Transmigrated Leftover Woman in Rural Style

Chapter 224 Deja Vu

Li Xiaonuan is the type of person who gets sleepy after eating and has a rather slow reaction time. Zhou Liufeng is injured and has difficulty moving. Although he realized that something was wrong with the people around him, most of his attention was on Li Xiaonuan, so he failed to notice the danger in time.

When the carriage burst through the crowd and suddenly appeared in front of Li Xiaonuan and Zhou Liufeng, they had no time to dodge. Seeing the horse about to trample them, Zhou Liufeng instinctively pushed Li Xiaonuan. Li Xiaonuan, acting on instinct, clung tightly to Zhou Liufeng's arm, and the two fell to the ground, locked in a tug-of-war.

As the horse's hooves were about to strike, Li Xiaonuan closed her eyes and propped herself up above Zhou Liufeng. The onlookers gasped in alarm. Everyone thought the two were doomed to be trampled.

Just then, in the nick of time, Li Xiaonuan suddenly felt a force pulling her aside. Zhou Liufeng, who was beneath her, was also pulled away. She opened her eyes and looked at the person who had pulled them both, feeling a deep sense of unease.

Li Xiaonuan and her companion were just thrown to the side of the road, narrowly escaping the force of the horse's hooves. The onlookers, who had been on edge, breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this. They had genuinely believed that Li Xiaonuan and her companion would be seriously injured under the horse's hooves and wheels.

The carriage stopped just after traveling about ten meters ahead. By then, Wei Yu had already dragged Li Xiaonuan up from the ground, ignoring Zhou Liufeng, who was writhing on the ground with a pained expression.

Li Xiaonuan stood up straight, rubbing her arms and legs despite the pain. She frowned and looked at Wei Yu, asking him, "Have you been following us? Otherwise, why were you able to appear so quickly?"

Wei Yu, who was about to bend down to help Zhou Liufei, suddenly stopped. He stared at Li Xiaonuan's eyes with bloodshot eyes and said, "I'm not as free as you think, able to follow you around all day. Since you two are alright, you should go back to the villa as soon as possible and stop causing trouble."

Li Xiaonuan knew he was angry the moment she saw Wei Yu's dark and stern face. Thinking about what she had just said, she realized she had been quite unreasonable. After all, Wei Yu had stepped forward to save them in their time of crisis; they should have thanked him first, not questioned him like she had.

"I'm sorry, I just panicked and talked nonsense. Also, thank you for saving me and Brother Liu Fei," Li Xiaonuan said apologetically. After speaking, she squatted down to help Zhou Liu Fei, who still couldn't stand up, to his feet.

Perhaps the wound on his leg had reopened, for Zhou Liufeng struggled several times but failed to stand up. Li Xiaonuan wasn't strong enough to support Zhou Liufeng's weight. The two of them, one sitting on the ground and the other squatting beside him, looked so frustrated that Wei Yu's heart ached.

Wei Yu gritted his teeth, ignoring his discomfort, and pulled Zhou Liufeng up. Zhou Liufeng had probably aggravated his wound, and the veins on his face immediately bulged. Li Xiaonuan looked at his left leg with concern, fearing that the wound that had just scabbed over would burst open again.

"Hey, you guys are asking for it! What were you doing lying in the middle of the road? Now our young lady has bumped her head. What are you going to do about it?"

Just as Li Xiaonuan helped Zhou Liufei to his feet, she heard this arrogant voice. She looked in the direction of the voice and saw the somewhat haughty servant in blue robes walking towards them, brandishing his riding whip.

Could it be that they want to vent their anger by beating them up again, just like they did back in the prefectural city? Could the person sitting in the carriage be some young lady from the Chu family? Thinking this, Li Xiaonuan tentatively asked sarcastically:

"The servants of the Chu family are always so arrogant and domineering. They run rampant in the streets and even try to settle scores with passersby who can't avoid them. I really don't know if this kind of family conduct is good or bad."

