Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 203: Be a good person to the end, I will go with you

Shen Yu told himself that he must not lose his composure and must not let his mother get involved.

Li was too impulsive, and if he followed them, he would end up doing something worse with good intentions.

Shen Yu took a moment to calm down, patiently advised gently: "Mom, don't go. Too many people will make a lot of noise, and it's dark now. If a group of people go, they will be too conspicuous."

Li was worried and said, "There is strength in numbers. If Li Changgen does something wrong, I can help Sanniang snatch the child."

Shen Yu shook her head: "You can't get a child by snatching it away. If you go there, Li Changgen will know that it was our family who helped Sister Zheng."

Li thought it made sense, but she was also worried that if only Mrs. Liu and Zheng Sanniang went back, things wouldn't get done.

Shen Yu hesitated for a moment, then stamped his feet and said, "Oh. Forget it, I'll be a good person to the end, and I'll go with you."

Jiang was worried about Shen Yu: "Why don't I go with you?"

Shen Yu glanced at Jiang with emotion: "Aunt Jiang and mother don't have to go, I will go with them alone."

Li said anxiously, "What's the point of you going there as a girl? You can't win the fight."

Shen Yu said directly: "I'm not going to fight. When I get there, I will call Zhou Dalang first. He is a man, better than you."

After hearing this, Li stopped clamoring to go with them, but she still worriedly told Shen Yu: "Just watch from the side, don't show up. If Li Changgen comes out to chase and beat him, don't go up to fight him, you won't be able to beat him."

Shen Yu rolled his eyes in his heart: "Now you know I can't beat you. Do you think you can beat me?"

Despite all the complaints, Shen Yu nodded and agreed: "Mom, I know how serious it is, don't worry."

"You and Aunt Jiang stay at home and guard the gate. We'll be back soon."

After Shen Yu finished explaining, he asked Li to get him some old dark clothes to change into.

Jiang, who was standing nearby, immediately understood what Shen Yu meant. She found a piece of black and gray cloth and wrapped it around her headscarf. She untied Shen Yu's girl's braids, combed her hair with her hands, and in a few seconds, she made a tight bun for Shen Yu.

Shen Yu smiled at Jiang, and Jiang's eyes were full of worry. She only said softly: "Be careful."

Shen Yu changed his clothes, wrapped his headscarf around his neck, lowered his head, and deliberately pretended to be hunched over.

Under the light, she looked like a thin old woman in her fifties or sixties.

Shen Yu said to everyone: "Since Sister Zheng wants to hide in my shop, she must not let Li Changgen recognize me."

Mrs. Liu nodded. When everything was ready, Shen Yu, Zheng Sanniang and Mrs. Liu returned to Liushu Lane together.

Although it was late, there were still pedestrians passing by on the road from time to time.

Shen Yu took Zheng Sanniang and Liu Sao and stood in the shadows. He whispered to them for a while before leading the way and walking towards Willow Lane with his head bowed.

Mrs. Liu and Zheng Sanniang followed Shen Yu's instructions and walked separately, avoiding the brightly lit shop entrances and only passing by the darker walls and trees.

The two places are not far apart and can be reached in just a few moments.

When they reached the alley entrance, the three of them met up and carefully stepped lightly.

Shen Yu whispered, "I'll call Zhou Dalang out first, in case he really fights with Li Changgen over the child. He's a man, so he's always stronger than us."

Zheng Sanniang whispered gratefully, "Miss Yuzhi, thank you so much for troubling you."

Shen Yu waved her hand: "Remember what we agreed on, don't call me and Zhou Dalang by our names. If you do call us, just call us Da Niu and Da Lang."

The two nodded slightly and waited at the door of Mrs. Liu's house.

Shen Yu went to the yard where Zhou Dalang rented a house next door and knocked on the door gently.

After a while, Zhou Dalang came out to answer the door, followed by Cui who was holding Xiaobao.

The couple were both surprised when they saw it was Shen Yu.

Shen Yu slipped into the yard, asking Zhou Dalang for help, so he took a carrying pole and followed to build up his courage.

Since Shen Yu asked Zhou Dalang to work with him, he taught him how to cook without any reservations. He was kind to their family and took good care of Cui and Xiaobao.

After work every day, Zhou Dalang was always asked to take food home. Although he was paid 3,000 coins a month, in reality, he was responsible for almost all of Zhou Dalang's family's meals.

The life of the family of three is much better than before.

The couple was very grateful to Shen Yu and believed in him without a doubt. Whatever Shen Yu asked him to do, Zhou Dalang would do it immediately without asking why.

Zhou Dalang felt the same way at this time. Although Shen Yu was dressed like an old woman, her late-night visit was definitely not an ordinary thing.

Although he was surprised, Zhou Dalang didn't ask any questions, but just agreed and went to the kitchen to get the shoulder pole for carrying water.

Cui asked nervously, "What are you doing? Are you going to beat someone up?"

Shen Yu comforted her, "Don't worry, Madam Cui, I won't harm Zhou Dalang. I'm not going to do anything bad, but I can't explain it in a few words right now."

"I will tell you everything tomorrow."

"Now Zhou Dalang is going with us to give us courage."

When Cui's shop was being renovated some time ago, he often took Xiaobao to the shop to help.

Knowing that Shen Yu was a good girl with her own ideas and trusting her, he could only say, "Then you should be careful."

Zhou Dalang said, "Miss Shen has something to do, so we naturally have to help. Don't worry, take Xiaobao back to the house and go to bed first. It's cold outside, be careful not to let the child get cold."

Cui then carried Xiaobao back to the house and closed the door, but the candlelight in the house was still on.

Shen Yu saw Cui enter the house, and asked Zhou Dalang to get a thick hemp rope and a large sack.

Shen Yu took the rope and tried it. It was long and strong enough.

She whispered to Zhou Dalang, "We will go to the shadows outside Zheng Sanniang's door and wait there."

"If only Zheng Sanniang came out with the child, we would do nothing but follow her back to the store from a distance."

"If Li Changgen catches up, we will pull the rope to trip him, hit him on the head with a carrying pole, put a sack over his head, and tie him up."

After thinking for a moment, he said worriedly, "Don't use too much force. Just hit him hard enough to make him feel hurt. It would be best if he thought it was a robbery."

"Don't hurt or kill him. He's not worth our lives."

Zhou Dalang has always been an honest man and would never do such a thing.

After listening to Shen Yu's plan, he gripped the carrying pole tightly with his hands, and the veins on his hands were bulging.

Shen Yu saw how nervous he was, thought for a moment and said, "Go get your wife's headscarf and cover your face with it so he won't recognize you."

Zhou Dalang became even more nervous and said uneasily: "Miss Shen, hitting someone is against the law."

Although Shen Yu felt that it was a bit risky, he could only comfort her: "Zheng Sanniang is holding her own child, so it doesn't count as stealing the child."

"Even if we beat him, it will only give Zheng Sanniang time to escape. Don't hurt him. Tie him loosely. He will be able to break free after a while."

"We don't rob people or kill people, so what law have we violated?"