The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

Zhou turned around in surprise, "Mingxian, you didn't go back?"

"Bring someone over for dinner, and Mom will make an extra bowl of noodles when she makes them later."

"well."

Xu Tingting was also there. Du Mingxian glanced at the kitchen, which wasn't big, and asked, "Cousin, do you have hot water?"

"Yes, this pot is full of hot water."

"Okay, then I..."

At this moment, Xu Dazhuang walked in, carrying a basin. "I'll scoop some hot water and take it to him to wash up."

"Thank you uncle."

Xu Dazhuang took care of Wang Qi, and Du Mingxian stopped interfering.

While making noodles, Zhou didn't forget to ask, "What's going on? Why haven't they left yet at this hour?"

"We were about to leave the city when we ran into an acquaintance. He was hungry, so I brought him over to have something hot to eat before taking him away."

If Wang Qi, that spoiled brat, stayed in the Xu family, he'd definitely boss everyone around. She didn't want her mother to suffer. Taking him home was one option, but...

No, Wang Qi has relatives in the county, why didn't he go?

Du Mingxian turned and went out. Wang Qi was washing up inside, and she was too embarrassed to go over, so she simply waited.

When Wang Qi came out looking presentable, wearing Xu Dazhuang's old clothes, he started eating noodles again. He ate very quickly, but his good manners were ingrained in his bones. Although he was in a hurry, he still looked good.

Wang Qi ate two bowls in one go, but Du Mingxian stopped him, saying, "You can't eat anymore. You haven't eaten for three days. Your stomach won't be able to handle it. Take it slow."

Wang Qi felt less hungry, but his brain was still frantically telling him that he was hungry.

"Ok."

Du Mingxian finally had a chance to ask, "What happened to you? You're in the county, why didn't you go to Uncle Ma's place? And..." She almost kicked him out, mistaking him for a beggar.

"I can't go. I ran away secretly. If I go to my uncle's place, he'll definitely send a message home, and I'll be caught and sent back." Wang Qi said nervously.

Seeing his expression, Du Mingxian decided not to ask any more questions, as there was plenty of time on the road. "Let's go then."

"Where to go?"

"I'm going home. If you don't want to come with me, I'll lend you some money, and you can find somewhere else to stay."

"No, no, no, I'm going to your house. I'm lucky to have run into you today."

"Let's go then."

After bidding farewell to Zhou and the others, the two left the city together. Wang Qi and Du Mingxian both sat on the carriage shaft, with Du Mingxian driving. Before she could even ask, Wang Qi had already begun to talk incessantly about his hardships.

After returning home, he was beaten by his father. Later, because he had handled things well, he immediately went back and invited a group of his cronies out to have fun. He was so happy that he drank too much and then got into a fight at the restaurant.

Fortunately, the restaurant belonged to his family, but because of this incident, he was taken home and placed under house arrest.

Wang Qi, who used to go out every day to tease cats and dogs, felt that life had lost its joy and that life was too difficult after being locked up for a few days. Just then, a message was secretly passed in from his subordinates that his good brother had invited him out.

So... the audacious Wang Qi secretly disguised himself as a servant and escaped from home.

The brother led him to a house, and once inside, he realized it was a high-class brothel.

Wang Qi used to be a fool, and he would sometimes order some brothels, but he would never do anything serious. But this time was different. As soon as he went in, the women pounced on him.

When he realized things were going wrong, he wanted to run away, but his brother provoked him, so he had no choice but to keep up the act.

He brought the women into the house, and the two women insisted on serving him. At this point, Wang Qi could no longer pretend. When he tried to run out, the women stopped him.

There were so many women, it was as if they all flooded into his room, and they wouldn't let him leave no matter what.

Du Mingxian laughed when she heard this, "Didn't you call your good buddy for help?"

"I shouted, but it was no use. My good brother was probably with a woman at that time."

"Later, when you escaped, did you simply flee the city?"

Wang Qi shook his head. "No, I couldn't escape, so I simply revealed my identity, but those people still wouldn't let me go. In the end, I used force to push those women away and escaped home."

“I really didn’t hit them. I just pushed them away and ran away. I didn’t expect that not long after I got home, someone would come to my door and insist that I had beaten up the girls in her building, and that they were all badly injured. They also said… they also said that I was impotent.”

“I rushed out to argue with them, but I saw that the girls were all seriously injured, and they looked really scared when they saw me. I was stunned.”

At this point, Wang Qi felt extremely wronged. "In the end, my eldest brother stepped in and spent money to resolve the matter, and I was locked up. My father said I was never allowed to go out again."

"How did you escape? Didn't your brother send you any more messages?"

"It's been spread that my good brother has been implicated because of me, and now he's also locked up at home."

Seeing Wang Qi's self-reproachful expression, Du Mingxian smiled silently. "You don't dare to go to Uncle Ma because you're afraid he'll tell your family that you're here, and then they'll come looking for you?"

"Yes, I'm going to run away from home. I'm going to make them taste the pain of losing me."

Du Mingxian couldn't help but sigh, "Being born into the right family is truly an art. This naive young master is really... too easy to fool, too easy to fool."

Did you leave without any money?

"I took it, but someone actually dared to cheat me. I even went the wrong way and had to ask around all the way to get here."

"You came here before..."

“When I came here before, my servants took care of everything. I don’t need to worry about these things myself.”

Du Mingxian looked at Wang Qi speechlessly, thinking, "You're really the landlord's foolish son. The fact that you're still alive proves you're incredibly lucky."

"I almost died, and I was in such a sorry state. Sis, from now on you are my sister. You can't tell anyone what happened today. You saw me in the most pathetic state of my life, so I am willing to call you my sister."

Du Mingxian: "..." This kid looks like he's seventeen or eighteen, while she's only fifteen. But... if you add up all the lifetimes together, she could be his great-grandmother.

"Okay, if you sincerely call me 'sister,' I'll protect you from now on."

"Okay, okay, as long as you don't tell anyone about my shameful secrets, I'll definitely listen to you."

"That's fine."

The two chatted and laughed for a short while before arriving home. Wang Qi was so excited that he didn't even go inside the door, but rushed straight to Ling Erlang's house.

After Du Mingxian returned home, she originally wanted to ask Granny Zhao to prepare another room, but then she suddenly remembered that You Yuan needed someone to take care of him at night, and that it would be better if Wang Qi, who was lively and energetic, was available.

"Reorganize the bed in Young Master You's room where my father sleeps at night, since other people will be staying there tonight."

It's not appropriate for Wang Qi to stay at his second brother's house directly; it's more suitable here with Ling's parents.

"Yes, ma'am."

Ling Silang was reading inside when he heard a commotion outside and went out to check. "Mother, are you alright?"

"It's going well. I rented a shop with my uncle and opened a noodle shop, but business is just so-so."

"If you open a new shop and keep it open for a while, customers will gradually come."

"Hmm." Du Mingxian said as she walked into the house with Ling Silang, "On the way back, I ran into that playboy Wang Qi. He had nowhere to go, so I brought him back."