For Liu Yi, her childhood was marked by some unspeakable traumas. Had it not been for the kindness of a stranger, she feared she would have starved to death on the streets before even meeting her mentor.
Upon her return upon completing her apprenticeship, she recalled the grace she had received and sought information about the benefactor from that year. She knew that the person's surname was An, and he had a brother named An Chunliu. However, at that time, she heard that the two brothers had been sent to The Outside as part of a political marriage alliance, so she, too, traveled to The Outside.
She learned that the man had been demoted to an Official Slave for attempting to escape and had been taken away by government officials.
But the man's brother was still there, having been transferred to the Kechar tribe by the tribal leader Tuoya using a husband exchange scheme.
