Farmer Lady of Fortune, Imperial Concubine, Don't Be Too Sweet

128

Chapter 128 - Seek Refuge

Author: 橙子澄澄

Source: Instadoses

The whole family in the hall, carrying the depressed Liu Yusheng and looked at Yan Hong with scrutiny.

The woman was tall, almost a head taller than Chen Xiulan, and had a cold and solemn air around her.

Her face was cold, and her eyes were even colder, sending shivers to those who looked at them.

Wearing a pair of tight fitting black tunic with holes in the shoulders, she stood upright in the middle of the hall, like a pillar.

On such a cold day, she didn't feel cold with thin clothes.

"What's going on here?"

"Who are you? Why are you in our house?"

"Yan Hong, twenty-two years old, homeless," the woman's face visibly stilled, a little twitchy, and her next words were squeezed out, "Please … to take me in."

"…"

The grandma deliberated on her response. "You… are so old. You should be capable of living on your own. You see, we're just an insignificant peasant household. We can't help you much. I'll give you some buns later. You can go somewhere else and find a better way out."

"I know martial arts. I can fight and go down to the fields." The woman scanned the room and selected the most solid stool. She picked it up, weighed it, then chopped it down with one hand. The stool immediately splintered into pieces. "I'm fine with watching the house and being a bodyguard."

"…"

"The stool is too brittle. I can also break a rock this big with one foot." The woman gestured.

The Liu family: "…"

They had this gut feeling that if they refused, they'd end up like that stool.

"Take me in. I can help fight, beat up people, and do odd jobs. You don't have to pay me as long as food and lodging are free." Then she paused, which lifted the Lius' heart for a moment. "If you pay wages, I'd serve you more considerately."

"…"

Liu Yusheng was going crazy.

Persuasive marketing? Coercive trading?

"What if we don't want to?"

"I'm not leaving until I've repaid the favor."

She was already driven mad.

The Liu family was a bundle of nerves this day.

When cooking, someone rushed to light the fire and made smokes billow from the stove.

After the meal, someone rushed to wash the dishes, breaking half of the dishes.

The only thing that kept the Liu family from showing any strange reaction was probably the fact that the same person ate three big bowls of rice and emptied the rice pots, clamoring for more.

"So, you can't do anything except split the stool and eat more." Liu Yusheng gave her a squint sideways.

Woman: "…"

That night, the woman was housed in a guest room for a temporary stay.

The Liu family hasn't made their position clear on whether to keep her or not, but Yan Hong was unfazed by the situation.

Whether they'd let her stay or not, she was determined to stay.

All was quiet in the dead of the night.