Chapter 203:
Perhaps it was because her attire looked utterly devoid of any valuables, and she was just an ordinary old woman with no charm, so Xie Wanning had not encountered any trouble so far.
This time fleeing from Lu Ziyan’s side, she had only spent a few days planning, and many aspects were not fully considered, yet unexpectedly it went remarkably smoothly.
Xie Wanning felt somewhat emotional; it seemed even heaven was helping her.
Born into nobility, every time she went out she had retainers accompanying her, with servants bustling ahead and behind—this was the first time she had run alone for three days.
Like a startled bird, she saw everyone as Lu Ziyan’s people.
Now she was free, with no one to restrain her; she could go wherever she wanted.
But there were gains and losses…
Xie Wanning let out a long sigh, full of resentment.
Redoing her disguise was too much trouble; she hadn’t bathed for three days already.
From birth until now, when had she ever suffered like this.
She now had a home she couldn’t return to, her husband had been ordered by the emperor to divorce, and apart from some silver in her arms, she was no different from the refugees.
It was all because of Lu Ziyan!
Yet toward this culprit, she couldn’t even muster any hatred.
The last time their wedding date was approaching, she insisted on breaking the engagement and remarrying Pei Yuqing.
This time, with less than half a month until the wedding date, she had directly vanished without a trace…
That person wouldn’t have been angered into spitting blood again, would he?
…Anyway, he was definitely searching for her everywhere.
She absolutely could not be caught by him!
But she couldn’t live a life of hiding and dodging forever…
When making the decision, she had weighed it for a long time; she wouldn’t regret it.
But truly reaching this step, she realized there were still many difficulties awaiting her.
What should she do to make Lu Ziyan stop pursuing her trail?
She only wanted to live a peaceful life!
Xie Wanning frowned and thought for a long time.
She reached a conclusion.
Unless she made Lu Ziyan think she was dead.
Once a person was dead, what more was there to find?
But that person was mad; in her past life, she had died completely, yet he still refused to accept it.
To truly make him believe she was dead, he would need to see a corpse.
Where could she find a corpse of herself…
Many things can’t be spoken of; once spoken, problems arise.
That night, as Xie Wanning slept in a daze, she heard noises from the neighboring side room.
After two days on the boat, she knew the neighbors were a mother and daughter; the mother looked to be in her early thirties, and the daughter was of marriageable age in the boudoir, still wearing a young lady’s hairstyle.
Actually, their attire was also plain, their faces covered tightly, and they rarely left the room.
Even when they came out, they were very low-key, but the skin exposed on their hands and faces still revealed they were delicately nurtured by a well-off family.
Still, they were targeted.
Perhaps because the mother was not very old and still had lingering charm.
Or perhaps because the daughter was in her prime.
Anyway, in this world, women were too easy to bully.
Especially women without a man to protect them.
Separated only by a wooden wall on the first floor, the noises from next door came through clearly without missing a beat.
The woman’s cry of alarm rang out for an instant and then vanished, soon followed by muffled impact sounds.
The bed board creaked incessantly, with faint sobs from the woman.
As if her mouth was blocked, she couldn’t even cry freely.
It wasn’t just one person committing the evil.
But four.
Xie Wanning knew who they were.
The four men who had openly robbed during the day had now brazenly broken into the mother and daughter’s room at night.
Her lips were pressed tightly together, her mind in fierce internal conflict.
Those few were just ordinary ruffians, unarmed, relying only on malicious intent to intimidate.
She… should be able to beat them.
