CHAPTER 381: CHAPTER 381: UGLY FREAK

It turns out, without the scars, I’m actually not ugly, even though I’ve been called a freak by my family for so long.

Shu’er patted Lin Fengying on the shoulder: "Lift your head, I don’t want a cowering guard."

Lin Fengying instinctively puffed out her chest and lifted her head. Lin Mu just felt that this ugly daughter of hers was much more beautiful than she was when she was young.

Lin Mu gave Lin Fengying a look, then asked anxiously.

"How did the scar on your face heal? Did you meet some divine doctor?"

Lin Fengying said, "I used the scar removal cream given by the Young Madam. At that time, it was sold for ten taels of silver a bottle in the shop, but it was all bought up."

Lin Mu looked at Shu’er, then at Lin Fengying, feeling a bit emotional inside.

She knew her daughter wouldn’t be coming back with her today, marrying such a beautiful daughter to an old widower would be a tremendous loss.

Thus, she set her sights on the scar removal cream.

"Look, Young Madam, could you wholesale this scar removal cream to us? We’ll offer five taels of silver and you could give us more. We have a trading caravan going to Jingzhou City, by then this scar removal cream can be sold, and the reputation will spread."

Shu’er looked at Lin Mu: "Not for sale. You should go back too, your daughter will not be leaving with you."

After she said this, Shu’er took Lin Fengying away.

Lin Mu immediately went back, returned the money, and this time brought a scholar with her.

"Come, Fengying, Ma Xiucai is quite good. This time going to Shangjing for the exam, he will definitely top the list."

"Moreover, he has given our family 100 taels as a betrothal gift. Being with him, you won’t lose out."

Shu’er looked at the person in front; even though he was well-dressed, he was probably a rich family’s son besides being a scholar.

From the moment Ma Xiucai saw Lin Fengying, he kept staring at her without blinking an eye.

Moreover, this Ma Xiucai standing before her was also forty years old.

Shu’er found it speechless. Not to mention that there was no top scholar surnamed Ma in the original work, even if it were him, it would be unnecessary.

This is just a lustful person. The way he looks at people is as if he’s looking into the flesh. Now he’s obsessed with Lin Fengying’s beauty. There will be Ma Fengying and Zhang Fengying in the future.

A man who only values beauty should not be with.

Shu’er said: "Go back, Aunt."

Afterward, Shu’er looked at the guard.

"If you see these few people again, drive them out, don’t ever let them in."

Lin Fengying stood still, Shu’er didn’t hear footsteps behind her. When she turned around, she saw Lin Fengying looking at her with tears streaming down her face.

This person was so quiet, even crying without making a sound.

Shu’er’s heart ached, she walked over to Lin Fengying and said with a smile: "Did I handle it a bit too much?"

Lin Fengying shook her head, then knelt down in front of Shu’er.

"Young Madam, thank you. This is the first time someone has stood up for me after so many years."

Shu’er hurriedly helped her up, her hand caressing the back of Lin Fengying’s hand.

"This scar of yours, was it left from the time you rushed into the enemy to save me? And this wound in your palm, was it also from being attacked by the Dazi?"

Lin Fengying nodded, seeing Shu’er’s gentle eyes.

"You see, you also risked your life for me. I stood up for you because you deserve it. Fengying, you are better than you think. Be more confident."

"Nobody treats you well, because they are blind, not because you are bad, do you understand?"

While Shu’er was speaking, her pace was very slow and her gaze very gentle, Lin Fengying felt her heart was soaked in hot water, warm.

As she nodded, a tear fell down.

"Young Madam, I understand."

Shu’er nodded: "Let’s go, take a walk along the outer wall, over time, all scars will be healed."

While the two of them were strolling, Shu’er saw Yan Hengyin standing alone from afar, the wind lifting his white robe, his naturally gentle aura now tinged with an indescribable desolation.

His gaze was always in the direction of Shu’er, quietly and affectionately.

But Shu’er just gave him a glance, then looked elsewhere.

Lin Fengying looked around vigilantly, fearing that someone might harm her Young Madam.

Until they reached the outside of the Deserted Mountain, Shu’er noticed the people here seemed to have formed into two groups.

Only the two groups were both very gentle.

And those new recruits had long been sent back to the military camp for training.

Shu’er looked at each household, asking if anyone needed anything.

While leaving one place, Shu’er squatted down, discreetly picking something up, clenched it in her palm, and then walked out with Lin Fengying as if nothing had happened.

Shu’er said to another guard: "Have Tang Tuo bring a hundred men here."

If there were no fortifications, Tang Tuo was also responsible for guarding and was a squad leader at that.

When Tang Tuo arrived, he smiled at Shu’er: "Sister-in-law, what’s up."

Shu’er took out what she had in her hand, which were several fingernails, entirely fallen off.

Tang Tuo was taken aback, and then Shu’er took out something else.

It was a finger bone gnawed clean.

Tang Tuo fell silent, he knew better than anyone what this meant.

Shu’er immediately said: "Capture these people for me."

This was one of the groups, there were fifty of them in total, and aside from not having children, they had every composition.

Had it been before, Shu’er wouldn’t have said anything, because people in desperation eat people, even if she found it disgusting, for their loved ones, they must survive.

But, if, being well-fed and well-clothed, they still think of eating people, then it’s not about survival anymore, just an addiction to eating people.

Now the refugees outside the wall already numbered fifty, and if time went on, the scale would grow larger and larger, and soon the atmosphere of the Deserted Mountain would be ruined.

When those people were captured, they still had a stupefied look.

"Young Madam, why are you arresting us, we have always followed the Deserted Mountain’s rules, this way, we are not convinced!"

Shu’er said angrily: "You eat people! Is that reason enough?"

She rarely got this angry, but these people really disgusted her.

Upon hearing this, those people hurriedly denied it, and some knelt to kowtow.

"Young Madam, you cannot wrong us, we really did not eat anyone."

Shu’er immediately said.

"Search the place for me!"

After coming out again, everyone found that, hidden in these people’s boxes were mostly human bones, and even some human limbs were pickled.

Seeing that scene, people from the Deserted Mountain felt a visceral disgust.

Shu’er said: "Do you have anything else to say?"

Their expressions immediately changed.

A man hurriedly knelt and begged for mercy.

"Young Madam, these were exchanged from those who had already died, we just had no other choice."

Shu’er sneered: "These corpses are evidently less than five days old, and yet you still try to deceive!"

After saying this, Shu’er waved her hand, showing a look of unwillingness to listen.

She was glad she set up the outer wall checks, otherwise, if these people entered the Deserted Mountain, it would have been a disaster!

Tang Tuo said: "Sister-in-law, should we lock them up or..."

Shu’er said: "Send them to the military camp."