No Longer Escaping (ABO) - Chapter 32

Feng Aoshuang and Ren Xuemeng had been staying at Wan Niang’s home for a while, and the day of Ren Xuemeng’s delivery was getting closer.

Although Feng Aoshuang had toned down a lot, she still had that annoying expression and a tone that made people uncomfortable.

Wan Niang and Yang Lulong were used to her, but Zhang Long and Xiao Wen still disliked her.

A few times when they came to Wan Niang’s house for business, they would run into Feng Aoshuang disrespecting Wan Niang.

She was exactly the type of Qian Yuan they hated, and it made them furious.

“You little brat! Show some respect to Wan Niang!” Zhang Long couldn’t take it anymore.

He rolled up his sleeves, ready for a fight.

“What?!” Feng Aoshuang lifted her chin, her hand on her sword hilt.

“No, no, no… Brother Zhang, don’t be angry…”

Xiao Wen held back Zhang Long, and Yang Lulong held back Feng Aoshuang, afraid that they would fight in the house.

“Let me go! People like her need to be taught a lesson!” Zhang Long cursed.

Xiao Wen tried her best to persuade him not to fight. She dragged him out of Wan Niang’s house.

“Why are you holding me back? You don’t like her either, do you?” Zhang Long said angrily.

“Why didn’t you let me hit her?”

“You’re so reckless!” Xiao Wen blamed him.

“Didn’t you see she had a sword?”

“Can your two fists beat her?”

“You’ll end up getting hurt, and Wan Niang will have to take care of you.”

Zhang Long’s face was red with anger. He couldn’t deal with that girl.

He kicked a stone hard, and it landed in a ditch by the road.

Xiao Wen, who was next to him, stroked her chin, as if she was thinking of something. She suddenly came up with an idea.

She shook Zhang Long’s hand. “I have a way to deal with her…”

She pulled him close and whispered her plan into his ear.

Feng Aoshuang was reluctantly sent out by Yang Lulong again to gather things from the mountain.

But she hadn’t gone far when someone covered her head with a sack.

She was then kicked and punched.

“What are you doing?!” she shouted.

“Stop!”

The people who were hitting her didn’t listen. They lifted her up, carried her, and ran.

No matter how much she struggled, it was no use.

Zhang Long threw Feng Aoshuang down and took the sack off her head.

“Are you looking for a death wish?!” Her face was bruised, but she was still defiant, glaring at them fiercely.

Besides Xiao Wen and Zhang Long, they also called for some help.

When everyone heard that this girl had bullied Wan Niang, they were furious and wanted to teach her a lesson.

They surrounded her, their faces filled with fierce looks, like a pack of hyenas about to devour their prey.

“You’re all done for!” Feng Aoshuang wasn’t afraid of them.

She reached for her waist, ready to draw her sword and fight. But there was nothing on her waist.

They had taken her sword.

“Still acting tough?” Xiao Wen stood in front of everyone, shaking the sword in her hand.

Feng Aoshuang panicked. She pointed her finger at them but still refused to back down.

“I’m telling you, you commoners, my father is the general of Yan City.”

“If you dare to lay a hand on me, you’ll be in for a world of trouble!”

“General, huh…” Zhang Long looked at her with his nose in the air.

“Even if your father was the King of Heaven, it wouldn’t matter!”

Everyone rushed forward and beat her up.

Feng Aoshuang was outnumbered. She curled up on the ground and covered her head, getting punched and kicked.

When they felt that she had been taught enough of a lesson, Xiao Wen quickly told everyone to stop.

She looked at the person on the ground, who had gotten what she deserved. Before leaving, she warned her, “Not everyone revolves around you, Miss.”

“Learn to show some respect!”

It was a while after they left that Feng Aoshuang slowly got up.

She gritted her teeth, rolled up her sleeve, and saw that her arms were covered in bruises.

She didn’t curse them in defiance, nor did she think about how to get revenge. She just staggered down the mountain.

She didn’t go back to Wan Niang’s house. Instead, she went to the riverbank, like a lost dog.

She knelt by the river and saw her bruised and swollen face reflected in the water.

She scooped up a handful of water and washed the blood and dirt from her face.

She stared at the water for a long time, remembering her childhood…

She had never been a smart child. In fact, she was dumber than most.

When she was little, her peers could quickly learn what the teacher taught, but she had to spend more time to learn it.

She wasn’t suited for academics. If she were from a normal family, she could just stop learning if she couldn’t.

But she was the child of a general. She had to be better than other kids…

She was scolded by the teacher and yelled at by her father for not being able to learn.

As for Ren Xuemeng, she was much smarter than her.

They were in the same school. She was the teacher’s favorite student and was always used as an example for others, including her.

Even though she was compared to her every day, she wasn’t sad or angry because of it.

Ren Xuemeng was the only student in the whole school who didn’t make fun of her for being dumb.

The other young masters and ladies looked down on her. They called her an idiot and a fool.

She was already ten years old but had to attend class with the five-year-olds.

They were jealous that she was playing with the best student in the school. A few older kids with bad tempers would beat her up every day.

At first, she ignored them. She was tough and wasn’t afraid of pain.

But every time Ren Xuemeng saw it, she would look very sad.

