The Real Young Master Was Sold as a Slave, The Obsessive Crown Prince's Forced Love - Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Meeting the Crown Prince

Song Yu watched the floating words before him, his heart pounding with dread.

[Little Yu is going offline just like that?]

What did “offline” mean?

Did it mean he was going to die?

No, he couldn’t die!

He had to live!

Wouldn’t his death just let those people off easy?

Roughly stripped of his bright red wedding robes and equally roughly made to change into rags, Song Yu was escorted out the back gate of the Anping Earl’s Manor. Accompanied by the slave broker’s fierce threats, he was taken directly to the largest market for buying and selling donkeys, horses, and slaves in Qinghe County.

“Is this a pageboy for sale?”

Just as they reached the market entrance, and Song Yu was looking around for a chance to escape, a man in his early twenties approached them.

The slave broker glanced at Song Yu. The boy was handsome, and as expected, he was in high demand; someone was inquiring right away.

With a scheme in mind, the broker smiled at the man: “Is the gentleman looking to buy a pageboy? May I ask which residence you’re buying for, so this old woman can help you judge if he’s suitable.”

Although the Anping Earl’s Manor had specifically instructed her to sell Song Yu far away, she was a professional broker and couldn’t be so obvious, or she wouldn’t be able to hike up the price.

The man smiled: “My master is a traveling merchant passing through this area. The pageboy who served him with ink and writing fell gravely ill and died, so he wishes to purchase a replacement to attend to him on the road.”

Song Yu raised an eyebrow slightly.

What a coincidence?

The Anping Earl’s Manor gave the order to sell him far away, and immediately, a traveling merchant shows up looking for a pageboy?

Remembering the floating words, particularly the mention of “offline,” Song Yu secretly tried to loosen the rope binding his wrists. Before the slave broker could speak, he took the initiative to test the man: “You want to buy me? You probably can’t afford me. I’m at least one hundred taels of silver!”

He spoke with arrogance.

The slave broker, furious, raised her hand to slap Song Yu.

All her threats on the road were useless; this wretch dared to ruin her business!

One hundred taels?

Pah!

Even if he was good-looking, he was a lowly slave worth twenty taels at most…

“Fine.”

The slave broker’s face was contorted in anger, and she was about to slap Song Yu as a harsh lesson when the man opposite her agreed instantly.

The broker’s raised hand froze, and she looked at the man in shock.

Fine?

The man pulled out a banknote with a face value of one hundred taels. “My master needs someone urgently. Do you have the deed of sale? I’d like to complete the purchase right now.”

The broker was so overjoyed she nearly jumped up. Afraid the windfall would disappear, she quickly said, “I brought it, I brought it! Cash on delivery…”

[Holy sh*t! Isn’t that the attendant of the scumbag Gu Zhen?]

[Little Yu! I thought Little Yu had gone offline, I can’t believe I get to see him again!]

[Wait… hold on! Why is the scumbag Gu Zhen’s attendant with Little Yu…]

As the slave broker was pulling out the deed of sale, Song Yu’s heart tightened instantly.

He had guessed this man was trouble—

He was Gu Zhen’s attendant?

Gu Zhen was behind the rockery when he was sold. The moment he was sold, Gu Zhen sent someone to buy him?

Even if Song Yu thought with his butt, he’d know there was nothing good about this plan.

[I remember now! The plot preview mentioned that Gu Zhen imprisoned someone in an underground secret room.]

[Holy sh*t, is Gu Zhen planning to imprison Little Yu?]

[The plot dictates that Gu Zhen goes to the secret room every night to **** (censored content)]

[That perverted fiend, Wuwuwu, Little Yu is too miserable!]

[HOLY SH*T!!! What is Little Yu doing???]

As these lines of text were flickering past, Song Yu violently ripped free from the rope binding his wrists. Then, while the broker and the scumbag Gu Zhen’s attendant were exchanging money and the deed of sale, he lunged forward.

Song Yu’s headbutt knocked the broker off balance, and she stumbled, about to fall. “You death-seeking slave! How dare you…”

Amid her furious curses, Song Yu quickly looped the rope around the neck of the man opposite him.

The man lost the initiative. As he raised his hands to fight back, Song Yu gave the rope a fierce pull, and the man instantly lost strength due to asphyxiation.

“This is Gu Zhen’s attendant! You sold me to him? Aren’t you afraid the Anping Earl’s Manor will skin you alive!”

After choking the man unconscious, Song Yu violently shoved him onto the slave broker.

“Be smart and tell the Anping Earl’s Manor that you’ve already sold me. Otherwise… what if I spread the word that you sold me to Gu Zhen? You know who Gu Zhen is, right? The son-in-law of the Anping Earl’s Manor…”

Having issued his threat, Song Yu had no more time to linger.

Seeing the broker’s face turn pale, he snatched his deed of sale and the one-hundred-tael banknote, turned, and ran.

The place was crowded, and he worried someone might report that he had run away. If the Anping Earl’s black-hearted crew decided to hunt him down…

He had to get out of here first!

[Little Yu is so smart! He figured out this was sent by the scumbag Gu Zhen!]

[Good! Good! I hope Little Yu can escape!]

[Run, Little Yu! That man is waking up and trying to get up to chase you! Run!]

Bang!

Song Yu had only run a few steps when a person suddenly flew through the air towards him.

The body crashed right at his feet.

Bl00d streamed from all seven orifices, dead on the spot.

“Ah!!!!”

“Murder!!!!”

The lively market, instantly descended into chaos as someone screamed hysterically. Bl00d and a sudden, violent brawl erupted, making the scene a mess in the blink of an eye.

[Aaaaaaah!]

[My villainous Crown Prince! Finally! Finally, he’s entered the stage!]

[Holy sh*t, he’s handsome, just as expected! One against ten!]

[One sword-thrust through the throat! Worthy of my murderous Crown Prince! His moon-white robes stained with bl00d—he’s so hot my knees are weak!]

[This must be the foreshadowing for the Crown Prince’s rebellion, right?]

[He’s being hunted, injured, and is escaping to Pomegranate Lane. He’ll pass out from bl00d loss, and the Anping Earl’s Manor just happens to have people ambushing there who will save him…]

Song Yu was originally scrambling desperately through the confusion.

Until he saw those lines of text.

The Anping Earl’s Manor is going to save the Crown Prince?

Wouldn’t that mean the Anping Earl’s Manor would later gain the favor of the Crown Prince?

Never mind what the words called him—villain or not—this was the Crown Prince!

If the Anping Earl’s Manor managed to get involved with the Crown Prince, wouldn’t it be much harder for him to seek justice later?

No!

He couldn’t give the Anping Earl’s Manor this opportunity!

He had to keep the opportunities for himself!

Song Yu’s running feet slammed to a halt, and he looked toward the fighting scene ahead.