“I hit him off guard, he’ll sleep for several hours. Not weakly escaping, preferring mutual destruction – how exactly like me when I was young?” Zhang Meiren irritatedly adjusted his face mask. I bit my lip and laughed secretly.
The noise outside grew louder, and even the sounds of Yan Sha and Shui Sha calling for the young master and madam could be heard.
“You’ll go out through the back door. I’ve arranged a carriage driver to take you out of town, and then hire another carriage to head north along the small road. There’s a dense bamboo forest where I occasionally have a secluded retreat, very remote.”
Zhang Meiren hastily packed her bag, stuffed a few silver notes inside, and handed them to me, “Stay there temporarily. I’ll come to see you when I can.”
“I need to clean up this mess and gather some information.” Zhang Meiren decisively helped the unconscious Ye Suo up and walked out the back door with me. A carriage was waiting obediently outside. Just after helping Ye Suo onto the carriage, Zhang Meiren suddenly grabbed my wrist tightly.
“After observing for this period, I know you’ve been good to my son. But I cannot ignore his prophecy. If he dies by your hand one day, I won’t let you off!” Her delicate fingertips gripped my wrist with surprising strength.
I bit my lip and said firmly, “If he dies by my hand, you won’t be able to find me, because wherever Ye is, I’ll be there.”
Her hand suddenly loosened. She stared at me, and a smile that could topple kingdoms appeared at the corner of her mouth, leaving both me and the honest carriage driver stunned.
“Go quickly. Don’t forget what you said!”
Under Zhang Meiren’s focused gaze, the carriage slowly moved forward. Looking at Ye Suo in my arms, whose sleeping face resembled a child’s, I couldn’t…
‘t help but gently touch the corner of his lips. The faint smile now seemed like my deepest hope, and the previous confusion and fear began to slowly evaporate.
“Miss, what’s wrong with your husband?” the carriage driver asked casually through the curtain.
“Nothing, just a hangover.” I immediately wanted to bite my tongue – there wasn’t a trace of alcohol, yet I told such a lie.
“That woman just now…”
