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Despite Gu Shi Yi's efforts to smile apologetically and speak kindly, or even to play dumb, the steward remained unyielding and refused to release her. Instead, he beckoned over a dozen fierce-looking Gu Family guards, who took Gu Shi Yi along with the other four people selected from the Stone-Touching Place and led them to a carriage outside.
Sitting in the carriage with a gloomy expression, Gu Shi Yi watched the four people excitedly discussing how they would spend their twenty taels of Silver, thinking to herself,
"You really think that silver is easy to get, be careful you may have the life to earn it but not the life to spend it!"
