Chapter 278
Jiang Zhuer: It seems that we have to do something, but what should we do?
The indigenous woman who failed to secretly exchange her donkey: "The plan has changed, but the result is okay." Jiang family, we'll see! And my so-called father, is the money from selling his daughter too hot to handle? What I can't understand the most is that the money from the marriage transaction doesn't even reach the hands of the person being sold. This is really outrageous! This money came because of me, so I should be the one to take it! Since they won't give it to me, I'll do it myself!
While the three were carrying out their inner drama, only the doctor, who was still packing his medicine box, noticed that Che Yao was sneaking upstairs like a thief, avoiding these people.
After thinking for a while, the doctor quietly carried the medicine box on his back, jumped out of the window next to him, and prepared to go back to the room through the back door: Based on my many years of experience in saving people, the quality of these people is unknown and it is not advisable to approach them.
Seeing that all other customers in the hall had left, the clerk quickly walked behind the counter and put on an attitude of being very busy and not disturbing: It’s so annoying, it’s these customers again, they are so stingy and pretentious, they have the money to buy golden chicken chops but are thinking of buying gold, I’d better pretend not to see it for now.
The native woman noticed the crowd leaving, but she didn't care. As for Jiang Lian, he paid no attention to these unimpressed people, only resentment that he hadn't gotten involved with the Qin family. But now that things had come to this, if he chased after them and continued to tangle with them, let alone the Qin family, even if the woman was just an ordinary woman, yelling for help on the street and attracting the attention of the police, even if he could escape later, it would still give others something to talk about. He had to know that he wasn't his father's only son, nor was he his father's closest son.
But if he does nothing... Jiang Lian winked at the person behind him: What a joke, you've been so humble for such a long time and you haven't given any response at all. If I don't vent my anger, I'll be unworthy of my background!
The native fiancée: No need to guess, he must have felt that he was at a disadvantage for speaking nicely but not getting any return, so he is instigating his subordinates to wait for an opportunity to take revenge... With his brain, let alone the Qin family, even those lackeys might not be able to beat even one hand of that pretty girl, and she is a real martial artist!
On the other side, Bei Qiao, who had just left Zhong Tian not long ago, leaned over the car window and glanced back: "Ruoruo, stop the car at the entrance of the alley."
"Hey? Okay! What do you need me to do?"
"No need, I'll go out for a while and be back soon." Bei Qiao lifted the curtain and waved his hand, then jumped to the back of the carriage against the cold wind.
After a while, Bei Qiao returned after performing Qing Gong. His breathing was steady and his clothes were slightly dirty. "Okay, we can go now."
"So soon? Aren't there a lot of people looking for trouble?" Dan Ruo was no fool. She knew Bei Qiao was going to deal with a problem. If nothing unexpected happened, it was most likely one of that guy's men. Dan Ruo had seen many people like him. Just because they had a little money, they thought they were the boss, their parents second, and they looked down on everyone else. When someone rejected them, they immediately broke down and started to cause trouble, never doing any real work.
Bei Qiao patted his cloak and said, "It's okay. A dozen or so isn't too many. They're not martial arts masters." After kicking the first person who rushed up away, the others simply fell down at the slightest sign of trouble. A single slap in the air could knock down two or three of them. It felt a bit strange, as if they were being scammed.
"A dozen or so, not bad? Wow... is this the standard for a young escort leader?" Dan Ruo grinned at Leng Feng, "If I had your skills back then, I wouldn't have to hide from those bastards, and I wouldn't have to rack my brains to analyze the retreat route along the way."
Dan Ruo had been on a long hike with a group of fellow hikers when she got trapped in a remote village, nearly unable to leave. She couldn't quite articulate the whole situation, but relying on the fact that her account would be deactivated at best, she didn't wait in the village like the others. Instead, she spent a long time researching nearby terrain on forums. Finally, she used her light-hearted skills to make her way from the village to the nearby county, where she found a hotel and stayed.
"If I were like you, with an escort company and a convoy, I'd go there with you. Humph!" Dan Ruo got angry when she thought of those days of arduous hiking and connecting lines without daring to leave. "When the time comes, the powerful dragon will face the local snake. Let's see if they dare to be so arrogant!"
"Ah, haha..." Bei Qiao straightened the scarecrow on the cart and laughed a few times in unison. "That's hard to say. Although I'm a young escort leader, I usually fight alone. I even drive the car myself, and at most I use a scarecrow to pretend to be the driver. If you really want to fight in a group, you have to include the mount."
The lackeys who were beaten by Bei Qiao weren't too upset, because Bei Qiao was one of the more stable people they had encountered. They had been ambushed and beaten before, but this time they were lucky and no one was beaten to death in the street.
