Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties-Chapter 53 - Robbery

53: Chapter 53 Robbery

53 -53 Robbery

“If you follow me, at least you can carry things back down!

But our family only has one bicycle right now,” Lin Qiu mimicked him, “I wanted to go with you today, but sis wouldn’t let me!”

“So what do we do?

Lin Qiang is eyeing us right now; we definitely can’t go back home to get the bicycle!

How about we borrow a bike from someone?” Lin Dong also found it a bit of a dilemma.

He really wanted to go with his eldest sister into the mountains; he was a young man and certainly had more strength than a woman.

But two people riding one bicycle into the mountains wouldn’t work either.

What would they do when coming back?

Lin Qiu did think of Zhao Da Nainai who was always eager to help them out, “If we’re going to borrow, it has to be sis who asks.

We’ll talk about it when she wakes up tomorrow morning!”

“That works!”

Lin Xia slept through the night, and didn’t dream at all.

It felt like the moment she closed her eyes and opened them again, the night had passed.

When she got up in the morning, she was aware that Lin Dong also wanted to go up the mountain and help her pick hazelnuts and carry sacks.

Lin Qiu also mentioned that they wanted Lin Xia to try to borrow a bicycle from Zhao Da Nainai.

No matter what, Lin Xia couldn’t possibly agree.

“Even if Zhao Da Nainai is warm-hearted, it wouldn’t be right for us to ask for such a favor.

Besides, borrowing someone’s bicycle, and if it gets lost or broken, what then?”

Lin Dong and Lin Qiu knew their sister made sense, but they really didn’t want Lin Xia to be so exhausted.

“Big sis!

How about we two ride one bike there, and then I’ll push it back on the way home?”

Lin Xia smiled.

Her brother and sister genuinely cared for her, and her care for them wasn’t in vain.

If it were just about picking hazelnuts, without the matter of Jade’s room, she would definitely not prevent her brother from going to help.

But with such a secret to keep, she could only try her best to find excuses to refuse.

“Dongzi!

You chop the firewood at home today.

Finish chopping it all and cover it with something.

If it rains one of these days, we won’t be able to burn it…”

Although Lin Dong was reluctant, he obediently agreed.

Lin Qiu had prepared the dough yesterday, and this morning, she made leavened flatbreads.

Lin Xia brought a few extra, along with some strips of cabbage, potatoes, and pickles.

While picking hazelnuts, she thought that after this day, she might as well stop picking, letting Jade’s room air-dry them.

Then, she planned to buy some jars to pickle vegetables.

Lin Xia was truly fatigued; she had picked so many hazelnuts over the past few days.

This was different from her first time picking hazelnuts in the mountains, when she mostly gathered mushrooms.

Afterward, when she found Lingzhi, she focused entirely on mushrooms.

It wasn’t like these two days, which were spent entirely picking hazelnuts.

She estimated that the hazelnuts she had picked would amount to quite a lot once dried in Jade’s room.

Maybe not a thousand pounds, but there definitely would be several hundred.

And then there was the seller of sunflower seeds in the provincial city who might not take all that much at once.

So Lin Xia returned home a bit earlier today, slowly descending from the mountain.

Just to keep up appearances, she still loaded a sack of hazelnuts onto the bike’s rear rack as she cycled home.

After these two days, she distinctly felt she had overexerted herself, barely having any strength left to pedal.

Fortunately, she wasn’t in any hurry, so she cycled slowly.

Just as she was about to reach Paradise Street and was passing by the White Restroom, two young men, one tall and one short, suddenly ran into the road and blocked Lin Xia’s way.

“Stop!”

“I’m talking to you!”

Lin Xia wanted to forcefully bike past them, but one of them roughly grabbed the handlebars of her bicycle.

“What do you want?” Lin Xia got off the bike and laid it down.

When going up the mountain, she was afraid of running into bad people or large wild animals, so she carried a sharp knife in her pocket.

The blade wasn’t long enough to be fatal if stabbed in the stomach, but if aimed at the neck, it could cause bleeding.

However, if it hit an inch deep, life or death would be uncertain.

