Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

The boat owner stepped on the side of the boat, watching the fleeing little mandarin duck disappear into the dark night, and spat into the river: "You two bastards. If it weren't for the money, I wouldn't serve you."

A strange smell of smoke came from the tip of his nose. He couldn't help sneezing and cursed again: "Which bastard burned things randomly?"

When sailing on the river, the most feared thing is fire. A small spark can burn the entire boat.

The river breeze was strong at this time, but it still couldn't blow away the smell of smoke, and it seemed to be getting thicker.

The ship owner looked around suspiciously, but could not see any ships nearby. Where did such a thick smoke come from?

An ominous premonition came to mind.

He walked quickly towards the cabin door. The closer he got, the stronger the smell became. He thought to himself that something was wrong and suddenly opened the cabin door. A strong smoke filled his nose and almost knocked him out.

"Damn it! My ship!!!"

The shipowner tore off a section of his shirt and covered his mouth and nose with it, then went down to the second floor. Thick smoke billowed, and he was choked to tears. The door of the warehouse crackled, and dazzling flames climbed out from the cracks in the door, as if mercilessly mocking his greed.

“I shouldn’t have listened to that bitch!” He instantly guessed that it must be the woman who set the fire. She left herself on the deck not to protect herself from the damn wind, but to prevent him from discovering the fire too early - she wanted to kill him to silence him!!!

The ship owner continued to run down to the bottom of the cabin on the third floor and woke up the boatman who was resting there.

The five boatmen, who had worked hard all day, were sleeping soundly. The ash first spread upwards. They closed the door and slept warmly. They didn't notice the fire at all. It was not until they were woken up that someone exclaimed: "Why is there such a strong smell of smoke!"

"The water is breaking, hurry up!!!" the ship owner yelled at them.

Several people hurried back to the second floor.

In just a short while, the fire had burned through the door panel. The terrifying fire snake was like a soul-snatching monster with bared fangs and claws. The smoke was black and thick. They were forced back by the choking ash before they could get close.

A boatman covered his mouth and nose and shouted: "Boss, abandon the boat! This guy is dead!"

The ship owner also covered his face and said, "No, no, no, no, I rented this ship too. I can't afford to pay for it if it burns down!"

Another boatman: "By the way, where is the family that rented our boat?" Only then did they remember that the Sheng family was also on the boat.

Several other boatmen had already started running to the deck: "Don't worry about them. It's so thick with smoke. If we stay here any longer, we'll die!"

"Don't run, let's save people together! If someone dies, I'm done for!" The ship owner knew that the family was officials, and if his son died in his hands, he would be completely finished.

But the boatmen were more afraid of death than each other and had already run away without a trace.

The ship owner cursed "What bad luck!" and rushed to rescue the Sheng family, who were all on the second floor.

Amid the billowing smoke, he kicked two women lying on the ground.

They were not at Molan's door at this time, but were lying on the corridor.

The ship owner's heart skipped a beat.

"Wake up! Hey, wake up!" He shook the person hard, but the person on the ground didn't move at all.

He touched the woman's neck with trembling hands, but there was deathly silence there.

The ship owner fell to the ground with a scream: "Dead...dead!!!" Because of this moment of carelessness, he swallowed another mouthful of hot smoke.

The ship owner ran towards Chang Feng's house while coughing violently, but the appearance of the two women was already imprinted in his mind and he couldn't get rid of it!

The two of them must have discovered the fire while drunk, and climbed up to put out the fire or call for help, but they did not cover their mouths and noses properly and were choked to death by the thick smoke.

The ship owner couldn't help but imagine their tragic death, and he started crying. He had been choked by the smoke before he started crying, but at this moment, he was crying out of despair.

With a loud bang, something exploded in the warehouse, and the whole ship shook violently. The ship owner fell down again and inhaled a mouthful of thick smoke.

He crawled on the ground crying, and finally crawled to Changfeng's door. He tried his best to break down Changfeng's door.

After knocking for a long time without any sound, the ship owner had no choice but to stand up and kick the door open, but smoke rolled out from inside.

The fire burned through the thin wall panels and was already raging in Changfeng's room!

The ship owner rushed into the house despite the pain in his chest, but the two people on the bed still did not move.

