A Cutie Spoiled by Her Seven Uncles

This idiot is truly a fool. If he doesn’t marry you, then you won’t marry, and your brother will take care of you for the rest of his life."

Hu Shu’Er almost laughed out of anger when she heard this, "You’re in your twenties now, and it’s been me and mother who have been supporting you. How dare you say you’ll take care of me?"

Then she turned around and left.

The maid in the Hu Mansion quickly ran to report to Madam Hu, and when Madam Hu heard that her daughter’s marriage had finally been ruined by her son, she hurriedly ran towards the backyard.

As a result, she entered her daughter’s room and saw her packing her luggage.

"Child, what are you doing? Why are you packing up?"

"I’m going to find Ji Youlin, he had to go to Yanyun Ridge urgently."

"You... you want to elope with him?"

Madam Hu was so taken aback by these words that she almost fainted.

"No, we’re husband and wife, we’ve already gone through the ceremony, how can this be called eloping?"

Hu Shu’Er continued to pack her luggage while speaking.

"You... you’re truly muddled!

A woman married through proper channels is a wife, while one who elopes is a concubine. You neither have ceremonial rites nor a marriage certificate, and you just ran with him. If anything happens to you in the future, we will not be justified.

Over the years, I’ve always been pointed at by others, do you also wish to be talked about?"

As Hu Shu’Er heard her mother’s words, she couldn’t help but feel a sting, "I know how hard it’s been for you, so I definitely must go to Yanyun Ridge.

I need to find father and have him come back to prove for you, mother, that you weren’t unwanted, you had no choice."

"I won’t allow you to go, your father is dead, why are you going to find him?"

"My father isn’t dead, brother and I have looked into it, father is in Yanyun Ridge, he’s alone and not settled down, mother! You’ve always wanted to see him, why don’t you let us find him?"

"I won’t let you go, I just won’t! We’ve already endured the hardest and most difficult years, and now that we’re living well, why do we need him?"

"Mother!"

"That’s enough! I won’t agree."

Madam Hu was furious, she stormed out of Hu Shu’Er’s room and directly locked the door behind her.

"Mother! Open the door! Mother..."

Ji Youlin was staring eagerly in the direction of the city while waiting at the farewell pavilion outside of Yun County.

A few of the soldiers, feeling helpless, said, "Young Master Six, should we set off tomorrow instead? Since the city gates are still open, we could quickly go back?"

Ji Youlin looked at the sky and shook his head, "Your Master Eight instructed that we must set off immediately upon receiving the letter. There can be no delay, or else my head won’t be safe."

The soldiers twitched their mouths upon hearing this.

"True, you did set off, but staying here waiting at the pavilion is as good as not setting off."

"But we did indeed start our journey immediately upon receiving the letter!"

The soldiers: "..."

"Give me just one more quarter of an hour, and we’ll set off after that."

Soldiers quickly agreed.

But in their hearts, they muttered: You’ve said ’one quarter of an hour’ countless times, yet you still haven’t left!

"Young Master Six, if we don’t head out soon, we’ll definitely miss the inn ahead, should we turn back to the city?"

Ji Youlin, seeing it was indeed late, decided to set off.

"Let’s go, we’ll reach the inn before it gets completely dark to find lodging."

The soldiers swiftly mounted their horses and spurred on towards the inn.

Soon after, right as the city gates were about to close, Hu Shu’Er hurriedly arrived with her bundle.

"Wait, I need to leave the city."

"Miss, it’s already getting dark, it’s not safe for you to leave the city at this hour."

"It’s okay, officer, I have something very important, please let me go!"

"But it’s not safe to be on the road at night!"

"Never mind about my safety, your city gates aren’t closed yet, so I can still leave, right?"

The city guard reasoned she had a point, so he said, "Alright then!"

Hu Shu’Er, who had painstakingly smashed her window to escape, had no horse or carriage, and simply had to jog her way towards the city outskirts.

After much difficulty, finally seeing the lanterns of the inn ahead, her feet were rubbed sore.

"Knock knock knock!"

Hu Shu’Er knocked hard on the inn’s door.

A Xiao Er, wearing a coat and holding a lantern, came to open the door.

"Who is it? It’s so late, the inn is already closed."

"Xiao Er, I’ve come for lodging, are there any rooms available?"

"Ah! Miss, we don’t have any rooms left, I’m sorry."