Chapter 25: Redemption
"I'm sorry, Red Candle, I'm late. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" Zhu Nian felt an uncontrollable sadness welling up in his heart.
Both of them took a few steps forward, hugged each other and wept loudly.
Zhu Nian's tears were pouring out, and her grief was difficult to extricate herself. It is said that she should not have such deep feelings for Red Candle, probably because of the residual thoughts of Zhu Xin's mind that dominate her heart.
The red candle hugged Zhu Nian, rested her chin on Zhu Nian's shoulder, wept silently while crying, shook her head and said intermittently: "Miss, it's not your fault, it's never your fault." I...... I thought I would never see Miss again in my life!"
Red Candle's face was thin, and there was no trace of fat on the pointed chin, which caused Zhu Nian to feel a little pain from being poked in the shoulder, but she couldn't care about it so much: "Red Candle, I'm here to take you home, from now on, I will never let you suffer again!"
Red Candle was shocked, this was something she had never thought about in the past three years.
Red Candle let go of Zhu Nian and wiped the tears from her face with her hand, then she looked Zhu Nian up and down, her hand gently caressing her cheek.
Looking at the young lady's face, she should not have suffered any hardships, and the red candle showed a smile with relief.
Red Candle's hands were covered with calluses, which made Zhu Nian's face feel slightly uncomfortable.
Zhu Nian frowned lightly, grabbed the red candle's hand, and let her palm face up. After seeing the calluses on Red Candle's hands, a trace of guilt welled up in Zhu Nian's heart.
"Red Candle, you must have suffered a lot over the years. Zhu Nian said, "Why did you come to this Qinglou?" ā
Hearing Zhu Nian's words, a trace of hatred appeared on Red Candle's face: "This is not due to Tao's gift, the humiliation she brought to me, I will never forget it for the rest of my life!"
Saying this reminded Red Candle that when she was first sold to the Qinglou, the bustard asked her to pick up customers, and she would rather die than obey, so the bustard ordered someone to tie her up and put her on a jade body looming gauze clothes, which was not so much a dress as a fig leaf.
The old bustard ordered her to knock her unconscious and send her to a benefactor's room, but fortunately she woke up early, and when she opened her eyes, she saw a lewd old man with a fat head and big ears and a shiny face, with a lascivious smile on his face, and he was only less than thirty centimeters away from her.
A feeling of nausea arose, she resisted desperately, but the man's strength was much greater than her, not only restrained her, but also slapped her fiercely, and spat on her face: "Phew, stinky girl, I paid the money, don't be ashamed!"
Just when this thief-eyed man wanted to do something wrong to her, she took the opportunity to push him away, rushed to the table, took a porcelain bowl and threw it on the ground.
The man wanted to come forward and grab her back, but she had to pick up a piece of porcelain bowl and lean it against the major artery in her neck: "Don't come here, if you come over again, I'll die to show you!"
Under the excitement, a trace of blood oozed from his neck.
The lewd man was also afraid of his life, he originally wanted to take advantage of his mother-in-law to go out to visit relatives, and come to the Qinglou to have some fun, but he didn't expect to meet such a strong personality: "Okay, good, I won't touch you, you quickly put down the things in your hand." ā
The man shook his hand and slowly leaned over to her.
"Don't come here!" Red Candle saw the man's intentions, and in excitement, she cut the small vein in her neck, and in an instant the blood flowed, and she fell in a pool of blood.
She didn't know what happened next, and when she woke up, she was already lying on the bed in a strange room, with a thick gauze wrapped around her neck.
But she didn't have to think about it to know that the bustard must have lost a lot of money to this man, because since then, the bustard would beat her violently and make her angry every time he was angry.
After that, the bustard also forced her to take over a few customers, but the end result was nothing more than several more scars on her neck and wrists.
"Are you alright?" Zhu Nian's concerned voice interrupted Red Candle's memories.
Red Candle raised her eyes to look at Zhu Nian, smiled and shook her head: "Miss, I'm fine, but I'm so happy to see you again!"
Red Candle plans to bury this unbearable past deep in her heart, she doesn't want the young lady to worry and feel guilty about her anymore.
"Red Candle, I came this time to redeem you, and we will never be separated again. Zhu Nian took the red candle's hand and held it tightly in his hand.
Red Candle was a little surprised, redeeming herself, is it still possible in this life? She thought that Zhu Nian was still a handyman in Tianxiang Pavilion, and now she said these words just to comfort her.
Looking at the regret on Red Candle's face, Zhu Nian smiled and said, "Red Candle, do you think I'm still the same Zhu Xinnian who was bullied?"
She turned to look at He Dachuan, who had been silently guarding behind, and said, "Dachuan, call the old bustard in." ā
"Yes. He Dachuan nodded slightly, and then walked out.
"He's?" Red Candle remembered that there was another man in the room, and looked at He Dachuan's back with a puzzled face.
"Oh, Red Candle, I forgot to introduce you, he is my bodyguard, his name is He Dachuan. Zhu Nian hurriedly said.
