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

Before, they would at least try to hide it a little, but now they don't even try to hide it anymore.

Du Mingxian ignored her completely, treating the old woman as if she were invisible. Chun Tao also saw this, and seeing that Du Mingxian didn't say anything, she lowered her head even more and tried to minimize her presence.

Because her mother-in-law was angry, she didn't stop at noon. She bought some dry biscuits in the town she passed by and shared them with Du Mingxian and Chuntao, but she didn't eat any herself.

Du Mingxian ate the dry biscuits as soon as she got them. She wasn't a picky eater, and she was indeed quite hungry that morning.

Seeing that Du Mingxian had eaten two in a row, the old woman couldn't help but remind her, "Miss, a young lady from a wealthy family should be mindful of her manners. If you eat so much, you'll get fat and it will be even more embarrassing."

"Oh," Du Mingxian replied, but she kept stuffing food into her mouth without missing a bite.

Even the old woman couldn't stand it anymore, so she simply closed her eyes and refused to look.

However... she didn't like these dried biscuits and didn't eat them herself. The whole carriage was filled with the aroma of dried biscuits, which was irresistible.

The more I smelled it, the more fragrant it became, until finally my stomach started growling.

It was especially clear from inside the carriage.

The old woman thought that after hearing this, the two men would at least ask her if she was hungry, but... the two men were like dead people.

He hadn't eaten in ages, and he just stuffed the pancake into his mouth without even asking her what was wrong. It was infuriating!

The old woman was angry the whole way. When they arrived at a county town early in the evening and found an inn, she went straight back to her room to sleep without caring what Du Mingxian and the others ate.

Chuntao stood behind Du Mingxian and said, "Miss, I think this old woman is trying to make things difficult for you on purpose."

"It's alright, go and call the waiter, and bring a copy of all the shop's signs."

Chun Tao didn't stop her; in fact, she left immediately with great interest, saying, "Yes."

The two ordered a large table of dishes, which were delivered directly to the room. Du Mingxian was quite satisfied with the dishes and tried a little of each one. Because there were so many dishes, she was already a little full after trying a little of each one.

Chun Tao couldn't eat much either, staring at the unfinished food...

Du Mingxian sighed softly, "Let's separate these vegetables for the beggars outside."

"Yes."

Chun Tao went to run errands, while Du Mingxian sat alone in her room, lost in thought, wondering how Ling Silang was doing and what his situation was.

After Chun Tao distributed all the dishes and returned to the house, she saw Du Mingxian's uninjured face turned to the side. Ignoring her injured face, she thought, "Miss is truly a beauty."

"Miss, don't you want to try to remove the scars on your face?"

"No, the reason I was chosen is because of the scar on my face."

Before leaving, the old woman had specifically told her that the young lady whose face she was impersonating also had a face injury, but this young lady's face was scratched by her stepmother.

She happened to have an injury on her face, which was a large part of the reason she was chosen. Other reasons were that she was relatively good overall among those people.

Chun Tao said nothing more and quietly stayed with Du Mingxian.

"Go back to your room and get some sleep. Go to bed early; we have to travel tomorrow."

"Yes."

After Chun Tao left, Du Mingxian took out a book from her spatial storage to read. When it was almost time, she closed the door and went into her spatial storage to wash up and tidy up. She also slept in her spatial storage that night.

The bedding at the inn was not very clean.

In the middle of the night, Du Mingxian sensed something was wrong. She glanced outside and saw a knife slipped under the door and was now slowly prying it open.

She emerged from the space, dagger in hand, and carefully walked to the door.

The moment the door latch was pried off and the door was pushed open, she immediately held a dagger to the intruder's neck.

The person who came was very careful, and even blew a sleeping pill before entering. But he didn't expect to run into a tough opponent today. He was used to the ways of the world and always knew how to be pragmatic in these matters.

"Spare me, spare me! I was forced to do this."

"Who goes there? What do you want?"

The man felt a sharp, stinging pain in his neck and panicked, fearing that the other person might pull on his neck in a fit of anger.

"Thieves in the city saw you entering the city and that you were dressed in fine clothes, so they came in to steal some silver."

"Just yourself?"

"There's...there's another companion."

Du Mingxian: "Where are your companions?"

"Go...go to your old woman's house."

Du Mingxian laughed, "Let's go."

With Du Mingxian pressing her hand against the man's neck, and being quite tall, the man's height was entirely controlled by Du Mingxian, so... his legs were bent forward, making him look particularly comical.

The old woman's house was next door. When Du Mingxian went over, she saw that the door was already open. Just as she was about to look inside, she saw someone come out from inside.

"Shut him up." She tightened her grip on the knife.

The man trembled uncontrollably, "Pockmarked man, no, don't move."

When Ma Zi saw the man being arrested, she was extremely anxious, but she didn't dare to make any rash moves.

"Let's go." Du Mingxian led the two men into her room, and then the one called Ma Zi lit a candle. Seeing that both of them were masked, they were obviously repeat offenders.

"You stole it?"

Ma Zi looked conflicted. The silver was stolen, but... but he didn't want to tell the person in front of him at all, otherwise he wouldn't be able to protect anything.

But seeing his brother, who had risked his life for him, now lying under the woman's knife, with blood seeping from his neck, he hesitated for a moment, then could only helplessly and painfully throw the money bag onto the table, saying, "It's all here. Release my brother."

Du Mingxian didn't move. "Open it and pour it out."

Because he was a repeat offender, Ma Zi searched the old woman thoroughly, emptying out all her valuables and placing them conspicuously on the table.

Du Mingxian looked at the items on the table and was somewhat satisfied.

"Alright, we'll split it in half when we meet. You two disturbed my sleep in the middle of the night, so I'll compensate you with a portion." Du Mingxian's knife was still on the man's neck, while her other hand quickly reached forward to rummage through the money bag.

When Ma Zi saw Du Mingxian flipping through money, he immediately stepped forward, hoping to take advantage of his strength and skill as a man to subdue her. However, as soon as he got close, Du Mingxian kicked him and sent him crashing onto the bed.

The blankets were spread out on the bed, and that's how they managed to avoid making too much noise.

Du Mingxian didn't even raise her head. "Don't test my limits. If you don't obey, I don't mind making sure you don't see the sun tomorrow."

The two brothers were seasoned veterans, and seeing Du Mingxian's display of skill, they immediately realized that Du Mingxian was no ordinary person. Any resistance or desire for revenge that had arisen earlier vanished completely.

One of them obediently got out of bed and stood to the side waiting to be spoken.

I didn't dare move an inch, afraid that the cut on my neck would get deeper and deeper.