After you sever ties, it's no use crying and regretting it.

Chapter 118 Advance and retreat together

Peng Yiyun also pondered silently for a while regarding his second brother Peng Yirong's question.

This is a reality they need to face; avoidance will not solve the problem.

He brought up the issue himself, and Lü Xinyan made the demands he made, taking away their family's indenture. This was something he had brought up from the beginning, when he asked for help.

He had considered going back on his word, but as soon as he remembered his parents' teachings, Peng Yiyun ultimately didn't say it. No matter how unwilling or resentful he was, he still signed the indenture and gave it to them.

Since Lü Xinyan is truly a person of great ability, and the pills she gave were so effective that they exceeded their expectations, then it is only right that they continue to fulfill their initial promises and continue to repay her kindness.

Once my father and mother regained consciousness, they both continued to do so.

Because she understood her father and mother, Peng Yiyun resisted the urge to back out and force herself to do it.

Shaking his head, Peng Yiyun looked at his second brother, Peng Yirong, and said to him, "Rong-ge, Miss has done our family a great favor, and we must remember it."

“If it weren’t for Miss’s willingness to help, I’m afraid Father and Mother wouldn’t have been able to hold on, and the three of us brothers would have fallen into an even more miserable situation.”

"Therefore, no matter what happens in the future, we need to fulfill our promises first and not have any other ulterior motives."

Although this was how Peng Yiyun answered Peng Yirong's question, it was actually Peng Yiyun telling himself not to do anything ungrateful at such a time.

Lu Xinyan has already saved his father and mother as promised. His father and mother will soon regain consciousness. When that time comes, he will tell them what happened, and they will definitely insist on doing so and fulfilling their promise.

Even if there are other interests involved, since they have already spoken out, even if they themselves suffer a loss, their father and mother will not go back on their word or try to renege on their promise.

Peng Yiyun didn't want to disappoint his father and mother after saving their lives, so he forced himself to do it and gave the indenture to Lü Xinyan first.

After a pause, Peng Yiyun composed himself and then said to Peng Yirong and Peng Yitong, "Alright, Rong-ge'er, Tong-ge'er, don't think too much about it. If you follow Miss, things will only get worse."

"You have all witnessed Miss's abilities firsthand, and you know that she has many tricks up her sleeve and is quite powerful. We should keep our promise to avoid angering her."

"The follow-up treatment of our parents will still depend on Miss's medicine. We have no room to back out or renege on our promise. Let's not do anything foolish."

"As for the specifics of how to handle this, and how to resolve the issues of redemption and escaping slavery, we'll have to wait until Father and Mother regain their senses before we can discuss it with them properly."

Looking back now, Peng Yiyun feels a little embarrassed about some of the clauses she wrote in the contract of servitude.

Even though Lü Xinyan didn't say anything and agreed to his requests, Peng Yiyun still felt that his arrangement was really quite unfair.

If they do manage to save enough money to redeem themselves and escape slavery, how will they repay Lü Xinyan for saving their lives and how will they repay the value of the pills?

These problems were quite troublesome, and Peng Yiyun felt a headache just thinking about them. He increasingly felt like a petty person. He was the one who asked Lü Xinyan for help, and he was the one who made the promise first. As a result, he wanted to go back on his word and the promise he made. He started thinking about how to make amends and how to resolve the matter that he wanted to go back on his word.

The more Peng Yiyun thought about all this, the more ashamed she felt.

Of course, Lü Xinyan wasn't that foolish. Although she provided pills to continue treating their father and mother, she still had a backup plan. They would need to obtain more pills from Lü Xinyan in the future to continue treating their father and mother.

If they did anything to offend Lü Xinyan, she could simply refuse to provide them with the pills anymore.

That would put them in an even more passive position.

Having finally encountered such a powerful figure as Lü Xinyan, instead of trying to curry favor with him, he wanted to court death and offend him. He must have been incredibly bored to have such a foolish idea.

Unable to resist shaking her head, Peng Yiyun looked at her younger brother Peng Yirong and Peng Yitong and continued, "Alright, don't think about it so much. Father and Mother are about to regain their senses. Let's prepare some water first, and then we'll help Father and Mother clean up, so that Father's blood-covered appearance won't attract any other trouble."

"The young lady gave us cakes and water, we'll use them for now, and we'll repay her kindness in the future."

"As for the indenture, you don't need to worry. When the opportunity comes, we will prepare the money to redeem you and ask Miss to have mercy and restore your free status so as not to affect your future prospects."

Although they wanted to repay Lü Xinyan's kindness, Peng Yiyun still hoped that, given the other prospects his two younger brothers had, they could do more to help them escape slavery and strive for a better and brighter future.

As for him, he will still repay the kindness.

Upon hearing what their elder brother Peng Yiyun said, Peng Yirong and Peng Yitong couldn't help but shake their heads.

Peng Yirong's face was now resolute as he said, "Brother, our family must stay together. From now on, we will fulfill our promises, do our duties well, and repay Miss's kindness."

“I think my father and mother will also insist on handling it this way; neither of us are people who break our promises.”

"Having gone through life and death, we will cherish everything even more, be even more grateful to Miss, and repay Miss properly."

"Brother, you don't need to worry about us. We are a family, and we will stand together. You don't need to push us away."

Peng Yirong could guess what his elder brother Peng Yiyun was thinking, but he did not want to do that.

If given the opportunity and with Lü Xinyan's permission, then the best outcome would naturally be for their entire family to be freed from slavery.

But no matter what the situation, they must not forget Lü Xinyan's kindness, nor will they forget what they owe her in return.

Peng Yitong, though young, is very sensible. He nodded his head solemnly, indicating that he also wanted to stand with his family.