Besides panic, Li Ci felt a surge of hatred. Her peaceful life had been turned upside down; how could she not hate it?

She ignored the whispers and hurried towards the train station with her handbag on her back.

Qi Bowen must have gone to find her. Qi Feng and his group plotted to make her leave Beijing, they must have been planning to take action against him.

He must still be in Sichuan Province. Li Ci doesn't know exactly where he is, so he can only go there first and see what happens.

Her cousin probably doesn't know that she and her father have fallen out. Even if she's heard a little bit about it, she can just say that her father is just being stubborn with her.

Who would have thought that he could truly disown his own daughter, who was also his only biological daughter? Only her father, who was so clueless, could do that.

He relied on an outsider son-in-law and a rough country bumpkin, yet he drove the two most promising people in his family out of the house. He'll regret it later.

"Comrade, there's no direct train to Sichuan Province; you have to transfer. Are you still going to take it?"

The train station ticket seller wasn't exactly friendly towards the woman in front of her, who was wearing a headscarf and only had a pair of menacing eyes showing.

"Why isn't there even a direct route? Isn't there a private car?" Li Ci frowned.

She had never worried about these things before; Qi Feng would arrange everything no matter where she went.

Last time they went to Sichuan Province, the driver took them for part of the journey before they finally boarded the train. She didn't care about anything along the way.

She had taken the train before, but she had never heard of having to transfer!

"A private car? How about we arrange for you to ride in a fighter jet? Buy it or don't, if you don't want to, get lost." The man was amused by her words.

Does she think the train station is her home? Did she even book a private shuttle for her?

"You..." Li Ci wanted to say something, but she saw that many people were looking over and urging her to hurry up.

She was afraid of incurring public wrath, and also afraid that if someone recognized her, it would be even more embarrassing, so she angrily bought a ticket and left.

My legs were numb from standing at the station until they finally told me to board. This time, Qi Feng was nowhere to be seen, busy running around like he had last time.

For some reason, Li Ci suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

Once on the train, she saw the dirty blankets and sheets on the hard sleeper berth and realized that they wouldn't clean themselves.

No wonder Qi Feng always carries large bags of things when he goes out; everything he carries is useful, even when she can't see it.

Li Ci sat on the dirty, smelly sheets, staring blankly out the window.

Qi Feng treated her so well, he loved her so much, yet he wanted to divorce her for that man from the countryside. It was all that man's fault.

Li Ci hated that person even more. She hadn't brought anything with her; she bought all her food and drinks on the way to the car.

She lived several decades longer than Qi Bowen and had endured much hardship, so she knew the importance of keeping one's wealth hidden.

She ignored everyone who tried to talk to her along the way.

She sewed the money into her inner pocket, put away her watch, and kept only a few ten-yuan bills and some receipts for her pocket money.

She carried mostly clothes; as long as she had money and receipts, she could buy anything else anywhere.

Without Qi Feng's protection, she didn't dare to sleep on the way. Qi Feng had told her before that there were many kidnappers on the bus.

But she forgot that even kidnappers have to be careful. What would they do with someone her age? Take her back to be someone's mother?

Halfway through the journey, she was notified to transfer to another train. Li Ci squeezed off the train again, and after all the trouble, she felt like she was about to fall apart.

When they finally arrived in Sichuan Province, Li Ci almost burst into tears. No matter how careful she was, the money she had left in her outer pocket was still stolen.

She was even angrier. If Qi Feng were here, with his imposing presence, who would dare to approach her?

Li Ci walked listlessly through the streets of the provincial capital of Sichuan. She had been here recently and was quite familiar with the area.

She took the tram directly to the steel plant in the provincial capital. It was the start time for the factory workers, and many female workers were chatting on the tram.

Li Ci didn't know if Qi Bowen was here, and she was thinking about how to talk to her cousin later.

"Hey, have you heard? Our factory manager's grandson has found a girlfriend." Several people sitting next to Li Ci chatted together.

"He's not a grandson, he's a great-grandson, is he?" Several people chimed in with their own opinions.

"Wasn't his daughter supposed to be a son-in-law who would move in with the family? And the child even has the factory manager's surname, isn't that just being a grandson?"

Hearing what they were saying, Li Ci guessed that they were talking about her cousin's family.

My cousin had three sons before finally having a precious daughter, but this daughter was in poor health.

Her family couldn't bear to see her marry into another family and suffer, so they eventually found her a distant relative from the countryside, her cousin's husband.

He was very handsome and treated his cousin very well. The two had a child together, and he cherished the child like the apple of his eye.

Li Ci thought they were talking about her cousin's child, but her aunt hadn't mentioned it last time she came!

After getting off the car, she went directly to the steel factory's residential compound. The Zheng family was bustling with activity, and everyone was surprised to see Li Ci.

"Xiao Ci, why are you back?" Li Ci's cousin, Li Miao, glanced at her niece, feeling a real headache coming on.

"Does my aunt not welcome me?" Li Ci stared intently at the woman, afraid to see the disdain in her eyes, and even more afraid that she would find out about what happened in Beijing.

"How could that be? I just went back a few days ago. Is there something urgent that you've come for?" Li Miao welcomed the person in.

He gave the rest of the family a meaningful look, knowing that the marriage negotiations were off today.

"I'm here to see Bowen. Has he come to see you?" Li Ci didn't mince words; she wasn't here to see them.

“Bowen? We haven’t seen him.” Li Miao was taken aback. Why would her precious child come looking for them?

As they were talking, Li Miao's husband, Zheng Kangye, entered the room. He was taken aback when he saw Li Ci's figure, but then he looked at her warmly.

"Xiao Ci is here?" Zheng Kangye had heard about some things happening in Beijing, but they were too far from Beijing.

Aside from a few people who went there on business trips and heard some rumors, no one called to tell them about it.

I heard that Qi Bowen's identity is questionable, and that the old marshal is angry and wants to sever ties with his only daughter.

He just listened to it. She's his only daughter. If he cuts ties with her, is he planning to be all alone?

"Xiao Ci is here to see Bo Wen, could you help her look for him?" Li Miao just wanted to get rid of her as soon as possible.

"Xiao Ci, what exactly happened between you and your dad? And is what happened with Bowen really true?"

Even if Zheng Kangye didn't believe it, he still wanted to find out what had happened in between.

"That's not true. I don't know who said Bowen wasn't my biological son. Bowen got angry and ran away from home. My dad got confused and actually believed those people."

"I'm thinking of finding the blog post first, and then explaining things to my dad properly."

Seeing their expressions, Li Ci knew they hadn't heard the news yet, which was great.