MTL - Perfect Encounter-Chapter 18

The two sisters stared at the direction where An Rongkun disappeared, and looked at each other, seeing horror in each other's eyes. An Ruofang began to tremble, panicked and overwhelmed. An Ruochen took a deep breath and calmed down. She can't be afraid, and she can't lose her footing. If she doesn't hold on, what will Fourth Sister do?

In any case, An Rongkun couldn't be prevented from revealing the secret. An Ruochen knew this in her heart. An Rongkun is the bully of the family, even if he was stopped just now, it is impossible to convince him to keep his mouth shut. On the contrary, he will be more excited, and can't wait to invite his father to do something in front of him.

An Ruochen quickly collected her thoughts. She calmed down and held the fourth sister's shoulder: "Fang'er, listen to me."

An Ruofang panicked: "Sister, what should I do, what should I do?"

"Rong Kun is still a child." An Ruochen spoke slowly but firmly.

An Ruofang nodded, and grabbed An Ruochen's hand in a panic: "He will definitely tell Dad."

Taking advantage of the situation, An Ruochen also took An Ruofang's little hand, squeezed it hard, and said to her: "Don't panic, just listen to my sister, close your eyes, take three deep breaths, and count from one to ten."

An Ruofang looked at An Ruochen with wide eyes, not understanding what she wanted to do.

"Listen to my sister. My sister needs you to calm down. The following words are very important."

An Ruofang bit her lip and followed her words. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and counted to ten. When she opened her eyes again, although she was still afraid, she was not so panicked.

"Very good. Now, listen carefully to what my sister said. You must remember and do it."

An Ruofang nodded vigorously.

An Ruochen squeezed her hand, looked into her eyes, and said very seriously: "Rong Kun is a child and short-tempered, so he must not be able to bear to listen to all of our words. He only heard the next few sentences, which are The few words I said I would take you away. Then he jumped out and said he was going to tell Dad."

An Ruofang swallowed her saliva, then nodded.

"Daddy is in the mansion right now, and the whole mansion is looking for you, so Rong Kun ran to say something like this, and someone will come to look for us soon. We are running out of time. Remember what your sister said, and you must remember live."

An Ruofang looked into her sister's eyes and heard her say word by word: "This matter has nothing to do with you. You were just scared and scared. I found you and persuaded you to run away with me. You didn't agree." , you dare not. How could you leave your mother. "

An Ruofang's eyes widened, never expecting her sister to say that. An Ruochen squeezed her hand hard, and said, "Repeat, what happened just now?"

An Ruofang opened her mouth, but was speechless.

An Ruochen shouted: "Repeat!"

An Ruofang shook her lips, and whispered: "I hid, my sister found me, and taught me to leave home with you. I don't agree, I'm afraid, I can't leave mother."

"That's right! That's it!"

"Sister!" An Ruofang burst into tears again.

"Must remember! That's how things are! I lured you away from home, and you didn't want to. Then Rong Kun heard it and told Dad. He is a child, he can't remember what we said, it was me I want to take you with me, I want to use you to blackmail my father."

An Ruofang wept.

"Don't cry." An Ruochen said quickly, "Daddy must be very angry, he will beat and scold me, it's all right, my sister is used to being beaten and scolded, so I'm not afraid. But daddy will definitely lock me up. Remember Hold on, hold your mother and cry, your mother will protect you. You don't care what happened, you insist that you don't want to leave home, you will never leave your mother. You are not feeling well, you have a headache, please ask your mother to take you back to the room. "

An Ruofang nodded and wiped her tears vigorously.

An Ruochen continued: "You hide in the room for two days, and then come to me. I must be locked in the room. You have to be careful, avoid other people, don't let them know that you came to me. "

An Ruofang nodded again. An Ruochen asked her: "Do you remember? Just tell me. After a while, Dad started beating and scolding, asking what's going on, how do you answer?"

An Ruofang cried and repeated what she said before.

"and then?"

An Ruofang repeated An Ruochen's instructions again.

"Very good, very good." An Ruochen hugged An Ruofang in his arms. Said in her ear: "No matter what, don't let your father and mother lock you up, and don't want to be locked up. You remember, if you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about no firewood. There are no difficulties that you can't get over, you remember Remember! Don’t let anyone know about the idea of ​​leaving home, not even your mother. If you still don’t change your mind after two days, come to me.”

