At her command, the guards outside the room quickly entered. "What are your orders, my lady?"

Shuixin hung her head low as she cast a glance at the ones who entered, knowing very well she was going to be punished.

With strong determination, she frowned and fell to her knees. "My lady, if Little Tian were here, she would agree with me too! She would tell you not to do anything you might regret! Please think this through!"

She was right, but she had miscalculated one element. She did not factor in what Little Tian had meant to Wang Xiangyun, and what she herself meant to the lady.

Little Tian was like a sister to the lady, but she herself was just a servant!

"Take her away and give her thirty slaps. I want her sold tomorrow!" Angrily, Wang Xiangyun gave her orders with a tight frown.

The guards did not know what had happened between the women, but they obeyed and dragged Shuixin out of the room.

"My lady, think about it..."

Despite the consequences that would befall her, Shuixin still spoke up bravely.

It angered Wang Xiangyun even more!

She did not have the mood to proceed with her plan!

The guards brought Shuixin to the backyard. Being of a lower status than her, they awkwardly asked, "Sister Shuixin, what did you do to provoke her?"

Penalties were acceptable, because what they did might not necessarily satisfy their master's wants. But, to be sold off like that, it must be serious.

"Just do it," Shuixin said, disillusioned. Her eyes, which held so many secrets, seemed to glimmer.

Then she closed her eyes, awaiting her plight.

Since she refused to speak of it, the guards dropped the matter and began slapping her, albeit more lightly than what was required.

The lady was not overseeing them anyway!

As servants, they tended to cover for one another. Shuixin might not be the most easy-going person in the manor, but she had always been quite generous with them.

Wang Xiangyun lost her mood, therefore Ye Mo's fate was spared.

In the hidden chamber, wrapped under a blanket, Ye Mo stayed silent. No matter how loud he shouted and screamed, no one would bother with him anyway, so he chose to preserve his energy and contemplate his situation.

He wondered what kind of weirdo would order the servants to bathe him.

And for what purpose?

He had no money, nor was he a woman. Why did they kidnap him?

As he considered it, he could not help but shiver at the thought.

Damn! Could it be that the one who kidnapped me... is homosexual?

Ye Mo might be a bit tan, but he was quite confident in his good looks. In other words, he was flawless!

Yet he did not look feminine either. This creep sure had strange tastes!

The thought of two men doing unspeakable acts on the bed set off goosebumps all over his body.

No, I can't just sit around here doing nothing! How can I face my wife if I lose my purity?

And so, Ye Mo began his desperate and painstaking mission to break free from his bondage.

They had used a tough hemp rope and tied him up in a firm knot, but as long as there was the tiniest bit of space between his hands he could make it work. He could not care less if his hands hurt as he kept pulling at the rope.

Time passed. Some of the skin on his hand had reddened, even peeled off. Sweat pooled all the way from his forehead because of the pain.

He felt the rope loosen due to his efforts. He kept at it, and after several more hours working on his plan, one hand was finally freed!

He raised it up and tore away the blindfold. At first sight, he could tell this was a hidden chamber.

Next, he tossed the hemp rope aside, wrapped the sheet around himself and headed to the stone door.