That year, Qi RongYue was twelve years old. Wuyuan County’sMo family sent people to notify Qi YongChun that Old Madam Mo passed away.
Qi YongChun didn’t want to have anything more to dowith the Mo family. He had people send Qi RongYue to Wuyuan. The two banknoteson her body was what Third Uncle secretly gave her then.
Since that time, the Mo and Qi families completelysevered contact. Two years later, when Old Master Mo passed away, no oneinformed Qi fu. This was equivalent to breaking all ties.
Wuyuan County and Pengcheng weren’t too far apart. Ahalf-day journey was going to originally end in the evening, but due to thesnow, ended in the middle of the night. Fortunately, the guard at the gate feltpity for the two weak females and especially broke the rules and let them intothe city.
The carriage stopped outside Mo fu. Xue’er knockedon the door. The porter poked his head out to ask who they were. Xue’eranswered that it was Qi Xiaojie from Pengcheng. The porter naturally knew whoshe was. He immediately rushed to inform furen.
After a long time, the door to Mo fu did not openagain nor did the porter reappear. No matter how hard Xue’er knocked, the insidewas dead silent. No one answered.
Qi RongYue pulled Xue’er’s hand. “Don’t knockanymore. They won’t open the door. Let’s wait until morning!”\nThe two got back onto the carriage and huddledtogether. They did not sleep. On such a snowy night, if they slept, they wouldcertainly catch a cold.
The two currently did not have the qualifications toget sick.\n