With so many people surrounding her, Liu Huan no longer cared about losing face; her only concern was how to save her life.
Looking casually into the crowd, I spotted Su Yi mingling among them.
Who understands the feeling of a child who is fearless no matter how much they are beaten outside, but feels wronged as soon as they see their family?
Her nose hurt even more than when Su Zhuangzhuang bumped it that day. When she met his gaze, she saw his hand gesture, their secret code to reassure her.
Liu Huan's previously tense nerves relaxed a little. She had a blind trust in Su Yi, believing that he would always save her from trouble.
The soldiers who had just left brought a horse, and the man behind Liu Huan saw hope and pushed Liu Huan forward.
“I led her back to the city gate. Remember, don’t try anything funny, or I won’t care if she’s a child or not.”
Liu Huan's arm was pinched painfully by him, and she retreated with him, occasionally stepping on the prisoner's feet.
It took him a full quarter of an hour to walk back to the city gate. The officer in charge reminded him, "Wu Gang, put the child down."
Wu Gang grinned, bringing his knife even closer: "Do you think I'm stupid? Stop talking nonsense and lead the horse out here, hurry up."
The soldiers leading the horse were moving slowly. If they did as he said, and he escaped, things would get complicated.
"What are you standing there for? Don't you want this girl dead?"
Seeing the knife at Liu Huan's neck getting closer, the soldiers leading the horse had no choice but to give in and lead the horse away first.
Seeing that the soldiers on the roof were about to take action, Su Yi twirled his fingers to attract Liu Huan's attention and get her to follow his instructions.
Just as the prisoner was about to lead her out, Su Yi slowly walked to the side and moved his finger. Liu Huan took the opportunity to fall to the side, and the arrow from the roof hit the prisoner's arm directly.
"Damn it, he dared to play me."
The prisoner's eyes widened like a bull's, and he lunged towards Liu Huan, but Su Yi kicked him a meter away before he could move.
He turned around swiftly and helped Liu Huan up. "Huanhuan..."
Liu Huan finally let out the tears she had been holding back. "Why am I so unlucky? I had to encounter something like this."
Su Yi didn't know how to answer that, so he could only hug her and comfort her, "Don't be unlucky, you're a good girl."
After the criminal was apprehended, the group of students gathered around him, asking, "Brother Su, is your sister alright?"
Su Yi carefully examined her neck. "It's nothing, just a little bit of skin. Thank you all."
The officer leader ordered the others to take the prisoner away while he stayed behind. The chubby student from the prison pulled him over.
"Brother, let me introduce you. These are my classmates. This is Su Yi, the top scorer in the county examination of Huangshi Town. Brother Su."
Su Yi bowed respectfully: "Thank you for saving me, Commander. I am deeply grateful."
The general, being very generous, patted him on the shoulder: "First place at fifteen, that's really impressive. Those two kicks just now looked like they were from a trained martial artist. Have you ever trained?"
"No, it was just something I came up with randomly. I will definitely repay you handsomely in the future."
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Su Yi bid farewell to his classmate and, with Liu Huan who was wiping away tears, got into the carriage and went home.
Changsheng kept his head down, filled with guilt and fear.
"Is there anything else that's bothering you?" Su Yi asked.
Liu Huan sobbed, "My arm, that bad guy pinched it so hard."
Carefully pull down the sleeve; the arm is covered in bruises.
Su Yi carefully helped her put on her clothes: "Be careful when you go out in the future, or wait for me to come back before you go out."
"Okay, I understand."
From that day on, Liu Huan would always observe the terrain first wherever he went.
Two days later, Da Shi finally arrived, bringing a cart full of grain and mountain products.
"Big brother, Shitou won't be back from school for a while. If you're free, you can ask Brother Changsheng to take you for a walk."
"It's alright, I'll just wait for him."
As soon as the chili peppers arrived, she started making five-spice chili powder and chili oil. She was craving the taste of Sichuan-style boiled chicken and cold pot skewers.
In the morning, she told Su Yi, "Come back early tonight. I'm going to cook something delicious. My brother is going back tomorrow, and I'll make something to treat him."
"Um,"
After he left, Liu Huan took Da Shi shopping and bought gifts for her family.
I bought a lot of vegetables, meat, and a big fish, and also bought a bamboo pole from the roadside to take home.
They patiently skewered all the ingredients, blanched the vegetables while watching the timer, and then soaked them in chili oil.
Feeling it was too monotonous, he asked Changsheng to buy some charcoal and made a grilled fish.
She heard a knock on the door right on time, and wearing an apron, she ran out to open it.
Startled by the group of teenagers at the door, they asked, "Who are you looking for?"
Lian Lou chuckled twice: "Ah, we've come here to..."
At this moment, Su Yi came in from behind and explained to her, "These are all my classmates. They know that you are going back tomorrow, so they wanted to say hello today. You can just call me brother. This is my sister, Liu Huan."
Although no one knew why Su Yi's sister's surname was Liu, everyone still greeted her in unison, "Hello, little sister!"
Liu Huan almost burst out laughing at their synchronized voices. "Hello, come in quickly."
It's surprising that Shi Tou has made friends at the academy so quickly.
Liu Huan welcomed them into the house: "Please have a seat, dinner will be ready soon."
The group of people from Lianlou responded with smiles, but there was a hint of embarrassment on their faces, as if they had suddenly realized that they had been reckless.
Da Shi came in from outside, and Su Yi introduced him to everyone: "This is my older brother, Su Yuan."
"Hello, elder brother"
The neat-looking older brother, Da Shi, was quite embarrassed and said, "Hello."
Su Yi naturally noticed this and invited everyone to sit down, saying, "I'll go into the kitchen and take a look."
Several teenagers chatted enthusiastically with Da Shi. Once Da Shi relaxed, he started talking, and the group chatted happily.
Su Yi entered the kitchen and was intrigued by the dishes she was making, as he had never seen them before. "What is this?" he asked.
As Liu Huan stirred, she explained, "This is spicy oil skewers. It's my first time making them. I didn't expect you to bring so many people. Luckily, I also made other kinds, otherwise we wouldn't have enough."
Seeing Liu Huan busy running around, Su Yi called out to her, "You don't need to do anything else. I've ordered food from the restaurant, it'll be enough in a bit."
Upon hearing that it was acceptable, Liu Huan didn't insist any further. She picked up the grilled fish, put the stir-fried vegetables in a small pot, placed the fish on top, and carried it to an iron rack with charcoal burning underneath.
Because there were many people and the house was crowded, she asked Changsheng to move the table to the yard. Fortunately, the weather in March wasn't too cold.
Lian Lou came out for a stroll and saw Liu Huan taking things out and went up to help: "Huanhuan, let me help you."
Lian Lou had never seen Liu Huan in town before, but now he was already calling her Huanhuan, which shows that he is very outgoing.
"No need, it will be ready soon."
Hearing the noise, Su Yi carried the stool out, just as the waiter from the restaurant brought the food.
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