Chapter 75 Am I disfigured?
Du Heng looked in the direction of the sound and saw Jinniang panicking. She pointed at a skinny young man running past him and shouted, "Cousin, he stole my purse and also took the birthday gift my mother gave me!"
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Elsewhere, Su Ying was pulled by Wan Yi to the first lantern riddle, intending to check the riddles in order to avoid missing any. However, after seeing the first lantern, Su Ying confidently removed the puzzle paper, helping Wan Yi win a lantern.
But the lamp had not been in Wanyi's hand for even a moment when she heard Jinniang's scream from afar.
Before he could figure out what was going on, a thin young man in a tattered cotton coat rushed out, followed by Du Heng.
Su Ying said something was wrong, so she pulled Wanyi and was about to chase after him. Unexpectedly, Jinniang came over and said anxiously, "You protect Wanyi, I'll go after my cousin."
Before Su Ying could answer, Jinniang had already lifted her skirt and chased after her, leaving Su Ying standing there in a daze and Wanyi at a loss as to what to do.
After a moment, Su Ying thought more and more that something was wrong. No matter what happened, Jinniang, a woman, could not help Du Heng resist the thieves. Instead, she would cause more trouble. She had to stop Jinniang and let Qingquan go after them.
Thinking of this, she realized that she had never seen Qingquan since she reunited with Wanyi and Jinniang.
Su Ying frowned: "Where's Qingquan?"
Wanyi shook her head: "I don't know."
Su Ying didn't care about so many things. She just told Chunnuan and Qiaoshu to accompany Wanyi while waiting for Qingquan. She then chased forward to stop Jinniang.
Seeing that the young lady didn't let her stay, Taoxi called out, "Miss, wait for me!" and followed her.
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The thief was only thirteen or fourteen years old, skinny and short. Although he was agile and strong, he was still young. Du Heng chased him relentlessly until he was a hundred feet away and finally grabbed one of his arms.
At this time, Jinniang also chased over. Seeing this, she suddenly rushed forward, grabbed Du Heng's hand that was catching the thief, and stood between the two of them, as if she was determined to protect him to the death.
"Jinniang, get out of the way!"
Du Heng had initially gained the upper hand, but Jinniang's blocking gave the thief an opening. As the young man turned, his free hand suddenly produced a dagger, and with a ferocious look on his face, he swung it at Jinniang. Jinniang screamed, forcing Du Heng to let go, while the thief escaped.
"Cousin Heng, my face, my face!"
Jinniang's face was covered by her hands, and there was a long scar on the back of her hand running from top to bottom. Although the bone was not visible, it had cut through the flesh and was bleeding.
Du Heng called out slowly, "Jinniang, calm down. Move your hand away and let me see your face."
"Cousin, my hands hurt so much, and my face hurts too. Am I disfigured?"
Jinniang screamed at the top of her lungs, unwilling to let go of her hands that were covering her face.
"Jinniang, let go of your hand. If your face is already injured, covering it like this will make the wound more difficult to heal."
When she heard that the injury on her face would get worse, Deng Jinniang moved her hand away. She looked panicked and asked tremblingly, "Cousin Heng, how is my face?"
Du Heng breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that her reaction was timely. When the thief swung the knife, she protected her face with her hands, thus saving her face. There were only two blood marks on her forehead and jaw.
But he was also filled with anger. Although the thief was young, he was ruthless. In order to escape, he stabbed the girl in the face. If Jinniang had hesitated, the knife would have really disfigured her.
It was impossible to chase the thief at this time, and Jinniang was seriously injured. Fortunately, he had memorized his clothes and figure. After sending Jinniang to the hospital, he would report to the police immediately.
When Su Ying found Du Heng and Jin Niang surrounded by a crowd, she saw Jin Niang leaning on Du Heng, looking at the back of her bleeding hand, trembling and crying uncontrollably.
Du Heng frowned, whispered to comfort Jinniang, and quickly led her out of the crowd, running into Su Ying who came looking for her.
He didn't have time to explain, so he just said, "Jin Niang is injured. I need to take her to the hospital immediately. Li Mao will stay to escort you and Wan Yi back home."
Su Ying originally wanted to help support Jin Niang, but just as she reached out, she saw Jin Niang's legs go limp and she gasped, "Cousin, there's so much blood. I, am I going to die?"
Su Ying looked down and saw that the blood on the back of Jinniang's hand had actually spread to form a small pool on the ground while they were talking.
In a hurry, Du Heng could only say: "I'm sorry."
As he said that, he picked up Jinniang.
He turned his head slightly to avoid Jinniang's face that was leaning towards him, but held her tightly in his arms, and walked quickly towards the outskirts of the lantern festival, where the carriages and horses were parked.
He left in such a hurry that he didn't even have time to take a closer look at Su Ying.
I stared blankly at the two of them as they walked away. After an unknown amount of time, I heard Wanyi's voice from behind: "Sister Ying'er."
She was startled and turned around, only to see Wanyi coming over with Chunnuan, Qiaoshu and Qingquan.
Seeing Qingquan holding a bag full of oil-paper bags in his hands, Su Ying couldn't help but ask, "Qingquan, where have you been? Why aren't you with your young lady?"
Qingquan looked innocent and replied, "My dear cousins, I'm not being lazy. I accompanied the two young ladies to the lantern riddle area, and my eldest cousin asked me to buy candied haws, sugar-roasted chestnuts, and fried rice crackers. There were so many people at the lantern festival, and these three foods were not in the same place. I ran all the way there and back, afraid that if I was out too long, something might happen!"
At this point, he looked behind Su Ying and didn't see Du Heng. Then he remembered that the young lady had just mentioned that the young master seemed to be chasing someone. Qingquan realized belatedly that something was wrong and asked nervously, "Cousin, is there something wrong with the young master?"
Su Ying was anxious and had no intention of answering. She just shook her head and said, "My cousin asked us to go find Li Mao first. We can talk about the rest in detail when he comes back!"
Qingquan regretted that, no matter what his cousin had ordered, he shouldn't have kept Chunnuan and Qiaoshu with the two young ladies for so long. If it wasn't the young master who was in trouble, then it was the young cousin who was in trouble. The mistake had been made, and the only way to atone for it was to do the young master's bidding.
He handed the oil-paper bag in his arms to Taoxi, walked in front of the two young ladies, and led them through the crowd in the direction they came from.
It seems that Li Mao already knew what had happened. The carriage that Su Ying and others had been riding in was no longer there. I guess Du Heng took Jin Niang in that carriage to find a doctor.
At this moment, there was only a small carriage and a horse for the maids and servants parked there.
Li Mao bowed to Wanyi and Su Ying and said, "I'll excuse you two ladies by taking the carriage back home."
Li Mao was indeed very discerning. He saw Su Ying glance at Taoxi, Chunnuan, Qiaoshu and others behind her, so he said, "If you are worried, Miss, I will let Qingquan stay. I will send someone to pick them up after we return home."
There was no better way at the moment. Su Ying and Wan Yi were helped into the carriage by the maids. She said to Li Mao, "Steward Li, please return home as soon as possible."
Although Jinniang's injury was not serious, the trip was arranged by her aunt after all, and she was afraid that Cheng would take the opportunity to blame her.
I don’t know how my cousin and Jinniang are doing.
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