"Don't die, don't die, don't die!!!" The ship owner prayed frantically in his heart, while picking up the water on the table and splashing it on the two men's faces. Chang Feng exclaimed, "Who!" and then lay down again.

The ship owner was about to call him when he immediately inhaled a mouthful of thick smoke, and his chest became even more swollen!

"Why the hell do you close the window when you sleep!" The ship owner cursed these rich people who were so picky thirty thousand times in his heart, while pushing the window open with force.

Fresh air rushed in instantly, and before the ship owner had time to be happy, he saw the flames suddenly swelled up as if enraged, dancing wildly like a demon, setting everything in the room on fire.

It’s over.

It's all over.

Even if he jumped out of the window at this moment, he would have to bear the debt of death for the rest of his life.

The debt of life of the high-ranking official in the capital!!!

The ship owner suddenly had a burst of courage and wanted to make a last stand before he died. He stepped forward and picked up Chang Feng, trying to take him out of the window, but he fell to the ground after just two steps. His chest was swollen and about to explode, his eyes were blurred, and the buzzing in his ears was getting louder and louder...

……

At noon on the second day, Molan and Kang Jin arrived at the Bianjing Pier.

After a night of passion, Kang Jin had regained some of his sanity. Looking at the living, delicate cousin in front of him, he was terrified - what should he do next?

Should we take him back to Kang's house directly? Will Mo'er be beaten to death by his mother?

Or take him back to the Sheng family? Will Uncle Sheng beat him to death?

Molan, wearing a veil, urged Kang Jin to hurry up, but Kang Jin hesitated at the intersection.

He didn't know where to go.

Molan: "Brother Jin?"

Kang Jin didn't respond.

"elder brother!"

Kang Jin was then awakened: "Uh...Mo'er?"

"Let's go, Brother Jin."

"Go... go..."

Where can I go?

Molan knew it all, so she said it bluntly: "I know my brother doesn't dare to take me home, so why don't you buy me a house outside, a small one will do, and we can live there for the time being. You must not take out the house at home, or we will be found by my aunt soon." The Kang family's ancestral property was basically squandered, Kang Haifeng was a mediocre official with limited income, and the whole family lived on Wang Ruoyu's dowry. Sheng Hong often told these things to Lin Qinshuang as jokes, so Molan knew it very well.

Kang Jin's eyes lit up, but then dimmed immediately, and he said a little shyly: "I... the money I bring now is not enough to buy a house." In fact, he had already emptied the bottom of the box, and only half a copper coin was left of all his belongings.

Molan only knew that the Kang family relied on Wang Ruoyu for spending money, but she didn't know that Wang Ruoyu's dowry was almost gone. She smiled and said, "That's okay, brother, go home and get it. I'll find a restaurant and order some food, and we'll eat together when you come." In her opinion, Kang Jin was Wang Ruoyu's only son, and she would definitely give Kang Jin enough money to use.

Kang Jin: "How can that be possible? I am worried about leaving Mo'er alone outside."

Molan: "But we can't just leave it hanging like this, right?"

Kang Jin: "How about...how about I find a hotel for Moer to stay in first? Don't be in a hurry to buy a house or anything like that. You have to make things clear with your family first."

Molan wanted to get a house deed first, but seeing Kang Jin's expression, she knew that he was in trouble and was afraid that pushing him too hard would be bad, so she said very considerately: "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. But there is only one thing, the hotel must be of good quality, I'm afraid those street shops are not clean."

"Of course. There is an inn not far from the pier called Yuelai Inn. It has a quiet environment and a very kind owner. I'll get you a room there."

Mo Lan frowned: "What is Yue Lai Inn? I've never heard of it. It's so remote, Mo Er is afraid... Mo Er should go to the city and live in Yuan Yue Tower."

Yuanyue Tower was the property of a wealthy family in Bian Jing. The interior of the building was extremely luxurious. It was said that all the fabrics were made of silk, and the utensils were made of gold and silver. However, the cost was also astonishing, and generally only wealthy merchants or princes and nobles could afford to live there.

Kang Jin had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead and said, "Yuanyue Tower is in the city, with people coming and going. What if someone recognizes you?" His manly pride did not allow him to tell Molan that his wallet was empty.

