"I'm only twenty years old, I really don't want to get married."
Even though the An Family raised her, her life had to be decided by herself.
"I'm very grateful that Dad brought me to the An Family, and that Mom and Dad raised me. I will definitely repay the An Family's kindness."
"You are capable now. Marrying into the Chen Family is the best way to repay your dad and me. Enough, don't say any more. It's settled. Mrs. Chen has invited me to go shopping. Stay at home and don't go out these days."
As soon as Sun Xuehui finished speaking, she gave a signal to the person behind her and got up to take her bag and left the room.
"Mom..."
An Ran still wanted to say something, but the door was directly closed.
"Click, click," the sound of the door being locked came from outside. Sun Xuehui had actually locked the door.
An Ran immediately reacted, rushed over, and started pounding on the door.
"Mom, you can't do this, let me out, Mom..."
"Ha, going out? Going out for what? To find your Brother Sheng?"
A mocking voice came from behind her.
An Ran turned around only to see An Sijia leaning against the bedroom door frame with her arms crossed, a hint of smugness on her lips.
"An Ran, I advise you to give up. Brother Sheng is only temporarily interested in you. Do you think that if you don't want to marry Young Master Chen, you can still hope to marry Brother Sheng? Let me tell you the truth, Brother Sheng is already tired of you. Otherwise, why would he be with me?"
With a mocking smile, she said, "An Sijia, do I need to prove that I can compete with you?"
An Sijia's eyes flickered with panic, but she quickly tried to regain her composure. "How will you prove it? You're not going to look for Brother Sheng, are you? An Ran, you've really got no shame. Brother Sheng doesn't love you anymore, and you still want to cling to him?"
"Ha," An Ran sneered. "Go find Ye Sheng to prove it? That scumbag isn't even worth it."
"Okay, An Sijia, let me out. I'm not going to look for Ye Sheng. To me, Ye Sheng is like a hundred-dollar bill that fell into the toilet. Others might still see value in it, but I, An Ran, don't need it, nor do I care for it."
She didn't want to entangle with An Sijia anymore; she only wanted to leave this house as soon as possible.
"Tsk, tsk, talking so high and mighty, who are you kidding? Young Master Chen is a renowned playboy, and you're just waiting to become Mrs. Chen."
An Ran sat on the sofa weakly. She would never marry into the Chen Family.
She already knew the reason for the faint sound of arguing she heard last night. It must have been because her foster parents were arguing about her. Without a doubt, her foster father had compromised again. She couldn't stay in this house anymore.
With her foster mother and An Sijia guarding her, she could only find a chance to sneak out.
Toward noon, An Youcai came back to get a document he had left at home. He hurriedly left after getting it, not noticing the abnormality with the door.
An Sijia had been in her room the whole time, probably playing her game again.
Seeing the opportunity, An Ran quickly grabbed her pre-packed backpack and dashed out the door. It was nearly noon, and Sun Xuehui might come back soon. She just wanted to leave this place as quickly as possible, the further the better.
But things seldom go as planned. Just as she exited the building, she ran into someone.
"Ran, I've finally waited for you."
The gentle voice of the man was none other than Ye Sheng.
At this moment, An Ran didn't have the heart to deal with Ye Sheng, so she directly walked past him.
"Ran," Ye Sheng grabbed An Ran's arm and only then noticed she was carrying a large backpack.
"Where are you going?"