Chapter 101 - 100: Swat Him Away Like a Cockroach (2 Updates)

Chapter 101: Chapter 100: Swat Him Away Like a Cockroach (2 Updates)

Until Xiao Yi had already disappeared from their sight, Xiao He and Zhao Jingming were still somewhat unresponsive.

Xiao Yi had always been steady by nature. How many years had it been since they last saw him being this unstable?

Zhao Jingming took a deep breath and turned to Xiao He, saying, "What’s going on? Has something happened to that woman from the Xu Family? Is it the work of Prince Xing’s people? But even if something happened to that woman, Yanci’s reaction is too irrational!"

Xiao He was still watching in the direction where Xiao Yi left, silent for a long time.

This was more than just irrational.

It was as if he had become a different person.

Since the death of his aunt, Yanci seemed to have closed his heart, not only unwilling to be near women but also becoming solitary. No matter how influential he was in the court, thriving like a fish in water, his own life was as quiet as a dead water, with only a few of them, his childhood friends, close by his side.

Chang Xiao’s arrival added a touch of color to his silent life.

Regardless of how crazy that Xu Siniang was in the past, he was somewhat grateful to her for bringing Chang Xiao to Yanci.

After Chang Xiao was by Yanci’s side, his emotions were finally more outwardly expressed, but his daily life remained unchanged, still centered around the government and home, as Zhentian was immersed in his official duties.

Such an uncontained display of emotion, he had only seen it on Yanci when his aunt died.

He slightly lowered his eyelids, covering the fleeting darkness in his eyes.

It seemed he needed to reassess this woman, Xu Jing.

The entirely neglected Zhao Jingming: "..."

So, friendships can really fade away, can’t they?

The timeline moves back to when Xu Jing and her group were suddenly attacked.

Seeing the sky filled with black-clad figures flying like bats, their hearts seemed to stop, but fortunately, Chen Hu, having worked in the county government for several years and seen many situations, quickly snapped back, shouting, "Miss Xu! Da Bai! Hold on tight!"

After speaking, he gave a sharp slap on the horse’s rump, and the startled horse immediately bolted forward.

Luckily, Xu Jing had already grabbed tightly onto the window frame next to her with both hands when Chen Hu spoke, preventing her from being tossed around like a ladle.

However, on this journey, to save money, they had only rented one horse. A single horse pulling three people and a carriage couldn’t possibly run fast.

Regardless of how hard Chen Hu whipped the horse, the group of black-clad figures continued to get closer and closer. Cheng Xianbai felt an urge to cry and couldn’t help but keep looking back.

Suddenly, he seemed to have discovered something, exclaiming in surprise, "I...I think there are two groups of black-clad figures over there, and they’re fighting each other? It seems one group is helping us!"

It was getting darker, and Cheng Xianbai had to squint for quite a while before he could be sure.

On the official road behind them, many black-clad figures were already lying down, and it was unclear whether they were dead or injured.

Xu Jing was slightly stunned, also wanting to stick her head out to take a look. However, sitting in the carriage, it was already difficult not to be tossed around, let alone make any unnecessary movements.

She cursed inwardly, secretly deciding that when her injury healed, she would definitely learn to ride a horse!

She shouted, "Never mind everything else, escaping with our lives is the priority..."

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly felt a violent shake from the roof of the carriage. Her eyes widened, and she saw the carriage top being cut open like a piece of tofu. A face, two-thirds covered by black cloth, peered in, and at the same time, a large hand swiftly reached out to grab her.

Xu Jing’s heart was pounding, and without thinking, she grabbed a wooden box beside her filled with pastries prepared by Chunyang and Chunxiang for the journey, and with all her might, swung it at the black-clad figure’s face!

She aimed precisely at the most vulnerable area, the eyes and nose!

"Ow!!!"

Amidst a blood-curdling scream, the black-clad figure lost balance and was thrown off to the side by the rocking carriage, eventually, the sound of a heavy object hitting the ground was heard from afar.

"Miss Xu, are you alright!"

Chen Hu’s voice came from the front.

When the black-clad figure jumped onto the carriage roof, he noticed it, but he and Cheng Xianbai, driving the carriage, were unable to attend to Miss Xu’s side, so they could only desperately sway the horse left and right to try and throw him off.

Xu Jing pressed her hand against her still racing heart, about to say "I’m fine," when suddenly there was a "pop," and another hand appeared on the opposite window.

Immediately, another black-clad man, with eyes full of a terrifying fierce light, peeked in, gave her a hard glare, and began trying to climb in headfirst.

No need to panic, at this point, just treat him like a cockroach and swat him away!

Xu Jing desperately tried to steady her heartbeat, gripping the window frame with one hand, and raised the wooden box high with the other, aiming to bring it down on the black-clad man’s head as before.

Suddenly, the man’s eyes widened in disbelief, and in the next instant, his hands released their grip on the window frame, and he fell heavily to the ground.

Xu Jing was slightly stunned, blinking.

Before her brain could process, a familiar deep voice came from not far away, "Chen Hu! Cheng Xianbai! Pull the carriage over!"

Chen Hu and Cheng Xianbai exclaimed with joy in unison, "Vice Minister Xiao!"

The man’s appearance was like a divine savior descending from the sky, calming the previously hopeless Chen Hu and Cheng Xianbai, who steadily pulled the carriage to the side according to Xiao Yi’s instructions.

Xu Jing, sitting in the badly damaged carriage, hadn’t yet recovered when the carriage door was flung open. The man, unfamiliar after a ten-day absence, appeared before her abruptly in the dim evening light.

The man’s face was as handsome and defined as ever, but the usually meticulously groomed hair was slightly disheveled, his forehead covered in fine sweat beads, and his deep, dark eyes bore a barely restrained emotion as he looked at her, his chest rising and falling with exertion, clearly indicating he’d rushed here in great haste.

Xu Jing opened her mouth, taking a while to find her voice, "How did you..."

How did you know they were in danger?

However, before she could finish, the man said in a deep voice, "Are you alright?"

His eyes, filled with a chilling intensity, looked directly at her.

Although she knew the fierceness in his eyes wasn’t directed at her, Xu Jing’s heart instinctively skipped a beat, "I’m fine..."

Previously, her left hand had merely suffered a dislocation, which Zhou Qi had put back, and after seven or eight days of rest, it was fine.

Her right ankle sprain was more troublesome, needing at least a month of rest before she could attempt to walk, but during the carriage’s jolting, she had carefully protected her right ankle from further injury.

Xiao Yi gave her another look of suppressed emotion, and at that moment, a man dressed as a guard hurried over to Xiao Yi’s side, whispered something in his ear.

Xiao Yi nodded, and extended his hand to Xu Jing, "It’s uncertain whether the danger has passed, we must leave immediately."

Seeing the man’s outreached hand, Xu Jing paused for only a moment before firmly clasping it.

It’s a matter of life and death now, there’s no time to think about anything else.

With her right foot still injured, both supporting herself with Xiao Yi’s hand and the carriage wall, she prepared to stand on one leg.

Seeing this, Xiao Yi suddenly frowned, muttering in a hoarse voice, "Forgive me," as he leaned into the cramped carriage, and under Xu Jing’s wide-eyed gaze, he wrapped one arm around her waist and the other under her knees, effortlessly lifting her out.