Chapter 9

Luo Chaoyan ran towards the pine forest beside the mountain road. After running for a long time, she saw no pursuers. She finally breathed a sigh of relief and found a hidden bush to hide in.

Just when she wanted to take a break, she saw Huo Rui being chased by two gangsters right in front of her. I have to say that she was secretly happy in her heart, humph, you little devil, so you have come to this day! May you all the best!

But she didn't get to watch the fun for long. Perhaps she and Huo Rui were destined to be "badly destined", so she watched him being chased with glee. But he seemed to see her, and he didn't run in other directions, but ran towards where she was. She had no choice but to stand up and run back.

Huo Rui quickly followed behind her.

The two criminals followed closely, shouting, "Stop right there!"

Luo Chaoyan ran and panted, and said to Huo Rui beside her in an angry voice: "Why haven't you been caught yet?"

"You stinky woman are really hoping that I will be caught. Humph! What a pity. It's too early for those stupid guys to catch me." Huo Rui said as he ran.

Luo Chaoyan couldn't stand his smug look and taunted him, "Why are you so smug? Aren't you just relying on the fact that those people don't dare to really hurt you?"

Huo Rui praised her in a rare moment: "Woman, you have some good sense."

Luo Chaoyan rolled her eyes at him and said, "Tell me, which enemy of yours sent these people to seek revenge on you?"

"It should be the woman I injured last time in Su's house." Huo Rui speculated: "They accidentally let it slip when they were chasing me just now."

Luo Chaoyan was stunned. Ever since she got engaged to Huo Jin, her family had told her about the Huo family's various relatives and the official families they were on good terms with. And the Ye family is one of them.

Huo Rui's biological mother, Ye Shuang'er, was the eldest daughter of Lord Ye's first wife. Madam Ye passed away due to illness when she was six years old. Afterwards, Lord Ye married Cui as his second wife.

It has been said since ancient times that if you have a stepmother, you will have a stepfather. Ye Shuang'er is no exception. However, she is lucky. She has been engaged to Huo Jin since she was a child, so Cui did not dare to be too harsh on her.

Rumor has it that Ye Shuang'er and Lord Ye's father-daughter relationship is not very good, and they rarely interact with each other after marrying into the Huo family. Of course, the Huo family respected her opinion, and the relationship between the two families was only superficial, not deep.

After the Huo family spread the word that they were going to take a second wife, the Ye family began to visit them frequently, wanting Cui's daughter Ye Yusu to marry into the family, on the grounds that she would take care of her sister's two little nephews.

Huo Rui must have disliked the Ye family extremely, which is why what happened in the Su Mansion happened.

And everything that happened today was all because of him, and she was innocently implicated. Thinking of this, Luo Chaoyan's hands started to itch again. She raised her hand to spank him, but he dodged nimbly.

"Woman, do you think I will give you another chance to plot against me?" Huo Rui said proudly.

"How dare you say that? If you hadn't bullied others on a daily basis, you wouldn't have been in this situation today."

"Humph! Those women are just dreaming of toads wanting to eat swan meat all day long."

"I don't want to." Luo Chaoyan said unhappily.

"Woman, you don't have the chance to do it anymore, just accept your fate."

Seeing that the two men still had the leisure to bicker with each other, the two gangsters got so angry that they chased after them.

"I... I can't run anymore!" Huo Rui said breathlessly.

Luo Chaoyan also felt that her strength was running out, and she remembered a hunter trap she had just seen in the woods. An idea suddenly came to her mind: let's give it a try, she thought.

"Hold on a little longer. I've got an idea." She pointed to a big pine tree in front of her and said, "Let's run over there."

As she said this, she took his little hand and ran forward. When we reached the pine tree, we stopped.

The two gangsters stopped three meters away from them, panting.

"Hmph! Let's see where you can run to."

Luo Chaoyan sat down six inches away from a pile of grass without caring about her image. She panted and said, "I won't run anymore. I can't run anymore! Brothers, please do as you please."

He looked resigned, which stunned the criminals for a moment. Then he smiled sinisterly and said, "It would be bad if you did this earlier. We brothers have exhausted you and chased you all over the mountain. If we don't teach you a lesson, you won't know how to write the word fear."

Huo Rui saw the gangsters were about to step forward aggressively, but Luo Chaoyan remained indifferent. What is this woman doing? Didn’t she say there was a way? Is this the way to accept fate? No, that's not in her character.

“Bang, bang!”

"ah!"

"Help!"

The criminals didn't expect that the haystack was actually a trap set by hunters. Before they could react, they fell straight down.

Huo Rui walked back and forth at the mouth of the trap with great interest. The trap was ten meters deep, and the two men were trying to climb out in a miserable manner. He smiled and shouted to the people below, "You two idiots, you still want to catch me? Dream on." As he said that, he spread branches and weeds on the mouth of the trap.

He patted his dirty hands, looked at Luo Chaoyan and said, "Woman, you are really cunning!"

Luo Chaoyan rolled her eyes at him and said, "If you want to praise me for being smart, just say it directly. Stop being sarcastic."

