Just as the stick was about to cut into Chu Mo's wrist, a "stop" suddenly came from the hall.

The voice was different from those of the people present. It was a female voice that was like a golden oriole out of the valley, crisp and intoxicating. However, what was said was obnoxiously arrogant and bossy.

"This slave looks good, I want him."

Su Su walked step by step towards Chu Mo with her large red billowing sleeves. Whether it was the complicated patterns on the cuffs or neckline, anyone could tell how elegant and luxurious this silky smooth dress was.

And her brilliant white skin, against the red sleeves, shone a dazzling white.

She was like a flame, wanton, domineering, and enchanting.

Her small earlobes, thin white wrists, and complicatedly-styled dark hair could almost blind someone.

But she was stunningly beautiful. If so much jewelry had been placed on anyone else, they would have been overshadowed by all the jewelry long ago.

But it was different with her. With the bearing of a peony, Su Su suppressed the charm of the jewelry.

She walked forward delicately and gracefully, with a beautiful posture, but her raised head showed her arrogance.

Under everyone's eyes, Su Su, who walked over like this, breathed a sigh of relief when she finally reached Chu Mo.

She sighed in relief.

The original host's life was quite difficult.

Her head full of gems pressed down on her neck, and while her clothes were beautiful, their multiple layers nearly made her unable to take a single step.

And her arrogant demeanor made Su Su, who had always been approachable, feel even more tired.

Su Su was the daughter of Gu Jingxi. At this celebration banquet, the emperor wasn't present, so Gu Jingxi was the one who held the most power. As his daughter, Su Su was naturally able to be the fox relying on the tiger's power¹This is a Chinese idiom meaning to borrow someone else's power to oppress others. It originates from this story: the tiger was looking for food to eat and caught a fox. The fox said: "Don't you dare eat me. God sent me to be the king of all the beasts. Now you're going to eat me against God's command. Do you think I'm lying? I'll walk in front of you, and you follow behind me. Then watch, what beast won't dare to run away?" The tiger thought the fox's words were reasonable, so he walked with him. He saw all the beasts running away, but the tiger didn't know that the beasts ran away because of himself, thinking that they were afraid of the fox..

The middle-aged man with the broken hand was actually supposed to let Gu Jingxi or Su Su choose a slave first.

But today, this slave Chu Mo really suited his tastes.

He didn't tremble, almost faint in fear, or try to earn his favor like the other slaves.

His anger, although it offended him, re-ignited his inner desire for torture.

The middle-aged man became even more excited when he remembered Chu Mo taking the lead to kill the wolf in the giant cage.

So he ignored Gu Jingxi's presence and spoke first.

But he would have never expected that it wouldn't be Gu Jingxi who would stop him, but his daughter.

Normally he would yield the slave to Su Su to please Gu Jingxi, but after finding this good a slave, he was extremely reluctant.

The middle-aged man waved away the doctor who was currently treating his hand. With the help of the guards, he went to Su Su to negotiate with her: "Miss Gu, usually the slave would be your first choice, but you see, it's hard for Uncle to find one he likes. Why not let me have him? If you have one that you like, Uncle will definitely satisfy you."

Hearing what the middle-aged man called himself, Su Su felt nauseous. That uncle's skin was sure thick.

Su Su lifted her eyes lazily, looking at the middle-aged man in front of her. She raised her beautiful lips, exposing an impolite sneer, and said very haughtily, "No!"

The middle-aged man's face instantly changed, but she was a young and ignorant child²The literal translation for this was "yellow-mouthed child," which is a Chinese idiom. It means that he's ridiculing her while she's young and ignorant.. If it weren't for her father, how could she dare to speak to him like this?

Now that he was publicly losing face for a slave, the middle-aged man glared at Su Su.

Surprisingly, Su Su did not flinch at all. She had an extremely arrogant attitude, and her eyes were provoking and disdainful.

The middle-aged man became angry and suddenly turned his head to look at Gu Jingxi. He said unwillingly, "General Gu, it's only a lowly slave. You see, if you can give him to me, I'll let you have the woman you liked earlier at my residence. There are also ten other untouched ones that you can select from."

Gu Jingxi's wife had already passed away early on. Although he hadn't married another all these years, he had no small number of women, but they were all kept outside with none entering the mansion. A few days ago, Gu Jingxi and the middle-aged man both took a liking to the same woman but was won by the middle-aged man.

Gu Jingxi smiled and said, "Unfortunately, I've just promised my daughter today that I'd give her the slave she likes."

Although he didn't continue speaking, everyone present knew that Gu Jingxi was biased towards his daughter.

The middle-aged man was extremely reluctant, but Gu Jingxi had already spoken and he had no way to continue the dispute. There was still one last strand of reason in his mind.

The Gu family was much more powerful than theirs, and they controlled the most soldiers and horses. That monstrous power was comparable to only the emperor, and even the emperor had to be courteous. If today he was small-minded to the Gu family for a little slave, in the future he would forever have to live in fear of retaliation!

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and said to Su Su, "Then, I'll give him to you."

Su Su had a smile at the corner of her mouth, and her gorgeous eyelashes were a little seductive, as stunning as a peony.

