The tall figure in front of the bed curtains remained unmoved, preserving Shen Qing's last shred of dignity.
"Mr. Shen is injured and is not available to receive guests at the moment. Please leave!"
"Seeing guests?" Old Gao chuckled sarcastically. "I'm here on behalf of the entire Gao family to arrest you adulterous couple and drown you in a pig cage! I'm not here to see your guests!"
Cheng Zhiwen, who had been able to speak normally, suddenly turned sinister upon seeing Gao Laosan spouting nonsense: "You brought so many people into my room, which constitutes a crime. Get out of here right now, or don't blame me for being impolite!"
Gao Laosan, oblivious to his own mortality, burst into loud laughter.
Cheng Zhiwen had the appearance of a refined scholar, and he didn't think Cheng Zhiwen could do anything to him.
He brought more than a dozen men with him; even if each of them only had a stick, they could kill him.
"I'll take them all! Arrest this adulterous couple!"
Those men charged at us, wielding sticks.
Shen Qing saw everything clearly from behind the bed curtains, her heart leaped into her throat, and her hands nervously gripped the blanket.
Outside the bed curtains, the man bent his right arm and reached for his lower back.
Shen Qing suddenly remembered—Cheng Zhiwen had a gun!
But he couldn't fire the gun! Even more importantly, he couldn't let Gao Laosan see that he had a gun!
He'll be in trouble if the world finds out he has a gun!
Shen Qing looked at the bed curtains with lingering fear.
Cheng Zhiwen's hand was already on his side. If he raised his hand, everyone would see the gun in his hand!
Shen Qing didn't have time to think and screamed, "Don't take it! Cheng Zhiwen, don't take it!"
Cheng Zhiwen's right hand immediately froze, and he didn't draw his gun.
He turned his head to look at the bed curtains behind him. Before he could say a word to Shen Qing, Gao Laosan's thugs swarmed up and surrounded him and the bed behind him.
His hand was always at his side, ready to draw his gun at any moment.
Shen Qing had no time to worry about being disheveled and about to be drowned in a pig cage. All she knew was that she couldn't let Cheng Zhiwen draw his gun!
Jiangzhou is not Shanghai! If he brandishes his gun, disaster is imminent!
She couldn't let Cheng Zhiwen suffer like this!
She would rather be captured by Gao Laosan's men!
She forced herself to remain calm and said to Cheng Zhiwen in English, "Don't draw your gun! You can't draw your gun here! You'll be in danger if they find out you have a gun!"
Outside the bed curtains, the man's hand, which had been resting on his waist, slowly fell down.
Cheng Zhiwen listened to her and replied in English, "But I have to protect you."
Shen Qing felt a warmth in her heart and stared blankly at his figure.
Gao Laosan noticed they were communicating in a language he couldn't understand and exclaimed, "What kind of gibberish are you two spouting? Do adulterers have secret codes?"
After saying that, he once again ordered the servants to seize Shen Qing and Cheng Zhiwen.
"Young Madam!"
Suddenly, Chunju's scream came from outside.
Shen Qing snapped out of her daze and listened intently to the sounds outside.
Chunju seemed to be stopped by Gao Laosan and others, and started arguing.
In the chaos, she heard Cheng Zhiwen say, "You all go outside and wait. I'll take Boss Shen out once her medicine is changed."
Old Gao laughed loudly: "Fine! I'll wait outside! You two adulterers won't escape my grasp today!"
The room gradually quieted down, the door was latched, and the bed curtains were drawn back.
Cheng Zhiwen placed the clothes in her hands on the quilt, bent down, and continued to treat Shen Qing's wounds.
His movements were quick and precise, yet not at all rough, and he did not hurt Shen Qing.
Shen Qing looked at the sweat beading on his forehead, swallowed hard, and said with difficulty, "You jump out of the window in a moment. This is the second floor, so you should be fine. I'll go back to the Gao family with them. I have a way to get away."
Cheng Zhiwen continued working, her face serious: "You're injured right now, I'll go to the Gao family with you."
Shen Qing's previously anxious heart immediately settled down.
I feel at ease; the loneliness of fighting alone is gone.
She found courage and was no longer afraid of Gao Laosan's plan to drown her in a pig cage, because she knew Cheng Zhiwen would not allow such a thing to happen.
She looked at him, her voice softening unconsciously: "You helped me today, I won't forget it, I will definitely repay you in the future."
"Is that so?" The man looked up abruptly, his clear black and white eyes staring straight into hers. His voice was much lower and more husky than before. "What will you use to repay me?"
After saying that, he looked down at the wound on her chest.
She then realized that the small gauze that had been covering her had disappeared when Gao Laosan and the others suddenly barged in and she frantically grabbed the blanket.
The man's fair, clean hands, with their well-defined knuckles, gently pinched the cotton and moved it over her wound.
In a sudden impulse, she said, "Whatever you say goes..."
Someone was banging on the door: "Hurry up! If you don't open the door, we'll break it in!"
Shen Qing snapped out of her daze and looked toward the door in horror.
Cheng Zhiwen quickly tossed the cotton into the tray, bandaged her wound, and said in a very fast voice, "Bear with it, get dressed." After saying that, she lowered the bed curtains again.
Shen Qing struggled to get up and painfully dressed.
She drew back the bed curtains.
Cheng Zhiwen, who was standing by the bedside, turned around and saw that she was already dressed. She came forward and helped her get out of bed.
"Can you walk by yourself? If not, I'll carry you," he said softly.
Shen Qing nodded with a pale face, gritted her teeth and took a step forward: "You can go."
Cheng Zhiwen held her tighter.
The door opened, and Gao Laosan, with his hands behind his back, turned around at the sound. He saw Shen Qing, who was hunched over and pale-faced, and smiled wickedly, saying sarcastically, "You haven't gotten out of bed for two days and two nights. It's no wonder you've been drained dry!"
After saying that, he gestured to the servants to tie Shen Qing up.
So two servants came forward with ropes to tie up Shen Qing, but Cheng Zhiwen blocked them.
Perhaps it was his sharp gaze and Westernized attire that made the servants instinctively back away, no longer daring to approach him.
Shen Qing was helped by Cheng Zhiwen to the Gao family's house on the next street.
Gao Laosan led his servants into the Gao family mansion in a grand procession, craning his neck and looking smug, as if he had done something glorious.
Shen Qing secretly remembered his face.
Inside the Gao Family Ancestral Hall.
All members of the Gao family were present, including Gao Liushi, who was bedridden every day, and sat in the main seat.
Shen Qing knew that this was a long-planned trap, waiting for her to stay out all night so that she could be caught in the act and drowned in a pig cage!
After that, the Gao family was successfully wiped out!
But these people seem unaware that she was a woman who survived the executioner's blade at the county office!
She is the daughter of Hangzhou's most famous criminal defense lawyer!
She managed to escape a knife wound even in a courtroom with irrefutable evidence, let alone the petty tricks played by the Gao family!
Shen Qing has already figured out how to clear his name.
She looked up at Cheng Zhiwen, about to tell him that she had a solution, when Grandpa Gao suddenly came over to greet Cheng Zhiwen.
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