The man became even more enraged when he heard Li Xiaonuan implicate the entire Chu family. The Chu family had been running rampant in the capital for quite some time, and he wanted to see what this ignorant village woman had to rely on to dare to challenge them like this.

"Little wench, besides your sharp tongue, what powerful backer do you have? Originally, our young lady instructed us to give you a few lashes and a few kowtows to admit your mistake after you bumped into the Chu family's carriage, and we would have let you go. But you insisted on courting death, so don't blame me for being impolite." After saying that, the man raised the whip in his hand and lashed it at Li Xiaonuan.

There were only two people beside Li Xiaonuan now. Zhou Liufeng stood beside her, while Wei Yu, whose figure was partially obscured by Zhou Liufeng, glared at the person wielding the whip with some displeasure.

This familiar scene brought back memories for Li Xiaonuan. That incident at Wutong Temple—that's how she got involved with Chu Lin, wasn't it? Since then, she'd inexplicably encountered so many things. If Chu Lin hadn't played a part in any of it, Li Xiaonuan wouldn't believe it for a second.

Zhou Liufeng easily caught the man's riding whip, though the whip's end still struck his arm. Seeing that Zhou Liufeng was a skilled fighter and that he couldn't overpower him, the man could only pull hard on the whip while threatening him.

"Hey you two, where did you come from, you country bumpkins? Do you even know the reputation of the Chu family in the capital? If you know what's good for you, you'd better let go of me. Give me a few more lashes and I'll let you go. Otherwise, no one will ever know how you die. Humph!"

"Oh, you're quite something. In the capital, a lowly servant dares to call himself 'Master'? No matter how powerful your Chu family is, you're nothing more than slaves to be slaughtered. What right do you have to speak to us ordinary folks like that? Let me tell you, you're not worthy." Li Xiaonuan retorted angrily.

The servant's words had already shocked everyone present, and Li Xiaonuan's next move made them instantly feel that there was something to watch. So, those who had originally planned to leave quietly stayed and gathered together to wait and see how things would unfold.

People from the capital are generally more cultured than those from other places. Therefore, when they watched the commotion, they didn't shout or join in. In this way, Li Xiaonuan's sudden outburst reached the ears of everyone present with crystal clarity.

Chu Xun'er, who was already quite impatient inside the carriage, was drawn by the familiar voice. She reached out and lifted the carriage curtain, sticking her head out to see what was going on. And sure enough, she saw that familiar figure.

"Li Xiaonuan, what are you doing here?" Chu Xun'er exclaimed in disbelief.

Li Xiaonuan turned her head and was shocked to realize that she had been struck by lightning. What a small world! Her ill-fated relationship with the Chu family was truly astonishing; they were meeting again in the same way. At this moment, Li Xiaonuan felt particularly ironic.

"Waiter, stop hitting them! They're our own people," Chu Xun'er instructed as she lowered the curtain and got off the carriage.

Upon hearing Chu Xun'er's words, the waiter obediently tried to put away the whip. However, Zhou Liufeng was unwilling to let this man off so easily, and tightly gripped the whip. The man was impatient and somewhat annoyed with Zhou Liufeng. He grabbed the whip handle with both hands, pulled hard, and instantly fell flat on his back to the ground.

Seeing the man fall to the ground, the onlookers couldn't help but burst into laughter. Many of them had experienced similar things before. However, they weren't so bold as to dare to clash with someone so powerful.

Therefore, they had no reason not to be happy when they saw that the wretched servant had suffered a loss at the hands of others.

Upon getting out of the car and seeing this scene, Chu Xun'er stomped her foot in frustration and complained to Li Xiaonuan, "Li Xiaonuan, you're really my nemesis. Why do I always lose face every time I see you? Tell me, did you come to the capital on purpose to embarrass me?"

Li Xiaonuan smiled awkwardly and replied, "Second Miss Chu, what a coincidence! It's really fate that we always manage to meet in this way."

Chu Xun'er scoffed dismissively: "Li Xiaonuan, you were really funny when we first met."

The first time we met? Wasn't it at Wutong Temple?