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The Unstoppable Lady: Fortune Meets Power (Web Novel) - Chapter 1614: 777 Aunt Meeting (two updates) 4
Chapter 1614: 777 Aunt Meeting (two updates) 4
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He had tutoring with Chengfuzi after school today.But in his view, tutoring could be skipped, he didn’t really want to go anyway.
The two little ones packed their school bags and went to Chengfuzi to ask for leave.
The Little Princess put her hands on her hips and stared fiercely at Chengfuzi, who didn’t dare disagree.
"Just now someone was asking about the Genius Class’s dismissal time. Is there another thief eyeing the princess? For safety’s sake, we should pick up the princess directly from the academy."
"Understood!"
A seemingly ordinary but actually incredibly luxurious carriage, endowed with the privileges of the King, drove into Lingbo Academy and stopped directly at the door of the Genius Class.
Four internal experts stood in a row.
The nanny stepped out of the carriage and took the Little Princess’s school bag: "Little Master, we should go back."
The Little Princess said, "Today, I want to invite Jingkong to play at my house!"
The nanny smiled: "If Little Master’s family is okay with it, then naturally you can."
"No problem, no problem." Little Jingkong made the decision for himself.
Anyway, Brother Chengfeng couldn’t control him, and he wasn’t a bad brother-in-law.
The two little ones got into the carriage.
Two of the internal experts sat in the carriage, while the other two escorted them on horseback.
The old academician peered from the alley.
The carriage passed by him.
After another half-hour, the last student came out of Lingbo Academy, and the guards started closing the gate.
The old academician was shocked: "Hey! What’s going on? Why are they closing the gate?" He looked back at Zhuang Empress Dowager in the carriage and asked, "Did Jingkong come out just now? Did you see him?"
"No, he didn’t come out." Zhuang Empress Dowager replied.
Although she was old, she wasn’t so old that her vision was blurry. She was certain she didn’t overlook anything.
The old academician said suspiciously: "Could it be... Jingkong didn’t attend school today? Surely, they didn’t go to Lingbo Academy, and something happened to them? They..."
Zhuang Empress Dowager said coldly: "Shut up!"
The old academician fell silent reluctantly.
The sky, which had been hot all day, began to roll with clouds, and it looked like it was going to rain.
The old academician said, "How about we find an inn to stay overnight and come back tomorrow?"
Zhuang Empress Dowager looked intently: "The gate isn’t fully closed yet, there’s still a gap. Let’s wait a bit more."
The nearby restaurant wafted the aroma of garlic sprouts fried with meat, and the old academician’s stomach growled. Only then did he remember that they had been waiting for someone all day and hadn’t eaten anything.
He was hungry. Zhuang Jinse, who was also greedy, must be feeling similarly.
"I’ll get some food for us." He said as he felt his empty money bag, coughed lightly and said to Zhuang Empress Dowager, "I’m out of travel expenses."
He had spent all his money on the journey.
Zhuang Empress Dowager held her bundle tightly: "It’s for Jiaojiao!"
Not a single coin could be spent!
The old academician had no choice but to rummage through his pockets, eventually finding two coins that had somehow fallen into the torn lining of his sleeve.
He was lucky; usually, two coins could only buy one steamed bun, but today it was about to rain, and the shop owner was eager to close, so he gave the old academician the last two buns.
The old academician gave the bigger one to Zhuang Empress Dowager.
The heavy rain in Shengdu came without warning.
The sky was torn open, and the rain poured down furiously, accompanied by strong winds; the street carts were overturned!
The old academician held the half-eaten bun in his mouth and hurriedly tightened the window and lowered the curtain.
However, the weather was so bad that the curtain was snapped off in a bang, and the wind and rain mercilessly poured into the carriage.
The old academician quickly stood up, intending to use his thin body to block the wind and rain. He gripped the door frame tightly, but the next second, the roof of the carriage was blown off.
The old academician was soaked to the point he couldn’t open his eyes. He reached for the umbrella, intending to open it and shield Zhuang Empress Dowager from the rain. But before he could open it, he was blown down to the ground.
"This won’t work! We need to find a place to take shelter from the rain!" He wiped the rain off his face, struggling to open his eyes as he reached out to Zhuang Empress Dowager, "Come down! I’ll hold onto you!"
Two elderly people exposed to such extreme weather was extremely dangerous; a slight mishap could lead to them falling and unable to get back up.
Zhuang Empress Dowager couldn’t open her eyes long ago and naturally couldn’t see the hand reaching out to her. She clung tightly to her bundle with one hand and gripped the carriage wall with the other, moving slowly and arduously down.
