Chapter 88: Chapter 88

Last night, beside the tattered straw shed at the village entrance.

Lu Weihua’s expression flickered in and out of the shadows, making Tian Chuying tremble inside.

What opportunity to spend time together?

He probably has malicious intentions towards Tian Xiang!

Having just experienced something like that, Tian Chuying couldn’t help but think so.

After all, they both have the surname Tian, so Tian Chuying hesitated a bit.

Lu Weihua snickered, "What? You don’t want to be with Lu Feng anymore? After tonight’s incident, not just Lu Feng, even any random man wouldn’t be able to accept it!"

Tian Chuying’s heart trembled, she pleaded bitterly, "Please, don’t say anything, if you speak out, my life will be ruined."

Even though she hadn’t lost her purity, she had been touched and held.

The smell on that person’s body was foul; just thinking about it made her nauseous to the point of vomiting, she didn’t want to face it for even a moment.

Lu Weihua: "Are you going to help me with this or not?"

Tian Chuying finally nodded, "You say..."

Lu Weihua told her to find an excuse to depart on the return journey tomorrow, creating an opportunity for him to spend time with Tian Xiang.

Tian Chuying nodded bewilderedly and hurried back to the room, seeing Tian Xiang coming to open the door for her. For a moment, she considered revealing everything then and there.

But facing Tian Xiang’s impatient and disdainful expression, she closed her mouth again.

What’s the point of telling her? This person might just team up with others to humiliate her.

Moreover, she brought this upon herself.

Throughout the journey, Tian Chuying also noticed that besides Lu Weihua, there were others from the Mechanical Factory interested in her. She hadn’t interacted with that person, whose appearance was forbidding, but he was indeed very attractive, even more so than Lu Feng.

She had only worked there briefly and was already flirting all over.

Such a person ought to suffer a bit.

So, when Tian Xiang was in danger, Tian Chuying ran away.

Of course, there was no turning back, without handing Tian Xiang to Lu Weihua, she herself would be in trouble.

Tian Chuying ran as fast as she could.

Tian Xiang was also desperate, she threw away her bag.

But luck was not on her side, she stumbled twice before Lu Weihua caught her.

Tian Xiang was frantic and confused, and in her panic, she slapped Lu Weihua.

Lu Weihua was momentarily stunned, then furious, dragging Tian Xiang into the nearby woods.

"Damn you, old hag! Who do you think you are? How dare you hit me!

You, with that surname Tian! I’ve grown up as Lu Weihua and this is the first time I’ve been slapped! You’re dead, you’re dead for sure, you can’t repay this debt unless you marry me!"

Lu Weihua was truly intent on bullying Tian Xiang now.

During those years in the village, he had seen several cases where victims had to marry the man they had been bullied by. If there was no escape, he’d just marry her.

Lu Weihua had made up his mind to do the deed with Tian Xiang in the woods that day.

Seeing his intentions, Tian Xiang was urgently panicked, her body was restrained, no way to struggle, she opened her mouth to bite Lu Weihua.

But it was winter, everyone wore thick padded clothes, impossible to bite through.

Tian Xiang was desperate, struggling in all sorts of ways, trying to slap his face and kick his lower body.

Lu Weihua didn’t expect Tian Xiang to be so vicious, his eye corner was scratched and bleeding.

He was enraged as well, pulling Tian Xiang to ram against a tree trunk.

Tian Xiang felt a dull ache at the back of her head, dizziness swirled in her brain, all her actions came to a halt.

Seeing this, Lu Weihua hurriedly dragged her deeper into the dense forest.

As the ground became farther away, Tian Xiang forced herself to remain conscious, her whole body weak, collapsing downward.

Lu Weihua, being pulled along, also fell, yet the hands holding Tian Xiang remained unyielding.

When Tian Xiang hit the ground, her hand felt a fist-sized stone, a glimmer of hope sparked inside her. She planned to feign weakness until the moment he relaxed, then strike back.

But before she found an opportunity, a dark figure rushed up from the forest below and landed a punch on Lu Weihua.

Lu Weihua had already expended effort subduing Tian Xiang, now he was no match for the newcomer, knocked down in a few blows.

The newcomer bellowed, "Scram."

At the sound of the word scram, Tian Xiang’s momentarily relaxed mood tensed up again.

As Lu Weihua was pulled away, she thought it was Meng Cheng’an, her savior, but unexpectedly it wasn’t.

The newcomer was Lu Feng.

Tian Xiang steadied herself against a tree to stand up, Lu Feng stepped forward, pulling her up.

Tian Xiang’s heart tightened; she wanted no more contact with him, silently stepping back to keep a distance, but they were on a slope, her head spinning again, she couldn’t stand firm, falling straight down.

Lu Feng seized the chance, extending an arm intending to pull her into his embrace.

Seeing this clichéd scene about to unfold, Tian Xiang was utterly unwilling to accept his favor, retreating directly, preferring to fall injured rather than lean into his arms.

One was grabbing, the other retreating; from afar, it looked like Tian Xiang was pushed by Lu Feng.

Meng Cheng’an rushed from below, witnessing exactly that.

Such a high slope, with stones and sharp branches scattered, if Tian Xiang rolled down, the consequences were unthinkable.

Meng Cheng’an went blank, racing crazily to intercept, catching the tumbling Tian Xiang midway, then climbing back up to give Lu Feng a beating.

Lu Feng didn’t anticipate Meng Cheng’an’s arrival, he was stunned, and only after a punch on the face did he react.

Lu Feng wasted no words, immediately engaging in a fight with Meng Cheng’an.

The two exchanged blows, then rolled downhill together.

Tian Xiang rubbed her head and back in shock, despite her dizziness, hurried to stop the fight.

Although disgusted by Lu Feng, he hadn’t had the chance to do anything bad, he even chased off Lu Weihua.

If Meng Cheng’an harmed him, he’d have to take responsibility.

Yet no matter what Tian Xiang said, neither man listened!

As the two of them were getting hurt, Tian Chuying rushed from above, stone raised high, intending to help Lu Feng.

Seeing this, Tian Xiang pushed her aside, slapped her with a swift "smack".

Tian Chuying was directly hit, the stone fell from her hand, covering her face as she angrily glared at Tian Xiang, not daring to act further.

What could she do, betraying her cousin to the thug, that alone was condemnable.

At that moment, the two men who had rolled to the road finally separated.

Both their faces looked grim.

Lu Feng’s nose was bleeding profusely, Meng Cheng’an’s lip corner was cut.

Both were tense, glaring at each other, eager for another round.

Tian Xiang quickly held back Meng Cheng’an, "He didn’t do anything to me. It was Lu Weihua, he had malicious intent."

Meng Cheng’an’s heart tightened, "Where is he?"

Tian Xiang held her head, "Forget it, let’s not mention that for now." He wouldn’t escape.

A few steps away, Tian Chuying glanced at Lu Feng’s injuries, worriedly asking, "Are you okay?"

Lu Feng waved Tian Chuying’s hand away impatiently, "I’m fine."