allonlinenovel Chapter 142 A group of men assault... a boy?
Chapter 142 A group of men assault... a boy?
"Looks like a human being, but does nothing like one!"
What good person would do something like this that would bring trouble to a young girl like her?
The boy closed his eyes, desperately trying to suppress his displeasure. He looked around and found a small clump of grass behind the rocks. Ignoring Lin Xiaotang's resistance, he pulled her over there.
There was a dog hole in the bushes, partially covered by a large rock. He first pushed Lin Xiaotang in, then followed closely behind and hid inside, not forgetting to pull the large rock to cover the entrance of the hole.
Fortunately, the entrance to the cave was small, but the inside was spacious enough to barely hide the two of them.
They had just hidden themselves when a group of people chased after them.
"What about people?"
"I clearly saw him coming this way, how could he suddenly disappear?"
"Damn it, if I find him, I'll definitely make him suffer!"
"Third Brother, that pretty boy didn't run into the temple, did he?"
"Who knows? Let's go, let's split up and look..."
A group of people, none of them expected that there would be a dog hole behind a half-sized rock, and the boy they were looking for was hidden in the dog hole.
The people talking outside gradually walked away, and their footsteps faded into the distance.
Forced to huddle in the dog hole, Lin Xiaotang couldn't help but complain, "Those people are all chasing you. Why don't you just crawl through the dog hole yourself? Why do you have to drag me along?"
However, she seemed to have discovered a shocking secret and couldn't help but ask, "A group of men assaulting... a boy?"
My goodness, what kind of novel way to play is this?
Her gaze slowly shifted to the boy's face, and she couldn't help but marvel at his good looks. He was indeed handsome, and there was no one like him for miles around. Even in her previous life, she had only ever seen a pretty young boy with makeup on television.
The boy was furious when he heard such shocking words come from her mouth.
Although that was what those people meant by arresting him, it was still a blow to him to hear the truth coming from a young girl.
So he glared at Lin Xiaotang with a sharp look, gritting his teeth and trying to scare her.
Lin Xiaotang suppressed a laugh and quickly said, "Slip of the tongue, it was just a slip of the tongue. The person has already gone far away. Hurry up and push the stone away so I can get out. I want to go down the mountain."
The boy then pushed the stone aside, and the two of them crawled out of the dog hole.
Lin Xiaotang was heartbroken to see her new clothes get dirty after crawling through a dog hole. She carefully patted them clean.
Enraged, she stomped on the boy's foot again before leaving.
The boy winced in pain, frowned, looked around, and quickly followed her down the mountain.
Lin Xiaotang found it baffling. "Why aren't you running down the mountain before anyone notices you? What are you doing following me? Don't you know you're the epitome of trouble?"
The boy couldn't help but click his tongue and say, "Such a temper for a young girl. Didn't I tell you to help me cover for me? You weren't needed just now, but you're perfect for the road down the mountain..."
"What do you mean, 'perfect'? Those people are after your looks. You're just a young boy. If you get humiliated, it's not a big loss. But I'm just a little girl. If I were really... you know... what would I do?"
The boy was even more speechless, and immediately retorted indignantly, "What do you mean I'm just a boy, and I can be insulted as long as I'm not insulted? Does being a boy mean you should be insulted?"
It's a man, and that kind of man... just imagining it is incredibly disgusting!
After a long silence, he added, "It's not safe for a young girl like you to go down the mountain alone."
Lin Xiaotang thought about it and realized that it made sense. Weren't there bad people on the first day of the Lunar New Year?
Although there are occasional pedestrians on the way down the mountain, if you really encounter a bad person, who knows whether those pedestrians will be helpful or indifferent?
Fine, let's go together, it's on the way anyway.
"Then let's hurry down the mountain. We must not let those people catch up with us. I don't want anything to happen during the New Year."
"it is good!"
The boy grabbed Lin Xiaotang's hand and ran down the mountain.
