After rebirth, she became the favorite of the powerful minister.

The other party was startled, and then suddenly, like a cat whose tail was stepped on, he raised his head and shouted almost hoarsely, "Nonsense! Bullshit! It's all nonsense! That's my sister! That's my own sister whom I regard as my mother! How could I possibly hurt her!"

"Everyone will hurt her, but I won't!"

He was too thin, and even with such a violent struggle, he was unable to cause any damage to the chair under his butt. Instead, he himself looked exhausted after yelling all that. He sat there slumped and gasping for breath. It was unknown whether he was hungry or was just already so weak.

Yuan Ge waited for him to calm his breathing before she slowly stood up and walked over to him. She lowered her eyes to look at him. Her shadow blocked the light, so even his facial features looked particularly blurry. She looked at Goudan who was breathing heavily in the dark, and pressed her lips, "I was just guessing, but your reaction now makes me know that I was right... Goudan, you always say that an elder sister is like a mother, but you still hurt her. At least... you intended to achieve your goal by hurting her."

"I don't!"

"No, you do." Yuan Ge slowly took a step back to create some distance. He put his hands behind his back and stared at the other person with his eyes downcast. His words were gentle and calm. He said softly, "People like you are not afraid of death. Threats are naturally useless to you. So... it was bribery, right? But from the first time I saw you until now, I still don't quite understand what he gave you."

Money? He lives in such a tight budget that he doesn't look like he has money. Beauty? Power? Obviously he has none of those...

"So, what did he promise you?" Yuan Ge asked him gently.

The other person's eyes flickered. There was almost no flesh on his face. A thin layer of skin hung on a jagged skeleton. Any expression he made was particularly obvious. He rolled his eyes to look at the ceiling, the dust on the ground, and the dancing flames, but not at Yuan Ge. He denied it vaguely, "What the hell? Him? Wang Erjie? His family is even poorer than mine. What can he give me? Give me the gold and silver wealth he promised? Haha!"

He smiled dryly, his feet unconsciously crossing over and changing directions, and he looked obviously guilty.

At the same time, the sound of hunger once again came from his thin belly.

Xu Chengjin sat on the stool in front of Yuan Ge, crossed his legs and reminded him calmly, "If it's not a promise, then it's manipulation... Let me think about it, this guy doesn't even care whether he lives or dies, but he still keeps saying that an elder sister is like a mother, acting like he has deep feelings and loyalty. Maybe, out of this ten points of true feelings, there are four or five points that are true. It should be easy to find out which family in the neighboring town the daughter of the butcher Zhang married..."

As soon as the meaningful words fell, the other party suddenly stood up and rushed towards Xu Chengjin. After running two steps, he fell to the ground with the chair. He didn't bother to struggle, but stretched his neck and yelled at Xu Chengjin, "What are you going to do to her?! She is just a girl, and a poor girl at that! You guys are not ashamed to embarrass such a little girl?! Don't you feel guilty?!"

The dust that was raised when he fell heavily to the ground choked his face and mouth, but he seemed completely unaware of it. He looked at Xu Chengjin with a fierce and vicious look, like a powerless and desperate little beast.

Xu Chengjin didn't explain or refute. He just glanced at Yuan Ge calmly and smiled softly, "As expected."

Goudan was stunned, and realized what he had said... But the words were already out, and he was not a eloquent person. Even if he wanted to make amends, he didn't know where to start. He was afraid that the more he tried to make amends, the more he would show his weakness, and the more he would make things worse. Finally, he lowered his eyes and asked, "Who are you?"

"There's a bowl of noodles outside the door, and a fried egg for you, but I'm afraid it's getting cold." Xu Chengjin glanced at Goudan, who was lying on the ground motionless and calm, and kicked him lightly. "If you decide to cooperate with us, then get up by yourself, eat the noodles first, and then cooperate with us to explain. If he really has your sister, your sister will be safe after we deal with him. If you don't want to cooperate, not only will you not be able to leave this door today, but once he knows that you are in trouble, I'm afraid your sister will also be handed over to him."

"So, do you understand?"

Goudan was silent.

No one spoke in the dim room, only the sound of slight breathing could be heard. It was so quiet that one could even hear the sound of the wind outside the door.

After a long time, Goudan finally moved. His hands were tied behind his back, and a heavy chair was on his back. It was not easy for him to get up, but he did not ask for help. He just curled up his legs expressionlessly, and struggled to kneel on the ground with his knees and fingers that could barely touch the ground, and then stood up little by little. The process was slow and silent. Even under the gaze of the two people, this silence felt suffocating, but he seemed particularly slow. He waited until he stood up before looking at Xu Chengjin, "I can tell you, and I can cooperate with you, but the premise is... you have to make sure my sister is alive and well. Even if I die because of it."

"Otherwise, even if I go to hell, I will never let you go." His dark pupils were wide open and his drooping mouth showed an unfamiliar seriousness.

Xu Chengjin looked at Goudan like this, without saying anything. He just stood up silently, untied the ropes that bound him, put down the chair, walked to the door silently, opened the old wooden door, and the daylight poured in. It was quickly closed again. Amid the "squeaky" sound, he placed a bowl of cold noodles on the table and nodded, "Eat."

The other party did not move. Even though his eyes looking at the bowl of noodles revealed a prisoner's desire for freedom, he still stood firmly in place. After swallowing suddenly, he looked at Xu Chengjin again, "You haven't promised me yet."

"I know you want to deal with him, and I also know that since you have found me, you obviously have no better way... If I would rather starve to death here than cooperate, you won't be able to succeed." His voice was dry, his Adam's apple rolled, and he swallowed his saliva frequently, but he insisted on a promise, "If I die, it will only be two more wronged souls in the underworld, but if you lose, I'm afraid the consequences will not be that simple... I don't ask for much, as long as you promise to keep my sister safe, this won't be a difficult thing for you, right?"

Goudan’s analysis was very logical, but his flickering eyes just made it impossible for him to remain calm.

Yuan Ge looked at the other party and nodded gently, "Okay, we promise you."

As soon as he finished speaking, the hungry teenager rushed towards the bowl of noodles on the table that didn't look very delicious...