AWDC Chapter 53

Chapter 53: Zhao Yuming Wants to Redeem Lin Xi

“Xiaoyu,” he suddenly stepped forward, grasped Lin Xi’s shoulders, and his expression couldn’t hide his excitement, “Are you regretting it? If you don’t want to stay there, I’ll redeem you right away, okay?”

Lin Xi froze upon hearing this. He carefully observed Zhao Yuming’s expression, feeling that he wasn’t the one who transmigrated from that world, and suddenly felt somewhat disappointed.

But the moment he thought about what he had just said to him, he felt a glimmer of hope.

Regardless of whether he was the one who transmigrated from that world, the way he acted made him feel very reassured, and judging by the situation, he already had a relationship with Lin Yu before, and was even eager to redeem him.

Although he didn’t know his true motive for redeeming him, at least someone was willing, which was better than staying in the county office and being pestered by Mu Chuang all day long.

“Yes.” Lin Xi nodded without hesitation, “If Brother Ming is willing to redeem me, I will definitely try my best to repay you, and I will definitely not let you suffer a loss.”

Zhao Yuming smiled upon hearing this, the emotion in his eyes was ambiguous, but his actions still maintained a sense of propriety, “Okay, as long as Xiaoyu is willing, I won’t feel bad no matter how much money I spend.”

The scene of the two meeting like old friends and having a deep affection for each other directly stunned Mu Chuang.

“What are you doing?” Realizing what was happening, he pushed Zhao Yuming away and protectively held Lin Xi in his arms, “How dare you touch my person? Are you looking for death?”

“Your person?” Zhao Yuming took a step forward, his smile sarcastic, “Didn’t you hear Xiaoyu just say he doesn’t want to be with you? He came in here to be a handyman, but you keep him in the backyard, have you ever considered his feelings?”

“Don’t think the yamen is your family’s place, so you can act recklessly and without principle. If this continues, someone will take care of you sooner or later.”

“Heh~” Mu Chuang smiled dismissively, “I want to see who has the audacity to lay a hand on this young master. He must be tired of living.”

You know, in this ancient time where transportation is not developed at all, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, the county magistrate is the local tyrant. As long as it is not a heinous crime, generally no one will spend the energy to sue to the higher authorities, so Mu Chuang does not take Zhao Yuming seriously.

At this time, Zhao Yuming did seem to have some concerns, perhaps because he was still entrusting Master Mu to investigate the robbery case, which led him not to intend to continue to escalate the conflict, but he was not prepared to back down.

“Someone will eventually, I believe that I’m not the only one who can’t stand you, but I don’t want to talk nonsense with you now. Since Xiaoyu is unwilling, then you better not force it, so as not to be criticized and arouse public anger.”

“Go to hell, you’re talking nonsense!” Mu Chuang felt that what he said was unreasonable, and suddenly became angry, “Are you f*ing brain damaged? What’s wrong with me keeping someone in the backyard, how will it arouse public anger? Who the f* is so bored to care about this?”

As he spoke, his eyes became sarcastic, and he ruthlessly exposed his thoughts, “I think you have a thing for Xiaoyu, you can’t get him, so you’re getting anxious with me here. Other than that, I really can’t think of a second reason why you’d be willing to help him, don’t you think?”

Zhao Yuming was choked. Although he thought so in his heart, in fact, he and Lin Yu had not reached that point. Before, their relationship was lukewarm. Today, he was suddenly so proactive, which made him wonder until now what the other party’s situation was.

“Nonsense!” In front of “Lin Yu,” he naturally wouldn’t directly admit it, so he had to beat around the bush and say, “No matter what I intend to do with him, just because he doesn’t want to be with you and wants me to redeem him, you can’t forcibly possess him again.”

After he finished speaking, he wanted to snatch Lin Qi away, but unexpectedly, Mu Chuang slapped him, and it happened to hit his wound. Only a “ah” sound was heard, and blood oozed from the fingers of his hand covering his shoulder, and his face turned pale.

“Brother Ming,” Lin Xi took the opportunity to break free from Mu Chuang’s restraint and went up to check his injury, “How are you? Are you okay?”

He only cared about Zhao Yuming one-sidedly, but he didn’t know that this was the first time his original body had taken the initiative to touch Zhao Yuming, and his anxious look, completely unlike a fake concern, made the other party forget even the pain.

“I’m fine, Xiaoyu doesn’t have to worry.” Zhao Yuming pretended to be strong and comforted him, but in fact, he couldn’t wait for Lin Xi to continue to care, and even took away his hand covering his shoulder, generously letting him see the wound.

That was the injury he suffered a few days ago when he was transporting valuables and was ambushed by Wu Liangde using arrows. The other party also used a despicable fog. Mu Fang didn’t know about all of this layout. He simply revealed Zhao Yuming’s route to him, intending to let him rob, and did not intend to let him kill.

However, Wu Liangde used the information he obtained to make an ambush in advance, and prepared to wipe them all out, causing Zhao Yuming to suffer heavy losses. Not only did he lose the goods, but also more than a dozen brothers died. Changshun Escort Agency’s reputation plummeted overnight.

“Who did it? Have you found the murderer?” Lin Xi continued to ask worriedly. So far, he didn’t know the truth behind this at all.

“Found him, tomorrow’s trial.” Zhao Yuming had already received the news, and glanced at Mu Chuang when he said this, “I hope to get a fair trial, and not chill the hearts of the people.”

Mu Chuang originally intended to go up to snatch him, but stopped temporarily when he heard this. He didn’t know how his father was handling the matter, and whether he could fool Zhao Yuming tomorrow.

Although he was a little worried, he still couldn’t tolerate what the other party said, “Since you don’t trust him, why did you report to the officials? If you have the ability, why don’t you deal with it yourself? Openly despising the yamen, what’s the difference between that and despising the imperial court? Are you full and have nothing to do?”

He believed that based on Master Mu’s style, the previous cases should have been handled fairly, otherwise Zhao Yuming would not have asked him to take action.

This time, the disappointment caused by the original body should also be the first time. He believed that no one would suspect him of disregarding human life.

“I’m just reminding you, I didn’t say it for sure. Why does Young Master Mu like to dwell on the details so much? Is there a ghost in your heart?” Who knew that Zhao Yuming was not easy to deal with, and he actually heard the problem from the other party’s seemingly normal sentence, and realized that something was wrong.

At this time, the doctor came out to persuade him to apply medicine, but he refused, “Don’t worry, I have something to go back to now, I’ll trouble you later. In this way, you can see them first.”

He said he was going back, but in fact he wanted to go to the yamen, because he subconsciously felt that tomorrow’s trial would not go as he wished.

“Brother Ming, your injury is so serious, what could be more important than your own body?” Lin Xi quickly dissuaded him. He didn’t know the inside story, he only hoped that Zhao Yuming could see a doctor as soon as possible.