Traveling through troubled times, he fled with his stepson

The beaten child cried so miserably that Guan Zhou trembled a little.

His father usually doesn't hit people, but when he does, he's not an ordinary person.

The hunter had very strong hands and once slapped him so hard that a tooth fell out.

Guan Zhou thought about his father's anger and became more and more scared.

With trembling calves, he followed Wei Qiqi into the yard.

Wei Qiqi just glanced at him, said nothing more, and did not go into the yard.

She went into her room, closed the door, and never came out again.

Wei Qiqi prepared dinner, which was divided into two portions. The food for the housekeeper and his son was left on the stove. She brought the food into the house and ate with Li Yuan.

Li Yuan ate in small bites, because if he took a bigger bite it would hurt his wound.

Wei Qiqi asked him to eat slowly.

After finishing the meal and cleaning up, Li Yuan wanted to take a shower, but Wei Qiqi disagreed and only told him to wipe his whole body with a towel.

After everyone left the house, Li Yuan slowly began to clean.

He thought back that he should not have revealed any flaws.

As soon as he went out, he felt someone was following him, but he didn't know who it was at that time.

While picking up firewood, he took a look and saw the corner of clothes sticking out from the tree trunk and confirmed that it was Wei Qiqi.

What he said before was true that those kids didn't beat him much, but Qi Niang didn't seem to believe it?

After Li Yuan finished washing, he put on his clothes and opened the window.

Guanzhou didn't know what to do and was standing in the yard.

The two men met eyes. Li Yuan looked at him and closed the window again nonchalantly.

Qi Niang can only be his.

No one can take Qiniang away from him.

Guan Lu was a carefree person. After he had packed up his things early in the morning, he saw Wei Qiqi coming out with a bag on her back. He didn't take it seriously at first until he saw Li Yuan also carrying a bag.

Holding the slingshot he made for her.

His belated stubbornness finally made him realize that something was wrong.

"Girl, what are you doing? We are just going to the city to have some fun. If you bring so many things with you, we won't be able to have fun."

"Brother Guan, I prepared it in a hurry and didn't have time to tell you. Since you asked, I will tell you as well."

Wei Qiqi reached out to take the bag from Li Yuan's back. Since Li Yuan disagreed, she gave up and continued, "Xiaobao and I are going into the city today and we won't be coming back."

"What?"

Guan Lu shouted in surprise, and Guan Zhou on the side suddenly looked sad. He stared at Wei Qiqi with disbelief in his eyes.

Wei Qiqi looked at the two, one big and one small, and sighed.

After spending more than 150 days together, she felt reluctant to leave, not to mention the housekeeper and his son.

"I think now that my injury has healed, I didn't think too much about staying at your house before. Now I think I shouldn't have done that."

"But it has already happened, all we can do is not disturb it anymore."

"Don't bother me." Guan Lu retorted loudly. It was more painful for his beloved to leave than to be rejected by him.

"Really don't bother, sister!"

"Brother Guan, you are a really good person. It's me who can't forget Xiaobao's father. Xiaobao is still young, and I don't have that idea."

"After we get to the city this time, please help me find a suitable house to rent."

Wei Qiqi's gentle words could not be refused. Guan Lu liked her and naturally knew that once she made a decision, she would not look back.

The cheerful mood early in the morning was gone at this moment.

"If Guanzhou misses me in the future, Brother Guan can bring him to see me."

This sentence is a comfort.

But there was not much comfort to the father and son.

After a few people packed up, they finally went out.

Yesterday, Guan Lu agreed with a family in the village to ride on his ox cart into the city.

Sitting in the carriage, Guan Lu said the first words he had said to Wei Qiqi after leaving the house.

"Sister, I have already arranged your household registration. I know you..."

Out of consideration for the people pulling the ox cart, Guan Lu lowered his voice, but Wei Qiqi understood what he was not saying.

She and Li Yuan were fugitives, without household registration, and could not stay anywhere.

She hadn't thought of this for such a long time, but Guan Lu actually did it?

"I originally planned to use it in the future..." Guan Lu smiled bitterly and stopped talking about it.

"With this household registration, you can live safely in the city."

Although household registration in ancient times was not as troublesome as it was in her time, it was still detailed enough to not allow for mistakes.

“It should be difficult.”

"I told them that you had fled from Chenzhou, your family had been hurt by the war, and you had no choice but to come here, and now you are planning to marry me.

It was easy to fix.”

Wei Qiqi lowered her eyes. The individual difficulties, the money required for negotiation and the affection involved seemed not to be able to be bought out with the ten taels of silver she left in the house.

“Brother Guan, from now on, if I can help you in the future, I will do my best.”

All she could give was this empty promise.

Now she has nothing.

There's no time to do anything.

After the car entered the city, the crowd, who had originally planned to go their separate ways, decided to just watch the fun and have a meal before leaving.

The Autumn Moon Festival is very lively, with people shouting during the day, girls selecting suitable sachets at the stalls, and men whispering not far away.

All of them speak of the uniqueness of this festival.

After a bit of fun, I saw that there were only some sachets, low-quality stone and jade pendants, and some guessing games.

Guanzhou was being played around with, and thinking that he would soon be away from him, Li Yuan showed a rare bit of genuine patience.

The steaming meals were served on the table one by one. Wei Qiqi leaned against the window sill.

Her appearance always makes people look back at her, and it is fascinating and shocking.

In order to avoid being too conspicuous, I bought a mask and put it on halfway.

Many men and women who don't want to be recognized on the street wear that mask, and it doesn't stand out.

Just take it off when you eat.

Different thoughts were expressed during the meal. Guan Lu was heartbroken because of a relationship that had not even started, while Guan Zhou was broken up from his happiness and his anxiety reappeared.

Li Yuan would pick up some food for Wei Qiqi from time to time.

When we finished eating and paid the bill, we found out that Guan Lu had already paid.

"How can a girl pay for a meal?"

Guan Lu scratched his head.

Wei Qiqi didn't plan to ask Guan Lu to help her find a house anymore. She already owed enough, and since they were about to part, there was no need to say anything sad.

He just looked at Guan Zhou, whose face was already filled with guilt, and sighed.

"Qi, Qi Niang——"

Guanzhou suddenly called out this name, causing Li Yuan to look up suddenly and stare at Guanzhou.

Guan Zhou couldn't see anything else, tears were already welling up in his eyes.

Wei Qiqi took his hand and walked a few steps away.

"Guanzhou, why are you crying?"

"I'm sorry... It was wrong of me to bully Xiaobao. Can you... can you please not leave?"

Guan Zhou has never enjoyed maternal love. Although what Wei Qiqi did during this period was just a casual thing, it was different for him.

"I will protect Xiaobao from now on and won't let anyone bully him. I..."