Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

No matter what Master Murong deduced, Luo Yu flatly denied it.

Anyway, she would play dumb until he stopped talking. When he relaxed his guard, she would take the opportunity to escape. Right now, Master Murong was just overly sad, his head was fuzzy, and naturally he was overthinking things. As Luo Yu thought about this, his mind froze again. Why was he so sad?

Thinking of this, she felt dizzy and asked, "Master Murong, did your loved one pass away?"

Murong's eyes suddenly turned cold.

"What do you mean by this?"

"Exactly. I heard Miss Seven accidentally tell you about you. She said the girl you like is very talented, so are you reminded of her by seeing her? Actually, all I know was taught to me by a knight. He traveled all over the world and knows a lot. And he's a man, so he's probably not the girl that Mr. Murong likes."

Murong looked at her without saying a word.

After drinking tea, Luo Yu patted his butt and left.

But she was thinking in her heart that she would find a way to leave Tanzhou after Master Murong had recovered a little. If she left now, she would definitely be considered guilty.

Then he thought again, wouldn't it be even more miserable if he was caught by the Su family and Master Deng's people? No, he had to sneak out of the city in a carriage early tomorrow morning.

I'm afraid tonight is not the right time. Master Murong might even secretly follow her.

She returned to her residence anxiously, luckily no one was looking for her.

At night, she packed up all her belongings, thinking of having a good sleep and sneaking out of the city at dawn the next day.

Luo Yu didn't wake up until dawn.

The sun was about to shine through the screen window onto the head of her bed. Luo Yu sat up in a daze. It seemed that her body was used to being lazy.

She went to the yard, rinsed her mouth and washed her face. The aunts in the yard had all gone to work. She thought this was a good opportunity to slip away, but she didn't expect someone to knock on the gate of the yard at this time.

A loud and resonant voice broke through my ears: "Su Xiaoxiao, open the door, I am your father."

"I'm your brother."

Qin Luo's head was buzzing. How did they get here? No, I had to climb over the wall and slip away.

When she finally climbed over the wall, she saw Master Murong and the fat boy standing at the foot of the wall, staring at her. Qin Luosheng pointed at Master Murong and said angrily: "You are so good, Murong Huaijin, why do you repay kindness with hatred?"

"When have you ever been kind to me?"

Qin Luoyi easily jumped off the wall. The little fat boy exclaimed, "Su Xiaoxiao, when did your kung fu become so powerful?"

"Shut your stinky mouth, little Fatty."

The corners of Master Murong's mouth curled up slightly.

"You are such a good fellow, Su Xiaoxiao. Not only did you run away from your marriage, but you even dared to steal Mr. Deng's betrothal gift and run away. Your mother is still being held captive. Just wait and see how I will deal with you."

When Su the butcher raised his hand to slap Qin Luoqie, Murong Huaijin grabbed the butcher's wrist, preventing him from moving and unable to pull his hand away.

"Uncle Su, didn't you just tell me that you would have a good talk with Su Xiaoxiao? Otherwise, why would I agree to bring you to see her?"

"Master Murong, my daughter is extremely unfilial. I will not be able to swallow this anger unless I teach her a lesson."

Luo Yu's face turned blue with anger and he wanted to slap her, but she didn't care whether he was her father or not. She would definitely hit back anyone who dared to hit her.

Luo Yu was angry, but he still felt guilty when he thought of the one hundred taels of betrothal money.

She pointed at Master Murong and angrily said, "Master Murong, I treated you as a friend, and you actually betrayed me."

Young Master Murong was puzzled and gave a wry smile: "Your father just told me that as long as you go back, he won't hold you accountable for your mistakes."

The little fat boy nodded repeatedly: "That's right, Su Xiaoxiao, Daddy said that if you go back and marry Master Deng, he won't blame you."

Luo Yu slapped him on the head and said, "Fatty, call me sister."

Master Murong signaled to Luo Yu and asked her to bring the person into the house to talk, which was better than attracting attention in broad daylight.

Luo Yu had no choice but to bring the person into the yard. There happened to be a stone table and stone bench under the tree. Luo Yu said straight to the point: "Anyway, I will not go back and marry a dead old man."

Butcher Su was about to raise his hand, but then he looked at Master Murong's stern face, slowly lowered his hand, cleared his throat, and said fiercely, "Okay, you can say you don't want to marry me, but first you have to return the 100 taels you stole, and I'll have your mother cancel the engagement. If you don't return it, Master Deng's family will report it to the authorities, and our whole family will go to jail."

Qin Luosheng shamelessly said, "I've spent all the money. You can do whatever you want. I'm not going back anyway. If you ask me to go back, I'll say that you spent all the money. I'm afraid that even if you report it to the police, you won't have evidence to arrest me."

"You bastard, I raised you up like this, and you're such an ungrateful bastard..."

Before he could finish his words, Murong Huaijin glared at him. Butcher Su's tone softened immediately. "Okay, okay, but don't you see that you're not a child anymore? After you turn twenty this year, you'll be taken away by the government to be married off. It's better for you to find someone from a better family. Dad and Mom are thinking about you too."

The fat boy chuckled twice, raised his head and looked at Master Murong, and asked politely: "Big brother, are you close to my sister? If you don't have a wife, why not marry my sister? You are so beautiful and rich, my parents will definitely agree."

Butcher Su quickly covered the fat boy's mouth. Luo Yu laughed dryly: "You've already said what you want to say. What's there to cover?"

After she finished speaking, she looked cunning, her eyes narrowed into slits, and said to Master Murong: "Master Murong, what do you think? Since you want to meddle in other people's business, why not help them to the end and send them off to the west!"

Murong ignored her and asked Su the butcher: "How much money did she take?"

"One, one hundred taels."

"Okay, I can pay the money back for the young lady first. Don't bother her in the future. She is working for our Murong family now. If she doesn't want to get married, she can just sign a contract with our Murong family and receive monthly wages until she grows old."

"Selling your body indenture? Dream on."

Murong Huaijin looked at Su Xiaoxiao and said with a half-smile, "How does that girl plan to avoid getting married?"

She laughed and said frivolously, "How about I marry you?"

Young Master Murong ignored her nonsense and simply took out a silver note of one hundred taels and another of ten taels and handed them to Su the butcher: "This is the silver I'm paying back to Miss Su Xiaoxiao. The remaining ten taels are her wages for working here. I'll deduct them from her wages in the future. These ten taels of silver are considered the signing of the purchase agreement. I'll have someone sign the agreement later. From now on, Su Xiaoxiao will be a worker in our Murong family. You can't just take her away whenever you want."

Luo Yu hurried to grab the banknote, but fortunately, Su the butcher was quick enough and had stuffed the banknote into his chest.

"Murong Huaijin, you know I only get paid 500 coins a month, and you dare to give them so much?"

"He is your biological father after all."

Butcher Su smiled shamelessly: "Mr. Murong is right. We will take this money and save it for the girl's dowry in the future."

Luo Yu snorted coldly, thinking that his daughter was only worth ten taels of silver.