Chapter 97 - A Helper

Yao Nian was a little anxious when he heard this. He found an excuse and stalled time for another minute. Yu Bing quickly walked to the courtyard and opened the courtyard door. She asked curiously, “Did you close the door of my house? You’re asking normal recruitment questions, so why are you acting so sneaky? Alright, hurry up and go back. I still have something on later.”

Seeing that the courtyard door was wide open, Yao Nian couldn’t do anything else. He could only walk out of Yu Bing’s house. When he saw Yu Bing close the door, he seriously suspected that his mother had bought the wrong medicine.

After walking for more than ten meters, Yao Nian suddenly felt dizzy. He clutched his head with his hand, but he felt sleepy.

Yao Nian wanted to sober up. He shook his head hard and blinked a few times before fainting.

After a minute, Yu Bing sensed that there was no movement outside the door. She carefully opened the door and peeked out. She discovered Yao Nian lying in the open space in front of her. She stepped forward and kicked him gently a few times as she shouted, “Yao Nian? Yao Nian?”

When Yu Bing saw that Yao Nian was completely unconscious, she glanced at the drainage ditch beside him and her lips curled into an ambiguous smile. “Since you came to me yourself, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”

After saying that, she kicked him and Yao Nian’s upper body rolled into the ditch.

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The water in the ditch wasn’t deep, just a shallow finger-high depth, but in a season like this, where people were already starting to wear a sweater jacket, lying in it for ten minutes or so meant a fever!

“What game are you two playing?” A deep voice sounded from behind Yu Bing teasingly.

Yu Bing was shocked and felt like her heart was about to jump out. When she turned around and saw that it was Xiao Sheng, she retracted her hand and shoved Xiao Sheng. She pushed him into his house and looked around before entering.

Xiao Sheng watched Yu Bing’s actions in the courtyard and smiled. “Don’t worry, I just came from the village. I checked that there was no one around just now.”

Yu Bing patted his chest and glared at Xiao Sheng. “You’re not allowed to sneak up behind me next time!”

Then, he explained, “Let me make it clear first. Yao Nian was the one who started it. I’m just giving him a taste of his own medicine. If he didn’t provoke me, I wouldn’t have bothered to mess with him.”

Xiao Sheng raised his eyebrows and said, “I didn’t say anything.”

Seeing Xiao Sheng’s reaction, Yu Bing asked curiously, “You don’t think I’m vicious?”

Xiao Sheng pursed his lips and said with a smile, “Let’s talk about familiarity first. I think I know you quite well, so I won’t trust an unfamiliar person and suspect you. Besides, I’m not blind. I can tell what type of person he is.”

Xiao Sheng had raised his siblings alone. He already knew what human nature was like. Moreover, he gained the ability to read people after dealing with those people out in society.

Yu Bing was stunned when she heard this. She was blind in her previous life. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been schemed against by them.

Yu Bing blinked and looked at Xiao Sheng. She said in a joking tone, “Thank you for your trust and understanding!”

Although Yu Bing was smiling at this moment, Xiao Sheng could sense the loneliness in Yu Bing’s heart. He thought she might want to be alone at this time, so he said to Yu Bing, “Alright, go ahead. I’m going home.”

After Yu Bing sent Xiao Sheng out, she suddenly couldn’t focus on reading when she returned to her room. She sat on the bed and fell into a daze. After a while, she felt better. Then, she went into the kitchen and started to make lunch. After a while, Jiang Chun returned.

Jiang Chun quickly walked into the kitchen and sized up Yu Bing from head to toe. “Little Bing, I just saw Yao Nian walking towards the village alone from our direction. His back is drenched. Was he here for you? Did anything happen?”

Yu Bing didn’t want to make Jiang Chun sad by mentioning this, but she didn’t expect her to see him, so she explained the matter in detail.

The reason Yu Bing was fine was because she didn’t drink the pot of tea at all. When she wanted to drink it, she discovered some white powder on the edge of the teapot opening and guessed that someone wanted to set her up.

She didn’t know if the culprit was still at home or not, so she pretended to drink tea as she blocked the door, then carried the teapot back to her room to wait for someone to take the bait.

After a while, Yao Nian came to the door. There was only half of the tea left in the teapot. Even if she poured a large cup, there would still be more. Therefore, Yu Bing specifically mentioned that there was no tea in the teapot just now to verify if the other party was alone or had an accomplice.

Yao Nian drank it directly after knowing that it was newly filled. It was enough to prove that Yao Nian had an accomplice. Although Yu Bing didn’t know who the accomplice was, she wasn’t afraid. The truth would eventually come out.