Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

Three days later, Qiao Wanwan finally finished the work in her hands. Seeing how haggard she looked, Bai Zhi recalled how she had to work overtime day and night in her previous life. She didn't have the heart to practice with her again. She comforted her with a few words, saying "Take some rest", and then turned around and planned to go back, leaving her to sleep.

Unexpectedly, Qiao Wanwan didn't plan to sleep at all. She grabbed Bai Zhi and said with green eyes: "Go out for a walk with me!"

Bai Zhi: "???"

Today is a sunny day. Since the beginning of autumn, the wind has been a bit chilly, but today, God is kind and the sun is shining very brightly. Many people in the capital go out for a stroll.

Qiao Wanwan didn't know where she got the energy from. She didn't take the carriage, but dragged Bai Zhi all the way to Wanjia Street. She was so excited that she complained to Bai Zhi all the way, and her words were all about how hard it was to be the mistress of the house.

"Now I don't need you to hold my sister-in-law back, otherwise I'll talk to the old lady and ask you to take charge of the household." Qiao Wanwan couldn't stop talking about this. "I really regret it now. Isn't this just working like a donkey for the old lady? It sounds nice to be called the mistress of the household, but in fact, it's just a hardworking farmhand."

Bai Zhi: "You should quickly persuade the old lady to remarry the Marquis. It would be more reliable to give the head of the family to the Marquis' wife."

Qiao Wanwan suddenly stopped and dragged Bai Zhi into the alley next to her. She said seriously, "When you mentioned this, I remembered that the old lady was planning to take a concubine for my third brother. Did you know about this?"

"I know." Bai Zhi said, "If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten. The old lady had been planning to find a concubine for Gu Yan when the rumors about me started. It's been a long time now. Have you chosen the right person?"

"Why aren't you in a hurry? After you have a concubine, your situation will be difficult." Qiao Wanwan nagging, "I've asked around. The old lady asked her maid named Cuilan to go to the capital and pick a man from several matchmakers. In addition to good looks and clean family background, the most important thing is that she can give birth. I've been idle these two days and whispered in the old lady's ear, asking her to pick a dutiful and obedient one, so that she won't come to the mansion to suppress you. The old lady is picking on your pregnancy. Later, we will go to the Guanyin Temple to pray, so that you can give birth to the eldest son of the third room as soon as possible, and don't let the concubine give birth to the child before you. Third brother likes you now, but when you are old and childless in the future, how will you live... Why are you staring at me, is there something wrong with my face?"

Bai Zhi looked at Qiao Wanwan for a long while, and suddenly without any warning, punched her. Qiao Wanwan didn't react immediately and was a little slow to block, so the punch hit Qiao Wanwan's arm hard, causing her to lose her balance and fall onto the brick wall behind her.

Qiao Wanwan rubbed her arm and said angrily: "Bai Zhi! You are out of your mind!"

"I think you're out of your mind." Bai Zhi just stood there, frowning and staring at her. She spoke harshly, but her face looked inexplicably lonely. "Are you still going to tell me to abide by the virtues of a woman and take care of my husband and children?"

These words were so harsh that Qiao Wanwan was really annoyed. She said in a bad tone, "What do you mean by that? I have been thinking about you in every aspect, so why do I have to face such a big problem with you?"

Bai Zhi: "Qiao Wanwan, I'm asking you seriously, are we sisters-in-law or friends?"

"……What's the meaning?"

"If you say she is my sister-in-law, then I am being sentimental. I will apologize to you right now."

Qiao Wanwan had never seen Bai Zhi look so serious. She took a deep breath to calm down her anger and asked, "What if I say I'm a friend?"

"Then I was right to punch you." Bai Zhi gritted her teeth and said, "How could such nonsense come out of your mouth? If someone didn't know, they would think you were possessed by a fucking spirit."

Qiao Wanwan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood what Bai Zhi meant. She bit her lower lip tightly, tears welling up in her eyes. She kicked the bricks and stones next to her several feet away, and couldn't help screaming: "What can I do! Where do you think this is, Xuanping Marquis's Mansion! There are only one, two, three, and four people in the whole mansion. Not counting that loser Gu Shou, there are only three people who can live peacefully. The rest of the people, including me! Including you! All have to risk their lives to play house with them for the rest of their lives! You think I'm useless, right? Bai Zhi, you are capable! I'm not as open-minded as you. I've exhausted my mind just thinking about making myself feel more comfortable in the cage! What's wrong with me learning this style and saying this nonsense! I'm timid and cowardly, and my ability ends here. I don't want to think about joining the army anymore. I just want to see and hear comfortably. Why do you have to point it out to me!"

At the end, Qiao Wanwan simply sat on the ground, covered her eyes with one hand, and cried hoarsely. The empty alley echoed the sound like the wailing of thousands of ghosts, as if all the women in the capital and even in Dayan were crying together.

Bai Zhi suddenly realized that she had lost something very important - Qiao Wanwan was born and raised in Dayan. Even if Qiao Wanwan behaved like a rebellious person, it didn't mean that she really had the strength to push away the mountain that had been pressing on her back since she was born.

Even a capable man like Lin Ruogui could be dismissed from his official position with just a few words and ended up in this situation. Among the millions of women in Dayan, who can really overthrow this mountain?

Bai Zhi cursed herself in her heart - she was too arrogant. How could she take it for granted that everyone had the strength to break free from the shackles?

"Qiao Wanwan." Bai Zhi bent down and handed her a handkerchief, saying sincerely, "I made a slip of the tongue. I admit my mistake."

Qiao Wanwan took the handkerchief and wiped her tears. She was silent for a whole stick of incense before she said in a hoarse voice, "...You didn't say anything wrong. You were right from the beginning to the end. When we were drinking at the old lady's birthday party that night, you said that I would dislike myself after I became the head of the family. You were right from that point on."

Bai Zhi looked at her nose and her heart, not knowing what to say. Qiao Wanwan pulled Bai Zhi down and asked her to sit next to her: "I don't blame you, Bai Zhi. I know you are speaking for me, but if I don't become a good wife of this marquis, what else can I do? My first mistake was being born a woman, and my second mistake was marrying in a hurry, but these are not things I can control. Thinking too much will only add to my troubles."

"But I don't think it's wrong to be born a woman." Bai Zhi said calmly, "If the prey in the mountains could talk, they wouldn't think it's wrong to be born in the mountains."

Qiao Wanwan: "Which prey in the mountains doesn't want to cultivate and become a human? How do you say that?"

"Cultivate to become a human?" Bai Zhi put an arm around Qiao Wanwan's shoulders and patted her like she was coaxing a child. "All I see is that the prey wants to become spirits and monsters and eat people. I haven't seen anyone trying to reason with people."

Qiao Wanwan seemed to have sensed something else in her words and asked, "Shouldn't monsters be condemned by everyone?"

"What is a monster? Why does everyone want to kill them? Isn't that what the hunters decided? Who asked the monsters?" Bai Zhi said softly, "When all the prey have transformed into monsters, the hunters will not only fail to eat them, but may even be eaten. Then the hunters will be useless, and the argument that monsters deserve to be killed will be useless. Even the word monster will be useless."

"What if I can't become a monster through cultivation?"

"There is no prey that cannot become a monster through cultivation, provided that she does not feel that she deserves to be eaten." Bai Zhi held Qiao Wanwan's shoulders tightly and looked at her sideways, "What do you think?"

Qiao Wanwan forced an ugly smile: "I said... I don't really want to be eaten now."