The cannon fodder female supporting role wants to run away, and the madly criticizing prince is red-

Lin Qianqian pursed her lips and said calmly, "It's nothing. It's my pride that won't let me listen to those insulting words without fighting back."

"But sometimes, I am also confused. Should people endure silently and protect themselves? Or should they fight back? I don't know if what I am doing is right in the long run."

"I just said what I thought. I thought that if I didn't refute them, they would definitely say more nonsense to me."

Lin Qianqian recalled several tit-for-tat conversations she had with the Ninth Prince.

After sending Chen Jingzhou away, Lin Qianqian found the brothel owner.

"He is my friend. Please, for my sake, Mom, don't ask anyone to embarrass him in the future."

The madam looked at Lin Qianqian suspiciously, "You, are you okay? Making friends with a poor guy?"

She looked at Chen Jingzhou as he left and said sarcastically, "You're not attracted to this poor boy, are you?"

Lin Qianqian said calmly, "Please don't misunderstand, mom. I just admire his talent." And she still retained a bit of pride.

Compared with smooth and sophisticated people, she appreciates people with some personality.

Like Lin Daiyu, she has her own little personality, gentle on the outside but strong on the inside, and is truly adorable.

She also likes talented people with deep thoughts. When she was in school, she was obsessed with and admired the top students. She was satisfied with taking them as role models from afar. If she made friends with such people, she would definitely learn the excellent things from them.

"It's up to you." The madam said this and shook her head. "Women should find a rich family while they are still young."

……

The strong wind blew the windows against the wall, causing some pieces of wall paint to fall off. More and more dark clouds gathered in the gloomy sky.

Qingyin got up and closed the window.

In the room, Lin Qianqian and the old gentleman with completely white hair sat opposite each other. He came to see Lin Qianqian with his servants.

"Miss Lin, my surname is Zheng. I want to redeem you and ask you to be my concubine. Are you willing?"

Lin Qianqian looked at him in surprise, "Master Zheng, you want me to redeem myself? To be your concubine?"

"I'm afraid that won't work."

"I won't be anyone's concubine. If you want to redeem me, I will remember your kindness for the rest of my life."

Master Zheng's pale eyes scanned Lin Qianqian's face, and saw that she was fair-skinned, beautiful, with lively eyes and a bright look. She was truly a rare and energetic beauty. Many beauties looked listless and weak.

He said, "I am a businessman. It is not reasonable for me to redeem someone for nothing."

"I am kind-hearted and want to save you from suffering."

Lin Qianqian was neither impatient nor impatient, her tone was gentle and not offensive, "I thank you for wanting to redeem me, but I will not marry any man just because he saved me. I will repay a favor and remember the favor. There are many ways to repay. I am willing to repay with money or other ways, but I don't want to tie myself to that man."

Lin Qianqian stretched out her slender hand to stroke a strand of bangs on her face, and glanced away.

Her mind began to work. "Master Zheng, if you really want to save me from this sea of ​​suffering, you should just save me. If you want to take me as your concubine, I'm afraid you will be labeled as a lustful person who ruined a beautiful young girl. I wonder what business Master Zheng is doing? Will it be affected?"

"This..." Mr. Zheng looked a little embarrassed.

Lin Qianqian saw that he had moved his eyes away and didn't dare to look at her directly.

Lin Qianqian twirled the edge of her sleeves with both hands and said, "If Mr. Zheng simply redeemed me without asking for anything in return, then if word got out he would probably make her look like a truly great philanthropist."

"A great man that everyone talks about."

"Of course, I don't want you to save me for nothing. I will repay you with money."

"My suggestion is that you should follow the example of past emperors and consolidate your family business for future generations when you are old. You can completely put aside the matter of enjoying women. The most important thing is to ensure that your family business continues smoothly."

The old man Zheng's confused eyes, which were originally fascinated by the beauty of women, immediately became much clearer.

He rolled his eyes and looked at Lin Qianqian, thinking seriously about her words.

Lin Qianqian hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, I have some money on hand. If Mr. Zheng is willing to redeem me, I will return the money you paid for my redemption to you after I leave this place, or even more."

“Money is the most reliable thing and it will never betray you.”

