Chapter 52: A Family Finally Reunited, Let's Ride Away on Horses

But just as the Squad Leader of the Town Guard stepped forward to knock on the door, with a *crack*, the thick wooden door was actually opened from the inside.

However, behind the opened door was a middle-aged lady at a loss; looking at her panicked expression, it was clear she hadn't been the one to open the door voluntarily.

The crowd looked down and only then discovered that the person who had opened the door was actually a half-grown boy who looked to be only eight or nine years old. This child was quite thin, looking like someone suffering from long-term malnutrition, and he was small and frail; it was hard to imagine how he had managed to open such a thick and heavy wooden door.

The Squad Leader who had been preparing to knock smiled and turned his head back to look at Jier: "My Lord, look, the door is open?"

Jier waved his hand, signaling him to step aside; there was nothing more for him to do here.

The Herbalist Zuojigela stood frozen on the spot, his gaze fixedly meeting his wife Moya's.

The two looked at each other in silence, both with tears streaming down from their eyes.

Seeing this scene, Jier was certain that they still truly loved each other, and that it was only fate that had separated them. No, not fate, but those hateful Dwarfs who had torn this family apart and created the current situation.

Jier gave the Herbalist a push, and only then did the fellow snap out of it, stepping forward to embrace his wife.

But the little child who had opened the door stepped out and swung his fist hard, striking Zuojigela in the stomach.

The little fellow gritted his teeth hard, swinging his fists back and forth at Zuojigela's body with all his might!

But his small stature and thin frame meant his punches had little power, and since Zuojigela was a sturdy middle-aged man, he didn't even feel the pain from this beating.

Seeing that his fists were useless, the child used his head to ram into Zuojigela's abdomen.

Jier stepped forward and gently supported the child's head with his hand, then with a lift and a pull, he placed the child onto his shoulder with his left hand.

The child was truly thin and light; after Jier placed him on his shoulder, he didn't even feel any weight.

"You... what are you doing! I'm dealing with my enemy! The enemy who made Mother suffer so much! Put me down, I want to bite him! Let me bite him!!" the child shouted.

Jier gently flicked the child's forehead with his finger, causing the boy to quiet down.

"You are the child of the Herbalist Soye-Zuojigela, right? What is your name?" Jier asked.

The child sitting on Jier's left shoulder refused to speak his name, but the children of the Merchant who were secretly looking down from the second floor of the house shouted loudly: "His name is Baomusi! Baomusi-Zuojigela! He is not one of our Feilier-si family, he is an outsider! Take him away quickly! We don't want this new mother either, you all leave quickly!"

Hearing the words of the children upstairs, Lady Moya behind the wooden door was even more heartbroken. After all, although she hadn't given birth to these children, she had raised them for seven or eight years, having brought them up from little babies, but just by hearing what they said, she knew they had never considered her a part of this family.

She was nothing more than an outsider who took care of their meals, clothing, and house cleaning.

Thinking of this, Lady Moya angrily untied her apron and threw it hard onto the ground, and at this moment, Zuojigela also stepped forward, grabbed Lady Moya's hand, and pulled her out from inside the Merchant's house.

Then, the two embraced tightly.

"I have been missing you, and our child!"

"I'm sorry, I, I have been resenting you all these years, hating you for why you left us behind. I knew you were missing, we all thought you were dead, but if you were dead, why didn't you take me and the child with you..."

"These years, I have been so miserable..."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

The two embraced, their cheeks rubbing tightly against each other, their arms wrapped around one another, as if they would never let go again in this lifetime.

And the child on Jier's shoulder was also stunned at this moment, not knowing why the real father, whom his mother usually hated so much in her words, was holding this middle-aged man so tightly, as if afraid he would run away.

Jier looked at the child who was stunned and unable to believe this scene, and said: "The deepest hatred often stems from the most sincere love."

The people of the Feilier-si Family around them saw the remarried wife of the Merchant little Feilier-si, who had been married for several years, embracing her ex-husband in public, and they became restless. Some young people wanted to step forward to pull the two apart; at the very least, they shouldn't do this in front of so many people, otherwise, wouldn't their family's reputation be ruined?

But before they could step forward, Jier glared at these people and let out a cold snort, scaring them so much they didn't dare to approach.

But they were unwilling to back down; after all, no matter what, this was their family's business.

"A hug is enough!"

"Moya, didn't my brother treat you well? How can you embrace your ex-husband in front of everyone like this? Although everyone knows he returned after being missing for many years, you have already divorced him and are no longer a family. Your real husband now is my brother, little Feilier-si!"

