nashuaworldcup Chapter 306 Sun Chuang is rescued after encountering danger
Chapter 306 Sun Chuang is rescued after encountering danger
A crescent moon hangs high in the night sky.
Inside the private room of 'Tongfu Inn', people were clinking glasses and exchanging toasts.
After traveling all day, I didn't like the lunch I had, so I just ate a few bites.
Shen Cao and the others were starving.
Mr. Ma prepared a whole table of food and even cooked a bowl of steaming wontons for everyone.
The private room was full of people he knew, so Li, the bodyguard, stopped putting on airs.
He was just too hungry.
His bowl of wontons was quickly emptied.
He patted his belly, a little embarrassed to ask, "These wontons are the best I've ever had. Do you have any more?"
Manager Ma smiled and nodded, then turned and instructed the waiter to fetch another bowl of wontons.
He looked at Guard Li with some doubt, "Didn't you eat wontons at Shen's Restaurant in Xin'an County?"
"If we're talking about making wontons, I learned from Cao'er."
"My wontons don't even taste as good as one-tenth of the wontons at Shen's Restaurant."
Li, the guard, shook his head. "In Xin'an County, I usually eat at home."
"Oh." I see. Manager Ma nodded with some regret.
Li, the guard, felt a little regretful. Would he still be able to go to Xin'an County to eat the wontons made by Miss Shen herself?
Shen Cao raised the corners of her mouth, "I'm right here. If you want to eat it, I'll make it for you personally when we get to the capital. You don't have to wait until we go to Xin'an County next time."
"Really?" Guard Li's eyes lit up. "Won't this be too much trouble for Miss Shen?"
Shen Cao shook her head, "It was nothing, just a small favor. Consider it a thank you for taking care of me along the way."
The next day, when Shen Cao and the others left, Manager Ma gave them more than a dozen jars of meat sauce in different flavors.
When Li Huwei saw the meat sauce, his eyes lit up again.
This meat sauce is incredibly delicious. Whenever he had no appetite in Xin'an County, he would ask Chairman Sun to buy him some meat sauce.
That's enough for them to eat their way to the capital.
The closer you get to the capital, the smoother the official road becomes.
Shen Cao and his companions spent their days traveling, eating, and sleeping, which was incredibly boring.
"I'm so bored, let's find something to do," Shen Cao suggested for the umpteenth time.
"Alright, so what shall we do?" This was the umpteenth time that Guard Li had answered like this.
"How about we enjoy the scenery?"
"Hey!" Shen Qing suddenly exclaimed happily, "I think I brought the playing cards with me."
After saying that, he picked up his bundle and began rummaging through it.
After rummaging through all my clothes and stuff, I finally found it.
And so, the rest of the journey turned into eating, sleeping, and playing cards.
Playing cards, sleeping, eating.
After playing cards, eating, and sleeping for more than ten days, they finally arrived in the capital.
*
When Sun Guixiang and Dongfang Ming returned to Shifeng Village, something happened there.
When Sun Chuang led his men to rob someone today, they encountered a group of very skilled bodyguards.
They almost didn't make it back.
Upon hearing that her father had an accident, Sun Guixiang rushed to his courtyard.
A group of people had gathered outside the father's room.
Every now and then, a maid would come out carrying a plate filled with blood.
When Sun Guixiang saw the basins of bloody water, tears immediately streamed down her face.
She walked tremblingly toward her father's room, terrified.
The people around her had clearly noticed her.
They all made way for her.
"Father!" Sun Guixiang couldn't hold back any longer and cried out, her voice filled with grief.
Her father can't be harmed. What would she do if he died?
She had never felt so panicked before.
Xiaoqing helped her walk forward step by step.
When she reached the bedside and saw who was on it, she grabbed someone in a panic and asked anxiously, "Where's my father? Who is this person on the bed?"
How is my father?
"Young Miss, the chieftain..."
Before the little girl could finish speaking, Sun Chuang's voice came from the doorway.
"Daughter, I'm fine."
Sun Guixiang heard her father's voice and turned to run towards the source of the sound.
When she saw her father standing in front of her, she finally felt relieved.
"Dad, I was so scared!" she said, throwing herself into Sun Chuang's arms.
"Ouch!" Sun Chuang cried out in pain.
Startled, Sun Guixiang quickly released him, saying, "Dad, you're hurt."
Only then did Sun Guixiang notice that her father's face was covered in bruises and his arm was bandaged.
"Father had a bad start today and almost didn't make it back."
"Thanks to the tiger and the little brother lying in bed, otherwise Dad might not have been able to come back today."
"Father, what exactly happened today? Weren't they saying there hadn't been any activity in the village lately?"
Sun Guixiang frowned, very puzzled. Her father had said that there had been no action taken in the village until the end of her wedding ceremony.
Sun Chuang touched his nose somewhat awkwardly, then turned to the people in the room and said, "Alright, I'm fine now, you can all go about your business."
"Are they all gathered here? Is there nothing else to do in the village?"
Soon only the father and daughter remained in the room.
"It's because you're getting married soon. Your father heard that this fish is very fat today, so he thought he'd prepare a bigger dowry for you."
Sun Chuang spoke somewhat guiltily.
“Father! You’ve already prepared my dowry. Besides, A-Ming will be living in Shifeng Village from now on. What use is so much dowry to me?”
"You absolutely must not take any more risks in the future. You almost scared me to death today."
"Okay, Father understands."
After finishing his sentence, Sun Chuang briefly described what had happened that day to Sun Guixiang, omitting the dangerous parts to avoid worrying her.
"So, this person saved Father's life?"
Sun Chuang nodded.
"Did Father check this person's identity? There can't be people of unknown origin in the village."
"Don't worry, I checked this a long time ago, otherwise I wouldn't have dared to bring him back."
“He is a hunter from a village down below. I just happened to run into him today. The situation was critical at the time, and he probably didn’t have time to react before saving me.”
Sun Guixiang nodded.
She looked at the person on the bed. His face was tanned dark and scarred, especially his hands, which had thick calluses—marks that could only be left from long-term hunting.
She dismissed her doubts.
After Sun Guixiang and Sun Chuang left, the person on the bed slowly opened their tightly closed eyes.
He finally entered, Shifeng Village.
*
Outside the city gate, the coachman asked, "We've arrived in the capital. Where in the capital are you going? I'll take you there."
Shen Cao thought for a moment, "I would be grateful if you could just find an inn to drop us off, brother."
"Brother Li, where are you going?" Shen Cao turned around and asked Guard Li.
They had become quite familiar with each other along the way because of playing cards.
"I'll get off the bus with you in a bit."
Upon arriving at the inn, the coachman helped Shen Cao and the others carry their luggage inside before leaving.
Guard Li took the remaining meat sauce home.
Shen Cao took her younger brother to Xiangmanlou. She had heard about Xiangmanlou for a long time and finally had the chance to try it today.
As soon as I entered Xiangmanlou, I saw that the lobby was full of people.