Chapter 387: The Day of Meeting
A very long time ago, in the dead of night, a carriage was slowly traveling down an empty street. The driver couldn’t help but yawn, rubbing his eyes. He gathered his energy, lifted the carriage curtain.
A young girl of about seven years of age, clothed in tatters and trembling, sat within the carriage. There was only fear in her eyes, tears welled up. She didn’t know where she was going to be taken.
The carriage driver commented, "Why are you crying? All the way here, you have done nothing but cry. It’s annoying."
The little girl was an orphan, taken care of by several relatives in turns since she was a child. After being tossed around from one relative to another, living in no fixed place, poorly fed and clothed, she suffered from many insults and rebuffs. The young girl endured injustices time and time again.
Now, due to financial difficulty, one of her relatives had sold her to a group of people of unknown origin. The girl didn’t have the ability to resist, she could only be taken away. She knew what was happening, and she was very scared.
Upon reaching their destination, an imposing house in the city, the carriage driver lifted her from the carriage and knocked on the back door. He brought her inside.
In the backyard, an elderly lady appeared. She glanced at the girl, handed over a sum of money to the carriage driver, and sent him away.
"From now on, this is where you live. You do what I say, and there will be food for you. But if you disobey, you will face the consequences." The old woman wore a stern expression, her demeanor was not pleasant. Her imposing air made the little girl bow her head in fear.
"Remember, your name from now on will be Qian Ye. You belong here." The old lady, indifferent, called over another girl of about ten years old and instructed, "Qian Feng, she is your younger sister from now on. You must teach her the rules here. If she makes a mistake, you will also be punished."