When An Ruochen said this, he thought of General Long. He said he would never give her a second chance, and she really couldn't use that chance anymore.

An Ruofang wept, and was about to say something, but heard the shouts of the servants: "They are here, they are found! Here they are!"

An Ruofang was shocked, and looked up at An Ruochen. An Ruochen smiled at her and stroked her temples.

"Don't be afraid." An Ruochen said to her younger sister, pulled her up, wiped off the plaster and grass clippings on her body, and held her hand, "Let's go see Daddy."

In the side hall, An Zhifu and the other families were already waiting there, and An Rongkun was sitting on a chair beside him with a triumphant grin. On the other side, sitting Qian Pei. He watched the two An Ruochen sisters walk in with interest, and smiled.

"Fang'er." Sifang Duan burst into tears as soon as he saw his daughter, and opened his arms.

An Ruochen secretly pushed his younger sister, and An Ruofang threw herself into her mother's arms and sobbed. He didn't dare to look at Qian Pei and his father at all.

An Ruochen didn't wait for An Zhifu to speak, and knelt down with a plop.

An Zhifu glared at her angrily, and before he could speak, he slapped her across the face. An Ruochen fell to the ground and cried bitterly, "Father, my daughter was confused for a moment."

"A moment of confusion?!" An Zhifu stepped forward and kicked again, "You are so courageous! Tell me! What's going on!"

An Rongkun shook his legs and shouted: "I have listened, the eldest sister said that she will take the fourth sister away from home."

An Ruochen cried out in horror, saying that he was confused. Because he couldn't find his sister, he was anxious and frightened, so when he saw his sister, he got hot-headed and coaxed her to take her away. It was just to coax my sister, and my sister didn't agree, she didn't really want to run away from home. Just to coax my sister.

It's a pity that An Zhifu doesn't like her today, not to mention that Qian Pei is watching from the sidelines, and the two daughters who are about to marry actually say that they want to escape marriage, which is not bad!

"Bring me the whip!" An Zhifu yelled loudly, and the servant hurried to fetch the whip.

An Zhifu pointed at An Ruofang and asked her, "Tell me, what's going on!"

An Ruofang was shaking like a sieve, and it took a long time for Ai Ai to repeat what An Ruochen taught. An Ruochen fell on the ground, and after hearing her finish speaking, her heart was relieved.

Sifang Duan heard her daughter say this, and hurriedly said: "Master, it has nothing to do with Fang'er. It's all what the eldest girl wants to do. Fang'er has been well-behaved since she was a child. She has never left my side, and at this age She is so young, how could she want to leave home. They all said just now that it was the eldest girl's own idea, and we Fang'er persuaded her to come. This matter has nothing to do with Fang'er!"

An Ruochen fell on the ground and cried, with snot and tears, saying that she didn't really want to run away, but she just said casually that she wouldn't have the guts to run away. She was really just talking nonsense to her sister.

"How dare you argue!" An Zhifu no longer had any doubts about An Ruofang, but only hated An Ruochen to the extreme.

The whip was delivered. An Zhifu didn't ask any more questions, and lashed at An Ruochen fiercely with his whip. An Ruofang was still on the sidelines, An Ruochen gritted her teeth and did not dare to cry out for pain, she was afraid that if she shouted, An Ruofang would be so frightened that she would utter the truth in pleading for her.

Sure enough, when the whip was whipped, An Ruofang screamed and begged her father to stop. Sifang Duan finally came to his senses, and dragged and hugged his daughter away.

As soon as An Ruofang left, An Ruochen began to cry bitterly, and begged her father to forgive her this time, saying that she would not dare to talk nonsense again. An Zhifu first lost face when his younger daughter vomited money, and then his elder daughter instigated his sisters to run away together, how could he swallow this anger.

He whipped again and again, until An Ruochen's skin was torn apart, and he couldn't scream anymore.

In the end it was Qian Pei who persuaded him to stop. He seemed to have seen enough of the show, and said, "Okay, Mr. An, calm down. If you beat him to death, I will feel bad. I really like the courage of the eldest girl." .Lessons belong to lessons, don’t beat him to death.”

Hearing these words, An Ruochen held his breath and looked up at Qian Pei. Qian Pei smiled, and his eyes were full of bloodthirsty excitement. An Ruochen quickly closed his eyes, not daring to look again.

