Bao Ning packed up all the gifts and other small items in two hours, and took a sheep, a dog, and Madam Liu to the manor in Lihu.

Madam Liu's indenture was in her hand, and Bao Ning didn't want to take her with him, but after thinking about it, he realized that the journey was long and it would be dangerous for her to go alone, and more people would provide more protection.

Bao Ning didn't call for the carriage in the general's mansion, and they left through the back door at dawn. Madam Liu found a familiar driver, and the group left quietly, and no one knew.

...

Pei Yuan slept at Wei Meng's place that night.

Two grown men squeezed into a small bed, and it was impossible to sleep. Pei Yuan had something on his mind and couldn't fall asleep. Wei Meng was snoring again, which made him even more unable to sleep. He tossed and turned for half a night and kicked Wei Meng to the ground.

"There are enemies!" Wei Meng woke up immediately, pulled out the sword under the pillow, and looked around vigilantly.

Pei Yuan looked at him solemnly. After a long while, Wei Meng finally reacted to what had just happened. He yawned and wanted to complain, but seeing Pei Yuan's depressed look, he didn't dare to say anything. He sullenly hugged the quilt and spread it on the ground: "Hurry up and go to bed, it will be dawn soon."

Pei Yuan said: "I can't sleep."

Wei Meng was sleepy and perfunctorily said: "Then drink some more wine, that thing helps you sleep."

Pei Yuan's face was not very good.

Wei Meng suddenly remembered that Pei Yuan had come home drunk and was kicked out, so he slept with him.

"..." Wei Meng sighed and sat up, "Then tell me what happened."

Pei Yuan also sat up, clenched his fists and placed them on his knees: "I can't say it."

How could he say this? He said he saw his wife having a tryst with someone else, and he went to question her, but was slapped in the face? It was a great humiliation!

The more Pei Yuan thought about it, the angrier he became. He suddenly jumped up, grabbed Wei Meng's sword and was about to walk out: "I'm going to kill him!"

"Young general, it's the middle of the night, who are you going to kill!" Wei Meng was shocked and quickly hugged Pei Yuan around the waist, "Calm down!"

Pei Yuan's eyes were fierce, "I'm not calm at all, I can't be calm, I must kill that beast tonight!"

"Come on, come on, what the hell happened." Wei Meng sighed, knowing that he would not be able to sleep tonight. He pulled Pei Yuan to sit on the ground and opened two bottles of wine, "Can you say something, brother will enlighten you."

Pei Yuan's face was dark blue, he sat there with gritted teeth, still without saying a word.

Wei Meng whispered, "It's really a lot of work for a skinny donkey to pull a hard shit. I don't know how your wife can bear it. If it were me, I would have slapped her long ago."

Pei Yuan heard it clearly, and turned his head to look at him with a grim look in his eyes.

Wei Meng shuddered. He felt that if he said one more word, Pei Yuan would rush over and tear him apart.

Wei Meng sighed and was about to say something, but suddenly saw Pei Yuan's face and held back his words.

With the moonlight, he could see the wound on Pei Yuan's face. It was swollen and red from Bao Ning's slap, and there were blood marks from the scratches of his nails. It was obvious that he had been ruthless, and that half of his face was swollen.

Wei Meng took a breath of cool air: "Did your wife really hit you?"

He recalled Bao Ning's delicate appearance. She looked like a weak girl, but she had a good temper. Why did she hit her so hard?

Pei Yuan couldn't bear it anymore. He punched the bedpost, and the whole bed shook a few times. He shouted: "What a shame!"

He was desperate and didn't care about his face. He briefly recounted what happened today to Wei Meng, skipping the part where Bao Ning hit him.

"...I slammed the door and walked out. I swore that unless she came to beg me, I would never step into her door again!"

"I can't understand it. I treated her so well. It was her who was blamed for this. If it was someone else, I don't know how many times he would have died! But she doesn't think of my kindness at all. Even if she shed a few tears with me and begged for mercy, I wouldn't do this. She means so much to me. I know that no matter what she does, I won't do anything to her. But she is so stubborn..."

Pei Yuan was still drunk and kept chattering. He couldn't stop talking once he started. He said more in one night than he usually said to Wei Meng in a month.

Wei Meng couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted him: "Young general, I just want to ask you one question, how did you determine that the young lady must have done that?"

Pei Yuan was stunned.

Wei Meng said, "I have lived for nearly thirty years and have seen countless people. Based on my observation of the young lady, she would not do it. Did you misunderstand something? Have you asked her?"

Pei Yuan pursed his lips.

He didn't ask, and he didn't dare to ask. He was afraid of hearing something he didn't want to hear from Bao Ning. In fact, from the beginning of the incident, he never thought about asking Bao Ning what was going on.

He seemed to be deliberately avoiding, or he trusted his own eyes and judgment too much.

Or maybe he was not confident, not about Bao Ning, but about himself.

Sometimes he would wonder, what made Bao Ning recognize him? Bao Ning was so good, and how could he be worthy of her? She married him in an improper way and was forced. So, if one day she doesn't want to be like this anymore and wants to leave, what should she do?

Meng Fan's appearance just happened to hit Pei Yuan's weakness. Just one picture was enough to make him lose his mind and lose his troops.

It wasn't until Wei Meng mentioned it that Pei Yuan suddenly had an idea. What if Bao Ning really didn't do it and he had wronged her?

