"Oh, my goodness. What is going on?"
When Jiang Miao opened her eyes, she found herself in an ancient costume with patches around the sleeves. Moreover, there was a package on her left hand.
Jiang Miao frowned, because this scene was familiar to her. She then quickly opened the package, saw some clothes, and found a piece of silver after a rummage.
Instantly, Jiang Miao had a headache. It was really incredible that she was in the novel she had read last night ——
The hero of this novel was born in the gutter. However, he was a genius, ranked top in the talent selection, and won recognition from the emperor. Therefore, the hero made his way into the officialdom and became the youngest Grand Secretary of his era. Moreover, the hero married a girl from an influential family in the capital. All in all, this man had a bright future.
However, this perfect hero had a stain. He had a child bride. The child bride had lived in his family for five years, but she looked down upon the hero for his poverty and planned to flee with the family property, but got caught in the end.
This child bride was kicked out after being caught in her flight. However, she was a beautiful girl, plus being alone, so she was cheated later, sold into a brothel, and tortured to death...
Thinking of those, Jiang Miao shivered with fear, because she, a food blogger, had become this child bride.
Soon, the family of the hero would appear to catch Jiang Miao red handed.
As expected, the door was pushed open after Jiang Miao packed up her stuff.
"Mom, what did I say? This girl, who is beautiful, won't be contented with her lot! Look! She is trying to flee!"
Xu Yueru said with sarcasm. She was pregnant, but she furiously snatched the package from Jiang Miao's hand.
An elder woman stood next to Xu Yueru. She pulled a long face with a few white hairs around her temples and looked fierce for her high cheekbones. This woman was the mother of the hero, Zhang Lan. She was staring at Jiang Miao in silence.
Jiang Miao felt intimidated. She knew that this feeling was left by that child bride.
That child bride dreaded and hated Zhang Lan. Without Zhang Lan, she could have become a concubine of some rich man in town and known nothing about this poverty.
Jiang Miao reserved her judgment for that child bride. Slowly, she stood up.
"Mother, I am not fleeing. I packed up several clothes for Yanqing. It is hot. I wanted to ask An'nian to take them to Yanqing when he delivered meal."
Speaking, Jiang Miao spread the package, and there were two summer shirts. They still looked tidy though they became white for the wash. Zhang Lan had made these two shirts for her son.
Zhang Lan relaxed, but Xu Yueru became anxious. She disliked this child bride because the whole family provided for the couple.
Xu Yueru wanted to profit from Shen Yanqing, who was good at studying and would become an official in the future. Meanwhile, Xu Yueru was jealous of the beautiful and lazy Jiang Miao and considered her a burden to the family.
Angry, Xu Yueru rummaged through the package, and two copper coins fell down. Her eyes instantly lit up.
"You stole money! Mother, look, is this the money we saved for Yanqing for the coming exams?" Xu Yueru gloated and handed the copper coins to Zhang Lan.
Zhang Lan clenched her fingers so hard that they turned white. There was a chilling light in her eyes.
Zhang Lan bought Jiang Miao because Jiang Miao was beautiful, and some fortune teller said that Jiang Miao would bring her husband good luck. Over the past few years, Zhang Lan had turned a blind eye to Jiang Miao's tricks.
"The Shen family can't tolerate a thief!" Zhang Lan shouted.
Jiang Miao shivered with fear. She didn't want to be driven out of the house.
"Mother, I stole nothing. I earned money with my embroidery. Yanqing studies with all his might, and I want to buy something nutritious for him..."
Jiang Miao lowered her head as she spoke. With blushes on her face, Jiang Miao looked like a little shy wife who cared about her husband.
This audacity shocked Xu Yueru. "She's lying!"
"Enough. Did you see Jiang Miao stealing money?" Zhang Lan pulled her long face, looking fiercer than before. Xu Yueru didn't dare to say anything more and thought that her mother-in-law was partial to Jiang Miao.
"It's good that you care about Yanqing. He will repay you after he gets a place in the officialdom." Zhang Lan was softened a little at the thought of her little son.
"I know."
Xu Yueru felt bitter. She knew that this was a warning from her mother-in-law. Xu Yueru had a lot of complaints because the whole family worked hard to provide for Shen Yanqing, who had passed the imperial examination at the county level at a young age. "Yanqing has a bright future, so why do I offend him because of Jiang Miao?" Xu Yueru tried to comfort herself.
After Xu Yueru left with Zhang Lan, Jiang Miao breathed a sigh of relief. What a narrow escape! She put the money back stealthily after Xu Yueru and Zhang Lan went to the kitchen.
That child bride was lazy but didn't do anything worse before, so Zhang Lan bought Jiang Miao's story.
Anyhow, Jiang Miao had finished reading the novel, so she knew that Zhang Lan looked cold but was softhearted. Zhang Lan wouldn't be harsh to whoever was good to Shen Yanqing.
To survive in this era, Jiang Miao made up her mind to get along well with Shen Yanqing, the future Grand Secretary.
"But I will leave after he meets his goddess." Jiang Miao thought...
