Chapter 82: Adam's Apple
With a snap, Shen Tingyu accurately hit his neck.
Her little hands clasped his neck tightly in fear, and her cheeks felt his slightly protruding Adam's apple rolling up and down, rubbing against her lips.
What just happened?
Her mind was confused for a moment, and her little hands held his neck motionless. She was so embarrassed that she almost fainted on the spot, and she was screaming silently in her heart.
Aaaaah! This is so embarrassing... Help!
Just now it was as if she had pounced over and kissed his Adam's apple.
The fragile Adam's apple was suddenly hit, and Xin Hongying couldn't help but cough lightly.
A large hand caught her and brought her down from his neck.
Shen Tingyu sat on those big hands, covering her cheeks with her small hands. She suddenly felt ashamed to face people and wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Xin Hongying pursed her lips and looked at Shen Tingyu, who almost shrank into a ball, and a smile appeared on her thin lips.
Then he lifted the car curtain and asked calmly, "What happened?"
The driver's panicked voice came from outside: "Master Kang, the carriage in front suddenly stopped. Fortunately, I reacted quickly, otherwise our carriage would have collided with it."
While Xin Hongying was not paying attention, Shen Tingyu tiptoed back to the purse.
She suddenly felt a sense of security in her small purse.
Xin Hongying saw all her movements out of the corner of his eye, with a smile in his eyes. Knowing that she wanted to be alone now, he put the purse in the car.
He got down from the carriage alone.
On the wide street, there were two carriages and a group of people watching the play, talking loudly to the paper dots on the street.
The driver cursed angrily, "You blind man, didn't you see the carriage coming? Luckily I stopped the carriage in time, otherwise you would have met your end, understand?"
In the middle of the crowd, a haggard-faced, shabbily dressed man knelt on the ground and kowtowed to a beautiful lady.
He kowtowed and coughed at the same time, as if he was very ill.
The man was so weak: "Madam, please be kind and save me."
"You're so rich, you can definitely help me pay off my gambling debts. If I can't pay the gambling house back, they're going to beat me to death, cough... cough cough cough..."
The maid stopped him with disgust, "So you were deliberately trying to scam me! Everyone, come and see, my lady's carriage didn't hit him."
"I see, he's there, let's go!" The people from the gambling house approached fiercely with sticks in their hands.
When the man heard the voices of the people in the gambling house, he knelt down and walked a distance in fear.
Perhaps it was the fear of death that made him push the maid aside, rush to her feet, and grab the hem of the beautiful lady's skirt with his five fingers, as if he had grabbed the last straw to save his life.
Dong dong dong, he kept kneeling and kowtowed.
"Madam, please save me, cough cough cough... If you save me, I will work like a slave for the rest of my life to repay you. Save... cough... me, I don't want to die."
"Let go, if you don't let go, I won't be polite."
The lady's voice sounded familiar. Xin Hongying pushed aside the onlookers and looked over.
It turned out to be an acquaintance.
She kicked the man who was holding her skirt away and asked in surprise, "Mrs. Luo, why are you here?"
Madam Luo also recognized him and was a little surprised: "Sir, it's you!"
The man who was kicked away rolled to the side and was surrounded by people from the gambling house with sticks.
"Run, why don't you just keep running? You can't pay me back, and you even dare to hit me. How can you be so bold?"
"I'll teach you a lesson..."
The man huddled together, his eyes wide with fear, and coughed desperately, "Don't hit me... cough, I really have no money..."
The man from the gambling house hit him on the back with a stick.
The onlookers exclaimed, "Oh my God, someone's been beaten to death, someone's been beaten to death in the gambling den."
The man on the ground started coughing up blood and then vomiting blood. He vomited non-stop, as if he wanted to spit out all the blood in his body. The scene was extremely bloody.
Many people who were watching the excitement took a few steps back.
Adults with children covered their children's eyes and said, "Don't look, it will give you nightmares... Let's go home, it's over..."
The man's death was so horrible that Mrs. Luo frowned slightly, covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and dared not look again.
"Impossible, I only used 10% of my strength. Are you pretending to be dead?" The man who hit the man with a club in the gambling house reached out to grab the man.
The man's eyes were wide open and he was completely out of breath. This actually scared the people in the gambling house. "How could it be? He's too weak. He hit me three times, and I only hit him once."
"It's really unfortunate that I have to collect his body."
"What are you looking at? Go, go, go... There's nothing to watch."
The people in the gambling house shouted and the remaining onlookers dispersed, and the gambling house also left with the man's body.
There were only two carriages and a smattering of pedestrians left on the street. Madam Luo nodded at him, "Sir, thank you for what you did."
Xin Hongying said, "It's just a small matter, nothing compared to Madam's life-saving grace."
"My last name is Kang. How come my wife is in Yunzhou City?"
Madam Luo smiled, "So it's Master Kang. I'm from Yunzhou, and I came back to celebrate my father's birthday."
Xin Hongying's narrow eyes slowly narrowed. "Did Madam encounter any problems on the way? Why did you arrive in Yunzhou City so late?"
Madam Luo's smile faded a little, and she said meaningfully, "Thanks to the young master's departure that day, we mother and daughter were able to escape danger."
Xin Hongying's expression was solemn. She raised her hand and said, "Madam, this is not a place to chat. Please move."
Madam Luo shook her head slightly and refused. "We've been traveling for several days, and today Yunzhou City is under martial law, with no one entering or leaving. We finally made it into the city, and we encountered something like this for no reason. I want to go back and see my father first."
Martial law? Xin Hongying's expression froze.
"Mr. Kang, my father's birthday party will be in a few days. My father has always liked making friends and enjoying the hustle and bustle. If you are willing to attend my father's birthday party, he will definitely be very happy." Madam Luo invited sincerely.
Xin Hongying pondered for a moment, then bowed and said, "If that's the case, I'll definitely come visit you on the day of the birthday banquet."
Mrs. Luo was helped back to the carriage by her maid, and Xin Hongying also returned to her own carriage.
"Gee!", the wheels started rolling again.
"Your Majesty, what just happened?"
Shen Tingyu didn’t know what had just happened. If she knew, she would definitely guess it, but unfortunately she had nothing and couldn’t see it.
"I just saw an acquaintance, Mrs. Luo."
Shen Tingyu was surprised, “What a coincidence.”
Xin Hongying nodded in agreement, her eyes as deep as an ancient pond, and she slowly said, "She just said that Yunzhou City is under martial law and no one is allowed to enter or leave. It seems like something big has happened."
"We have to go to the Number One Building under Heaven again and get to the bottom of this matter. Otherwise, I will never be at peace."
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