161 Talk About Cao Cao (1/2)

Hui Yin and Lu Shen made their preparations.

After dressing his wound, the two of them ate canned food for breakfast and left the cottage. While they were walking, Hui Yin checked her post.

Unsurprisingly, it was at the top of the most searched list online. Not only the Lus, most media agencies would probably swamp this village by tomorrow. There was no way the culprit could act by then. Hui Yin made sure that if he wanted to act, he could only act today. That way, she would know that he was coming rather than tire herself out by worrying when he would attack.

Lu Shen's arm was thrown over her shoulders as Hui Yin supported him.

”Remember, pretend to be heavily wounded. Put more of your weight on me, or it wouldn't be believable.”

”We're not even out of the forest yet. I'll pretend later.”

Lu Shen didn't want her to support him at all, but why let go of this excellent opportunity? He snuggled even closer.

In her mind, Hui Yin silently reviewed her plan. First step, seek shelter. But she must draw as much attention towards Lu Shen as possible.

When the two of them got out of the forest, Hui Yin used the route nearest to the village's wet market. It was a crowded place as usual, with loud voices shouting out product prices and women busy haggling over the vendors.

She and Lu Shen didn't change out of their old clothes deliberately. Hui Yin even told Lu Shen to wear the shirt that was heavily stained with blood. With their haggled appearance and Lu Shen's wound, they easily attracted the gossipy old ladies buying in the market.

”Ah!” Sure enough, two women in their mid-thirties hurried over to them. ”Poor children, what happened to the two of you?”

Hui Yin's eyes leaked tears. ”Aunt, someone attacked us. Wu~wu~”

Since he wasn't an actor, Lu Shen tried to look sufficiently victimized. He also widened his eyes and followed Hui Yin's lead, his eyes becoming watery.

Hui Yin was stumped when she saw this. Why the heck are you also crying for? Are you a maiden in distress? You should be trying your best to look weak, but acting as if you wanted to be strong!

Despite Hui Yin's inner criticism, the old ladies were charmed by Lu Shen's wilting flower boy appearance.

More and more people flocked towards them, Hui Yin narrating their harrowing escape with a trembling voice.

”...at first, I didn't know why the police were chasing us. It wasn't as we've done anything wrong. I only wanted to report a missing person. But when I posted a photo earlier this morning, I didn't realize his identity was this great! That was when I realized the police must have been bribed.”

Hui Yin gave them her phone, and each of the women took turns to look at her post and swallow their saliva. Although some of them haven't heard of the Lu Corporation and its big boss, one netizen had posted Lu Shen's net worth in the comments.

The people who lived in the village were simple folks. They saved their money and lived frugally, so when they saw the staggering figure of 140 billion US dollars, they have to struggle to comprehend that kind of dizzying amount of wealth.

The whole crowd stared at Lu Shen with heightened interest—some of them even licked their lips. Lu Shen looked lost.

”I'm worth that much?”

Hui Yin patted his chest.

”Don't worry, I still think you're worthless.”