Chapter 101: Leaving Early

The people around felt a chill between their legs and instinctively crossed them, looking at Shen Yu’an with a terrified expression.

This girl is really too violent!

They looked around with wide eyes, veins bulging on their heads.

He turned his head and glared at Shen Yu’an, gritting his teeth and saying, “I’m going to kill you!!!”

He had no other thoughts about Shen Yu’an now, only wanting to grab her and tear her apart!

Shen Yu’an twisted his arm fiercely backward, and the sound of a pig-like scream rang out again.

“Ah! Ah! Ah!”

Zhang Wang still held onto the hope that someone would come to rescue him. However, when Shen Yu’an started taking action, Fei Yanchen quickly dealt with the remaining people, leaving her enough space to perform.

Sure enough, on the other side, another small hill was piled up high.

Among all the people who came from the Zhang family, only the middle-aged butler stood in the gap between the two piles of small hills, looking miserable.

The butler, forcing himself to remain calm, shouted at Shen Yu’an and Fei Yanchen, “Do you know who we are? As long as you obediently surrender now, I will…”

Bang!

Shen Yu’an lifted Zhang Wang and threw him at the feet of the butler, silencing the half-sentence he hadn’t had a chance to say.

The butler looked at Zhang Wang, who had been thrown at his feet, feeling somewhat at a loss. In the end, he could only blurt out a sentence.

“Oh, young master, how did you get hurt like this?”

Zhang Wang angrily retorted, “What nonsense are you babbling? Hurry up and help me up!”

“Yes, yes, I’ll help you up right away,” the butler said as he grabbed Zhang Wang’s arm, attempting to pull him up.

Then came another scream.

“My arm is broken! Can’t you be more careful?”

Startled, the butler let go of his grip on Zhang Wang’s hand, causing him to fall to the ground once again. His head made a loud thud as it hit the ground.

“I’m sorry, young master. I’m truly sorry,” the butler apologized.

Shen Yu’an and Fei Yanchen exchanged a glance and decisively chose to leave at this moment.

She turned to Shen Rong and the others, saying, “Let’s go quickly.”

However, before leaving, Shen Yu’an turned her head and glanced at Zhang Wang, who was writhing in pain on the ground. She rapidly extended her psychic power towards him.

I’ll give you some “parting gifts” then~

As they reached the exit of the city gate, they heard Zhang Wang’s deranged laughter from behind, along with the butler’s startled exclamation.

“Young master, what’s wrong with you? Don’t scare me like that!”

There were also whispers from the onlookers in a low voice: “The officials are coming, make way!”

Shen Yu’an hastened her pace even more, walking out of the city gate before the arriving officials could reach them.

After walking out of the city gate, the group did not dare to pause and continued all the way back to the place where the Shen family had been staying before entering the city.

Fei Yanchen asked, “What did you just do?”

Shen Yu’an knew that he was definitely asking if she was responsible for Zhang Wang ending up in that state. Naturally, she wouldn’t honestly answer.

Wearing an innocent expression, she said, “How could I be so powerful? Maybe the butler accidentally let go of his hand and knocked him silly.”

Fei Yanchen chuckled softly and didn’t expose her.

The Shen family had been anxiously waiting in place, their eyes longing for their return. As soon as they saw them coming back, they joyfully went up to greet them.

Song Shi approached and asked, “You’re finally back. Did anything happen?”

“Aunt.”

Before they could even answer, Song Xiao Ni couldn’t wait and immediately called out upon seeing Song Shi.

Song Shi turned her head and saw Song Xiao Ni. With excitement on her face, she pulled her closer and anxiously asked, “Xiao Ni, why are you here too? Are your parents here as well?”

Hope ignited in Song Shi’s heart.

After Shen Yu’an and the others entered the city, they didn’t just sit here waiting either.

Song Shi and her eldest son went outside the city to look for people, thinking that with so many people here, there might be a chance that their relatives from her maiden family were also present, and they could leave together.

However, after searching around, they didn’t see a single person.

Unexpectedly, amidst the dimness, Song Xiao Ni actually found her own way here.

When Song Shi asked about their family, tears welled up in Song Xiao Ni’s eyes once again, and she couldn’t hold them back.

Song Shi, seeing that she wasn’t getting a response and Song Xiao Ni was only crying, she anxiously asked, “What happened?”

Shen Yu’an calmed them down and said, “Mother, cousin Xiao Ni said that Grandfather and the others are not here. As for what happened, we can talk about it while we walk.”

Song Shi saw Song Xiao Ni crying continuously and assumed that something unfortunate had happened to the Song family. She also started sobbing along with sniffles and sobs.

Grandpa Shen had no choice but to ask, “Yu’an, why are we leaving now? Didn’t we plan to rest here for a few days before continuing?”

Shen Rong stepped forward and continued, “Something happened in the city, so we better leave first and discuss it later.”

Many things were already in the carriage, and everyone quickly packed up. They would be ready to depart in no time.

After they finished packing, they quietly set off to the west without alerting anyone.

And Shen Yu’an and the others’ instincts were correct. Shortly after they left, a squad of soldiers emerged from the city.

Among the soldiers was a familiar figure.

If Shen Yu’an and the others had seen him, they would have recognized him as the butler from Zhang Mansion.

The butler spoke sternly, “I saw those people just leave the city. They must be among the refugees outside the city.”

“Just now, you all saw it too. Our young master was beaten like that. These people must be captured and severely punished.”

“Don’t forget, the food supplies of Zhang Mansion are reliant on these refugees outside the city. If we can’t bring them back, be careful that our master turns against you!”

The leading officer, Captain Cui, became impatient with his muttering. He had already heard the whole story from the onlookers, clarifying the situation for him.

It was clearly Zhang Wang who bullied others, trying to forcibly bring the two sisters he encountered on the street into the mansion, only to be beaten up in return. Whom can he blame?

Ah, those who do unjust deeds will surely meet their retribution. Zhang Wang must have done too many bad things and is now facing the consequences.

To speak his mind, that girl is truly a heroine among women!

He himself didn’t belong to the jurisdiction of this county but was sent by General Qi to help the county magistrate arrange the refugees. Naturally, he had no fear of the Zhang Mansion.

As for his official rank, he was a sixth-rank officer, while the county magistrate of Dashan County was only a seventh-rank official.

He snorted coldly and said, “Butler Zhang, you have quite an attitude. I wonder if it’s your own idea or your master’s idea.”

Butler Zhang felt a moment of unease and dared not say anything further.

If they were in the comfort of their own home, he wouldn’t dare to speak so boldly. Therefore, he simply urged Captain Cui to quickly find those people.

However, despite searching among the thousands of people outside the city, they couldn’t find the ones who were in the city earlier.

After inquiring around, they learned that a family had arrived last night and rested on the main road outside the city.

By the time they rushed to that location, the people had already disappeared.