No one was scheming in secret or murdering ruthlessly, so they could already count themselves lucky. They had no room to bargain with anyone.
Originally, she wanted to find another place to live in the marketplace, but now there are practically no vacant houses in the marketplace.
The major families are desperately driving people out of the marketplace because they have no place to live themselves. How could she possibly find a place?
When she went to the pharmacy to sell pills earlier, she saw that Xu Mu looked quite well-off. She realized that the slums might not be as bad as she imagined, and planned to make do for a few months. Then when spring came, she would travel by airship with her daughter and leave White Stone City.
Her husband had passed away and she had offended the Chi Family. She could no longer live here.
She sought out Xu Mu to inquire about the conditions in the slums. If possible, she would stay there for a few months.
