A Beautiful Duchess with a Dark Heart – Chapter 70

Chapter 70: Not in Vain

Li Jiang and Xiao Ji were making a fuss, and Wen Yu wasn’t idle either.

She quickly took out a few silver notes, shook them in her small hand, and pointed at the other party with an air of arrogance, saying, “These are the thieves! Whoever takes them to the authorities, this Miss will reward them with one hundred taels of silver!”

Originally, the man with the stern face had drawn a dagger, and the onlookers were so frightened that they backed away.

No matter how beautiful a woman is, you can’t risk your life for it.

But listen, what, one hundred taels of silver?

Heavens!

“Miss, are you telling the truth?!” two idlers hurriedly asked.

Xiao Ji said, “Would my Miss lie?!”

The man with the stern face sneered, “Let’s see who dares!”

Although the two idlers didn’t dare to rush forward, they refused to leave, leading the crowd and shouting, “Let’s all stay here and surround them! When the officials arrive, the silver will be ours! Right, Miss!?”

Wen Yu nodded quickly, “Yes, yes, yes! When the officials arrive, the silver will be yours!”

Everyone listened with excitement on their faces, and some people even picked up sticks and stones from the roadside.

The man in blue finally became anxious. He drew a knife from his waist and wanted to go forward to directly take away the unconscious little girl.

Sun Ying already understood Wen Yu’s intention. Without saying a word, he raised his knife to block.

Wen Yu shouted, “If he hurts this Miss, there will be no silver!”

When the onlookers heard this, they didn’t hesitate and threw stones at those people.

The woman in pink was furious and asked hatefully, “What do you want to do?!”

Wen Yu said softly, “Put down the little girl in the carriage, and I’ll let you go. After all, I don’t want to make a big deal out of this!”

Only then did the woman understand that this girl was pretending!

“Do you know who you’ve offended?” she threatened.

Wen Yu sneered, ignoring her, but said to the man in blue, “Why don’t you understand? With my family background, even if the officials come, can you still get away?! Moreover, if the real owner comes, I’m afraid even skinning you alive would be too light!”

Others didn’t know what she was talking about, but the man in blue’s expression changed.

With these dozen or so people, even if you add the one with the knife, it would be impossible to stop him from taking the little girl away!

However, this matter was not going as planned, it didn’t seem like the work of human traffickers…

But if we really wait for the officials to come… this girl is not only beautiful, but also very cunning, who knows what she will do.

The key is, if that person comes… it’s all over.

Go!

Fortunately, these three people… don’t know anything, we’ll talk about it later.

So, without further hesitation, he turned around and stepped onto his horse, which was behind him.

He ran away…

The onlookers were stunned, “He, what is he doing?”

“He’s probably afraid of losing the fight, so he’s going to call for help!”

“But how can he run without fighting?

The woman in pink was also dumbfounded. She winked at the skinny man, Run!

“Okay, you’re bullying us because we’re small and insignificant, right! My daughter’s illness was delayed because of you! Fine, now I’ll just leave her here. If she dies, even if I have to go to the capital to complain, I will make you pay with your life!”

With that, she covered her face and rushed out of the crowd, crying and wailing. She didn’t even want the little girl or the carriage.

The other two also left in a panic.

Everyone looked at her, “Miss, what should we do? They left the child to you, they’re trying to extort you! If something happens to her, it will be troublesome!”

Wen Yu was also scared, “How can this mother be like this!? Oh no, I have to take her to see a doctor quickly. Well, thank you all, take this silver and disperse, don’t wait for them to come back with reinforcements…”

When everyone heard this, they agreed and hurriedly discussed how to divide the silver.

Qing He carried the little girl onto the Wen family’s carriage. Li Jiang whistled, and they left.

When the officials arrived after hearing the news, the alley was quiet and clean, and no one knew who had taken the donkey cart.

Wen Yu looked at the little girl, who couldn’t be woken up no matter how much she called her, and she didn’t know what was wrong.

Not daring to delay, she took her directly to the largest medical clinic in the area.

She had Li Jiang enter the clinic, find a suitable experienced doctor, and arrange a private room before Qing He carried the little girl inside.

The experienced doctor was curious, but he didn’t ask much. After a careful examination, he said, “This little girl should have taken some sleeping medicine. It’s not a big problem, she’ll wake up after she’s slept enough. Acupuncture can speed things up.”

“Then let’s do acupuncture, I want her to wake up soon.”

