Pleased to Start Over

When Crossing Over 4.1

Pleasing Start-Over Chapter 39: Arc 4 Part 1

Author: 橘子

(T/N: The wives are addressed as _surname_ 'shi'. This is just to denote their maiden name. Since I'm already using madam to refer to the older women, I figure that using Madame in place of shi would make things simpler while I translate. Madame with an e is for married women. Mrs. just looked weird when I tried it out.

Qiao Chen in this arc was born from the first wife= true born. The brother was born from a concubine/ second wife=bastard. Since this is an ancient setting, I'll be using the archaic definition for bastard in this arc.)

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Qiao Chen felt a small jolt. When he opened his eyes, he only had a blurry view of small cubical-like area. At least he wasn't nauseous anymore. Finally, his vision cleared. He immediately saw that he was actually lying in a carriage. Apparently, he had returned to an ancient time period for this life.

The moving carriage suddenly stopped, and there was a commotion outside. Qiao Chen was about to sit up when the carriage's curtain was swatted open.

A familiar face suddenly appeared before him. Qiao Chen stared blankly, but then blurted out, "Xiao Qinan?"

After the name slipped out of his mouth, Qiao Chen remembered that this was supposed to be the first time that the two should have met. He suddenly blurted out their name, so they were probably weirded out by him now. Qiao Chen looked at the man. Sure enough, the man kept a confused look from the moment he laid eyes on him.

"General, they have just escaped from over there." Xiao Qinan's subordinate reported from the outside.

Qiao Chen immediately reached for Xiao Qinan's arm just as Xiao Qinan turned around and was just about to jump out of the carriage. Xiao Qinan quickly turned back. He had wanted to shake off Qiao Chen's hand, but when he looked into Qiao Chen's eyes... His body suddenly stopped in fear of hurting Qiao Chen. This made the already confused Xiao Qinan even more bewildered. Qiao Chen quickly pointed to the bottom of his carriage.

He knew that the men Xiao Qinan's subordinates found were just unimportant grunts who were trying to lure them away. The people Xiao Qinan really wanted were hiding under his carriage.

Xiao Qinan glanced down and his expression changed. He pretended to leave and jumped down from Qiao Chen's carriage. Some of his men had already chased the other escapees, while others had stayed and awaited his command.

Xiao Qinan signaled to his subordinates to surround Qiao Chen's carriage.

"Ah! You guys.... Wuwu, wah!" Qiao Chen's servants and attendants initially stood nearby at their wits' while sobbing. When they saw the carriage being surrounded, they rushed up and tried to protect Qiao Chen. However, they were immediately dragged away by Xiao Qinan's men.

Xiao Qinan's men cordoned off the carriage from Qiao Chen's people and the first carriage. They were held back with blades to their throats, so they didn't dare let out another peep, but tears were still streaming down their faces.

Qiao Chen jumped out of the carriage's window as Xiao Qinan's men surrounded it. He jump over to the carriage in front of his and climb through the window. His mother and her two maids looked at the blades as they glinted in the light and were terrified half to death. When they saw Qiao Chen, they opened their mouths and were about to call out to him. However, Qiao Chen immediately put his fingers to his lips and signaled them to keep quiet.

At the back carriage, there was the sound of a horse whose carriage had been overturned and sounds of a scuffle quickly followed.

After the fighting stopped, Qiao Chen's carriage curtains were opened. Xiao Qinan stood outside, looked at Qiao Chen, and said, "Thank you very much."