Chapter 652: Chapter 651: A Lesson
Everything happened too quickly, perhaps others didn’t know what was going on, but Geng Shuang understood clearly. It was that little girl who suddenly stuck out her foot from under her skirt and kicked him flying.
Not to mention that he was a martial artist, even with his sturdy build, he weighed over a hundred pounds. How could that delicate-looking little girl deliver such a heavy kick?
Geng Shuang fell to the ground and couldn’t get up, his stomach hurt terribly; that kick was really not light.
He was in pain and shocked, looking at Xia Wenjin as if he were looking at a monster.
His attendants and servants rushed over to help him up.
Geng Shuang pointed at her: "You, you..."
Previously, his finger was pointing with arrogance and disdain, but now it was just an unconscious action out of shock.
Besides, he was still far from Xia Wenjin, a good thirty feet away, and that little girl had kicked him more than twenty feet away?
Xia Wenjin did not hide it, and said indifferently: "I have a rather bad temper. If others don’t provoke me, I won’t bother, but if you act like a mad dog incessantly, I can’t control my temper. You’ve already seen it, do you want to witness it again?"
Geng Shuang shook his head subconsciously.
Only by experiencing it personally did he understand how painful that kick was, yet that little girl seemed relaxed, so was that not even her full strength just now?
He thought about it and glanced at Xu Luo and others, feeling very embarrassed, but his courage had already dissipated, and he didn’t dare think about taking action anymore.
At this moment, he was somewhat grateful that there weren’t many people on this road, otherwise, wouldn’t his embarrassment have been seen by more people?
Xia Wenjin glanced over and saw the fear in Geng Shuang’s eyes, she chuckled lightly and said, "Let’s go!"
She didn’t like causing trouble, nor did she like solving problems in such a violent manner, but she knew Geng Shuang wanted to stand out in front of Luo Fu and the others, and would inevitably be relentless. Clearly, they were rude first, wasting other people’s time, yet felt so confident as if they were justified, all because of looking down on others and thinking she was easy to bully.
Moreover, the expression Geng Shuang showed earlier was all seen by Xia Wenjin.
Aggressive in words is one thing, but the filthy and obscene look in his eyes, with a cunning and malicious intent, which was ready to act, is intolerable. More so, Geng Shuang made the first move. One who’s rude, bullies people, and even takes action against a woman, why be polite?
As for causing a scene here, whether it would affect the gathering and make the participants dislike her, not only failing to expand business, potentially being kicked out?
Xia Wenjin wasn’t worried about that at all.
Geng Shuang and the others treated her as a daughter of some low-ranking official returning to the Capital City, using various contemptuous and mocking words. But obviously, they still knew to save face, as it was in a less populated place. Because they were aware that bullying others is shameful when talked about, and failing to bully others but instead getting bullied is even more embarrassing.
Furthermore, the invitation was brought to her by her second aunt, and she should be listed under the Seventeenth Princess’ guests. The Seventeenth Princess can disdain her, but for others to disdain is not to give her face.
Geng Shuang and his companions are bound to suffer.
Because she had already figured out the key points and understood the nature of Geng Shuang and the others, Xia Wenjin didn’t bother to spend more time on them and chose the simplest violent way.
Nanny Zhou and the two maidservants were in shock the entire time until Xia Wenjin spoke and startled them awake.
Gu Heng said, "Miss, I’ll wait here for you!"
Almost all the drivers stayed on this side, and Gu Heng understood instantly with just a glance.
Xia Wenjin nodded, "Alright!"
They walked from the parking area to a small road, and after turning a corner, there would be arranged attendants leading people into Yanxia Pavilion.
Watching Xia Wenjin leave, Luo Fu and Xu Man exchanged a glance, then looked at Geng Shuang. Luo Fu said, "Mr. Geng, are you alright?"
Geng Shuang hurriedly shrugged off the helping hand of a servant, stood tall, and said, "I’m fine, I’m fine!"
Xu Man whispered, "I don’t know who this person is, how can she be so rude?"
Geng Shuang’s face reddened, and he said, "Perhaps she’s a family member of some official stationed elsewhere!"
Being the son of an Imperial Army General and yet kicked by someone, it would be embarrassing to speak of, and it was crystal clear to the two women in front of him, making him very depressed.
Luo Fu very empathetically said, "Mr. Geng, don’t take the earlier incident to heart. We know, you didn’t want to argue with a girl and didn’t expect her sneak attack, that’s why you lost momentarily."
Xu Man also said, "Indeed, Mr. Geng is proficient in both civil and martial arts, who doesn’t know? That girl was merely sneaky, otherwise, Mr. Geng would certainly not have fallen for it!"
Geng Shuang felt it was quite reasonable, as for the fact that he actually intended to punch her earlier and the counterattack was not at all a sneak attack matter, he chose not to think about it.
Putting on a humble pose, "Thank you both for the compliments. I originally saw her as a little girl, she was so unreasonable, offending both of you, I wanted to make her apologize to you two, but unfortunately couldn’t achieve that, I apologize!"
Xu Man said, "This matter can’t go unaddressed. How about we tell the Seventeenth Princess, surely she doesn’t know such an uncouth person has mingled in!"
Luo Fu agreed, "Right, a refined floral event, how can it tolerate such a rude person devoid of etiquette entering, plus not knowing her identity. This kind of person joining will tarnish the Seventeenth Princess’ reputation!"
They conversed back and forth, in their view Xia Wenjin suddenly became a front-country bumpkin just entering Capital City, ignorant of etiquette, shabby, rude, violent, irritable...
They used all the worst words they could think of on Xia Wenjin, and then angrily prepared to find someone to embarrass her.
They thought, since there were no others here just now, that little girl dared to be so reckless. Once she arrives in a crowded place, her disposition will surely offend more people. So long as she strikes again, the Seventeenth Princess will be the first to not spare her.
Xia Wenjin walked briskly, Nanny Zhou followed behind, opened her mouth, but couldn’t help saying, "Miss, you mustn’t be so hasty later!"
Even though it was those people who provoked first, were rude after, and even wanted to lay hands on Miss, yet Miss’s kick, if it gets spoken of, the coarse reputation cannot be avoided.
She still had to think of a way to obscure this matter, to minimize its influence.
Although this matter was somewhat unexpected, Nanny Zhou wasn’t worried, she could still handle it, being a trusted nanny by the Prime Minister’s Wife, she was certainly not just serving tea.
She was just worried that there might be more uncontrollable matters later on.
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