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With cheap labor delivered to his doorstep, there was no reason for him to not take it.

Naturally, Chen Mu Mu Mu Mu liked those who presented the indenture contract, but …

She had no other hobbies, but she liked to bargain.

"Your life, together with the money for your medicine and your son's food and drinks, will be enough for a year?"

Ning Yuan was startled, he did not expect her to be able to bargain with him like this, and was stumped for words for a moment.

"Then what are you going to do?"

"Three years, you will be my guard for three years. I will care about the food and drinks for you two and your father. I will care about all the sickness in your body." Chen Mu pursed his lips. "This is already my biggest concession. If you agree, we will reach an agreement. If you don't, you two father and son will go out and do what you need to do. I don't owe you anything."

Ning Yuan was originally someone who wished to die wholeheartedly. Now that he had spent so much effort to live, and she was his final hope, he naturally did not want to let go.

Chen Mu Mu Mu Mu wasn't afraid of his disagreement.

In any case, if he doesn't agree, then at most … She could reduce the price a little bit more.

"Alright." Ning Yuan did not argue, he agreed almost without thinking.

"So straightforward?" Chen Mu Mu was astonished.

"Do you have a choice?" Ning Yuan shot her a glance.

"Nope." Chen Mu Mu shrugged his shoulders. Naturally, she wouldn't tell him. She had originally intended to give in to him, but who would have thought that he wouldn't be provoked at all.

"There's no need to worry. I have no fixed residence anyway." Ning Yuan looked at the sky outside the window, a look of exhaustion flitted across his face, "You are the one who is in charge of food and shelter, and you are even worried that I am sick, it is worth it."

Only now did Chen Mu Mu recall that this person had said earlier that he had no money on him.

Without money and with a useless son, it would be difficult for him to survive in this world.

Chen Mu Mu Mu's face darkened.

However, she was not a petty person. Regardless of his intentions, being able to be of use to her was good enough.

"Then it's decided. I'll write you a contract later."

"Do I live here after that?" Ning Yuan looked at her courtyard, his eyes revealing a smile: "It's a good place to hide."

Chen Mu Mu was speechless.

Why did she suddenly feel as though she had suffered a loss?

Being schemed against while taking advantage of the situation didn't feel good at all.

Ning Yuan wanted to live a life of seclusion in the countryside, a beautiful life in the fields.

Within a few days, he was faced with a huge problem.

That night, an assassin barged into the small courtyard. Ning Yuan crawled up and fought with them, but was unable to fight back against them for long periods of time. The assassin took out a large barrel from their roof, and threw it towards him.

If it was a hidden weapon, with Ning Yuan's martial arts, dodging it naturally wouldn't be a problem.

However, this was not a concealed weapon.

The bucket was filled to the brim with a pungent smell. No matter how good his martial arts were, when it was poured out, a few drops of liquid could not help but splash onto his clothes.

"It's oil!"

Ning Yuan took a deep breath and was immediately shocked. He shouted to the rest of the people who were confused by the commotion: "It's oil, quickly run!"

The other side had already planned this beforehand. How could they escape?

He didn't go out, he just poured the oil all over the courtyard onto the roof. When he went out, the assassin's sword flew out.

"Oh my god, who thought of such a sinister method?" Chen Mu felt a headache coming on.

He could imagine what would happen after he poured oil on people's bodies and in the yard.

In this ancient building, wood was the main ingredient. When it came into contact with fire, it would immediately burn. If there was oil, it would definitely burn like a thief or a thief.

If he didn't go out, he would be burned to death soon.

If they went out, not only would they be killed by the assassin's sword, they would also be covered in oil. When a fire broke out in the future, their entire bodies would be set ablaze.

In that case, the chance of his face being burned but not dying was very high.

However, to be disfigured and burnt, how could she continue to live in this world in the future?

She might not be an absolute beauty, but how could she communicate with others if she did not have a perfect face? How could she do business? If you scare people to death the moment you show your face, then what's the point?

"This time, we're all finished." Chen Ergou sighed, "It's not as good as calculating, we still lost to them in the end."

"Ha! What dismal words. No one is allowed to compromise until the last moment." "Admitting defeat to an enemy is simply too embarrassing."

"Why would we lose someone when we're already about to die?" Chen Ergou sat on the chair, looking as though he was waiting for death to come, "I might as well enjoy the last moment of relaxation."

Chen Ergou had completely given up hope of living.

Chen Mu Mu Mu turned around and saw that Madam Li and the rest had their heads down.

"If the enemy hasn't killed us yet, we will give up hope and die for sure!"

"There's no hope." Ning Yuan on the other hand, had a face of relief, "So be it, so be it, it's good this way."

Pretty good my ass, she hasn't lived enough!

