Yu Haitang dashed out of the house in a flurry. Yan Jiedi had wanted to stop her, but she knew these people were standing up for her. Thinking of her parents’ attitude toward her, Yan Jiedi’s resentment only deepened; that house would have nothing to do with her from now on.
Yan Fugui had truly gone too far, actually intending to marry Yan Jiedi off to a wife-beating old bachelor—a man who had already beaten two previous wives to death.
After crying for a while, Yan Jiedi finally calmed down under Yu Li’s comforting presence. She had already packed her small bundle. She had brought a small cloth bag when she first arrived at Li Anquan’s house, which had gone unnoticed by everyone else. Yan Jiedi picked up the bundle, slung it over her shoulder, and looked at Li Anquan. She knelt on the ground, bowing her head. Li Anquan frowned but did not stop her. He understood that Yan Jiedi’s gratitude was sincere; since she had no way to repay him right now, this gesture helped ease her heart.
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