The Prime Minister's Darling

Chapter 314: Chapter 171: The Crown Prince’s Wife is Punished (Second Update)

Xiao Liulang withdrew his foot from the suspension bridge.

“Are you coming or going? If not, move!” An burly man rudely pushed Xiao Liulang to the side from behind.

“Hey! Why are you pushing? Liulang! Liulang, come up quickly—” Fen Lin, who had been squeezed onto the bridge by the crowded throng, initially thought Xiao Liulang would follow him up. He didn’t expect his spot to be claimed by someone else.

He reached out to grab Xiao Liulang.

But he couldn’t.

“You should come back too!” Xiao Liulang said to him.

But it was too late.

There were too many people, and Fen Lin was quickly pushed to the center of the crowd.

Lin Chengye was behind Xiao Liulang.

Since Xiao Liulang didn’t go up, he didn’t either.

Gu Jiao was still shouting not to come over, that the bridge was about to break, but only those about to ascend the bridge heard her. Those who did hear didn’t believe her and shook their heads before heading towards the temple.

“Oh, no!”

Fen Lin was jostled across the bridge by the crowd, lost his balance and stumbled, falling.

As he rubbed his sore knee and got up, he hadn’t seen Gu Jiao not too far away, when he heard a scream from behind.

“Ah—”

“Ah—”

“Ah—”

Fen Lin turned around to look.

Oh, dear mother!

The bridge broke!

The bridge didn’t break in the middle; it broke at the end closest to the temple.

Everyone on the bridge fell into the bone-chilling water.

Xiao Liulang clearly saw the brute who had pushed him aside fall into the water as he was about to ascend the bridge.

His fall was the worst because he had been standing the highest.

If Gu Jiao hadn’t stopped him, he could have been the one falling so drastically into the water.

And there was Lin Chengye. He was behind him and couldn’t avoid this disaster either.

People were falling into the water as if dumplings were being dropped into it, struggling for their lives in the icy river. Those who had not ascended the bridge were so scared their legs went weak. The holy land bathed in Buddha’s glory had suddenly become a human purgatory.

Xiao Liulang looked distantly at the petite form on the other bank.

How many times had she helped him avoid disaster?

In the biting cold wind, she was dressed in green. Her clothes fluttered and her hair brushed in the wind. In the snow-white world, she looked like a fairy who had descended to earth.

Gu Jiao had come back from the Stone Arch Bridge.

Fen Lin, pale-faced, was following her.

Really, he was scared to death!

If he had been a step later, he would have been the one falling!

He was also immensely grateful that Liulang and Lin Chengye didn’t go up the bridge. Otherwise, how would they have been able to avoid it?

At this thought, Fen Lin’s legs felt as if they had done wrong and couldn’t move.

“Hurry up,” Gu Jiao urged.

“Ah…” Fen Lin hugged his arms, his voice shaking.

She had done what she could. The rest was beyond her control.

After all, what business did she have with the world? She only cared about one person.

The four met up and arrived in front of Lin Chengye’s carriage.

When Mr. Zhou saw the four of them safe and sound, he breathed a long sigh of relief, “Oh my God, you scared me to death! I just heard that the suspension bridge broke, and I was wondering if the young master and the others were also on the bridge…I…I…”

Lin Chengye comfortingly patted Mr. Zhou’s back.

It was only then that Lin Chengye realized Mr. Zhou’s hardship.

People who survived by a hair’s breadth might be particularly fragile. In his heart, he had always treated Mr. Zhou as an inferior, but at this moment, he inexplicably saw in Mr. Zhou the semblance of his father.

Lin Chengye felt a sourness in his nose.

“Get in the carriage,” Mr. Zhou said, choking back laughter.

They got into the carriage.

Although Xiao Liulang and Lin Chengye were saved, the few people in the carriage still seemed a bit out of sorts.

Fen Lin and Lin Chengye hadn’t heard what Gu Jiao said. They assumed that Xiao Liulang couldn’t get on the suspension bridge because he was pushed aside.

Both of them were too shocked by the accident to ask why Gu Jiao was here and how she got to the temple faster than them.

The carriage quickly arrived at Lin Chengye’s mansion. Mr. Zhou pulled open the curtain and smiled at Lin Chengye and Fen Lin, saying, “Young master, Mr. Fen, you can get off first. I’ll take Mr. Xiao and Miss Xiao home.”

“Oh.” Lin Chengye agreed and got off the carriage with Fen Lin.

Both of them needed to recover from the shock.

The carriage continued its way towards Bishui Alley.

Mr. Zhou sat in the carriage with the driver.

Only Xiao Liulang and Gu Jiao were left in the carriage.

Xiao Liulang glanced at Gu Jiao. She always carried a basket when she goes out, which contains her small first aid kit.

Today she didn’t bring anything with her. @@novelbin@@

It was clear how rushed she was before leaving the house.

He stared at her unwaveringly, “How did you know the suspension bridge would break?”

Gu Jiao answered calmly, “Oh, a few days ago, a patient came to the Medical Hall. He had just returned from burning incense at the Puji Temple, and he said the suspension bridge there had been neglected for years and couldn’t last much longer. Today is New Year’s Day, and so many people went to burn incense. The suspension bridge certainly couldn’t bear your weight.”