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

Four people had already approached Du Mingxian and Ling Silang. Du Mingxian was poised to make her move when the man leading the group raised his hand and scrutinized Ling Silang with his eyes.

"student?"

"Yes."

"That's interesting. So, what kind of subordinates do you think I should use?"

Ling Silang knew this was their chance to survive. "Obeyable, loyal, and efficient subordinates, instead of those who can't even control their own lower bodies and are always causing trouble outside."

"You need subordinates who can help you with tasks and share your burdens, not those who cause trouble and cause you worry."

The man in the lead stared at Ling Silang for a long time before suddenly asking, "Would you like to come with me?"

Ling Silang pointed at Du Mingxian, "I can go with you, serve you, and let her go."

Du Mingxian was furious. "Why can you go with them, but I can't?"

"you……"

"Are you thinking of finding other women outside? I'm telling you, you can't." After saying that, Du Mingxian took a dagger and slashed Ling Silang's face deeply, blood gushing out.

Without uttering a sound, Ling Silang angrily stepped forward, grabbed Du Mingxian's hair, snatched the dagger from her hand, and slashed it viciously across her face.

"You vile woman, what right do you have to stab me?"

"You said you could only have me as your woman. If you dare to go to other women, I will ruin your face."

"Alright, now we'll each have a knife in our face. That's fair. Nobody can go out and mess around anymore. Don't think I don't know you have plenty of men outside."

"So what if I am? That's because I have the ability."

The two started arguing over a disagreement, and eventually stabbed each other in the back. They continued to curse each other like two people who deeply loved each other and were afraid of the other leaving, so they used the most foolish way to prevent the other from leaving.

"Go, separate them and apply the medicine to their faces." The leader's face was grim; such beautiful faces, ruined just like that.

When Du Mingxian and Ling Silang were pulled apart, they exchanged a glance and saw the deep meaning in each other's eyes.

Ling Silang immediately started cursing, "It's all your fault, you slut, are you trying to seduce another man again?"

Du Mingxian turned her head and winked at the man who was holding her, "Yeah, I just wanted to seduce other men. It's your fault for not satisfying me properly the night before last."

"You slut."

"You are incompetent."

The two were arguing very vulgarly, using offensive language that was hard to bear.

"Alright, kill them all."

Suddenly, the space fell silent. Neither of them spoke, and then they hurriedly lunged forward, pleading, "Have mercy! I won't make a sound anymore!"

Ling Silang then asked, "Didn't you say you were going to take me away, sir?"

"You just said I need capable and efficient subordinates, but look at yourself..."

"I'm just angry that she's having affairs outside, it won't affect my ability to do things for the adults."

The leader was very suspicious. Considering that he was indeed short-handed, he decided to take the man back first to see if he was mentally sound before deciding whether to keep him.

Both of them had been given hemostatic medicine on their faces. Looking at their faces, one half was beautiful and the other half was covered in ugly wounds, which was quite a pity.

The man waved his hand, "Take them away."

"Yes."

The two got into the carriage again. This time, there were only the two of them in the carriage. The carriage was moving very fast, and the sound of horses' hooves could be heard all around them.

Du Mingxian and Ling Silang looked at each other, but neither of them spoke.

Wounds are necessary; given their condition, they can't escape. If they were to follow unharmed, things might get even more complicated for them.

After a day of travel, we stopped to rest in the wilderness.

Du Mingxian and Ling Silang had been holding back for a long time. After they were untied, Ling Silang was taken to relieve himself by someone else. Since Du Mingxian was a woman, those people were not afraid that she would run away, and they simply detained Ling Silang.

Du Mingxian went out to relieve herself, and then went back inside.

The man in the lead saw Du Mingxian return and then looked at Ling Silang with considerable satisfaction.

The two were also given some flatbread and a water bag that evening. After dinner, Du Mingxian and Ling Silang had a few more arguments, but they were quite quiet.

After arguing, one of them was scared and the other ran away, so they simply asked the man for a rope and tied each other up, with the other end of the rope tied to their own bodies.

The main theme is... being obsessed with love.

After a night's sleep, I got up early the next day to continue my journey, but this time I was going... and going further and further off the beaten path.

Until... they entered a mountain, and Du Mingxian and Ling Silang were pushed into a cave. The people who had been friendly to them all the way changed their expressions and became very serious.

Du Mingxian and Ling Silang were extremely nervous; the crucial moment had arrived.

"beat."

Without asking any questions, the man ordered his men to start beating them. Du Mingxian was tempted to join in, but outside... she counted, there were at least thirty people.

Even if she used a gun, she couldn't take him down, so she simply hid in the space?

Just as she had an idea, Ling Silang gently shook his head at her. She understood; he didn't want her to expose his spatial dimension.

The whip struck, and Du Mingxian felt a burning pain all over her body.

Ling Silang rushed forward to protect Du Mingxian, saying, "If you want to hit someone, hit me. I'll protect my woman."

"No, you can't hit my man."

Two people with purely romantic minds.

Several more lashes fell, and both Ling Silang and Du Mingxian were injured to varying degrees. He would hit you, and you would protect him; he would hit you, and you would protect him; it was as if they were about to die.

Even the leader of the group felt hesitant to continue the fight, so he simply raised his hand.

"Speak up, who are you two? Where do you live, and what are your names?"

Du Mingxian realized the man was about to interrogate them. She knew she couldn't reveal her real names, and she was sweating profusely. What kind of identity could she use to fool him?

"My name is Hu Yue, and this is Duan Wen. He is my cousin. Because our families didn't approve of our marriage, we... we ran away from home."

After saying that, Du Mingxian squeezed out two tears, tears of regret.

It hurts.

Another whip fell, and both of them were struck.

The leader demanded in a stern voice, "You still won't tell the truth even now?"

“We’re telling the truth. If you don’t believe me, go check it out. My mother and his mother both fell in love with the same man. Later, his mother got married, but my mother didn’t, so she’s resentful.”

"Because of my maternal grandparents, the two families still had to maintain contact on the surface. But when I grew up and my cousin and I fell in love, both my mother and his mother disagreed. After our efforts to resolve the issue failed, we eloped."

"We've only been out for a few days, and you've already arrested us. Are you enemies of the Hu family? Then go ask my father for money. My father is very rich."

Ling Silang didn't know whether Du Mingxian was making things up or telling the truth, but the act had to go on. "My family is rich too. Go ask my father for it and let us go. So you didn't value my status as a scholar and you didn't want to serve me. It was all a lie."