"..."
"Ma'am, let's go..." Mo Xuanyi looked nervously in front of her and behind her. "Do you think I look all right like this? I came looking from very far away. I was afraid of running into danger, so I didn't dare show my true face..."
Well, with this young woman's lovely looks, it was perfectly understandable that she hadn't dared show her true face!
But as for whether she looked all right?
As the proprietress led the way, that question kept echoing in her mind.
All right? More than all right!
So much so that I don't even dare think about that idea I had before. Our family couldn't afford to keep a heavenly fairy like her...
The back street.
"Old Wood, Old Wood... wonderful news for your family!"
Her heart aching, Mo Xuanyi looked at a single-story house dilapidated beyond measure... What passed for a front gate was really just a few pieces of rotten wood nailed into a panel, with a tiny courtyard and two little rooms beyond.
Hearing the call, an Old Lady tottered out through the doorway. "Old Wood's gone to work... Isn't that Sister Ma? What brings you visiting? Is business slow at the shop?"
She had barely finished speaking when she saw Mo Xuanyi standing outside the front gate, which could no longer block anyone's view.
Her large eyes red, Mo Xuanyi stood on the other side, staring fixedly at the Old Lady, so frail and decrepit that a gust of wind seemed enough to knock her down. Tears covered her face.
The Old Lady froze, her aged face turning as white as paper in an instant.
She tottered forward, her eyes fixed unblinkingly on Mo Xuanyi's face. The closer she came, the more clearly she could see, yet the more