Chapter Eighty-four: Encountering Danger

  Update 2!

  "Wan Yu......" Lin Zhaoyan tried hard to suppress the fear in his heart, but when he spoke, his voice still trembled.

  Zhou Wanyu also found out and asked strangely: "Sister Zhao Yan?"

  On the other side, Zhou Tengchen had already put away his murderous intentions and restored a gentle smile on his face. "How could that be? Big Brother has only just met Miss Lin for the first time, but her name is quite familiar."

  Although he concealed it extremely well, Lin Zhaoyan clearly caught the gritting of his teeth when he said "Lin Si".

  How much does he hate her?

  Zhou Wan Yu was oblivious and laughed: "I didn't know Sister Zhao Yan was so famous!"

  "Yes! She is very famous!" Zhou Tengchen said word by word.

  Lin Zhaoyan couldn't help but tremble, she had a premonition that if she didn't leave now, she would lose her life.

  "Wan'er, aren't you supposed to take me to see the bamboo forest?" Lin Zhaoyan tried to calm down and speak.

  This is a prophecy, prophesying her own future. Although it's unclear, she might be strangled to death by Zhou Tingchen.

  She couldn't help but think of the dream that had been buried in the sea of flames a long time ago, was it saying that the person predicted by the dream wasn't her? Or was it because she had been warned and the dream hadn't come true, and her new way of dying in the future was being strangled to death by this young master Zhou?

  No, no way, she absolutely can't let this happen!

  "Really!" Zhou Wan Yu nodded and then said to Zhou Ting Chen: "Big brother, then we'll go first!"

  "Wait!" Zhou Tengchen suddenly shouted at them.

  Lin Zhaoyan's heart hung again.

  Zhou Tengchen, however, turned to Zhou Wanyu and said: "I came to the inner courtyard specifically to find you. The young master of the Zhen Nan Bo Fu has arrived, saying that when it rained before, you lent him an umbrella, and now he's come to return it to you." His voice had returned to its usual calmness, and he didn't even glance at Lin Zhao Yan again.

  The feeling of oppression on his body was gone, and Lin Zhao let out a sigh of relief.

  "He? He actually came in person?" Zhou Wan's face suddenly turned bright red, and even her ears couldn't help but turn red.

  Zhou Tinglei nodded and joked: "Others personally come to thank you to show their sincerity, aren't you happy?"

  "What makes me happy?" Zhou Wan-yu's face turned even redder.

  Lin Zhaoyan also saw some clues on the side.

  This kind of personal umbrella will not be lent out, even if it's really an emergency and it's borrowed, the other party will only remember in their heart, at most return privately, and it's impossible to rush to someone's home to return it, isn't this obviously trying to create rumors?!

  He must have taken a fancy to Zhou Wan Yu.

  Lin Zhaoyan glanced at Zhou Wanyu's blushing face again, it seemed that she also had a good impression of the gentleman who lent her an umbrella.

  She couldn't help but smile, it seemed that Mr. Calabaza had appeared!

  Zhen Nan Bo Fu, Zhen Nan Bo Fu...

  Isn't that the maternal home of Qin Shi, Lu Yan's mother?

  Lin Zhaoyan furrowed her brow, and all of this could be connected.

  "Uh..." Zhou Wan-yu looked at Lin Zhao-yan with some apology.

  Lin Zhaoyan smiled and said: "It's okay, I'm not feeling well anyway, and I want to go back to the mansion. You go ahead, don't keep them waiting."

  This is a great marriage, Zhou Wan Yu should seize the opportunity.

  Zhou Wan Yu raised a big smile: "Zhao Yan sister you're so nice!"

  Lin Zhaoyan lost his smile, "Go quickly, let the maid escort me out of the mansion and there will be a carriage waiting outside."

  "Alright, let my brother see you out then, it's fine!" Zhou Wan Yu said as she finished speaking, not waiting for Lin Zhao Yan's reaction, and quickly ran off.

  Lin Zhaoyan gazed at her back, sighing helplessly. The thought of being with Zhou Tingshen, a man as formidable as the King of Hell, made every cell in his body tense up from head to toe.

  "Miss Lin, after you!" Zhou Tingshen was no longer uncomfortable and politely bowed his head, inviting Lin Zhaoyan to go first.

  Lin Zhaoyan waved his hand straightforwardly, "Trouble you, Master Zhou, just ask a maid to escort us out."

  Man Shuang also followed with: "Yes, let the servant girl take us out."

  Man Shuang didn't have the ability to predict like Lin Zhao Yan, but she wasn't slow-witted either. Just now when Zhou Ting Chen looked at Lin Zhao Yan, his eyes were fierce and venomous, and she sensed danger.

  Zhou Tengchen didn't insist, casually grabbing a servant girl from the road to lead Lin Zhaoyan, but when Lin Zhaoyan let out a sigh of relief and turned to leave, he whispered in her ear, "You wait, I will definitely..."

  His words were blown away by the wind into thin air, and Lin Zhaoyan didn't quite catch them.

  What will he definitely do?

  Lin Zhaoyan followed the maid out of the main gate of Chengnan Bo's residence very smoothly.

  As soon as she stepped out of this place, the oppression and depression in her heart suddenly dissipated by more than half.

  Lin Zhaoyan turned around to gaze at the solemn and heavy red wooden gate, which was actually a very common appearance of a mansion's exterior, but for some reason, it looked like she couldn't catch her breath.

  It might be her mental state or the decoration style of Chengnan Bo's residence, anyway she didn't want to come here for a second time.

  She had a premonition of danger.

  And her intuition has always been accurate.

  With such feelings in mind, Lin Zhaoyan sat on the carriage back to the mansion.

