Chapter 471: Chapter 471

The matter of the rapist within the city has made many people worried sick, fearing their own daughters could be targeted.

In grand mansions, servants patrol everywhere, and some even hire expensive escort agency personnel. But ordinary families cannot afford such a sizeable sum of silver coins for hiring help.

Everyone avoids this subject if they can.

As for the Shen Hua’s mansion, it has become an impenetrable fortress.

Li San had boasted a tall tale and naturally had to give Shen Hua an explanation, yet he was very worried.

At nighttime, under the dim moonlight, he had yet to find a solution.

It was bleakly dark all around.

A Hidden Guard, feigning sleep atop the wall, heard a rustling sound and abruptly opened his eyes, turning his head in one direction.

"The neighbors are picking locks again."

"County Magistrate Liu arrived late, and the escort agency was so confused that they didn’t send anyone. The servants on patrol at the Liu Residence were dozing off one by one at night, so lacking in vigilance. No wonder there were thefts."

"The rapist is targeting Miss Liu, but he lost his way. He wandered around the rockery three times. He’s so confused now, can’t tell north from south, utterly stupid."

Li San had heard this information from a burly Hidden Guard.

His eyes gleamed with an idea, and he took off running toward Shen Hua’s courtyard.

The Liu Residence is bigger than Shen Hua’s mansion. The County Magistrate Liu’s salary couldn’t possibly cover the expenses, but his ancestors were businessmen and had left him quite a fortune.

The rapist was bewildered.

He was suffering for his lack of education. Lighting a Fire Stick, he looked at the mansion’s map that he had bought at a high price from a servant of the Liu family, trying to discern directions.

He gestured now and then.

But there were more than a dozen passable ways around the rockery!!!

Looking left and right, the paths looked very similar! And with the night so dark, he couldn’t find his way out.

Going around in circles, he eventually came back to where he started.

And his legs! They were especially sore!!!

While he had a splitting headache, he persisted and as he walked, he did not notice a sudden gust of wind and three steps ahead, a piece of melon rind appeared.

The rapist didn’t pay attention, stepped on it, and pitched forward.

The map flew out of his hands as he cursed while picking himself up, it had already been swapped out.

The rapist picked up the new map.

The map turned exceedingly easy to understand, simple and clear. It even came with a big arrow, leading straight to the destination.

He looked in disbelief, feeling a chill down his back as if he had just seen a ghost. But even so, he bravely followed the direction on the map.

In their line of work, what they played with was their pulse and thrills.

He smoothly got out of the maze and just as smoothly left the Liu Residence.

Seeing the familiar streets sent the rapist into deep thought, then looking at the destination pointed by the arrow. It was next door. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn N0velFire.ɴet

The rapist was baffled.

Who didn’t know, of all Fengzhou, Miss Shen is the most beautiful, with no second to be found? Even if her relationships with several prominent figures are ambiguous, what of it!

He smirked sinisterly.

After he succeeds, would Miss Shen dare risk being abandoned by announcing it, seeking help from those noblemen?

This is human nature!

Those girls who were taken advantage of would only blame heaven and others, might even seek death but not wish to tarnish their purity.

Even their relatives would help them keep it a secret.

But he had also tried to break in before, hadn’t even approached the main gate when he was pummeled by a black figure falling from the sky, leaving him with a swollen nose and bruised face.

How could he dare to go back in!

After 15 minutes, he circled the mansion, trying to sneak through a dog hole.

The Hidden Guard named Yingwu was beyond patience and revealed himself.

The next moment he was lifted off the ground.

Aunt Liu came over with bird’s nest soup. After the Shen Family had troubles, she packed up and moved here.

"I heard that Manager Sun scolded Miss Shen quite a bit?"

Shen Hua: "Aunt Sun is really good at scaring people."

"It’s for the sake of my lady’s well-being."

Aunt Liu said gently: "Even if my lady is in good health, those around her remain on tenterhooks, fearing another mishap."

Since knowing Shen Zhui was a victim of crime, Aunt Liu aged by ten years. Besides chanting sutras, she would stew various nourishing remedies for Shen Hua.

While eating papaya and bird’s nest soup, Shen Hua unconsciously pinched her waist.

It was still as slender as before.

Aunt Liu couldn’t help but sigh at the thoughts of outside affairs.

"The hearts of those in the city are in turmoil. If it wasn’t for someone being arranged to guard beside my lady, who could rest assured?"

Aunt Liu said timidly: "Does my lady remember that couple from Yangjiang Street who sell plum blossom pastries? They’ve been married for a decade, and only recently had a daughter, treasured as their own heart and liver, on the brink of coming of age. They’d just arranged a match for her when this incident happened. Fortunately, her chastity remained untouched, otherwise, how could the groom’s family still want her? Even though nothing worse happened, it still scared her ill."

"And there are many other families who don’t dare sleep at night, staying up to watch over their daughters who are like blossoming flowers. Thankfully, nothing happened to them."

With Shen Hua’s beauty, if she wasn’t protected by the powerful, she would likely invite calamity.

Shen Hua lowered her eyes and looked at her teacup.

"I remember, I’ve seen her too. That girl was quite beautiful."

Aunt Liu was about to say more when the door was swung open and a black-clothed, mask-wearing rapist was thrown inside.

She was so frightened that she stood up.

Shen Hua slowly lifted her gaze; she had the manners of a gracious hostess.

"Have I kept you waiting for long?"

The rapist trembled with fear.

"Do you act in the same manner in front of other girls?"

The rapist dared not admire Shen Hua’s delicate beauty and promptly kowtowed loudly.

"It was I who harbored malicious thoughts, but I should have gone to the Liu Residence. I don’t know what happened, right, someone led me here, but—"

Shen Hua calmed him: "I drew the map by hand, you must have understood it."

He understood, but now he was completely at a loss.

Was Miss Shen specifically inviting him for a springtime frolic?

But judging by her ill-intentioned eyes, she was probably plotting his death.

Dissatisfied, Shen Hua pursed her lips slightly: "You opened it the wrong way."

Yingwu nodded, picked the man back up, stepped out, and shut the door behind him.

Aunt Shen: "He... he is..."

Outside the room was quiet, seemingly waiting for her command.

The girl cleared her throat with the theatrics of an actress: "Remember, I’ve seen that too. That girl was quite pretty."

This phrase served as the signal; as soon as the last word landed, the door creaked open, and the rapist was thrown inside once again.

The rapist felt as if all his organs were in agony from the throw.

"Miss Shen, I would never dare covet you."

"My conduct has been deplorable, but I have never succeeded, please don’t take me to see the official."

The girl furrowed her brows and the rapist was lifted up once more.

Shen Hua: "Remember, I’ve also seen..."

A body hits the floor.

The rapist was teary-eyed. This was truly outrageous.

"I swear, from tonight onwards, I will reform myself."

Picked up, and thrown again.

After being thrown eight times, he finally got the message. This time, he got up from the ground cautiously and tentatively.

These were the words he intended to say to the County Magistrate’s daughter.

"The lotus is less beautiful than a lady’s makeup; scent of beads and emeralds rides the wind in the waterside pavilion."

Finally, he got it right this time!

He breathed a sigh of relief, then, playing his part, rubbed his hands greasily and sneered: "My pretty little lady, you..."

Before he could finish, Yingwu slapped him.

Shen Hua kept a straight face: "Show some respect towards me!"