Lord God, do you want a wife?

"Son-in-law..."

She looked up at Jia Yifan eagerly, tears welling up in her eyes, hoping that he would stand up and say a few words for her.

Bai Nian watched coldly.

Jia Yifan did not let her down, and stepped forward to persuade her in a gentle voice: "Niannian... Chunli just spoke out of turn, why are you angry?"

Bai Nian watched coldly, looking at Chunli's pitiful appearance, but his heart was calm.

"Angry? What right does she have to make me angry?" Bai Nian's voice was filled with sarcasm, and her eyes were as sharp as ice blades. "She is just a little maid, and she dares to act so presumptuous in front of me?"

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Jia Yifan's eyes. He obviously did not expect Bai Nian to refute him in public, even though this trick had always worked before.

He looked around and saw that the servants all had their heads down, not daring to even breathe.

If Bai Nian is not stopped, all the people he has won over along the way will soon be gone.

"Okay, okay, Nian Nian, Chunli is just worried and confused, she has no ill intentions." Jia Yifan forced a smile and turned to Chunli, "Chunli, why don't you apologize to the young lady?"

Chunli's tears welled up in her eyes. She bowed her head and admitted her mistake with a trembling voice: "Miss, Chunli knows I was wrong. Please forgive me."

Bai Nian's eyes were cold, and there was no sign of wavering in them. "Laicai, kidnap him and go to Lu'an County to find a matchmaker to sell him off."

Chunli's face instantly lost color, her lips trembled, and her eyes were full of disbelief.

She just... just said the wrong thing, and you're going to sell her out?

Lu'an County is poor and remote, and cannot compare to the wealthy Bai family in Jiangdu. Even the maids in the Bai family live better than the ladies in Lu'an County.

Her tears slid down her cheeks, her lips trembled, but she could not make any sound. Her eyes looked at Jia Yifan desperately, seeking the last refuge, but Jia Yifan's gaze was evasive and he could not meet her gaze.

"Yes! Miss!"

Laicai quickly stepped forward, picked up the rope next to him, tied Chunli's wrists in a few seconds, and dragged her to the side roughly.

"Miss, I...I really know I was wrong. Please give me a chance. I will never do it again!"

Chunli's struggle seemed so weak, and her crying was particularly harsh in the silent air. After a while, the crying gradually faded away, swallowed by the wind, until it disappeared into the air.

Jia Yifan stood aside, watching the servants around him looking at Bai Nian with fear, and he knew that all his efforts during this period had been in vain.

The feeling of powerlessness in my heart became stronger and stronger, and the hands hanging by my side were clenched until they turned white.

Thinking that Lu'an County was not far away, he breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as today passes... after today, everything will be over.

After Laicai tied up Chunli, he built a fire neatly. Shuer took out a cushion from the carriage, placed it on the stone, and let Bai Nian sit on it.

After boiling a pot of water, he made a cup of hot tea and placed it on the small table that was brought down.

It was so relaxing that it didn't feel like we were on a journey, but rather like we were on vacation.

The servants also built a fire and prepared some snacks.

Jia Yifan sat down next to Bai Nian, and Shu'er reluctantly made him a cup of tea.

"Niannian, let's take a rest and then set off. It's getting late. I have already booked an inn in the city. If we go too late, I'm afraid..." Jia Yifan felt a little uneasy as he watched the people around him prepare food in an orderly manner.

Bai Nian smiled faintly, with a sly look in his eyes: "We've been sitting in the carriage for so long, what's wrong with taking a little rest?"

"Niannian, I'm afraid of this remote place. It's not safe at night."

"With so many of us, what are we afraid of? I've never stayed outside before." Bai Nian chuckled, her tone full of arrogance. She pointed at Lai Cai next to her and said, "You, give the order. We'll camp here tonight and enter the city tomorrow morning!"

Jia Yifan's heart sank when he heard Bai Nian's words.

He had written a letter to Lady Jia early on, and according to his previous travel speed, he would arrive in Lu'an County today.

To be on the safe side, he secretly asked his servant to deliver a letter to Lu'an County when he had time today. Now they must have received the letter and arranged everything.

Did all the plans go down the drain just because of Bai Nian's words?

He took a deep breath, trying to suppress the fluctuations in his heart, and said to Bai Nian in a gentler tone: "Niannian, although Lu'an County is not big, it is our destination after all. We have a place to stay in the city, so why should we sleep outside in the open air?"

Bai Nian raised her eyebrows slightly, as if she didn't buy Jia Yifan's words. She pretended to be impatient and waved her hand: "Jia Yifan, why are you so long-winded today? I said, I want to rest here today."

Her voice was full of displeasure, "Jia Yifan, do you think I can't even make the decision on such a small matter? I tell you, it's not your turn to point fingers at me, Bai Nian."

It was only then that Jia Yifan finally realized that his plan might have failed.

He didn't show it on his face. Feeling the gazes from the servants around him, he still spoke in a gentle tone: "I'm sorry, Nian Nian, I made you unhappy. I just care about you too much."

Bai Nian sneered in his heart.

care?

Is he concerned about whether she can enter the city today and whether she will fall into his trap?

According to the original plot, she has already entered the city and will stay in the inn booked by Jia Yifan.

Then Jia Yifan would complain that he had not been home for a long time and missed his family, so he asked the original owner to follow him back to the village to see his mother today.

The room in the village was too small, so the original owner could only go back alone, and the servants and guards stayed in the inn.

A fire broke out in the inn that night, and everyone who was sleeping soundly died in the fire.

All of this was Jia Yifan's doing. The people in the inn had been replaced by him long ago. The water they drank and the food they ate were all drugged. When the fire started, no one was awake.

So in the end, the Bai family didn't know that the original owner was trapped in the small mountain village by Jia Yifan, and they thought that the original owner had gone out to travel.

I started to panic when I didn't hear from her for longer and longer periods of time.

Seeing that Bai Nian didn't respond, Jia Yifan forced a smile and tried to make his voice sound gentle and considerate, "Niannian, since you have made up your mind, I will accompany you."

Bai Nian glanced at him sideways, smiled, and a barely perceptible sharpness flashed in his eyes, "Okay then, just stay with me."

Bai Nian sat leisurely by the fire, enjoying the service of his servants. As the night grew deeper, the fire in the camp seemed particularly warm in the darkness.

Where Jia Yifan couldn't see, a dark shadow quietly left the camp.