The Royal's Cute Little Wife

9.2

Chapter 9.2: Awkwardness (2)

The driver forlornly said, "The carriage wheels are broken, we probably can't go any further."

As such, they could only get down the carriage. Fortunately, they weren't too far from the jewellery store, and would only have to walk for 15 mins.

The rest of them didn't think too much about it and it was only Xie Hanbin whose eyebrows furrowed.

Given that the road was so wide, why was their carriage hit?

Holding Xie Lisa's hand, and ensuring that she stuck closely to him, he said, "Little lamb, follow me".

After experiencing that episode of danger, Xie Lisa had become more obedient and followed her older brother closely. "Big brother, why did the people collide with our carriage earlier on?"

Xie Hanbin likewise couldn't figure it out, and was worried that it was still dangerous. If it wasn't for his younger sister's disappointment, he would have brought her home immediately.

To console her, he said "It's probably due to carelessness".

"Oh." Xie Lisa didn't continue asking.

The streets were filled with activity. Before, they hadn't been able to see it clearly on the carriage, but as they walked on the streets they could truly understand what it meant to be shoulder-to-shoulder with someone.

Jugglers and acting troupes were everywhere, as well as sweet and pastry sellers. In the end Xie Lisa was still a child, and as she played to her heart's content, she quickly forgot the earlier scare and looked around curiously.

Still, the best performance was held by the opera troupe in front of Li Jungkook. From afar, the sounds of the play attracted many people, until the crowd was practically airtight, leaving no spaces in between. Wanting to see, Xie Lisa pulled at Xie Hanbin's hand, saying, "Big Brother, let's go there!"

Xie Hanbin stopped moving and shook his head, saying, "No way, there are too many people there."

Steward Wang also strongly discouraged her, as that place was the most chaotic, and it would be a target for troublemakers.

Xie Lisa continued begging but as they remained unmoved, she had no choice but to give up.

Gao Taehyung and Li Jungkook caught up with them from the back, and in order to please Xie Lisa, said, "If Ah Lisa wants to see, I'll go with you next time to listen to them."

Xie Lisa immeditely agreed "Sure!"

Immediately, Xie Hanbin coldly glared over at Gao Taehyung. Rubbing his nose, Gao Taehyung pretended not to see it.

If one were to call Xie Lisa little fairy, then Xie Hanbin was the cold and emotionless judge. Just one look from him could instantly kill someone; the less courageous would definitely be unable to take it.

As they walked past the acting troupe, the crowd suddenly dispersed; the crowd like a tide, scaring a few children into moving back. Looking inside, they then realised that the performance had ended, and the opera troupe was getting ready to leave.

Clutching tightly to Xie Hanbin's hand, Xie Lisa braced herself as several grown men knocked into her. She hadn't experienced that sort of chaos before, and was shocked silly, only remembering to hang on tightly to her brother.

Steward Wang kept the young master and young miss together and guided them forward, alongside Gao's household servants who had come to help out.

However, after the acting troupe finished up, they came towards their direction and just so happened to block their way. Steward Wang's elbow was heavily hit by someone and as he let go his grip, Xie Lisa was forced out from the protective circle. Taking two steps back, she carelessly looked around and realised that her surroundings had become unfamiliar, and in just a moment, she could no longer spot her big brother or the steward.

Immediately, tears appeared at the corners of her eyes and she couldn't help but cry, "Big brother..."

Just then, a pair of hands grabbed her, and brought her into a side alley.

Thinking that it was a bad person, Xie Lisa struggled and shouted, "Who're you? Let me go!"

Li Jungkook's voice came from the front, "Don't speak!"

Abruptly, she forced herself to stop tearing up. The familiar voice seemed like a lifesaver to her, and as she wiped away her tears with her sleeve, she followed Li Jungkook into the small alleyway.

The alley was quite narrow, and only just managed to fit the two of them. Inside, they could even smell the putrid scent of some kind of rotting thing. Li Jungkook and Xie Lisa hid inside silently, neither of them saying a word. A long time later, she finally opened her mouth, whispering, "Big Brother Xiao Jungkook, what happened just now?"

Li Jungkook himself didn't know what had happened, but he only felt that the opera troupe earlier made him feel uneasy.

They had purposefully surrounded them, and blocked their way, forcing them to disperse and lose track of each other. If he hadn't run away quickly, he could've been caught by them.

Thinking back to Gao Taehyung's earlier warnings of illegal slave traders, be furrowed his eyebrows.

After waiting for a while, he surreptitiously looked out, and only after seeing that the street was relatively peaceful did he bring Xie Lisa out.

Despite looking around a few times, he still didn't manage to find Xie Hanbin and Gao Taehyung. Thankfully Xie Lisa was quite brave, and didn't mind it. Walking forwards, she tightly grasped Li Jungkook's hand, pitifully saying, "Big Brother Xiao Jungkook, don't leave me."

Startled, Li Jungkook brushed her off. "There's no need to hold my hand anymore."

Before it had been a special situation, so he'd been willing to hold her hand, but afterwards there was no need to anymore.

Still Xie Lisa disagreed, and again she took his hand. "What if both of us get lost again?"

Li Jungkook told her it would happen, and brushed her hand off again.

Despite this Xie Lisa refused to relent, and started pestering him.

Li Jungkook wanted to brush her off again, but turning his head he saw that she was about to cry again. If he rejected her, she'd probably really start crying. Then, he suddenly realised that she was afraid.

Hesitating, he finally relented, and expresionlessly continued to walk.