Quick Transmigration: The Love Rescue Plan

Wild clouds stretch for ten thousand miles, without a city wall, drifting aimlessly between heaven and earth in the southwest.

Climb the mountain to watch the beacon fire during the day, and water the horse by the Jiaohe River at dusk.

After a year apart, they finally returned in triumph, with 100,000 banners fluttering in the wind.

The soldiers returned home adorned in fine clothes, while the husbands returned from court to begin their official careers.

"Madam Dong sent someone to invite you again?" Mother Guo shook her head helplessly. "I really don't know what she's thinking."

"Does she know that Li Kai has been granted an official position and wants to curry favor with her children through marriage? Is she afraid that Li Kai will pursue the matter of the substitute marriage in the future?" Guo's mother's face was full of sarcasm.

"It's clearly written on this marriage certificate that my Guo family is marrying you—Dong Ping, not their second daughter. Even if my son wants to pursue this matter, how can he?" Guo's mother sneered.

"I'm afraid they still want to..." Guo's mother sighed and said, "People's hearts are not what they used to be."

Holding Dong Ping's hand firmly, Guo's mother said, "Ping'er, don't worry. It's an indisputable fact that you've married into our Guo family. Your name, Dong Ping, is clearly written on the marriage certificate."

Mother Guo said with a long face, "If the Dong family really wants to bring up the arranged marriage from childhood, I'll throw away all my pride! The verbal agreement from back then was just a joke. How can it be taken seriously in court?"

Some time ago, a minor official from the city came to Wangjia'ao to inform them that the young master of the Guo family had made a small contribution on the battlefield and was granted the title of centurion, a sixth-rank official. He was now accompanying the general back to the capital to express his gratitude to the emperor and would soon return to his hometown.

Now, the fact that the young master of the Guo family is about to return home in glory is known not only to everyone in Wangjia'ao Village of Zhangjia, but probably even to ordinary people in the city.

After all, even the highest-ranking county magistrate was only a seventh-rank civil official, while Guo Likai was now a sixth-rank official, one rank higher than a county magistrate.

If a high-ranking official can emerge from a remote and impoverished area, how could he not boast about it everywhere?

In the past few days, Madam Dong has been sending people to invite Dong Ping back to the Dong family for a gathering, but Dong Ping has always made excuses to send them away.

Even so, Madam Dong still sent people over to invite her every day, truly showing that she had no intention of giving up.

"Son, Master has always said you are a child with your own opinions. What do you think about this?" Guo's mother sat under the shade of a tree, raised her hand to rub her temples. To be honest, being bothered by the Dong family every day was indeed a headache.

"Mother, do you miss your child?" Dong Ping asked with a smile as she walked behind Guo's mother, massaging her head as she did so.

"Although I don't know what they're up to, but..." Guo's mother sighed and continued, "it probably won't be anything good."

"Back then, you were tricked into marrying in someone else's place. After finally getting your identity and marriage certificate back, what kind of dowry did they send you? Not even three taels of silver..."

Mother Guo sneered, "Yes, for a poor family, three taels of silver as a dowry is not stingy, but this matter was their fault to begin with, so it is not unreasonable to give you a little more dowry as compensation!"

"Whenever the Dong family was going through difficult times, did they ever come to inquire about our situation? Now..." Guo's mother snorted, the meaning of which was self-evident.

"It's better if they don't go. Who knows what kind of trouble the Dong family might cause?" Guo's mother patted Dong Ping's arm. "Just keep making excuses to keep them from going."

"Anyway, my son will be back soon, and there's so much to do at home! You're the only young person in the family, so managing everything up and down depends on you," Guo's mother said with a sneer. "You're too busy tidying up your own household to have time to visit relatives."

"Besides, they're just distant relatives who aren't even that closely related by blood, so even if you don't go, no one will dare to gossip."

The past relationship between Guo's mother and Madam Dong had already faded after the matter of the substitute marriage was exposed. In addition, the Guo family had been going through a lot of hardship in recent years, and the Dong family had not offered any help. The past relationship had been completely worn away.

To be honest, Dong Ping did go to the Dong family to argue that day, and that's how the Dong family could feel at ease not to care about the Guo family anymore.

However, the severing of ties between the two families is not Dong Ping's fault. After all, it was the Dong family that made the choice.

Although it is said that "helping is a favor, not helping is one's right," if the Dong family had extended a helping hand out of consideration for past friendship, Guo's mother would not have disliked the Dong family so much.

"Yes, Mother is right. I don't want to deal with the Dong family anymore. Every word they say is a trap, and I have to think carefully before I speak and be very cautious. It's too tiring."

In fact, if Guo's mother still cherishes old feelings and speaks up for Madam Dong, she hopes Dong Ping will go back to see Madam Dong.

Dong Ping wasn't afraid of the Dong family causing any trouble.

Nowadays, everyone knows that Guo's young wife, Dong Ping, is a distant relative of the Dong family with no blood relation. Moreover, years ago, the second young lady of the Dong family, Dong Yunqing, had already married a constable of the seventh rank.

Even if she—Dong Ping—is easy to deal with, will Dong Yunqing's husband be easy to deal with?

Even if the Dong family has many daughters, and they don't use the second daughter of the Dong family, but use other daughters, things are different now. Is this magpie's nest so easy to occupy now?

Even if he gets it, what benefits will the Dong family gain?

Don't forget that Dong Ping was already Guo Likai's lawfully wedded wife, and the marriage certificate proved that she was the official wife recognized by the government.

Even if the Dong family were to send someone in, she could only be a concubine. As for a secondary wife…

Dong Ping turned to look at Guo's mother beside her, smiled and raised her lips, "I'm afraid it will be difficult!"

As for those who want to benefit from Dong Ping's influence, ask her—Dong Ping is a distant relative of the Dong family with no blood relation.

The only person with whom she could be connected by blood, Mrs. Dong, wanted to establish a marriage alliance?

Please, Dong Ping is the distant niece of Madam Dong's half-brother.

They're half-siblings, sharing the same mother but different fathers; neither of their elders have the same biological father. Let alone whether Dong Ping and Madam Dong have a good relationship. Even Madam Dong's relationship with her brother isn't necessarily that great!

Moreover, Dong Ping is also her brother's distant niece.

Therefore, Dong Ping's current wealth and honor have nothing to do with the Dong family!

Moreover, a few days earlier, Dong Ping had received a notification from Yingying that Guo Likai's favorability rating had already reached 60.

This means that although Guo Likai is thousands of miles away, he already knows about his dutiful daughter-in-law. So what does Dong Ping have to fear now?

However, although Dong Ping was not afraid of trouble, she was too lazy to deal with it.

The Dong family likes to send people to invite people, so let them send people; I'm not going to serve them myself. Just like Guo's mother said, there are tons of things to do at home, big and small, and I can easily find an excuse to avoid it.

Moreover, who would dare to say anything bad about the Guo family now?

Dong Ping needs to take good care of herself these next few days so she can look her best when she meets her husband. Then she'll prepare a big meal to win him over through his stomach, gain 100 points of goodwill, and then she can leave.

Perhaps because she hadn't spent any time with Guo Likai, Dong Ping didn't linger this time. She was eager to quickly build up her favorability rating and leave. She just hoped that the young master of the Guo family would quickly increase her favorability rating.