They would no longer be slaves, they could earn wages, and just like a normal person, work, make friends, marry, have children, and be a regular person, not an object lesser than even a beast.
Jian Shichu nodded, "As long as you understand, that's good. You may rise, I'm waiting to see your performance."
"The lowly ones will protect the Young Madam with our lives, ensuring not a single hair is harmed!" Qian Yuan and Pu Wu both kowtowed forcefully to Jian Shichu, then to Ye Qingci, before quietly standing up, their breaths held and heads bowed in solemnity.
Jian Shichu glanced at Xiao Wei.
Xiao Wei walked over to Qian Yuan, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a grin, "From now on, we're colleagues, so stop calling yourselves 'the lowly ones.' Our family doesn't engage in that nonsense."
Qian Yuan and Pu Wu, heads lowered, hesitated a bit, but at last they complied, "Yes, Brother Ah Wei."
"Brother Ah Wei" was what Xiao Wei forced the two of them to call him.
