The Female General Dominates All After Transmigration-Chapter 60: General Ling Bravely Stops the Panicked Horse

Passing by the department store again, someone tentatively greeted Li Haiyang, "Officer Li, we can’t sleep if we go back now. Why don’t we take a stroll in the department store? It won’t take much time, just a quick walk and then we’ll rest."

Another person chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, we have a match in the afternoon, and we might not have time to come back later. We seldom come to the district, and if we don’t even check out the department store, wouldn’t that be a waste?"

Li Haiyang looked at the group, then raised his hand to check his watch, hesitated for a moment, and nodded, "Alright, everyone has half an hour. Gather at the entrance in half an hour."

"Wow, Officer Li is the best!" the group cheered, excitedly crossing the street and running into the department store.

Ling Chengyan did not follow, or rather, did not move a step.

Li Haiyang looked at her somewhat surprised and smiled, "You’re not going to take a look?"

Ling Chengyan shook her head, "I’ve agreed with Li Huaihua to come after the afternoon match."

If they finish shopping now, what should they do with the things they buy? Leave them at the guesthouse or take them to the competition venue? She’s not one to burden herself.

Li Haiyang chuckled and pointed her in the direction of the guesthouse, letting her rest first.

The guesthouse was across the courtyard, just separated from the department store by a yard.

Ling Chengyan crossed the road, heading towards the guesthouse, when suddenly she heard shouts from the street.

"The horse is startled, move aside, move aside!" The shout was urgent and panicked.

Ling Chengyan had just crossed the road and looked back to see a horse-drawn carriage wildly charging towards them, with bicycles and pedestrians scattering to dodge, screams, and the crying of children creating chaos.

Ling Chengyan looked around quickly and happened to see a cyclist, who in panic, ditched his bike and ran to the sidewalk. The bike fell to the ground, its wheels still spinning.

"I’ll use your bike!" Ling Chengyan rushed forward, picked up the bicycle with both hands, and threw it out, precisely hitting the crazed horse behind its neck. The horse neighed, its body forced to turn aside, but the carriage shafts restrained it, dragging the carriage towards a big willow tree by the roadside.

Ling Chengyan quickly ran up and deftly grabbed the reins, giving a strong yank, lifting the horse’s front legs off the ground, making it let out a prolonged neigh before settling down again, its front legs stomping but gradually calming down.

The driver on the carriage practically collapsed onto the ground, his legs weak and barely able to stand, his face pale and bloodless, yet he was still trembling as he thanked her, "Thank you, thank you so much, comrade."

Ling Chengyan soothingly patted the horse’s neck, took a piece of candy from her backpack and fed it to the horse, then said to the driver, "It was urgent just now, sorry for hitting your horse. Although it seems okay, you should take it to a vet station to check it out later."

The driver held onto the shaft to steady himself, nodding continuously in agreement, "Hey, hey, I don’t blame you. You saved my life, how could I not be grateful and blame you? I’ll take it to the vet later... My horse is usually stable, doesn’t tend to act up, but today it suddenly got scared for no reason..." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Ling Chengyan looked at the horse, breathing heavily, and touched a swollen lump on its neck, "Have a vet check it out sometimes horses can get startled if they’re ill."

As they were talking, the owner of the bicycle ran over, hurriedly picked up the bike, inspecting it all over, then glared at Ling Chengyan and shouted, "What’s wrong with you, woman? Just casually throwing people’s bikes around, look at this, the pedals are broken, the frame is bent, and here, a chunk of paint has chipped off..."

Ling Chengyan had already calmed the horse, turned back upon hearing the owner’s yelling, and apologized, "I’m sorry, it was urgent and there was nothing else to use..."

"So what if it’s urgent, you just grab other’s bikes to throw around?" the owner was relentless, not accepting her apology, and kept yelling, even throwing some curses into the mix.

Li Haiyang also rushed over, seeing the situation, quickly spoke up, "Comrade, you see, our comrade was intervening to control the runaway horse, preventing harm to more people and things. It’s a brave act... Your bike got damaged, I’m really sorry, how about this, I know there’s a repair shop ahead, I’ll go with you to fix the bike, I’ll cover the repair costs, okay!"

As he spoke, he smiled at the surrounding crowd, then said, "Could someone please go to the booth at the intersection to report this?"

Although Ling Chengyan quickly intervened to control the runaway horse, preventing injuries, the carriage had dashed wildly, causing some cyclists and pedestrians to get injured, needing follow-up, and public reassurance, ideally handled by the police.

Just as his words finished, someone shouted, "The police are here, the police are here, make way!"

The driver was already shielding the bike owner, somewhat uneasy and nervously said, "My horse got startled; this young lady was saving people by stopping the runaway horse, big brother, I mean sir, how do we fix the bike, how much will it cost, I’ll pay..."

"My Golden Deer bike was over a hundred bucks, can you afford that?" The bicycle owner skeptically eyed the driver.

The driver grew more tense, constantly rubbing his hands over the shafts, yet said, "I don’t have that much money on me, I’ll borrow..."

The police squeezed into the crowd, seeing the driver continuously pleading with the bicycle owner.

"Everyone, hold on, can someone tell me what happened?"

No need for the protagonists to speak, the onlookers started chattering and explaining, the police had seen the general incident from the booth, just didn’t match the people to the scene, the crowd’s chatter made him understand.

He raised a hand to quiet the still vocal crowd, gesturing towards the people in the field, "All of you, come with me to the booth, let’s discuss how to handle this."

Li Haiyang stepped forward and handed over his ID card, "I’m from Fucheng County’s People’s Armed Forces Department, and this comrade here is Ling Chengyan, who came to participate in the district competition from our county..."

The police glanced at Ling Chengyan and gave a thumbs-up, "Ling Chengyan is truly impressive!"

After that, he indicated Li Haiyang and Ling Chengyan could leave first, not to hold up the district’s large contest.

The bicycle owner still wanted to prevent them from leaving but was stopped by the police, "Come on, you should be alright now, the lady did a heroic deed by bravely confronting the runaway horse, it’s a role model worth learning from for all of us."

The bicycle owner stubbornly stiffened his neck, was about to say ’what does it matter to me’?

When he heard the surrounding onlookers chiming in agreement with the police, scolding him simultaneously.

"Exactly, exactly, she acted heroically without regard for her safety stopping that horse, and yet you’re fixated on your little personal loss, that’s really narrow-minded!"