"Saving more property for my grandchildren will make their lives easier no matter what difficulties they encounter in the future."

Mr. Zheng raised one side of his mouth and looked at Lin Qianqian with a fake smile, his eyes showing the shrewdness of an old man, "I didn't expect that after living for most of my life, I would be taught a lesson by a little girl like you today."

"What you said makes sense."

He sighed, "Ever since you started this audio reading, I've come to listen to you read every day, just to come and see you."

"It's hard for a man not to have feelings for a woman like you. Even for an old antique like me, I think many people have the same feelings as me."

Mr. Zheng recalled the moments when he met Lin Qianqian, "I heard people say that you are in charge of this audio reading."

"Although there are only a few of you now, I can see that you are running the business with all your heart. You are using your talents in this small space. Some of the new rules you have formulated are very forward-looking and have avoided many conflicts."

"Not only do I like you a little, I also admire you. The reason I asked to take you as my concubine is not only because of your beauty."

Lin Qianqian smiled politely, "Thank you for your appreciation."

Mr. Zheng looked at Lin Qianqian seriously, staring at her rosy and translucent cheeks for a long time.

Suddenly he said, "Okay, then I will redeem you."

"Simply to redeem you, for no other purpose."

"Thank you, Master Zheng," Lin Qianqian said gratefully, and then added, "Master Zheng, I have two good sisters here. I wonder if we can redeem them together. I will also pay you back the money for their redemption."

"This……"

Mr. Zheng looked at Lin Qianqian.

"Why are there two sisters?" He was obviously puzzled.

Mr. Zheng touched his forehead and said, "It's fine to redeem you alone, but if you want to redeem two more, I'm afraid I have to reconsider this matter."

Lin Qianqian thought, how about I go out and make some money to redeem them?

I wonder if they can afford to wait?

She had boasted about this in front of others at the beginning, and she really wanted to redeem Qingyin and Ye Furong. Their friendship had grown stronger over the days.

As a modern person, she can't sew clothes. In ancient times, clothes were mainly made by hand. The two of them stayed up late to make a cotton coat for themselves.

She couldn't bear to see them staying in such a place any longer.

Lin Qianqian said, "Mr. Zheng, it would be best if you could redeem the three of us together. If you could redeem one or two people first, I would be grateful to you."

Master Zheng stood up with the help of a cane. He raised his thin and pointed chin and nodded to Lin Qianqian, "I will plan this matter carefully. As for you, I must redeem you."

"Thank you very much."

After seeing Mr. Zheng off, Lin Qianqian looked up and saw dark clouds gathering over the sky, which was getting darker. She asked Qingyin to bring her an oil-paper umbrella.

Qingyin came back running from outside.

Suddenly he knelt down on his knees and kowtowed solemnly to Lin Qianqian, "Miss Lin, I don't know how to express my gratitude. I just want to kowtow to you."

"Miss Lin, thank you so much. Thanks to you, I didn't go through the same terrible thing as others. Now someone is willing to redeem you, and you still want to take me out. I really don't know what to say."

"I have no way to repay your kindness. Now I can only kowtow to you..." Qingyin said, and kowtowed to Lin Qianqian again.

When I raised my head, there was a red spot on my forehead.

Lin Qianqian quickly helped her up, stroked her forehead and asked with concern if it hurt, "I appreciate your kindness. If you can help others at the same time, why not maximize the benefits?"

"By saving you, there will be one less lonely girl in the world."

"Besides, we are so destined to be together. You have been very kind to me. You sewed two pairs of shoes and socks for me and made a scarf according to my request. If it weren't for your cleverness, I would have been freezing and had nothing to wear. I really don't know how to sew at all."

"Am I so useful to you?" Qingyin's lips trembled uncontrollably.

Tears of emotion gradually filled her eyes. "Compared to what you have done for me, what I have done for you is obviously insignificant."

"Miss Lin, you are my greatest benefactor in this life."

Lin Qianqian smiled and said, "There's no need to say these things. The most important thing is to survive bravely. As long as you're alive, there's hope for everything."

The female corpse and baby girl that she had seen before were too shocking for Lin Qianqian.

Only by doing more within her ability can she offset the guilt and fear in her heart.

And she really hasn't had such terrible nightmares as frequently recently.

