Shen Yangge lifted his eyelids and looked at Zhang Xiaoshi. "You're begging me?"
His tone was even, without sarcasm or mockery. Zhang Xiaoshi first sighed in relief, then ventured, "I want to buy back my indenture contract."
Seeing Shen Yangge about to speak, he hurried on, "Just think of me as having been a worthless dog before."
"Why would you think I'd help you?"
Shen Yangge's question was neither warm nor cold. Zhang Xiaoshi hesitated for a long while before stammering, "I... I don't know. But I want to leave this place, and you're the only person I could think of who could help."
Shen Yangge still remembered how his secret escape attempt had been reported. He raised an eyebrow.
"I don't have the time or inclination to play the Good Samaritan."
"You should ask someone else."
Zhang Xiaoshi's face paled. He lowered his head and stayed motionless, apparently trying to think of a way out. But even after a long while, he came up with nothing. All he could do was drop to his knees with a thud. "Please help me. Only by staying at your side..."
Before he could finish, Shen Yangge interrupted him. "I'm not interested in helping you."
Zhang Xiaoshi's scheme was simply to save his own skin. After all, these past few days, everything inside and outside the city had descended into chaos. Rumors that bandits were about to attack the small city were spreading, leaving everyone terrified, unable to eat or sleep in peace.
If the city's defenses fell, this place would be finished too.
And as one of the most ordinary servants in the residence, he was very likely to be left behind as a disposable pawn for the bandits to beat to death while venting their rage.
Zhang Xiaoshi didn't want to