  As soon as they got on the horse carriage, Man Shuang let out a big sigh of relief. "I was really scared to death just now! Miss, did you see the gaze of that young master Zhou? It looked like he wanted to kill someone!"

  Lin Zhaoyan nodded thoughtfully, "I see."

  "Really!" Man Shuang found a kindred spirit, and her eyes lit up instantly. Then she asked strangely: "Miss, you said we must be meeting him for the first time, right? Why does he look at us with such hatred in his eyes? Or is it that there's actually some grudge between Jian'an Hou Fu and Chengnan Bo Fu from the previous generation? Did our old master kill the old Chengnan Bo?"

  Lin Zhaoyan said: "......" Man Shuang! You have such a great imagination, why don't you go write a book?!

  "Miss, why did you say that?" Man Shuang asked without hesitation.

  "Perhaps he was a martial artist by origin, and had always carried an air of murder and violence." Lin Zhaoyan explained in this way, but only she herself understood that it wasn't so.

  Zhou Tengchen hated her, as for why she didn't know, but she was clear that he hated her, to the point of wanting to kill her.

  The horse carriage went back and forth, walking far away, Lin Zhaoyan's heart also gradually calmed down.

  She didn't let herself think too much about it, as thinking too much about such things can easily lead to mental obstacles.

  The horse carriage went on for a while, and when the time was about right, Lin Zhaoyan lifted the curtain to look outside. Her line of sight landed on the gate of the Liu residence, where the white lantern with the character "奠" written on it shone brightly, dazzling her eyes.

  She thought carefully and felt that she should still go to Liu's house to take a look.

  She can't keep avoiding him, making Lu more and more resentful of her.

  No matter how cautious she was, having such a time bomb buried beside her made her uncomfortable, and she had to get rid of her hatred as soon as possible.

  If all else fails, she still has a last resort when the time is ripe.

  This is just a warm-up fight!

  Moreover, Liu Wenxuan would definitely not want her to fall out with his mother.

  As long as there is still a chance, as long as it hasn't come to the point of being unavoidable, she doesn't want to turn against her loved ones by her side.

  "Alright, stop here!" Lin Zhao ordered the driver in a deep voice.

  The driver had no time to respond, and all he heard was a "ga da" sound. The horse carriage shook violently and stopped on its own.

  Lin Zhaoyan hadn't sat down properly when he fell to the ground.

  "Miss!" Man Shuang hurried over to help her up.

  "Fourth Miss! Our carriage accidentally bumped into the sharp stone by the side of the road, and the wheel hub is broken!" The driver's voice came from outside, with a somewhat anxious tone, "It can't be fixed in a short while, what to do?"

  Man Shuang helped Lin Zhaoyan up, also anxious, "What to do? Try to fix it as much as possible, can't have Fourth Miss, a young lady from a good family, walking around outside with her head exposed!"

  Lin Zhaoyan patted the dust off his skirt and gave Man Shuang a look, signaling her to calm down. He then slowly opened his mouth, "Don't worry for now, if it can't be fixed in a short while, we can go take a look around here to see if there's any place that rents out horse carriages. I'll head down to the manor later to visit my aunt, no rush. The most important thing right now is to move the carriage to the side so it doesn't block the road and hinder others from passing."

  Her voice was soft and gentle, with a soothing effect on people's minds. Not only did Man Er calm down, but the driver also nodded twice, "Don't worry, Fourth Miss, I'll take care of it right away."

  Lin Zhaoyan nodded and pulled Man Shuang's hands, saying: "Let's get down first, otherwise the driver won't be able to drive."

  Man Shuang nodded and was about to get off the carriage with Lin Zhaoyan when someone outside asked, "Excuse me, is the lady inside Miss Lin, the fourth daughter?"

  Lin Zhaoyan was stunned.

  Man Shuang responded loudly, "Yes."

  "That person also said: 'Fourth Miss is safe, I am Anping. My young master says that if your carriage is broken, you might as well share a ride with him, he's also heading to the residence of Duke Jian'an.'"

  Anping is Lu Yan's personal attendant.

  "Really? That's great!"

  Man Shuang was happy for two reasons. Firstly, she didn't want to go to the Liu residence to visit Lu Shi, always feeling that the young lady would be bullied. Secondly, she didn't believe in the mysterious horse carriage and worried about the young lady's safety.

  She lifted the car curtain and looked out. The young man with a clear brow and bright eyes standing outside the window was Anping.

  Anping smiled at her with a grin.

  Man Shuang also smiled and replied, then dropped the carriage curtain and said to Lin Zhao: "Miss, let's go with Young Master Lu!"

  Lin Zhaoyan shook her head slightly.

  "Why?" Man Shuang was somewhat puzzled, "The horse carriage outside is of unknown origin, who knows if it's reliable or not. At least we know Mr. Lu, we're all one family, and sending the broken carriage back with him is also reasonable." She thought Lin Zhao Yan was worried about reputation issues, but this was also unavoidable.

  "If it really doesn't work out, we'll just wait a bit and let Lu Biao go to the Hou Mansion to inform them, and then they can send another horse carriage." Lin Zhao replied calmly.

  She is very cautious and cannot afford to take any risk that may have an impact.

  Man Shuang thought for a moment and felt it was reasonable, so she didn't insist anymore.

  She was about to refuse Anping when a loud whinnying of horses and the shrill cries of startled pedestrians suddenly came from outside, not far away.

  Man Shuang looked out and saw a black horse that had thrown off its reins rushing towards him, startling countless pedestrians along the way and overturning several small stalls by the roadside.

  The horse let out a loud whinny, its cry piercing straight into people's hearts, filled with heart-wrenching terror.

  And its positive direction is undoubtedly where they are now.