When she had a nightmare, the scary zombies and female ghosts she had seen in her childhood all came out and pieced together their faces, which tortured her spirit and made her even resist sleeping. She was too tired to sleep, but she dared not fall asleep.

At one point, she almost believed that there were such horrible things that could haunt people.

After Ye Furong came back, Lin Qianqian told her about Master Zheng.

Ye Furong sighed, "It's the same situation I encountered. They all said that it's impossible to redeem three people at once. They don't have that much money. I know those people well. They just want to have fun. There are very few who are willing to redeem themselves."

"If you two can go out, go ahead. I don't mind. I'm used to it here anyway."

She patted the back of Lin Qianqian's hand and said soothingly, "Besides, now that the three of us are together, we can only do this audio reading, and I don't have to accompany guests as hard as before."

She said, "In the past, I only knew how to compete with others for customers. In order to make more money, I had to serve all kinds of customers."

"Now that I'm here, I don't have to share food from their pots, and they look at me with friendlier eyes. Some customers here also come to me privately, and now it's my turn to choose the customers."

Lin Qianqian looked at Ye Furong, "Sister, are you receiving guests privately?"

"Did they say you were stealing customers or something?"

Ye Furong propped up her head with her hand, "I want to make more money. Only money can bring me a sense of security."

"Thanks to our audiobooks, customers from other brothels have come to our brothel and they have made a lot of money. They have made more money. Do they have any other opinions?"

……

It is such a happy thing that the articles I write can be appreciated and recognized by one person.

Even if this person is a woman, a prostitute.

Chen Jingzhou also felt the beauty of having a soulmate - there was really someone in this world who could understand him.

The soulmate of the musical genius Yu Boya was actually a woodcutter.

This example of a close friend shows that people can put aside their identities, status, and wealth gaps when interacting with each other. As long as someone understands and appreciates you, you can become a close friend.

Chen Jingzhou once again brought out a new article he had written.

Lin Qianqian held the paper, read it carefully, and gave a serious evaluation.

Chen Jingzhou held a cup of steaming hot tea in his hand and listened quietly.

Lin Qianqian said, "The article you wrote is also interesting. It says there are no ghosts in this world. I say yes and no. Those who believe in it do, and those who don't believe in it don't."

Chen Jingzhou raised his eyes, "What do you mean?"

Lin Qianqian combined her previous experience and told Chen Jingzhou, "A real ghost is a terrifying image formed in the heart of a person due to guilt and fear."

“People are always afraid of unknown things, and sometimes they scare themselves.”

"The superiors knew this clearly, so they vigorously promoted Buddhism. This cannot be pointed out, otherwise it will become a heresy."

Chen Jingzhou's whole body trembled, and his body became a little stiff as he sat.

The look he gave Lin Qianqian changed.

At first he was just arguing with someone about a topic without thinking about the intention behind it, but the woman in front of him could see the essence through the phenomenon.

She is smarter than he is.

While discussing philosophical issues with Chen Jingzhou, Lin Qianqian recalled that in a high school politics class, her classmates’ discussions on the theories of human nature being evil and human nature being good were very inspiring.

Lin Qianqian said, "Your articles are very interesting. Can you compile them into a book and preserve them? I think even if many people don't understand them now, people in the future will understand them and admire your advanced ideas."

"Will people in the future understand me?" Chen Jingzhou raised his head in surprise.

Lin Qianqian nodded. "People's thoughts are updated and iterated. New knowledge will replace old knowledge, and new ideas will replace old ideas. So, one day, someone will understand you, admire you, and worship you."

The reason why the three disciples of Xunzi's materialism left their mark in history books is inseparable from the fact that they wrote articles to express their thoughts and opinions despite public criticism.

If you just think about it in your mind without a set of arguments to support it, it will be difficult for future generations to see it.

Chen Jingzhou said, "I have never thought about others worshipping me, but your words have given me great comfort."

“Even if no one appreciates it now, someone in the future will appreciate it.”

"Your words gave me great strength. I never thought so far ahead. I will keep these articles I wrote well."

Who would have thought that these articles would really help his career.

When the new emperor ascended the throne, he wanted to recruit a group of new people, and he was appreciated because of his previous articles.