Chapter 491: Bookstore Conflict
Lin Zhiqing is in a complicated mood now.
She increasingly felt that her choice was right, and that she was not the only one in the world fighting for women.
At the same time, Wang Shuyi's sobbing became louder and louder:
"Sir, sir! Wake up, sir!"
After a brief shout, there was a burst of crying.
Lin Zhiqing's heart tightened.
Almost, just a little bit, right?
What if, in the near future, she could fill Dasheng with bookstores that women could enter?
Lin Zhiqing felt an inexplicable surge of sadness in his heart.
As Wang Shuyi's crying gradually stopped, Lin Zhiqing quietly left the yard.
After returning to the lobby, Lin Yangyang keenly noticed that something was wrong with Lin Zhiqing.
She picked up a book at random and bought it, then left the bookstore with Lin Zhiqing.
"Sister Qing, what happened? Why are you so distraught?" Lin Yangyang asked.
Lin Zhiqing pursed her lips and told the story of that gentleman.
After listening to this, Lin Yangyang was speechless for a long time and sighed heavily.
As Lin Zhiqing slowly walked forward, she heard Lin Yangyang say softly, "What a pity."
Lin Zhiqing felt mixed emotions.
She knew that Lin Yangyang absolutely believed in her and believed that she could win more opportunities for women to make decisions, so she sighed and said it was a pity.
This trust weighed on Lin Zhiqing's heart, igniting her fighting spirit even stronger than before.
"Cousin, let's go to the restaurant in front and meet Wang Shuyi later." She composed herself and regained her spirits.
"Okay." Lin Yangyang nodded.
The two of them walked to the second floor of a restaurant on the street and stared closely at the bookstore.
But Wang Shuyi hadn't come out yet, and suddenly there was a noise coming from downstairs.
"Get up! How dare you stop us? Why don't you open your dog eyes and take a look!"
"Humph, Dasheng's hospitality is really terrible."
"I'm in a good mood today, so I brought my concubine out to join in the fun. If you don't let her in, are you being disrespectful to me?"
Hearing this voice, Lin Zhiqing narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Hey, this voice sounds so familiar. Why do I feel like I've heard it somewhere before?" Lin Yangyang also recognized it.
"I'm from Daliang!" Lin Zhiqing answered simply, then stuck his head out of the private room window and looked downstairs.
Sure enough, the group of Daliang people wearing pointed hats were stopped in front of a bookstore and arguing with the bookstore's servants.
The Daliang envoy and a charming woman stood at the end of the team, with a look of impatience on their faces.
The boy's face turned pale with fear, and his voice trembled:
"Gentlemen, it's not that I don't allow you to enter, but the law of Dasheng stipulates that women are not allowed to enter bookstores."
"Gentlemen, please be kind and don't embarrass me!"
"To embarrass you?" The leading Daliang man was quite dissatisfied: "We are not from Dasheng."
With just one sentence, the boy was silenced.
The man from Daliang pushed the servant aside and walked towards the bookstore.
The bookstore owner quickly stopped the man:
"Sir, please be kind. We are just a small bookstore and cannot afford the consequences of violating the law."
"Well, if you want any calligraphy or painting, please tell me and I'll have someone find it and give it to you. How about that?"
"What? Nothing!" The Daliang people were very impatient:
"We're here this time to ask an artist to paint a portrait of my master. Do you think we're going to let you paint it on the street?"
As he said that, he tried to force his way in again.
"Bang!" Lin Yangyang slammed the table. "How ridiculous! These people don't even take the laws of Dasheng seriously?"
Even though they did not agree with the law that women were not allowed to enter bookstores, the people of Daliang were so aggressive that it was the ordinary people who suffered.
"Cousin, let's go." Lin Zhiqing called Lin Yangyang, stood up and walked downstairs.
The two of them quickly left the restaurant and were about to squeeze into the crowd when they heard the voice of the Daliang people.
"Women are not allowed to enter bookstores, so why was she able to enter?"
Lin Zhiqing frowned and quickly squeezed into the crowd.
Then, she saw Wang Shuyi, who had come out of the bookstore on the other side at some point, being grabbed by the wrist by someone from Daliang, with a look of panic on her face.
The Daliang man refused to budge: "Do you think I can't see? This is clearly a young woman."
"She can enter, but we can't. You clearly look down on us Daliang people!"
The sound became sharper.
The people at Dasheng didn't know how to refute and all stared at Wang Shuyi.
Wang Shuyi tried her best to cover her face, but still attracted the attention of the Dasheng envoy.
The Daliang envoy narrowed his eyes and raised his hand to signal the people below to stop arguing.
The scene suddenly became quiet.
The Daliang envoy took a few steps forward and, upon catching a glimpse of Wang Shuyi's face, narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Which family's daughter are you from?"
He could tell at a glance that Wang Shuyi had an extraordinary demeanor and was not an ordinary woman.
Wang Shuyi was shocked and frightened, but she still had some sense and did not answer.
The Daliang envoy's eyes grew darker and darker. He grasped Wang Shuyi's chin and relaxed his brows. "I never thought there was such a beautiful woman in Dasheng."
"Since you don't want to talk, come back to Sifang Pavilion with me."
As he spoke, he waved to the people behind him.
The man behind sneered twice, his eyes full of obscenity. He grabbed Wang Shuyi's wrist and pinched her chin to take a closer look.
It was as if he was observing a commodity.
The people watching the excitement around avoided looking at each other, and no one dared to step forward to stop it.
Lin Yangyang gritted her teeth and said, "These bastards actually dared to molest a woman from Dasheng in the street!"
As she said this, she was about to step forward to uphold justice.
"Wait!" Lin Zhiqing grabbed Lin Yangyang's wrist: "Cousin, don't be impulsive!"
"If we rush out now, we'll be caught by the Daliang people."
They were also dressed as men, so it would not be a good idea to make trouble outside.
The most important thing is that Wang Yuan values face and etiquette. If Wang Shuyi's affairs were to become public, it would be troublesome.
"Let's follow them first and find a chance to rescue them." Lin Zhiqing pulled Lin Yangyang and walked to the side.
Seeing the people from Daliang taking Wang Shuyi towards the East Market, Lin Zhiqing and Lin Yangyang hurriedly followed their pace.
Seeing that the number of people around was decreasing, Lin Zhiqing said, "Cousin, find a way to distract those four guards. I will go find the envoy."
"Sister Qing, you can't deal with him." Lin Yangyang disagreed with this arrangement.
Lin Zhiqing shook his head: "You forgot, I still have the jade flute, I won't suffer any loss."
"Hurry up, or you'll be in the sight of the authorities."
Lin Yangyang gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I'll come back to you right away."
As she spoke, she picked up a small stone from the ground, flew into the air, and climbed onto the roof.
As Lin Yangyang's voice faded, a scolding voice suddenly rang out: "Be careful, there's an ambush!"
Then, a chaotic sound of footsteps came up to the roof and became farther and farther away.
Lin Zhiqing took a deep breath and slowly stretched his head to look in the direction of Wang Shuyi and the Daliang envoy.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
