Chapter 1568 - 1563: Changed, Three Hundred Taels Required (Thirty-Fourth Update)

"Hehe, since Red Lady knows, I won’t hide it anymore! Red Lady, you must put in a good word for me!" Liu Cai said.

"Don’t worry, once that girl finishes her work, I’ll go to her house and personally help you with this matter!" Red Lady replied.

"Thank you, Red Lady, thank you!" Liu Cai kept bowing to Red Lady in gratitude.

...

Mu Xiaxia obtained eighteen taels of silver from the Red House. With the remaining ten taels, she planned to seek out Mr. Mu.

This matter was extremely important to Mu Xiaxia, so she had to be very cautious.

Thus, Mu Xiaxia approached Mr. Mu with a calm demeanor.

When there was no one around, she knelt before Mr. Mu.

She recounted the entire situation to Mr. Mu.

The only thing she withheld was that Mrs. Jin was helping her.

Mu Xiaxia feared that Mr. Mu would trouble Mrs. Jin if he knew she was acquainted with hooligans.

But she didn’t realize that her kindness had brought her much trouble.

For the first time, Mr. Mu did not make things difficult for Mu Xiaxia after hearing her words. He discreetly gave her ten taels of silver.

He instructed Mu Xiaxia, "Don’t tell your uncles and aunts about this. If they find out, there might be an uproar, and you can’t tell your fifth uncle either!"

Mu Xiaxia nodded firmly, "Thank you, Grandpa!"

After speaking, she knelt before Mr. Mu and kowtowed three times heavily.

"Grandpa, I will definitely repay this money!" Mu Xiaxia said.

"Go, bring Xiao Chu back safely. He is a descendant of our Old Mu Family!"

"Yes!"

Mu Xiaxia scraped together fifty taels in a day, which Mrs. Jin didn’t expect.

However, she had a plan.

When Mu Xiaxia came to her with fifty taels of silver, Mrs. Jin looked distressed.

"Xiaxia, things have changed!" Mrs. Jin said.

"What changed?" Mu Xiaxia’s heart skipped a beat.

"A wealthy person wants to buy Xiao Chu, and the kidnappers have raised the price to three hundred taels!"

"Th-three hundred taels?"

Mu Xiaxia was stunned.

Where could she find three hundred taels?

The fifty taels she had now were cobbled together, even selling herself was included.

What should she do now?

"Xiaxia, don’t be like this? Auntie..." Mrs. Jin’s voice faltered, unable to say the remaining words.

Mu Xiaxia knew Mrs. Jin had no more money.

She couldn’t help her anymore.

But what about Xiao Chu?

What about Xiao Chu?

For the first time, Mu Xiaxia deeply hated her own incompetence. Her brother was lost, and she could only buy him back with money, yet she couldn’t gather enough.

"Xiao Chu, sister is sorry for you, sister is sorry for you..."

Mu Xiaxia now had only one thought: as long as someone could help her gather two hundred taels of silver, she’d be willing to kill or set fires!

"Auntie, help me one last time. Do you know where I can get two hundred taels in one go? I must save Xiao Chu, I must save Xiao Chu!"

"This..." Mrs. Jin looked troubled.

Mu Xiaxia knelt directly in front of Mrs. Jin.

"Please, Auntie, please..."

Mu Xiaxia kept pleading with Mrs. Jin, while Mrs. Jin sighed repeatedly.

Finally, when she felt the mood was adequately cold, she said, "Xiaxia, I don’t want to say this; the method is really despicable!"

"What method?" Mu Xiaxia’s eyes lit up with a glimmer of hope.

"Auntie doesn’t dare say! Xiaxia, this method is really not suitable for you!" Mrs. Jin said.

"Auntie, please tell me, I really want to know. Even if it’s despicable, I’d be willing to kill or set fires!

As long as it saves Xiao Chu! Auntie, think of my mother going insane, help our family, Xiao Chu is our family’s only hope!"

"This... fine! I’ll tell you!" Mrs. Jin said after gritting her teeth.

"Have you heard of a place? Where women can make money just by lying down!" Mrs. Jin said.

"Auntie, do you mean... a brothel?" Mu Xiaxia was stunned.

"Yes, exactly a brothel!" Mrs. Jin nodded.

"You... you want me to become a prostitute????" Mu Xiaxia gasped.

"Fool, how could Auntie let you become a prostitute!!" Mrs. Jin shook her head, "I mean you only perform without selling your body. Although it’s in a brothel, you’ll remain virtuous!

Just accompany with drinks usually, I think this is the quickest way to gather two hundred taels!" Mrs. Jin said.

Mu Xiaxia shook her head, "No, no, if I go to a brothel, my parents will lose all face!

They’ll never be able to hold their heads up again!"

"Xiaxia... this is our only chance left. Didn’t you say your mother is insane? Don’t you want to bring back Xiao Chu and make your mother clear-headed again?"

At this point, it was no longer the time for Mrs. Jin to take a step back to advance.

Now, she needed to launch an offensive to break down this girl’s defenses.

As long as she was willing to voluntarily sell herself to a brothel, the rest would be easy!

"Mom, Xiao Chu... Dad..."

Mu Xiaxia thought of her once happy family life, then thought of the current situation, almost on the brink of ruin.

If Xiao Chu couldn’t be found, then protecting her reputation was meaningless.

Her mother had gone insane, her father was almost losing his mind, and she would go crazy sooner or later.

"I’ll go, I’ll go..."

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Mrs. Jin contacted the madam of an upscale brothel in West City, the Drunken Red House, as quickly as possible, a place she had scouted earlier.

The madam had seen Mu Xiaxia from afar before and was quite satisfied with her.

Moreover, Mu Xiaxia entering the brothel meant she wouldn’t need to pay a penny, only that the money Mu Xiaxia earned had to be split seventy-thirty with Mrs. Jin.

Mrs. Jin seventy, the madam thirty.

The madam thought to herself, if Mu Xiaxia earned a lot, that thirty percent would be quite lucrative. If she earned little, it was still free labor, not a big deal.

After the three of them agreed, the madam pretended to hand over two hundred taels of silver to Mrs. Jin, and said, "This two hundred taels buys this girl’s time for a year; after a year, she can leave, and the accounts between us will be settled!"

Upon hearing it would only be a year, Mu Xiaxia finally let her guard down!

"Mrs. Zhao, this girl is timid, you must take care of her!" Mrs. Jin said to the madam.

"Don’t worry, since this girl will only perform and not sell her body, of course, we’ll protect her!" Mrs. Zhao assured Mrs. Jin.

The two exchanged pleasantries, all lies, meant for Mu Xiaxia to hear.

"By the way, Xiaxia girl, I’ll give you a day off today, go back and tell your family your whereabouts, you won’t be leaving our Drunken Red House for a year, understand?"

Upon hearing she could go back, Mu Xiaxia was naturally happy.

She politely bid farewell to Mrs. Zhao and left the brothel with Mrs. Jin.

As Mrs. Jin left, she carried the cloth bundle given by Mrs. Zhao, but inside it was not the silver Mu Xiaxia thought, but stones.

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