Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 648 - 646

Chapter 648: 646

Zhu Yan suddenly picked up the old woman, which greatly surprised the approaching Jingrui.

Such a strength in a girl!

However, the closer Jingrui insisted: "Miss, let me carry the old woman to the clinic!"

Zhu Yan glanced up, and seeing Jingrui, expressed surprise, and called out: "Young Master Shen."

Jingrui did not expect to encounter the same girl who had played the guqin yesterday. As he remembered, her family name is Zhu. Jingrui extended his arm: "Miss Zhu, let me carry this old woman to the clinic!"

Zhu Yan took a look at Jingrui. Aside from being taller than the average scholar, he looked frail and she wondered if he would have the strength to carry the old woman without dropping her midway, which would make things worse!

However, refusing him directly might hurt his pride. Zhu Yan didn’t want to offend Jingrui. In fact, she wanted to be in his good favor, which left her in a dilemma and uncertain of how to respond.

"Miss Zhu?" Jingrui noticed the doubtful look Zhu Yan had given him. Did she not believe he was strong enough to carry the old woman?

Being questioned by a girl about his strength not matching hers could obviously not make Jingrui happy.

At this moment, Jingrui found himself even more determined to prove he was not inferior to a girl, so he urged her to hand over the old woman to him.

By now, the apples scattered all around on the ground had already been picked up with the help of others.

Seeing this, Zhu Yan came up with a suggestion, "Young Master Shen, help the old woman by carrying her basket of apples to the clinic! I think the basket of apples seems to weigh more than the old woman."

Jingrui glanced at the two baskets of apples on the ground. Some apples that had rolled onto the street had been crushed by passing carriages, while others had likely been pocketed by those taking advantage of the situation, resulting in the initially full baskets being slightly over half-filled.

Did she take him for a fool or blind, thinking these two baskets of apples could possibly outweigh the old woman?!

"I am not very strong, so it’s better for me to carry the woman. Miss Zhu, you carry the apples!" Jingrui said and immediately lifted the old woman from her arms, and strode off towards the clinic.

The speed and ease with which he carried the old lady made it seem like he was out for a leisurely stroll.

Zhu Yan: ...

Did she mess up? Young Master Shen seemed angry!

With this in mind, Zhu Yan hurriedly picked up the load of apples from the ground and ran after him, shouting: "Young Master Shen, wait for me!"

"Miss, wait. Bring the boy with you. His parents must apologize and pay for the medical expenses!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yan hurriedly ran back to the little boy. With one hand, she hoisted the naughty child onto her shoulder and with the other she steadied the load of apples, quickly running in the direction that Jingrui had gone.

The people on the street: ...

Is this girl really a girl? Her strength is terrifying!

The idle spectators hurriedly followed behind to watch what was going on.

"Help! Help!... Kidnappers! Help!..." the little boy struggled and shouted from Zhu Yan’s shoulder.

Hearing the shout, Jingrui turned his head and saw Zhu Yan carrying a load of apples on her left shoulder, and a person on her right shoulder, catching up with him quickly.

Holy cow! What on earth did this girl eat to make her so strong!

However, she did it on purpose, didn’t she?! Did she intentionally prove that she is stronger than him?

Carrying a load of apples and a squirming child while running, of course takes more effort than holding a frail old woman!

For the first time, Jingrui felt that his dignity as a man was being challenged.

With this in mind, he quickened his pace while carrying the old woman. Anxiously wondering whether or not she would be able to catch up with him!

And then, the mother of the boy who had hit the pole arrived!

Seeing someone carrying her son and running so fast, followed by many people chasing, she thought someone was trying to kidnap her child in broad daylight. Panicked and screaming, she ran while shouting loudly: "Kidnapper, put my son down, help! Somebody, help! People in front, please stop that girl! She kidnapped my son!"

The woman, being rather large, ran slowly. Yelling and running the whole way took its toll, and it was only when Zhu Yan stopped at the clinic that she managed to catch up.

The poor woman, having run the whole way, arrived at the clinic in sweat. She was out of breath, her legs were weak, panting while pointing at Zhu Yan, unable to speak.

By now, Zhu Yan had already put the child down. Compared to the woman gasping for breath, her own breathing was only slightly rushed.

Having been carried on Zhu Yan’s shoulder for the whole run, the boy had already seen his mother.

As soon as Zhu Yan put him down, he instantly ran towards his mother.

He ran so fast and with such vigor, as if they had just been through a life and death separation!

Poor woman, when her son bumped into her, she lost her balance and fell onto the ground with a loud "thump"!

"Ouch! That hurt!" At last, the woman recovered her voice.

The naughty boy quickly got up from his mother: "Mother, are you alright?"

"Good boy, mom’s fine, just a bit of pain in the butt!"

"Let me help you up!" Hearing this, the boy reached out his hand to help his mother up.

Seeing this, Zhu Yan kindly stepped forward to help her up. She reached out to the woman’s arms, pulled upwards, and the woman stood up.

The people who wanted to help: ...

At this time, Jingrui had just walked out of the clinic and was stupefied seeing this scene.

This woman must weigh at least 240 pounds, if not 300! How could Zhu Yan lift her so easily?

Jingrui couldn’t help but size her up from head to toe, then took a look at her neck. Unfortunately, due to the cold weather, her collar was too high, covering her neck. He really wanted to see whether she had an Adam’s apple, to make sure she wasn’t a man in disguise!

The woman, once back on her feet, pointed at Zhu Yan angrily: "Why did you carry off my son? Because of you, I fell down! Tell me, are you even human?"

Hearing the woman calling Zhu Yan names, Jingrui felt very uncomfortable. He couldn’t help but walked over to the woman: "So you are the boy’s mother? Just in time. Your son bumped into an old woman and caused her to fall and fracture her bone. The doctor says you need to pay before treatment can start. You go and settle the bill!"

"What?" The woman was stunned, hearing this. Had they caught her son to make her pay?

The woman looked at her son and asked: "Jie, did you accidentally bump lightly into an old woman just now?"

"No, mother, I didn’t bump into the old woman. I just hit a pole. The old woman fell down by herself." The boy spoke loudly and clearly.

He only hit a pole? Hearing this, the woman was furious, hands on her hips: "Nice try! You two kidnappers, now that you can’t escape, you’re trying to distract everyone by accusing my son of knocking down an old woman!"