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Two days later.
Early in the morning, in the White Cloud Alley, two outer disciples of the Blood Blade Sect arrived at Cai Ze’s residence, accompanied by several attendants. They were there to inventory and seize all of Cai Ze’s belongings.
After more than an hour, they locked up the house, loaded the cataloged items into chests, and hoisted them onto an ox cart out front.
Zuo Xiuxiu and Huang Ya were taken as well, placed on the same cart with the rest of the property. The two women huddled together, trying to maintain a calm façade, but their eyes betrayed how tense and frightened they were.
From now on, that house would likely be assigned to a new outer disciple or some silver pass resident—while Zuo Xiuxiu and Huang Ya would be brought back to the Blood Blade Sect. If no one chose to buy them, they might be given away as a reward or sold to a brothel for extra silver.
Zuo Xiuxiu knew perfectly well that even if she claimed to be Cai Ze’s wife, no one would believe it. Her only hope lay in the...
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