Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

For the next two days, Linqi Pavilion was surrounded like an iron barrel.

The Sheng family announced that Molan was about to marry far away in Youyang, and they were preparing for the wedding these days. They would not be receiving guests for the time being, and no one in the family would go out much either.

There were occasional rumors on the streets about the physical intimacy between Molan and the young master of the Kang family, but they were soon overshadowed by another piece of news - the man Molan married was also a cripple!

It is said that when he was a child, he was doing farm work and his leg was broken by a falling cart. He had no money for medical treatment and became disabled, and lost the opportunity to take the imperial examination.

"Then he and Fourth Miss Sheng are a perfect match!"

"Master Sheng will choose his son-in-law."

Words like these are heard all the time, and I don’t know whether they are false blessings or true sarcasm.

Fortunately, the Sheng family rarely went out, so even if they heard it, they didn't dare to go home and say anything. These words didn't reach Sheng Hong, but they all fell into Kang Jin's ears.

He originally thought that since even his father's proposal was useless, he would just bless Molan from afar. However, when he heard that Molan's new husband was inferior to himself in every aspect, he could no longer sit still!

How can it be?

How could Lord Sheng be so cruel? !

How desperate would Molan's later life be if she married a man like that?

"No, I have to see her again no matter what!"

Kang Jin slammed the table and made this decision.

……

Two days later, on February 24, a day without any special features, Chang Feng set off with Molan, Yunzai, and two newly bought maids for Molan. The dowry they brought with them was only two loads, most of which were clothes that Molan had made in the past two years but had not had time to wear. Since they did not look old, they were put in as dowry to show off.

The dowry Sheng Hong gave was very practical, a shop in Youyang and five mu of paddy fields, which could continue to generate money for Molan. Wang Ruofu reluctantly gave her an old jade bracelet, nothing else. Lin Qinshuang could not give anything else to Molan for dowry. The only remaining land deed was kept by her to save her life, and she could not give it up. So she went to Changfeng to make a scene, asking Changfeng to pay from Linqi Pavilion's account, until Changfeng agreed to pay six pieces of brocade and fifty taels of silver notes.

There were few people in their group, and the eldest lady didn't want to spend more money on Molan, so the boat she rented for them was much smaller than the one Minglan and her grandchildren used. The boat shook violently when it was on the river. The brother and sister turned around and went into the cabin without waiting for Sheng Hong, who was seeing them off, to leave the dock.

Chang Feng: "I'm going to take a nap. I'm shaking too much."

"Brother, wait a moment," Molan held him back, "I'm sorry to trouble you to take care of me these days. I want to treat you to a drink as a token of my appreciation."

Now that she has money, it is easy for her to arrange these things.

Chang Feng chuckled twice: "It's rare that my sister still invites me to drink."

Molan: "I was ignorant before, but now I'm getting married soon, let's forget our grudges over a glass of wine!"

Before boarding the ship, she asked two new maids to prepare food in the kitchen at home, and bought two barrels of wine at Fanlou to bring on board. Now, she spread the tablecloth, arranged the plates and placed the wine jugs, and a proper banquet was ready.

After Molan toasted Changfeng, she called to Yunzai who was standing next to her: "Sister-in-law, please take a seat too."

The first time he heard her call him "sister-in-law", Yun Zai got goosebumps.

Chang Feng: "Hey, she is still a maid in the house, how can she be worthy of being called your sister-in-law?"

"Since she is my brother's confidant, she is my sister-in-law." Molan stood up with some difficulty, held the edge of the table to pull Yunzai, and pressed her onto the chair.

Chang Feng likes to be flattered, and he feels even more proud when he sees his woman being flattered. He nodded his chin to signal Yun Zai that she could sit down and eat.

Molan toasted Changfeng with one glass after another, and asked Yunzai to toast as well. Yunzai was a straightforward person, and could not discern any conspiracy or trickery. Seeing the brother and sister drinking enthusiastically, he also devoted himself to the feast, and soon, Changfeng and Yunzai were both drunk.

Molan ordered the two new maids to carry Changfeng and Yunzai back to Changfeng's room, and then returned to her own room to wash and lie down, and asked the two maids to go and have a drink and relax.

When the two newlyweds saw that Yun Zai, who was also a maid, could sit at the master's table and drink, and was called sister-in-law by the master, they thought that Miss Mo was a polite, gentle and generous person, so they really sat at the door and drank with a plate of pig head.

This is the fine wine bought from Fanlou in Bianjing! How could the two girls have had the chance to taste it before? When Molan opened the door, the two were already drunk and unconscious.

"Stupid things." Molan spat at the two of them, stepped over them on crutches and walked towards the deck.

It was pitch dark when one stretched out one’s hand over the river, and the thick clouds obscured the stars and the moon, not allowing any light to shine through.

In the dark night, apart from the sound of splashing water, Molan could only hear her own heartbeat.

She put her hands on her chest and tightly grasped the deeds and banknotes stacked there.

This will be her only reliance from now on.

But first, she had to find the owner of the ship and convince him to help her escape back to Bian Jing, then everything else would be possible.

"Mother knows that once you take this step, everything that follows will be a gamble. But if you don't, the only thing waiting for you is the cripple from Youyang. You will be trampled under the feet of the Lans in your family all your life and you will never be able to make a name for yourself." This is what Lin Qinshuang said to her before she left. It was because of this sentence that Molan made up her mind to escape back to Bian Jing.

“As long as you escape back, find Kang Jin, and send someone back to the Sheng family to report the news, your father will definitely cover up for you for the reputation of the entire Sheng family. By then, your marriage with Kang Jin will be successful, and you will never be sent to Youyang, a place where no one goes.” Although the plan that Lin Qinshuang made for her was bold, once it succeeded, she would be able to make a complete comeback. Molan couldn't find a reason not to do it, she had to do it!

As I was daydreaming, I heard a familiar voice: "Is this the Sheng family's boat?"

Molan was so shocked that she almost fell down.

"Is this the Sheng family's boat?" the voice asked again.

"This is the boat rented by the Sheng family. Who are you?" The ship owner's voice came from somewhere.

"I... I am a relative of the Sheng family. I came to see my cousin." said the voice.

Molan's blood began to boil - this is Kang Jin, this is Kang Jin!

She cleared her throat, leaned over the side of the boat, and asked in a soft voice, "Cousin?"

Kang Jin's head buzzed and he asked anxiously, "Cousin? Is that you, cousin?"

"cousin!"

The boat owner listened to the conversation between the two and confirmed that they were acquainted with each other. With an ambiguous smile, he took Kang Jin from his own boat and brought him over here, then went back into the darkness as if he had never appeared.

When he could no longer hear the ship owner's voice, Kang Jin suddenly hugged Molan: "Cousin! I... I miss you so much!"

"Cousin! I missed you too!"

The two hugged each other tightly.