Chapter 588: Kidnapped!
At the order of the restaurant owner, several burly waiters immediately surrounded the room and blocked the door.
After all, the little prince was still young and had never seen such a scene. His face turned pale and he subconsciously shrank behind Gu Qingchen.
"What do you want to do?" Gu Qingchen took a step forward, protecting the three boys behind him, his small body standing straight.
"What are you doing?" The shopkeeper sneered. "It's only natural to pay back your debts! If you don't have money, don't even think about leaving this door!"
At this moment, a few ruffian-looking men walked in. The leader was a man with triangular eyes and a face full of flesh. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted at the shopkeeper: "Lao Zhang, what's all the fussing about? Are you going to let us drink?"
The shopkeeper saw these people and smiled: "Hey, Brother Wang, a few brats are eating and dodging, we are dealing with them."
The triangular-eyed man called "Brother Prince" glanced at the four children in the room. When his eyes fell on the bright yellow robe of the little prince, his eyes changed obviously.
He stepped forward and pretended to try to appease them: "It's no big deal, just a few kids. So, Lao Zhang, I'll pay for the meal, and you let them go."
The shopkeeper was stunned and a little surprised, but since someone was paying, he was naturally happy to do a favor.
"Brother Wang is very generous." The shopkeeper immediately changed his expression.
Brother Wang said to Gu Qingchen and the others with a smile, "Don't be afraid, little ones. Follow me. I will take you back to the academy."
Gu Qingchen became suspicious, as the man's smile had ill intentions.
But in the current situation, they have no choice.
Several people followed Brother Wang out of the restaurant and turned into a secluded alley.
As soon as he entered the alley, the smile on Brother Wang's face disappeared. He winked at the people behind him, and several people immediately surrounded him, one person each, covered his mouth, and dragged him deeper into the alley.
Gu Qingchen struggled desperately, but he was no match for an adult man.
Qian Zhenyun was so scared that tears came out of his eyes and he kept shaking his head.
Lin Jiayou remained silent, but his eyes were as cold as ice.
After an unknown amount of time, they were roughly pushed into an abandoned woodshed and the door was locked with a bang.
The woodshed was dark and damp, and filled with a musty smell.
Qian Zhenyun couldn't hold back his tears any longer. "Wuwu...Sister, I told you I shouldn't have come out! What should we do now? Are they going to sell us out?"
"Why are you crying?" Gu Qingchen was also panicking, but he refused to give in. "He's not dead yet! What's the point of saying this now?"
The little prince sat on the ground with red eyes. He had never suffered such grievances since he was a child.
"It's all my fault," he whispered. "I shouldn't have insisted on eating."
"It's not your fault!" Gu Qingchen immediately retorted. She walked to the side of the little prince and said, "It's those bad guys who are so mean!"
Lin Jiayou leaned against the wall and said calmly, "They must have seen your highness's clothes and thought we were rich, so they wanted to kidnap us and ask for a ransom."
Upon hearing this, Gu Qingchen immediately glared at the little prince: "It's all your fault! I told you to change your clothes, but you didn't!"
The little prince was glared at by her, his mouth drooped, and he also got angry: "I told you not to run out! You insisted on coming out!"
"You were the one who insisted on watching me tear down the roof?"
"You were the one who suggested it first!"
Several people were arguing in the woodshed and blaming each other.
At this moment, the broken door of the woodshed was pushed open with a creak, and the king with triangular eyes walked in with two people.
"What are you arguing about?" He glared at the children fiercely, "Shut up!"
The woodshed suddenly became quiet.
The prince walked up to the little prince, stretched out his hand and pinched the material of his clothes, and smiled: "Little guy, when will your family come to give you money?"
The little prince straightened his body. Although he was afraid, he still had the royal demeanor.
"How dare you! Do you know who I am? When my father finds out, he will want your heads!"
Brother Wang was stunned for a moment, then he and the people around him burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha! This palace? Father?" Brother Wang laughed so hard that tears almost came out. "Little brat, you're addicted to acting? Which opera troupe does your father own?"
"That's right, I think this outfit is also a costume worn for opera!" A gangster next to him echoed.
Gu Qingchen's face flushed with anger. She stood up abruptly, pointed at her brother's nose and cursed, "Open your dog eyes and see clearly! How can you touch the dragon robe he's wearing? This is the Crown Prince! You kidnapped the Crown Prince, and this is a heinous crime punishable by the death of all nine generations of your clan!"
Her roar was so powerful that it stunned the thugs for a moment.
The prince looked at the little prince carefully and found that although he looked embarrassed, there was indeed an indescribable nobility between his brows.
But on second thought, he found it ridiculous.
"You bastard prince!" he spat. "How can a prince hang out on the streets? How can he not even afford three taels of silver for a meal? Don't try to play tricks on me, little girl! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll rip your mouth off first!"
As he said that, he reached out to grab Gu Qingchen.
"Just try to touch her!"
Lin Jiayou suddenly rushed out from the corner, hugged Brother Wang's legs tightly, opened his mouth and bit them hard.
"Ouch!" Brother Wang screamed in pain and kicked Lin Jiayou away.
Lin Jiayou bumped into the wall and let out a muffled groan, but he gritted his teeth and didn't cry.
"This is outrage!" Brother Wang was completely enraged. He picked up a nearby wooden stick and said, "I'm going to beat you little bastards to death today!"
He raised the wooden stick high and was about to hit Lin Jiayou on the ground.
"Stop!" Gu Qingchen screamed and rushed forward without thinking, standing in front of Lin Jiayou.
The wooden stick was swung down with the sound of wind.
“Bang—!”
With a loud bang, the door of the woodshed was kicked into pieces by someone from outside.
The dazzling sunlight poured in, and a tall and straight figure stood at the door, wearing a black cloak, his face as gloomy as water, and his eyes as cold as a knife.
Behind him, rows of heavily armored guards rushed in instantly, their shining swords drawn, surrounding the small woodshed tightly.
The entire woodshed was dead silent.
Brother Wang and the two thugs stood there holding wooden sticks, the blood draining from their faces at a visible speed, and their legs began to tremble like sieves.
Gu Junze's gaze swept across the entire room and finally landed on his daughter.
Although she was covered in dust and dirt, she was still unharmed as she protected another child, with the fire of unwillingness to admit defeat still burning in her eyes.
His heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally slowly settled down.
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