The Prime Minister Seduced Me to have Babies!-Chapter 244: Following

The woman in red had lost all her previous anger, now wearing an expression of contemplation.

The woman in yellow’s eyes flashed, and she laughed, "Cousin, since this young master is a student of Yuelu Academy, he is bound to have a promising future. It doesn’t matter if he’s poor now."

"Why don’t you go back and talk to uncle about it?"

The corners of the woman in red’s mouth twitched slightly, "Cousin, what nonsense are you talking? I said I’m seeking trouble with him."

Impatiently, she ordered the maid, "Why aren’t you leaving yet? I’m exhausted, let’s hurry back!"

The carriage quickly moved on.

Yun Jiao noticed the children were tired from playing, and although they had eaten many snacks, their stomachs weren’t full. She decided to head home too.

Zheng Juren sat in his own carriage, lifting the curtain to look out. Seeing Yun Jiao get into her carriage, he instructed his driver, "Follow that carriage with the blue canopy in front. Don’t lose it."

The driver agreed and, seeing the carriage move, kept a steady distance, following behind.

Lin Shuo drove the carriage back to the city.

Gradually, he felt something wasn’t right.

His carriage was at the front, followed by the one Jiang Youzhi and the others were in. However, he could make out that the sound of hoofbeats was not just from behind, but there was another carriage further back.

At first, he didn’t think much of it.

After all, there was only one road back to the city, and many carriages followed behind. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Entering the city, the roads branched in all directions, and the crowd increased. Any slight pause would mean losing track, so it was odd that carriage stayed behind.

He didn’t know why that carriage was following but thought it was best not to let them succeed in whatever they intended.

Suddenly, he spun and leaped, tossing a small stone backward.

Then he landed steadily on the shaft and continued driving.

He heard a horse neigh from behind, Lin Shuo smirked slightly, and drove the carriage into a side street.

When the carriage stopped at the Renxin Hall entrance, Lin Shuo checked behind and found the following carriage had vanished.

Ah Hu opened the side door, and Lin Shuo quickly drove the carriage inside.

Guihua had long prepared the meal; seeing them return, she hastily added firewood to cook.

Yun Jiao took the kite back to her room. After placing it down, she couldn’t help but sit by the window and recall the scene. Earlier, after entering the city when the wind blew up the curtain, she happened to catch a glimpse outside.

She saw a woman with a wooden hairpin and a cotton dress, struggling to carry a wooden bucket along the roadside.

At that moment, she felt the woman greatly resembled Gu Mei.

However, the distance was too great, and she only caught a vague side view partially obscured by hair, leaving her unsure whether it was Gu Mei.

Still, after pondering for a bit, Yun Jiao let it go.

In her mind, she had done all she could for Gu Mei.

Whatever life Gu Mei led afterward was her own fate, unrelated to Yun Jiao.

Currently, Gu Mei was hanging clothes in a courtyard.

She had just returned from doing laundry at the riverside.

She now lived with her aunt’s family.

Only, the aunt’s family was also struggling.

When she arrived, her uncle was bedridden, and her aunt was considering where to borrow some silver to afford medical treatment for him.

Gu Mei pondered for three days, then took out all the silver she had and gave it to her aunt.

She knelt down with her aunt and cousin.

With silver for treatment, her uncle managed to survive, though he still couldn’t work and needed bed rest.

Meanwhile, there was no silver left for food.

Gu Mei pawned her jewelry and clothes to buy rice and grain for meals.

Now she wore her aunt’s old clothes.

She and her aunt took on laundry jobs everywhere.

Her cousin, only thirteen years old, went to the dock daily to carry bags, earning a few copper coins back.