"What's going on? Why are they all lining up in front of madam Xiang's office." One of the Mers who was serving the drinks in the tavern gasped as he saw a big crowd lining in front of the office.
Something like this has never happened before and thus, everyone in the tavern stopped doing what they were doing and turned to look at the spectacle that was happening in front of the office.
One of these people was Yu Tong, who have been lurking around the office for quite a while.
She couldn't hear what was happening inside but she did hear the loud bangs and the muffled screams. At first she thought it was Yu Dong, who was being taught a lesson after going against Madam Xiang.
But now a bad feeling rose in her heart. She turned to look at Li Hanjing who was nervously cradling his pregnant belly and looking straight up in the office.
Yu Tong had long had her eyes on Li Hanjing. She wanted to redeem him and even marry him as her husband. She didnt care if the latter was pregnant with another woman's child or anything.
She just liked him too much to care about anything else. In her heart she was already prepared to raise Hanjing's child as her own. As long as she could save enough money to redeem him but now-
Li Hanjing didnt know that someone was staring at him with a burning passion. He was too worried about Xiao Hua to care about anyone else.
Even if he knew about Yu Tong and her feelings he would have turned a blind eye to them because those words he have heard a lot of time but never saw anyone fulfilling those blank promises. "What's going on? Little Zumo why don't you ask the one in front. If something happened to Little Hua I will never be able to forgive myself."
Li Hanjing was certain that Xiao Hua must have offended the madam because of him and got caught up in trouble. He was already a waste now with his virginity lost and a motherless child in his belly. He was certain that there was no need for Xiao Hua to fight for him so much.
Xu Zumo gave a gasp of horror when he noticed Li Hanjing lining up together with them. "Brother Hanjing! What are you doing here? Don't … Don't line up here. If someone mistakenly pushed you then it will be really harmful to your body -"
He gently caught Li Hanjing's elbow and dragged him to a safe corner. "Stand here, and don't move. Take care of your belly and yourself. Don't worry I will try to find out what happened. I will come and tell you. Don't you worry -alright?"
Li Hanjing has treated the Mers really well when they first arrived in the tavern like a daddy. Thus the Mers were really kind to him and didn't find him a bother despite having a big belly.
Li Hanjing didnt want to stand silently in a corner but there was nothing he could do. If he hurt himself then Xiao Hua will be really upset with him but he really wanted to know!
He tried to get closer to the crowd to hear what was happening when the crowd suddenly moved behind like it was parting and Li Hanjing stumbled because of this, he would have fallen down if not for someone grabbing him on time.
"Be careful." Yu Tong tightly hold on to Li Hanjing and pulled him up she nearly felt her heart drop when she saw Li Hanjing stumble. "You should stay put and don't run amok. You will hurt yourself."
Li Hanjing had a lot of patience with his little brothers but he had just as little amount of patience with the women who tried to get close to him. He snatched his arm from Yu Tong's hold and sniffed haughtily. "I know you don't need to tell me." Then without looking back he turned around to stand in the corner.
Yu Tong watched him go stiffly and then rubbed her hands with a mocking smile on her lips. She sniffed herself and detected the pungent smell of the perfume the Mer she was holding had applied on his clothes. Yeahh.. why would he like her.
Little Zumo who had barged inside the crowd rushed back outside. A brilliant smile on his face as he ran to Li Hanjing. "Brother Hanjing! Brother Hua fulfilled his promise! Now we are no longer the slaves of the tavern! A kind benefactor brought us from Madam Xiang. According to the Mers who are standing in the front Brother Hua was the one who found this benefactor. She must be better than Madam Xiang! Or else Brother Hua would have not looked for her! Cheer up we don't have to sell our body anymore!"
As soon as Little Zumo said this Yu Dong walked out of the office. Her figure valiant and her gaze sharp as she took a look around the group that has accumulated outside the office beside her was Xiao Hua who was holding a stack of papers that looked a lot like slavery documents.
Li Hanjing was staring at Xiao Hua with a stunned expression and as if sensing his gaze. Xiao Hua looked at his direction and immediately beamed as he rushed towards him. "Brother Hanjing you don't have to worry about anything! Now your son will not grow up in a brothel! See I fulfilled my promise so you have to start taking care of your health and take care of the baby in your belly as well! We are finally free of the tyranny under which we have been suppressed for so long."
Li Hanjing felt as if his ears were playing tricks on him. He came to the Tavern when he was ten and he has stayed here ever since then. He never thought that one day he will be able to get out of this place.
Xiao Hua must have realized that Li Hanjing couldn't believe it. So he took out the slavery document with Li Hanjing's name on it and showed it to the latter. No sooner had he done that..Li Hanjing took a look at and-
He fainted.