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Old Man Wang, who was driving the carriage, had been listening to the two of them talk the entire time, and the words they were talking also entered his ears, and seeing that both of them had turned silent, he spoke in a comforting tone, "After all, you are still elders. At most, I can scold you two for a bit, and just bear with it, and then it will be over."

Hearing that, Cheng Xi sighed, and replied: "You don't know our situation, if only you could scold us, that would be great, I'm afraid we would be tormented until we die."

Old Man Wang heard this and laughed, "Child, you speak so exaggeratedly. We are all relatives, why are you saying things like you have a deep grudge against us?"

Cheng Xi thought about the situation between Xu Sanlang and herself, and couldn't explain it in detail to the Master Wang. She sighed in her heart and kept silent.

Because of this topic, the atmosphere was very gloomy the whole way. Cheng Xi didn't speak in a bored manner, and since Xu Sanlang was originally taciturn, Old Man Wang would say something from time to time. He didn't get a response from the two, so he didn't open his mouth to drive the carriage in peace.

Because the weather was too hot, the ox-cart didn't travel too fast. From time to time, they would rest in the shade. By the time they arrived at the county city, it was already the start of the day.

When she thought about how shshehadn't seen Wang Ying for a few days, and how she only needed to take a day off from him, Cheng Xi decided to just follow Master Wang to the Zhao Residence. Xu Sanlang originally wanted to return to the restaurant, but due to the enthusiasm of the Master Wang, he could only follow him.

Ever since Xu Sanlang had told her about the matters concerning his Fourth Uncle, Cheng Xi had been feeling extremely uneasy. If his Fourth Uncle really heard the Old Madam Xu's urging and wanted to do something to her, what would she do?

Even if he wanted to escape from this place, he still had to go to the county office to lead them. The only way he could think of was to find a backer that was stronger than even the Fourth Uncle, but he didn't know many people, how could he find them? In the end, when he thought about it, he could only think of Zhao Family.

Although she felt somewhat guilty using her Zhao Family like this, with her current situation, what could she do? He only kept in mind the kindness of Zhao Family.

During this period of interaction, Cheng Xi only knew that Zhao Family seemed to have some status in this county city, and did not dare to easily provoke them. However, Zhao Ke was not in the county city, and Madame Zhao Wang Ying was very low key too, so she usually did not go out much.

After today, Cheng Xi thought that it would be best to find out more from the big sister Ying, and ask her about Zhao Family. Since he was already familiar with the big sister Ying, he should tell her about it.

Wang Ying did not actually understand much about his own husband's family matters, she only knew that his clan's Prefecture City was located rather far away from the Cloud City, called Moon City, and because Zhao Ke's father was born from a concubine, she brought his wife and children here to settle down in the Anyang County. It was said that in the past, when Zhao Ke's parents were still alive, they would occasionally pay a visit to Moon City.

Furthermore, Wang Ying basically did not know a single thing about the Zhao Family or what Yun Che's profound strength was like.

Cheng Xi stayed at the Zhao Family to eat dinner, then returned in disappointment. Seeing that Cheng Xi did not have any mood to get bored of herself, and even revealed a face full of worry from time to time, Xu Sanlang regretted telling Cheng Xi about the Fourth Uncle a little. He did not tell Cheng Xi, but he was also worried that she would suffer a loss because Cheng Xi did not know about the situation.

Thinking that it was a busy time to be back, and Cheng Xi was not in a good mood, Xu Sanlang suggested, "I heard that the night market is bustling with activity, let's go for a stroll."

Hearing that, Cheng Xi became a little interested, and she finally became a little more alert. Her eyes brightened up a little as she looked at Xu Sanlang and asked, "What's in the night market?"

When Xu Sanlang saw that the expression on Cheng Xi's face finally changed, it softened a lot as well. He reached out and pulled Cheng Xi towards the night market while replying, "There are all kinds of snacks and a lot of fun snacks in the night market."

"How many people are there?"

"..."

The night market's streets were very narrow, but were very lively. Xu Sanlang had always been pulling Cheng Xi along, and even carefully protected Cheng Xi, who was shorter than him by a head, as if she was the elder brother of someone who doted on his little sister.

Cheng Xi excitedly pulled Xu Sanlang along as she wandered around the various small stalls. No matter what she saw, they were all filled with curiosity, and she asked Xu Sanlang who was at her side. There was something Xu Sanlang did not know, so he asked the stall owner, because Cheng Xi's cute face and amiable smile could always please the stall owner, and he patiently explained it to him.