The experienced doctor nodded, “That’s fine. However, she’s too young, these sleeping medicines are not something she can take regularly. It will damage her brain! Be extra careful in the future.”

“Yes.”

The experienced doctor gave her acupuncture, “Don’t worry, it will take a while.”

After carrying her back to the carriage, Xiao Ji asked, “Miss, what should we do?”

Wen Yu thought for a moment, “We can’t take her home. Let’s find a good teahouse!”

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Not long after, the little girl woke up. Her eyes focused, and when she found that everyone around her was a stranger, she was startled and burst into tears.

“Hey, little girl, don’t cry, what’s your name? This little dress is so pretty.” Wen Yu coaxed her.

The little girl didn’t say anything and just cried loudly.

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“Little girl, you can’t cry, your face will wrinkle when you cry, and it will be ugly, look, just like her.” Qing He pointed at Xiao Ji.

Xiao Ji rolled her eyes, “Don’t listen to her!”

The little girl was startled again when she saw how fat Xiao Ji was.

Then she looked at Wen Yu, this sister was pretty! She didn’t want to be fat! She tugged at Wen Yu, her small mouth pouting, “I want my aunt, I want my daddy, I want my mommy. Waa…”

“Okay, then who should we look for first?” Wen Yu sipped her tea, not in a hurry.

The little girl calmed down a bit, “Really, you won’t lie to me? Find my aunt, waa…”

“You’re a little girl, why would I lie to you? What’s your name?”

“My name is Yuanyuan…”

“Ah?! Yuanyuan, what a beautiful name! Where did your aunt go?”

“My aunt went… to burn incense. She told me… told me to wait at home, waa… I shouldn’t have gone out…”

“Did you run around on your own and get lost?”

“No… it was the child traffickers who kidnapped me!”

“…” She knew about child traffickers?

“Where are the child traffickers? I think you were chasing a rabbit and then fainted?”

“No, no, it was the child traffickers.” The little girl had heard this story many times, so she stopped crying and became very serious, “I just went out, and then…”

“You’re mistaken!”

“I’m not…” The little girl was anxious.

Why does a little girl need such a good memory? I can’t even remember things from my childhood!

Wen Yu pulled out a little rabbit by its ears from a basket next to her. It was the size of a fist, with long fur, a pink three-petal mouth, red eyes, and its hind legs were kicking.

It was unbelievably cute! She had just asked Xiao Ji to buy it at the market.

The little girl’s eyes were immediately fixed on the rabbit.

“Weren’t you chasing it and then fell down?”

“I…”

“… This little rabbit isn’t yours? Then I’ll have to find its owner!”

“I… I…” The little girl had been taught not to lie since she was young.

But, this little rabbit was so cute!

She didn’t know how to handle such a complicated situation, and she became anxious, her eyes welling up with tears. “I want to touch it, will it bite me?”

“Touch it gently, it won’t bite.”

The little girl carefully touched the rabbit. Oh my! It was soft and warm.

“What does it eat?!”

Xiao Ji looked at the rabbit with disdain, “It eats grass, it eats radishes.”

“Then feed it!”

“We don’t have any now, we don’t have any silver to buy it!”

“I have, I…” How could she have any? There was a collar around her neck, and she was about to take it off.

“Tell me first, who is your aunt? Let’s go ask your aunt for silver to buy food.”

“My aunt… hmm… is called Madam Qi. My cousin is called Wulang~~ We live in Zanquan Mountain Estate. My aunt came here to burn incense and is staying at… hmm… Lion Alley, there are two big lions at the entrance of my house.”

Wen Yu winked at Xiao Ji, who went out and asked Li Jiang and Sun Ying to go out and inquire.

It didn’t take long for them to find out.

“Lion Alley is the residence of the Zhenyuan Marquis Qi family in the capital. Madam Qi is the wife of a first-rank general. The day before yesterday, Madam Qi just moved in with the fourth young master, who is born to a concubine, and the fifth young master, who is born to the principal wife.”

Oh?!

Marquis residence?!

The wife of a first-rank general…

Hmm, it seems it wasn’t all in vain.

“Now, there are guards at the main gate of the residence, everyone is very nervous… but there’s no news coming out.”

The family’s young miss disappeared, they definitely don’t want the outside world to know.

“Little sister, this older sister will take you home!”

In the time it took to wait for the news, the little girl had already forgotten all her pain and was playing happily with the rabbit!