Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 188 - 186: Someone Pushed Me

Chapter 188: Chapter 186: Someone Pushed Me

Upon hearing the tiger’s roar, everyone in Wang Dafu’s group was terrified, trembling uncontrollably. Then just like a startled flock of birds, they scattered!

"Dear Lord, there really is a tiger!"

"A tiger..."

"Help!"

"Village Chief, wait for me."

Xiao’er caught up with Shen Chengyao and his group.

Shen Chengyao glanced at Xiao’er, and seeing that she was fine, he finally relaxed, "Don’t do that again, it’s not worth it."

"Don’t worry, father, I know my limits."

"Is our Xiao’er alright?" asked the Village Chief.

"I’m alright, I ran very fast."

"What should we do now? Just leave them?" Dashi turned his head around to look.

"First, let’s give them a scare, but we can’t ignore them. The rest of the villagers are still in the mountain!" The village Chief was obviously still angry.

"Chief, Chief, we’ve heard the tiger’s roar!"

Another group ran over.

Xiao’er smiled. They now had a larger group which was great.

Wang Dafu and his group caught up too, he was panting and shouting from a distance: "Chief, a tiger, help, help!"

"We noticed that earlier. Now, there’s a tiger for you, go hunt it!"

"Chief, I was just joking, help!"

"How should we split the tiger if we kill it?"

"We all share! We all share!" Others quickly replied.

The Chief didn’t say anything. ’We all share’, now he was not happy!

Seeing the Chief’s reaction, Wang Dafu quickly added: "whoever contributes more should get a bigger share!"

That’s better!

"Brothers, let’s go hunt a tiger together!" The Chief announced.

The tiger let out an enraged and mournful roar after examining its companion.

Wang Dafu’s group was even more terrified and scarpered.

The night was getting darker, filled with thick fog. Accompanied by the deafening tiger’s roar, a pair of green eyes reflected in people’s sight first.

A tiger charging straight at them.

Although everyone was terrified inside, there were still brave people who shouted loudly and brandished their sharpened hoes.

Xiao’er and the three brothers, Jingrui, climbed up into a tree, watching the fight below. Xiao’er didn’t plan on intervening. If more than thirty people couldn’t kill a tiger, then they didn’t need to go hunting in the mountains in the future.

Suddenly Shen Chengyao was pushed from behind. Seeing this, the tiger charged towards him! It was too close!

"Father!" cried Jinghao.

Xiao’er’s pupils contracted and she threw an axe, which she had taken from her space, at the tiger with all her might.

"Chengyao!"

"Third Brother!"

Youfu and Shen Chengzu happened to be next to him, both of them quickly reached out and grabbed a piece of Chengyao’s clothing, pulling him back just in time.

Everyone took a deep breath!

Xiao’er hadn’t missed her target by this much for a long time. However, she still managed to chop off one of the tiger’s back legs.

It was a skill she had honed day and night with her own cousin in her previous life. Even now, she practiced from time to time in her space.

Fortunately, they managed to pull him back in time.

Lai Zhewei had the best skills among all the people nearby. He quickly stabbed his sword into the tiger.

Perhaps because its companion was killed and it was unusually enraged, the tiger was exceptionally fierce. Even with one less leg, it still managed to get up and madly charged towards the crowd.

Everyone scattered, hiding and fighting the tiger, it was total chaos.

Xiao’er didn’t care about the tiger anymore. The children climbed down the tree and went over to Chengyao to check if he was alright.

"I’m okay, thanks to Uncle Youfu and Fourth Uncle pulling me." Although his shoulder was still scratched, it’s much better than being bitten by the tiger, right?

Everyone gathered more firewood and soon the heavily injured tiger fell.

"Why did you push my father!" After the danger was resolved, Jinghao angrily confronted Wang Dafu.

"What nonsense are you talking about, little brat! When did I push your dad?" Wang Dafu was a bit flustered at Jinghao’s words and nervously glanced at the crowd.

"I saw it with my own eyes from the tree, you can’t deny it!" Jinghao pointed to his eyes. The aura he exuded was not inferior to an adult’s.

"I saw it too! You deliberately pushed father!" Jingrui glared at him.

"Yes, all of us in the tree saw clearly, it was him who pushed Uncle Shen!" Fang Wenri also spoke.

"You all are from the same family, of course, you speak in unison to falsely accuse me! I didn’t push. I was knocked by someone at that time too. Maybe I accidentally bumped into Chengyao, but I didn’t notice."

"You did it on purpose! No one bumped you!" Jinghao asserted, he would not mistake it.

Hearing this, the Chief hurriedly asked: "Did anyone see what happened?" The Shen’s children were the only witnesses. If Wang Dafu vehemently denied it, they wouldn’t be able to do anything.

Having asked this, the Chief looked at the people who were standing near Chengyao at that time.

Everyone shook their heads. They were too busy watching the tiger to notice anything else.

Xiao’er closed her eyes. She had a photographic memory, she just needed to carefully recall what she noticed.

After recalling, Xiao’er looked at Wang Dacai. He avoided her glance when he noticed her looking.

Alright, not acknowledging it, huh? Not everything needed to be proven. They just needed to know the truth.

Moreover, what could evidence do! At most, reprimand him, make him apologize, or punish him, make him pay some silver coins. She was not satisfied with any of these!

Xiao’er angrily walked towards Jinghao, and she bumped into Wang Dafu on her way. She discreetly pricked his arm lightly.

Wang Dafu felt a mosquito-like prick on his arm, and Xiao’er’s bump didn’t induce any pain, so he didn’t give it much thought.

"Hao’er, God is watching! He will get his comeuppance! As long as heaven knows, you know, and I know, that’s enough!" Having said this, she pulled Jinghao back to Jingrui’s side.

"I can’t let him off this easily!" Jinghao grumbled once he was back at Jingrui’s side.

"He got off easy!" Jingrui was also angry, "why didn’t anyone see it?"

"Someone did see it." Xiao’er glanced at Wang Dacai.

"Who?" Jinghao asked eagerly.

"Wang Dacai."

"That’s practically no one," Jinghao sighed dejectedly.

"Father, when did you offend him? Why did he want to push you?" Chengyao was confused.

"Who knows, he’s probably sick!" Xiao’er replied casually.

Although they had a close call, everyone was excited to have killed two tigers.

One tiger could be sold for over a hundred silver coins.

The night had completely fallen by now.

Seeing that Chengyao’s family didn’t dwell on the matter anymore, the Chief planned to reprimand Wang Dafu when the silver was distributed and when he was doing corvee labor. He then urged everyone to quickly pack up and head to the prearranged meeting place.