The older brother of the Merchant little Feilier-si stood out. This person seemed to be a low-level official in the town's Government Office, so he had some status in the area; at the very least, the Squad Leader of the Town Guard had to curry favor with him.

But this person, whose words usually carried weight, found that his words didn't work today.

The Squad Leader of the Town Guard kept winking and gesturing at him, but this middle-aged man of the Feilier-si Family didn't notice.

Jier found it amusing. Now, because of the surrounding Monster siege, the Town Guard was the core force controlled by the Sasi Family, while the Yemei Town Government Office, which was previously valued, was ignored and pushed aside. After all, at last night's banquet, Bell had invited many people, and the Town Guard knew the news about Jier, the young Knight, while the people in the Government Office were poorly informed and couldn't distinguish who was currently the one in charge.

Hearing the words of the people around her, Moya's body trembled, but she was then held tightly by Zuojigela. The Herbalist whispered in his lover's ear: "It's okay, it's okay, as long as I am here, these things don't matter. Come with me, take the child and come with me, okay?"

Lady Moya struggled a bit, but she was held by Zuojigela and couldn't move.

"I will never be separated from you again, never be separated from our child again. No matter what happens in the future, I will not be separated from you. Are you willing to come with me? Leave here, leave Yemei Town, and never come back!"

Hearing about leaving Yemei Town and never coming back, Lady Moya let out a breath and whispered in Zuojigela's ear: "Okay, take me and the child with you. This time, wherever you go, we will follow. If you die, I won't live either; I will die with you. And our child, he is a strong person; he will understand our decision and live well."

Surrounded by the crowd, they made a promise of life and death dependence to each other.

Immediately after, Lady Moya went to pack the few personal belongings of herself and the child, preparing to leave here directly. Because she could see that the young man behind Soye was clearly a high-status, powerful figure who could control the situation.

And he was clearly willing to put in the effort for Soye's matter.

Last time when Soye suddenly appeared, he had mentioned this young Knight who had broken into the village controlled by the Dwarfs, but at the time it was just a vague concept. What did it mean for one person to defeat dozens of Dwarfs? And force the Dwarfs to negotiate and admit defeat? Only then could he be released after being trapped by the Dwarfs for ten years?

Upon meeting him, she was surprised that this young Knight in Soye's words was really so young?

But he was clearly also very terrifying. Just now, he had only glared at the people of the Feilier-si Family, and those people of the Feilier-si Family, who were usually numerous and powerful, had just backed down like that?

"We must send someone to watch, or check the things they are taking away, otherwise who knows if it's the valuable property of the little Feilier-si family?" someone from the Feilier-si Family shouted.

Jier snorted: "Hmph, you say send someone, so we send someone? You say it is, so it is? Couldn't it be Lady Moya's personal wealth? And although you are family members of this merchant's house, how do you know the specific valuable property of the family? I think it's better to let the children of this merchant's house judge, how about that? Whether it's their own family's things, they must know best. What does everyone think?"

When Jier said this, no one present dared to object.

Those who wanted to object didn't dare to be the first to speak, and seeing that no one around spoke up, they let the matter be handled as Jier said.

The children of the Merchant little Feilier-si ran downstairs and stood at the door, curiously looking at Jier and Zuojigela.

Regarding the departure of this so-called mother who had taken care of them, they didn't have much sadness or reluctance; instead, there was a sense of excitement that there was no one left in the house to manage them.

In fact, these so-called children, the oldest was already fifteen. At this age in this other world, in the villages outside the town, they could already go to the fields to help their families with heavy physical labor. It was only in the wealthy merchant families in the town that children of this age still retained a bit of innocence and playfulness without having experienced society.

When Lady Moya was packing her and the child's personal belongings, the child on Jier's shoulder still wanted to get down and was twisting around, but Jier patted him, signaling that he didn't need to get down; in this matter, this brave child who opened the door didn't need to do anything else.

In the future, he only needed to eat well and grow up healthy.

As for the resentment and father-son affection with his father Soye-Zuojigela, they had plenty of time to understand each other, forgive each other's difficulties, and rebuild the father-son bond.

"This one is Auntie Moya's," the young lad of the merchant's house said, pointing to a piece of clothing.

"I remember this earring belongs to Auntie Moya herself," the merchant's little daughter said, pointing at a silver earring.

"This is the ring Father gave to Mother Moya, it's all shiny!" the youngest of the merchant's daughters clapped her hands as she identified the gold ring in her hand.

