Chapter 797: Going to the Government Office

She feared that Gu Dashan might misunderstand her as a swindler and added, "Big brother, rest assured, I am a decent woman. Even though I’m widowed and life is hard, I’ve never thought of swindling you."

Liu Eniang spoke with a choked and fragile voice, a tear slipping from the corner of her eye as she spoke, one hand over her chest, the very picture of ultimate vulnerability and helplessness.

Seeing her like this, the three men who came to support her couldn’t help but gulp, their whole bodies aflame with desire provoked by her appearance.

But looking at Liu Eniang, Gu Dashan had a thought flash through his mind: This white lotus, green tea actress, feigning fragility to scheme against me, trying to marry into my family, to bully my wife, torment my children, spend all my family’s silver!

Gu Dashan remembered what Gu Jinli had told him about how white lotuses schemed against men, leading to the ruin and death of those men’s families, and now looking at Liu Eniang, his face turned pale with fear.

With a shudder, he turned the mule cart around and bolted away.

Liu Eniang was baffled. What’s happening? Was Gu Dashan running away? He actually ran away! Was he even a man? Seeing such a beautiful and frail young wife crying and pleading for his help, yet he ran away!

Liu Eniang couldn’t believe that Gu Dashan would treat her this way, and hurriedly cried out for his help: "Big brother, big brother don’t run, save Eniang please."

Unfortunately, the more she cried out, the faster Gu Dashan fled, as if chased by demons.

Liu Eniang became furious at the sight, and the three men who wanted to take advantage of her were also angry. They comforted her while taking their chances with her: "Young madam, don’t cry. I know that person is from Gu’s warehouse. Let’s go find him right away, and he’ll definitely have to compensate you with silver."

Liu Eniang hadn’t expected Gu Dashan to run off, and now at a loss, she just nodded in tears upon hearing their words.

Immediately, the three men escorted her towards Gu’s warehouse.

Other pedestrians on the street hurried after them, eager to watch the commotion at Gu’s warehouse.

Those who were late and didn’t know the situation asked the earlier onlookers, "Hey hey, what’s going on? Why is that young madam crying and surrounded by three big men?"

They whispered, "Isn’t that young madam out here to sell herself? It’s not even dark yet and she’s already soliciting business; she’s in quite a hurry."

It’s no wonder the passersby misunderstood; after all, a decent young woman wouldn’t be surrounded by three big men, crying as if she’s about to faint.

Someone chuckled and replied, "Not sure if she’s out here to sell herself, but she’s definitely trying to climb up the social ladder."

Gu Dashan often delivered goods to Gu’s warehouse in the past two years, and Manager Gu of the warehouse has said that he’s just a manager, while this Gu Dashan is the boss.

That little lady must have seen that Guy Dashan’s family is wealthy and wanted to scheme her way into marrying into the family to enjoy a life of luxury.

Too bad for her, it seems Gu Dashan probably has a fierce tiger at home, daring not to entertain the young woman and instead immediately driving the cart away.

"Truly a big curiosity, I’ve never seen a man run away from a beauty delivered right to his doorstep as if from an evil ghost."

The inquirer was shocked upon hearing this: "Really? That truly is a curiosity. What kind of fierce woman must the wife of Boss Gu be for him to be so afraid?"

Mrs. Cui was greatly wronged; there wasn’t another in all of Great Chu as gentle and easy to speak with as her.

Gu Dashan’s flight was ultimately because he was frightened by what Gu Jinli had told him. Knowing his honesty and fearing he might be schemed against, Gu Jinli often told him about how bad women scheme against men, leading to other families’ downfall and destruction.

Gu Dashan felt terrified just listening. Suddenly meeting the kind of bad woman Xiao Yu talked about, how could he not run away?

"Brother Dashan, why are you back? Didn’t you go home?" Gu Dalin was busy in the shop when he suddenly saw a mule cart stop in front of the shop’s door, and Gu Dashan, pale-faced, ran inside. He hurried over to ask, "Did something happen?"

His face had gone white from fright.

Gu Dashan said, "A bad woman is chasing me."

He recounted the incident with Liu Eniang, how she ran into his cart, begged for his help, and his suspicions that Liu Eniang was trying to trap him.

"That woman is too similar to the bad women Xiao Yu described. And my mule cart didn’t hit her at all, she ran into it herself." Gu Dashan was a timid man, terrified of causing trouble for his family if his mule cart hit someone. Therefore, when he drove on the streets, he did so slowly and would not let the mule run, making it impossible to hit someone at such a pace, no faster than a walking person.

"It was that woman who suddenly rushed over and collided with the mule, falling to the ground," Gu Dashan was getting angrier the more he spoke. If not for his tight grip on the reins, the mule would have trampled that woman to death by now.

Xiao Yu was right; these women were too wicked, ready to risk their lives just to lay traps. His own wife was much better.

Gu Dalin was startled but also felt it was normal; their families had come into money and naturally it would attract scheming from others. He managed the Gu Family warehouse in the county and had also been targeted by several widows trying to trap him, but none succeeded, and he dealt with them.

"Gu’s warehouse, get out here, have you no shame? You hit someone and ran off; come out and pay up!" Wu Changfu shouted at the warehouse, pointing at Gu Dashan, "You, yeah you, come out here right now."

The other two men also yelled, "Come out quickly! If you don’t, we’re going to storm in and seize you. What kind of man runs after hitting someone?"

Gu Dalin frowned and said, "Brother Dashan, stay put, I’ll go out and see them."

Gu Dashan shook his head, "Let’s go out together, we can’t let it ruin the reputation of Gu’s warehouse. We still have to do business later."

Gu Dalin thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Alright, let’s go."

Both of them came out with three shop assistants, and asked Liu Eniang, "What do you want?"

"What do I want? You hit the young lady, naturally, you must pay!" Wu Changfu glared at Gu Dashan, looking as if he would beat him to death if he did not pay up.

Liu Eniang’s goal wasn’t the silver but to get close to Gu Dashan, invoke his pity, take over Gu Dashan, and marry into the Gu Family as a concubine, then give birth to sons and vie for inheritance.

So she sobbed, "You’ve misunderstood, big brother, I did not come for the silver... It was them; they forced me here, please don’t get the wrong idea."

Then, crying, "Big brother, please save me, drive them away, I don’t know them at all, woo woo woo..."

Wu Changfu was furious upon hearing this, "How can you be so ungrateful, miss? We’re trying to help you."

Liu Eniang: "You’re using me to extort silver, I won’t help you do evil deeds."

She turned and cried to Gu Dashan: "Big brother, please save me, just this once, and we can forget about you hitting me."

Liu Eniang thought that by saying this, Gu Dashan would surely agree, since these three hoodlums were trying to extort his silver. To protect himself, Gu Dashan would help.

Unfortunately for her, Gu Dashan said: "This kind of ruckus looks bad. Let’s go to the government office before it closes. We’ll let the authorities decide. Whatever the judge’s verdict, I won’t complain. Whatever compensation due at that time will be paid, let’s not argue here too much."