Chapter 260
Bei Qiao: Why does it look like you're running away?
Worried that he had missed some news, Bei Qiao found a nearby clothing store and borrowed the changing room there. He quickly opened the forum and took a look: there was no pinned post with instructions for fleeing famine, no warning post... The alarm was lifted, and unless something unexpected happened, nothing should be wrong.
After ruling out any unforeseen circumstances, Bei Qiao left the shop and continued observing the carriage. The man in the carriage had a strong aura of stealth, and not only Bei Qiao, but others had noticed his unusual behavior. Some even pulled out wanted posters and compared the man's eyes to try to find a portrait that matched his features.
What's interesting is that even in this situation, the man was unwilling to show his face to prove his innocence, allowing people on the street to point fingers at him. If it weren't for the good reputation of the Qiao Family Escort Agency, I'm afraid that righteous people would have stopped the car and arrested the man long ago.
Seeing no one blocking the way, the people in the carriage breathed a sigh of relief. The carriage continued on its way, and the man took one last look outside, preparing to lower the curtains and rest for a while. Just then, as the carriage reached an intersection and was about to turn, a stern-faced little girl happened to pass by the roadside. As the curtains fluttered in the wind after being lowered by the man, the little girl's eyes subconsciously followed the moving curtains as they drifted past the window beside her. Before the curtains fell, she instantly recognized the person hiding in the window and pointed at the carriage, shouting, "He's there!"
"What's going on here... Damn it, catch him!"
"Hurry! Don't let him get away!"
Before others could react to what was happening, a group of underage girls came running from all directions upon hearing the noise, and surrounded the carriage that was about to turn. The one running in the front even rushed directly towards the horse pulling the carriage in front, scaring the coachman so much that he quickly pulled the reins to stop the carriage: "Xiaoxiao! Are you trying to kill yourself? You actually rammed the carriage!" This is too dangerous!
"Uncle San, don't worry about it! We have to beat this bastard up today!" Li Xiao relied on his acquaintances in the car and rushed into the front room of the car, trying to get in with his teeth and claws.
"Hey, stop right there! Hold on!" The groom jumped up and stopped his niece, looking a little angry. "What are you doing? Don't interrupt me while I'm working! The escort agency manager has already verified that this man doesn't have a wanted warrant on him, so he's not a fugitive."
"What fugitive? He is from Yanzhicheng!" Li Xiao stopped unwillingly. He was so angry that he wanted to stomp his feet, but he was afraid of damaging his uncle's carriage.
"Rouge City... who is that?" The groom was puzzled when he heard this: "He doesn't have that name. Did you recognize the wrong person?"
"I can't be mistaken. I'd recognize this bastard even if he turned into ash!" Li Xiao took a deep breath and tried to calm down. "This is a pen name. He's a bastard who writes storybooks!"
The bastard who wrote the storybook... Bei Qiao stopped a little further away: Is this the reason why he is so secretive and dares not show his face?
The groom didn't usually read storybooks, so he didn't know who Yanzhicheng was and couldn't empathize with her. He also knew that Li Xiao was a reasonable and good kid who wouldn't do anything without a purpose, but... "No matter if he's a jerk or not, he's my guest now, don't mess around."
写话本的混蛋还少吗？光是写千金小姐或者公主爱上穷书生那种扯淡情节的家伙就多了去了，每年因为这事挨揍的写书人为数不少，但这些人根本就没有悔改的意思，因为只要他们写了就有钱拿，出了书就会有人去看，有些人特别爱看，极个别脑子有毛病的家伙甚至试图模仿话本里的情节去做，妄想靠着不要脸一步登天，成为人上人。
Uncle Li: Don't you think about how they can find out the whereabouts of the noble? There are even fools who try to ram the noble's carriage. Those who are driven away by the guards are considered lucky, while those who are unlucky and are trampled into cripples are ignored! And those who like to read stories about abuse and happy endings, where people are tortured to exhaustion and then reconcile with the people who hurt them, what's so interesting about ghost stories! You have a good life but you rush to be an animal for others. If you love me so much, please don't take up the place of a human in your next life?
Although extremely angry, the people who gathered around were not unreasonable. Seeing the coachman in a difficult position, they did not force their way onto the carriage. Even Li Xiao was not too persistent. When she learned that her third uncle had taken over the man's business, she angrily cursed at the carriage. Although she was very unwilling, she still jumped off the carriage and made way for her third uncle.
The man in the carriage breathed a sigh of relief, lifted the curtain, and gave the coachman a satisfied look, expressing his deep satisfaction with the service quality of the Qiao Family Escort Agency. He thought that after the coachman intervened, the matter would be over, but then he realized that he had relaxed too early. Although the people outside the carriage had cleared the way in front of the carriage, the circle surrounding the carriage on both sides did not disappear. What made him feel uneasy was that the people outside the circle suddenly began to evacuate the surrounding crowd for unknown reasons: "Make way, make way..."
