After Transmigration, I Picked Up A Husband and Daughter-Chapter 33 - Escape from the Tigers Mouth
Chapter 33: Chapter 33: Escape from the Tiger’s Mouth
Chapter 33: Chapter 33: Escape from the Tiger’s Mouth
Speaking, her delicate fingers accurately pointed to a blank space in the contract, suggesting, “Here, let’s add a clause that if Master Zhou offers a price lower than the market’s fair value, he must pay the seller double the compensation!”
Facing Su Yu’s relentless pressure, Master Zhou looked somewhat helpless, yet he had to admit her shrewdness.
In the end, he compromised and added the clause that Su Yu had proposed.
Su Yu nodded in satisfaction and laboriously signed her name on the contract, despite her scribble-like handwriting, she was filled with the pride of a victor.
Carrying one hundred silver notes and Golden Needle, she left Zhou’s Antiques Store contentedly.
Master Zhou watched Su Yu leave, glimpsing her crooked signature, his lips twitching slightly as he sighed inwardly, “Ah, I really shouldn’t have let her write.”
As soon as Su Yu stepped out of the store, Zheng Jun followed closely behind like a shadow.
He deliberately maintained a distance that was neither too far nor too close, his face plastered with an ingratiating smile.
“Why are you following me?”
Su Yu stopped walking and glared at him, quite displeased.
Seeing this, Zheng Jun hastily explained, “The journey is long, and coincidentally I have a carriage, why don’t I take you home, Miss? It will save you the trouble of traveling.”
Su Yu coldly smiled and declined politely, “No need, I have other things to do.”
Rarely did she come to the city, and now with money in hand, how could she miss the chance to browse around? The bustling, lively Ning County and its array of tempting goods were irresistible to her.
“Miss, you do your thing, I can wait for you, and I won’t bother you.”
Zheng Jun still did not give up and insisted.
Su Yu saw through his intentions and spoke plainly, “Doctor Shen, please go back. I’ve already signed a contract with Master Zhou, and from now on, anything will be sent directly to him, bypassing you. Fawning over me will do you no good.”
Her words were as cold and hard as iron, leaving no room for negotiation.
Having said this, Su Yu turned and walked away briskly and resolutely. Zheng Jun watched her departing figure, his expression fluctuating, contemplating punishing that kid Changliu at home for messing up his grand plans.
The streets and alleys of Ning County were exceptionally lively with various stalls lining the streets, the sounds of hawkers and haggling mingling into a vivid symphony of the marketplace.
Su Yu wandered through them, finding everything novel, her bright eyes twinkling with curiosity and delight.
Before long, she had bought many small items, planning to give them as gifts to Xixi.
She had only bought a few things, and her hands could already carry no more, not to mention she still had to take them back to Willow Village.
Su Yu couldn’t help but consider, perhaps she should buy a carriage first for convenience in future trips.
But thinking again, she did not know how to drive a carriage; it would be better to hire a driver to take her back.
After all, she still had quite a few items to pick up, so she could take them all in one go.
Just as Su Yu was immersed in this joy and anticipation, suddenly, a gust of wind came, and a coarse sack instantly covered her head, her body swiftly dragged by a strong force to a secluded alley away from the crowd, with her items scattering on the ground and making a crisp clashing sound.
She was panic-stricken and struggled fiercely, “Let go of me! Who are you? What do you want?”
Her cries echoed in the narrow alley, sounding particularly mournful.
“Help…”
Su Yu shouted with all her might, although she knew her voice might be drowned out in the city’s noise, she still tried her hardest to attract the attention of passersby.
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At that instant, Su Yu distinctly felt a bone-chilling cold quietly spreading from her neck as if countless fine needles were shuttling through her skin, followed closely by a heart-piercing intense pain, as if a ruthless blade were mercilessly slicing through her flesh.
Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and an unprecedented fear and panic surged over her like a tide.
“Shut up!”
A low and fierce male voice exploded in her ear, so close that she could almost feel the opponent’s hot breath.
She could feel him pressing close to her ear, menacingly spitting out the threatening words, “Hand over the silver note!”
She had been ambushed by bandits! Su Yu’s mind spun wildly like a wheel in a storm, desperately searching for any possible means of escape.
At this moment, her vision was tightly bound in a dark world, the knife at her neck like the Grim Reaper’s chain of souls, preventing her from making the slightest reckless move.
Suppressing the fear in her heart, Su Yu strived to make her voice sound calm and innocent, “What, what silver note? I have only some broken silver on me, if brother does not despise it, please feel free to take it!”
She attempted to use this humble tone to soften the other’s ferocity, vying for a sliver of a chance for survival.
However, her plea did not bring a moment of peace.
“Another word, and I’ll slaughter you!”
The thug’s force suddenly intensified, and the knife edge, like a cunning serpent, instantly tore through Su Yu’s delicate skin, as red blood beads slowly slid down her pale neck, leaving behind a striking mark.
He let out a vicious, cold chuckle, his words filled with ominous and greed, “Hand over the one hundred silver notes you got from Jishi Hall!”
The pain in her neck was like a sharp icy spike deeply piercing in, making Su Yu involuntarily gasp.
She realized that the attacker obviously had premeditated, knowing her movements like the back of his hand.
She was deeply afraid of enraging this deranged man who could easily end her life with a mere flick of his knife…
Su Yu hastily raised her trembling hands, agreeing repeatedly, “Alright, alright, don’t kill me, I’ll get it for you!”
She deliberately made her hands tremble like dry leaves blown off by the autumn wind, her voice also became trembling, “Brother, you, move the knife away a bit, I, I’m really scared!”
The bandit, seeing her shaking like a leaf, seemed to think she had completely submitted, so he temporarily moved the knife away a little.
After all, he was only after money and didn’t really intend to take a life.
As the oppressive chill slightly retreated, Su Yu felt her tense nerves somewhat relax.
Groping into her sleeve, although her head was covered with a sack and she couldn’t see, she judged from the previous footsteps that there should only be one person.
If this person truly intended to kill her, she would probably have been beheaded by now.
Therefore, she concluded that his purpose was merely the money, but she could not rule out the possibility that he might kill to cover his tracks after getting what he wanted.
Su Yu took out a wad of silver notes from her sleeve, cleverly wrapping a ten-tael heavy silver ingot among them, then forcefully threw it forward.
Taking advantage of the brief moment when the bandit bent down to pick up the money, she swiftly removed the sack from her head as fast as lightning.
She thought to herself: As long as I can see, even grabbing a handy weapon might give me a chance to confront this thug.
But to her surprise, after picking up the money, the bandit turned and ran away, so fast that Su Yu could not even get a clear look at his face, only remembering that his silhouette seemed to be that of a young man.
By the time she reacted and chased outside, the bandit had already vanished without a trace.
