Chapter 144: The reborn of paranoid boss cannon fodder wife
Chapter 144: Catching the Thief
The windows in the kitchen are usually open for ventilation, with circular wooden frames, orderly arranged to form a fence, and no emerald green glass panes.
There's only a light-colored waterproof apron, shielding from wind, rain, and prying eyes. Even though there's a surrounding wall, people outside can't see in, but accidents are unavoidable, especially at this moment.
The window frame, already opened for ventilation, has two sneaky eyes slowly approaching from the edges.
Closer, a bit closer, and you can see the entire process of making candied chestnuts.
Squinting eyes carry the excitement of the owner, eagerly anticipating a windfall, staring to the maximum to peep.
Inside, there's the sound of a machine working, and the fragrant pot is not by the window but at the end of the stove, making it impossible to see what's inside.
You can only see a girl in an apron scooping up a sticky substance, preparing to pour it into the pot.
But suddenly, she stops.
Puts the spoon back into the bucket.
Goes to the sink, reaches into an enamel basin filled with chili peppers, and fishes out the chili peppers covering the water's surface.
Puts them into a nearby small basket, and then the girl lifts a basin of chili-soaked water and splashes it forward.
"Ah—"
"My eyes!!!"
Outside the window, there's a heart-wrenching, piercing scream, accompanied by the sound of a heavy object falling.
The water with chili peppers, not as intense as authentic chili water, doesn't blind the eyes, but it stings for a while, making it difficult to see and even harder to escape over the wall.
Bai Lu is calm enough to put down the enamel basin, casually turn off the electric stir-fry machine, and calmly go to catch the thief.
As expected, outside the kitchen, within the walls, a figure is blindly stumbling with covered eyes.
It's the plump and charming daffodil.
Now that her peeping has been exposed, she's already shouting in pain and stumbling away along the wall, taking two or three steps toward the front yard.
Bai Lu guesses she wants to escape to the vegetable garden. Across the small river in the vegetable garden, it's only five or six hundred meters to the old street.
Unfortunately, her eyes are not working well. Stumbling and tripping, she ends up falling into the trap in the front yard.
"Come, walk this way, to the left, to the left, take two steps forward, and I'll send you out."
A familiar and cold voice rings out not far ahead. Li Shuixian, who walks with the help of the wall, shivers all over, suddenly opening her eyes.
"Ah!"
A sharp pain makes tears stream down Li Shuixian's face.
Painfully, Li Shuixian can't open her eyes at all, only covering her eyes and angrily scolding ahead: "Bai Lu! You ruthless woman! What did you splash on me?"
"Didn't you see it yourself?"
Bai Lu leisurely walks to Li Shuixian's side, not too close, not letting her claws touch, making a sympathetic sound.
"With your extraordinary weight, you definitely can't climb over my high wall. Do you have an accomplice outside? Your accomplice heard your screams, why didn't they come in to save you? Have they... already run away on their own?"
Li Shuixian's face turns red, not sure if it's from anger or panic after Bai Lu exposed her scheme.
With stinging eyes slightly open, she sees a hint of mockery on Bai Lu's face. Filled with rage, she can't help but raise her hand to give a slap.
Bai Lu hooks Li Shuixian's wrist with one hand, effortlessly flings her to the ground, causing a shock on the ground.
It's evident that this time's strength is more than ten times stronger than the previous two times, enough to knock down a fat cow.
The pain from the chili peppers clears Li Shuixian's impulsive mind. Remembering the lessons from the previous two times, her back feels cold. She crawls away, squinting her eyes, retreating.
"Don't come over!"
"Xiao Cheng has already left for a long journey. You're the only one at home. If you dare to touch a hair on me, I'll find someone to avenge me tomorrow! Your little tricks can only deal with me. Against others, you'll only end up getting beaten. You better let me go now, I'll pretend today's events never happened, otherwise, you'll regret it!"
Bai Lu is not in a hurry. Outside the kitchen, within the walls, Li Shuixian is stumbling with her eyes covered.
"What are you thinking? Let me go!"
Li Shuixian turns around and shouts, trying to shake off Bai Lu's hand. However, with all her strength, she can't break free.
"What do you want? Let me go!"
Li Shuixian can't free herself from Bai Lu's grasp. With her other hand still covering her eyes, she swings it towards Bai Lu's face. At the same time, the foot close to Bai Lu lifts, attempting a fierce kick.
Unfortunately, before her hands and feet can reach Bai Lu, Bai Lu unceremoniously throws her to the ground once again, then firmly grasps her wrist and pulls her up.
"Have you learned your lesson?"
Li Shuixian, who fell all over the place, finally realized her fear. She doesn't dare to make another move, struggling with all her strength, just wanting to break free, her eyes squinting and staring at the courtyard gate.
She wants to go out!
There are still people waiting for her outside!
It seems that Bai Lu can see through Li Shui Xian's thoughts. Holding her wrist, Bai Lu walks directly towards the courtyard gate.
"Don't be in a hurry; I'll send you out right away."
Her tone is too friendly, making Li Shui Xian shiver. She has an intuition that Bai Lu must have some sinister plan.
"What are you up to! I warn you, let me go right now. Don't try anything funny, or..."
"Creak—"
The door opens.
Although it's early in the day, there are already many neighbors on the street, buying fresh vegetables from the market. They heard the sound of the door opening, turned to look, and saw Bai Lu, wearing an apron, pushing a fat woman with one hand covering her face and head bowed, out.
She smiles and greets everyone, "Good morning, everyone. Auntie Fang and Mrs. Wu, have you bought vegetables and come back? So fast! I was thinking of waiting to see if any uncles or aunts go to the market to buy vegetables and help bring someone back to the street."
The most sincere greeting is remembering others' names, which is more intimate than a hundred greetings.
Auntie Fang and Mrs. Wu immediately stop in their tracks, smiling as they approach to respond, "You're up early too."
"Look, you're still wearing the apron. Are you busy frying chestnuts early in the morning? Xiao Cheng has gone out, and you're alone frying so many chestnuts. Take care of your health, young as you are. Money is never enough. When Xiao Cheng comes back with a lot of money, you can enjoy life. Don't overwork yourself."
"Who is this person? You said just now that you want someone to help her get back to the street. Who is she to you? She looks stable standing there. Can't she walk back on her own?"
In fact, Auntie Fang wanted to say that she doesn't look like a blind or crippled person, so why does she need someone to escort her?
Li Shuixian finally understands what Bai Lu wants to do. She must want to expose her peeping conspiracy in public.
No way!
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