Transmigrator meets Reincarnator

Ch. 56 Saved

Royal Princess Duanjia rubbed the corners of her eyes as she inwardly continued her outburst. “Chu Liu, you dummy! You’d better be alive after this! You still owe this princess a whole roast duck! You promised that we’ll make it together next time! You can’t go back on your promises! Otherwise, this princess will make trouble for the entire House Jing’an, especially that darn annoying husband of yours!”

Royal Princess Duanjia suddenly had something out for He Changdi. After all that happened, Chu Lian had already become her best friend. Furthermore, Chu Lian was such a nice person, but that He Sanlang actually dared to abandon her. He was definitely a wife-abandoning animal!

Chu Lian, still standing in the small courtyard, didn’t have the spare time to think of all that. Her heart was thumping rapidly in her chest. It was impossible not to be scared. However, she didn’t have a choice. Chu Lian quickly put on Royal Princess Duanjia’s coat and ran over to the pile of kindling near the entrance of the closed courtyard. She dove inside in a panic. Under the cover of some dried grass, Chu Lian didn’t dare to move an inch. She held the mental map of the courtyard in her mind and calculated the escape route she was going to take.

She pressed on her own chest with her right hand and felt the beating of heart. In her heart, she prayed for Wenlan to return quickly with reinforcements.

From the gaps in the grass covering her, Chu Lian could see the two pursuers carefully stepping into the courtyard. They were completely covered in black clothing. Even their faces were wrapped up in black, leaving only their sinister-looking eyes peeking out. The swords they held had been covered in blood at some point; beads of red were rolling down the sharp blades and dripping onto the tile-covered ground. Chu Lian felt like she could almost hear the pitter patter of the falling blood.

Her heart in her throat, she watched every movement that the assassins made. The two men swept the courtyard with their gazes once they entered, as if they were just about to find either her or Royal Princess Duanjia.

Chu Lian shut her eyes and took a deep breath. The next time her eyes opened, they were as bright as stars in the night sky.

She mentally counted to three before pushing aside the kindling covering her. Without any room for further thought, Chu Lian ran towards the entrance of the courtyard.

When the two assassins spotted the young girl appearing out of nowhere, one of them quickly followed after her while the other remained in the courtyard.

The remaining assassin walked up to the kindling pile that Chu Lian had just been hiding in and used his sword to poke through it. After pushing aside the grass and discovering that there was no one else hiding in there, he spat in anger. After that, he continued looking through the courtyard.

It seemed like the assassins weren’t stupid.

Eventually, the gaze of the remaining assassin landed on the only well in the courtyard.

He strode towards the well and lifted the wooden cover on top of it, scanning the inside. Although it was rather deep, the sunlight reached far enough that he could see the bottom.

Seeing that there was only a piece of wood floating on the water’s surface and nothing else, he harrumphed and turned to leave.

Hiding under that piece of wood was Royal Princess Duanjia. She waited until a few more moments had passed before she dared to come up for air. In her heart, she cursed the assassins a million times over, while worrying for Chu Lian’s safety.