Chapter 292: Chapter 292: Midnight Plea for Help

The door opened. Outside stood Xiaojie, his eyes red-rimmed, looking exceptionally wretched.

Although he always looked rather wretched, his spirit had always been resilient. This was the first time he looked so utterly broken.

After confirming there was no ambush outside, Jiang Qin whispered, “Come in and talk.”

After Xiaojie entered the room, he dropped to his knees with a THUD and began kowtowing, his head hitting the floor with loud thumps.

It happened so fast that Jiang Qin didn’t even have time to react.

“What are you doing?” Jiang Qin asked, frowning.

“Ma’am, I know you’re a good person. I want to trade this information in exchange for you taking my sister out of the city. If you like her, my sister can even be yours!

Even if you only like her for a while, that’s fine. If you can just take my sister with you for part of the way, you can do whatever you want with her on the road.”

Jiang Qin’s expression was complicated. For a moment, she couldn’t tell if Xiaojie was trying to help his sister or harm her.

’Who so brazenly offers to give their sister to a strange male, with no strings attached?’

’Even if females don’t care about chastity and such, not being the primary partner would still feel humiliating.’

Xiaojie gritted his teeth and said, “I won’t hide the truth from you. Someone has their eyes on my sister and wants to send her to the church.

The church makes it sound nice to the public, saying those chosen are Holy Daughters, but it’s actually a den of debauchery.

Not a single female who is chosen and sent inside ever comes out alive.”

He and his sister weren’t opposed to finding partners.

But the church was no place to find a proper partner.

For females, that place meant only coercion and imprisonment.

He had lived in the city for so many years; he had long since seen through the filth within the church.

That group of people keeps females in the church, claiming they are purified Holy Daughters who must use their bodies to wash away the sins of truly repentant sinners.

In reality, any outsider who donates enough money can stay the night, as can locals and members of the Heavenly Gang.

As long as there’s a benefit, they’ll grant them the opportunity to stay in the church and have their sins “washed away.”

In truth, they are the most defiled of all.

But there was nothing to be done. This was Chaotic Star, and no one would stand up for Half-beastman females or pure human females.

Here, the strong are revered. As long as you are powerful enough, you can do whatever you want.

Red Leaf City was actually considered one of the better places; at least when they did evil, they bothered to cover it up with a fig leaf.

As long as no one tore away that fig leaf, everything was considered normal.

His sister had been protected by a male Beastman, but he’d said he was leaving on a long trip half a year ago and still hadn’t returned.

So, that group of people had finally set their sights on his sister.

After all, his sister was young and beautiful, a Half-beastman with White Rat Clan Genes, and her skin was as white as snow. Countless people coveted her.

The Beastman who protected her was a neighborhood big brother who had grown up with them, a formidable A-level Beastman.

Neither he nor his sister believed he would abandon them. It was more likely that something had happened to him.

The people in the city also thought he wasn’t coming back.

The bar owner only had a casual friendship with his brother-in-law and was in no position to confront the Heavenly Gang for them.

But he was willing to help him out.

He not only told him what that group was planning but also gave him the information about the Black Dragon to use as a bargaining chip, along with some Star Coins, and offered to help his sister leave Red Leaf City.

All she needed was for someone heading the same way to take her a bit further out, or to the next city, and she would be able to get away.

As for him, he would stay in the city to face their wrath, since his bargaining chip was only enough to get Jiang Qin to take one person.

“My sister is very beautiful, you won’t be getting a bad deal!”

Xiaojie’s heart ached.

It wasn’t that he didn’t feel for his sister, but surviving with a young, handsome Beastman was better than going to the church where she wouldn’t even be able to keep her life.

“Didn’t you notice tonight? I’m being watched. Getting out of Red Leaf City won’t be that simple.”

If she was right, there would be an ambush outside the city gates.

She would have to fight her way out with her Superpower.

Although Xiaojie and his sister were pitiful, she wasn’t certain she could protect his sister, so she didn’t want to make this deal.

“Besides this, what else are you willing to trade for this information?”

Hearing this, Xiaojie’s shoulders slumped. He said dejectedly, “Besides this, there’s nothing else I want to trade for.”

“There’s an ambush outside the city. I can’t guarantee I can protect her.”

“It’s alright, Ma’am. As long as you agree to take her, that’s enough. If you really can’t protect her, then… just before they capture her, please send my sister on her way.

It’s fate. We accept it!”

Who wouldn’t want to live, if they had the choice?

But once inside the church, there was truly no way to live. Rather than die after endless humiliation, it was better to have an easy death.

So, Xiaojie was just trying to do what he could for his sister.

Among the outsiders he had recently encountered, only Jiang Qin gave him a relatively good feeling.

And as it happened, she needed information about the Black Dragon.

It had to be said, Xiaojie’s words had shaken Jiang Qin’s resolve.

“Since you’re so clear-eyed about it… I accept.”

“Thank you!” Xiaojie kowtowed forcefully.

It was so sudden that Jiang Qin didn’t think to pull him up. She now quickly helped him to his feet and asked, “Where is your sister? I need to leave the city now.”

“Ma’am, you should head out the city gate first. My sister needs to hide in the bar’s garbage truck to get out.”

After all, that group already has their eyes on his sister, so she can’t just walk out openly.

After you’ve left, if he’s questioned tomorrow, he’ll say that his sister caught your eye and was bought by you.

This way, he can also try to avoid implicating the bar owner.

“You guys go first. I’m afraid they’ll close the city gates after I leave.”

“Okay!”

Xiaojie quickly disappeared into the night.

***

At the city gate at three in the morning, the guards were leaning against the wall, dozing off.

They yawned from time to time, looking listless.

When they saw the hotel’s garbage truck leaving the city, they gave it a cursory inspection, poked it a few times with their weapons, and let it pass.

Hiding in the shadows, Jiang Qin waited until she saw the garbage truck had returned inside the city and was a good distance away before she emerged.

The moment they saw her, the guards immediately perked up and secretly pressed a button on their wristwatches.

“Ma’am, heading out so late?”

Jiang Qin grunted in affirmation. “I took on a rather urgent mission.”

“In that case, take care, Ma’am. Welcome back to Red Leaf City anytime.”

’If you’re still alive after tonight,’ the guard thought viciously.

Jiang Qin didn’t say a word and walked straight out.

And after she walked through, the city gates behind her did indeed close.

’Is this to prevent me from running back into the city and causing a scene if I try to escape, letting others discover their scheme?’

’Just as you’d expect from a bunch of false god worshipers.’

She heard stirring all around her.

Several bestial shadows were closing in on her.

A giant beast in front of her, which looked like a cross between a pig and an ox, spoke: “Guest, are you leaving before you’ve sought the god’s forgiveness?”

Jiang Qin recognized the voice. It belonged to the black-robed Beastman from last night who had hinted that her ’fortune’ was insufficient.

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