Last time she’d already heard that the Wang Family’s old madam was gravely ill and wished to see her eldest grandson marry before she passed. That being the case, once the Wang Family came to propose on the sixth, the wedding would probably be held within two months.

Since it was something her parents had decided together, it was likely impossible to change. Then she could only run away from the marriage—no way was she marrying that wastrel from the Wang Family.

"Run away from your wedding... isn’t that bad?" Xiaohong was scared; running away from a marriage wasn’t the same as sneaking out of a room.

"Stop dawdling. I tell you to go, so go." She knew Xiaohong was timid, so she added, "Don’t worry, I’ll take you with me when I leave."

That made Xiaohong less afraid. She hurriedly answered, "Yes!"

Xiaohong found the hammer, and Li Luru had already packed her bundle.

But before they had a chance to use anything, she was dragged out.

"Master, the person’s been brought."

Ye Haoxuan put down the book in his hand. "Bring her in."

"Yes!"

A moment later, a burlap sack appeared in the room, and the sack even wriggled a bit.

"Untie it."

The subordinate stepped forward and untied the sack, and a woman’s head popped out—it was none other than Li Luru, who’d been about to run away from her marriage.

Her hands and feet were bound, and there was a cloth stuffed into her mouth.

Li Luru had already recognized Ye Haoxuan sitting in the main seat. So it was him who had had her taken.

A quick look back and she knew exactly why—this had to be because of what happened at the Beauty Pavilion.

"Hero, Immortal, I was wrong, really. Back then I really was in a hurry to get away." As soon as she was freed, Li Luru hurried forward to apologize. "You’re magnanimous, don’t stoop to my level. Just let me off this once, okay?"

"No." Ye Haoxuan said, "My parents are not people just anyone can talk about."

"Everything I said back then was fake, it doesn’t count." Li Luru scratched her ear as she spoke. "If it had been someone else, I’d have done the same. It wasn’t aimed at you personally."

The air in the room abruptly dropped a few degrees.

Seeing this man’s face instantly turn dark, Li Luru got irritable. "How can a grown man be this petty? You look great, but that heart of yours is way too narrow. I already said it was a special situation back then—what more do you want?"

Ye Haoxuan’s face darkened even more at that.

He glanced at his subordinate, who then held a plaque up in front of Li Luru. "Take a good look. Do you know who you accidentally spoke about? Hugging our master and saying his parents had died—your courage’s pretty impressive, huh?"

"Do you have any idea, if our master gets angry, he could wipe out your entire Li Family, root and branch?"

At this point, Li Luru was already stunned stupid by the plaque.

The word "Ye" was written on it.

Oh my! Cold sweat started to bead on Li Luru’s back, and she cursed herself in her heart for being so unlucky. Every last one of the Ye Family were top-tier big shots—definitely not people she could afford to offend.

"Uh... so... what do you want to do?"

"What do I want?" Ye Haoxuan gave her a sidelong glance. "That depends on how sincere you are."

Hearing that, Li Luru’s mind started working again. As long as it was negotiable, that was good.

She even had to thank this man for getting her out; with so many guards in the residence, she might not have been able to escape the Li Residence on her own.

But once out, she had nowhere to go. When her master had still been around, she could have gone to her, but her master hadn’t shown up in years now, and she had no idea where she was. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

As for the man in front of her, she didn’t know which big shot of the Ye Family he was, but the Ye Family’s character was certainly beyond reproach. She’d only said the wrong thing; according to the Ye Family’s way of doing things, they definitely wouldn’t implicate the Li Family, and they wouldn’t take her life either.

Might as well stick with him for now and leave once she had a better place to go.

Still, she was in the wrong first, so she had to make amends. Money, he probably didn’t lack, and apologies didn’t seem much use. After thinking for a bit, she said, "How about this young lady serves you as a maid for one month?"