The corner of Chen Mu's mouth twitched, he looked around, other than Lu Jinfeng who was still relatively calm, all of them had given up, feeling a headache coming on.

A bunch of lackey's teammates had more than enough work to do. If they didn't think of a solution when encountering a problem, they would just give up. This was a huge drag.

Just as he was making fun of himself, the assassins outside had already started a fire. When the fire came in contact with the fuel, it immediately spread and filled the sky with a fiery light.

They were trapped in this courtyard like trapped beasts, unable to escape.

"So hot!" Xiao Mao could not bear it any longer and shouted as he grabbed his clothes, "So hot! Uncle Ning, Big Sister Chen, will we die just like that? "

"Nope." Chen Mu Mu's countenance turned extremely unsightly, but he still maintained his calm as he replied.

She wasn't sure, but she wasn't sure. Morale was important, and if even she gave up hope, they would really be burned alive.

However, she herself was panicking. In her current situation, there was almost no chance of survival!

Just as she was feeling irritated, her hand was suddenly grabbed, and Lu Jinfeng held her hand: "Don't be afraid."

"..." I'm not afraid. " He might as well find a way to prevent them from dying.

However, people were always like this. The more impatient they were, the less of a solution to the problem would be found.

"You still say that you're not afraid." Lu Jinfeng glanced at her and said to the others, "I suddenly remembered that from the small door that we opened to the wooden house next door, there's a cellar that can store wine. Maybe we can hide in there."

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Chen Mu Mu glared at him gloomily before hurriedly leading the crowd out from the back.

The assassin's goal was to burn them to death. Now that the courtyard had become a sea of fire, the assassin naturally left.

Therefore, no one noticed them escaping through the back door and burrowing into the cellar.

After sealing the cellar, the sultry feeling finally dissipated. Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief as they had narrowly escaped death.

"There's an escape route at home. I didn't notice it before." Chen Mu Mu Mu Mu looked at the decorations in the cellar and mocked himself.

The cellar was about twenty square meters wide, and it could be considered spacious. Pots of wine were placed inside, forming a small mountain. It looked extremely grand and magnificent.

The reason why she bought this house was to live here in the first place, and after coming here, because of business, she did not have the leisure to carefully observe this house. That Liu family member was probably because she had cut the price too harshly, but he did not tell her that this house had a cellar.

"You were busy in the past, when would you have the time to deal with the situation at home?" Lu Jinfeng retorted, "You are more capable than men."

"Isn't that because you don't have the ability? If you do, why would you need me to keep spinning like a top?" Chen Mu Mu who had previously experienced Lu Jinfeng's venomous tongue had no intentions of letting him go, and immediately went to return the favor.

"But at least for now, I was the one who brought you out." Lu Jinfeng said with a faint smile in his eyes.

Chen Mu was dumbfounded for a moment. With a snort, he turned around, too lazy to bother with the other party.

This time, it was indeed him who saved them.

"But when did you find this cellar?"

If she remembered correctly, ever since they moved into this house, Lu Jinfeng seemed to be busier than she was.

Just a few days ago, Constable Wang came to our house to search. I was afraid that there might be some hidden danger behind us, so I carefully inspected the entire house. Lu Jinfeng said.

"Several cellars?" Chen Mu Mu sucked in a breath of cold air, "Why didn't you tell me that back then?"

In a large family's house, it was not surprising that there was a cellar filled with such things as pickles and wine, but if there were several cellars in that family's house, there was a problem.

There were too many cellars to use up. Who could dig so many holes in their own house while being so full? Besides, who knew what kind of secrets were hidden in that cellar?

"I wanted to say something, but I was delayed. When I can say it, it will be now." Lu Jinfeng was also helpless, "These days, we have been very busy."

When you are busy, there will always be a time when you forget something.

Chen Mu could understand, but thinking about the many cellars in the backyard, she felt extremely uncomfortable.

He gritted his teeth and said hatefully, "When we get out, we'll sell this house!"

"You still have a house to sell after you go out?" Chen Ergou could not help but say, "It's been burnt out long ago."

It would burn out, not just the house, but all the hard work she had done in the house.

Medicinal ingredients, silver notes, clothes, design drawings …

It was all burned down.

Chen Mu lowered his brows and clenched his fists tightly.

She, Chen Mu Mu, had never felt so aggrieved before. She had remembered this debt. In the future, if she found the mastermind who repeatedly persecuted them, she would make him pay a thousand times over!

Just as he was thinking about this, he suddenly heard Ning Yuan say "Eh", "Look over there —"

The direction that Ning Yuan was pointing, was the place where the wine jars were piled up.

Just now, when they had entered, Xiao Mao was a child. She jumped onto the jar and accidentally kicked down a few jars.

Then, a gap appeared behind the wine jar.

There were gaps in the cellar, and what was behind them?

Everyone looked at each other in dismay.