Chapter 54: An Immature Little Plan… Maybe It Will Succeed

Wen Zhaoyin did not give chase. She placed the hand that had struck him behind her back, trembling slightly.

By this time, Wen Xi had already taken Xie Yunjin out of the courtyard with others. Returning to see the Young Lord walking back to the main house without looking back, Wen Xi could only pay a brief salute to Wen Zhaoyin before hurriedly chasing after Meng Huan.

Running into the room, Wen Xi saw the Young Lord sitting in front of the mirror wiping away tears, still muttering, “I really can’t stay, I really can’t stay in this family…”

Wen Xi silently went out to soak a handkerchief in warm water. Returning, he carefully half-knelt beside Meng Huan to wipe the tears from his face, not saying a word, just watching him cry.

“Wen Xi, if I want to leave, would you come with me or not?” Meng Huan suddenly turned his face to look at him.

Mainly because they had been together for so long, he had a sense in his heart that Wen Xi was trustworthy. Even if Wen Xi was unwilling to go with him, he wouldn’t tell others, so Meng Huan dared to ask this question.

The latter was startled by his question, “Where does Young Lord want to go?”

Where to go? Meng Huan didn’t really have a destination at the moment. He was cut off from information and had no idea about Wen Zhibai’s situation. Even if he wanted to seek refuge, he couldn’t go to Wen Zhibai since he had already burned that letter.

Then where could he go?

“Back, back home! I can go back home!”

Although his mother in this world looked like someone who only cared about profit at first glance, she was still his mother after all. It was impossible for her to watch her son die outside with her own eyes, right?

As soon as Meng Huan had this thought, he suddenly wilted. His mother wouldn’t do anything to him, but with her personality, as long as Wen Zhaoyin beckoned, it was very likely she would immediately package him up and send him back!

“No, we have nowhere to go…”

Wen Xi placed his hand on Meng Huan’s knee, gently massaging his leg, and persuaded in a low voice, “Young Lord, men really suffer too much outside, especially since you have already married the Family Head. Going out alone will definitely cause people to gossip.”

Actually, if it were him from two years ago, let alone calmly helping to analyze the situation after leaving, even just hearing the two words “go out” would probably startle him, marveling at how Meng Huan could have such thoughts.

But in these two years, Wen Xi had been influenced. His thinking had imperceptibly changed, so when Meng Huan said he wanted to leave, Wen Xi didn’t look shocked, but silently helped him analyze the pros and cons.

“Although this servant doesn’t know why you have this idea, a man’s life is nothing more than having to rely on a woman. The Family Head treats you so well. If there are any small conflicts or grievances, what’s the harm in enduring it?”

Meng Huan wiped away a tear, looking at him with some anger at his lack of defiance, “Wen Xi, let me ask you, did you know that I look similar to that so-called Prime Minister Xie Yunhuan?”

Small conflicts and grievances? He was being used as a substitute. That was a great insult!

The latter was stunned by his question, his expression a bit awkward. After a long while, he said, “This servant… this servant only occasionally heard a little bit, all just rumors and hearsay, not even daring to believe them, let alone tell them to you.”

He had heard the gossip. After all, there were plenty of loose-lipped people during breaks from work. He had been here for so long and was previously a reserve for the communal rooms, so how could he not have heard these things?

Hearing was one thing, but you’d have to be a brainless fool to say it in front of the person involved. He considered himself not stupid and of course wouldn’t say these things in front of his master.

Meng Huan wasn’t really asking for the truth. Seeing Wen Xi answer, he just gave a sarcastic laugh, “Well well, turns out I was the last one to know.”

“I originally thought she truly liked me. Even if she went overboard sometimes, it was because she was a female-dominant woman with that kind of personality. I never imagined her feelings for me were completely fake. When she looked at me, she was thinking of Xie Yunhuan the whole time.”

“Her affection for me was all false. If it weren’t for that relative Xie Yunjin coming, you all probably would have deceived me for a lifetime, right?”

“A place like this, what am I still staying for?”

Wen Xi listened while sorting out the logic, more or less understanding it all. He was unable to refute Meng Huan’s words for quite a while.

After a long time, he finally squeezed out a sentence, “But, but you are the Family Head’s concubine, and Young Master You was just born a month ago. Where can you go if you leave now?”