An Zhifu stopped his hands, gasped heavily, stared at An Ruochen, kicked her again, and threw the whip on the ground, "My little girl is ignorant, I'll teach Master Qian to laugh at her."

Qian Pei got up and said with a smile: "I don't know how to laugh, I don't have time to be happy. I'll go back and get ready. When the day comes, I'll let the sedan chair pick you up."

An Zhifu and Qian Pei greeted him politely and sent him out. After turning around and returning to the side hall, he cursed at An Ruochen, "You bastard!"

An Ruochen held her breath, closed her eyes covered in blood, fell to the ground motionless, she didn't need to pretend that she was about to die. An Zhifu waved his hand and called the servants: "Bring her back to the room and find a doctor to treat her wounds. Don't teach her to die."

An Ruochen was carried back, and the nanny wept together. Before An Ruochen opened her eyes, her whole body was covered with bloodstains, and the pain pierced her heart, and it seemed like half her life had been lost by taking a breath. But she was alive, and her sister was fine, temporarily, thankfully.

The doctor came, looked at An Ruochen's injury, and prescribed medicine. That night An Ruochen developed a fever, but survived. The next day An Zhifu came to her room to see if she was dead. Seeing that she was in good condition and not as seriously injured as he thought, he asked her how she wanted to escape. An Ruochen cried and said that she was confused for a while and her head was hot, and she never thought about how to escape, that's all. An Zhifu couldn't ask any questions, and felt that she really didn't have the skills to plan, so he scolded her and left. When she left, she ordered her house to be sealed, the door was locked and the windows were nailed up, and no one was allowed in except to deliver food and medicine.

An Ruochen closed her eyes and listened to An Zhifu's roar, everything was as she expected.

An Ruochen counted the days in his mind, another day passed, the thirteenth of October, two days away from the fifteenth.

That night, An Ruofang ran over. She was sneaky and couldn't get into the house, so she whispered under the window. An Ruochen gritted her teeth and reluctantly dragged her body to the window.

"Sister, sister, how are you?"

"Miss is fine. Have you ever been beaten?"

"No."

An Ruochen breathed a sigh of relief, it was fine if she didn't, and she was able to visit her, so it seemed that she had never been imprisoned.

"Sister, is there anyone in your room?" An Ruofang asked cautiously.

"No."

An Ruofang said cautiously again: "I came here secretly, I checked it out, and there was no one there. Sister, listen to me, I dug a hole quietly at the corner of Xiaohuang's courtyard. Xiaohuang dug it himself before. Didn’t it go away from there, and never came back. I looked for it and found the hole. A few days ago, I thought that if my sister wanted to escape, there must be a place to escape, so I secretly dug it bigger.”

An Ruochen closed her eyes, feeling moved in her heart. This younger sister not only wanted to give her money, but even secretly dug a hole for her.

"Sister, don't be afraid. It was my fault the day before yesterday. I was too scared, but you were so tired that you were beaten. I really shouldn't. I have thought about it carefully, and I will listen to you. If you say don't be afraid, I will Don’t be afraid. I went to sneak a peek at the hole again today. It seems that it’s still a bit small. It’s only big enough for me to drill. I have to dig it again. Sister, rest at ease, I’ll take you away when I finish digging the hole. As An Ruofang spoke, her voice choked up, "Mother told me last night that the marriage is a certainty and cannot be changed. When I watched my father beat you like that, Mr. Qian actually enjoyed it. In the future we will What should I do if I enter the door?"

"Fang'er." An Ruochen endured the pain in his body, took a breath, and said to her, "They will definitely keep an eye on them for the next two days, you must not dig a hole, it will be terrible if they see it. "

"I see."

"Tomorrow night, you come to me, be careful not to let others find out. Come by yourself."

"Okay." Although An Ruofang didn't understand what she meant, she obeyed her sister's instructions.

"If you don't have a chance tomorrow night, you can come the next morning. Remember, you must find a chance to see me before noon the next day."

"OK."

The day after tomorrow will be October 15th.

On the second day, An Ruochen recuperated obediently, taking medicines and meals.

Tan's second room and Xue's third room came to see her in the morning, but they didn't say anything. Seeing that she was in good spirits, Mrs. Tan was relieved. She is the most important of all the marriages with the Qian family. One is that Fu'an County is her natal family, and she has a relationship here, and the other is that her son An Ronggui is also involved in the jade business. If An Zhifu has anything in the future, the business will be in the hands of their second wife.

