Exile after Divorce? Empty the Scumbag Husband First!-Chapter 293 - 285: Mianmian, Watch Out! He Has a Knife!
Ask Manager Yi if he’s found any news.
However, as soon as the two of them entered the city, they each sensed something unusual.
Aunt surveyed the surroundings, playing with a sugar figurine she bought from a street vendor, and said softly, "There’s a tail following us from behind."
Ruan Mian noticed it too, and there were quite a few people.
She glanced toward a narrow alley by the street, exchanged a look with Aunt, and they both walked inside.
Sure enough, shortly after they entered, several burly men suddenly surrounded them!
One of them was agile, using Qinggong to leap instantly in front of Ruan Mian, flashing a sharp blade from his sleeve!
"Mianmian, be careful! There’s a knife!"
They initially intended to test who was following them, but didn’t expect they came with murderous intent!
Seeing the blade tip rushing straight towards Ruan Mian’s heart, her expression sank instantly. Without any hesitation, she touched the Jade Bracelet and summoned the White Tiger.
Those people didn’t react in time, when suddenly a roar from the White Tiger came from behind. The leader’s face changed drastically, the knife tip still inches from Ruan Mian when she took advantage of his distraction, grabbed his wrist tightly, and fiercely twisted it aside.
A man’s scream of pain was heard, and Aunt quickly rushed forward.
Her body slammed him aside directly, causing the dagger to fall to the ground with a clang.
Seeing the ferocious White Tiger, those men were scared pale! No one expected a beast would enter the city.
As the White Tiger opened its blood-red mouth, several people fainted from fright directly.
While those who didn’t faint were frightened by this beast into fleeing in all directions. But just a few steps out, they’d be dragged back by a swipe of the White Tiger’s paw, fainting directly after a face-to-face roar.
The leader struggled to get up, but Ruan Mian grabbed his neck with one hand and slapped him unconscious.
Seeing several people lying unconscious on the ground, Ruan Mian beckoned to the White Tiger, and both she and Aunt petted its head before putting it back into the space.
At a critical moment, it still takes a fierce beast to act.
Aunt picked up the dagger to take a closer look, and with unsatisfied anger, gave the leader a hard kick, snorting.
"These fools, not even bothering to find out who they’re trying to kill?"
"I think the one who ordered this didn’t take us seriously at all, truly thinking we are helpless and weak people, casually sending some small minions to deal with us."
"I’ll tie them up right now! Let them have a good taste of our wrath."
Ruan Mian took out plenty of ropes from the space, and after the two of them tied them up tightly, they used the carriage in the space to take these people to a deserted place outside the city.
They only waited until the leader woke up before Aunt lazily opened her eyes from the chair.
At this moment, she still held the man’s dagger, staring at him with a burning gaze, making him feel a chill down his spine.
Before the man could speak, Aunt had already placed the knife against his neck.
"You should know what I’m about to ask. Speak, who ordered you?"
The man was slightly stunned, looking at them warily, still unwilling to speak.
Seeing this, Aunt didn’t bother with more words, gave a slight force! The sharp blade instantly cut through the man’s arm!
With a long blood mark appearing, the man was so scared that he started trembling.
He was originally a thug hired by a lady, when his life was in danger, he couldn’t care less and confessed without delay.
"It’s Miss Wen!! Miss Wen sent us to silence you."
"Miss Wen?"
Aunt looked back at Ruan Mian, muttering in her heart: "Could it be Wen Yuan’s daughter? But when did we offend this Miss Wen?"
After speaking, she tapped the man’s head and continued to ask: "Why does Miss Wen want to silence us?"
The man shook his head with grievance, simply saying: "I... I don’t know either, I just heard Miss Wen’s servant say that it seems you’ve offended Miss Wen’s husband."
"Husband? Truly, trouble comes from nowhere even when sitting at home!"
Aunt couldn’t help but laugh in anger, but at this moment, Ruan Mian frowned, thinking of something: "What is Miss Wen’s husband’s name?"
"Zong Jun."
The man answered truthfully, and this name reminded Ruan Mian of that familiar face.
Because when she saw her brother that day, she heard someone calling him by that name when retrieving them from the water.
As she thought, Aunt seemed to realize it too, immediately looking at Ruan Mian: "Is it Song’er?"
The next morning, Ruan Mian made a special trip to see Manager Yi. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
When she first arrived in Runing City, she had someone send a letter to Manager Yi.
Today, Manager Yi was originally planning to deliver the news to her personally, but Ruan Mian had already come over.
Seeing this, Manager Yi quickly led her to the shop’s backyard and told her.
"Miss Ruan! I’ve found information on what you asked me to inquire about. This man named Zong Jun is indeed Miss Wen’s husband, but they both left Runing yesterday. As for their exact destination, we haven’t found out yet."
Just as she predicted, but she didn’t expect them to leave Runing City now.
Why did they choose to leave at this time? Could it be because of yesterday’s encounter with her?
Considering Miss Wen even came to silence, Ruan Mian was almost certain that Zong Jun is likely her brother. As for why he can’t recognize her, it might be related to this Miss Wen.
Manager Yi noticed the urgency of the situation and couldn’t help asking: "Miss Ruan, don’t worry too much, I’ve already sent more people to help you investigate, if Miss Wen left yesterday, she shouldn’t be far."
Regarding this matter, Ruan Mian was not in a hurry: "No matter, she will come back on her own."
After all, her father is currently in a precarious position. As long as she makes a move, if the Wen Mansion faces difficulties, I don’t believe she won’t return.
Their plan began on the second day.
Ruan Mian and her aunt prepared for an entire day, and during this day, Wen Yuan, who was recovering from his injury, was restless.
He kept thinking about the wealth that fell into the river every day.
After noon, he received an invitation from Manager Yi, saying that there was a banquet at the largest restaurant in Runing the next evening, wanting to entertain them before the new year, and mentioning some new treasures he wanted Mr. Wen to appreciate.
Usually, merchants hosting banquets for them is a common occurrence, so Wen Yuan didn’t think much of it, especially since he’d dealt with Manager Yi before, an old merchant with a known name in Runing City.
Last year, they made quite a profit in business, especially hearing that there might be treasures waiting for him to "appraise," of course, Wen Yuan would give face.
Even if it meant dragging his injured leg to attend the banquet.
However, the next day, the largest brothel in the city suddenly opened a porridge station.
Not only did it not open to welcome guests, it even handed out porridge outside the door. Initially, a group of women stood outside, even with veils and hats, making it hard to believe they were doing charity.
People outside openly said: "Truly a strange occurrence, it’s the first time I’ve seen a brothel handing out porridge, could it be there’s some aphrodisiac in the porridge?"
