The Formidable Lady of the Poor Scholar’s Household

Chapter 17: There’s Nothing Wrong With Qian Sishui

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

In the end, she Qian Sishui left without agreeing to take the little fatty, Wang Jiaxun, as her disciple. “Master, I won’t give up. Just you wait and see.” In any case, he had already called her master. There was no running away from him.

Qian Sishui glanced at a certain someone who was had been crippled. In her eyes, this injury was nothing. However, at this moment, Shi Jinhua was sweating from the pain.

“Let’s take the oxcart back to the village,” Qian Sishui suggested. How long would it take for the man to hobble back? There were doctors in town, the same man said, “Uncle Wang’s medicine is cheap and effective.”

Moreover, he had been beaten up badly. If he went back in an oxcart, wouldn’t it be equivalent to announcing that he had been beaten up in school? How embarrassing would that be? There was no way he would allow for that to happen.

He gently stroked his injured face. These people were really ruthless. Their jealousy knew no bounds!

That night, when Qian Sishui woke up, she vaguely saw a black shadow running past the eaves of her house. Instinctively, she instantly sobered up and chased after it.

Halfway through the chase, when she saw that the person in front had stopped and Qian Sishui had also stopped, she thought, Why did I chase after him? What does it have to do with me? She thought of turning around and going back to bed.

When the black shadow appeared in front of her once again, it seemed like he was carrying a person. It was dark and windy that night, but that person had been carrying a lamp.

As he ran past her earlier, he had accidentally revealed his face. She racked her brain, thinking about where she had seen that round, chubby face. After thinking for a long time, she finally thought of it.

The girl who admired her was called Li Jiajia. She had a straightforward personality. But Qian Sishui didn’t want to care. She didn’t want to ruin her peaceful life.

She took a step forward but forcefully retreated. “Sigh…” Then, she chased after the black shadow that was about to disappear.

The black shadow finally put the girl down in a cave in the mountain. Then, he started drinking the fine wine that he had prepared beforehand and looked at the unconscious girl as he drank.

Only then did Qian Sishui see clearly that this was the rapist she had seen on the announcement board today. He looked identical to the portrait. Was God sending her money?

She didn’t have any weapons on her, but she was a professional. Anything was a weapon. After the man ate and drank his fill, he began to take off Li Jiajia’s clothes.

Just then, Li Jiajia opened her eyes in a daze. Her mind was in a mess, she saw a man sitting beside her. She was so frightened that she was immediately shocked awake.

“Ah! What are you doing? Who are you? Go away!” As she spoke, she quickly covered her body.

“Stop shouting. There will be plenty of time for you to shout later. We’re in the mountains. No one will hear you even if you shout until your throat is hoarse. Wow, this fleshy body feels so good!”

“I’d rather die than let you get away with this.”

“Haha, do you think you still have the strength to fight against me? In a while, I’ll light this incense. I guarantee that you’ll be ecstatic and beg me to dote on you.” As he spoke, he took out the incense.

Only then did Li Jiajia react. She had no strength left in her body. Looking around at the cave around her, her heart was filled with despair. Her eyes were empty as she looked at the entrance of the cave.

Who’s going to save me? Can anyone even save me? If he rapes me, the only thing ahead of me is death, she thought.

Seeing that the man was about to light the incense, Li Jiajia tried her best to escape.

Just as the incense was about to be lit, a tree branch flew over. The man was caught off guard and the branch scratched his calf. If it weren’t for the money, Qian Sishui would have taken his life.

“Who’s that?”

“Your ancestor.”

Qian Sishui glanced at Li Jiajia, who was paralyzed on the ground.

“Sister-in-law Shi?” She was stunned for a moment. Had the heavens heard her prayers?

“Oh, there’s even a ice beauty here. What a rare sight. And she’s even a virgin.” He was drooling.

The golden thread in his hand flew towards Qian Sishui like a bolt of lightning. “I must have a taste of a beauty like you tonight.” As he spoke, he pounced on her.

Qian Sishui sidestepped and dodged the incoming golden threads. She leaped at the man, breaking his shoulder blade. The man had not expected to meet such a tough opponent today.

If he couldn’t win, he would run. His life was more important. Just as he was looking for an exit to escape, Qian Sishui was already standing at the entrance of the cave. Seeing that his path was blocked, the man turned around and wanted to take Li Jiajia as a hostage.

But he was not as fast as the stone in Qian Sishui’s hand. Without any hesitation, she threw it towards the man’s head. Anyway, the announcement did not say that they needed him alive. Whether he died or not had nothing to do with her.

“You…”

Before the man could finish his sentence, he fell to the ground beside Li Jiajia. The latter was so frightened that she let out a scream. It was a ghastly sight.

Qian Sishui quickly tied up the man on the ground with the golden thread and threw him aside. She then searched his body for the antidote, smelling it before telling the other young woman, “Eat it and you’ll have strength.”

Li Jiajia was now willing to do anything for Qian Sishui her life—even sacrifice herself—so she didn’t hesitate to take the medicine.

“Thank you, Sister-in-law Shi.” Tears flowed down her face uncontrollably, and her body was still trembling from fear.

“He’s is a rapist. The reward is 300 taels. When the time comes, do you want 50 taels?” Qian Sishui asked.

Li Jiajia quickly wiped away her tears. “I don’t want a single cent. Sister-in-law, don’t tell anyone about this, okay?” If others found out that she had been abducted by the rapist at night, it would affect her reputation even if she was innocent.

Qian Sishui glanced at Li Jiajia and said, “Alright.” She threw the man into the cave before sending Li Jiajia home. When they arrived at the latter’s home, her family was worried sick and was already about to look for the village chief for help.

“Where the hell did you go? It’s so late at night. Why aren’t you asleep? Are you trying to kill us with worry?” Li Jiajia’s mother, Liu Hua, pulled Li Jiajia in and asked.

“Mother.”

She had just escaped death and could not say a word upon seeing her parents and family.

“Mother, I told you that Jiajia wouldn’t go anywhere. Look, she’s back now. I can’t believe a young girl is running around while it’s dark outside.” The person who spoke was Li Jiajia’s sister-in-law, Yue Ji. She couldn’t stand how her family doted on her sister-in-law.

“Shut up. It’s not your place to talk about my daughter.”

Liu Hua held her daughter’s hand. She could clearly feel that her daughter’s hand was cold and trembling. Something must have happened.

“Mother, Father, this is Sister-in-law Shi.”

“Aiya, look at me. Your name is Sishui, right?” This girl was really good-looking.

Qian Sishui’s frowned. That was indeed her name.

“Mother, I went to Sister-in-law Shi’s house to learn embroidery from her.” They had discussed this on the way back.

But how could Liu Hua not understand what her daughter really meant?

“If you go anywhere at night in the future, tell us and ask your brother to pick you up.”

Seeing that Li Jiajia was home safely, she nodded and turned to leave. Of course, she did not go home. Instead, she walked up the same mountain.

After Qian Sishui left, the Li family closed the door. “Alright, go to sleep,” Father Li said and entered the room.

Li Jiajia followed her parents into the room. Only after seeing that her brother and sister-in-law had returned to their own room did the two elders jump up in fright.

“What’s going on?” Liu Hua asked.

Li Jiajia lay in her mother’s arms and sobbed. She did not even dare to make a sound. “Darling, who bullied you? Don’t cry.” How much grievance had she suffered?

However, the young girl’s body was trembling and her face was pale. It seemed like she had been traumatized badly. After a long time, she finally calmed down. She looked at her parents and began to talk about what had happened tonight.