The two little girls sat on the steps in front of Ren Xuemeng’s house. She was holding some ointment and rubbing it on her wounds.

Her eyes were red because she had just cried.

“Why do you play with me?” The young Feng Aoshuang’s big, innocent eyes were watery.

“If you play with me… you’ll get dumb too…”

She remembered what the other kids had said about her. She guiltily looked down and picked at her fingers.

Little Xuemeng didn’t say anything. She just quickly pecked her on the cheek and then ran home.

She had never understood her father’s attitude towards her. Even now, she didn’t.

When he saw her bruised and wounded, all he said was, “If you’re my child, Feng Mo’s child, you’ll fight back!”

“Don’t come back looking like this if you can’t win!”

She never fought back because Ren Xuemeng didn’t like kids who fought.

She was afraid that Ren Xuemeng would dislike her if she fought back.

But when those kids went too far and started talking bad about Ren Xuemeng, she couldn’t take it anymore.

She fought back with all her might. Because she had been beaten so much, her skin had become tough, and she wasn’t afraid of pain at all.

She beat those kids, who were a few years older than her, until they ran away.

After that, her father finally let her stop going to school and had her learn martial arts at home.

He always praised her and was proud that his child was suited for martial arts.

This was the happiest time of her life.

But her happiness didn’t last long. When she came of age and became a Qian Yuan, she thought she could also please her father in the military camp.

But compared to the other smarter Qian Yuan, she was only tough.

She couldn’t compare to them in terms of skill and lost repeatedly.

The little confidence she had built up was completely shattered.

But her father was the great general, so they didn’t dare to bully her openly.

They just talked behind her back.

“They’re both Qian Yuan, but Miss Feng is so dumb, isn’t she?”

“I know… She’s a disgrace to us Qian Yuan.”

“I heard she’s engaged. The person who came to the military camp is just having fun.”

“She has to go home and get a wife…”

“Who?”

“The eldest daughter of the Ren family in Yan City, Ren Xuemeng.”

“Wow… For Miss Ren to marry her, is she even worthy?”

“Tsk, tsk, tsk… She was born into a good family.”

“Even a good-for-nothing can get a beauty.”

“If I had her background, I would have already been the top martial arts scholar in the capital, you know?”

••••

In the dead of night, they would secretly talk bad about her in their tents, and she would hide under her blanket and listen.

With all the things she had heard over the days, her mentality underwent a huge change.

One day, she broke the rules and used deadly force, crippling the arms and legs of several people.

Seeing them fall to the ground in pain, a sense of revenge filled her.

She didn’t care if it was right or wrong. She only cared about revenge, crippling every person who talked about her.

Feng Mo couldn’t stand it anymore. His plan to train his daughter in the military camp was ruined.

He told her to go home and get married to fulfill her engagement.

She wasn’t happy at all about marrying Ren Xuemeng. What those people said was right.

She was not worthy of her.

She thought that if she put on a nasty face and abandoned all manners and respect, she could drive her away.

But she was also very selfish and didn’t want Ren Xuemeng to leave her.

During one of Ren Xuemeng’s estrus periods, she couldn’t help but bond with her.

Why had she become this person she hated so much…?

Looking at herself in the water, Feng Aoshuang was stunned.

This nasty face looked more and more like her father’s, and this terrible personality was exactly the personality of the people she used to hate.

She angrily picked up a stone and threw it into the water, shattering her reflection.

“A mean hero!”

A childish voice suddenly came from behind her.

Feng Aoshuang turned her head and saw those two little demons, Er Ni and Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua was still a little scared of her because of what had happened before. She was hiding behind Er Ni and didn’t dare to look at her.

Feng Aoshuang sighed hard. She rubbed her face to get rid of that nasty expression.

She said to Xiao Hua, “I’m sorry… I scared you…”

Er Ni was never afraid of her. When she saw her face was swollen, she pointed at her and said innocently, “Wow! Pig’s head!”

Xiao Hua heard what Er Ni said and curiously peeked her head out to look at her.

Feng Aoshuang wasn’t angry. Instead, she did as Er Ni said.

She put her finger on her nose and made a “oink” sound, imitating a pig.

The little girl, who was just scared, now giggled.

The two little girls quickly got used to her and surrounded her. They made her play the ‘lift me up’ game with them.

They also pestered her to show them her martial arts.

She helplessly spread her hands. “I don’t have a sword right now…”

“Use mine!” Er Ni took out a stick from her waist.

“Wow, this is a great sword…” she said, using a childish tone to tease them.

“Huh? I just picked this up from the side of the road.”

You could never guess what Er Ni was thinking with the logic of a normal child.

“I want to see!” Xiao Hua hopped up and down.

Feng Aoshuang stroked her head, held the stick, and started her routine, showing them the moves.

The two little girls sat on the grass and watched with great interest. After Feng Aoshuang was done, they clapped and cheered.

Feng Aoshuang also smiled happily. Even though the audience was two little kids who didn’t understand anything, they were willing to watch her entire demonstration.

Even her father would leave with a straight face after watching for only a little while.

But what she didn’t know was that in a place she couldn’t see, Ren Xuemeng had also seriously watched her practice her swordsmanship over and over again, and she never missed a single time.