The carriage driver trembles with fear beside them, deeply regretting his choices. For over a hundred taels of silver, he took on a journey that risked his life – a huge loss indeed. If only he had not been greedy for the money from the start.
At home, driving a carriage for an entire year only earned him several taels of silver. When Madam Xie approached him about taking Xuexue to the Capital, offering him one hundred and fifty taels of silver, he was overjoyed. More than a hundred taels of silver—a fortune far beyond his lifetime earnings—felt like money falling from the sky, and he agreed immediately.
However, he never dreamt that the road would be so perilous. Barely escaping bandits during the day, scarcely a few Shichen passed before encountering Wolves Pack. Thinking he was doomed, and lamenting never seeing his wife and children again, he collapsed on the carriage and began crying aloud.
Long Rui frowned and said unhappily, "Why are you crying?"