After strolling through the entire night market, Cheng Xi reluctantly followed Xu Sanlang in the direction of the restaurant.

Because it was already late, there were no longer many people on the street, and even if there were people, they were all carrying lanterns as they hurried past. Because it was already quite late, there were no people on the street, even if there were people carrying lanterns as they hurried past.

After a while, they arrived at a small alley. There was basically no one there, and the surroundings were quiet.

In this unfamiliar place, the originally timid Cheng Xi felt even more insecure. One hand was being pulled by Xu Sanlang, while the other was still tightly grabbing onto Xu Sanlang's arm, as they moved forward.

Because she was afraid, she was extremely vigilant, constantly paying attention to the movements in her surroundings. Then, Cheng Xi suddenly stopped in her tracks.

Xu Sanlang looked at Cheng Xi who was hugging her arm, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

Cheng Xi replied, "There's a voice in front."

Seeing Cheng Xi's frightened expression, Xu Sanlang pursed his lips and replied, "There might be people passing by, let's go."

Cheng Xi held onto Xu Sanlang's arm tightly, her entire body sticking closely to Xu Sanlang, as she said softly, "There's a cry, I, I'm afraid."

Xu Sanlang carefully listened and replied, "There's no sound. Don't be nervous, let's go." As he said that, Xu Sanlang simply pulled Cheng Xi, who was only her shoulder's length, into her embrace, and continued to move forward while half-hugging Cheng Xi.

After walking forward a distance, Cheng Xi heard their shouts and they seemed to have gotten even clearer. Dragging Xu Sanlang along, she stopped and said with a trembling voice, "Listen to them now."

Xu Sanlang also heard the voice, his eyebrows knitted, pointing to the pitch black alley beside him, he said, "Let's go out from here."

Cheng Xi looked at the dark alley, and quickly shook her head and replied, "Let's go back." She was already scared enough to walk in this dark alley, but she was determined not to leave.

Xu Sanlang saw that Cheng Xi looked as if she was going to beat me to death, but still refused to leave, and could only compromise, "Fine."

The two of them turned to walk in the same direction, but realised that the sound was getting closer and closer, it sounded like a human's voice, and it was not as loud as the sound of sobbing. Cheng Xi was not as terrified as before.

Xu Sanlang heard the voice from behind and said, "Let's leave quickly, in case we get into trouble."

Only, they did not expect that trouble would arise from a small alley beside them. A man with untidy clothes and some injuries on his body suddenly scuttled out from the side alley, and directly ran to the back of Xu Sanlang and Xu Sanlang. Soon after, three black-clothed guy s rushed out from the small alley, directly rushing towards Xu Sanlang, and it was obvious that their target was the young man behind Xu Sanlang.

"Get out of the way." The few black-clothed guy s who were charging over seemed to be extremely anxious, seeing that the youth who jumped out earlier was surrounding Xu Sanlang and causing them to be unable to grab hold of him, they immediately shouted at Xu Sanlang.

Xu Sanlang did not want to offend these people, and was just about to hug Cheng Xi and leave, but one of the black-clothed guy who did not want to give chase was too impatient, he directly waved his hand towards Cheng Xi, intending to capture him after swinging two people.

The place where black-clothed guy's hand had been swung was exactly where Cheng Xi was. Seeing that the hand was about to land on Cheng Xi's body, Xu Sanlang swiftly reached out and grabbed that hand, and with a little more force, black-clothed guy's face started to turn pale, and asked in fear, "Who are you?"

Seeing that it was enough, Xu Sanlang released the black-clothed guy's hand, and coldly replied: I was just passing by.

Another black-clothed guy said, "Those who pass by, hurry up and leave, don't meddle in other people's business." It seemed like they didn't want to cause too much trouble.

As for the youth hiding behind Xu Sanlang, his eyes were shining as he looked at Xu Sanlang. He had even made up his mind, he would definitely hug this leg tightly.

The teenager was still circling around Xu Sanlang as he dodged past the three black-clothed guy s who were capturing him, and said to Xu Sanlang, "Help me, I will give you money."

However, Xu Sanlang did not want to get into trouble, even if he was in need of money, he did not want it.

From afar, another sound came out. Amongst the three black-clothed guy s, one of them suddenly pulled out a blade from his waist, and rushed towards Xu Sanlang: "There's no time, quickly settle it."

Cheng Xi widened his eyes in shock. She squinted his eyes and pushed Cheng Xi towards the teenager and said, "Stand away." Then, she faced the three black-clothed guy s with long blades in her hands.