"People can only blame their bad luck."

Su Miaoyan pondered, "Does this mean that I... have escaped this time?"

Lu Ting gave a low "hmm".

Su Miaoyan breathed a sigh of relief, "I was so scared, I thought we were going to the countryside."

Hearing this, Lu Ting couldn't feel relaxed. Being forced to go to the countryside and being sent to the countryside as an educated youth were two different things.

But instead of saying it outright, he took out a train ticket and handed it over, "The train leaves at 2 PM today. Shall we head out now?"

Both of them tacitly avoided mentioning the missing Su's parents and Su Yuze.

If Lu Ting's guess is correct, Su's parents and Su Miaoyan's younger brother should have already fled.

Su Miaoyan took the ticket, looked up at the words "from Chengdu to Gansu Province, and then from Gansu Province to Xinjiang Province" on it.

Her gaze fell on the man, and she nodded slightly.

"Okay, let's go out."

The guards on the ground died here by "accident," and it had nothing to do with the two women.

Lu Ting pushed open the door and walked out of the Su family villa.

Su Miaoyan stopped in her tracks, looking at the home she had lived in for over forty years in both her past and present lives.

A resolute glint flashed in his eyes, and then he turned and left without looking back.

Just as she stepped out of the iron fence gate of the courtyard, Su Miaoyan seemed to remember something and said softly, "Lu Ting, I want to go and see what's next door."

It's only a little past ten o'clock now, and the bus departs at two o'clock in the afternoon. There's plenty of time to stop for a while longer.

Lu Ting had no objection, "Okay."

Seeing that he agreed but stood still, Su Miaoyan looked at him in confusion, "Aren't you coming with me?"

Lu Ting stiffened slightly and turned his head unnaturally, like a poplar tree with messy branches standing guard in the northwestern desert.

He said in a deep voice, "Follow."

Su Miaoyan's dimples appeared at the corners of her mouth, and her dress swayed from side to side, like a thorny flower blooming in the desert.

"Okay, let's go next door first."

Lu Ting gave a low "hmm".

The capitalist villas of Rongcheng are scattered throughout the city, and different leaders and guards have been sent to each area to guard them. If Su Miaoyan remembers correctly, in her previous life, after she suffered torture, there was a girl next door who suffered an even worse fate than her.

Perhaps out of compassion, or perhaps because of her own miserable situation in her past life, Su Miaoyan wanted to see if there was such a person next door.

She and Lu Ting had barely stepped into the villa when they heard a soft sobbing sound.

From far to near.

Su Miaoyan and Lu Ting exchanged a surprised glance, kicked away the shards of glass that had fallen to their feet, and slowly walked toward the source of the sound.

A woman in a silk nightgown was seen squatting on the spot, sobbing with her head in her hands.

She was also holding a doll in her arms.

Seemingly because she heard the noise, the woman slowly raised her head, revealing a face streaked with tears amidst her disheveled hair.

Upon not seeing her parents, Shang Yunyun's initial joy vanished instantly.

She wiped away her tears and took a wary step back. "Who are you?!"

Overnight, after just one night's sleep, her parents, who usually doted on her, disappeared.

Shang Yunyun thought they had just gone out to run some errands, but as soon as she came downstairs, she saw a mess on the ground.

A letter was hidden among the shattered porcelain shards.

Shang Yunyun read through the text quickly, almost in disbelief, and learned everything that had happened.

But she still held onto a last glimmer of hope.

Su Miaoyan sighed. The person in front of her was too similar to herself in her previous life.

She began, "I am Su Miaoyan, the eldest daughter of your neighbor, the Su family. This gentleman next to me is my husband, Lu Ting."

She continued, "Judging from your expression, you probably already know the truth. Whether you believe it or not, I've come to inform you that your parents have most likely already left Rongcheng, and the people settling scores with are in the Su family villa."

"While no new guards are arriving yet, you'd better get out of here quickly, as far away as possible."

Shang Yunyun was stunned. She wasn't stupid; what he meant was...

The eldest daughter of the Su family in front of her had also encountered the same situation?

Her eyes darted frantically over every inch of the mess on the ground, and she quickly made a decision.

Looking at Su Miaoyan, he said, "I understand, thank you."

Su Miaoyan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that this eldest daughter of the Shang family was not blindly filial.

She nodded. "As for how to escape, I can't help you. I can only come and let you know. The rest is up to you."

She's not a saint; she won't help people unconditionally to the very end.

Shang Yunyun gave her a grateful look. "Thank you, I understand what you mean."

Capitalists value profit above all else.

Shang Yunyun and Su Miaoyan both grew up in an environment of capitalism, so how could they not understand this?

"Okay, I'm leaving now. You should pack your things and go too."

"Okay!" Shang Yunyun turned and went to her room.

Having finished her task, Su Miaoyan left without looking back.

But the huge weight that had been pressing on his heart slowly lifted with the woman's reply.

Even though it was only their first meeting, Su Miaoyan had a premonition that she and this young lady from the Shang family might meet again in the future.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Seeing that she was distracted, Lu Ting asked in a deep voice.

Su Miaoyan snapped out of her reverie. "It's nothing. I was just wondering, the road to Xinjiang is so far, do you always take the same train?"

Lu Ting replied softly, "Yes, but there are very few family visit leave in the military. It's only once a year."

"Oh, okay." Su Miaoyan then asked, "When can I meet my parents?"

Lu Ting was taken aback. After realizing who her parents were, he said in a deep voice, "We should be able to see them during the Chinese New Year this year."

It's May now, and there are still more than half a year until the Chinese New Year. Su Miaoyan thought that it would be a long time before they saw each other again.

"Okay, then I'll go back with you during the Spring Festival. Shall we go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things now?"

The journey from Chengdu to Xinjiang takes three days. Su Miaoyan glanced at the ticket and breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness it wasn't a hard seat; if it were, she would have...

Seemingly noticing her relieved expression, Lu Ting unconsciously curled his lips into a smile. "My superiors knew I was getting married, so they went out of their way to buy me a hard sleeper ticket."

Su Miaoyan blushed.

"Then, do they know that your wife is a capitalist's daughter?"

Lu Ting's narrow eyes fell on the top of her head.

Su Miaoyan realized what was happening.

Yes, their marriage application and her application to accompany her to the military were both approved by their superiors. How could their superiors not know her identity?

Su Miaoyan awkwardly put her hands behind her back and looked at the supply and marketing cooperative not far away as if to change the subject.

"We've arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative. Let's go in quickly."

Before Lu Ting could answer, Su Miaoyan had already walked into the supply and marketing cooperative.

A smile appeared on Lu Ting's face as he followed him inside.

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