His sixth sense frantically warned him that he tried to hide in the car, but before he could react and lower the curtains, someone outside had already poured a basin of water on him. As he frantically lowered the curtains and tried to tidy up his appearance, more water flew in through the car window, mixed with some rotten vegetable leaves.
Water splashed around the carriage for a while, and the natives who were watching the excitement nearby were forced to retreat several steps by the splashing water droplets. Bei Qiao also retreated quickly to avoid being accidentally injured: Although I don’t know whether he is a bastard in person or a bastard in the story, but judging from his posture, he is definitely a bastard.
A constable who was patrolling nearby saw someone pouring water on the carriage from a distance. Thinking someone was causing trouble, he ran over and shouted angrily, "What are you doing?"
Seeing the police coming, the girls quickly took the water-throwing tools and ran away, and soon disappeared. Although splashing water would not cause much harm, they did not want to be summoned by the police for it, as it would be too embarrassing.
"So obedient?" The constable was a little uncomfortable seeing the other party cooperate so well. After all, when they shouted to stop in the past, the people being shouted at usually would not listen. Instead, they would speed up their actions with the idea that there would be no such shop after this village, until others forcibly pulled them apart.
"Wouldn't it be better to be obedient? There's no need to separate them." The people who were in a fight were very strong. When I was trying to separate them before, I would be in pain for several days if I got hit by an elbow.
"Two brothers, are you back?" Coachman Li grabbed the sweat towel draped around his neck and wiped his face hastily, then greeted the two constables who had approached the carriage. Although those people had tried their best to avoid him when they splashed water, he still inevitably got splashed a little while in the carriage.
"Yes, Lao Li. Hey, it's a good thing that you are here. What happened just now? Did your...escort agency offend someone?" The constable looked at the coachman, and then at the carriage that had changed color due to the water: This carriage has been washed...quite clean.
"Ah, about this matter..." Coachman Li began to think about how to organize his words, but before that, someone said that he had something to say.
"What are you doing?! Why didn't you stop them?" The man in the carriage, holding his head in his hands and defending himself, heard the people outside disperse. He angrily opened the curtain and cursed the coachman, coughing up water as he did so, like a dolphin with its head exposed. Because he had forgotten to close his mouth, he accidentally swallowed several mouthfuls of water, and he was shaking with anger.
"Ahem... the contract says personal safety is guaranteed. You're perfectly safe now. I promise no one will hurt you, sir." Considering the man's high offer, the groom suppressed his smile and said, "Besides, they're just children. Don't take it too seriously." Hey, I used to get really angry when I heard other people say this, but when I say it myself, hey! We ordinary people! I'm so happy today!
"You, you! I'm going to report to the police! Cough cough..." The man finally spit out the water he had drunk and walked out of the car coughing. He took out a sweat towel to wipe his face, but when he saw that the sweat towel was also soaked with water, his face suddenly became worse: "Damn! These crazy women!"
Phew... Some people nearby saw this scene and subconsciously turned around and tried to hold back their laughter: Although it's not very kind, but... I always feel that this person has brought himself to this state.
"Mom, why can this person put the watering can in his mouth?" Across the street, a child who was being led by his mother across the street pointed at the person who was coughing water while standing on a carriage, and asked curiously: Why can adults play with water, but I get spanked for playing with water!
"Hahahahaha..." Hearing the child's words, those who had been trying hard to hold back their laughter finally gave up and burst into laughter. Seeing the people in the carriage looked very bad, a few of the more sensitive ones tried to cover their mouths, but unfortunately, it was of little use. In the end, they could only cover their mouths with one hand and their stomachs with the other, laughing as they walked: "Whether he believes it or not, I've tried my best anyway."
With this burst of laughter, the crowd dispersed, returning to their own business, leaving only those in the nearby shops leaning against the doorsteps to watch the excitement. No one from the Qiao Family Escort Agency came out to watch the excitement; the carriages continued to flow in and out in an orderly manner. If the driver failed to handle the situation properly and was unable to provide a satisfactory response to the passengers, someone else would come out to handle the matter.
Since everyone in the carriage was too angry to talk, the constable first asked the driver about the situation. Upon learning that the driver was known as Rouge City, the younger constable suddenly realized, "So it's you! The one who writes books specifically to disparage women! In your last book, you portrayed a famous female general as a resentful wife who only cared about kissing and hugging her husband, and was beaten up by the general's admirers..." All he could say was, she deserved it.
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