Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!-Chapter 180: Can’t Control My Temper (Bonus - for Monthly Votes)
This tension lasted until evening, when several wagons filled with slop, pulled by donkeys, clip-clopped towards the city gate.
System: "Host, your chance has come!"
Cheng Xiaoxiao instantly perked up. No matter what method she used, she had to sneak into the city today because she was almost driven mad!
Once she had a plan, she immediately set out, darting into the woods.
At the city gate, because the smell of the slop was too strong, the soldiers opened one door and, covering their noses, stood far away, waving their hands to hurry the drivers on.
The old man pulling the cart, accustomed to such behavior, smiled apologetically and cracked a whip on the donkey’s rump to speed up.
The men helping to push the carts were all disabled, either one-eyed or lame.
There were a total of five wagons, each with seven or eight wooden barrels, one person driving and one person pushing, making a total of ten people out altogether.
Now that the city gate was under martial law, each aristocratic family had people handling slop disposal. They had agreed to go out at a unified time every day to a location not far but quite concealed, to deal with it.
Before Cheng Xiaoxiao even reached the place, the waves of stench wafted into her nose, nearly making her vomit.
This smell, simply outrageous, how many people need to relieve themselves to create such a powerful odor.
Cheng Xiaoxiao endured the overwhelming stench wafting towards her, pondering how to blend into the group, when suddenly a short man came towards the bush where she was hiding. He had not even arrived when his cursing voice reached her, "Damn, those rich people really go overboard, eating so much good food all day, defecating so much, why haven’t they died from it."
The man muttered as he began unbuckling his pants. Cheng Xiaoxiao saw this and thought, really? Is he going to relieve himself here?
Though lamentable, an opportunity arose with it.
Cheng Xiaoxiao didn’t want to witness such a disgusting act, so she rolled over to the backside of a big tree.
Just as the man was unbuckling his belt, ready to do his business, a hand chop came from behind, knocking him out.
Why is this person so smelly?
Cheng Xiaoxiao, pinching her nose, disdainfully tugged at the unconscious man’s clothes; they were so stinky and dirty it was hard to handle!
On the other side, a man emptying slop looked over dissatisfied, thinking why they had to obediently work while Xiao Liu always found an excuse to be lazy.
The man’s discontent and resentful gaze did not escape his companion’s notice. Just as he was about to speak, he was nudged in the arm by the person next to him, who whispered, "Do you have a death wish? Who dares to mess with Xiao Liu when he has someone backing him! We can’t afford to offend him."
They only dared to curse inwardly; who would dare speak aloud? If his buddy talked so carelessly, it’s no wonder he’d be remembered spitefully.
He didn’t want his good friend to be punished or lose his job either.
The whole family would only starve to death otherwise.
The man, thinking of this, also backed down.
When they finished handling the slop and put the barrels back in place,
Cheng Xiaoxiao, having changed clothes, covered her mouth and nose with her sleeve and sheepishly returned to the back of the team.
The people in the team didn’t think much of it, as Xiao Liu often did this, just an attempt to shirk work.
Even though they were displeased, they tacitly accepted it.
Thus, Cheng Xiaoxiao blended into the group and entered the city.
At the foot of the courtyard wall of a secluded yard, Cheng Xiaoxiao leaned against the wall, vomiting intensely. Only God knew how much she had suffered suppressing all the way here.
Enduring that smell all the way, she felt like retching out all the rice she’d eaten in her previous life.
It was unbearable.
She rolled two tissues into her nostrils, preferring to breathe through her mouth rather than smell that again.
No, even after changing clothes, she still reeked; she needed to find a place to wash thoroughly.
Thus, under the system’s guidance, Cheng Xiaoxiao came to the banyan tree beside a large mansion.
This banyan tree was tall and lush, with sturdy branches stretching into the courtyard wall, so she climbed into the yard along the banyan.
Coincidentally, the yard Cheng Xiaoxiao entered belonged to the blue-clad man from yesterday.
"You mean the owner of this courtyard is that Zhao Laosan from yesterday?"
"Yes!" the system replied.
Recalling this, Cheng Xiaoxiao felt depressed. Yesterday, Dahua almost lost her dignity after being bought by that bastard named Liu. Fortunately, she acted cleverly, delivering a Foshan Shadowless Kick to the man, causing him pain for half the night, while Dahua got punched and kicked as his outlet, though temporarily preserving her chastity.
Hearing the system’s account at the time infuriated her, making her want to dash into the city recklessly.
Moreover, her sister-in-law, since the man who bought her wanted to force her, wasn’t given much food these days. Last night she cried non-stop, almost fainting from hunger, with no milk to feed the hundred-day-old baby, so she broke a porcelain bowl, feeding her blood to the baby.
This nearly drove Cheng Xiaoxiao to rush in with a knife to chop those people down. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
This morning, Mr. Cheng was taken for interrogation again, to force him to reveal her whereabouts and what secrets she carried.
Seeing Mr. Cheng, bruised and bloodied from whipping, and still refusing to talk, they added salt to his wounds, making him scream in agony.
Upon hearing this, Cheng Xiaoxiao felt like rushing in again, but she couldn’t get in.
She could only worry outside.
No matter how those people tortured Mr. Cheng to near death, he still uttered nothing.
So they switched, and in the afternoon her big brother suffered the same punishment.
Seeing their impenetrable resilience, those interrogators planned to bring Cheng Jia and Cheng Ran, to cut off the children’s limbs in front of them, to see how long they could keep silent.
The thought of the prison chief’s plan made Cheng Xiaoxiao’s hostility surge.
That’s why she was so eager to enter the city earlier.
Meanwhile, Zhao Laosan was discussing with his subordinates how to deal with the Liu-named bastard.
The young masters planned to gather later for a cricket fighting competition, but Zhao Laosan couldn’t swallow his anger, so he decided to make Liu Yuanhui regret.
He took out a packet of powder, instructing his subordinate to find an opportunity to put it in Liu Yuanhui’s tea. The powder was colorless and tasteless, rendering a man incapable of intercourse for a year after consumption.
Zhao Laosan thought viciously, daring to snatch his woman, now useless after snatching, could only watch.
Hahaha!
Imagining this scene greatly satisfied the twisted mind of the man, producing a sinister, eerie smile at the corners of his mouth.
Cheng Xiaoxiao knocked out a beauty about to bathe and soaked in a fragrant bathtub, scrubbing forcefully as the system relayed the dialogue between Zhao Laosan and his subordinates verbatim.
Upon hearing, Cheng Xiaoxiao thought this was a good idea. Just when she was troubled with no means, this opportunity presented itself.
Now she lacked manpower and was weak, so she could only sow discord internally, thinking this, the smile at the corner of Cheng Xiaoxiao’s mouth widened.
She already thought of how to make a move.
What started as friendship over drinks breaks up at the clap of hands.
She would fan the flames to burn more fiercely.
Let them suspect each other, tearing each other apart.
No more delays, Cheng Xiaoxiao donned her homemade night suit and wandered through the city.
