After deceiving the villain, I was forced to love him.

“You, you…” Bicui couldn’t help but stumble backward.

In other words, all the information they received during this period was false?!

"Those messages weren't fake, of course, but they weren't very useful."

Bai Li Ce has been treating her like a puppet all along?!

No! You're lying to me!

"Our plan was meticulous and flawless... How could you possibly have known beforehand!"

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it..."

Although Bi Cui was clever and cautious, she was far less cunning than Bai Li Ce.

With lingering poison remaining, her actions quickly caused him to break down, plunging him into extreme self-doubt.

Then he slipped and slumped to the ground, repeating in a seemingly deranged manner, "I don't believe it, I don't believe it..."

Seeing that Bicui was suddenly acting strangely, Baili Ce still politely couldn't bear it for three seconds.

Then, looking down at her with an arrogant and domineering tone, he concluded, "You think you're worthy to fight me!"

Do you really think she seized power in the Baili clan back then based on her values?

"Clap clap..." A thin, mocking clap sounded from behind.

"So, you mean the young lady deliberately let me capture her?"

Ah, this...

Such clear logic.

Bai Li Ce turned around and praised in a serious tone, "Well, it's mainly because the chief is incredibly resourceful."

"Heh~" Anlu raised her eyebrows slightly, seemingly pleased, having been successfully amused.

Just when Baili Ce thought he could finally ride a horse alone, without being roughly thrown across its back and making him vomit up his dinner from the night before—

An Luo scooped her up in one swift motion, lifting her onto the horse and placing her in front of him.

"You...you...you...you are so rude!"

Even with her excellent mental fortitude, she couldn't hold on any longer.

An Luoshi didn't care about so much. He put his arm around her, pulled on the reins, and turned the horse around.

"No!" Startled awake by the horse's neighing, Bicui suddenly realized what was happening, rushed forward a few steps, and almost fell. "Take me with you, please take me with you!"

Without turning his head, An Luo spurred his horse and said, "You stay here and deliver a message to our esteemed head of the Wang family."

"If he wants his beloved to be safe, he will come to the Three Cities alone."

Bicui was terrified. "No! You can't leave me!"

"We made a deal: if I hand her over to you, you have to protect me!"

"You can't break your promise!" said Bicui as she rushed forward to pull at Anluo.

"Crack! Crack!" The bandit next to her swiftly lashed out with two whips, knocking her to the ground.

Then, without a shred of pity, he spat and rode away with the bandits...

By the time Bicui recovered, a horse's forelegs had stopped beside her.

Looking up, she saw Wang Qingyan holding the reins, coldly staring down at her.

......

As Bicui's screams, which were even worse than if her face had been blown up, gradually faded into the distance, Baili Ce's attention was focused on his rapid progress.

"drive!"

"Drive! Drive!"

"Crack! Crack!"

"drive!"

Another night of frantic riding, her face was blown askew, and she kept sniffling while gripping the saddle tightly.

Even though he was already incredibly nervous, An Luoshi still mocked, "Everyone says that the young lady of the Baili family is omnipotent, but it seems that your riding skills aren't that great."

"He's not even as good as a ten-year-old child in my village."

He had only been riding for an hour or so, and he had already almost fallen off his horse seven or eight times. He was truly impressed.

"what......"

Bai Li Ce nearly fell off his horse again, but was pulled back in time by An Luo Shi. He shouted at the top of his lungs, "Big brother, I beg you, just stop for a moment!"

"Just stop and let me adjust my posture, that would be fine!"

"My lumbar disc is about to herniate!"

"No way!" An Luoshi shouted back.

He understood that it was already quite good that a pampered young lady from a noble family like Baili Ce didn't cry.

How could anyone expect her to adapt to such a fast travel speed as they did?

But he dared not stop.

Despite his tough talk, he knew perfectly well that if Wang Qingyan caught up with him before he returned to the Three Cities, he was doomed.

Therefore, apart from stopping twice along the way to change horses and to relieve himself, Anluo did not stop to rest.

They didn't even have time to eat a small pancake.

Even with such reckless speed, they still encountered three ambushes by the Wang family along the way.

However, because Baili Ce was in An Luoshi's hands, the Wang family did not dare to kill him, and the bandits eventually returned to their territory without any serious injury.

Having grown accustomed to traveling at night, they managed to get through it.

Baili Ce, who had been starving for a day and a night and forced to ride a horse for more than ten hours, fainted several times.

When they arrived at the Three Cities, An Luo poured three jugs of water down her throat before she was saved.

"..." The moment she opened her eyes, Baili Ce glanced at the men and women surrounding her, then fainted again.

After passing out, even in her sleep, she kept repeating, "This isn't real, this isn't real..."

......

In the dilapidated house, the doctor removed the gag from Bicui's mouth and gave her the last dose of medicine.

This ensures that even if the person taking the drug suffers extreme torture, they can still linger for a while under the influence of the drug's effects.

"Cough... Pfft... What, what exactly do you want to do?!"

Contrary to her expectations, Wang Qingyan did not torture her the moment he caught her.

Instead, they found someone to treat her injuries.

But this made her even more afraid.

"Go ahead and kill me if you dare, I won't say a word..."

After confirming that her throat had not been affected by the poison, the doctor expressionlessly stuffed the cloth back into her mouth.

After a quick check, he found that her wounds had not festered or worsened, and nodded to the guard who was holding her down.

It means we can set off now.

"Waaah..." Bicui struggled desperately for a few moments before being unsurprisingly grabbed by two guards and thrown into the carriage.

......

On the third day, Baili Ce was awakened by hunger again.

She tossed and turned dozens of times on the bed covered with dry straw, but before the bandits could bring her food, she finally couldn't resist sneaking out of the room to find something to eat.

"Hey, good morning~" An Luoshi greeted her as soon as she stepped out, sitting in a tall haystack.

It seems they already knew she was awake and were deliberately trying to see how long she could hold on.

when?

In just over half an hour, she felt like she was starving to death.

"Hehe, good morning~" But Baili Ce dared not show the slightest dissatisfaction.

The sun was setting overhead, and all around were a large group of rough men and boisterous women brandishing weapons and spouting crude jokes.

Even the toddlers who were urinating and defecating on the ground nearby were holding machetes.

Even with the entire population mobilized for war, this is nothing more than that; how could she dare to act recklessly?

"The young lady's style is quite unique!"

Seeing her standing there like a dandelion that had just woken up, An Luoshi mocked her while whittling bamboo skewers for hunting.

"Huh?" Baili Ce touched his hair... even a chicken coop would be neater than this.

Society is nothing more than this.

But soon, she felt relieved.

Life, huh?

You need to learn to make peace with yourself.

This is a kind of open-mindedness.