Transmigrated Leftover Woman in Rural Style

Chapter 269 It’s Snowing

Li Xiaonuan was really curious about Xiao Si's identity.

Previously, Wei Yu had stated that Xiao Si had not sold himself to the Wei family. Moreover, Xiao Si's status was extraordinary; he also had a fiancée of equal social standing.

At the time, Li Xiaonuan simply thought that Xiao Si was just a descendant of a wealthy family in the Jiangnan region.

"Xiao Si, you must be a member of the royal family, right?" Li Xiaonuan guessed.

“Miss Li, please don’t ask any more questions. You will know when the time is right. But, Miss Li, could you please not be so unfriendly to our young master? Our young master cares about you very much.” Xiao Si did not answer Li Xiao Nuan’s question directly, but changed the subject.

“Xiao Si, I will never get married in my life.” Upon hearing this, Li Xiaonuan said firmly.

"Why?" Xiao Si asked, puzzled.

“I just don’t want to get married. I want to create my own home, and I will spend my whole life protecting the business I’ve worked so hard to build. I won’t marry anyone,” Li Xiaonuan replied.

“Miss Li, building a home doesn’t conflict with getting married. Besides, the excuse of not getting married just to protect the property you’ve earned seems rather unconvincing.” Xiao Si didn’t think anything Li Xiaonuan said could be an obstacle to her getting married.

Li Xiaonuan sighed softly and then fell silent.

Inside the cave, silence fell instantly. The sound of the small corner tower on the ground burning and collapsing seemed especially loud.

"I wonder if the men the prince sent can hold their own against those people. If they can't finish fighting them off even after days and nights, then we'll really starve to death here," Xiao Si finally said after a long silence.

Hearing Xiao Si's slightly disheartening words, Li Xiaonuan chuckled.

She sarcastically remarked, "Serves you right. Who told you to bury your own family alive here?"

Xiao Si smiled wryly and retorted, "Miss Li, I was only doing this to save you. How could you be so stupid? If only you had jumped down into that hole, that secret passage would have led directly to Prince Jing's residence."

Li Xiaonuan also gave a wry smile and said, "Who knows what kind of evil spirit we were under back then, thinking that the right thing to do was to lure the thieves away and not expose the secret passage."

After saying that, Li Xiaonuan and Xiao Si both laughed. However, there was no sense of ease or comfort in their laughter.

It is said that the young princess went to great lengths to bring that group of people back to Prince Jing's residence.

At that time, Su cried all the way down the cave, blaming herself for going down first. Li's father even begged the little princess to go up and find Li Xiaonuan.

Only Xiao Gang, being sensible, advised the two elderly women not to cause trouble for the young princess. Xiao Gang also said that Li Xiaonuan must have a way to escape, which is why she ran away directly.

After much persuasion, Su Shi and Li's father finally stopped talking about going back to find Li Xiaonuan. However, they were still very worried about her.

Sure enough, as soon as they emerged from the secret passage, Madam Su said she wanted to go outside to inquire about Li Xiaonuan.

Father Li was even more direct. He said he was going back to the villa to find Li Xiaonuan. He said that as a father, he had an obligation to save Li Xiaonuan.

Seeing this, Xiaogang could only groan and complain that his neck hurt and he was feeling all sorts of discomfort.

Then there's Zhou Liufeng. After failing to persuade Li's father and the others, he struggled to get up and said he wanted to go with them.

Under the combined threat of Xiao Gang and Zhou Liufei, Su Shi and Li Die finally quieted down.

But Xiao Gang, being very sensible, asked the young princess to send some people to look for Li Xiaonuan as soon as possible.

Without the Li family needing to say a word, the young princess would have sent someone back to the villa to help. But in order to appease the Su family, the young princess gave the order in front of them.

The Prince Jing's mansion was short-handed, so the young princess had them take the mansion's seal and borrow it from the palace.

Only then did Father Li and the others feel a little relieved.

After thinking for a moment, the young princess sent a message to Prince Jing, informing him of the attack on his villa.

Prince Jing is currently in the firearms camp, supervising the craftsmen in making iron ball projectiles of various sizes.

When he received the message from the young princess, he felt something was wrong. The young princess said that the gate of the villa had been blown open by a bolt of lightning.

There is a traitor within the firearms battalion.

This is Prince Jing's only remaining hope. He must find the traitor as soon as possible. Otherwise, Qi Song will truly be in chaos this time.

Prince Jing paced anxiously around the room several times before finally making up his mind.

He summoned two trusted confidants, gave them instructions, and then swaggered out of the room.

That very night, the five cartloads of secret supplies that Prince Jing was escorting into the palace were intercepted en route.

Prince Jing, in his excessive anxiety about the loot, was severely injured by the robbers. Afterwards, he disappeared amidst the chaos.

The next morning, news that Prince Jing had been seriously injured and was missing spread throughout the capital.

At this moment, the entire Prince's mansion was plunged into despair. In order to find Prince Jing's whereabouts, the young princess even dispatched all the guards.

Among them, a small Pekingese dog that Prince Jing particularly liked also set off with the group.

With Prince Jing's fate unknown and the Firearms Battalion without a leader, the person behind the scenes who was causing trouble appeared.

They incited the artisans in the arsenal, causing them to riot and create chaos. Afterwards, they attempted to steal all the blueprints and formulas.

Unfortunately, Prince Jing had already made all the arrangements before he left.

While those people were making their move in the chaos, the Imperial Guards, who had been waiting nearby, mercilessly wiped them all out.

No, there were still some who slipped through the net. Someone had to go back and report so the Imperial Guard could follow the trail.

In the end, the people who went to find Prince Jing met the Imperial Guards who were chasing the traitor outside a deserted courtyard.

After the little Pekingese carefully identified the spot, they stopped beside a dried-up well in the yard.

Of course, this happened three days after Prince Jing's incident.

By this time, Li Xiaonuan and Xiao Si were so hungry that they collapsed in the damp, cold cave.

Due to their environment, both of them were exposed to dampness and cold to varying degrees, and developed fevers.

Before she fainted, Li Xiaonuan thought to herself that she had really messed things up this time.

Just as Xiao Si said, the people who came to find Li Xiaonuan fought with those thieves in a distant place for three days.

Li Xiaonuan was awakened by a loud rumble. Upon waking, all she knew was that she was surrounded by icy water.

"Li Xiaonuan, wake up! Don't fall asleep!"

In a daze, Li Xiaonuan was pulled out of the water and held in a warm embrace.

Li Xiaonuan struggled to open her eyes, wanting to know who was calling her anxiously.

However, when she finally managed to open her eyes a crack, all she saw was a sky full of snowflakes.

"Great, it's snowing." This is the first snow of the winter, and Li Xiaonuan has been waiting for it for a long time.

This was Li Xiaonuan's last thought before she completely fainted.