Zhu Cheng stepped out of the tavern feeling more overjoyed at the thought of escaping that kind of hellish life than regret for what she has done, of course, many would call her a beast for doing what she did but at that moment Zhu Cheng didn't care, she was the breadwinner of the family and must have earned enough money through her hard work. If she didn't give that money to her spouse, her useless sister and those niece and nephews who were dragging her down, today she could have easily paid that fifty taels all by herself. It wasn't that she was doing anything wrong, it was just that she was taking back what belonged to her and no one can tell her otherwise.

  She has been working for years and if she saved that money instead of letting it get wasted on her family then she might not have to do what she just did in the tavern. If anything it was the fault of her family for using such a huge chunk of her salary into this and that, and never asking her second sister to work seriously. If that idiot was working and bringing a decent sum then would she have to take such a step? She wasn't wrong. It wasn't her fault, and she was human and humans often made mistakes.

  Yeah, that was right. What she did was nothing but a mistake, so no one can blame her for doing something like that.

  However, even though Zhu Cheng was thinking like this, she knew that if she went home right now, she will have to get into a brawl with her family. If it was her spouse alone, she could have dealt with him easily that man might have a sharp tongue but in the end, he was just a mer, she could have continued to hit him until he passed out or died, and maybe it would have been better if he died. At least then she didn't have to hear his bitching and moaning about how she sold his kids.

  Her husband she wasn't worried about.

  But it was her sister and her husband who were making her nervous after all the two might be a bit annoying and lazy but the pair gave birth to a son and they were treated like a pair of ancestors in her family. Now, she has gone ahead and sold that brat to become a future gigglo to the tavern, if she were to return home now, then not only will she be kicked out of the house, even her parents would beat the shit out of her after all since the two of them used to pamper that grandson of theirs more than they pampered her daughter.

  Zhu Cheng bit her thumbnail, she couldn't go back——going back was like getting her ass whooped until she was no longer breathing. Her brother in law will not let her have a moment of peace after finding out that she sold his son as a prostitute.

  No, wait!

  Why was she even thinking about going back? Her kids were gone and she no longer wanted to go back to her husband, she didn't even have anything to return home and she even lost her job yesterday—— so why not just leave this town!

  At that moment, Zhu Cheng had her eureka moment. That was right, she no longer wanted her current family and there was nothing that was holding her back, so she might as well run from here and settle down in a faraway town. It will take a few months for her to settle nicely but she has the experience and she might be able to get a nice paying job and maybe —— hehe, a mer will fall for her as well.

  Zhu Cheng moved her arms and slapped her shoulders. That's right, she wasn't old and her stamina was good too, she could definitely do what she was thinking as long as she tried harder.

  Now that she had a plan in her head, she stepped out of the alley. Throughout the time she kept walking with her face lowered, she didn't want anyone to recognise her and then create trouble for her. Maybe her luck was finally on her side, she didn't meet anyone in the marketplace and was able to walk out of the crowded streets to the place where the carts were parked, she looked for a cheaper cart that was covered on the back since she didn't want anyone to recognise her while she was on the run.

  Because she didn't have much money she couldn't hire those covered carts, the price they were asking was simply unreasonable. All that money just because they had a roof over their carts? Wasn't they just trying to rip her off but Zhu Cheng didn't want to hire the simple cart and show her face to others, her husband said that he had some things that he needed to sell today, if he saw her and asked where she was going on the ox cart what will she say?

  After hesitating for a long time she finally came to a stop in front of a simple ox cart that was small and looked worn down like it was going to crack any moment and what was more even its driver looked a bit shady. With a black hood draped on her head, the woman was munching on what looked like melon seeds, Zhu Cheng gulped last night she didn't go back home and only drank alcohol, now her stomach was rumbling with hunger but she didn't have much money on her.

  If she fork that sum she was saving for the ride to eat something then she might be stuck here for a long time.

  " Cough, I would like to hire this cart," said Zhu Cheng as she puffed out her chest and looked at the woman who never once looked up. When she spoke the woman finally paused in her munching and asked, " Where to?"

  Her voice was coarse and gravely like her vocal cords were ruined by something and when she spoke she sounded really annoying as if the woman's voice was gyrating on her nerves. " Three stops from here,"

  "That will be fifty cents get in." said the woman.

  And since the price was reasonable, Zhu Cheng didn't ask anything and sat inside.

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