The Road to Becoming a Son-in-Law

Chapter 328 Great Kindness and Virtue

Chapter 328 Great Kindness and Virtue

The madam didn't think about why the seven people were tied up. She assumed they had been trained by human traffickers and wasn't worried about them running away. She said to Stone, "Take these people downstairs now and teach them the rules. They'll start serving customers in a few days."

"...Yes, sir."

"I'm going to go and greet Master Zhang first. Keep an eye on these men." With that, the madam left.

After the madam left, Shi Tou looked at Xu Xuan and the others who hadn't said a word, and his unease grew.

He didn't believe that Xu Xuan and his group would obediently serve customers. Besides, he had been forced by Xu Xuan to bring them here, and he didn't know what kind of trouble they would cause. He could only pray in his heart that Xu Xuan and his group would spare his life.

"What are you all going to do now?" Stone asked tremblingly.

Xu Xuan said, "Now take us to the backyard, the place where you usually keep the new recruits you buy."

"You...you..." Stone could barely speak, but he forced a smile and said, "Chunxiang Pavilion doesn't have such a place, and we treat everyone who comes to Chunxiang Pavilion very well, so why would we imprison them?"

Lin Shao kicked Shi Tou in the butt. A place like Chunxianglou could never be clean. Moreover, they learned from the conversation between the woman and her accomplice yesterday that Chunxianglou had just bought a group of people from them a few days ago. Only a few days had passed, and those people must still be locked up.

After being kicked by Lin Shao, Shi Tou said ingratiatingly, "Grandpa, I'm telling the truth."

"We really don't have such a place here." If these people saw the people who had been sold here before, he would definitely be in deep trouble, and he still wanted to keep his own life.

Lin Shao looked at the stone and said, "Are you going to take us there or not?"

Shi Tou was frightened by the coldness on Lin Shao's face. In any case, whether he took them or not, they would not let him go. If he took them, they might spare his life.

After figuring it out, Stone led the way, saying, "It's just ahead, please follow me."

Shi Tou led the group to a dilapidated courtyard, which seemed to exist in a completely different world from the luxurious Chunxiang Pavilion.

Stone had the key to the place, so he opened the door and led the seven people inside.

Even Xu Xuan was stunned when he saw what the courtyard looked like.

The men and women in the courtyard... no, they were at most seventeen or eighteen years old, the youngest looked to be less than ten, all wearing iron chains. The other end of the chains was tied to a large pillar in the courtyard. Several large basins containing food were scattered around the courtyard.

Moreover, food was scarce, barely enough to fill their stomachs. In addition, these people all bore scars to varying degrees, and their bodies were extremely thin, a sight that was truly shocking.

They didn't treat these people like human beings at all.

After the courtyard gate was opened, all the people chained up forgot to come over, and their bodies were trembling unconsciously.

Their eyes held either resentment or fear, and both were filled with terror, as if a man-eating demon had entered.

When they saw the seven people, all of whom were exceptionally beautiful, their eyes were filled with pity.

"What are all these?" Lin Shao asked, enunciating each word clearly.

Stone stammered, "These people are disobedient, so they're locked up here. Besides, it was all ordered by our madam and has nothing to do with me."

A girl with beautiful almond-shaped eyes glared fiercely at the stone and said, "You bad people, no matter what you do, I will not give in."

"If you're so capable, just kill me. I'll haunt you even as a ghost."

Upon hearing the girl's insults, Shi Tou instinctively wanted to hit her, but as soon as he raised his hand, he remembered there were many people around him. He quickly turned around and explained, "She...she has mental problems. I was afraid she might harm you gentlemen, so I thought..."

Shi Tou tried to defend himself, but Xu Xuan, Lin Shao, and the others couldn't listen to a word of his explanation and kicked him to the ground.

Stone was already injured, and Lin Shao's kick was merciless. After being kicked, Stone's face was contorted with pain, but he didn't dare to utter a sound.

The seven men walked over, and the people in the courtyard saw Lin Shao kick over the stone and said to them, "You seven should leave quickly, otherwise when the people from Chunxiang Pavilion come, you won't be able to leave even if you want to."

"And they will become just like us."

Lin Shao didn't say anything, but swung the weapon in his hand at the people in the courtyard, or more accurately, at the chains on their bodies.

Everyone instinctively closed their eyes, and then they heard the sound of something falling to the ground.

When they opened their eyes, they saw the chains that had been binding them, now lying on the ground.

Everyone was in disbelief, "This...this means we're saved?"

The little girl who had just cursed the stone looked at Lin Shao and the others excitedly and knelt down on the ground. The others, as if waking from a dream, followed suit and knelt down on the ground as well.

These people all had delicate skin, which showed that they had been pampered by their families since childhood. However, due to an accident, they were imprisoned here by the people of Chunxianglou and treated like animals, neither human nor ghost. Although they did not know how Xu Xuan and Lin Shao and the others appeared here, they saved them and were their benefactors.

"Thank you to my benefactors."

“My benefactors, please come with us.”

Xu Xuan and Lin Shao quickly told them to get up, saying, "You should leave first; we still have things to do."

“Benefactors, you have no idea how beastly the people at Chunxiang Pavilion are. If they find out that you were our benefactors and released us, they will definitely not let us off the hook.”

"It's nothing," Lin Shao said with a faint smile. "It's just a small Chunxiang Pavilion." He didn't take it seriously.

Xu Xuan said, "You guys go first. We're going to cause trouble for Chunxianglou next."

“This…no.” The group shook their heads and said, “You saved us, we can’t abandon our benefactors and run away.”

“If we really did that, how would we be any different from animals? My benefactor, let’s go together.”

Xu Yun'er stepped forward and said, "Don't worry, we'll be fine. It's you who are missing for so long. Your families must be worried sick. You should leave now."

"Besides, your presence here might cause us trouble later."

Hearing Xu Yun'er's words, everyone left. They knew that staying would only cause trouble for their benefactor, so it was better to leave.

"We will remember your great kindness and virtue."