Expelled from the Duke's mansion, the fake heiress is richer than a country.

She suddenly felt a jolt of excitement, reached for the sword under her pillow, and was about to get up.

"Whoosh!"

A cold glint pierced through the paper window. However, the other person didn't seem to want to hurt her; they deliberately veered off course, the dagger embedding itself in her bedpost.

Yu Wanran jumped out of bed and opened the window. She saw a dark shadow leap away, several feet away.

She hesitated before giving chase, then turned back, drew her dagger, and removed a letter stuck to it. Opening it, she saw five bold, calligraphic characters inside, the black ink still wet.

"Be careful what you buy tomorrow night!"

She racked her brains, recalling all the people in her memory.

She wasn't familiar with this handwriting. This hadn't happened in her previous life. However, it was clear that a well-meaning person was warning her that someone wanted to tamper with the red straw mats her family had acquired.

If this batch of goods suffers a loss, losing money is a minor issue; it would also mean losing Wei Yucai's trust and ruining her grand business plans.

Yu Wanran squeezed the paper tightly.

Regardless of who the messenger was, she now owed this favor.

Before dawn, Yu Wanran woke up her entire family and showed them a dagger and a note. Yu Man and the others were terrified.

"Ranran, who delivered this letter?"

To outsiders, they were buying red straw mats, which are notoriously worthless. How come they've already been targeted so early?

Be careful, but how? The other party probably intends to destroy the goods, but with so many straw mats piled up in their own hut, stealing them would be too much trouble and not worth the effort. So, the most likely scenario is that they'll set them on fire…

But if the goods are burned, will their new house survive? It's a thatched hut, easily set on fire. If the messenger is telling the truth, then the other side intends to burn their entire family alive!

Too poisonous!

The more they thought about it, the more frightened they became, and the more frightened they became, the more panicked they became. The Yu family was in a panic and all looked at Yu Wanran, hoping that she could come up with a solution.

Yu Wanran frowned.

The original agreement with the escort agency was that they would send a cart to Qingping Village to load the goods upon departure. This way, they could go directly to the capital, saving on customs duties for entering and leaving Tongcheng, and avoiding alerting certain individuals in the Duke's Mansion or government offices.

It now seems that her actions were being monitored all along. One wonders if Xiao Yao is the mastermind behind tonight's plot to destroy the second branch of the Yu family.

Is this person really that stupid, confident that his outrageous behavior won't reach the emperor's ears and implicate the Duke's mansion?

While she was at the Duke's mansion, the Duke had expressed this concern to her more than once. The heir was indeed disappointing, but the Duke did not use harsh methods to admonish him to change his ways.

At least the surface won't be changed.

They clearly understand this concern, but does Xiao Yao understand it?

After thinking for a while with a cold expression, Yu Wanran made up her mind: "I will set off immediately and go into the city to hire a few men from Zhenyuan Escort Agency!"

"Mother, you take your sister-in-law and Xiao Xiang and stay at your uncle's house for the time being! Father, you take your elder brother and younger brother and use our oxcart to secretly move the straw mats and other valuables from the house to the mountain!"

She paused for a moment, observing the fearful expressions on her family's faces.

"No matter who tries to harm our Yu family tonight, we'll put on a show of feigning weakness and trap them like turtles in a jar!"

Ji Chunhua knew her daughter wanted to protect them, but she didn't really want to go to the eldest son's side.

After hesitating for a moment, she said, "Ranran, although your mother is a burden, your sister-in-law and Xiaoxiang can help carry some things. Let us go with your father and the others, okay? We're family, we'll be together even in death!"

Seeing the hesitation on her family's faces, she added, "Besides, what if we go to the eldest son's house and implicate them?"

Yu Wenrong curled his lip: "Whether we'll be implicated or not, I don't know, but I dare say, there must be someone over there who finds us troublesome? They might even betray us!"

"Shut up!"

Yu Man shouted angrily at him.

"Your uncle's family is not as bad as you make them out to be."

However, Ji Chunhua understood him, and her words left him no choice but to agree. After some hesitation, he said to Yu Wanran, "Ranran, why don't you let your mother and the others come with us into the mountains? We can't burden your uncle's family!"

Yu Wanran frowned almost imperceptibly.

Didn't her father want to lead her uncle's family to common prosperity? Now is the best time to test the character of her uncle's family.

What, you can only share the good times, but not the bad?

However, she respected her parents' opinions and, though she disagreed in her heart, she didn't show it on her face.

"Father, Mother, I'm just worried about your safety. Mother isn't afraid of hardship and doesn't want to go to Uncle's house, so you two should come into the mountains together. Take good care of Xiao Xiang!"

She patted Yu Xiaoxiang, who was nestled quietly beside her.

Yu Wenbin looked at Yu Wenrong.

“My younger brother and I know a cave nearby that few people go to. We can hide people and goods there. Luckily, our family bought an oxcart, which will make transportation easier.”

The old man believed in the saying "spare the rod and spoil the child," and Yu Wenrong was often beaten for his mischievousness as a child. When he got angry, he would hide in that cave, and Yu Wenbin would always go and bring his little brother back.

Over time, the cave became a childhood secret for the two brothers. They never imagined that they would tell their family about it in this way.

Yu Man, oblivious to the exchange between his two sons, immediately made a decision: "Alright! Let's start moving our belongings right away while it's dark. Eldest daughter-in-law, don't forget to pack up the food in the kitchen and bring it along."

Although I'm reluctant to leave my new home, the thatched house just doesn't make me feel safe enough. If the other party comes to cause trouble, it's as simple as setting it on fire.

Yu Man was filled with regret. He should have built a brick and tile house in the first place.

However, due to various concerns when building the house, he didn't dare to go all the way. Thinking about his daughter's suggestion to move to another place, he directed his family to take action while seriously considering the matter.

Ji Chunhua quietly followed him, and when she couldn't see her son and daughter, she gently nudged his arm. She whispered anxiously, "Husband, do you think this...could be related to Yao Yao?"

"What Yao Yao! We only have one Ranran, where did this Yao Yao come from?"

Yu Man, seething with anger, looked up in the direction of Yu Wanran, then turned back to warn his wife.

“I know you haven’t gotten over that person. But you must remember, Ranran is our child! That person doesn’t even acknowledge you as his mother…”

Seeing Ji Chunhua's face, which was trying to suppress her grief, he softened his tone slightly: "She hates us, including you. Since Ranran came back, how many bad things has she done to our family?"

"Let's not even talk about this time..."

He suppressed his anger and said, "We almost died on our way to the capital before, maybe it was her henchmen who killed us!"

Ji Chunhua froze, her expression stiff.

"No way... She's that capable? Didn't Ranran say those people were after Young Master Yan?"

Yu Man snorted coldly, ignoring her murmurs, and turned her back to continue packing her things.

Three years old looks young, seven years old looks old.

From the very beginning, he didn't think his adopted daughter was an easy child to raise. He used to imagine that he would raise her like other children, through strict discipline and discipline.

But Xiao Yao had a really bad temper, and Ji Chunhua loved to defend her indiscriminately. He didn't want his father and daughter to become completely estranged, so in the end he could only turn a blind eye and tolerate Xiao Yao's willfulness along with his family.

In truth, his family owed the Duke's mansion a debt for failing to properly raise their precious daughter.

Ugh!

Ji Chunhua had no idea what her husband was thinking; she was filled with maternal love and was feeling extremely conflicted and distressed.