Molan: "Moer is wearing a veil. After entering the store, she will not leave the room. No one will recognize me."

Kang Jin: "I still think it's too dangerous, Mo'er, so that we can be together for a long time, you have to bear with it! Stay at Yuelai Inn, I will give you the largest suite, which is no worse than Yuanyue Tower."

Kang Jin said so, Molan had no choice but to agree reluctantly: "Well, Mo'er is willing to endure any hardship for Brother Jin." But in her heart she thought that Kang Jin must come back in the future, and she would go to Yuanyue Tower to indulge herself no matter what.

Kang Jin felt relieved, and quickly took Molan to check into Yuelai Inn. After settling in, Kang Jin said to Molan, "Cousin, wait for me here. I will go back and tell my father and ask him to help me. Although my mother does not agree with our marriage, my father supports it. He even proposed the marriage to Uncle Sheng, but unfortunately Uncle Sheng did not agree. Now, he is probably the only one who will help us."

Molan nodded: "Cousin, come back soon!"

The two hugged each other for a while, and Kang Jin hurried back to the Kang family.

At this time, Queen Kang was not at home, and Kang Haifeng was taking a nap in the room of his favorite concubine.

Kang Jin stood outside the house and waited until Kang Haifeng woke up.

"When did you come? Why didn't you ask someone to call me?" Kang Haifeng opened the door and asked when he saw his son standing at the door.

"The son is afraid of disturbing his father's rest." Kang Jin is an honest man at heart. He is not good at saying fancy words to make people happy. This sentence is the limit of what he can say.

Kang Haifeng nodded with satisfaction: "My son is the most filial."

The father and son walked in the corridor of Kang's house, one after the other, towards the main hall. Kang Haifeng asked, "What do you want to see me about?"

Kang Jin hesitated and could not speak, so he could only say: "Father, let's go to your study to talk?"

The two turned towards the study again.

After the door was closed, Kang Haifeng said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Kang Jin was so scared that he didn't know how to start, so he just said, "Father... Father, are you hungry? Let me get you some snacks."

Kang Haifeng frowned: "Are you in trouble?"

"No...no!"

"Haha, every time you get into trouble you don't dare to confess, you just dodge the question. How could your father not know?"

Kang Jin lowered his head in shame.

"Are you afraid that your mother will find out?" Kang Haifeng guessed.

Kang Jin hummed weakly.

Kang Haifeng understood that Wang Ruoyu was the devil of this family. Not to mention Kang Jin, even he himself, as a husband, was afraid of him.

He patted Kang Jin's shoulder and said slowly, "Tell me, I will do my best to cover it up for you."

"The son is ashamed of his father."

"Alas, I am sorry that I couldn't help you marry Molan. I will do my best to make it up to you."

Kang Jin felt even more ashamed.

Seeing that he still refused to speak, Kang Haifeng finally lost his patience and asked, "How big of a disaster have you gotten yourself into?"

Kang Jin took a few deep breaths and finally mustered up the courage to say, "I... I brought Molan back."

Kang Haifeng felt as if he had been hit on the head with a club: "What?"

"I brought Molan back."

"Didn't she go to Youyang? Where did you go to bring her back?"

"I... I was worried about her, so I rented a boat to chase her and talk to her again. But in the end, I don't know how, I just... I just..."

"You just eloped with her?!!!"

"No! It's not an elopement! We are back in Bianjing, not going anywhere else, so it doesn't count as an elopement!"

With a loud bang, the inkstone smashed at Kang Jin's feet. Kang Haifeng's hands were covered with ink, and he roared with a ferocious look in his eyes: "You idiot!"

Kang Jin fell to his knees in fear, and his knees and palms that were supporting the ground were immediately pierced by the fragments.

"You idiot!!! Do you know how serious a crime it is to elope? You will never be able to take the imperial examinations again, do you understand that?"

"Father! Mo'er and I love each other. Please have mercy on us and help us!"

"What do you mean by mutual affection? I think you are blinded by lust!" Kang Haifeng picked up the paperweight on the table and used it as a ruler to smack Kang Jin on the back. "You are blinded by lust!!! That's your future, that's your future!!!"