Chapter 104: Ruthless
"Come on, Xiao Zi, eat something so that you can get better soon." Zi Su made up a kind lie and brought out the food in the small basket. She picked the clean part from the leftovers from the Marquis' Mansion. In the eyes of the upper class, these leftovers were no different from the water in the pigpen, but for Xiao Zi, a lower class civilian who was hard to see oil and salt all day long, it was a delicacy for jade plates.
Xiao Zi was malnourished for a long time. When she saw the delicious food, she immediately started to eat it. She was choking in the middle. Zi Su wanted to scoop some water directly by the river with her hands, but Luo You simply took out a bottle of water from the space bag and handed it over.
If it was in a wilderness where supply was lacking, even if Xiao Zi choked to death, Luo You would not have a drop of water. However, when he first arrived in the Dawn City, he had already stored several years of water and food in the never-deteriorated space bag, so he simply took out a bottle, which was not a loss anyway.
Xiao Zi thanked Luo You very gratefully. When she unscrewed the bottle cap and the warm liquid flowed through her dry throat, she felt so comfortable that she was shocked.
Zi Su wiped off the water stains on the corner of Xiao Zi's mouth lovingly and said caringly: "Eat slowly, I'll be anxious."
If this scene hadn't happened under the desolate bridge cave, it would have added a lot of warmth to this doomsday. Luo You glanced at the two sisters, put the red umbrella on his shoulders, and said lightly: "I'll leave first."
"Hey, I'll go back with you!" Zi Su touched Xiao Zi's face lovingly and said, "Sister is going back. I'll see you tomorrow. You can rest well and don't go anywhere."
"Well..." Although Xiao Zi's eyes revealed a strong dependence and reluctance, she did not act like her peers, but said sensibly, "I listen to my sister."
Xiao Zi crawled back to the bridge hole and hid in the worn quilt. Zi Su pressed the wind-proof wooden boards again, then stopped in front of the bridge hole for a while before leaving reluctantly.
Luo You carried the red umbrella and brought Zi Su back to the Marquis' Mansion. Just as Luo You were about to leave, Zi Su suddenly turned around with great worries and called out: "Luo You..."
Luo You turned his face slightly and looked at Zi Su sideways without any emotion.
"Luoyou...you...you also saw that Xiao Zi has a very serious radiation disease. I took her to see a doctor. The doctor said that the conservative estimate is that the treatment cost will cost at least 20 million Berry. I started working in the Marquis' Mansion two years ago, but I have only raised more than one million Berry so far. But Xiao Zi has not had much time left, and it really doesn't have much more..." When Zi Su spoke, her voice trembled and she had a hint of sob. She had never revealed to Xiao Zi the current physical condition of the little girl. Every time she comforted her, she said that she would get better without any trouble, but she knew very well that this was a lie...
Luo You suddenly interrupted Zi Su and said in a low voice: "Tell me the point."
Zi Su's delicate body trembled slightly, and a trace of unspeakable pain flashed in her beautiful eyes, so that her breathing became a little rapid. She said tremblingly: "Then I will just say it... Luo You... Please! Please accept the recruitment of Marquis Charles! Only in this way can the Marquis pay the full treatment fee for Xiao Zi and she can survive!"
"Oh? Then, when you first approached me, it was the instruction of Marquis Charles?" Luo You actually asked this very knowingly. Can he not see such a simple question? It was just making things difficult for Zi Su.
"Yes...but I..." Zi Su was about to express her feelings boldly to Luo You, but Luo You interrupted her simply: "You go back, I will not accept anyone's recruitment, nor will I work for anyone."
"No! Luo You! Please! Now Xiao Zi's life is in your hand!" Zi Su was a little excited. She even knelt down on her knees. The heavy bump directly rubbed off a layer of skin on her knees. Blood flowed out and merged with the accumulated water on the ground. She held a corner of Luo You's cloak and begged, "If you really don't want to enter the Marquis' Mansion, then I beg you, please save Xiao Zi. I know you are a powerful evolver and there must be a way to save Xiao Zi! As long as you cure her, I will give you whatever you want! Please!"
"Interesting." Luo You squatted down slowly and looked straight with Zi Su who was kneeling in the rain. Zi Su thought Luo You should have been moved by her, but she saw the ruthless and cold light in Luo You's eyes. Luo You said, "Tell me, what can you give me?"
Before Zi Su could answer, Luo You said coldly: "You are just a maid in the Marquis' Mansion. You have no great strategy and no fragment of talent worth developing. You are just a livestock kept by the Gods in the wall of life. If you step outside the wall, you will have no bones left. The only thing you can provide to me is your body."
"I'll do some calculations for you." Luo You stretched out his finger and said with a sneer, "To cure your sister, the cost of surgery is 20 million Berry, and the equivalent conversion is a B-level reward point. Do you know that to get such a reward point, it is normal to sacrifice dozens of lives?"
"I'll make a fortune for you. The same 20 million Berry, if I just want to find a woman, I just need to take out one ten thousandth of it, and dozens of women in the wilderness will rush to get into my bed. Even if I want to find a high-end ** in the city, 20 million Berry is enough for me to spend ten or two or three years a day."
Luo You pinched Zi Su's soft chin, raised her little face, looked at the eyes with tears and sneered: "Do you understand? You are useless to me and have no value. Who do you think I am? Do you philanthropist? Even if I am a philanthropist, I will not invest money on the Marquis's family dog."
Luo You's words at this time impacted Zi Su's bottom line and self-esteem. If it weren't for her sister, how could she sell herself to the Marquis' Mansion? This was not her original intention at all, it was just a force of reality! Zi Su wiped off the humiliating tears on her face, clenched her fist and looked at Luo You, and choked and said, "You can scold me! You can curse me whatever you want! I'm a Marquis' dog! But Xiao Zi..."
"It seems that you haven't understood the truth of this world yet." Luo You's hand pinched Zi Su's cheek like iron pliers and said coldly, "This world has become a huge food chain. The strong live proudly, and the weak die humbly. It's that simple. If she can't hold on, it can only be said that she does not meet this era. Being decayed is the right destination."
Chapter completed!