Pei Yuan felt like he was going crazy.

Wei Meng took a sip of wine, patted Pei Yuan on the shoulder and said, "I think what the young lady said is quite right. Husbands and wives should be honest and speak their minds. Young general, you have always been a fierce and aggressive person. Why are you so angry about this matter? To put it bluntly, it's just a matter of one sentence. Look at you... you are useless and you still act like a spoiled child in front of others."

Pei Yuan's eyes fell on Wei Meng's wine bowl. Wei Meng was frightened by his look and put the bowl to his mouth: "Want a sip?"

Pei Yuan was stunned for a while, and suddenly said, "I regret it."

"What do you regret?"

"That night, when I saw the hairpin, I should have asked her directly." Pei Yuan murmured to himself, "I was suspicious. Baoning was right. I am narrow-minded and thoughtful. A few sticks can't make me fart..."

Wei Meng almost spit out a mouthful of wine: "The young lady said you can't fart?"

He smacked his lips: "Impossible, the young lady looks educated, how can she say such vulgar things."

Pei Yuan snatched the wine pot beside him and tilted his head to drink it into his mouth.

After drinking, he wiped his mouth, his eyes became clearer, and he repeated: "I should have asked her directly! No, I shouldn't have distrusted her. Don't I know what kind of person Bao Ning is? What is there to doubt? Just a simple trivial matter, two disgusting little tricks, and we have been tortured into this state! I should have figured it out long ago!"

"That's right!" Wei Meng patted his thigh, "It's good that you have figured it out."

He looked at the sky outside. It was dawn and the sun was about to come out.

Wei Meng was so sleepy that his eyelids were glued together. He wanted to get Pei Yuan away quickly so that he could have a good sleep. He pointed at the door and said, "Young general, go home quickly and talk things over with the young lady. Apologize. The young lady has a good temper. You can coax her. Once she is happy, she will forgive you immediately."

Pei Yuan threw the empty space aside and stood up excitedly. Just as he was about to take a step, he suddenly remembered the nonsense he had said to Bao Ning.

What did he say? He said they were a bunch of dogs and wild men. Later, he drank too much and ran to Bao Ning and shamelessly said that he wanted to take a concubine.

Pei Yuan suddenly felt like dying.

Wei Meng watched him standing there for a while. Instead of going to the door, he went to the bed and lay down again.

Wei Meng was shocked: "Why don't you leave yet?"

"I drank too much, my brain is numb, let me take a nap." Pei Yuan lay on his back on the bed with his eyes closed.

He would not tell Wei Meng that he did not dare to go back, it was too embarrassing. Bao Ning was usually good-tempered, but even Pei Yuan was afraid of him when he got angry. When Pei Yuan thought of the slap he received, he felt his heart and lungs ache. He said those nonsense, how could he make up for it?

Would he be beaten again?

Didn't he also say that if he went back to find her, he would be a dog?

Pei Yuan backed down again. He was thinking in his heart how he could get back a little in front of Bao Ning.

He now believed that it was a misunderstanding, but Bao Ning couldn't prove it, right? He could have just put on a show, said some tolerant words, and expressed his loyalty. What does it mean? Even if you can't prove that you didn't do it, I will still choose to believe you. Will Baoning be touched?

She is so soft-hearted.

Pei Yuan had wild thoughts in his mind and comforted himself.

He didn't know that during the time he was hesitating, Baoning had already left the general's mansion with his belongings and went somewhere else.

...

The two drank for half a night and had a hangover. The next day, they were awakened by a violent knock on the door at noon.

A weak female voice called from outside: "Fourth Prince, Fourth Prince, are you in there?"

Pei Yuan rubbed his swollen forehead and kicked Wei Meng to open the door.

Wei Meng cursed, staggered to the door, and pulled the door handle back. A sturdy figure suddenly appeared in front of Qiu Lingyan. She was startled and took a step back, almost falling down.

"Seventh Miss?" Wei Meng looked at her in surprise, "What are you doing here?"

Qiu Lingyan didn't want to explain to him. She tiptoed to look into the room and saw Pei Yuan sleeping with his back to her. She pushed Wei Meng aside and ran over, kneeling down with a thump.

"Fourth Prince, I know I was wrong. Please go find my sister!"

Pei Yuan was startled by her miserable voice. He sat up suddenly and looked at the little girl he had only met once in confusion: "What do you mean?"

Qiu Lingyan cried and told Pei Yuan everything that happened yesterday. Finally, she covered her face and said, "It's my fault. I shouldn't have done such a wrong thing and made you like this. I thought about it all night last night and I was scared. If you really have a rift because of this, what should I do? I'm sorry to Sister Baoning..."

Pei Yuan slept in his clothes last night, and now his clothes are just wrinkled. He patiently listened to Qiu Lingyan's words. The more he listened, the more he felt that he was crazy, stupid and unforgivable yesterday. How could he be deceived by two women's tricks that can't even be called a scheme? She also said so many hurtful words to Bao Ning!

Qiu Lingyan fell to the ground and cried. Pei Yuan stood up and walked around her, and walked out quickly: "I'm going back to find her now."

"Sister is gone!" Qiu Lingyan turned around and pulled his pants. "The house is empty, Ah Huang is gone, Ah Mian is gone, everything is gone, even the flowers under the window are gone... She took everything away."

Pei Yuan was shocked: "What!"