Red Candle looked surprised, Miss has a guard?
He Dachuan walked into the box with the bustard, and the bustard had a trace of embarrassment on his face when he saw the red candle.
She had been very worried outside just now, and she couldn't sit still, for fear that Red Candle would make any more noise, and when she saw Red Candle's red and swollen eyes, she had obviously just cried.
She was shocked, could it be that Gongzi asked her for sin?
"Childe, you ......"
"I want to buy the red candle!" Before the old bustard could finish speaking, Zhu Nian interrupted her.
"Huh?" the old bustard stared at Zhu Nian in surprise, unable to come back to his senses for a while.
"I'm going to redeem the red candle!" Zhu Nian said word by word, "Do you hear clearly?"
The old bustard's face was embarrassed, her eyes glanced at the red candle, seeing that the red candle did not resist, her expression was indifferent, she changed her smile and looked at Zhu Nian: "It's not that it can't be, it's just ......"
"I'm willing to pay double as much money for the red candle. Zhu Nian understood what the old bustard meant, isn't it money?
Zhu Nian's words caused both the bustard and the red candle to look at her in surprise.
Zhu Nian smiled disapprerovingly, "How much money did you buy the red candle at the beginning, I will give you double it." ā
The old bustard's face changed to the true color of a wealth fan, his eyes rolled a few times, he shook the Luo fan in his hand and said: "I spent twenty taels of silver to buy the red candle, if the son wants to redeem her, then give me forty taels." ā
Red Candle listened to what the bustard said, and moved forward dissatisfied, but was secretly stopped by Zhu Nian.
Red Candle pursed her lips and tilted her head to the side, not wanting to look at the bustard again: It's obviously ten taels, this mother is too treacherous!
"Dachuan!" Zhu Nian called He Dachuan, took forty taels of silver and handed it to Lao Bustard: "This is forty taels of silver, it's time to give me the deed of sale of the red candle!"
The old bustard took the silver, put it in his hand and counted it, the corners of his mouth were almost behind his ears, but he didn't expect this boy to be so generous: "Okay, I'll go get it for you." ā
With forty taels of silver, the old bustard's movements were a lot more profitable, and he soon handed over the deed of sale of the red candle to Zhu Nian.
Zhu Nian put away the deed of sale, and beckoned He Dachuan and Red Candle to leave.
Sending the three of them away, the old bustard excitedly counted the silver and entered the building, and happened to meet a girl in the green building, holding a dirty laundry in her hand.
"Mother, do you see the red candle?" the girl asked the bustard, her clothes were dirty, and she wanted to throw them to the red candle to wash, but she couldn't find anyone.
"Red candles, hehe, people are gone, enjoy the blessings!" said the old bustard, putting away the silver, and said to the girl.
"Oh, what is the blessing of her?" said the girl disdainfully.
"Don't believe it, just now there was a generous boy who ransomed her for forty taels of silver!" the old bustard's eyes widened exaggeratedly, and he stretched out four fingers to gesture at the girl.
"What?" said the girl, astonished, in a high-pitched and thin voice. Even if she picks up customers day and night, it will take a year to earn forty taels!
"So, you'd better pick me up!" the old bustard glanced at the girl and walked away with a fan.
The girl in the Qinglou was still clutching her dirty clothes and froze in place, with a touch of pain on her face.
This path of no return is chosen by oneself, and there is no turning back once you set foot on it. In the past, she always laughed at Red Candle for being stupid and not being able to see the situation clearly, but now that she thinks about it, Red Candle is the most clear one, and she has kept her perfect body to have today's emergence.
She dreams every day that she hopes that a man will redeem her, even if she is a lowly concubine, she is willing. But now that I think about it, I am no longer perfect, and these wishes are simply a dream!
Zhu Nian, Red Candle, and He Dachuan walked out of the Qinglou, and Red Candle stood still in front of the door, staring closely at the plaque in front of the door, with a bright smile on his face, and his heart was relieved.
It's been three years, and she's finally left here, this terrible hell on earth.
"Red Candle, let's go!" Zhu Nian walked out of a distance, but turned around to find that Red Candle had not followed, and she shouted to Red Candle.
Red Candle no longer lingers, and runs to Zhu Nian with brisk steps: "Miss, I'm here." ā
Red Candle stepped on Zhu Nian's arm and pouted: "Miss, why are you so stupid, you really gave the old bustard forty taels of silver! I was sold for only ten taels of silver!"
Zhu Nian touched the head of the red candle and said, "In my heart, you are a priceless treasure!"
Red Candle was shocked, her heart was moved, and she even felt that without her own protection, Miss became better.
In the past, she protected Miss, but now it is Miss who protects her.
By Zhu Nian's side, the temperament and charm she exudes make Red Candle inexplicably stable.
But in the place where the red candle couldn't be seen, Zhu Nian squinted his eyes: Tao Yueshan, my red candle was only sold for ten taels of silver here with you! I will definitely avenge this revenge!