My house was confiscated and I was exiled. I emptied the emperor's warehouse and fled.

In the Qin family's carriage, Qin Junyi had already woken up. Qin's mother, Pei Shi, Qin Ruolan and others were surrounded by the couch, asking for help.

Su Yunwan exited the carriage to make room for them, and stood beside the carriage to listen to the store's arrangements.

Seeing the chaos of fighting for the room, she looked in the direction of the carriage, "Zi Yuan and I will spend the night in the carriage tonight."

Qin Junyi turned his head to meet her gaze, smiled and nodded.

Qin's mother didn't want to compete with those people for the room: "Then I'll sleep in the carriage too."

"I want a room and I can take Lan Lan to live with me," Pei said immediately.

Lin was anxious, "What about us?"

Mrs. Pei said: "You can go grab one too."

This statement made it clear that Lin should pay for the room herself, but how could they afford it?

Qin's mother snorted coldly, "This store has made it clear that it treats its customers like pigs, and our family will never take advantage of them. The rest of the people should go to the lobby to squeeze in."

Pei was unwilling and her eyes kept drifting towards Qin Junxian, but Qin Junxian pretended not to notice.

Although the money is with him, he cannot embezzle it privately, let alone violate his grandmother's arrangements for such trivial matters.

Seeing that her younger son didn't respond, Mrs. Pei turned to her eldest son and suddenly had an idea: "Mom, please open a guest room for Brother Yi to live in. This carriage is leaking air from all directions to prevent him from getting cold at night."

Qin's mother was persuaded by these words, but Qin Junyi didn't want to do anything special. He just said: "Thank you, mother, for your consideration. I just don't want to move. Just add more quilts."

"You don't need to get up..."

"Zi Yuan's body should not be moved." Su Yunwan, who was well aware of Pei's intentions, interrupted her. She did not want to give up the berth in the carriage to Pei and his wife. It was too uncomfortable for her.

Qin's mother made the final decision: "Then it's settled. You go and pack some food and bring it to Brother Yi."

"I'll go!" Cen Yiyi said first.

Not long after, she came back with a plate of green pastries that were rough in workmanship and dull in color. "Now we only have mung bean cakes. Cousin, please rest your stomach first. If you want to eat anything else, I'll tell the store."

Qin Junyi said politely and distantly: "Thank you, I didn't want anything to eat."

"Then how about I ask the store to cook you some porridge that's easy to digest?" Cen Yiyi asked diligently.

Su Yunwan glanced at Cen Yiyi, who was approaching him uncharacteristically, "Brother Yi, you can take your own medicine." After saying that, she went to the donkey cart to get supplies.

There were only two stoves in the back kitchen of the inn, one of which was requisitioned by the official, and the other was used by the inn chef himself.

Su Yunwan simply walked out of the kitchen and asked the Qin family to collect firewood and set up a wild stove for cooking.

Not far away, the Chu family made the same choice as the Qin family. They also gave up their guest rooms and cooked in pots on the spot, becoming self-sufficient.

Not long after, bonfires were lit in the open space of the compound, with smoke curling up and filled with the smell of fireworks.

While Su Yunwan was busy making medicinal meals, Cen Yiyi shared the carriage with Qin Junyi on the pretext of taking care of Qin Junyi.

Qin Junyi listened to her caring words and said indifferently: "Thank you, I want to be alone for a while. You can get out of the car and help."

"Cousin, I discovered something secret, I don't know whether I should tell you or not." Cen Yiyi felt a pain in her heart when she saw his fearful look, but she still expressed her intention.

Qin Junyi raised his eyes and glanced at her without saying a word.

Seeing this, Cen Yiyi deliberately leaned into his ear.

Qin Junyi wanted to stand up and avoid it, but he was too weak to move. He could only tilt his head to avoid it and whispered: "Please respect yourself."

However, what Cen Yiyi said next made Qin Junyi stiffen up and look at her in surprise, "Is everything you said true?"

"It's absolutely true." Cen Yiyi affirmed in her tone. Looking at the handsome face that was within reach in front of her, the love deep in her heart broke through the cage and could no longer be suppressed.

A plaintive and sincere voice blurted out: "Eldest cousin, let me stay with you and take care of you."

Qin Junyi refused without thinking: "No need."

"What do I need to do before you are willing to accept me?" Tears burst into Cen Yiyi's eyes as she humbly begged, "What's wrong with me, tell me and I will change it."

Seeing her losing control of her emotions, Qin Junyi shouted: "Wan Wan!"

Cen Yiyi glanced nervously outside the carriage and suddenly leaned over Qin Junyi, making an intimate gesture of hugging her.

When she saw Su Yunwan opening the curtain and coming in, she just showed a successful smile when she felt a pain in her arm and flew out of the car.

"Ah..." Cen Yiyi fell to the ground and took a mouthful of mud.

Everyone in the courtyard was shocked when they saw this sudden scene, and they all turned their attention to the carriage.

In the carriage, Su Yunwan looked at Qin Junyi with angry eyes, and spoke in a cold tone: "Why are you alone with her?"

Before Qin Junyi could speak, she said again: "Don't say you don't know what she is planning on you!"

"I'm sorry." Qin Junyi was so anxious that he wanted to hold her hand, but she shook it away.

At this moment, Mother Qin's anxious voice came: "Brother Yi, what happened?"

As soon as the voice fell, Qin's mother entered the carriage, held her eldest grandson's hand, wiped his sweat, and asked about the cause of the accident.

Qin Junyi did not answer, but called his brother.

"You return Cousin Cen's 500 taels of silver notes to her, and tell her that she can take care of herself." Qin Junyi endured the insult, and regardless of Cen Yiyi's bond with the Qin family, he was bound to isolate her from the outside world.

"Wait!" Mr. Pei outside the carriage heard that he wanted to pay back the money, and immediately stopped him. "You are emotional now, don't make any decisions."

After saying that, she looked at Cen Yiyi again: "Yiyi, what did you do to make your eldest cousin so angry? Why don't you come over and explain and apologize?"

Cen Yiyi was hit to the ground, and all the bones in her body seemed to be falling apart. It took a while before she could move.

The other female relatives of the Qin family did not dare to step forward to help her because of Su Yunwan's strength.

Hearing Mrs. Pei's question, Cen Yiyi stood up and limped closer, with a frightening look of madness on his face.

"Repay the money?" Cen Yiyi had tears in her eyes, but she grinned wildly, showing her madness, "Your good grandmother and mother have already betrothed me to you."

Su Yunwan's nerves jumped and she raised her eyes to look at Mother Qin.

Qin's mother's body trembled violently. She no longer cared about Qin Junyi and stepped out of the carriage in a hurry: "Yiyi, shut up!"

Cen Yiyi looked up at Qin's mother who was standing high outside the carriage. Seeing the guilty conscience concealed by the stern look on her face, her heart seemed to be stabbed with a knife, and she was so painful that she could no longer speak.

The world in her heart collapsed, and she fainted to the ground in despair, unconscious.

The moment before she lost her memory, Cen Yiyi's brain was confused: she obviously just wanted to tell the Pei mother and son about the conspiracy, so that her eldest cousin could be mentally prepared. Why did she lose control and slide into the abyss of her greatest fear?