Chapter 809 - 790: Truly Envious of Lou Xi, Having a Husband Like You
Lin Qianqian didn’t know whether Qin Mobai was listening, and spoke to herself: "Although Lou Xi and I have exactly the same face, our life trajectories are completely different. It’s nothing that she was abandoned by her biological parents when she was young. Do you know about me? I was thrown under a bridge from birth and picked up by a farmer who said I was to be a child bride for his son."
"I started working when I was three years old, sweeping the floor, shelling edamame, and at the age of seven I started cooking for the family. When I was nine, the village secretary came to talk to my adoptive parents about how kids my age should go to school, but they thought sending me to school meant paying tuition. The village secretary said it was compulsory education, and there were subsidies for poor families, so they let me go to school.
"I went to school for a few years, then my family said there’s no use for a girl to study, so they made me go home to do farm work, plant rice, cut pigweed... I did everything. When I was fifteen, they wanted me to marry a man ten years older than me. Of course, I refused, but they said they raised me to be their daughter-in-law. I ran away, but didn’t escape and was caught and beaten.
"Maybe they realized I genuinely didn’t want to marry their son, so they sold me to a woman in our area who specializes in buying girls, and that woman took me to a nightclub. At first, when I went there, I was still young, and they didn’t let me serve drinks, just made me wash dishes and clean.
Later, when I was of age, they made me serve drinks. I tried to escape again but was caught and beaten once more. They said they spent twenty thousand yuan to buy me and I had to pay it back to leave.
"How could I repay it? With compound interest, twenty thousand turned into two hundred thousand, two million... Later, I became numb, and when they told me to serve drinks, I served drinks, and when they told me to sing, I sang.
"That day, the madam made me meet clients again, and I refused; she almost had me beaten to death. Xi Siwei saw me; he paid my ransom and asked if I was willing to go with him. I couldn’t stand that kind of life anymore and could only follow him."
When Lin Qianqian finished saying this, Qin Mobai noticed there was no change in her facial expression.
It seemed these things could no longer move or hurt her.
Or perhaps she was already numb.
"So, if you ask me whether I regret leaving with Xi Siwei, I can assuredly tell you, I don’t regret it. Compared to that boundless hell in the nightclub, at least now I have some hope." Lin Qianqian took a deep breath.
After hearing Lin Qianqian’s story, Qin Mobai found it indeed a sympathetic tale.
But pitiful people must have some hateful aspects.
If Qin Mobai hadn’t exposed Lin Qianqian, she would have continued hurting Lou Xi and hurting Qin Mobai.
"Lin Qianqian, the only promise I can make is, I won’t treat you like a pawn." Qin Mobai spoke calmly; deciding if Lin Qianqian should be held accountable still had to be up to Lou Xi.
Not laying hands on women is Qin Mobai’s principle.
"I really envy Lou Xi for having a husband like you."
Qin Mobai didn’t respond to Lin Qianqian’s praise; whether it’s good or not, only Lou Xi could judge.