua Zhi went to Jiang Huanran's side. The two of them fought side by side. Upon seeing this, Yu Tao and Shao Yao immediately adjusted their encirclement to reduce the pressure on either side.

Jiang Huanran breathed heavily but laughed heartily. What were a few injuries?

The opportunity to fight alongside the young miss was not something everyone had. When he returned to the capital and told others about this, their eyes would surely pop out of their sockets. Just thinking about their reactions was exhilarating.

With the two weakest people fighting together, there were no more breakthroughs. At this point, Yu Tao and the others fought with all their might. Even though those people were soldiers from the governor's mansion, how could they be a match for the people from Seven Stars Bureau?

The scales of victory gradually tilted towards Hua Zhi's side.

Over there, the Sixth Prince was also injured. Even though he was not favored, he was still a pampered prince. If he bumped or bruised himself, a bunch of people would apologize. This was the first time he had suffered such a real, bloody injury. It hurt, but when he thought about how many wounds Hua Jiejie might have at this moment, he felt that there was nothing he couldn't endure. However, his movements slowed down.

"Your Highness, you should retreat."

The Sixth Prince pursed his lips and shook his head, continuing to face the enemy without a word.

Chen Zhen had no choice but to try his best to stay by the prince's side. Fortunately, although there were many people, their combat abilities were not as good as those on the other side.

Bao Xia's heart finally settled down at this point. She was afraid that someone from the other side would rush over, so she and Xu Ying each took a stick and stood guard, not seeing Wu Dashuang take a step towards Zheng Bei behind them. But as soon as she took two steps, Wu Xiaoshuang grabbed her, "Elder sister, where are you going?"

Wu Dashuang glanced at Zheng Bei and pulled her brother inside, whispering, "Xiaoshuang, are you really going with them?"

"Elder Sister, we've already signed the deed of sale, haven't we?"

"But..." Wu Dashuang pushed her brother, "They killed so many people, they're definitely going to be caught. Then we, we'll die with them too!"

Wu Xiaoshuang's face darkened, "Elder sister, we've already sold ourselves. We're one with our master."

"You're silly, Miss is so easy to talk to, if we beg and say we don't want to leave our hometown, she will definitely let us go."

Wu Xiaoshuang felt a little upset because does it have to be this way just because Miss is easy to talk to?

Does Miss have to treat them badly, just like that Cao Dahai, so that her sister wouldn't have such thoughts?

"Xiaoshuang, I don't want to go with her." Wu Dashuang looked at her brother with tears in her eyes, she knew that her brother couldn't stand to see her cry.

"I only told Miss because you agreed before."

"But I didn't know she was so... so cruel. Xiaoshuang, you saw it too, she killed so many people, there was so much blood on her, I'm scared!"

But Miss is just trying to protect herself. If Miss didn't have the ability to protect herself, how could they be here talking like this?

Wu Xiaoshuang swallowed those words, he actually knew it long ago. Her sister's personality followed their father's; he couldn't say they were bad, they were just thinking more about themselves.

"I will leave." Wu Xiaoshuang looked into his sister's eyes, "I will follow Miss and leave."

"Xiaoshuang!" Wu Dashuang looked at him angrily, her expression like that of a traitor, "I want to stay! As long as I save that man outside, he will definitely..."

"He will first ruin you, then kill you."

"He, he wouldn't..."

"Or maybe he won't even have the chance, Miss will... no, Miss won't have to take action, just holding Miss Bao Xia will handle you first. A servant who betrays the master will not have a good ending. Sister, as long as you take this step, a dead end awaits you."

Wu Xiaoshuang looked deeply at this person who was born half a moment before him, rather than calling her elder sister, it was more like calling her younger sister, the intense disappointment almost overwhelmed him. During those days with Cao Dahai, he had not failed to notice his sister's intentional or unintentional pushing him away. But at that time, he could still deceive himself by saying that his sister was just scared. But now, he couldn't even find a reason to convince himself.

Closing his eyes, Wu Xiaoshuang hugged onto his last hope and asked, "If the cost of you staying is that I must leave and never see you again, would you still choose to stay?"

Seeing his sister give in once again made Wu Dashuang smile sweetly, "Xiaoshuang would also be reluctant to leave sister, plead with Miss nicely, she will definitely not have the heart to separate us."

Wu Xiaoshuang shook his head, waiting for her to give an answer.

Wu Dashuang pursed her lips, stubbornly raising her chin, a posture she often had in front of her brother. "I want to stay."

Wu Xiaoshuang's heart ached, as if for a moment everything in front of him turned black and white. "I will ask Miss to let you go."

Wu Dashuang's eyes lit up, "Really?"

"But I will leave."

"Xiaoshuang!"

Ignoring her sister's anger, Wu Xiaoshuang took out ten silver coins from his pocket and handed them to her, "This is my money from selling myself, keep it safe."

Wu Dashuang took it without saying a word, holding it tightly in her hand and asked, "Xiaoshuang, have you really thought this through?"

Wu Xiaoshuang looked outside the door, there was no movement outside now. He gave his sister a deep look and turned to leave.

Wu Dashuang instinctively followed a step but then stopped, carefully tucking away the silver coins. Ten silver coins were a big sum of money, in Shuiguang Village, some families might never be able to save ten coins in a lifetime. With this money, she might be able to find someone to marry.

Thinking of this and that, Wu Dashuang couldn't wait to leave the dock, to stay far away from those people, a girl doing business outside, even if she came from the capital city, might just be a lowly merchant with some extra money at home, she didn't want to go.

Footsteps could be heard at the door, and she immediately looked up and saw the person covered in blood enter. She instinctively covered her chest and took two steps back.

Hua Zhi was very weak, and as she watched her movements, she squinted her eyes and didn't say anything. She let Bao Xia sit aside.

"Miss, I'll go boil some water..."

"This is not an inn, where would there be water for you to boil? I won't drink water from the river." Hua Zhi spoke hoarsely, with seven or eight wounds on her shoulders, arms, and shins that were excruciatingly painful. She felt that even taking a breath added to the heaviness of her body's fatigue.

"But your wound..."

Just then, Sháo Yào rushed in and examined the injury, her brow furrowing. "We need to return to the city to have it treated. It's hot and humid here, and if we don't tend to it properly, it could get infected."

Huā Zhǐ knew that in her current condition, she couldn't leave as planned. She gave a bitter smile. "Let me rest for a while," she said. "And we need to deal with what's happening outside. With all this commotion, even the local officials can't pretend they haven't noticed. And the Zheng family certainly won't let this slide. I'll stay here and wait."