Slave Meets Lotus

Shen Jiu was sent on an errand around the city, but a few mishaps lead him to getting kidnapped in a carriage and smuggled off to a new city. At this city he meets a young boy who's mother is ill, will Shen Jiu help the boy and make a friend, or will he be the Scum Villain he was since birth?
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An alternative universe where Luo Binghe grows up about the same time Shen Jiu was a slave. Then the plot suddenly goes haywire.