Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 425: Su Xin’er in distress!

There was silence everywhere and the sun shone through the branches with barely any heat.
It made the shadows on the ground look thicker and darker.

Su Xin’er was so frightened that her heart went cold and her hair stood on end!

It could only be said that she was very unlucky because when she turned to run, she choose to run in the exactly the opposite direction of the temple.
The result was that she moved further and further away.

After a while, Su Xin’er, exhausted from running, tripped over a stone and fell forward.
Rolling down the hill, she hit the ground and passed out, unconscious.

Around the same time that Su Xin’er left for her walk, Zhao Ru Jun’s big incident happened and it was very lively.

The little maid Ju Li was completely distracted and secretly hid nearby to watch the scene with relish.

By the time that she remembered Su Xin’er was gone and hurried to find her, she couldn’t even see her shadow!

When Su Xin’er woke up, she was lying on a tattered bed in a tattered thatched hut.

In such a dilapidated and sloppy house, there was a musty, terrible smell which was not even comparable to the Su family’s stables.
Su Xin’er retched on the spot and quickly struggled to get up.

The clothes on her body were tangled and dirty in several places.
Her hair was a mess and there seemed to be bruises on her arms, legs, and feet, which were aching.

Su Xin’er couldn’t help but burst into tear.
She had never suffered so much in her life!

However, she didn’t expect that things would become even worse…

The one that rescued her was a bandit from a small village near Zhulin Temple.
If he hadn’t seen how beautiful Su Xin’er was, the gangster would have never saved her!

Simply put, he was moved.

Hearing Su Xin’er cry, the bastard came in from the outside and squinted at her, his eyes fixed on her face without moving.
He laughed, sounded extremely disgusting and wretched.

Su Xin’er was terribly disgusted and subconsciously retreated to avoid him.

However, the more she acted like this, the more interested the bastard became.
Quickly, he felt like he was about to burst.

Maybe the bandit was a little too excited, too eager, and didn’t take Su Xin’er struggles seriously, but Su Xin’er, who was extremely afraid, managed to find an opportunity.
As soon as the gangster pushed her to the ground, she rolled to her feet and ran outside!

It was already night by this point.
Su Xin’er stumbled and ran desperately, the gangster chasing her heels without speaking.

Seeing that there was a large river blocking her escape, Su Xin’er’s heart skipped a beat.

The place she threw herself into the river was at its bend.
The flowing water had washed away the shore over time, forming a wide, deep pool with many pockets and underwater currents.
It was very dangerous.

Seeing Su Xin’er disappear into the water, the gangster came to a stop.
Muttering in regret, he turned around and went home to sleep.

Not to mention in the middle of the night, even during the day he wouldn’t jump in to catch her.
Beauty was alluring but was it more important than your own life?

On Ju Li’s side, she called until she was hoarse but still did not find Su Xin’er.
She was so frightened, she cried and hurriedly went down the mountain to tell their driver what happened.

The driver was impatient and started complaining as soon as he saw Ju Li come back alone.
However, seeing that she only knew how to cry, he felt helpless.

Both of them knew that if something really happened to Su Xin’er, they would have no choice but to die! Even their families would suffer!

The two discussed in a hurry.
Ju Li hired a carriage and rushed home to report to the Su family while the driver stayed behind and gathered ten to twenty people to help look for Su Xin’er.

It was a good idea to send Ju Li back first but a terrible one to gather a big crowd!

What was Su Xin’er’s identity? It was the eldest daughter of a wealthy family who still lived in the inner courtyard!

Not to mention her noble background, even if she was a girl from an ordinary family, who didn’t think reputation was more important than life?

The driver was so fanatical about finding her, he didn’t realize that, whether they could find Su Xin’er or not, her reputation would be completely ruined!

If they couldn’t find her, her reputation would only be destroyed even more.

Thanks to the driver’s noisy behavior, Su Xin’er wouldn’t be able to marry into a good family in this life.

What good family wanted a daughter-in-law who was shameless? Who would want a girl with an infamous reputation?

The kind of people who didn’t care about this, their virtue would definitely not be any good.
The Su family would never consider them.

Ju Li cried the entire way home and quickly told Madam Su everything.
Madam Su screamed and fainted on the spot while Su Jing He kicked Ju Li to the ground, wishing to beat her to death!

Immediately, Su Jing He gathered some of their people and went to the village at the foot of the Zhulin Temple mountain.
Without saying a word, he ordered the servants to tie up the driver and return him to the Su Manor.
Fortunately for the driver, he had thought he was doing the right thing and may use this to atone for his sins.

However, after searching all night in the surrounding villages, there was still no sign of Su Xin’er.

It wasn’t until the next morning that Su Jing He received the news that there was an unconscious girl laying on the shore near a certain village, who should have been washed ashore by the running water.

His heart jumped and he rushed over without thinking.
In his heart, he knew it was his sister.
When he arrived, he heard a cry in the distance— it was Su Xin’er! Finally his heart could feel peace.
The heavens had blessed them, she was fine!

Otherwise, who knew how his parents would live.
Even he would not be much better.

Su Jing He hurried over and found that there were only two young men standing on the shore.
Su Xin;er was wrapped in a man’s cloak and sitting on the ground, crying.
There were no other witnesses.

Feeling more at ease, he called out: “Xin’er!”

Su Xin’er’s body shuddered violently.
Looking up to see her brother, she shouted: “Big Brother!” and burst into a new wave of tears.

Her brother jumped forward and pulled her into his arms to comfort her.

Seeing the girl’s embarrassed appearance, he was extremely furious in his heart, wishing that he could teach her a lesson.
But hearing her cry so sadly, he couldn’t help but feel distressed.

After comforting Su Xin’er, the carriage had arrived.
Su Jing He ordered someone to help his sister inside and looked at the two men.

He talked with them for while and found that one of them was Sun Ming from Dafang village and the other his classmate and friend.

Sun Ming had come to visit his friend yesterday and this morning, they had headed to the temple to burn incense.
He had only left the village when they had seen a crowd of people near the riverbank.

He had vaguely heard them talking about a strange woman who had thrown herself into the river and been washed ashore by the current.

Sun Ming wasn’t one to meddle in other people’s business but his classmate was curious and pulled him over to watch the fun.

TN: Do I sense a new couple?