Lose My Heart to the Lovely Kitten Princess - Chapter 230

Chapter 230 His Turn to Collect the Money

“Tingzhu, you can’t leave your post. Do you expect the leader to take over your place to strike the gong and entertain the crowd?”

Mu Bai was the first to stop Tingzhu. Then, he shook his head. “I can’t either. If I leave, who will smash the boulder?”

The men fell silent again. What Mu Bai said made sense. Their mission was to help Master solve his problems, but they couldn’t leave their post now. What could they do?

“I’ll go! But leader, the task of collecting money…”

Songtao looked at the others and spoke again while holding the jar of money in his hand awkwardly. He felt that it was inappropriate to pass it directly to Chu Yunshen.

“I was planning to do that.”

Chu Yunshen took the initiative to take away the jar from Songtao, and then lowered his head to recall what Songtao had done earlier.

It was not that Chu Yunshen did not want to investigate the case on his own, but that he was concerned about the little thing in the maze. If he left now, he didn’t know what the little thing would feel if she didn’t see him after she came out of the maze.

“Absolutely not! I’ll go! Tingzhu, Songtao, quickly move this stone slab away. Why have you all forgotten about me?”

As Xiaowu spoke, he tried to move the stone slab on his body, anxiously wanting to stand up and leave the benches.

“If you leave, who will do the performance?”

Mu Bai held the stone hammer with one hand and helped Xiaowu hold the stone slab with the other. He was afraid that Xiaowu would hurt himself if he couldn’t hold the stone and smashed it onto himself.

Xiaowu wanted to say that any of them could do the performance, but the audience booed him as if they were trying to verify Mu Bai’s words. Some hooligans even shouted at Xiaowu.

“Are you afraid, coward?!”

“Look at his flustered face. I bet he’ll pee himself if he doesn’t get up soon!”

“He is going to pee his pants in fear! Hahahaha…”

All kinds of ridicule and sarcasm came from the audience. Xiaowu was so enraged that his face turned red, and his hand that pushed the stone slab became even more violent.

“Alright, stop messing around!”

Mu Bai roared at Xiaowu, scaring the latter so much that he actually stopped and did not dare to move again.

Seeing that Xiaowu had stopped causing a ruckus, Mu Bai turned his gaze back to Chu Yunshen. “Leader, we definitely cannot leave our post. As for Songtao… how about you learn a trick or two from him?”

Chu Yunshen nodded, but he stopped Songtao who was about to come over and explain the process to him. “Never mind. There is no time. Songtao, you go directly.”

Just as the crowd was mocking Xiaowu, Chu Yunshen looked at He Lulu and De Ertai quietly. The two men had stopped talking and were checking their surroundings before leaving the crowd.

Chu Yunshen knew that if they didn’t take action now, it would be hard for them to track the two men because they might probably disappear without a trace.

Thus, Chu Yunshen quickly walked to the side with the jar of money, and Mu Bai and Xiaowu quickly adjusted their mentality. Tingzhu directly struck the gong and shouted again.

Only Songtao was still standing beside Xiaowu. He was not worried about Xiaowu or Mu Bai, but Chu Yunshen instead.

That was their Master!

Although Songtao did not know Chu Yunshen as well as Xiaowu did, he could guess what was going to happen next.

“What are you waiting for? Hurry and go!” Xiaowu growled impatiently through gritted teeth.

This time, Mu Bai placed the stone slab close to Xiaowu’s jaw, making it difficult for Xiaowu to raise his hand nor shake his head, so he could only order Songtao while lying stiffly on the benches.

Glancing at the two men who were about to leave, Songtao was ready to make his move at any moment now, but he stammered in uncertainty, “Brother Xiaowu, you know Leader…”

Before Songtao could finish, Chu Yunshen had already stridden to Songtao’s side with the jar of money. In a blink of an eye, he stuffed the jar of money into Songtao’s arms and blurted something before leaving.

“Look at the maze at all times. Keep your spirits up and watch!”

Chu Yunshen’s voice echoed in the cool air, leaving the stunned Songtao and Mu Bai with an I-know-everything expression.

Xiaowu only heard Chu Yunshen’s voice, but he could not see Chu Yunshen’s movements and expression, nor did he hear what Chu Yunshen said. At this time, he was anxiously asking Mu Bai about the situation, “What is it? What did he say?”

“It’s nothing. The show is about to start!”

Mu Bai patted the stone slab. Following Xiaowu’s muffled groan, Songtao silently stood back where he was, but he was still dazed.

Chu Yunshen pushed aside the people in front of him and passed through the crowd to chase after the two men who had started walking out. As he moved forward, he repeatedly turned his head to look at the maze.

“I’ll be back soon, little thing.”

Songtao and the others were puzzled at this time, wondering what caused Chu Yunshen to change his mind.

Just now, when Chu Yunshen walked to the side of the crowd with Songtao’s jar of money, the innermost group of people in the crowd pointed at him and whispered, “Why isn’t it the young man just now? This leader looks fierce.”

