"Put it back right now!" Ji Yuan shouted sharply, threw off the covers, got out of bed, and dragged Ji Qingyu toward the door.
"Brother! What are you doing!" Ji Qingyu forcefully broke free from Ji Yuan's grip on his arm and growled angrily at him.
"Have you really been bewitched by that woman? I saw it all at the dinner table today. She's clearly biased. Why would you rather suffer than stay with her?"
As Ji Qingyu spoke, she looked at Ji Yuan with a pained expression.
"You were just dumped by that heartless woman, and it hasn't been that long, yet you so easily trust another woman."
Her kindness towards you is only temporary. What will you do once the novelty wears off? Are you just going to sit and wait to be sold off again?
"Shut up, Yu-ge'er! Don't bring up the past anymore. You don't understand your wife at all!" Hearing this, Ji Yuan's anger outweighed his fear of the secret contract being discovered.
Ji Qingyu was excited, and her voice rose accordingly.
"I may not know her well, but you've only been with her for a short time. How can you possibly know her so well?"
"Now that I have the contract of indenture, our fate is in our own hands. We don't have to live in constant fear, and you don't have to rack your brains to please that woman at every turn."
Wouldn't it be better to find a place where nobody knows us and live somewhere? Why do we have to rely on women?
"Brother Yu!" Ji Yuan interrupted him angrily.
"Have you forgotten who saved your life? Forty-three taels is no small sum for ordinary people! How can you be such an ungrateful person!"
Ji Qingyu was speechless. He knew that what he was doing was immoral, but it did not shake his determination to pursue freedom.
"Isn't she going to open a restaurant? Then she'll definitely stay in Tianhe County for many more years. Once I've saved up enough money in two years, I'll definitely come back and pay her back!"
"Yu-ge'er! You were adopted by your parents when you were young, and you lived a life of luxury in the mansion. You have no idea how difficult it is to earn 43 taels of silver outside!"
Hearing Ji Qingyu's naive words, Ji Yuan stepped forward and earnestly advised him.
"Didn't my wife already agree to let you help pay off the debt at the restaurant?"
The monthly allowance from your wife is already quite high; you only need to stay at the restaurant for three or four years to pay it off.
"If you still haven't fallen for my wife by then, I will ask her to set you free. Why must you go out and suffer on your own?"
"You're a man, and you have no woman to rely on outside. What will you do if you're bullied?" Ji Yuan grabbed Ji Qingyu's shoulders with both hands, on the verge of tears.
"No, brother! At worst, we'll just dress up as women! We..."
"Then go out dressed as a woman now! I can give you my clothes to wear!"
The door was suddenly pushed open, and Su Qinghe interrupted Ji Qingyu, holding a set of clothes in her hand.
"You... how did you wake up?" Ji Qingyu looked at Su Qinghe who came in with a panic, hiding the hand holding the contract behind her back.
"My lady!" Ji Yuan's face turned deathly pale when he saw Su Qinghe. He didn't know how much of their conversation his wife had overheard.
He strode over and grabbed her hand, explaining anxiously, "My lady! Yu-ge'er has always been protected by his mother and father, and is simple-minded. I beg you..."
Su Qinghe interrupted Ji Yuan and threw the clothes at him.
"In that case, we should take him out and let him experience the wickedness of society!"
"You must disguise yourself as a woman and go out now. If you can walk around several streets without incident, I will let you go first thing tomorrow morning."
"If you can't, then you'd better come back here and work for me wholeheartedly for the rest of your life!"
"You said it yourself! Okay, I agree!"
Upon hearing Su Qinghe's words, Ji Qingyu was instantly filled with confidence. But then he thought of his elder brother.
"Then what about my brother! You have to set my brother free too!"
"Yu-ge'er! Shut up!" Ji Yuan was sweating profusely when he saw that Ji Qingyu actually dared to agree.
"My lady! Yu-ge'er is talking nonsense. I never thought of leaving you!"
As he spoke, Ji Yuan suddenly knelt down, grabbed Su Qinghe's clothes, and tears streamed down his face.
“If Yu-ge’er does something wrong, you can hit him or scold him as you please, but it’s so late, what if something really happens to him if he goes out alone like this!”
"Brother! Why are you kneeling before her? I'll be fine!" Seeing her brother kneeling at that woman's feet, Ji Qingyu became even more furious.
Su Qinghe didn't pull Ji Yuan up, but just looked at Ji Qingyu. "You saw it too, your brother doesn't want to go with you."
"Besides... even if he were willing, I wouldn't let him go!"
"You only get one chance! You choose!" After saying that, Su Qinghe stopped talking and just looked at Ji Qingyu quietly.
Ji Qingyu clenched her fists, struggling internally for a long time, before finally making up her mind. "Okay, I'll change my clothes and go out now!"
He and his brother can leave now, one of them can go if possible. Once he is free, he will find a way to save his brother!
"Yu-ge'er!" Ji Yuan called out weakly, but Ji Qingyu did not respond.
The contract was returned to Su Qinghe's hands, and Ji Qingyu quickly changed her clothes and went out.
"My lady..." Even after the person had gone far away, Ji Yuan remained kneeling on the ground, calling out to his wife, trying to persuade Su Qinghe to change her mind.
"Ah Yuan! Come on, get up!"
Su Qinghe couldn't bear to see Ji Yuan like this, so she reached out and helped him up, pulled him into her arms, and wiped his tears with a handkerchief. But as soon as she finished wiping, new tears fell.
Ji Yuan held Su Qinghe tightly, his hands trembling slightly.
My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
