In the darkness under the carriage, a figure holding a lantern walked towards the carriage accompanied by several tall and strong soldiers.

"Master Cen." The city guard who was blocking the carriage moved aside to make way for the people behind him. "It's so late, and they insist on leaving the city."

The person who came was none other than Cen Jiaan!

Liang Yuyu was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Call him a friend, but this is Cen Jiaan. If he saw me, he might just strangle her in her cradle."

"You could say he's an enemy. After all, according to the plot, it would be many years before Cen Jiaan and I turned against each other. He wouldn't stand by and watch him die now, right?"

While Liang Yuyu was thinking, Cen Jiaan had already started negotiating with the coachman under the carriage.

"Something happened in the city today. No one can leave the city. Even if you have a big problem, go back."

The driver looked at Cen Jiaan's youth with disdain: "Hey, who is this young master? He's still playing house here so late. If he doesn't go back to bed, he might not grow tall in the future."

"How dare you!" the soldier shouted angrily. "This is Minister Cen's adopted son, Master Cen, and he's patrolling the city gates on Minister Cen's orders."

Upon hearing this, the driver's contemptuous expression immediately subsided. "So it's Master Cen. My apologies. Look, we're just ordinary people. Even if there's chaos in the city, what does it have to do with us? Please be kind and let us pass."

As the driver spoke, he came forward inconspicuously, took out a silver ingot, and actually stuffed the silver ingot into Cen Jiaan's hand in full view of everyone.

Cen Jiaan lowered his head and stared at the thing in his hand, raised his eyebrows slightly, paused for a few seconds, and then half-opened his eyelids and looked at the driver: "What do you mean by this?"

"A little filial piety does not amount to respect."

The driver grinned with a flattering smile.

Liang Yuyu heard it clearly in the carriage.

She bit her pink lips so hard that her teeth almost made them bleed.

[Cen Jiaan, you should not be so greedy at such a young age.]

[Stretch your head and look to see who is in the carriage!]

Liang Yuyu was so anxious that she was running around in circles. After thinking it over, she simply started to howl at the top of her lungs.

Unfortunately, she had no tears, so instead of crying out loud, she burped.

"Burp~"

The people under the carriage heard the sound of milk gurgling and looked in the direction of the carriage at the same time.

Cen Jiaan glanced at the silver ingots and frowned slightly: "Who is in the carriage?"

"It's my own child."

"Child?" Cen Jiaan raised his chin. "Open it and take a look."

The soldiers standing behind him also took up their positions, pointing the tips of their spears at the driver.

The moonlight shone on the sharp tip of the spear, emitting a chilling light.

The driver subconsciously raised his hands and instinctively took a few steps back.

His throat rolled and his nervous eyes darted back and forth at the tips of the spears.

After a long while, the driver managed to force a smile: "Yes."

He carefully lifted the curtain.

Cen Jiaan cautiously walked around the coachman, came to the side of the carriage, glanced at the coachman, then leaned out slightly and looked at the carriage.

The pair of dark pupils appeared in front of Liang Yuyu.

She waved her arms and kicked her legs back and forth.

【Cen Jiaan, it’s me! 】

【do you remember me? 】

Liang Yuyu remembered that her little mouth opened and closed, making babbling sounds, and she was almost about to speak.

Seeing this, the fat man hurriedly picked up the swaddling clothes, pressed Liang Yuyu's tender face with his rough hands, and pressed her into his arms. He also patted her back twice, but pretended to coax Liang Yuyu: "Be good, don't cry, don't cry, we will go home soon."

As he spoke, the fat man looked at Cen Jiaan and smiled flatteringly: "Young Master, can we go now?"

Liang Yuyu twisted left and right, struggling constantly.

[Cen Jiaan, look at me.]

For the first time, she discovered that being a human being was difficult, and being a baby was even more difficult.

It is extremely difficult to be a conscious baby who wants to save himself.

Liang Yuyu put her hands on the fat man's chest and tilted her head back hard, wanting Cen Jiaan to see her face clearly.

However, before Liang Yuyu could struggle successfully, the light that came in through the curtain gradually disappeared.

Instead, there was pitch darkness inside the carriage.

Liang Yuyu clearly felt that the fat man's stiff back relaxed a little.

In retaliation, he pinched Liang Yuyu's waist hard, causing her to cry out in pain.

At the same time, Cen Jiaan's voice came from under the carriage: "Let them go."

The coachman thanked Cen Jiaan repeatedly, supported himself with one hand, jumped onto the carriage, and was about to leave.

[Cen Jiaan, you are such a jinx! ]

[This is killing me. Now, my career as the eldest daughter of the Liang family is probably over.]

Hearing the creaking sound of the carriage moving slowly forward, Liang Yuyu completely gave up struggling, tilted her head, and fell casually into the fat man's arms.

[Forget it! Let's just leave it to fate.]

[No matter what my future holds, I will hate Cen Jiaan for the rest of my life.]

[Yes! For a lifetime.]

The city gate slowly opened.

The carriage drove through the deep gate of the city.

Suddenly, Cen Jiaan's cold voice came from behind the carriage: "Close the city gate!"

The soldiers defending the city didn't understand why Cen Jiaan suddenly went crazy.

But since he had already said that, the soldiers did not dare to delay and quickly closed the inner city gate.

"Send someone to inform the Liang Mansion that their young lady has been found."

Before the city gate closed, Liang Yuyu heard Cen Jiaan's cold voice giving instructions to the soldiers around him.

What followed was a flurry of conversation between the driver and the fat man.

"What young lady? Didn't you say the child was absolutely safe?" The fat man was so anxious that he lifted the curtain and angrily scolded the driver.

The driver also looked bewildered. "I don't know either. Sister Hong said she found the child on West Street. Why would the young lady from the Liang Mansion go to a place like that? I thought it was a brothel girl who had given birth and didn't want the child anymore."

The fat man turned around and glanced at Liang Yuyu, then raised his hand and slapped the driver in the face: "Stupid thing! Which prostitute's child can be raised so preciously?"

Liang Yuyu smacked her lips and rolled her eyes.

"Please, big brother, that's not what you said when you were about to leave the city with me in your arms."

"What should we do now?" The driver was in a panic, not knowing what to do.

The fat man suddenly turned his head away, his sinister eyes falling on Liang Yuyu: "In this case, we can only give it a try. As long as this child is still in our hands, we don't have to worry about the Liang Mansion not letting us leave the city."

After he finished speaking, the fat man leaned close to the driver's ear, and the two of them whispered something to each other.

Liang Yuyu couldn't hear clearly, so she had to give up.

Time passes by every second.

Soon, the city gate opened again.

Liang Yuyu heard Shen Yuexi's worried voice: "What have you done to my sweet baby?"