“I’m sorry! Are you okay?”
Fu Qi rarely interacted with girls, with the most contact being with Fu Yuling.
The woman in front of him, referred to as a woman, was quite beautiful and wore a dress. She looked rather gentle and demure. Her fair face had eyes that sparkled like autumn waters, giving her a pitiful appearance.
If Fu Qi didn’t have great hearing, he wouldn’t have caught her saying it was fine.
Since the matter had already passed, Fu Qi was still concerned about Fu Yuling! He wanted to quickly finish shopping and head back. It would be dark soon.
He stopped looking at the woman in front of him and bypassed her to leave.
“Can you, can you help me with something?”
The woman suddenly grabbed him. Fu Qi was walking forward quickly, but the sudden pull made him stumble forward. As soon as Fu Qi turned around, the woman threw herself into his arms.
Reacting differently from ordinary people, Fu Qi quickly pulled her away and checked to see if his clothes had been dirtied.
Once he saw nothing was wrong, he looked at the woman.
“I’ve already apologized, and you’re fine, so why are you still holding on to me?”
Fu Qi couldn’t see the woman’s tearful expression. He only knew he still had things to do, and being stopped here was putting him in a bad mood.
“Yes, I’m sorry, I was just too scared…”
Her voice was melodious, akin to a yellow bird.
Fu Qi was puzzled. “What are you scared of?”
The woman moved closer to him and glanced back over her shoulder frequently. “Someone has been following me. I’m a young educated youth who came here recently, and I’m unfamiliar with this place. I’m so scared…”
Fu Qi seized on that, “You’re an educated youth? Where would you go?”
The woman didn’t understand Fu Qi’s sudden excitement, but it didn’t stop her from explaining.
“I’m from Zhuangjia Village. Can you please not leave? Someone is following me…”
Thinking that by helping her he would gain a favor in return, especially when He Wen and the others go to school and there would be someone to look after them, Fu Qi nodded.
“Come with me.”
He carefully held the medicines like a precious treasure and started walking toward a remote corner.
The woman clutched the hem of her clothing and glanced back several times before reaching their destination.
It was a dimly lit corner, and Fu Qi pressed her into a blind spot and said, “Don’t say anything. Let me see who’s following you.”
With that, he moved to the corner, not bothering to check the woman’s expression.
He Jingsi and Xiao Rui, who had been following the woman, suddenly lost sight of their target. Xiao Rui leaned closer to He Jingsi.
“Hey, should we continue to follow?”
Because they were too far away, He Jingsi only felt that the man was familiar but didn’t recognize him as Fu Qi.
Thinking that this target could be useful, he nodded.
“Disguise yourself as a passerby and walk over, but don’t be too obvious.”
Xiao Rui changed his temperament to a nonchalant one and pulled a stray weed to place in his mouth. He kept an eye on the corner as he started to walk over slowly.
Seeing him move forward, He Jingsi blended into the crowd and went over from another direction.
Hearing someone approaching, Fu Qi prepared himself, becoming alert.
Xiao Rui started humming a tune, his expression growing serious as they approached the corner.
Fu Qi charged forward, and Xiao Rui quickly sidestepped and managed to grab him. He looked up in confusion. How come he ended up face to face with Fu Yuling’s brother?
“What are you doing here?”
Xiao Rui quickly released the person, surprised.
“You know me?”
Rubbing his slightly sore hand, Fu Qi was confused.
“I know your sister.”
