jdhmnovel Chapter 182 An Unexpected Encounter
Chapter 182 An Unexpected Encounter
Xiao Siyue and her group rode in a carriage, swaying and rocking, towards their home.
Xiao Siyue was in an unusually good mood today, sitting in the carriage chatting with Lin Qin.
"Mom, next year, let's give some corn seeds to Grandpa and Grandma so they can plant some back home too. That way, they can also enjoy sweet and soft corn." Xiao Siyue had been thinking about her family back home ever since she ate corn today.
Good things should be shared, and of course, the first people to share with are your best grandparents.
Another year has passed, and Xiao Siyue misses them very much, but she doesn't know if she will be able to go back this year.
"Can corn be grown over there?" Lin Qin didn't know, thinking that corn could only be grown in the south.
"Yes, corn can be grown anywhere."
"Okay, when the corn is harvested this year, we'll keep some seeds to take back with us." Lin Qin thought that her in-laws would also enjoy such delicious corn after hearing Xiao Siyue say that.
Xiao Qinian listened to the mother and daughter's words without refuting them. Although he was thinking of reporting the corn, it wouldn't hurt to give some back to his hometown.
Besides, these were all acquired by his own daughter, so he couldn't make the decision on his own.
The two were chatting enthusiastically when the carriage suddenly stopped.
Xiao Siyue stumbled and fell to the side, but fortunately Xiao Qinian reacted quickly and pulled her up.
Once the carriage had come to a stop, Xiao Qinian lifted the curtain and asked, "What happened?"
Lai Xing's voice came from outside: "Master, there's a group of people chasing a girl ahead, and they just crashed into our carriage."
Lai Xing's voice carried a hint of fear. He hadn't been paying attention when a group of people suddenly appeared. He didn't have time to stop before the girl bumped into him and was kicked away by Ma Er'er.
Lai Xing was so frightened that he stood motionless, not knowing what to do.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Qinian was immediately startled and quickly got out of the carriage.
Lin Qin and Xiao Siyue also heard Lai Xing's words and followed Xiao Qinian off the carriage.
After the group came down, they saw a girl in white lying motionless on the ground not far away. Xiao Siyue was shocked. Could she be dead?
Xiao Siyue instinctively wanted to go over and take a look, but Lin Qin grabbed her arm.
"Yue'er, don't go over there yet, let your father go see first."
Xiao Siyue stopped walking, but her eyes remained fixed on that direction.
"What are you still standing there for? Come with me and take a look." Xiao Qinian said to Lai Xing, who was still in a daze.
Lai Xing then realized what was happening.
The two walked to the girl lying there. Looking at the bright red blood on the ground, they prayed that the girl was still alive. Xiao Qinian looked at the girl with her eyes closed and put his finger under her nose to test it.
"He's still breathing. Quickly, carry him to the carriage and find a doctor." Xiao Qinian breathed a sigh of relief upon discovering that the person was still alive. It was good that he was alive.
"Hey, hey." Lai Xing quickly called over two guards.
"Wait, you can't take them away." Suddenly someone spoke up.
Upon hearing the sound, everyone turned their gaze to the direction from which the voice had come, only to discover that there were still people present.
They had all focused their attention on the woman and forgotten about the others.
Xiao Siyue also looked over and saw five strong men, each of them looking fierce, clearly not good people.
The person speaking, in particular, was probably the leader of these people; his face was full of greed, which was disgusting to look at.
It's unclear what the relationship is between these people and this woman, and why they are chasing after her.
"Who are you people?" Xiao Qinian frowned and asked in a serious tone.
"Who we are is none of your business. All you need to know is that this brat is one of ours. But now you've almost killed her. Think about what you're going to do about it." The leader of the group spoke to Xiao Qinian with an arrogant and vicious tone.
"Your people?" Xiao Qinian's tone was full of suspicion.
"The girl is currently unconscious, so I have no way of verifying what you're saying. Since you're saying this, then come with us. We'll find a doctor to examine her first, and after we've asked her about it, we'll discuss a solution."
Xiao Qinian thought to himself that no matter who it was, the most important thing now was to find a doctor for this girl. Otherwise, if too much time was wasted and something happened because of the lack of timely treatment, it would be bad.
Upon hearing Xiao Qinian's words, the man exchanged a glance with the others behind him and refused.
"No, we don't have that much time. You must give us a solution immediately."
"Heh, so what do you want to do?" Xiao Qinian sneered and asked the man.
"Pay us money! We bought this brat for a hundred taels of silver, and now that you've knocked her over like this, we don't want her anymore. You have to pay us back the silver, at least two hundred taels." The man's greedy gaze swept over Xiao Qinian and the others behind him, including Xiao Siyue.
They clearly saw them as big fish and intended to extort money from them.
"Hmph, you're human traffickers?" Upon hearing this, Xiao Qinian immediately gave a wink to the guard beside him.
“We’re not human traffickers.” The man seemed quite disdainful of Xiao Qinian’s claim of human traffickers.
"If he's not a human trafficker, then what's the story with this girl?" Xiao Qinian stared intently at the man's face, trying to see if he was lying.
However, after looking at it for a long time, I couldn't find any sign of lying.
"It's alright to tell you. This girl was given to me by her family. They owed me one hundred taels of silver and had no money to pay me back, so they gave me their daughter as collateral," the man said.
"Really? Then what were you doing just now?" These people were chasing someone relentlessly just now, something doesn't seem right.
"That brat! She actually ran away while we weren't looking! That's a hundred taels of silver! How could we let her get away with that?" The man said angrily. They had wasted a lot of time chasing her.
Upon hearing this, everyone realized that's how it is, and Xiao Siyue believed the man's words.
Because such things happen a lot, it's because women have a low social status nowadays.
But this man probably didn't have good intentions in accepting this woman.
"In that case, you may come with us. We'll discuss compensation after the girl wakes up."
The man thought that Xiao Qinian would give them money after he explained the situation, but Xiao Qinian didn't play by the rules, so he was speechless and didn't know what to do.
It took him a while to come to his senses.