Ye Xiaohui was not afraid of her father. Because her two older daughters were disobedient, Ye Shiqing inevitably doted on his younger daughter more.

"What's wrong with him? My older sister survived, so why can't I marry him?"

Ye Shiqing felt a lump in his throat when he thought of his eldest daughter, who had never cared about his family over the years, and his second daughter, who never came home except for holidays.

He did go too far back then, but as a daughter, couldn't she just lower her head and apologize? Did she have to make her father admit his mistake first?

Most importantly, despite living in the same village for so many years, she has never come back to see him, and has even claimed to the outside world that they have severed ties and that he has long since abandoned this daughter.

This Dong Yuxuan is no good either. He caused his father and daughter to separate, and now he's harming his youngest daughter.

"No, you can marry anyone, just not him."

Ye Xiaohui also became stubborn, "I want to marry him. No one else can compare to him. He is not only good-looking, but also holds an official position. I don't care, I just want to marry him."

Ye Shiqing was so angry that he smashed his rice bowl and didn't eat for two days.

“Get her engaged immediately. If she brings it up again, she can disown me as her father.”

Ye Li burst into tears. What sins had she committed? One, two, three of them were like this.

Ye Xiaohui was confined to her home; she couldn't go anywhere.

"Sister, stop being so temperamental. Quickly apologize to Father. If this continues, he'll marry you off soon."

When Ye Xianwen brought food to his sister, he offered some words of advice.

"What's so good about that Dong Yuxuan? He's getting on in years. Wang Daniu is much better. He's already come to propose marriage, and the betrothal gifts alone are twenty taels of silver."

Ye Xiaohui felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

"What? You're going to give me twenty taels? Father, that's too much! I don't want to marry him."

Ye Xiaohui rolled her eyes and began to speak softly to her twin brother.

"Brother, open the door, I need to go out for some fresh air. I'm so bored staying at home. I'll go apologize to Father right now."

Ye Xianwen was overjoyed and quickly opened the door.

"Little sister, don't follow the example of your eldest and second eldest sisters. Father would never harm you."

Ye Xiaohui pouted. She didn't want to listen to anyone. She knew exactly what kind of person Wang Daniu was. In any case, he was no better than Dong Yuxuan.

Ye Xiaohui used the excuse of needing to freshen up and get ready to send Ye Xianwen away. She then began packing her things.

As the storybooks say, traveling thousands of miles together is such a romantic thing. Although they are not separated by thousands of miles, Brother Dong will surely understand her heart.

In the middle of the night, Ye Xiaohui left home carrying a package. She was going to find her Brother Dong and be with him.

Dong Yuxuan was also thinking about Ye Xiaohui. This girl was obviously interested in him, but unfortunately she wasn't Ye Xiaoli.

"Clap clap clap..."

When Dong Yuxuan opened the door, he was surprised to see Ye Xiaohui.

"Xiaohui, what brings you here?"

Ye Xiaohui threw herself into Dong Yuxuan's arms. It was so dark on the road, and she was really scared.

"Brother Dong, I'm so scared, it's so dark outside."

Just as Dong Yuxuan was about to comfort her, Dong Wangshi's voice came from behind him.

"What are you doing? This is outrageous!"

Ye Xiaohui felt a little embarrassed; it was quite shameful that her future mother-in-law had seen her like that.

"Mother, let's go inside and talk about it."

Dong Yuxuan couldn't leave the person outside, so he had to bring them inside.

Madam Dong sighed. She recognized the girl; she was the youngest daughter of the Ye family. How did her Dong family end up so entangled with the Ye family?

"How could you run out like this? Xuan'er, quickly take him back, don't let anyone find out."

When Madam Dong heard what had happened, she felt contempt. This young girl was too reckless. Running off to become a concubine without any status or title, what kind of nonsense was that?

“I’m not going back. I want to stay with Brother Dong. My father wants to marry me off to Wang Daniu. I’d rather die than do that.”

Dong Yuxuan felt a surge of emotion. Back then, Ye Shiqing had done the same, rejecting his marriage proposal and wanting to find another suitable husband for his daughter.

In a moment of desperation, he came up with a terrible idea, which ultimately led to Ye Xiaoli being drowned and him fleeing to a distant place.

Now, Ye Xiaohui bravely rebels and says she wants to marry him; such a girl is rare in this world.

How could he let her down?

"I'll take you home, and I'll propose to your father. Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Ye Xiaohui nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to Brother Dong."

The two returned to the Ye family that night. When Ye Shiqing learned that Ye Xiaohui had escaped from the Ye family that night, he went to find Dong Yuxuan and was so angry that he kicked Ye Xiaohui out of the house.

"Get out of here! From now on, you're no longer my daughter. What a disgrace to our family..."

Xiao Li silently watched the spectacle, nodding inwardly. This was the same old-fashioned Ye Shiqing.

Ye Xiaohui is going to challenge her father's bottom line. Dong Yuxuan no longer holds a high-ranking official position, so this bottom line is not so easy to cross.

The reason they were able to be together in their previous life was largely due to Dong Yuxuan's position as a general. Ye Shiqing was just a scholar, and he could not compete with a general.

But now Dong Yuxuan is just an ordinary citizen, and Ye Shiqing will not agree to their relationship for the sake of his reputation.

Ye Shiqing immediately wrote a letter severing ties with Ye Xiaohui and kicked her out.

Ye Xiaohui, carrying the package, followed Dong Yuxuan back to the Dong family. Along the way, she was both angry and heartbroken. Why was it that when her second sister said she wouldn't get married, it was fine, but when she said she wouldn't get married, she was kicked out of the house?

Dong Yuxuan was also very uncomfortable. Ye Shiqing had gone too far. Did she look down on him? She had refused his marriage proposals twice, preferring to sever ties rather than become family with him.

"Brother Dong, you're all I have from now on, so please don't bully me."

Ye Xiaohui took Dong Yuxuan's hand and acted coquettishly with slightly red eyes.

Dong Yuxuan felt a pang of sympathy; it was truly admirable that she, a little girl, was so brave.

"Don't worry, I will definitely treat you well in the future."

Dong Yuxuan rented a small courtyard in the county and settled Ye Xiaohui there. A month later, he welcomed her into his home, and the two got married.

Madam Dong was very dissatisfied. Although she couldn't go against her son's wishes and arranged the marriage for the two, her daughter-in-law had no family to rely on, and she always felt a thorn in her side.

She always acts and speaks with a temper, and the relationship between her and her mother-in-law is very tense.

On the first day of their marriage, she made her daughter-in-law cook, clean, and feed the pigs and chickens...

"Daughter-in-law, hurry up and wash the vegetables, we're about to start cooking."

"Daughter-in-law, sweep the yard..."

"Daughter-in-law, go and cut the pig feed. The pigs have nothing to eat."

"Daughter-in-law, why haven't you fed the chickens yet? What if they don't lay eggs tomorrow?"

"Daughter-in-law..."

Ye Xiaohui was kept on her toes, with no time to rest.

Ye Xiaohui wiped her sweat. She felt wronged, but Dong Yuxuan had gone to the county office early in the morning and wasn't home at all, which was why this old woman dared to torment her like this.

When Brother Dong comes back, let's see how she complains.