The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 346 The Dying Man (2)_1

Chapter 346: Chapter 346 The Dying Man (2)_1

Lu Hai immediately stepped in front of Pei Qin, shielding her with his body, and charged into battle, entangling himself with the two assailants.

Pei Qin clutched at her clothes, unable to stop herself from cursing, "Since when did robbers also turn to murder!?" Her first thought was that someone had hired killers to take her out, but she quickly dismissed that as being too conceited. With her status, who would hire two obviously top-notch experts to assassinate her! It must be that they had seen something they shouldn’t have, and now they wanted to silence them!

"Fuck! Isn’t it just because I’m good-looking and warranted a few extra glances!?" Pei Qin pulled out the Curved Knife that Shen Songming had given her the first time they met.

The two outside, listening and seeing that Lu Hai was constantly protecting Pei Qin behind him, began to confirm that she might not know any formidable martial arts and perhaps had only learned some basic skills.

Lu Hai, facing two masters alone, was soon wounded. He was overpowered.

Pei Qin frowned, her gaze locking onto the two handsome men outside the door, "We’re just passing by, came in to take shelter from the rain, tell them to stop!"

Seeing that he was no match and they were blocked from outside, knowing Pei Qin couldn’t escape, Lu Hai said coldly, "We are from the Shen family of Capital Jingcheng, so if you have no involvement, cease your attacks!"

Upon hearing that they were from the Shen family, the two outsiders showed doubt in their eyes. However, seeing that Lu Hai was injured and Pei Qin had not made a move, they called a halt.

Pei Qin’s basic skills might be enough to handle thugs, but against these experts with Inner Strength, she knew stepping in would only add to the chaos. Seeing they had stopped, she hurried over to support Lu Hai.

Lu Hai coughed up blood, his grip on the Soft Sword still tight.

"What is your relation to the Shen family?" the elder man asked.

"Sweet potato growers!" Pei Qin really wanted to tell them that she was the person sent by the Moon to punish them.

The two men looked slightly stunned, exchanging glances. Could it be that they had made a mistake?

When they had arrived in Yuanyang County, there was a lot of talk about growing sweet potatoes, about assessing other people’s crops to see if they were truly high-yielding, as they too were considering cultivating them.

The elder man’s eyes settled on Pei Qin, "Is your name Pei Qin?"

"So what if it is? Is my name bothering you!?" Pei Qin, seeing their expressions, knew they realized their mistake and was quite irritated.

Although they had gotten it wrong, they didn’t show any intention of apologizing, merely handing over a bottle of golden sore medicine.

"Damn it! Nearly lost my life just trying to take shelter from the rain!" Pei Qin complained as she treated Lu Hai’s wound with the torn curtain.

After treating the external wound, Pei Qin saw that Lu Hai also had internal injuries, and cursed again, "I said this temple would have us encounter demons and monsters if we stayed overnight, but you insisted on coming here! I’d rather get soaked with donkeys!"

Lu Hai turned to look at her, a lady who swore non-stop, talking about ’mother’ and ’grandma,’ was hardly ladylike!

The neighbors came to give Silver as a form of consolation.

Pei Qin, with unrestrained dignity and pride, refused it, and after they left, she huffed, "They think that bit of Silver is enough to buy me off!"

The rain outside had lessened somewhat.

Pei Qin, glancing at the sky, went out and snatched the umbrella they had left at the door.

None of the onlookers said anything, watching as she handed the umbrella to Lu Hai to hold, donned a straw hat, put on her half-dry clothes, and drove the donkey cart away.

"She is Pei Qin, just a tiny peasant girl, and yet..."

Pei Qin was quite pleased with her small peasant girl identity, "...it’s just that when faced with people more exalted than herself, she instantly becomes an oppressed little grassroots character! Especially when leaving home with a bodyguard not matching one’s status and then being suspected of being an assassin there to silence someone!"

Lu Hai fell silent for a moment, then uncharacteristically responded to her, "I should have listened to you."

"I already said, with the Ghost Festival coming, seeking shelter in deserted temples and broken houses in the wild mountains, that’s just asking to see ghosts!" Didn’t they just encounter a ghost today!? They attacked on sight, not letting anyone speak. It almost cost her life.

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