But An Ruochen actually wanted to escape, she hated her so much.

She was afraid that this matter would offend Qian Pei, so she asked her natal family to inquire about Qian Pei's intentions and gave them a gift. As a result, her natal family sent word back that Qian Pei was not annoyed, but happy instead. It is boring to say that he disliked the eldest girl for being dull and cowardly, but now he realizes that the eldest girl is a bit tough, he likes it so, so he never gets annoyed. Mrs. Tan hurriedly went to talk to An Zhifu, and An Zhifu also calmed down.

Sanfang Xue is the most cautious in the Anfu. She was originally the concubine of another merchant in Zhonglan City, and that merchant gave her to him in order to curry favor with An Zhifu, and she was still a concubine. The Xue family gave birth to a daughter for An Zhifu, named Ruolan, who was fifteen years old.

Xue has nothing to rely on, and there is nothing to say about his background, so he usually acts cautiously, like grass on the wall, whoever is strong, whoever benefits, whoever can rely on, no one can offend. She came to visit An Ruochen with the second room, but she just wanted to see the situation, and she had a bottom line in her heart.

In the afternoon, Mrs. Wufang Liao also came to see An Ruochen, An Ruochen was beaten because her son filed a complaint. First of all, she thinks that her son has done a good job, saving An's house from disaster, and secondly, the future will be long, and she may not know whether An Ruochen will become more prestigious after marrying into Qian's house. She is afraid that An Ruochen will hate the future because of this beating. Revenge, so I came to be a good person and gave some supplements. Dao Rongkun was young, so he didn't know that the master would do such a cruel thing, and said that An Ruochen was the eldest sister, and she must also understand the disaster of running away from home. She believed in An Ruochen Chen just talked about it, coaxing her sister. Anyway, after talking for a long time, I left.

These people came and went, and the door was locked tightly again.

An Ruochen's injuries were still as painful as yesterday, but his heart was much calmer. She tried her best to sleep for a while during the day, thinking that she must stay awake at night, so as not to miss her fourth sister.

As a result, after waiting all night, An Ruofang did not come. An Ruochen couldn't stand it anymore, she woke up startled after sleeping for a while, and woke up startled again after sleeping for a while, when she opened her eyes again, she found that the sky was already dark. She was anxious in her heart, wondering if the fourth sister was in some trouble, or if she couldn't find the opportunity to come to her, if she missed the time, it would be bad.

At this moment, An Ruofang's soft voice came from outside the window: "Sister, eldest sister."

An Ruochen regained her spirits and struggled to climb under the window: "Fang'er, my sister is here."

"Sister, I'm here." An Ruofang cautiously looked around, but there was no one there. At this time, everyone didn't get up, and the girls and servants who got up were also busy in their own ways, and no one paid attention to the back window of this secluded courtyard.

"Fang'er, do you still want to go?"

An Ruofang nodded, remembering that her sister couldn't see her, she said, "I think about it. Sis, let's run away. How can I rescue you?"

An Ruochen closed her eyes, if she couldn't save her, she had no chance at all. "Fang'er, listen to my sister carefully. Be sure to listen carefully."

"it is good."

"Shenshi this afternoon, there is a grain delivery convoy at the south gate of the city. The person in charge is surnamed Jiang and his name is Jiang Zhong. You can call him Mr. Jiang. He will go to Bin County, Shaocheng, where his family lives. He has received an order from General Long. He is willing to **** us there and settle our days to come. He will help arrange paperwork and work for living."

An Ruofang was pleasantly surprised: "This is great." Although she didn't understand why General Long would help them, it was naturally a great thing to have someone to take care of them.

"Fang'er, you do a good job as a female celebrity, and you can also make delicious snacks. Although I don't know if these two things will come in handy at that time, in short, you have to know that although you are a woman, you are not useless. You have the ability to help yourself." Earn some money and support yourself. It’s just that you are still young and need someone to take care of you. General Long told Mr. Jiang that if you trust him, Mr. Jiang will take good care of you. When you go to someone else’s house, you have to suffer. Learn some skills. Whether you live well or not in the future depends entirely on yourself, you must understand this truth."

"I understand." Being away from home is naturally worse than being at home, and she understands this. If she couldn't even figure this out, how dare she say that she was going to run away from home. It's just that in her opinion, it's better to endure hardships outside than to be abused by that old man Qian.

