Bab 340: Red Dowries (XIII)

Xu Ke asked, "Was there something wrong with them?"

Xunmei nodded. "I was young when I fled my hometown, but not to the extent that I could not remember what my parents looked like. The couple was very strange. How could they be my parents? However, they brought items that belonged to my parents…"

Xunmei realized that something was abnormal. She then pretended to recognize them. They had a "private" conversation amongst themselves.

She was told that her parents and siblings were all in their hands. If she was not willing to obey, they would all die. On the contrary, if she was obedient, her parents and siblings could live a good life. Xunmei was dubious about that. She did not care about her barbaric father's life, but she could not abandon her mother and siblings.