Other items were easier to deal with; as for clothes, whether they were Moya's own or gifts from young Feilier-si to Moya, the rest of the Feilier-si Family agreed they belonged to Moya to take away, as these grown men were not about to ask for women's clothing.

But this ring was gold, after all, and had significant weight; it was also the remarriage gift young Feilier-si had given to Moya when the two remarried.

Therefore, both sides had a dispute over the ownership of this gold ring.

The Herbalist Zuojigela actually did not want Moya to take this ring away, as it was a gift from Moya's remarried husband; seeing it, his face twitched slightly, and he felt quite uncomfortable.

But this ring held great significance for Ms. Moya.

After all, she had lived here for several years; although it was hard, it was still much easier than living alone with a child. She had also fallen out with her own family at the time, and the situation back then had been very bad.

So this ring and the meaning behind it were both very important to her.

Jier patted Zuojigela on the shoulder at this moment and pointed vaguely at the money bag; the Herbalist immediately understood, stepped forward to take the gold ring from Moya's hand, weighed it, and said, "It weighs over ten grams. How about this: I'll offer two Gold Coins in exchange for this ring. You two can split the Gold Coins, and this gold ring will now be the personal property of my wife, Moya."

After he finished speaking, he took two Gold Coins from his money bag—part of the money he had received from selling the property in Torito Village—and handed them to the eldest son of the young Feilier-si family, ignoring how others looked at the half-grown boy holding the Gold Coins, and helped his wife Moya pack her things and hang them on the back of the borrowed prairie horse.

The mother and child did not have many belongings; one could even say they were pitifully few, as two bundles were enough to hold everything.

"We won't concern ourselves with the specific situation here; explaining it to young Feilier-si is up to you. And as for how these children will live during this time without the care of a mistress, your Feilier-si Family has plenty of people, so find a way to solve it yourselves. We are leaving now."

Jier lifted his chin and spoke to the Town Guard Squad Leader and the elder brother of young Feilier-si; the former wore a fawning expression and kept nodding at Jier, while the latter kept a dark face, looking at the three children who were unexpectedly cheerful now that they were free of supervision, as well as the other ill-intentioned members of the Feilier-si family gathering around, not knowing what to say.

This man wanted to make some harsh threats or incite the young people in the family to step forward and intimidate them several times, but he was held back by the Town Guard Squad Leader, whom he had known for many years.

He stared at the Squad Leader, who could only lean close to his ear and whisper, "Do you not want to live? This young Knight is a good friend of Young Master Bell, and he was personally invited this time to deal with those Monsters outside the town. As long as the Monsters aren't eliminated, if you offend him, can you and the Feilier-si Family behind you still have it easy in the Sasi Family's territory? Think about your position at the Government Office; isn't it just that young Feilier-si lost a remarried wife? There are so many young widows outside the town whose husbands have died; can't he just find another young one?"

After thinking it over, this man followed the other's advice and thus tacitly allowed Moya to leave with her former husband.

"Come, get on the horse; I'll help you up." Zuojigela helped his wife onto the horse's back; Ms. Moya, who had never ridden a horse before, hugged the prairie horse's neck tightly in fear, her hands gripping the horse's hair, not daring to move at all.

And when Zuojigela wanted to take his child from Jier's shoulder to ride on the same horse, the child named Baomusi-Zuojigela was unwilling to be taken by Zuojigela and hugged Jier's head tightly, refusing to let go.

"Hey, alright, alright, if you don't want to go over, then you can just ride on the same horse as me. Look, a tall warhorse is here! Its name is Tianxuecao, and it is a brave and sturdy prairie horse! In the future, it will become a Knight's warhorse!"

Tianxuecao snorted, which counted as acknowledging Jier's statement.

But when Jier wanted to place the thin, small child on its back, Tianxuecao was somewhat displeased.

"Should we forget about this?" the Herbalist advised.

"It's fine." Jier patted Tianxuecao's horse head and also held the child, letting him touch Tianxuecao's forehead, which was covered by a metal horse mask; it was ice-cold, scaring the child into pulling his hand back.

This actually made Tianxuecao unhappy, but it took the initiative to lean its head forward, and with Jier's encouragement, the child successfully touched the horse's head.

Then, when the child was placed on Tianxuecao's neck, Tianxuecao stopped moving around.

Jier jumped onto the horse, squeezed the horse's belly, and left this place together with Zuojigela and Ms. Moya, who were riding on the same horse.

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