Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 500: Escape from Kyoto

Chapter 500: Chapter 500: Escape from Kyoto

Watching them, not daring to raise their eyes, Mother Lin was angry for the first time.

"Doudou, tell me, where did Zhiyu and Xiaomi go?"

Lin Zihan was biting his lip, standing there with his head lowered, unwilling to say a word.

"Maomao, tell your mother, where has Zhiyu gone?"

Sun Cui asked, her belly protruding.

Because the children hadn’t shown up for a while, Mother Lin and Chen Qiulan, her daughter-in-law, simply came looking for them.

But on their way, they only ran into the laggard Lin Zihan and his brother Lin Jian.

Upon asking why Shen Zhiyu and Xiaomi were nowhere to be found, the two children hadn’t had the chance to concoct their story, revealing the truth at the first question.

Nanzhi had been so busy with the city’s affairs these past few days that they didn’t dare let her know the children were missing.

So they could only take advantage of her absence in the study to question the children’s whereabouts urgently.

"I..."

Lin Jian didn’t want to tell, but seeing his expectant mother with a disappointed look made him upset.

"Where are they?"

Anxious, Sun Cui’s face had turned somewhat pale. Looking at her stammering son for a while, she tried to get off the bed but accidentally strained her back muscle, causing her to frown in pain.

"Mother!"

Concerned about upsetting his mother, Lin Jian hurried over to support her.

"Mother, are you alright?"

With a bitter expression on his face, Lin Jian was filled with helplessness.

Xiaomi and his brother had gone to the outskirts of the city to find their uncle, if he revealed this, it would mean betraying them. But if he remained silent and upset his mother, that wouldn’t be right either...

"If you really want me to be okay, tell us where Zhiyu and the others have gone. It’s freezing outside, and the city is suffering from a rat plague. What do we do if those two kids get bitten?"

"They... they went out into the city to find their uncle."

Lin Jian, in the end, couldn’t keep the secret and confessed the truth with his head lowered.

Upon hearing this, Mother Lin sank down onto a chair, feeling as if all her strength had been drained from her body.

The city was in chaos, and there had even been two rat incidents at the city lord’s residence last night. How would the two children cope?

The trees outside the city had all decayed and were in terrible shape. A downpour a few days ago, coupled with the accumulated snow on top, could easily cause them to snap and collapse. What if they encountered such a situation?

On the outskirts of Yan City, Shen Wenchen was leading everyone back, but they were blocked halfway through.

The official road was completely closed due to the heavy rain and snow, and what lay ahead was a gigantic chunk of ice that was impossible to move or break, even with an axe.

"The road is blocked, what do we do?"

Someone stared blankly at the road ahead.

The dense forest was fraught with real danger, and there was no detour. If they waited to remove the obstacles in their path, they wouldn’t be able to return until tomorrow at least.

"Is there any other route we can take to get back?"

Aze frowned at the scene before him and asked the person next to him.

The man was a local, he knew the area better.

"Yes, but we would have to go through the forest."

The man’s expression also changed. He was familiar with the area, and precisely because of this, he knew they could not go back the way they came.

Shen Zhiyu and Xiaomi were able to pass through the forest because they were children - they were small and agile. This is why they had not been swallowed up by the forest.

During their previous trips into the mountains, they had had a few close calls and almost got buried alive. Further worsened by the recent severe rainstorm, if they all entered the woods now, they would probably get buried inside.

"What should we do?"

"We probably have to move these obstacles. Otherwise, we won’t be able to get through."

Listening to the conversation outside the carriage, Wang Jingzhi felt like his heart was being fried in oil.

He had always expected that the city’s situation would be better than outside, so even though he missed his wife these past few days, he did not worry too much.

But now, knowing the situation in the city wasn’t much better, he could not calm down.

"Uncle Wang, do not worry."

Seeing Wang Jingzhi’s face turning pale, Shen Zhiyu patted his shoulder and softly reassured him, "Nothing will happen. My mother checked on your wife, and your wife is doing fine."

"Is... is that so..."

Wang Jingzhi felt somewhat embarrassed as the child had hit the nail on the head.

Immediately, his cheeks and neck turned red.

"My mother poured medicine into the well, and many people got better."

Halfway through, Shen Zhiyu fell silent again.

But many people didn’t make it.

Uncle Liu spent all day collecting the bodies of those people and they didn’t even have the opportunity to bury them.

They were truly fortunate.

Shen Wenchen dismounted and led the people to clear the road.

The soil was frozen, so they lit fires next to it. Once the ice layer in the frozen soil melted, they used shovels to clear it.

They needed to return to Yan City today!

Shen Yuntian’s group didn’t encounter many obstacles on their way. With a few bumps here and there, they were almost at their destination.

"Brother Shen, why didn’t you stay in Xiejiang and had to come back to Yan City? I heard your brother and sister-in-law are still in Xiejiang, right? It’s freezing here, it’s not nearly as good as Xiejiang, isn’t it?"

One person, feeling the chill beneath his feet, began to chatter.

He was born and raised in Xiejiang and even though he had been to many places, he always felt that Xiejiang was the best place.

"My fiancée is in Yan City, and I have relatives here."

Shen Yuntian said, somewhat embarrassed.

He had promised to return as soon as possible, but he had lost contact with Hexiu because there were no messengers available.

This time, they snuck out of Xiejiang through the Xu Family.

The situations in various places were not good, and he was always worried about Hexiu and the others.

"I see."

The man nodded, not saying anything further.

He had been shocked too when he saw Shen Yuntian for the first time.

However, after spending some days together, he realized that Shen Yuntian was a pretty decent person.

"After we accompany you back, Young Master Xu asked us to stay for a few days before leaving. We might have to ask you for help finding a place to stay."

He originally thought that the four of them would be able to find a place to stay, but when they arrived, they realized how severe the snowfall in Yan City was.

It would be more convenient to ask someone for help.

"It’s just a minor matter."

The group chatted and laughed, their spirits lifted. Snow fell thick and fast, covering the footprints they left behind.

Su Tao spurred her horse on, the freezing wind pouring into her lungs, bringing about a sensation of being pricked with needles.

She had escaped from Kyoto.

She had evaded that madman, Lu Fengyun.

"[Host, why are you running?]"

The system said angrily.

The points that were in the tens of thousands had now dwindled down to only three hundred. At the same time, Lu Fengyun’s favorability had also significantly decreased.

It had been busy for so long, yet it hadn’t managed to extract even a shred of luck!

"Should I not run and wait for death instead!"