Perhaps it was because her outfit looked hardly lucrative, coupled with her appearance as an ordinary, unremarkable older woman, so Xie Wanqing had not yet encountered any major setbacks.

This time escaping from Lu Ziyuan’s side, she spent only a few days planning it, not considering many aspects thoroughly, yet surprisingly everything went smoothly.

Xie Wanqing felt somewhat sentimental, it seemed even fate was helping her.

Born into nobility, every time she went out, followers accompanied her, servants attended to her, this was the first time she ran on her own for three days.

Like a startled bird, she saw everyone as Lu Ziyuan’s men.

Now she was indeed free, no one was restraining her, she went wherever she wanted.

However, gains always come with losses...

Xie Wanqing sighed deeply, filled with resentment.

Disguising herself again was so troublesome, she hadn’t bathed in three days.

From birth until now, she had never endured such hardship.

She had a home she couldn’t return to, her husband received the Emperor’s decree for divorce, apart from some silver in her pocket, she was practically no different from the refugees.

Everything was because of Lu Ziyuan!

Yet she could not muster up any hatred for the culprit.

Last time, their wedding was near, she insisted on breaking off the engagement and marrying Pei Yuqing instead.

This time, there was less than half a month to the wedding, she directly vanished...

He wouldn’t have been driven to illness by her again, would he?

...Anyway, he’s definitely scouring the world for her.

She cannot be caught by him!

Yet she can’t live her life in constant hiding...

She weighed her decision for a long time, she wouldn’t regret it.

However, reaching this point, she discovered many challenges still awaited her.

What should she do to make Lu Ziyuan stop pursuing her?

She just wanted to live a peaceful life!

Xie Wanqing furrowed her brows and thought for a long time.

Came to a conclusion.

Unless she made Lu Ziyuan think she was dead.

Once someone is dead, why keep searching?

But that man was insane, in a previous life she was thoroughly dead, yet he refused to accept it.

To truly make him believe she was dead, he’d have to see the corpse to wake up.

Where could she find a corpse of herself...

Many things should not be contemplated, once they are, problems arise.

That night, while sleeping in a daze, Xie Wanqing heard disturbances coming from the next cabin.

Two days on the ship, she knew that a mother and daughter lived next door, the mother seemed in her thirties, the daughter was unmarried, hair styled as a maiden’s.

They were dressed simply, faces covered tightly, hardly stepping out of their room.

Even when they did, they were extremely low-key, yet from the skin exposed on their hands and faces, it was evident they were nurtured in a family with good conditions.

Still, they were targeted.

Perhaps because the mother’s age was not too old, still retaining some charm.

Or perhaps because the daughter was in her prime.

In any case, in these times, women were far too easy to bully.

Especially women without men to protect them.

Separated by a thin wooden wall, every commotion from next door was transmitted clearly.

The woman’s cries lasted only a moment before disappearing, soon followed by muffled sounds of impact.

The bed creaked, faint sobs of a woman could be heard.

It was as if her mouth was blocked, crying without abandon.

Not just one perpetrator.

But four.

Xie Wanqing knew who they were.

During the day, those four men who brazenly robbed, brazenly barged into the mother and daughter’s room at night.

Her lips pressed tightly together, a battle of conscience waged in her mind.

Those few were just ordinary bullies, unarmed, relying only on malice to intimidate.

She... should be able to beat them.