Chapter 296: Chapter 296 Knocked Unconscious
Blow air.
Resume compressions.
Repeat this several times.
A cough echoed out.
The girl spat out water.
The little maid knelt on the ground, smiling through her tears.
Her young lady had come back to life.
Su Jin checked her pulse and said, "A little shocked, but nothing major."
Su Jin held her hand while a few servants gathered around.
"Are you the one taking advantage of our young lady?!" one servant said coldly.
Su Jin, "...."
Xingxing, "...."
Xingxing was drenched.
The wind blew, and she shivered unexpectedly.
How unreasonable.
Her young lady had just saved their young lady, so how could it be that she was taking advantage?
Su Jin wanted to get up.
The young lady reached out and grabbed the Jade Pendant from her waist.
Su Jin said, "I was just saving her."
The servant knew it was saving, but just now this man had kissed their young lady, with so many eyes watching.
If he didn’t take responsibility, how would their young lady ever get married?
"Which family are you a young master from?" the servant asked.
Su Jin was speechless.
Does saving someone mean you have to commit yourself?
She lifted her foot to leave.
The servant blocked her path.
Su Jin waved her hand, and the servants smelled a subtle, elegant scent.
Just when they thought it smelled nice, they felt dizzy, and then they fell to the ground.
Everyone, "...."
A master indeed!
The remaining servants didn’t dare to step forward, watching Su Jin and Xingxing leave.
The ruffians on the bridge shivered.
"Bro, did you see how he did that?" a ruffian asked.
"...No."
"They are so powerful, are we their match?" the ruffian was worried.
With a flick of the hand, he took down two servants; even with five or six of them, they couldn’t handle it.
Money is good, but life is better.
"Why don’t we give up?" the ruffian hesitated.
"But we took their money," another ruffian said.
The leading ruffian spat the grass in his mouth into the river and said, "These two aren’t women."
"I also think they’re not," the ruffian said.
"I actually think the servant who gave us the money is a woman."
The leading ruffian curved into a lewd smile, "And a rich woman at that."
"Big bro’s idea is?" the ruffian asked.
"Tie them up."
...
Xingxing was soaked, and there was no sign of the Hidden Guard. Su Jin feared she might catch a cold.
"Go buy a set of clothes and change," she said.
The two went into a shop to pick clothes.
The ruffians came down from the bridge to find Princess Shouning and the palace maid.
The palace maid saw them return empty-handed and said, "Where are the people you were supposed to tie up?"
The ruffian smiled, "In the bustling street, are we supposed to carry them around?"
"Where did you tie them?" Princess Shouning asked.
"Just over there," the ruffian said.
"Let’s go and see," Princess Shouning said excitedly.
She lifted her foot and walked over, the palace maid following closely.
The ruffians behind had lewd smiles on their faces.
But on reaching the alley and seeing no one, Princess Shouning angrily turned to leave, only to feel a pain in her neck and faint.
The ruffian took off their hairpins and clicked his tongue, "Two beauties."
The ruffian fished out a purse from the palace maid, "What now?"
The ruffian rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "Carry them off and sell them."
Inside the shop.
Xingxing bought a set of men’s clothes, dried her hair, and then came out.
The shop owner’s wife smiled, "I saw the young man drenched; have some ginger soup to ward off the cold."
"Madam, you’re so nice; your business will surely flourish."
Xingxing said sweetly.
She took the bowl and drank the ginger soup in one go.
The shop owner’s wife smiled, "Come again next time."
Xingxing nodded repeatedly.
Once outside, Xingxing looked at Su Jin, "Shall we continue shopping or head back?"
"Let’s find a place to eat first; I’m a bit hungry," Su Jin said.
Xingxing felt she needed to eat more; she was nearly frozen earlier.
"There’s an inn ahead; it smells really good," Xingxing said.
"Let’s eat there," Su Jin agreed.
The master and servant walked forward.
But when they reached the doorway, Su Jin’s steps halted.
She looked at a man in the distance, her brows slightly furrowed.
Xingxing had gone in, seeing Su Jin hadn’t followed, she turned back out.
Seeing Su Jin staring at a ruffian, Xingxing said, "Isn’t this the man who followed us half the street stealthily?"
"Are you sure it’s him?" Su Jin asked.
"I’m sure; he’s so ugly, hard to mistake," Xingxing said.
"...."
It’s irrefutable.
Su Jin looked carefully again, and when the ruffian’s gaze met hers, he guiltily turned away.
Su Jin also found him somewhat familiar, but she wasn’t certain.
His guilty glance told Su Jin she wasn’t mistaken.
It’s him!
Following them half the street with sneaky behaviors, who knows what intentions he had.
Seeing the man head that way, Su Jin wouldn’t be at ease until this matter was clear, so she followed.
Xingxing followed and asked, "Are we chasing him?"
"Chase!"
Xingxing mustered her strength and ran.
The man, though a ruffian, wasn’t faster than Xingxing, and with the crowded street, he couldn’t run quickly.
Xingxing grabbed a whip from the side and swung it at him.
The whip hooked the ruffian’s foot, and he fell forward.
With limbs akimbo, it was as miserable as could be.
Even the purse hidden in his arms fell out.
When Su Jin arrived, the ruffian quickly seized the purse and hid it back in his embrace.
Su Jin, sharp-eyed, saw it and approached him, "Take it out!"
The ruffian refused.
Xingxing lashed out with the whip.
The ruffian grimaced in pain, trembling as he offered the purse.
Su Jin recognized it at a glance; it was the palace maid’s purse.
Embroidered with lotus flowers.
She opened it, and inside were silver notes.
"Where did this purse come from?" Su Jin asked.
"It, it belongs to a pair of master and servant," the ruffian replied.
"How did the purse end up with you?" Su Jin asked further.
"I, I robbed it...," the ruffian evasively replied.
Su Jin’s lips curved into a smile, "Not going to be honest?"
"Xingxing, whip him!"
Xingxing had long yearned to use her whip; she practiced for whipping people.
The ruffian writhed in pain on the ground and said, "I’ll talk, I’ll talk."
"I knocked them out," the ruffian tremblingly confessed.
"And then?" Su Jin asked again.
"Sold them."
Su Jin, "...."
Xingxing, "...."
The ruffian sold off Princess Shouning after knocking her out?
Yes.
Unrestrainedly, Su Jin couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
No exaggeration, this joke could make her laugh for a lifetime.
A streak of curiosity arose in her heart, "For how much?"
Ruffian, "...."
"Still unknown, my brothers carried them off to sell," the ruffian answered.
Xingxing then asked, "Why were you following us earlier?"
The ruffian said, "The owner of this purse told us to follow you and carry you off to sell."
Su Jin, "...."
Xingxing, "...."
The smile on Su Jin’s face froze, anger rising irresistibly.
"Serves them right to be sold!" Xingxing huffed angrily.