If Gu Kaichen had turned around, he would have realized that the young man was Lin Hua—and that this was yet another trap set for him by Gu Kaiyuan.
But even if he had known, he still would have jumped right in. He no longer had a place in Zhang County.
He ran all the way home. Seeing Xu Yulan sorting through wild vegetables, he marched over and kicked the basket away. "Stop messing with that! Pack our things. We're going home."
"What crazy nonsense are you spouting now?" Xu Yulan said. She thought they were already home. However, when she looked up and saw his bruised and battered face, her voice immediately turned shrill. "Did you go gambling again?"
"Never mind that," Gu Kaichen said. "When I say 'home,' I mean the capital. The Third Prince gave my dad a house there. I'm done living this miserable life."
Xu Yulan immediately jumped to her feet. "Are you serious? Did your father send a carriage to pick us up?"