After expertly checking his wounds, the lackey leader glanced back at his fellow soldiers still screaming on the ground. Aside from the man Jiang Lian had picked up, the others were veterans, their bodies only covered in minor injuries, though their cries of pain were louder. Only the guy who had rushed out first had been kicked and sent flying, and it was unclear if his ribs were broken, and he remained silent.
Jiang Lian, who remained in the inn's lobby, was still waiting for news from the servants. Meanwhile, Che Yao, who had gone upstairs early, realized she had already checked out and couldn't check in. Not wanting to run into that group again downstairs, she wandered around for a while before finally approaching a clerk and asking her to open a room for her. She planned to return to her room to catch up on some sleep, as directed by the doctor.
Before going to bed, she opened the forum to tell her childhood friend that she was having a day off. However, when she opened the private message, she found the gossip shared by the other party: a certain indigenous writer was hanged on the city wall closest to the border by angry readers because he always abused the female characters he created in his works.
Upon seeing this piece of gossip, Che Yao lost all sleep and quickly wrote back to her childhood friend to tell her about it. It turned out that this writer called "Qingcheng" was a repeat offender, fond of creating heroines with a saw-mouthed gourd. According to the plot, this heroine was a good person, but the outrageous thing was that no one around her knew she was a good person. And even more outrageous, the heroine had a strange idea that as long as she was a good person and kept doing good things, sooner or later someone would find out about her goodness. Even if others threw mud at her, she didn't need to prove herself, so...
Childhood friend: I heard that there are many people who like to read this kind of storybooks, and there are also some near the city walls. But when others hang the writers on the city walls, they only dare to say a few words behind their backs and don’t even dare to object to their faces.
Childhood friend: By the way, what did you just say to me? I was so busy typing that I didn’t read it yet.
Friend:!!!
Childhood friend: You’re still playing after all this! You! Give it to me! Go to sleep!
Childhood friend: No! Go offline and get some sleep! If you keep acting like this, I'll take the high-speed train to find you and lock up all your holographic devices! I'll even disconnect you from the internet!
Che Yao: Please stop! I want to sleep now!
Che Yao knew her childhood friend's temper. Although they were the same age, she was like an older sister to her. She would strictly discipline her behavior that was overly harmful to her health, and she would really do what she said.
To avoid being disconnected, Che Yao dutifully sent her last message, closed the inn's doors and windows, and went to bed before logging off. Climbing out of the holographic cabin, Che Yao staggered to the sofa bed next to her and sank down. She had the small robot on the table send a message to her childhood friend to let her know she was finally asleep. She then had the smart housekeeper switch the appliances to silent mode and the room to sleep-inducing mode. Only then did she drift off to sleep: Playing holographic games at this exact time was a bit too extreme. It hurt.
Che Yao was fast asleep offline, while Bei Qiao in the otherworld was still on his way. The weather was getting colder, and the forecast for the area near the forum indicated heavy snowfall. Players on the road were advised to adjust their routes and choose places with adequate warmth when staying, lest they wake up to find their accounts have been cancelled because their husks were frozen to death in an overly cold environment.
Zhong Tian's escort route was different from hers, and since their separation, their vehicles hadn't crossed paths since. Bei Qiao and Dan Ruo hurried on, arriving in Linjie City before dark. This place was very close to the Novice Village, so even if it snowed heavily the next day, they could still return; at most, the journey would be a little more difficult.
"Do you plan to live in our village or stay in Linjie City?" The wind was a bit strong today, and Bei Qiao didn't want to lift the car curtain, so he just talked to Dan Ruo through the curtain.
"Of course I'll go back with you! My application was approved a few days ago!" Even in the bitterly cold winter, Dan Ruo looks full of energy: "There are more things to talk about with fellow villagers!" She is afraid of letting something slip when complaining about the boss when talking to the locals!
"OK……"
"boss!"
The Qin family's carriage was still very conspicuous, and Bei Qiao was spotted by the Qin family as soon as he entered the city. However, before Qin Huan got the news, Li Qingqing, who had come to the city to visit the accountant's wife at the market, arrived first and said, "Boss, you're back!"
"Well, now that you're back, what are you going to do with these red lanterns?" Bei Qiao opened the curtain a little: "I'm going to install a door for the carriage when I get back."
“Get ready for the New Year!”
"New Year?" Dan Ruo stopped the carriage, looking surprised: "Isn't the New Year still more than a month away?" It was only the middle of winter in the lunar calendar.
"Little girl, you don't usually buy New Year's goods, do you?" The accountant next to Li Qingqing smiled and said, "Of course you have to buy New Year's goods in advance. The shop is closed during the New Year."
"Ah, that's right." Dan Ruo came back to her senses and smiled embarrassedly: That's right, there are no delivery robots and online shopping in the other world, unlike where we are, even if all the shops are closed during the New Year, there are still intelligent robots to continue providing services.
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