The one who said this was an old woman. Chu Yunshen remembered seeing her when Songtao came over just now. She always put money into the jar, and she even smiled brightly at Songtao like a blooming flower. But now, she frowned and hid behind the crowd when she saw Chu Yunshen.

“Old woman, why don’t we leave! This man is staring so fiercely at us.” This time, the old man beside the woman spoke. He held her hand and wanted to walk out.

Chu Yunshen quickly retracted his unconsciously examining gaze and forced a smile at the old couple.

He had thought that he would leave a better impression by smiling. He did leave an impression, but a bad one. The old couple walked out even faster, not looking like an old couple who couldn’t walk quickly.

…

Chu Yunshen did not understand why his smile would make others more afraid of him. He then turned to look at the boy who had just stated his intention to take the Persian cat with him.

Unexpectedly, the child cried out loud. The smile on Chu Yunshen’s face froze awkwardly. He cleared his throat, retracted his smile, and returned to his original expressionless self.

It seemed that this human skin mask was too scary, and it could no longer be used next time.

Turning around and looking at Xiaowu and the others, Chu Yunshen thought to himself thoughtfully.

Behind him, a woman, who was the boy’s mother, sighed, “Oh, thank goodness that he turned around. I didn’t even dare to comfort my boy in case he would scold us.”

“Agree! Just look at his sinister smile. He looks like a villain,” someone in the crowd muttered.

Chu Yunshen nearly crushed the money jar with his inner force. Luckily, he regained his composure fast enough and withdrew his power, but he could still see a thin crack on the jar.

He was truly puzzled. Was the Hu people’s aesthetic sense different from the Chu people’s?

How could they mistake his amiable face as an expression full of malevolence? He didn’t like to reveal his emotions on usual days, but why did the Hu people interpret his expression in such a bad way?

However, after these two things happened, Chu Yunshen didn’t dare to casually turn around anymore.

As Chu Yunshen recalled Songtao’s gratitude speech and the gesture of bowing and saluting, Chu Yunshen figured that he couldn’t understand the gist of it.

He couldn’t scare away these Hu people, or else the little fellow would be performing for nothing, but he really was unable to do what Songtao had done.

This was the first time in Chu Yunshen’s life that he had encountered such a difficult issue.

The current situation was imminent, and Chu Yunshen could clearly see Gu Hunge throw another glance at the crowd.

He couldn’t wait any longer!

Chu Yunshen immediately took the money jar and walked towards Songtao. He only had time to remind him before turning around and leaving. He hoped that he would be able to capture those two Hu people and that he would be able to return before the cat exited the maze.

Chu Yunshen calculated the time that the Persian cat would take to get out of the maze. One by one, he separated the crowd and headed to the outermost area. The two Hu men had already left the crowd and were running towards Pink Alley without looking back.

Chu Yunshen finally rushed out of the crowd and quickly chased after them.

They began the chase in the cramped Pink Alley. Behind Chu Yunshen, under the great banyan tree that was getting further and further away from him, there was quite a different scene.

It was not a smooth beginning for Cheng Xiaoxiao. However, the deeper she went into the maze, the more unimpeded she was. She went through each correct exit so smoothly that she wondered if she had dreamt of something last night that made her a genius. How else could she explain her wonderful foresight?

Maybe it was the good luck that Chu Yunshen brought to her. Sure enough, she would become cleverer after staying with smart people for a long time.

Cheng Xiaoxiao thought about Chu Yunshen happily in her heart. When she thought of those star-like eyes, she couldn’t help but speed up her steps.

“Hurry up! Chu Yunshen is waiting for me outside!”

She ran forward with all her might, and the noise outside became clearer and clearer.

It seemed that she was close to the exit! Cheng Xiaoxiao could only hear the sound of Tingzhu’s gongs and the cheers of the audience. Now, she could hear Mu Bai’s shout and the sound of hammering the stone slate.

Had Xiaowu already started his performance?

She must hurry then! Maybe she could manage to watch how Xiaowu’s performance ended.

As the sound of whistling and singing came from outside, a cat’s cry attracted everyone’s attention.

“Meow!”

“I’m out! Chu Yunshen, hurry up and hug me!”

The Persian cat raised her head high, unable to hide her proud expression. Her eyes were filled with anticipation for her hero to come to pick her up.

One second, two seconds, three seconds…

“It’s been a few minutes. Chu Yunshen, what took you so long?!”

Cheng Xiaoxiao anxiously stamped her feet on the spot, waiting for Chu Yunshen to appear. She was now a little annoyed.

“Chu Yunshen, you dare to miss such an important moment?”

The Persian cat angrily walked towards the place where Xiaowu and the others were performing the stone crashing show. As she got closer and closer, the sharp-eyed crowd had already discovered the cat’s snow-white figure. They ignored everything else and shouted at the cat.

“Oh my god! The cat has come out!”

Following this exclamation, the others also excitedly cheered.

“It’s really the cat. It’s the cat. The cat is so smart!”

“The cat actually came out in such a short time. The Persian cat is so mighty!”