Chapter 427: 427 left alone _1

Wei Yifeng and Wei Yipeng led Wei Ruo and Wei Qingwan upstairs.

As they reached the middle of the staircase, a crowd surged down from the second floor, scattering the four siblings.

Wei Ruo was pushed aside by the crowd, with Xiumei protecting her carefully, fearing that Wei Ruo would be harmed by these people.

Although the cockfighting field was a bit chaotic, it didn’t seem to be hectic enough to justify such a momentary throng. The siblings couldn’t understand why they happened to encounter so many people just as they were about to ascend the staircase.

Moreover, these people were incredibly rude in their haste, barrelling down the staircase like a flood.

Finally, when the crowd dispersed, Wei Yifeng, Wei Yipeng, and Wei Qingwan had disappeared from sight.

“Miss, the young masters are missing. We must hurry and find them,” Xiumei urged anxiously.

“No need to search for them.” Wei Ruo stated with a calm expression.

“We are not going to look for them?”

“They wouldn’t let me find them.” Wei Ruo speculated that Wei Yifeng and the others deliberately orchestrated the escape to lose her.

“Huh?” Xiumei had yet to grasp the situation.

“Let’s go, we need to get out of here,” Wei Ruo didn’t have time to explain much to Xiumei. This was a place to leave, not to linger. They had to get out first.

Wei Ruo turned away to descend the stairs, but her exit was blocked by a man clad in a brocaded robe.

The man was not tall, almost the same height as Wei Ruo, and even thinner. Seeming to barely weigh two taels, with his hollowed cheekbones. His eyes were surprisingly wide, only his gaze towards Wei Ruo was explicit and lewd.

“Which lady does this beauty belong to?” The man leered as he approached with a smile.

Xiumei stepped in front of Wei Ruo, “Sir, could you please step aside? My lady is leaving.”

The man laughed, then dutifully stepped aside to allow an exit.

Xiumei immediately escorted Wei Ruo down the stairs.

When Wei Ruo and Xiumei exited the cockfighting field, the Wei Family carriage that had originally been parked at the entrance was now nowhere to be found. This provided further evidence to Wei Ruo’s hypothesis that Wei Yifeng and the others were intentionally trying to shake her off.

As Wei Ruo was about to continue on her way, the man from before appeared again, this time with two burly guards trailing behind him.

The man approached Wei Ruo with a lascivious smile plastered on his face.

“Little lady, what a coincidence it is to meet again!”

“It’s no coincidence. You’ve been waiting until we were outside because it was inconvenient to approach me inside with the crowd around.” Wei Ruo placidly stated.

“Oh, the little lady is quite clever! Which brothel are you from?” The man leered with a crude laugh.

Xiumei was quick to correct him, “Don’t spout such nonsense, my lady is a proper young miss, not some woman from a Qin tower or Chu pavilion!”

“Which proper young lady would come to a place like this cockfighting field?” The man laughed in disbelief, dismissing her explanation. “Enough talk, name your price; I’ve taken a liking to you.”

“Whether you believe it or not, I’m not a woman you can tease at will. Please step aside.” Wei Ruo insisted.

“A courtesan dares to put on airs? I’m still not letting you go!” The man retorted, evidently excited by this defiance.

Seeing that talking to the man was useless, Wei Ruo and Xiumei quickly walked away.

The lady and her maid turned and entered an alley next to the cockfighting field.

Watching them leave, the man commented, “This maiden prefers to choose less crowded places, seems like she wants to play hard-to-get!”

He then ordered his two guards to tail them, “Go. Follow them.”

They walked further down the alleyway where there were fewer people, followed closely by the man and his two guards.

“Miss, can I take action?” Xiumei inquired.

“Hmm,” Wei Ruo responded affirmatively.

It wasn’t about whether they should take action now, if they didn’t, the man would.

With that, Xiumei stopped, her ears sharply tuned to the footsteps behind her.

When the pursuers were less than a meter behind her, Xiumei swiftly turned around, delivering a powerful sweeping side-punch towards one’s waist, followed by a high kick to the groin of another man.

Before long, she had taken down two men, who were a head taller than her, and left them unable to get up.

Then, with a fearsome gaze, Xiumei confronted the thin man who stood frozen.

“I… that is… I…” the man began stuttering.

Wei Ruo stepped forward and asked him, “Who sent you to harass me?”

“What? Sent? No… no one sent… I just saw you were beautiful and thought you were a girl from the brothel…” he took a pitiful tone.

The man continued, “This… this isn’t my fault. You were alone in the cockfighting field; it’s very normal for me to have misunderstood…”

Seeing the man’s reaction, it was likely he wasn’t lying. He wasn’t sent by anyone.

The cockfighting field was filled with all sorts of people; it was rare for a lady from a proper family to appear alone in such a place. Even if Wei Ruo hadn’t met this man, she might have encountered other lecherous men.

The man’s words also indirectly confirmed something else; Wei Yifeng and Wei Yipeng had ulterior motives when they left her alone in the cockfighting field.

“So, now you’re aware that you made a mistake?” Xiumei said with a menacing expression.

“I know, I know. Young miss, please spare me.” The man hurriedly pleaded.

“Ignore him, let’s go.” Wei Ruo didn’t have time to deal with this man any longer.

“Okay.” Xiumei spared the man.

The lady and her maid continued their journey in the alley.

“Miss, where are we going now?” Xiumei asked while walking beside Wei Ruo.

“Anywhere will do. If Wei Yifeng and Wei Yipeng want to play a prank on me, let them worry instead,” Wei Ruo said.

The Wei family currently needed her to marry the Marquis Xuanping as a wife to carry on the family line. If anything happens to her at this time, the Wei family would bear the brunt of the trouble.

Wei Yifeng and Wei Yipeng may have left her at the cockfighting field, but they could only afford to prank her; they wouldn’t dare to put her in any real danger.

If she disappeared, the two of them would be in deep trouble.

“They conveniently gave me this opportunity. I can stroll around without constraints.” Wei Ruo smiled slyly.

“Good! Let them know the consequences of messing with our young miss!” Xiumei nodded.

After only a few steps, the keen Xiumei sensed they were being followed once again.

This time, however, those tailing them seemed far more formidable, clearly on another level compared to the previous bunch.

“Miss, I think there are more powerful people trailing us. I wonder if it’s the same man from before, calling for stronger backup,” Xiumei warned.

Wei Ruo couldn’t refrain from complaining, “Wei Yifeng and Wei Yipeng should know their limits even if they want to prank me. If they really get me into trouble, they’ll suffer too!”

Just then, their stalkers made a move.

Feeling their opponents closing in, Xiumei immediately positioned herself to fight, swiftly throwing a punch when they got close.

Her punch, swift as the wind, couldn’t land a hit on the opponents.

All Xiumei saw was a flash of white as they passed by, she couldn’t even make out their faces.

“Miss!” Xiumei called out in alarm towards Wei Ruo.