Today is Chinese New Year, and she has just turned seven. She hasn't even had her birthday yet, so how could she outrun an eleven or twelve-year-old boy? Soon she would be too tired to run anymore.
"Wait... let me rest for a bit."
Lin Xiaotang leaned against a roadside stone, panting heavily. She was covered in sweat from running, and her feet ached terribly. She was completely exhausted.
The boy looked back, feeling uncertain. Who knew if those people had caught up with them? If they were caught, they would both be in big trouble.
So he reached out and took Lin Xiaotang's hand, then carried her down the mountain.
"Hey, couldn't you at least say hello before carrying me? You scared me."
"Stop calling me 'Hey,' I have a name. Aren't you curious about mine?"
"Not curious!"
Upon hearing that she didn't want to know his name, the boy caught his breath and felt a tightness in his chest. He suddenly swayed, startling Lin Xiaotang, who quickly hugged his neck. Only then did he reveal a smug smile.
"My name is Gu Minghuai, remember that!"
"Your name is neither edible nor drinkable, what's the point of remembering it, you stinking bullshit!"
The two argued all the way, and finally they were almost at the foot of the mountain.
Gu Minghuai carried Lin Xiaotang for almost half the distance. Although she was small, he was only twelve years old himself. He was so tired that he wanted to collapse on the ground and not move anymore.
Lin Qingchuan was worried about his daughter and had already come looking for her along the path leading up the mountain.
He saw a young man in white carrying a little girl in red down the mountain from afar. He immediately rubbed his eyes and realized that the little girl was his eldest daughter. He was overjoyed.
"Tang'er, you've finally come down the mountain. I should have gone with you. Your mother and I were so worried about you."
Hearing her father call, Lin Xiaotang quickly looked up and slid off Gu Minghuai.
"Father, don't worry, I'm fine. Mother is pregnant, and I'm worried about leaving her and Xiaoyu to wait at the foot of the mountain."
When Gu Minghuai learned that her name was Tang'er, he nodded silently, thinking that the name was quite nice.
He bowed to Lin Qingchuan and said, "This junior is Gu Minghuai. I happened to be coming down the mountain with Tang'er."
Lin Xiaotang: "..."
What does it mean to happen to go down the mountain together?
He was the one who dragged her along, using her to escape the people chasing him. To this day, she still doesn't understand the identities of the group of men who wanted to force themselves on Gu Minghuai.
Lin Qingchuan couldn't hide his surprise when he saw Gu Minghuai, who was dressed in an air of nobility.
"Thank you for carrying Xiaotang down the mountain."
"It didn't take much effort, no need to be so polite."
Lin Xiaotang couldn't help but twitch her lips. In front of her father, she acted polite and well-mannered, as if he wasn't the one who had pulled her through the dog hole on the mountain. She really switched between the two with ease.
After the three of them descended the mountain and met up with Liu, who was leading her youngest daughter, Gu Minghuai took his leave. Before leaving, he gave Lin Xiaotang a piece of warm jade as an apology.
Lin Xiaotang didn't want it. As she shouted, she disappeared into the bustling market.
She shook her head and had no choice but to accept the warm jade, stuffing it into her bosom.
The family of four bought some gifts, retrieved some raw pig's trotters from the ice cellar of Wanhe Restaurant, and then returned to Qingshui Town.
The next day, Lin Qingchuan went to Dushui County early to deliver the braised pig's trotters. After returning to the town, the family of four prepared gifts, packed their things, and prepared to go back to Liu's parents' home together.
Lin Qingchuan was puzzled when he noticed that his wife wasn't wearing any hairpins.
"Fengniang, why aren't you wearing the hairpin I bought yesterday?"
Liu looked helpless. "Have you forgotten what kind of person my mother is? Once she puts it in her hair, she can't take it back."
Remembering her greedy and stingy grandmother, Lin Xiaotang quickly took off the silver bracelets from her and Xiaoyu's wrists, ran back into the house, and put them under her pillow.