Lu Yanqing lowered his eyes, his slightly calloused fingers pinching the worn sachet with its needle tip.

He lowered his eyes.

Wen Nan glanced over. She quickly raised her head.

"This...you?" Wen Nan asked, raising her eyebrows slightly.

The meaning is self-evident.

Wen Nan just saw it. Lu Yanqing originally had a chance to escape, but when he saw the sachet, his legs felt like they were filled with lead.

Among a group of friendly people, Lu Yanqing squeezed in alone; he was there to pick up the sachet.

Zhang Ruyu and Wenzhou City both breathed a sigh of relief.

"You scared me to death! If Sister Nan hadn't come over, Lu Yanqing, you would have been crushed underneath. Your leg was already lame... this crushing would have been terrible." Zhang Ruyu was still shaken. He looked Lu Yanqing up and down and saw that he wasn't even covered in dust, so he finally felt relieved.

Wenzhou City nodded.

"Brother-in-law, if you ever encounter a fight like this in the future, just run away quickly, it's never a bad thing..." The young boy from Wenzhou City shook his head and lectured Lu Yanqing.

Lu Yanqing came to her senses.

"Thank you." Only two words.

But... it all felt a bit strange.

"You two go back first," Wen Nan said, telling Zhang Ruyu and Wenzhou Cheng to go back first.

Wen Nan pulled Lu Yanqing into the woods of Santou Mountain.

The woman was wearing a pale yellow robe, which puzzled Lu Yanqing.

"Do you want to find the owner of this sachet?" Wen Nan tilted her head slightly.

Lu Yanqing traced the familiar stitches with his fingertips. Although so many years had passed, they still remained deep within his memory.

Wen Nan pulled Lu Yanqing through the woods.

The red bridal sedan chair had collapsed on the ground, and the husband's family and the bride's family were arguing endlessly. They even started to engage in civilized interaction because the bride's family had more sisters.

There's no need to even look; the bride must have run away from the wedding.

...But there was nowhere to hide on the flat ground ahead.

The woman, dressed in striking red, had no choice but to hide in the Three Heads Mountain, using the dense foliage to conceal herself.

Only then can they escape with a sliver of hope.

Sure enough, a woman dressed in a bright red wedding gown was hiding behind a tree.

She was exhausted; her chest heaved.

Wen Nan pulled Lu Yanqing over.

Lu Yanqing frowned as he saw the person clearly.

“Miss.” Wen Nan’s voice rang out.

The girl in the bright red dress in front of him suddenly shuddered.

"Who?" the woman asked cautiously.

She was terrified to see Wen Nan and Lu Yanqing, two unfamiliar faces.

Could it be that they sent someone to look for me?

"I've said it before, I won't marry, I'd rather die than marry..." The woman had delicate features, but her voice carried a hint of stubbornness.

Her mother wanted to marry her off to a lousy old man as his second wife. She was so young, why should she marry a stinky old man who was older than her own father?

She didn't want to.

She picked up the hairpin from her hair and pressed it against her neck. Because of the sudden movement, bright red blood was already seeping from her neck.

A heroic sacrifice.

Wen Nan "..."

Suicide without asking questions... what's wrong with him?

"We're not here to arrest you. We just want to ask, is this yours?" Wen Nan tilted his head slightly. The woman's voice was serious.

The woman in the red wedding dress finally raised her head.

She examined the sachet in front of her.

"Yes, it's mine," Du Qianqian replied. But she was unwilling to say anything more.

Wen Nan could tell from Lu Yanqing's expression that this was definitely not the person Lu Yanqing was looking for.

"Where did you get this?" Lu Yanqing's voice was like a mountain stream.

There was a hint of seriousness in his expression.

Du Qianqian swallowed hard.

"Why should I tell you?" She took a few steps back. She had run away from her arranged marriage and hadn't eaten anything since she started dressing up. Apart from her shabby hairpin, she had nothing else.

If she runs away from the wedding... she'll definitely need money.

"You want money?" Wen Nan saw through it at a glance.

Wen Nan reached into her pocket and pulled out a few taels of silver. She didn't hand it over.

First-hand information, first-hand money.

Since Du Qianqian didn't say anything, Wen Nan naturally wouldn't give it to her.

There's nothing wrong with Du Qianqian exchanging her information for money.

Wen Nan had a dagger tucked into his waistband, which he had found at the bottom of a box and often carried when he went hunting in the mountains.

He also used this dagger to kill a python.

But he rarely went hunting after that, and the belt he always wore never came in handy.

Although this dagger looks unremarkable, it is extremely tough and can cut through iron like mud.

Du Qianqian saw the dagger.

Walking through the woods, if there were wild animals... she shuddered and said, "I want that dagger too."

Wen Nan was about to take it off.

"And the hairpin in your hair, I want that too."

Wen Nan pouted.

Anything else is fine, but this won't do.

Lu Yanqing, who was standing next to Wen Nan, reached out and grabbed Wen Nan's wrist.

Du Qianqian opened her mouth wide.

Wen Nantong and Lu Yanqing naturally couldn't just let Du Qianqian do whatever she wanted.

"Never mind, it's not like we have to look for her." Lu Yanqing reached out and grabbed Wen Nan, about to turn around.

Du Qianqian was wearing a bright red wedding dress, and she was so angry that she stomped her foot.

"I need one tael of silver, and that dagger... In the darkness, I'm a woman alone in the woods, I need something to protect myself. Consider this my way of thanking you both." Du Qianqian gritted her teeth slightly; something was better than nothing.

“This sachet is definitely not mine. I found it at the entrance of Junxin Inn, an inn in the city. My family is from the countryside, and I’ve never seen anything so rare before… so I’ve always carried it with me.” Du Qianqian’s words were exactly true.

This chapter is not finished, please click the next page to continue reading!