"You expect me to believe that? Fatty, what kind of player are you? A VIP customer of Suotuo City's low-end brothels, a man who has seen countless women and experienced it all. I really don't believe you had no ulterior motives."
"I finally tried being a good person for once, and you still don't believe me. I'm truly being wronged here." Ma Hongjun spread his hands helplessly. "Forget it. Believe it or not, my conscience is clear."
"Heh heh." Oscar tapped the table. "All right, setting aside the fact that you were attracted by her looks, from encountering those bandits to setting out again, you only lost about an hour, right? What were you doing for the remaining ten-plus days?"
"Of course I was taking Rong'er home." Ma Hongjun spoke as though it were only natural. "Butler Old Chen died at the hands of the bandits, and Rong'er was all alone with no one to rely on. How could I stand by and do nothing? That would go against my principles as a person."
"I think you were attracted by her looks. You saw that she was pretty, so you risked your life currying favor with her." Oscar glanced at Ma Hongjun. "And that little girl was willing to let a stranger like you follow her home?"
"I had no choice. Circumstances forced my hand." Ma Hongjun shrugged. "I finally got to see what a great family was like. These past ten-plus days really opened my eyes."
"What happened?" Oscar asked curiously.
"Wasn't I kindly taking Rong'er home? She told me that her mother had been a concubine of the Duan Family Patriarch in Nujiang City and had just passed away this year. She had gone to Nujiang City this time to collect her monthly allowance."
"Collect her monthly allowance?"