Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 1057: Chapter 1058: I Will Make You Give Up on Me

It’s clear the four little ones were quite fond of their Uncle Jue Chen.

Upon arriving at the market, the four little tykes would run off toward any novel object they saw, leaving An Jing and Xiao Changyi preoccupied with the children and less attentive to Gong Juechen.

Meng Zhuqing had also come along, but his main task was to help look after the four little ones.

Sometimes, the children would scatter in different directions, each engrossed in their own sights, and An Jing and Xiao Changyi simply couldn’t keep up. In such times, Meng Zhuqing proved to be very handy.

Nor did Meng Zhuqing pay much heed to Gong Juechen.

After all, even without the four little ones to look after, he was preoccupied with the safety of his lord and lady, scarcely having a moment to spare for Gong Juechen.

Gong Juechen noticed some people stealthily eyeing him from the shadows and others pretending to be passersby, following not too far behind him. He pretended to take an interest in the items at the market, slowly falling a few steps behind An Jing and the others, who didn’t realize it.

The person following Jue Chen seized the opportunity when he was alone, quickly covered his face with a cloth, sprang from an alley, grabbed Jue Chen, covering his mouth in the process and started dragging him into the alley.

And Jue Chen pretended to struggle like someone completely unskilled in martial arts, to avoid giving away his true capabilities.

In the alley, another masked person was waiting.

As soon as the masked person saw Jue Chen being dragged in, he went straight up to him without a word and began stripping Jue Chen of his clothes.

Upon seeing this, Jue Chen feigned panic on his face, but sighed inwardly: Alas, uncle, this time I will truly disappoint you, you might as well strip off my clothes.

The one stripping Jue Chen was none other than the General of Cavalry, Han Xinche. Once he had stripped Jue Chen, Han Xinche examined his back, just above the waist, for a birthmark.

Finding no mark, Han Xinche, in a fit of anger, drew his knife, contemplating cutting down Jue Chen.

All those wasted efforts, all the risks taken, and this man wasn’t even the one he was looking for!

Han Xinche was truly prepared to end Jue Chen there and then, but before his knife could swing down, Xiao Changyi and Meng Zhuqing arrived in search of Jue Chen, startling him, prompting him to stow his knife and flee with his accomplice.

Jue Chen, upon seeing Han Xinche’s intention to kill him, was genuinely shocked; truth be told, he hadn’t expected Han Xinche would want to kill him upon discovering he wasn’t the target. Just as he was preparing to fight his way out to save himself, he caught sight of Xiao Changyi at the mouth of the alley from the corner of his eye and immediately relaxed his fist, ready to counterattack.

Xiao Changyi didn’t pursue but instead let Meng Zhuqing chase after the two masked men.

Jue Chen, once released, squatted on the ground, picked up his clothes from the ground, did not get dressed, instead hugged his clothes, affecting the appearance of a violated woman from a good family.

”Changyi...” Jue Chen even let out a couple of fake sobs, acting as if his honor was ruined.

If Xiao Changyi could have, he surely would have rolled his eyes at him.

An Jing led the four children to the mouth of the alley, only to see Jue Chen bare-chested, clutching his clothes, looking like a good family woman whose honor had been destroyed, which took her aback.

Xiao Changyi blocked An Jing’s view the moment he saw her at the alley’s entrance, shielding her from the sight of the half-naked Jue Chen.

An Jing couldn’t help but laugh.

The four little ones, curiously, gathered around Jue Chen to have a look, their young voices asking innocently, ”Uncle Chenchen, why did you take off your clothes?”