Reborn as Tycoon's Wife in the Countryside
Chapter 412 - 367 A few pieces of old clothes

Chapter 412: 367 A few pieces of old clothes

Xiaonian and Shuiling, hearing the noise, immediately jumped back and watched as the pot struck by the dagger fell to the ground with a loud crash, and in a moment, a fierce fire blazed up.

"Damn, there’s a fire," a nearby vendor shouted.

"Put it out."

For a moment, the nearby vendors all rushed over to put out the fire. Fortunately, the fire was not out of control and was soon extinguished, leaving a plume of thick smoke at the site.

"What just happened?" Lan Shuixian was still confused, "Where did that dagger come from? Damn, is someone so jealous of my business success that they want me dead?"

Xiaonian picked up the dagger and glanced at it, a very ordinary dagger, sharp and compact.

"In broad daylight, is there no law anymore?" Shuiling was furious, "I’m calling my brother to handle this."

"Forget it, there’s no real loss," Lan Shuixian waved it off, unconcerned, "Someone is probably just jealous of my business and wants me gone sooner. No problem, let’s not bother others, I’m a businesswoman, and I still have to run my business here to support my family."

"If Sister Xiaofeng hadn’t reacted quickly, we might have had injuries today," Xiaonian said urgently as the other party refused to call the police, "This is no small matter. What will you do if this happens again?"

"It’s fine, this isn’t the first time I’ve encountered something like this. Just like earlier, when I encountered a thief, nothing happened; I’ll just set the pot up and heat another batch of oil," Lan Shuixian said with a face that showed no concern, "I may not be able to treat you to chicken legs today, come back tomorrow."

Xiaofeng looked at her expression. She clearly seemed timid and averse to trouble, not wanting to make a big deal out of it. Her behavior made Xiaofeng wonder if Lan Shuixian was really from the modern era.

Hearing her tone and thinking back to the incident, Xiaofeng felt a doubt in her heart, wondering whether the dagger was really aimed at Lan Shuixian or at herself.

Lan Shuixian didn’t want to report to the police, but there had just been a fire at her stand, and someone had nonetheless reported it to the police near the temple fair.

"It was me who accidentally knocked over the pot; that’s why it fell. Yes, I’ll be more alert from now on, don’t worry, I’ll definitely be more cautious."

The police just gave her a warning, saying that if such an incident happened again, they would cancel her stall and she wouldn’t have to set up there anymore.

"You see, it’s not that I don’t want to call the police, this is a fire accident. If it goes wrong, I might lose my stall, so I hope you understand," Lan Shuixian said with a smile to Xiaofeng and the others, "I have an elderly grandmother to take care of, two younger brothers to put through school, a family to support. It’s better not to make a fuss, don’t you agree?"

"With such an attitude, you’re only going to make some people bully you even more," Xiaonian frowned, "Haven’t you ever thought about escaping this kind of life?"

Thieves one moment, someone sabotaging your stall the next, it’s all infuriating to think about.

"Escape, easier said than done. How to escape, how to change? I can do all that on my own with my skills, but what about my grandmother? What about my brothers? How will they manage? I’m not from the same class as you, some thoughts just don’t align. Go have fun, there’s no need to take me seriously," Lan Shuixian began to clean up her stall.

"Let’s go check over there," Xiaofeng pointed towards the direction the dagger came from, "Shui Xian will probably resume her business in a bit, and it’s not good for us to stand in her way here."

"Okay, let’s go take a look over there," Shuiling said, empathetic, but since Lan Shuixian herself was unconcerned, them worrying as outsiders was pointless.

Watching them leave, Lan Shuixian waved to them and continued with her work.

Before long, someone seemed to come by the stall. They said something to Lan Shuixian and then left after a while.

...

"Sister, don’t you think that Shui Xian is a bit strange?" After walking for a while, Xiaonian looked back for a moment and whispered.

"That dagger wasn’t aimed at her; it was meant for me," Xiaofeng didn’t have the right to criticize her way of handling things, but she had an intuition that the dagger wasn’t aimed at Lan Shuixian, but had always been meant for her from the start.

If it weren’t for Xiaoqi’s quick warning, she could very well have been hit by the dagger.

"What?" Shuiling looked around in surprise, everyone was doing their own thing, no one was paying attention to them, "Sister, are you sure about your hunch? If that dagger wasn’t for her, but for you, then this is serious. I’ll talk to our second brother when we get back; he must investigate and see who is bold enough to target you."

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