Chapter 153: If They End Up Scamming Us Then, How Much Trouble We’ll Be In!
The person who came to scout cursed inwardly, but didn’t dare to be careless and cautiously approached the horse carriage, only to find that it had suddenly stopped. Chu Yu straightened his clothes outside before lowering his head and got in.
“Hiss~ Could that little bastard really be in the carriage?” The man sucked in a cold breath, not even feeling the pain from the kick to his stomach, and quickly suppressed his aura to the lowest, slowly approaching the horse carriage.
“They came pretty fast!” This horse carriage was originally prepared for Lin Xin and the two children, and it was handled by Mo Ziyuan, so the things inside were basically arranged according to what he thought Lin Xin might like. After Chu Yu got in, he felt utterly uneasy, wishing he could grab the other person and make him search the horse carriage thoroughly. Now that he finally heard some movement, he slowly let out a breath.
The man was sent to scout, so at the very least his lightness skill was excellent—he always thought so and took pride in it, never imagining that he had been exposed before even approaching the horse carriage, and even earlier, as soon as he appeared, Lin Xin had discovered his whereabouts.
He lightened his footsteps to the utmost, quietly moving to the side of the horse carriage. First, he took out a slender bamboo tube from his bosom, inserted the tip through the rear window into the horse carriage, then put his mouth to it and was about to blow inside.
As soon as the bamboo tube pierced the window, Chu Yu noticed it. He raised his hand and lightly blocked the tube’s outlet, then with lightning speed smacked it out. Along with a brief scream, there came the dull thud of a heavy object falling to the ground outside the horse carriage.
Chu Yu was somewhat annoyed. In the silent night, that person’s scream was very clear. He estimated that the others lying in ambush had heard it, so he leaped down from the horse carriage in one bound, went around to the back, and saw a person dressed like the previous one, with a similar build, clutching his mouth and convulsing on the ground. Bright red blood slowly seeped from between his fingers.
Lin Xin, who had been observing outside, shook her head and sighed. It seemed like she couldn’t avoid taking action after all.
But she couldn’t say Chu Yu was wrong to do so—after all, no one could guarantee what was being blown into the carriage, and what if it was poison?
She brought the two children out of the space, placed them properly, then crawled to the rear window of the horse carriage and looked outside, seeing Chu Yu frowning at the person on the ground.
“What happened? Was that him screaming just now? Did you do it?” Lin Xin asked knowingly.
“He tried to blow something into the horse carriage earlier. I was afraid it was poison, so I smacked the bamboo tube into his mouth, and unintentionally made him make a sound.”
Lin Xin didn’t get off the horse carriage, just poked her head out to look at the person on the ground. “Let’s ignore him for now. You hurry back first—there might be a fierce battle soon. We need to assign tasks.”
“Okay,” Chu Yu agreed, ignoring the man and turning to Lin Xin: “You say.”
“We don’t know how many people they have or what methods they’ll use against us, so we can’t both fight at the same time. One of us must stay in the horse carriage to guard the two children.”
Chu Yu nodded in agreement with her words. “Then you guard the children, and the outside is left to me.”
“Alright!” Lin Xin agreed readily.
The two discussed their countermeasures: one inside the carriage, one outside, both perking up to watch the surroundings.
Sure enough, just as they expected, in less than the time for a cup of tea, dozens of figures had appeared around the horse carriage, led by a young man who looked very refined.
“Second Young Master Chu, long time no see!” After calling out Chu Yu’s identity in one go, the man cupped his hands in a very perfunctory salute.
“I was wondering who it was—it turns out to be Young Master Qian.” Chu Yu’s return salute was equally perfunctory.
“I wonder where Second Young Master Chu is hurrying to in the horse carriage in the middle of the night?” Young Master Qian asked directly.
“This road leads to the Capital City, naturally I’m going home.”
“Is that so?” Young Master Qian sneered. “I heard Second Young Master Chu is skilled in riding and archery. Since you’re in such a hurry to rush home overnight, why use a horse carriage instead of riding a horse?”
Chu Yu’s pupils contracted slightly, his fingers curling faintly. “Whether I drive a carriage or ride a horse seems to have nothing to do with Young Master Qian, so no need for you to worry.”
“Oh?” Young Master Qian raised his brow with interest, his eyes full of malice and provocation. “I can’t not worry. When leaving the capital, my Madam repeatedly instructed me not to deliberately make things difficult for you, Second Young Master Chu. So since we’ve met today, I naturally have to show some concern, or I won’t be able to account to Madam when I return!”
“Heh,” Chu Yu sneered coldly. “You two are indeed united as husband and wife, with deep affection—even caring about whether I drive a carriage or ride a horse.”
“No choice!” Young Master Qian shook his head as if regretful. “My Qian family’s house rule is to listen to Madam. Since Madam has spoken, I, Qian, will naturally obey.”
Through the gap in the carriage curtain, Lin Xin clearly saw that the palm of Chu Yu’s hand behind his back had deep marks from pinching, some places even broken skin. She looked thoughtfully at that Young Master Qian, having a rough guess about his identity—probably Chu Yu’s childhood sweetheart had married him!
“Whether you like staying up late at night is your business. I have to hurry on the road tomorrow and want to rest. If there’s nothing, stay far away!” Chu Yu tried to make his words sound casual.
“I want to rest too! But I can’t figure out why you chose a horse carriage over riding a horse, and it’s been bothering me so much I can’t sleep!” The playfulness in Young Master Qian’s eyes deepened.
Lin Xin’s heart stirred—this person seemed to be constantly trying to provoke Chu Yu. Why?
And from Chu Yu’s reaction, Young Master Qian seemed about to succeed.
Regardless of the reason, she couldn’t let him succeed. Lin Xin thought for a moment, took a black veil hat from the side and put it on her head, lightly lifted her hand to open half the carriage curtain—just enough for the people outside to see her skirt hem and part of the veil hat.
“Yu brother, didn’t you say we need to hurry to the Capital City? We’ve gone to the trouble of traveling overnight, yet you’re not driving properly—how do you have the kung fu to chat idly with this young master!” Lin Xin used her wood element ability to pinch her throat, speaking in a coquettish voice.
Not to mention Young Master Qian opposite, even Chu Yu, with his back to her, shivered all over. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and picked up: “I’m anxious too! But someone is blocking the way and won’t let us pass—what can I do?”
“Hmph,” Lin Xin let out a coquettish hum. “Aren’t you the young master of the Lu Guo Duke’s Mansion! Just beat them up and be done with it!”
“Pfft!” Young Master Qian opposite nearly choked on his own saliva, bending over in violent coughs.
Although Lin Xin couldn’t see Chu Yu’s face, she could imagine how splendid his expression must be. She rubbed the goosebumps on her body and added, “I say, young master, if your body is weak, don’t wander around. What if something happens to you and you then blame us—how much of a loss that would be for us!”