One of the tall lads pointed at Lin Xia and snorted coldly, “Yeah!

You’re quite bold!

Quickly hand over all the money in your pocket!”

The short one chimed in, “Right!

Not a cent shall be left!

If you don’t hand it over, we’ll do it ourselves!”

As they spoke, they also glanced over at the White Restroom.

Lin Xia felt there was a problem—there might be a third person at the White Restroom. freewebnøvel.com

“I have no money!

You saw me going up the mountain to pick hazelnuts, how could I possibly have money on me!” Lin Xia really didn’t have a single penny in her pocket; all her money was in Jade’s room.

The tall one glared fiercely, “Quit your damn babbling!

If you don’t have money, then brace yourself for a beating!”

Lin Xia psyched herself up, reminding herself this place wasn’t too remote, and it was the time people get off work.

If she could just drag this out a little longer, someone was bound to come by.

She couldn’t reveal her small knife too easily—dealing with the two boys was hard enough for her, not to mention there might be another person at the White Restroom.

So she had to surprise them, strike when they least expected it.

“What’s the point of wasting words!

Let’s just do it!” the short one yelled as he pretended to rush over and hit Lin Xia.

Indeed, this person was one of Lin Qiang’s bad influences.

Lin Xia reached into her pocket—worse comes to worst, she’d fight for her life!

But in the heat of the moment, a voice rang out, “What are you doing?”

A young man appeared, not yet close but already shouting at the top of his lungs.

Lin Xia recognized him at a glance—he was Zhao Damei’s second son, Jiang Mingyuan!

Relief flooded her heart; meeting an acquaintance made things much easier to handle!

“Second brother!

They’re trying to rob me!”

The two boys didn’t expect to be recognized and their faces instantly turned pale with fear!

But remembering that Lin Qiang was nearby, and that he had promised them rewards if they were successful, they thought: could three of them not take down this man and woman?

The two exchanged glances—one charged at Lin Xia, and the other at Jiang Mingyuan.

Seeing the short one coming at her, Lin Xia took out her pocket knife, ready to fight for her life.

The short boy didn’t expect this frail-looking girl to be carrying a knife, and the look in her eyes was eerily unnerving—as if she truly could spill his blood.

He hesitated for a moment, instantly losing his previous bravado.

Lin Xia didn’t really want to harm anyone, but if they were truly out to hurt her, she would show no mercy.

At this point, the tall boy was already clashing with Jiang Mingyuan and quickly found himself at a disadvantage, getting kicked to the ground by Jiang Mingyuan.

“You just wait!” He feared getting hit again, so he threw down a threat and scrambled away with the short boy.

Lin Xia had no time to worry about anything else.

She told Jiang Mingyuan, “Second brother!

There seems to be someone else by the White Restroom!”

Jiang Mingyuan nodded and ran towards the White Restroom.

Lin Xia, worried he might get the short end of the stick, followed him cautiously.

But they checked around the corners of the men’s and women’s restrooms—nobody was there!

“They must have run off early!

Xiaolin, are you alright?” Jiang Mingyuan asked as he wiped the sweat from his brow.

Seeing the knife in Lin Xia’s hand, a smile crossed his lips.

“I’m fine!

Thank you, second brother!

I don’t know what I would have done if you hadn’t shown up just in time!”

Lin Xia was genuinely grateful, and Jiang Mingyuan’s image in her mind grew significantly taller.

“No need for thanks!

We’re neighbors!

Were you up the mountain gathering things?” Jiang Mingyuan didn’t see his intervention as a big deal.

He followed Lin Xia to help her lift her bicycle, “Xiaolin, you push my bike!

I’ll help you push this one!”

Lin Xia quickly objected, “No need, second brother!

I can do it!” She felt too embarrassed to cause him any more trouble.

“No more niceties, let’s hurry!

I still have things to do at home!”

When Jiang Mingyuan insisted, Lin Xia couldn’t refuse anymore.

She went over to his heavy-duty bicycle and lifted it up.

The two didn’t mount their bikes but walked slowly instead.

“Still, thank you!

Second brother!”

“No need for thanks!

But why were those people trying to rob you?”