Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 204: Act on impulse and be a hero who upholds justice

Shen Yu seemed to be giving Zhou Dalang courage, and also seemed to be encouraging himself, and his words sounded justified.

Zhou Dalang listened and felt that what Shen Yu said made sense, so he became bolder.

He wanted to get a headscarf, but was afraid that going into the house would make Cui worry again, so he turned around and went to the kitchen, took one of Cui's blue cloth aprons with small floral patterns and wrapped it around his face.

Shen Yu was originally nervous, but when she saw Zhou Dalang with a floral apron wrapped around his face, she couldn't help but chuckle and asked, "Isn't this frustrating?"

Zhou Dalang didn't have the leisure to do so, and said in a low voice: "It's OK, it's covered tightly like this, but there is a smell of oil smoke."

After asking and answering each other, the two felt a little relieved, so they took the tools they had used in the crime and walked out of the yard one after the other.

Shen Yu waved to Mrs. Liu and the other two. When they saw Zhou Dalang's expression, they were both stunned.

Shen Yu whispered, "Let's do as we discussed before."

As he spoke, he took out a headscarf from his arms and wrapped it around his face.

The face was already small, and now only a pair of eyes were bright and clear.

Zheng Sanniang took a deep breath and walked towards her home diagonally opposite.

He walked to the door, stopped, and looked back at the three people anxiously.

Shen Yu whispered, "Don't worry, we'll wait for you at the door. If there's a real argument, we'll go in and help."

Zheng Sanniang nodded vigorously and gently pushed open the gate.

Outside the door, Shen Yu and Zhou Dalang each pulled one end of the rope and quickly hid on both sides of the courtyard gate, listening nervously to the movements in the yard.

Mrs. Liu followed Shen Yu's example, took off her headscarf and wrapped it around her face, holding the mouth of the sack tightly with both hands and hid aside.

Be ready at any time. If Li Changgen chases out, trip him and put him on.

The waiting time passed very slowly. Shen Yu, who was doing this kind of thing for the first time, held the rope tightly, and his palms were sweating from nervousness.

Although she explained to Zhou Dalang with confidence, like a hero upholding justice, she actually didn't know whether doing so was illegal or not.

Shen Yu laughed at himself in his heart: "You said you would mind your own business, but now you are rushing forward. You are becoming more and more like Li."

Just as I was daydreaming, I heard light footsteps in the yard.

The courtyard door slowly opened, and Zheng Sanniang came out with a nervous look on her face, holding a sleeping child.

Shen Yu listened carefully. The yard was completely silent, with no other sounds. Only Zheng Sanniang came out.

Zheng Sanniang walked out of the yard, almost fainting. She couldn't hold the child in her arms and was about to go limp.

Shen Yu secretly said, "Oh no! This is not the time to fall down."

She took a big step forward, held Zheng Sanniang's arm tightly, and whispered, "Go, go."

Zheng Sanniang was supported by Shen Yu and immediately became more sober. She didn't know where she got the strength from, but she lifted the child in her arms up, held the child tightly, and walked quickly towards the alley.

Seeing that no one was following them, Shen Yu and the other two carefully closed the gate of Zheng Sanniang's house.

After collecting the rope, shoulder pole and sack, he tiptoed forward to chase after him.

When they reached the alley entrance, Shen Yu whispered to Mrs. Liu and Zhou Dalang, "Please keep an eye on it for a while. If there is no movement from Li Changgen's house within a cup of tea, you can go home and pretend nothing happened."

"If Li Changgen chases us out, we should first quietly see where he is chasing us."

"As long as he's not heading towards my store, let him go."

"If you're heading towards my shop, run ahead and let us know. I'll take Zheng Sanniang and her son to hide outside. Don't fight him head-on. There's no need."

Zhou Dalang and Liu Sao agreed, and reminded Shen Yu to be careful, then went back to hide in the shadow of their own courtyard gate in the alley.

Shen Yu quickly took off the headscarf on her face, lowered her head and hunched her back as she hurried home. After walking for a while, she finally saw Zheng Sanniang's back.

At this time, Zheng Sanniang, holding a two or three-year-old child in her arms, walked faster than Shen Yu with all her might.

Shen Yu was afraid that passers-by would see him and cause trouble again, so he simply followed from behind.

Zheng Sanniang actually knew to avoid the light and shadows. There were not many pedestrians on the road at this time, and most of the open shops had closed their doors and were packing up to close. No one noticed the thin woman holding a child and walking quickly with her head down on the street.

The two walked one after the other and finally entered the alley behind the shop.

Zheng Sanniang walked to the back door of Fengnian Restaurant. Before she knocked, Li and Jiang, who had been listening behind the gate, opened the gate.

When Zheng Sanniang saw the two of them, she breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed to the ground holding the child.

When the two men saw this, they hurriedly held on to each of them and dragged Zheng Sanniang and her son into the courtyard.

Li asked anxiously in a low voice: "Where is my Yuzhi? Why didn't she come back with you?"

Along the way, Zheng Sanniang walked such a long distance holding the child, who was even harder to hold because he was sleeping, with the determination to protect him at all costs.

By this time I was completely exhausted and too tired to speak.

Jiang was afraid that the neighbors would hear the baby crying, so she took the baby from Zheng Sanniang's arms and urged her in a low voice: "Sister Li, go outside and take a look. It's no use asking her."

Li no longer cared about Zheng Sanniang who was slumped on the ground, and felt regretful in her heart.

Shen Yu shouldn't have been allowed to go alone. If something happened, she would be dead.

Li's mind was filled with images of Shen Yu getting into trouble. She stood up anxiously, touched the door bar behind the door, and was about to go outside to look for Shen Yu.

As soon as he walked out of the courtyard gate, he came face to face with Shen Yu.

Li was so anxious at the moment that she didn't even recognize Shen Yu and just kept walking forward.

Shen Yu entered the alley and was quickening his pace to go home, but suddenly he saw Li holding a thick wooden stick and walking forward with his head down. He saw him but ignored him and was about to pass by him.

Shen Yu was quick to act and grabbed Li's arm, whispering, "Mom, it's me."

Li recognized it as Shen Yu's voice, threw away the stick and was about to speak.

With the faint light coming in from the courtyard gate, Shen Yu was quick to cover Li's mouth.

Seeing that Li stopped talking, she made a "hush" gesture, picked up the wooden stick on the ground, and pulled Li into the yard.

Only after he gently closed the gate and propped it up with the door bar did Shen Yu relax.

At this time, Yutao and the other three were also in the yard, and together with Jiang, they helped to lift Zheng Sanniang up from the ground.

Li ordered Yutao, "You can't help them. Go get them a basin of water to wash their faces."

As he said this, he reached out and held Zheng Sanniang.

Shen Yu and Li each supported Zheng Sanniang, Jiang held Xiao Zhuzi, and they entered the house together.

Yutao came in with a basin of steaming water for washing face. Only then did Shen Yu realize that his forehead was covered with sweat and his hair was wet.