Before anyone could respond, the person serving the tea aimed at the man slowly walking past downstairs and splashed the tea over his shoulder. He knew he had to do it before the man passed by. He knew this was a golden opportunity and he would regret it for the rest of his life if he missed it.
Little did he know that this would be the most regrettable thing he had ever done in his life!
Hong Xiaoduo and her companion, who were walking on the street, were unaware of the prank being played on them upstairs. However, some pedestrians nearby noticed the actions of the people upstairs. They couldn't bear to watch but dared not speak up to warn them. Those people were the sons of several wealthy families in the town, good-for-nothings, and they couldn't afford to offend them. They could only worry in their hearts.
Hong Xiaoduo, who was enjoying her sweet potato, suddenly stuffed half of it into her mouth without thinking. She grabbed Tianxuan's belt, lifted him up, and leaped forward. When she turned around, she noticed water on the ground, which was still steaming slightly.
This place is already on the northern edge. Although it's not as freezing cold as the north, the temperature is still low. Otherwise, you wouldn't really notice the faint, almost imperceptible warmth.
Releasing Tianxuan, I looked up and saw a figure shrinking back, wearing a blue robe.
Okay, very good!
Hong Xiaoduo narrowed her eyes, quickly finished the remaining small piece of roasted sweet potato in a few bites. Wasting food was shameful, and she had to finish it. Then, she even elegantly wiped her mouth with a handkerchief.
Tianxuan finally realized what was going on, and quickly finished the remaining roasted sweet potato in her hand, wiping her mouth with her hand.
"Auntie, we need to take care of some things, and it's inconvenient to carry these things with us. We'll leave them here with you for now, and please keep an eye on them for us. We'll come back to pick them up in a little while," Hong Xiaoduo said, approaching an old woman selling eggs nearby.
The old woman nodded and said, "Young lady, if you're not afraid that this old woman has taken the things, then just let it go."
Seeing that she agreed, Hong Xiaoduo took down the basket in her hand, the jar that Tianxuan was holding with one hand, and the bamboo basket on his back, and placed them behind the old woman so that they wouldn't get in the way.
"Come on, let me show you the excitement." After saying that, Hong Xiaoduo put her arm around Tianxuan's waist, and without taking two steps forward, she lightly leaped and landed on the outer corridor of the second floor of the teahouse.
Even when disciplining petty criminals, one should not leave children alone on the street; it is safer to keep them in a place where one can see them.
At the table inside where she was sitting, sat three well-dressed young men, but judging from their features, none of them seemed like good people.
The one in the blue robe was among them.
The three of them hadn't splashed anyone, but instead saw her easily dodge the attack by carrying the child. Without even looking up, they knew she was indeed a formidable figure, not just someone with the brute strength to kick the young master of the Jiang family flying.
They quickly sat back down, pretending to be calm as they held their teacups. They tacitly agreed that if she really came looking for them, they would deny everything. After all, she had no evidence. Even if someone witnessed it, who would dare to stand up and testify for a stranger like her and offend them?
So their attention was all on the stairwell, but they didn't expect that the person would actually come looking for them, and from the outer corridor no less!
"Oh, you've done something despicable and you still have the mood to drink tea here?" Hong Xiaoduo said with her hands behind her back, without waiting for the other party to speak.
"You, you little lady, are quite strange. What are you saying? We don't understand." Seeing that his two companions remained silent, the man in blue had no choice but to speak up. When Jiang Baicheng wasn't around, he was the leader, and if he didn't say anything now, wouldn't he lose face in front of his two underlings?
"Don't understand? No problem, I'll help you think about it." Hong Xiaoduo said as she walked towards him. She had caught a glimpse of the blue robe from below, but couldn't be sure if he was the one who spilled the tea.
Just now, I observed the reactions of these three people when they saw me, and his unease was noticeably stronger than the other two.
For example, right now, seeing her staring at the man in the blue shirt, the two of them clearly breathed a sigh of relief.
Watching Hong Xiaoduo walk towards her step by step, the man in the blue shirt felt increasingly uneasy. He tried to dodge from his chair and ended up sitting on the ground.
"If you don't understand what I'm saying, then why are you so flustered? Isn't this just a guilty conscience? If you're a man, you should act like one and take responsibility for your actions." As Hong Xiaoduo said this, she was already standing at the feet of the man in blue, who had nowhere to retreat but the wall behind him.
"It's your appearance that's scary. I didn't do it, and that's it." The man in the blue shirt felt that he had no other choice but to deny it to the death.
Upon hearing this, Hong Xiaoduo smiled innocently and said, "Wouldn't I be less scary this way? But since you still won't admit it, I'll do the work of thinking of something for you."
After saying that, he bent down, grabbed the other person's ankles with both hands, and lifted them up sharply to prevent their heads from hitting the ground, because it wouldn't be fun if they were stunned.
"Huh? What are you going to do to me, you madman?" the man in blue shouted in panic as he was being held upside down.
He was only slightly taller than Hong Xiaoduo, so Hong Xiaoduo only needed to raise her hands a little higher.
As Hong Xiaoduo carried the person towards the outer corridor, she laughed and said, "I said I would help you remember the things you forgot."
As they were talking, they had already reached the outer corridor railing. Hong Xiaoduo gently flung the person in her hands over the railing, and her hands, which were holding the person's ankles, landed on the railing.
The man in the blue shirt screamed for help in fright. There were already people on the street below who had seen him splash water and Hong Xiaoduo jump on top of him earlier, and they were standing there waiting to watch the show.
Humans are naturally gossipy. When passersby are curious, they can't help but ask what happened. Those who know will tell them, and then more and more people will stop.
One by one, they all looked up at the second floor of the teahouse.
The waiters in the teahouse noticed something was wrong and quickly came out to ask what was going on. They then learned that the tea drinkers upstairs had gotten into trouble and provoked someone they shouldn't have.
The man was terrified. Those three were well-known in the town, but not for a good reason.
They hadn't actually done anything like murder or arson, but the scoundrels they did were so despicable that the townspeople loathed them, yet they were helpless and avoided them whenever they saw them.
If something were to happen at their own teahouse, their families might come looking for trouble.
The waiter didn't dare to delay and quickly went into the teahouse to tell the manager, who was focused on calculating the accounts. The manager, on the other hand, wasn't so flustered. He tried to keep a straight face and suppress the smile on his lips. He also went outside to take a look. When he saw the person hanging upside down upstairs, his lips twitched again. He thought to himself, "Serves him right. It would be better if he couldn't hold on and fell to his death."
No, dying outside your own teahouse is bad luck. It's better to be crippled, preferably unable to walk, and only able to stay at home so as not to come out and harm others.
"Manager, what should we do? Should we hurry and inform their household?" The shop assistant was extremely anxious...
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