The sunset dyes half of the sky red, reflecting the mountains and rivers, and birds and fish play in the water.

Outside the gate of Ji's house in the county town, three people and one sack waited in the breeze for the gate to open.

Ji Yuezhi stared at the door anxiously and nervously. This was the place where she was born and raised, but now it was so embarrassing to see her again.

"Don't be afraid." Weili curled his lips, and his hard eyebrows became a little softer and more affectionate.

Ji Yuezhi nodded slightly, his jade-colored earlobes turning red.

squeak~

The vermilion door slowly opened, revealing men and women dressed in rich clothes and wearing gold hairpins and jade crowns.

Liu Qingcao raised his eyebrows and looked at this group of people with different faces with a smile.

"Father, mother." Ji Yuezhi walked forward and bowed respectfully.

The couple opposite, headed by a couple in their forties, had sullen faces and did not respond. Their eyes were filled with anger.

"Sister, why are you angry with Daddy? Daddy is doing it for your own good."

Liu Qingcao turned her gaze to the speaker. She was about thirteen or fourteen years old. She had a fresh and refined face, with long flowing hair hanging on her shoulders. Her snow-white skin made her even more pitiful and pitiful.

"Third sister, you have reached the age of marriage. If possible, my sister is willing to give up to you." Ji Yuezhi hummed and pushed back unceremoniously.

"Big sister, you"

"Shut up!"

Ji Qingyan became angry and wanted to taunt her, but was silenced by a sharp shout.

"Yue Zhi, the Li family broke off their engagement with you and now wants to marry your second sister. If you go out with her, where will you take them?" Ji's father's cold and stern voice made Ji Yuezhi tremble.

"Father, the second sister is here." Ji Yuezhi suppressed the fear in his heart and pointed at the sack on the ground with a confused look on his face.

"What!?" Ji's father looked at the sack on the ground in shock and spoke in disbelief.

"You, eldest lady, why do you abuse your second sister like this? She treats you like a brother and sister, how can you do this..."

A 30-year-old woman rushed out from behind. Her facial features were not very good-looking, her skin was slightly rough, her hair was in a bun, and an old wooden hairpin was stuck in her hair. She looked out of place with the people beside her.

The woman hugged the sack and untied the knot at the mouth of the sack with trembling hands. Her tears kept falling to the ground, soaking a small piece of blue brick.

Ji Yuezhi looked at her calmly without saying anything.

Snapped!
Ji's father raised his hand high and slapped Ji Yuezhi on the face. The force of the slap made Liu Qingcao frown.

Ji Yuezhi covered his face, his eyes filled with tears, blood from the corner of his mouth flowed from his chin to his red and white neck, and his whole body was shaking.

Wei Li supported Ji Yuezhi, who was spinning in the sky, with murderous intent in his eyes. Ji Yuezhi stabilized his body, gently patted Wei Li's hand away, and raised his eyes to look at Ji's father.

"Father, why did you hit me? I am the legitimate daughter of the Ji family. In your heart, my daughter is not as good as a concubine?" Ji Yuezhi asked softly with disappointment in his eyes.

From the moment Ji's father saw the man whose face was covered by messy hair in the sack, his anger caused him to lose the last trace of his sanity.

Ji Yuezhi's engagement was broken off, so the Ji family could only rely on Ji Yangyue to cling to the Li family. Now that Ji Yangyue's incident has come out, will the Li family agree to marry a daughter of the Ji family?

"Yue Zhi, don't contradict your father." Ji's mother walked down the steps with graceful steps, her face was kind and her eyes were kind, as if she were a matron.

Liu Qingcao looked at Ji's mother as if nothing had happened. Ji's mother had a solemn expression on her face, and there was no trace of distress or urgency in her smart eyes.

Come to think of it, Ji Yuezhi is just a pawn for Ji's mother to consolidate her position, and there will be no more.

"Mother, do you also think that my daughter is no more sensible than my second sister?" Ji Yuezhi suppressed the disappointment in his eyes and cried a little.

