The two girls serving Song Xiaodong appeared somewhat small and frail, even after being tidied up, their faces still showed a bit of pallor.
When facing Song Xiaodong, the two little girls were clearly somewhat uneasy and nervous, unlike Huarui and Huaqing, who were proactive and bold.
Song Xiaodong sat by the table, after eating, smiled at the two, and said: "What are your names, and how old are you both?"
The girl with the oval face on the left softly said: "My name is Song Ling, and I am thirteen years old."
The other round-faced girl followed up by saying: "My name is Song Yu, and I am fourteen years old."
In this world, girls could marry at the age of twelve, so the age of thirteen or fourteen was indeed normal; however, in Song Xiaodong's eyes, girls of thirteen or fourteen were not yet adults. Normally, children this age would still be in junior high.
"Master, we haven't learned much before; if we don't do well, feel free to scold us or even beat us," Song Ling softly said.
Song Xiaodong gently said: "No one is born knowing everything; there's always a learning process. You don't need to be nervous; I won't scold you."
Song Xiaodong's attitude left Song Ling and Song Yu both surprised and puzzled, as even in the wild village, girls like them held no status. Song Hu would scold or beat them whenever he was displeased.
"Well... it's getting late, we... we shall attend to the master's bath," Song Ling whispered.
Song Xiaodong had indeed worked up a sweat today, but having these two underage girls attend to his bath was something he just couldn't accept; it felt too sinful.
However, if he directly told them not to serve him, they would probably think Song Xiaodong was dissatisfied with them, so he simply said: "No need, I'm really exhausted today and just want to sleep now."
"Okay, then we'll help you sleep," the two little girls quickly helped Song Xiaodong organize the bed. Their actions were quite nimble, and it was clear the girls here were good at housekeeping.
After tidying up, Song Xiaodong came to the bed, and the two little girls helped Song Xiaodong undress, a task he couldn't refuse, so he let them undress him and then got into bed.
When the two little girls were undressing Song Xiaodong, they were evidently still somewhat shy, making Song Xiaodong feel rather awkward.
"Master, do you... do you need us to sleep with you?" The two little girls did not leave, and this time, Song Ling didn't say anything, while Song Yu bit her lip and softly asked.
Song Xiaodong quickly said: "No, I'm very tired right now and just want to get a good night's sleep. You should also go rest early."
To his surprise, the two little girls showed a trace of disappointment in their eyes before turning to leave.
This left Song Xiaodong feeling both amused and pitiful for them. The girls here were too dependent on men; they lived without any sense of self. Even at such a young age, their thoughts were all about how to please their master, possibly making Song Xiaodong like them, which was their extravagant hope and path in life.
Lying in bed, Song Xiaodong wasn't sleepy. He knew his chance to leave here was getting closer and closer, possibly in just a few days, so the things that needed to be done here had to be completed.
He wondered how Qingluan was doing with her tasks.
Hopefully, she wouldn't complicate simple matters with unpredictable actions.
The next day, Song Xiaodong enjoyed a rare peace in this Xin Family home, but in the afternoon, Yan Kai sent someone to invite him over.
After sitting down, Yan Kai looked at Song Xiaodong and said: "Mr. Song, I know of a path leading to the outside world."
Song Xiaodong wasn't surprised and smiled faintly: "It depends on whether City Lord Yan is willing to tell me or not."
Yan Kai said: "There are conditions for me to reveal this path."
"Please go ahead."
Yan Kai took a deep breath and said: "I hope that only we from White Tiger City will know about your exit, and it won't be revealed to other cities."
Song Xiaodong looked at Yan Kai and said: "City Lord Yan means to use me to acquire resources from the outside world to strengthen your White Tiger City, and then to truly rule this world?"
Having his intentions laid bare by Song Xiaodong, Yan Kai didn't deny it and said: "Yes, my ambition is to rule this world."
Song Xiaodong said: "Having the ambition to achieve great things is commendable, but I must say, doing so will cause wars and bloodshed, fulfilling only your ambition. Is this really necessary?"
Yan Kai's eyes shone with a fanatical light as he said: "Mr. Song, indeed, this is my ambition, but to achieve great things requires sacrifice. Does not the path of every great hero and hero contain bones of the deceased? If I succeed, it will establish a scene never seen before, just thinking about it excites me."
Song Xiaodong laughed heartily and said: "Being born in this world and having such thoughts is fine, but I have a request: when I leave, send some of your direct descendants, like your son or your relatives, to experience our world. When they return, you can decide your thoughts."
"Alright!" Yan Kai agreed readily.
Song Xiaodong continued: "I have one more request now, which is that you form an alliance with Black Dragon City to contain Flying Eagle City, so they won't attack Black Dragon City again, but you should not directly attack Flying Eagle City either."
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