Chapter 31: First Encounter on a Rainy Day
"The man who saved you just now is my brother. He is very good at martial arts. Look at how relaxed he is. It won't be a problem for him to deal with a few criminals."
As Shangguan Yun was talking, some raindrops began to fall. She then pulled Jiang Rumin's arm and walked towards the awning, "Don't just stand there and watch. You can't help."
"Wait a minute, young lady." Jiang Rumin called Shangguan Yun and gently freed her arm. "Thank you for your kindness, young lady. Although I don't know Kung Fu, I am proficient in medicine. If they are injured, I can go and treat them immediately. I have to watch here to feel at ease."
"How could those good-for-nothings possibly hurt my brother?"
Shangguan Yun said with some amusement: "With their abilities, they will be forced to the ground in a few seconds. Well, you can stand here if you want."
Shangguan Yun saw the drizzles turning into raindrops. She didn't plan to say anything more to Jiang Rumin and turned around and trotted towards the tea stall.
The rain was getting heavier, but Jiang Rumin still stood straight at the entrance of the alley. She was not completely relieved until she saw the last gangster fall down.
The girl was right, these bandits really couldn't do anything to her brother.
In the alley, Shangguan Qi lowered his head to brush the dust off his sleeves. He caught a glimpse of a slender figure running towards him. He turned around and met Jiang Rumin's grateful face.
"Thank you for your help, sir. I will remember this person."
"It's just a piece of cake." Shangguan Qi smiled, his eyes passed Jiang Rumin, and he subconsciously looked for Shangguan Yun.
"Are you looking for your sister, sir? Don't worry, she just went to a nearby tea shed to take shelter from the rain."
"This girl...really doesn't worry about me at all."
"It's not that I'm not worried, but I have too much confidence in you. She said that these criminals can't hurt you at all with their abilities."
Shangguan Qi was immediately relieved. Seeing that Jiang Rumin's hair was all wet, he subconsciously asked, "Miss, why don't you go with her to avoid the rain?"
"This happened because of me. You are helping me to solve the danger. How can I walk away? Besides, I am a doctor. Swords have no eyes. If I hurt you, I can still help you."
Shangguan Qi looked into her clear eyes, and a slight arc appeared at the corner of his lips, "It is true that a doctor has a kind heart."
"I'm relieved that you're all okay."
Jiang Rumin said as he squatted down and asked the criminal spitting blood on the ground, "I don't seem to know you, right? Who ordered you to kill me?"
The criminal opened his mouth and spoke with difficulty, "No... I don't know..."
"I don't know?" Jiang Rumin frowned. "You came to kill me, didn't you get paid? How could you not even know who your employer is?"
"When dealing with people who are stubborn, asking them directly is useless. You have to use some special means."
As Shangguan Qi spoke, he raised his shoe and stepped on the wrist of a gangster beside him, saying indifferently: "If you don't answer the questions honestly, I will break the bones of both your hands."
As he spoke, he slowly applied force with his feet. The man he stepped on was in so much pain that veins popped out of his head. He begged for mercy again and again: "Young man, spare me! We really don't know! We only know that she is a woman, and she is wearing a veil, so we can't see what she looks like! We just want to get the money, why bother to get to the bottom of the employer's identity? I'm telling the truth! Ah——"
Shangguan Qi's force did not relax, but continued to increase. "So, what are her characteristics? Think about it carefully."
"It hurts! Ah - she... the material she's wearing looks very expensive, her voice sounds very young, and her figure is not much different from this girl. I think she's also a noble lady. I've told you everything I can remember!"
Jiang Rumin heard this and suspected someone. Seeing the criminal's face flushed with pain, she said, "He shouldn't be lying. Sir, please let him go. They can't run away with such injuries. I'll have someone send them to the government office when the rain stops."
Shangguan Qi moved his feet and said, "I'm afraid the rain won't stop any time soon. You guys should follow me to the tea shed to take shelter first, otherwise your makeup will be ruined."
Jiang Rumin thought for a moment and replied, "Okay."
It just so happened that she could take the opportunity to take shelter from the rain to find out the identity of her savior so that she could repay the favor in the future.
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"What?" In the Prime Minister's Residence, Song Yunchu listened to the secret guard's report about Jiang Rumin being assassinated in the alley, and his face turned stern. "Didn't I ask you and Song Qi to keep an eye on her? Why didn't you help her when she was in danger? Who saved her?"
"Sir, please calm down. We have been keeping an eye on her, but half an hour ago, Song Qi suddenly had abdominal pain and fainted. We had no choice but to send him to the doctor. In that short while, Miss Jiang was assassinated. Fortunately, she escaped unharmed. The one who saved her was a young man in blue clothes. He was very agile. After that, they took shelter from the rain in a nearby tea shed. Miss Jiang gave the young man two bottles of medicine as a thank you."
Song Liu knelt on one knee, lowered his head and said, "This is my fault. Please punish me."
Song Yunchu's expression eased. "Song Qi suddenly fainted. What did the doctor say?"
"They said he ate incompatible food and got a mild poisoning, but he's fine now. He likes sweets and has been eating jujube paste cakes for the past two days. It happened that one of the dishes we ordered for lunch was wild mushroom soup, and the doctor said that eating too much of these two together can cause abdominal pain and fainting."
Song Yunchu stretched out his hand and rubbed his brow. "In the future, don't eat those wild mushrooms. If you don't understand the taboos here, you might get food poisoning again one day. Since he is sick, let him take a few days off and let Song Wu take over his job."
"Thank you for your understanding, sir! I will remember your teachings."
"You just said that the man who saved Miss Jiang was a young man in blue?" Song Yunchu suddenly had a guess in his mind, and asked hurriedly, "What does that man look like? How old is he? What's his body shape?"
There were so many scenes in the original novel where Jiang Rumin encountered assassins that she even specifically picked them out to complain about. The places she remembered alone included Prince Yi's Mansion, restaurants, imperial gardens, narrow alleys, streets at night, and even Jiang Rumin's own backyard, where an assassin disguised as a gardener sneaked into the backyard.
However, in the original novel with a strong sense of fate, whenever Jiang Rumin is in danger, the male protagonist or male supporting role nearby will appear in time to save her from the water and fire. This fragile but tenacious heroine of the sadistic novel seems to be constantly shuttling back and forth between being harmed and being rescued.
"That man is tall and handsome, about 25 years old. The accessory on his waist seems to be made of top-grade mutton-fat jade, which shows that he comes from a wealthy family."
Listening to his subordinates' description, Song Yunchu raised his eyebrows slightly.
It was indeed Shangguan Qi!
Fortunately, the two people first met a little earlier than in the original book.
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