The child was still young and needed a father’s care. How could the Young Lord leave?

Meng Huan tapped him on the forehead, “You’re silly. The child is also Wen Zhaoyin’s. Even if I leave, she will take good care of him. We don’t need to worry at all.”

“Now I do have an idea. Let’s take some travel money and go to your home for a couple days first. Then after figuring out the situation outside, we’ll go somewhere else. What do you think?”

Ever since reading the medical books, he had started to explore other history books and such. There was a book that was just compiled the year before last, saying that in the neighboring country, men were the emperors this generation. That emperor treated the men in the country very well and issued many policies to protect them. If he could go there, it would definitely be better than staying here.

He didn’t dare tell Wen Xi about this long-term plan. If he mentioned it now, with this boy’s timid appearance, he definitely wouldn’t dare take him out.

Although in these two years of restricted movement, he had indeed developed a bit of affection for Wen Zhaoyin, that feeling was only a tiny little bit. Her deception had completely awakened him.

Men couldn’t rely on women. Once you had that mindset, you weren’t far from being finished.

He had previously been blinded by the warmth of life in front of him. Plus, the pain of pregnancy and childbirth had stupefied him, making him feel it wouldn’t be bad to continue living like that.

Now, through this incident, it directly flung him out of that delusion, which was great.

Meng Huan felt he was now the most clear-headed person in the world.

“Wen Xi! You are the person I trust the most. I haven’t treated you poorly either. This time I’m really begging you to help me!”

“After we leave, I’ll give everything to you. Just leave me a bit of money. Oh right, I can steal your deed of servitude. That way you won’t have to be a servant anymore!”

Hearing about stealing the deed, Wen Xi teared up and hurriedly said, “No matter where, this servant will always be your attendant.”

Now wasn’t the time to show loyalty! Under the urging of Meng Huan’s gaze, he finally continued, “Staying at this servant’s home naturally isn’t a problem. These two years, this servant has sent some of the rewards you gave to the family. Mother and sister were so happy. They will definitely welcome the Young Lord.”

“It’s just…” After saying this, his brows furrowed.

“Just what?”

“It’s just that this servant doesn’t know how to help you leave. The guards outside the courtyard are strict and there are quite a few guarding the doors in various places…”

Meng Huan understood and patted him on the shoulder, “Don’t worry, I’ll figure out a way.”

From the incident last time where the kitchen boy bought female-repelling medicine but he still got pregnant, he fully realized that relying on others wasn’t as good as relying on himself. Other people were too unreliable. Only he could trust himself.

It wasn’t the first or second time he had tried to escape and gotten caught. The punishments each time were unpleasant, so this time he had to be careful and cautious. He had to personally take action.

Actually, not everyone guarding the doors would stop people. They would only stop him. The servants and maids who usually went out to shop were not stopped.

He could first handle Wen Zhaoyin, then take the opportunity when Pei Lan wasn’t home to disguise himself, wearing servant’s clothes to walk out.

Although this chance required refining many details, overall it still had a lot of feasibility.

Seeing Wen Xi’s expression wanting to investigate, he kept waving his hand, “You don’t need to know now. When it’s time to leave, I’ll naturally call for you. You just need to pack your luggage in advance and wait at any time.”

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After sorting out his thoughts, Meng Huan wasn’t so upset anymore. He even planned to temporarily smooth things over with Wen Zhaoyin. Who knew that the other party didn’t come to see him for several days in a row.

At other times it would have been fine. He wouldn’t think too much. But it just so happened that at this time, Wen Xi found out the people from the Xie family still hadn’t left.

Moreover, he heard that Xie Yunjin, who looked very similar to him, was staying in Zu Jun’s courtyard. Zu Jun even called Wen Zhaoyin over to chat and dine every day.

This made him overthink.

He wondered if in the past few days she hadn’t seen him, she had been talking and laughing with Xie Yunjin the whole time. Didn’t she say before that she liked obedient men? With one glance, Meng Huan felt Xie Yunjin was that type. Wouldn’t Wen Zhaoyin just adore him?

The more he thought about it, the more the meaning changed, as if the endless waiting made him more and more angry.

He didn’t know if he was angry that she treated him as a substitute, doting on him and coaxing him when he was the only one, but as soon as someone else appeared, she immediately had a change of heart.