Perhaps Suo Jia was being stingy, and even a bit picky. However, this was a natural result of the life he had experienced; if no person had ever been sympathetic enough to help him and his mother in the past, how could he possibly pity a person enough to help?
Suo Jia naturally became perplexed while pondering over this. That group of girls was extremely pitiful, however the price they offered to pay was really too low. As Suo Jia had previously told them, earning only 10 gold per day was an amount that was entirely unpractical.
It has to be understood that these girls did not only require moisturization for their faces. Under the merciless roasting of flames, their entire bodies had to be moisturized. Although there were only 36 girls (this included the girl with red clothes), this was still a huge project. Suo Jia could not find a good enough reason to undertake this work. Unless there was enough compensation, pity was simply not enough for him to consider helping.
While Suo Jia was quietly thinking, his surroundings abruptly became silent. Soon after, there was a storm of messy footstep sounds, and a disturbance could be heard occurring outside the entrance.
Wrinkling his forehead in confusion, Suo Jia didn’t know what was going on outside. Speaking logically, he was currently under Wen Ya’s protection. There shouldn’t be any problems. Could it possibly be hoodlums?
While contemplating, the tent’s entrance opened up and a few fiery red figures quietly walked in. One, two, three, four, five, six individuals. One of them was wearing a red cloak and gave off a murderous intent. The individual silently bowed his/her head and stood in front of Suo Jia.
Suo Jia inspected the fiery red cloak, and noticed that it also had gold threaded embroidery of a blazing totem on it. Suo Jia carefully stood up, unsure of who this individual was or where he/she came from. What he could confirm was that the disturbance outside had been caused by the cold murderous intent emitted by these people, causing everyone to piss their pants from horror.
Although he was extremely scared, as a member of the Holy Light Academy, he did not really fear what the individual was going to do. In Suo Jia’s opinion, even if the individual was a hoodlum, he/she would only ask for money. As long as he gave money, anything would be resolved, since there was no previous enmity between the two.
Moreover, with Wen Ya supporting him, Suo Jia was also quite confident [that nothing major would occur]. Even if these were some random hoodlums, so what? With Suo Jia’s relationship with Wen Ya, if those random hoodlums dared to act, they would not be alive to see the next sun rise! The friendship between Suo Jia and Wen Ya lasted as long as he helped her maintain her current beauty. She would definitely not allow Suo Jia to encounter any problems!
Thinking this far, Suo Jia furrowed his brows and bluntly said, “If you are a customer, then please line up one at a time. If you are looking for trouble, then I am afraid to tell you that you’ve come to the wrong place. This isn’t some place for you guys to make trouble.”
Hearing Suo Jia’s words, the six in red cloaks did not say anything. After a period of silence, just as Suo Jia was about to yell at them again, the six in red cloaks actually all fell to their knees in unison. The instant they knelt down, Suo Jia discovered that there were clear streams of water running down their red cloaks, dripping onto the soft ground.
“Younger brother Suo Jia, we beg of you to save us. Please, we beg you…” Just as Suo Jia had been shocked into a daze by their sudden changes[ in demeanor], a pitiful pleading voice rang out.
Seeing the red forms kneeling in front of him, Suo Jia wrinkled his brow, and once again sat down on the ground: “Who are you guys? Why do you want me to save you? And how am I supposed to do it?”
Hearing Suo Jia’s words, the six bodies in red cloaks began to tremble and then….the six red cloaks stood up from their positions. Under Suo Jia’s gaze, the six red cloaks simultaneously removed their hoods. Six faces wearing grieved expressions full of tears appeared in front of Suo Jia.
“Heavens!” When Suo Jia saw the faces of the six in front of him, he involuntarily cried out in shock. What…what was this? Did ghosts haunt in broad daylight too?