"Sister, how can I rescue you? In the afternoon, it's running out."

An Ruochen took a deep breath, held back the pain in her body, and said calmly: "Fang'er, do you know how to go out from our mansion to the south gate, so that we can hide and be safe so that we won't be caught?"

"Uh..." An Ruofang didn't know. She always followed others when she went out, and she knew the way, but she never thought that there was such a thing as concealment and safety.

An Ruochen told her carefully, and then asked her if she knew the roads. An Ruofang knew them all, and she often went with her mother and sister to play in the market near the South City Gate, and often went out of the South City Gate to burn incense in the mountain temple outside the city, she knew the South City Gate.

An Ruochen explained to her again what to say if someone finds out, what to say when she sees Mr. Jiang, how to manage relationships, how to avoid bad people on the road, etc., and talking, she suddenly became afraid, her sister was too I'm young, what should I do if there is an accident when I go out like this?

She hesitated, but she thought of Qian Pei again, and An Ruofang vomited after being touched by his leg. She gathered herself together, gritted her teeth, took out the broken silver and copper plates she had saved from the small bag hidden behind the table, pierced a window paper, and stuffed the things out to An Ruofang bit by bit.

"The money was saved by my sister, it's not much, you can keep it to live."

Hearing these words was very familiar, An Ruofang wanted to cry again. The private money she prepared for her sister was not sent out, but now she wants to use her sister's money? And what does this mean, sister won't leave? "Sister, what about you?"

An Ruochen said with a smile: "I can't go. Good sister, I'm locked up. If you try to rescue me, you will only be in danger of being discovered. There is not much time left. It is too late. Besides, I have injuries on my body. If you don’t walk fast, it will slow down your pace. The mother-in-law will come to deliver the medicine, and they will soon find out that I am not there. Then they will guess that we are fleeing and will be caught up. If you go alone, they will not be easy to detect. I didn't expect it, so your chances of success will be great. If they find that you are gone, they will search all over the house, thinking that you are hiding somewhere in the house, and you have time to rush to the south gate."

An Ruofang bit her lip, tears rolled in her eyes. She understood that her sister's escape plan was so well arranged, but now it is left to her.

An Ruochen looked out of the broken window, looked at her sister, and asked her, "You are the only one going, do you dare?"

An Ruofang nodded vigorously. If there is still a little bit of panic and hesitation in my heart to leave my mother, it is suppressed now. The only chance for her sister to escape was given to her. An Ruofang wiped away her tears, and said: "Sister, you must be well. When I grow up and have the ability, I will come back and look for you, and I won't teach that wicked person to bully you."

An Ruochen also shed tears. She really wanted to touch her sister's head, but unfortunately she couldn't. She said: "Don't be afraid of suffering outside. You have to remember, you must remember, my sister will definitely look for you, my sister will live on, and I will be fine. I will look for you, I will take care of you, I will Find a good family for you. If you suffer, think about what my sister said, and my sister promises that she will definitely find you."

An Ruofang nodded.

"You have to remember the stories my sister told you. The characters there are all brave and witty, and they lived a good life. You will be like that too. Don't be afraid."

An Ruofang nodded again.

The two sisters looked at each other through the small hole in the window.

"Let's go, don't make people suspicious." An Ruochen said softly.

An Ruofang nodded again. Wipe away tears, hide the money, and said: "Sister, you also remember, you must remember. If you are suffering and cannot come, don't worry, don't be afraid, I will grow up and be capable, let me pick you up .”

"Okay." An Ruochen's voice choked up.

An Ruofang faintly heard someone's voice coming this way. She gritted her teeth, "Sister, goodbye." The little girl turned her head and ran away.

An Ruochen leaned against the window, listening to the movement outside, no one found her sister, and there was no movement outside. She breathed a sigh of relief, and finally couldn't help crying, covering her eyes.

In my lifetime, goodbye.

An Ruochen crawled back onto the bed, pretending to be nonchalant. After a while, the mother-in-law came and gave her soup and medicine. An Ruochen endured the pain and remained silent. She thought that the fourth sister had said that there was a dog hole, and that the fourth sister would definitely find a way to sneak out.

At noon, An Ruochen had eaten and lay on the bed, his body was motionless, but his heart was about to jump out of his chest. Has the fourth sister gone out? Can you make it?

There was no news, she was the only one in the room, and it was quiet.