Lin Wenqing stood at the door and found that it was not locked, but only slightly ajar.

Through the crack, Lin Wenqing could see that Ah Li was sitting on the bed, with her back to the door.

Lin Wenqing raised his hand and knocked on the door, saying, "I'm coming in."

After entering the house, Lin Wenqing slowly sat down next to Ali. He said, "It's not that I'm going back on my word, nor that I don't want you to go, but the environment there is really bad, and there are barbarians."

"I know, I just can't bear to part with you."

Ah Li also heard Hong Qing say that they were leaving tomorrow. She didn't want to cause trouble with Lin Wenqing at this critical moment. She added, "When the time comes, wherever I go, I'll ask Dad to come with me."

Lin Wenqing reached out and hugged her. She still remembered what he had said that day. He closed his eyes, hugged Ali tightly, and said, "Wife, I believe you."

Even if what happened in that life was true, it has nothing to do with this life.

That night, Lin Wenqing and Ali fell asleep in each other's arms.

The next day, Lin Wenqing and Hongqing left very early.

Ali didn't get up to see him off, and Lin Wenqing didn't call out either.

Before leaving, Lin Wenqing kissed Ali's lips, thinking about their future, and that he would come back alive.

The sound of horses' hooves faded into the distance. Ah Li opened her eyes, pulled the blanket up higher, and covered her head.

After closing the courtyard gate, Old Man Lin glanced at Ali's room and sighed deeply.

Ah Li is pregnant, and he wants to stay home to take care of her; he doesn't plan to go back to the mountain.

In a corner, a little puppy was whimpering; it was the puppy Hongqing had traded a litter of rabbits for.

Hongqing said, "It would be good to have a dog to guard the house."

Ahri is unaware of this matter yet.

Sunrise and sunset, and a month has passed.

The puppy has grown quite a bit, but Ahri's belly hasn't changed much.

However, I did manage to collect a number of embroidered items.

After Ah Li put away the embroidery, she went to find Old Man Lin and asked him to go to town with her.

Old Man Lin tied up the puppy and then went to drive the carriage.

Horse-drawn carriages are much faster than oxcarts.

Before long, we arrived in town.

The embroidery workshop was bustling with activity today.

Tong Meng was busy running around, but as soon as she saw Ali arrive, she came over and said happily, "I've been thinking these past few days that you should come too."

The patterns embroidered by Ali are beautiful, and they sell well.

Just then, someone called out to Tong Meng, and Tong Meng said to Ah Li, "Take it directly to the back warehouse, there are people there."

Ali had come a few times, so Tong Meng felt reassured and let her go to the back warehouse. She then turned around and went to do other things.

Old Man Lin still remembered what happened last time, so he stayed behind the carriage and didn't go inside.

Ahri took the embroidery to the storeroom, both in the front and back.

As soon as Ah Li arrived at the back, an embroiderer rushed over. She glanced at Ah Li and said, "Come with me."

Ahri was still thinking, if she gives the item to this person, she can leave, right?

Why should we let her go?

The embroiderer had a serious expression. She led Ali to the door of the storeroom and said, "Go in."

Why should I go in?

"Wordy."

The embroiderer wasn't very happy, and she pushed Ah Li.

Ah Li wasn't pushed. She looked at the embroiderer in confusion. Why was this person pushing her? Her lower body was perfectly stable.

The embroiderer looked at Ah Li in surprise. Ah Li looked delicate, but she couldn't push her.

At this moment, a person came out of the warehouse. He shook his head, as if enduring pain, and said with a forced smile, "No need, I can hold on."

The man also took out a silver note and handed it to Ali, saying, "You've made a wasted trip, but I'll still give you the money."

"Young Master".

The embroiderer looked at Ye Jun; he was clearly in great pain.

Ah Li glanced at the denomination on the banknote and said, "You may have misunderstood. I came to deliver the embroidery. Manager Tong is busy, so he asked me to bring the embroidery to the warehouse."

Ye Jun glanced at Ah Li and said, "Then give it to me. Has Manager Tong settled the payment for the embroidery?"

"not yet."

"Take her to Steward Tong and have her settle the payment. Tell her that I've seen the goods and they're very good."

After Ye Jun finished speaking to the embroiderer beside him, he took Ah Li's embroidery items into the storeroom.

Let's go.

Ah Li didn't stay there either; she followed the embroiderer to the front.

Just then, a servant led a girl with a veil on her face and the scent of rouge past Ah Li.

Ahri wasn't too curious; she continued on her own path.

In the original owner's life, she first met this young master Ye Jun, and the two developed feelings for each other. Later, when she came to deliver embroidery, she learned that the young master had an accident, so she took the initiative to come to the back warehouse, and the two got together in the warehouse.

Not far away, a lady was sitting in the opposite attic with a sobbing woman, looking towards the storeroom, saying, "She's just a prostitute. When she has a child, we'll just leave the mother there and bring the child over for you to raise..."

Ah Li looked up and saw that the murderers who killed the original owner were...they, and the ones who took the child away were also them.

The woman crying above is Ye Jun's cousin. She is barren and cannot have children or sleep with anyone. She has come to seek refuge with her aunt, who is Ye Jun's mother.

Ye Jun's mother wanted to strengthen the family ties through marriage, hoping that Ye Jun would marry the woman and receive a substantial dowry, which would allow the Ye family's business to reach new heights.

Therefore, they schemed against Ye Jun, and also against the women who were with Ye Jun.

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