"Having them sign the indenture, holding their life and death in our hands, would deter them from doing wrong. If an adult had thought of this, Mo Chunyue wouldn't be surprised, but Gu Jinli was just a girl under eleven years old."
He Sanlai said indignantly, "She's not just smart; she's cunning to the extreme, blocking all our ways. She's also ruthless, if we sold ourselves to her and made any mistakes, she would indeed beat us to death."
While speaking the last sentence, He Sanlai felt a chill recalling how he was viciously beaten by Gu Jinli and threatened to be thrown to the wolves in the mountains, involuntarily shivering.
Seeing this, Mo Chunyue asked, "What's wrong? Are you cold?"
Seeing the ragged state of He Sanlai's clothes, she turned around, took out a sewing basket given by Granny He, pulled out some string, measured He Sanlai's body, and tied knots to mark the measurements.
