Traveling through troubled times, he fled with his stepson

"The wet nurse said that you are my father's new bride. No matter what your status is, you are Yuan'er's mother."

The child spoke in a serious tone and sniffed his nose from time to time.

Wei Qiqi felt a little uncomfortable when she thought of the wet nurse who sacrificed herself for them.

The thought of abandoning the child flashed through her mind, but it disappeared in a flash. After all, she survived, and she did it by stepping on the corpse of the old woman.

"Did the nurse treat you well?"

"Ok!"

The child hummed harshly, then his voice became frustrated.

"Mother, the wet nurse is bleeding a lot... Is she dead?"

Even though I tried my best to endure it, I still asked this question with a tearful tone.

"The nurse said that my father was dead too..."

At the age of seven or eight, people have only a vague understanding of death, but the scene just now was too horrifying, and even Wei Qiqi, who wanted to fool around, had no way to do so.

All we can say is the truth: "They are all dead and will never come back."

The child stopped crying and then rushed over. Wei Qiqi hugged the child in a daze and heard a tiny cry.

"Woo..."

"Yuan'er has no home, Yuan'er has no family..."

Wei Qiqi hugged the child, and her expression gradually changed from surprise to heartache.

By the way, she lost her family at this age and became an orphan.

Perhaps it was fate that made Wei Qiqi determined to take the child with her because of their shared experience.

Didn’t the system say that she could survive if she stayed with her stepson?

Take a gamble.

Wei Qiqi slowly comforted the child, patted his back and said, "It's okay, I'm still here, you can follow me from now on."

"Cry, and then we'll continue chatting."

She had no memory of this body. When she first came here, the words spoken by the system rang in her mind. She looked down and saw herself wearing a wedding dress.

All I know now is that this body of mine is getting married.

The man they were going to marry was murdered and they are now on the run.

The child in front of me is my stepson.

The few messages she received made her very uneasy.

After a while the child stopped talking.

"I don't know your name yet, can you tell me?"

In the darkness, Wei Qiqi helped the child up and wanted to face him, but was grabbed by the collar and had no choice but to hug him back.

"My name is Li Yuan, Yuan means abyss."

The child was serious, and seemed to be dissatisfied with his name. But the name sounded so cute that people could only hear the cute meaning.

"Li Yuan, that's the same name as someone I know."

"Mother, who is he?" The child asked in a low voice, holding Wei Qiqi's shoulders with his hands.

"A very powerful man."

Emperor Gaozu of Tang was just called Li Yuan, and he was not that powerful.

The child mumbled something.

"Also, your name Yuan, your parents definitely didn't give you this name. I guess it should be the meaning of "Yuan" in Chinese. I hope you can accumulate little by little and eventually become a great one."

The child stared at her blankly, and the sadness in his eyes eased a little.

After some understanding, Wei Qiqi found out that the child's name was Li Yuan and his father's name was Li Zhou.

He is the lord of a county.

This was an era that she was completely unfamiliar with, and even no dynasty before this world knew about it.

The other kids also had a limited understanding of the subject.

The two chatted idly, and before they knew it, Wei Qiqi fell asleep holding the child.

When she woke up, she was awakened by numbness in her shoulders and arms.

The sound of birds chirping outside brought her back to her senses.

It was just before dawn and one could barely see the general outline of the forest.

She woke Li Yuan up immediately.

"Wake up, quickly." She woke Li Yuan up. After a thrilling night, she didn't expect that the two of them actually fell asleep.

She had originally wanted to escape in the middle of the night when those people were drowsy, but now...

Li Yuan woke up quickly, hugged her neck and said in a daze: "Nurse, A Yuan wants to sleep a little longer~"

The child was acting coquettishly, so she picked him up and said, "Li Yuan, look who I am. Wake up, we are going out."

Li Yuan was sleepy. She didn't care about anything else. She stood up, pushed away the bushes above her head, and jumped out.

It was calm outside, with only the chirping of birds.

Li Yuan in the pit seemed to come to his senses and immediately raised his head and stood up in the pit.

"Mother……"

Li Yuan climbed up with the help of Wei Qiqi's hand, his movements were very smooth.

Wei Qiqi tiptoed towards the edge with the child, hoping to see if there was any breakthrough.

When we came to a more secluded place at the edge, we saw that there were more people outside. There were only three or four people left last night, but after a night, a rough count found that there were actually more than a dozen people.

Those people walked back and forth, looking around from time to time.

"Damn it, this woman and child hid really quickly. We searched for them for a whole day and night, and Mr. Qian was scolded by his superiors."

Someone is chatting.

Vaguely.

"That's right. Could it be that he really entered this forest and was eaten by a big insect?"

"Who knows?"

"In this chaotic world, it's better to be eaten by a big beast."

"Hee, it would be better if you let us play with you before you die and then get eaten..."

"Good boy, you..."

Wei Qiqi didn't listen to the conversation that followed. She took Li Yuan back to where they had just been.

They couldn't get out of the woods, but they couldn't stay in the cave forever.

Wei Qiqi raised her eyes and looked into the woods. Everywhere she looked, there were trees, and she couldn't see the end at all.

There are birds of prey, wild beasts, poisonous insects and plants in this forest.

But compared to those who have lost their humanity, Wei Qiqi chose to face the unknown.

She thought to herself that she might as well walk somewhere closer to the edge. There would always be places at the edge of the forest where there were no one guarding them, so it would not be a bad idea to walk out from there when the time came.

After thinking for a while, she squatted down and asked Li Yuan.

"Let me ask you, are we going to the forest, or..."

"Mother, let's go inside. It's so scary outside." Li Yuan pulled the long tassel on Wei Qiqi's waist and spoke softly.

There was a cautious look of flattery on his face.

It seemed as if he was afraid that Wei Qiqi would abandon him.

Wei Qiqi lowered her eyes and looked at Li Yuan. She found that although this child was only eight years old, he was very understanding of human nature and very good at understanding and observing.

She remembered what the system said, that if she wanted to survive, she had to hold on to her stepson tightly.

After a few moments, she resolutely decided to go in.

"Let's go."

They walked slowly inside, resting when they were tired and catching the dew on the leaves when they were thirsty.

Soon the sun was high in the sky, and the sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves. The scene at this moment was more beautiful than ever.

But what comes with it is hunger.

The two of them rested again and again.

I don’t know how long I walked, but as the sun set, there was already no light in the forest.

Wei Qiqi and Li Yuan finally found a place to rest.

A huge rock lies between the three trees. If some large leaves or other things are placed on top, a small shelter from wind and rain can be formed.

Wei Qiqi took a breath and looked at Li Yuan. The child had a pale face and had persisted until now without saying a word.

She felt a little distressed.

"We will stay here tonight."

They hadn't eaten for a day and a night and were starving.