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When Meng Youning felt the warmth coming from her feet, she instantly felt much more satisfied.

But just as she warmed up for a moment, Qi Ran suddenly snatched the blankets away again with a burst of force.

With her feet exposed again, Meng Youning looked utterly dejected.

She wasn't as strong as Qi Ran to begin with, and couldn't possibly overpower him.

She silently curled up a little, shifting her body to the side.

As soon as she moved, Qi Ran moved with her.

Meng Youning frowned, finally unable to bear it any longer. She sat up abruptly and gently poked Qi Ran's shoulder. "Young Master, could you please move a little further out? I have no room left."

Qi Ran suddenly pulled back the covers, looking puzzled. "Why did you poke my face?"

Meng Youning's outstretched hand froze in mid-air.

The next moment, she silently withdrew her hand, looking at Qi Ran with a resentful expression.

Qi Ran propped himself up on the bed with one hand and glanced at the bed as he got up.

Meng Youning was practically pressed against the wall.

Qi Ran muttered, "Just bear with it, it's your own fault for being so big."

Meng Youning lowered her eyes to look at her slender arms and legs, then at Qi Ran who was taking up most of the bed, and fell silent.

She pursed her lips, took her small blanket, and got up.

Qi Ran looked at her suspiciously, "Where are you going?"

Meng Youning replied naturally, "Since the young master has slept on the main couch, then Youning will go to the side couch..."

Before she could finish speaking, Qi Ran exclaimed and grabbed Meng Youning's arm, saying in a serious tone, "No need, we'll all sleep here, I'll just move over a bit."

If you ignore his slightly trembling voice, Qi Ran at this moment can be considered quite masculine.

Meng Youning was very skeptical, but seeing that Qi Ran had no intention of letting her leave the main bed, she resigned herself to her fate and lay down.

Then, every time thunder rumbled outside, the person next to them had to change their position.

The commotion was so great that it was impossible to ignore.

*

"Young lady, where are you going?"

A bearded man driving an oxcart slowed down, gazing at the woman hurrying along beside him with great enthusiasm.

Tu Ling gripped the only bundle in her hand tightly, took a step back, and looked warily at the person in front of her.

Perhaps because of Liu Daqiang, she now subconsciously doesn't have a good impression of people with bluish bruises on their chins.

Whenever she saw someone like that, she couldn't help but think of how she used to live with Liu Daqiang.

On the first night after Liu Daqiang took her in, he saw that she was pretty and began to have some unusual thoughts about her.

But she had no recollection of what had happened before. At that time, Liu Daqiang seemed to have found something very valuable on her.

At the same time, it was discovered that she was skilled in medicine.

Strangely enough, she had completely forgotten everything from the past, yet her medical skills remained as proficient as ever.

Whether it was out of fear or a sudden pang of conscience, I don't know.

In short, from then on, Liu Daqiang never laid a hand on her again.

Tu Lingwei composed herself, bit her lower lip, and walked forward without saying a word.

Since leaving Liu Daqiang, she has been heading west.

She was unfamiliar with her surroundings and walked cautiously for quite some time before finally arriving at this village.

Fearing being discovered, she had to choose times when there were few people around to travel.

Today marks the third day she has been wandering around this estate.

"Young lady, judging from your appearance, did you wander in by mistake?" The man spoke up again when he saw Tu Ling walking forward with her head down. "I am from this village. You can call me Brother Niu. I am on my way to the town. I can give you a ride."

He scratched the back of his head and smiled sheepishly, "It'll only take an hour to get to the town."

Tu Ling paused slightly, raising her eyes in surprise. "It'll take that long?"

"And this is even with me taking a shortcut." The man waved, his face still beaming with a warm smile. "I'm not trying to scare you, but if you're not familiar with the terrain, you could walk for three days and three nights and still not find your way out of this road from the village to the town."

"Gululu..."

Tu Ling's stomach suddenly growled.

She couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed as she covered her stomach.

She hesitated for a moment.

"Young lady, have you been through something? Have you met bad people and that's why you don't want to trust others?" The man took out a pancake from his pocket and handed it to Tu Ling with a kind expression.

He waved the pancake in front of Tu Ling, "Here, eat it without worry. You're being too cautious. There aren't that many bad people in this world."

Even though it was just a pancake, she could smell a delicious aroma that suddenly wafted into her nostrils, which was really tempting.

In an instant, she felt a churning in her stomach, and the feeling of hunger became increasingly unbearable.

She slowly reached out her hand, and just as she was about to place the pancake, she secretly pinched her palm.

She suddenly realized what was happening and silently withdrew her hand.

Tu Ling tilted her head slightly and asked softly, "Do you need money?"

Brother Niu still had that same honest smile. "I only thought of giving you a ride because you're a young girl and it's not too late. Here's what we'll do: since you're worried, just give me a copper coin."

Tu Ling's eyes lit up immediately.

Only unsolicited kindness should be treated with caution. It shouldn't be a problem if she accepts a copper coin as payment for taking a ride, right?

The weight that had been hanging over her head finally lifted.

She decisively took out a copper coin from her bundle and handed it to the man driving the oxcart.

Immediately, she lifted the hem of her dress with one hand and braced herself against the oxcart with the other, and with a little effort, she got onto the oxcart.

"You really won't eat this?"

Brother Niu shook the pancake in his hand again.

Tu Ling smiled faintly, "No need, thank you."

The man muttered something under his breath, and soon put the pancakes away again.

Tu Ling held the bundle tightly to her chest and looked around.

Although it was an oxcart, it didn't have any strange smell.

"Brother Niu, your oxcart is quite clean, so clean..."

Brother Niu kept cracking his whip when he suddenly heard a voice behind him. He turned slightly to the side and said loudly, "What did you say?"

Tu Ling suppressed her unease and smiled faintly, "It's nothing, I just thanked you."

"It's nothing," Brother Niu said, baring his teeth as he drove the oxcart forward, while also responding to Tu Ling's question, "Miss, are you alright sitting here?"

He paused for a moment, then said, "Normally, I'm the only one who drives the oxcart to the town. Sometimes the villagers will hitch a ride, so I always clean the oxcart before setting off to make everyone more comfortable."

Tu Ling was completely relieved.

She's been working hard these past few days and hasn't had a good night's sleep.

I suddenly felt comfortable and even felt sleepy.

She tilted her head slightly to the side, hugged herself tightly, and gradually became drowsy.

Soon, he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

As if sensing the silence behind him, Brother Niu slowed down.

"Hey, girl, wake up."

Tu Ling was shaken awake.

She groggily opened her eyes and rubbed them. "Brother Niu, have we arrived yet?"

What caught my eye was Brother Niu's smiling face.

"I've been traveling for too long. My wife only gave me two flatbreads when I left, and I've already eaten them all," Brother Niu said somewhat embarrassedly. "I'm too tired to drive the cattle anymore. There's an inn over there; I'll go get something to eat to fill my stomach. What do you think?"

Tu Ling turned to the side and looked up. There was indeed an inn not far away, with the words "Laiwang Inn" on the signboard standing out prominently.