Chapter 1578 - 1573: Rescuing Xiaxia (4 updates)

The moment the door to the woodshed was opened, Mu Shuangshuang instinctively wanted to close her eyes.

But she still saw the scene in front of her.

In the corner of the woodshed, crouched a woman so dirty her appearance was unrecognizable.

Her hair was disheveled, her head drooped down, and it looked like someone had whipped her, leaving scars of various sizes all over her body.

The places where her clothes were torn showed bloodstained and scabbed wounds.

The most horrifying part was that the woman held a clump of something pitch-black in her hands and was constantly stuffing it into her mouth.

Mu Shuangshuang took a closer look and recognized it—it was mud. Xiaxia was eating mud?

Mu Shuangshuang rushed over and snatched the mud from Mu Xiaxia’s hands.

Mu Xiaxia let out a scream, frantically pushing herself into the corner, still shouting, "No... don’t come, don’t..."

Mu Shuangshuang crouched down and hoarsely called out Mu Xiaxia’s name: "Xiaxia..."

The moment she spoke, her voice was like sandpaper.

Mu Shuangshuang felt her nostrils prickling and her throat hurting.

Her poor cousin had suffered so much after she left, Mu Shuangshuang felt heartbroken.

But more than that, she was frustrated; before leaving, she had repeatedly told Xiaxia never to interact with the people from the main house.

Especially that woman Mrs. Jin.

The result was Xiaxia fell for it, and it was because of Mrs. Jin.

"Xiaxia... I’m Shuangshuang, I’m Mu Shuangshuang! I’m here to take you back, wake up!" Mu Shuangshuang urged Mu Xiaxia.

"Xiaxia, look at me, it’s me! I’m Mu Shuangshuang, I’ve taken care of that madam, no one will dare bully you anymore!" Mu Shuangshuang said softly.

At this moment, Zheng Zhi came in, glanced at Mu Xiaxia and then at Mu Shuangshuang, who was heartbroken.

"She... is probably insane!"

Right after Zheng Zhi said this, Mu Xiaxia suddenly grabbed Mu Shuangshuang’s hand.

"Save me, save me..."

"Sister Shuangshuang, save me..."

Mu Shuangshuang’s eyes lit up, "You recognize me, you recognize me?"

Mu Shuangshuang was almost crazed with excitement, and at this moment Mu Xiaxia stretched out her arms and embraced Mu Shuangshuang’s waist.

The sense of security returned, and simultaneously Mu Xiaxia fainted.

Mu Xiaxia was filthy all over, initially Mu Shuangshuang wanted to take her away directly, but eventually decided to give Mu Xiaxia a bath.

"Zheng Zhi, can you help me find a place and prepare a bathtubs, ideally with enough water for three bathtubs?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.

"That’s no problem!" Zheng Zhi replied.

Soon, Zheng Zhi prepared everything Mu Shuangshuang needed.

Mu Shuangshuang carried the unconscious Mu Xiaxia into a room, and after removing Mu Xiaxia’s clothes, she found a pocketful of feces inside her pants.

No wonder earlier, as soon as she approached Xiaxia, she smelled feces.

This was actually a self-protection trick Mu Shuangshuang had taught Mu Xiaxia.

If someone tried to force themselves on her and she was powerless, she should defecate and urinate in her pants. Back then, she said it offhandedly, but didn’t expect this girl remembered it.

And she used it, putting on a crazed and foolish act.

Mu Shuangshuang was certain, if it wasn’t for these two tricks combined, Xiaxia would have been violated long ago!

Indeed, Xiaxia wasn’t violated, a silver lining amidst misfortune!

Mu Shuangshuang let go of the stone in her heart, now just waiting to settle Xiaxia and then find Xiao Chu.

Putting Xiaxia in the bathtub, Mu Shuangshuang carefully wiped every inch of her skin, her whip scars, some crusted over, some already infected with pus.

Every time Mu Shuangshuang touched those wounds, even the unconscious girl would tremble slightly.

Mu Shuangshuang had to be extra careful, and after three tubs of water, she finally got her clean.

Mu Shuangshuang applied medicine to Xiaxia, squeezing out the pus from infected areas before applying ointment.

After this, she dressed Mu Xiaxia.

Carrying Mu Xiaxia out of the room, at this point, the entire brothel was under Zheng Zhi’s control.

Every prostitute, every turtle slave, all accounted for.

After Mu Shuangshuang came out, several bold girls immediately knelt before her.

"Miss, please save us! We are all daughters from poor families, tricked into the brothel by Zhao Chunhua. If we don’t take clients, they beat us!

Now Zhao Chunhua has fallen, we want a peaceful life. Please, miss!"

"You can leave, that old woman will never be released, no one will retaliate against you!" Mu Shuangshuang said.

"It’s not that, we have sale contracts with Zhao Chunhua, without those, none of us can leave!"

"Miss, please, help us!"

Mu Shuangshuang thought for a moment, then nodded, "You help me hold her!"

Mu Shuangshuang glanced at Mu Xiaxia in her arms, a slightly sturdier woman reached out and took Mu Xiaxia.

Mu Shuangshuang turned to go to Zhao Chunhua’s room.

After searching around, she finally found the sale contracts in a hidden compartment in Zhao Chunhua’s bed, along with some silver notes and broken silver, totaling over a thousand taels.

Oh my, a box full of silver notes, Mu Shuangshuang was stunned.

But she had no interest in this ill-gotten wealth!

Packing all the silver notes and money, along with the sale contracts, she brought them out.

"Here are your sale contracts and these silver notes, which should have been extorted by that wicked woman!

Count them up and distribute according to how long you’ve been here, more for those who came earlier!"

After Mu Shuangshuang spoke, no one dared to take the silver notes.

As for the sale contracts, everyone said, "Miss, since you’ve taken them out, do a good deed to the end, burn them in one go!"

Mu Shuangshuang took out a flint and burned the sale contracts to ashes.

Some girls, seeing the binding document for half their life destroyed, cried on the spot.

Everyone exclaimed, "Thank you, Miss, thank you, Miss!"

"No thanks needed, most of this money is what you earned, take it, go buy a few acres of land in the countryside, and live a peaceful life with your families.

If you meet someone you like, marry them! Remember, no matter what you’ve done in the past, once you walk out of this door, you are honest and decent women from now on!

Don’t return to this brothel, no matter how desperate you are, as long as you have hands and feet, even if to wash clothes and cook for someone, to do embroidery, live with dignity and a clear conscience!"

Mu Shuangshuang handed the box of silver notes to the woman who helped her hold Mu Xiaxia.

She was the first to stand up and hold Xiaxia, and her eyes showed clarity; she seemed not to be a bad person.

The woman took the box Mu Shuangshuang handed over, grabbing a few silver notes from inside for Mu Shuangshuang.

"This is for you!"

Mu Shuangshuang shook her head, "This is your money and has nothing to do with me! Just remember what I said!"