Lu Qian glanced at these people speechlessly. Were the Lu family afraid?
It's just that the jewelry designer hired by Jin Yu Ge is sitting here. It's obvious that he works for Jin Yu Ge. We don't know what the relationship is between this Miss Li and Madam Yu. If what he says here is misinterpreted and gets back to Madam Yu, that would be bad.
Madam Yu had already given the Lu family a warning last time because of the spy incident. She said she wouldn't be lenient with the Lu family if they did it again.
He didn't know how Madam Yu came up with the idea of hiring someone to design jewelry, but Lu Ji had been hiring skilled craftsmen who were interested in this industry to help Lu Ji design exquisite jewelry styles for more than ten years.
In general, families in the jewelry business do not separate the craftsmen who make jewelry from the craftsmen who design jewelry, because some craftsmen simply cannot recreate the jewelry designs drawn by master craftsmen.
The Lu family is fortunate to have a group of skilled craftsmen who make jewelry, and they have also met a master jewelry designer with great inspiration. However, the master is now old and no longer has the inspiration for new styles, which is why he is eager to get to know Li Mai.
His people told them that the jewelry designs drawn by the girl were very novel, and that Madam Yu and Manager Cui liked them at first sight, and also believed that the craftsmen of Jin Yu Ge could make them.
This is why his people risked being discovered to send him messages.
However, seeing that Jin Yu Ge's business was about to surpass their Lu Ji's in the past half month, he knew that this Miss Li's paintings were really good.
He even considered marrying Miss Li to make her the young mistress of Lu's company. He thought that once she became his wife, she would definitely be devoted to him.
Unexpectedly, she got married!
Thinking of this, Lu Qian glanced at Li Mai and met Zhou Quan's gaze as he turned to look at him.
The two glanced at each other briefly before looking away. Li Mai didn't pay attention to them, focusing only on her food. She was also wondering how things were going with Madam Yu, and whether she had exaggerated her previous claim. Asking her to earn five hundred taels in half a month was indeed a bit much for her.
Especially since the Lu family, an industry leader, is also in charge in this town.
Thinking it over, Li Mai decided to go and visit Jin Yu Ge later.
Suddenly, Old Man Zhou, who was eating next to me, put down his bowl and ran out.
Li Mai paused, put down her chopsticks and bowl, and followed him out.
"What are you doing? Don't touch my oxcart!" Old Zhou rushed toward the hitching post at the door and saw a man about to bend down to untie the ox's reins.
The man looked up at Old Man Zhou, flicked his wrist and pulled a knife from his sleeve, quickly cut the reins, and was about to drive the oxcart away.
"What are you doing? Stealing an oxcart? Stop right there!" Old Man Zhou really didn't expect that someone would dare to steal an oxcart in broad daylight.
As soon as Li Mai came out, she saw someone trying to drive their oxcart away. She rushed out quickly, kicked the man to the ground, and then kicked him hard in the shin and abdomen with all her might.
The man screamed in pain and rolled around on the ground, clutching his stomach and trying to grab his legs, looking utterly pathetic.
Li Mai squatted down, picked up the dagger that had fallen to the side, brandished it in her hand, squatted down in front of the man, and waved it in his face with a sneer, "You've got some nerve, you petty thief, daring to steal my oxcart in broad daylight?"
"Tell me, which part of your body should I cut off to teach you a lesson?" she said, gesturing to the man's ear.
"No, no, please spare me, young lady! Please spare me, heroine!" the man pleaded, enduring the pain.
“Spare you? What if it were an old man whose oxcart you stole today? Do you think the old man could catch up with you? Would you spare him and give him back his oxcart then?” After saying that, Li Mai kicked him hard in the stomach again.
I hate those bastards the most; they're so arrogant they dare to do bad things even in broad daylight.
During the apocalypse, she dealt with countless people who tried to steal things, mostly spirit stones, food, and the crystal cores of exotic beasts.
Because animal crystals contain supernatural energy, they can help those with similar supernatural abilities cultivate and improve their cultivation level.
What she didn't expect was that she would ultimately die at the hands of her teammates who wanted to steal the crystal core she had obtained.
Therefore, Li Mai attacked the man so fiercely when he saw him stealing.
At this moment, the man was in so much pain that he couldn't stand up. The pain in his calf told him that his bone might have been broken. He figured that a woman with such strength must be a female knight-errant who knew martial arts.
He didn't dare ask for compensation for his leg; he just wanted to survive. It was all his fault for drinking too much and being persuaded by those guys to steal the oxcart.
At that moment, two people in the crowd in the distance saw his misfortune and turned to run away.
Old Man Zhou seized the opportunity to snatch the oxcart back and tie it back to the hitching post. He didn't dare go in to eat anymore and quickly came over to Li Mai to ask what to do.
Li Mai smiled faintly at the petty thief. "Dad, do we have rope in the cart? Let's tie him up and take him to the authorities so the officials can deal with him. I'm sure someone in town has had something stolen recently, right? This way we'll catch the thief!"
After Li Mai finished speaking, he looked around at the crowd of onlookers.
People immediately shouted, "Yes, my family lost two chickens a few days ago."
"A small stool has gone missing from my house!"
"One of my geese is also missing."
"Girl, I have a rope here. We'll help you take this bad guy to the authorities." At this moment, several people came out and offered to help.
The man was on the verge of tears. He wanted to say that he hadn't stolen those things, but that someone else had. However, looking at Li Mai's smiling face, which resembled a female demon, he dared not utter a word. What if his teeth were knocked out?
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