All of the ones present were passionate about women, and they concentrated their eyes when they saw this. But because of Su Su's identity, no one dared to be too bold.

But in the eyes of a middle-aged man, such a beautiful appearance was not only provoking but also disdainful.

The middle-aged man flicked his sleeves and angrily returned to his seat.

After watching him leave, Su Su turned her head to look at the male lead, who had a crazed hatred.

The raging fire of anger burned inside  Chu Mo, and he glared viciously at the stunningly beautiful woman in front of him.

This woman was the same as everyone else, wanting to use him as a tool. He would be treated cruelly by her, and when he'd eventually be on his last breath, be thrown into a mass grave to burn.

If he could, he would rather die on the battlefield, or be slaughtered like a fish on the chopping board.

He struggled as hard as he could, but his shoulders and back were pressed hard against the ground, with even his limbs held down and unable to move.

If he had the chance he would definitely choose to kill those atrocious people.

But maybe there wasn't going to be that chance.

He'd be tied up, hands and feet chained, and held down onto a seat, and watched by guards. Then he'd be tortured to death little by little.

Chu Mo closed his eyes in despair, waiting to be thrust into hell.

Just as he was envisioning how they could die together, something soft and warm touched his painfully cold face.

The kicking and humiliation he had imagined didn't happen, and the thing that pressed against his cheek had a faint fragrance.

What was it?

Chu Mo couldn't help but open his eyes, and he saw a thin white arm. He then saw five slender fingers, as white as an onion.

So it was a hand?

The woman before him, who looked wanton and domineering, had her precious hand touching his face.

Chu Mo stiffened, staring at that hand with his eyes wide open.

Maybe it was to hit him with the hand?

Chu Mo bit his lower lip tightly and couldn't help think.

But unexpectedly, the hand was quickly retracted and the other party stood up.

In his vision, there was only the edge of the woman's deep red swaying skirt, and it was decorated with complex and beautiful gold thread patterns.

"Are you able to stand up?" Her clear, questioning voice could be heard above his head.

Chu Mo looked upwards in surprise.

Su Su saw that Chu Mo didn't speak, so she assumed that he had no strength to stand up. After all, he had just fought against a combat beast and had also recently been struggling on the ground.

She bent down, reached her hand out to Chu Mo, and said to the others: "Release him."

Having seen Gu Jingxi's affection for the woman, the guards who were present didn't dare disobey and quickly freed Chu Mo's hands. However, they still stood to the side vigilantly, intending to stop Chu Mo if he resisted.

Chu Mo was stunned. In front of him, the woman's right hand was still there, with thin jade-like fingers, comparable to a beautiful piece of art.

Was she letting him reach his hand out to her?

Chu Mo had previously seen some mothers extend their hands to their children like this.

He had also seen some people reach their hands to their friends like this.

But none of that belonged to Chu Mo.

Because his mother had died young, he was a slave. Everyone else was taking resources for themselves and betrayals would frequently happen, so he had no friends either.

He had never thought that someone would extend their hand to him, nor did he ever expect it.

He was just a despicable and lowly slave and even one who had robbed other slaves of their resources.

But now the woman, who was so beautiful that almost no one wouldn't submit under her pomegranate-colored dress, had reached her hand out to him.

Chu Mo stayed surprised for a while.

Su Su saw that Chu Mo didn't move, so she could only grab his arm directly to drag him up.

As she pulled, she couldn't help but ask the system: "Am I not OOC even when I'm doing this?"

If she simply followed the character of the original host, she most likely wouldn't be able to complete the task.

System:〚No, the original host wasn't a fragile woman³The original text was "paper person", which is a term used to describe delicate people, mostly women., so when facing the male lead, you can have a different personality. However, this superficial personality can't be totally separate from the overall character.〛

Su Su understood instantly. It was similar to when the original host was facing Gu Jingxi. Although temperamental and arrogant, she would still act like a little girl, caring about affection and so on.

He looked at the woman who stood so close to him. Her eyes and brows held an aristocratic arrogance.

But other than that, the woman actually took out a handkerchief and helped dust him off.

The force used was quite weak, so although the wounds on his body were touched, the pain wasn't even worth mentioning.

Again, he was shocked by the woman's behavior.

"Dad, I'll leave first." Su Su⁴What was actually written here was 苏蔓, which is Su Man. Su Su is 苏粟, which looks quite similar to Su Man, so I assumed it was a typo and put Su Su instead. turned to look at Gu Jingxi, seemingly greeting him, but was actually just a notice.

"Alright, be careful on the way back." Gu Jingxi didn't care either. He was already used to his daughter's tone of voice and attitude, so he just waved his hand and replied caringly.

Su Su slightly raised her chin in response to Gu Jingxi's words, and said to Chu Mo: "Let's go."

Before leaving, she quietly glanced at the remaining slaves with sympathy but quickly turned away.

To take away a slave with the help of Gu Jingxi was already the limit. She couldn't take them all away, even with her identity as Gu Jingxi's daughter, or else the others would be angered.

"Wait." Su Su hadn't even walked two steps when Gu Jingxi suddenly said something.

Su Su's heart skipped a beat, in fear of whatever mistake had happened.