She stood up, brushed off the grass debris on her body and said, "Let's go back." She didn't know what happened to Pineapple and the others.

So the two of them walked down the mountain together in rare harmony.

They had just walked out of the pine forest when they saw a dozen men in black suddenly appearing from nowhere and surrounding them. Moreover, judging from their attire, they are different from the five criminals just now, and they don't look like they are in the same group.

Luo Chaoyan felt that she must have not checked the almanac before going out today. That was why she escaped from a tiger's mouth, but now she encountered a wolf's den. How could she survive?

She raised her hand and patted Huo Rui on the head, furious: "Whose family is this time?"

"How should I know!" Huo Rui rubbed his painful head and glared at her.

Luo Chaoyan no longer wanted to struggle in vain. She pointed at Huo Rui and said, "My dear brothers, every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. This creditor is here. You can take him away."

"Woman, you are disloyal!"

"Hmph! You have to bear the consequences of your own actions. Don't even think about implicating me."

"You will be my stepmother from now on. We are a family."

"Haha! I can be Mrs. Huo, but I will never be your stepmother."

The leading man in black felt it was noisy to see them bickering in dissatisfaction. He shouted with great force: "Shut up!"

He looked at Luo Chaoyan with deep eyes and asked, "You are the fourth Miss Luo!"

Although his question was a question, it was obvious that he confirmed her identity. Luo Chaoyan felt that it didn't matter whether she admitted it or not.

Sure enough, the man asked his men to bring a scroll and then unfolded it in front of her.

In her surprised eyes, the man waved his hand and said, "That's her, take her away!"

"Wait a minute! You are here to arrest her, not me?" Huo Rui looked at Luo Chaoyan with some gloating: "Woman, we are the same, and you still say that this young master is causing trouble, you are the same!"

As he said this, he asked curiously, "Who is your master? Did this woman beat your master? Or did she throw insects to scare your master?"

Luo Chaoyan was very upset. This little devil thought that everyone was like him and liked to play pranks on others.

The man in black ignored Huo Rui's words and just frowned. For a moment he didn't know how to deal with the young master of the Huo family. The master only said to kidnap Fourth Miss Luo and take her to a brothel to ruin her reputation and prevent her from marrying Huo Jin.

"Dear brothers, is there any misunderstanding? My parents and I have only been in Kyoto for more than two months, and we seldom go out on weekdays. I don't know how I may have offended your head of the family? Can you tell me something? If it is my fault, I can ask my parents to come to our house to apologize." Luo Chaoyan said sincerely.

In fact, she had a guess in her mind. Their Luo family was insignificant in this capital city full of aristocratic families. Her uncle was a man who would keep his tail between his legs, and her father would not offend anyone easily. So there was only one left - the Huo family! The people in Kyoto are stupid. If you want to marry Huo Jin, just tell her. Why are you trying to bring bad luck to her?

“Tsk! Tsk!”

"You couldn't guess that?"

Su Yi walked over nonchalantly, waving a paper fan. His eyes seemed careless, but he looked at these masked men carefully.

"Uncle Yi!" Huo Rui didn't expect Su Yi to appear here. He was so excited, but when he saw that there was only him and a personal guard, he immediately said with disdain: "Uncle Yi, you only brought one person!"

Su Yi laughed and said, "We are not here to save you, why do we need to bring so many people with us?"

Huo Rui turned his face away and snorted coldly.

The man in black saw that Su Yi was a weak scholar, and he said with disdain, "Who are you? I advise you not to meddle in other people's business."

Su Yi spread his hands and said, "I don't like to meddle in other people's business on weekdays, but today I have a rare opportunity to go up the mountain to enjoy the scenery, but you guys have disturbed my interest, so I have to take care of this business."

"Hmph! If you don't accept my toast, then you'll have to drink a forfeit! Brothers! Attack!" The leader of the men in black said and ordered his men to attack him.

The men in black were numerous and powerful, while Su Yi only had two people. Even if they were skilled, they were no match for four people and soon fell into a disadvantage.

Huo Rui was so anxious watching from the side, but he knew that he couldn't help with his weak arms and legs.

Seeing a man in black behind Su Yi, holding a sword and about to stab him, he hurriedly shouted, "Uncle Yi, be careful!"

"ah!"

A fist-sized stone hit the man's eyes directly. The man covered his eyes in pain and blood flowed from between his fingers.

marvelous! Hit the target. Luo Chaoyan twisted her wrist and realized that all the badminton she played on a daily basis was not in vain.

Seeing this, Su Yi pushed back the man in black who was about to attack him with a palm, and then gave her a wink.

It gave Luo Chaoyan goosebumps.

Huo Rui thought her idea was good, so he picked up stones from the ground and threw them at the man in black. Seeing the men in black running around, he felt a sense of accomplishment.

But it was obvious that their actions angered the men in black, and they attacked them regardless.

Luo Chaoyan was so scared that she dodged quickly, but she stepped on a boulder without paying attention, and her foot slipped and she fell to the ground. She turned pale with pain; she had sprained her foot. Seeing the men in black approaching, she felt like crying but had no tears. If she played these tricks too much, her life would be over.