When Liu Ruyu learned that Steward Zhao had taken men to the Liu family’s residence, her heart sank. She prayed that her parents had already left Shengjing.
In truth, her claims that the Liu family treated her poorly were all lies told to win Shen Zhiyuan’s sympathy. If her parents hadn't emptied their life savings to buy her that Dharma Artifact hairpin, she never would have been able to ensnare Shen Zhiyuan, the second young master of the Anping Marquis Estate. After marrying into the family, she had exhausted every means to subsidize her parents, wanting them to live a life of comfort. She knew deep down that Shen Zhiyuan could not be relied upon; a man capable of personally causing his own legal wife and her unborn child to perish was not a kindhearted soul. She needed her parents to be wealthy so that she could depend on them later, or at the very least, have somewhere to go if she ever found herself with nowhere else to turn.
The gates of the Liu residence were shut tight, and not a single servant remained inside. Yet, none of the Liu family members had left. When they received Liu Ruyu’s message a few days ago, they had gathered their money and prepared to flee Shengjing, but they were intercepted before they could even leave the city gates, and when they opened their eyes, they were back in their home! They had tried to sneak away in the middle of the night several times after that, only to be knocked unconscious and returned. They all suspected they were trapped in…
Chapter 72