Ji's mother frowned slightly, ignored Ji Yuezhi's answer, turned around and walked towards Ji's father. "Master, please bring the people in first, don't let others see the joke." Ji's mother looked at the people behind Ji Yuezhi and winked at Ji's father.

Ji's father looked at him coldly, threw his sleeves and entered the courtyard with a soft sound.

Ji Yuezhi wiped away tears and stood motionless.

Seeing her like this, Ji's mother's fair and wrinkle-free face fell instantly.

"Yue Zhi, why don't you go back and admit your mistake to your father!"

"Mother, I think mother knows in her heart whether her daughter is at fault or not." Ji Yuezhi raised her head and retorted, ignoring Ji's mother's gloomy face.

Ji's mother frowned as she looked at her daughter who was no longer well-behaved and sensible.

"Yue Zhi, mother knows that you feel aggrieved, but marriage is a major matter and is not something to be trifled with. Just think of it as doing it for your mother, okay?"

Ji Yuezhi stared at the familiar face in front of him, with tears in his eyes, trying his best not to let them fall.

"Mother, my daughter thought you loved me, but she never thought that mother only loves herself." Ji Yuezhi shook his head with a wry smile and stepped back with his legs.

More and more people gathered around, and some began to whisper.

When Ji's mother heard this, anger appeared on her delicate and fair face, and her fingers were clenched white under her wide sleeves.

After a long while, Ji's mother raised the corners of her lips, and stepped forward to take Ji Yuezhi's hand in a gentle and charitable manner. Unexpectedly, Ji Yuezhi dodged her, her hands stopped in mid-air, and the smile on her lips suddenly stiffened.

"Yuezhi, marriage matters, parents' orders, matchmaker's words, you are for him, and you contradict me like this. Do you want to disown me as your mother!?" The stepmother said in a cold voice, with threats in every word.

Liu Qingcao stood aside, not intending to get involved now. After all, she wanted to get Ji Yuezhi's deed of betrayal, so this quarrel was inevitable.

In fact, she didn't insist on Ji Yuezhi at the beginning, but later because Ji Yuezhi had some knowledge, she had no choice but to keep him.

"Does mother still recognize me as her daughter?" Ji Yuezhi pulled down his collar, revealing his scarred skin, and looked at Ji's mother with a smile.

Ji's mother looked at the marks on her neck and her pupils shrank. With these marks, she knew exactly what happened.

"You can go, because I don't have a daughter like you." Ji's mother sighed, shook her head and walked quickly to the courtyard gate.

"Mom, wait a minute." Ji Yuezhi said with choked sobs as he looked at Ji's mother's leaving figure.

Ji's mother stopped and didn't look back.

Boom!
Ji Yuezhi knelt on his knees, and his bones and flesh collided with the bluestone, making a crisp sound.

"Mother, my daughter is unfilial, please allow me to betray myself." Ji Yuezhi's voice was soft, but loud.

Ji's mother's back stiffened, but she walked away without saying anything more.

After lighting a stick of incense, the door opened again. A male servant held a piece of paper in his hand, threw it in front of Ji Yuezhi, spat on the ground, and then walked away.

Ji Yuezhi bit her lip, picked up the paper on the ground, and held it in the palm of her hand. The tears in her eyes could no longer stop flowing down.

Liu Qingcao looked at her silently, and waited for her to gradually calm down before walking up to her, smiling and extending his hand to her, "Welcome to the Liu Family Courtyard."

Ji Yuezhi was stunned, and handed the severed handwritten letter to Liu Qingcao, and gave a look of recognition with a smile, "Thank you, girl, for taking me in."

"Let's go." Liu Qingcao used another hand to pull her up from the cold ground, "Let's go back and treat the injury."

Ji Yuezhi nodded, took Liu Qingcao's hand, and followed her to the inn.

When the three of them returned to the inn, it was already dark, and Liu Qingcao asked for two more guest rooms for the two of them to use.

Ji Yuezhi wrote the deed of betrayal in the room and gave it to Liu Qingcao together with Wei Li. Liu Qingcao kept it without being pretentious.


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