Chapter 24: Chapter 24 The Wealthy Runaway Bride Chapter 24: Chapter 24 The Wealthy Runaway Bride Meng Chuyue hesitated as she looked at Shen Ci’s right leg, feeling certain that these men were out to harm it.
She surveyed the terrain for an escape while rapidly firing off questions, “Why are they looking for you?
Are you planning to surrender without a fight?
Is your leg seriously injured?
The coal train is about to leave, can you climb on it before those men get here?”
Shen Ci squinted at her and said with a deep look, “Listen, little sister, being too soft-hearted isn’t a good thing.
I told you to go, so you should hurry up and leave.
Don’t dawdle, or you won’t even know how you died…
No, can you lend me five thousand yuan?”
The men were closing in fast, and Shen Ci saw that although Meng Chuyue seemed ready to leave, she kept looking back with every step.
It would be all too easy for her to get dragged down by his troubles, and the thought suddenly popped into his head.
After he said it, he felt like he was indulging in a flight of fancy.
How could a young girl like Meng Chuyue possibly have five thousand yuan on her?
Meng Chuyue breathed a sigh of relief, “So they’re debt collectors?
Yes, I have five thousand yuan.
I’ll give it to you right now.”
What Meng Chuyue had in abundance now was money.
Her Space Villa was stocked with a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, and cash.
Considering that the year was 1996, and some of the cash was from the future, she had sorted the money by year after her rebirth.
She estimated that she had over twenty million yuan in cash that could presently be used.
It was a trifle to her.
She immediately fished out a bundle of cash from her Oxford bag and handed it to Shen Ci: “There’s exactly five thousand yuan in there.”
Shen Ci brought his right hand up to his mouth in a fist and chuckled, “You and…
Xiao Song should quickly take a couple of cans to the coal train driver and ask him to wait for us.
He’ll agree; I’ll take care of things here and will be right over.”
Meng Chuyue nodded, stuffed the canned food and buns from the ground into her Oxford bag, and ran with Fu Song toward the locomotive.
Sure enough, as Shen Ci had said, the coal train driver was easy to deal with.
After accepting their two cans, he amiably told them, “All right.
Remember to lie down once you’re on board, there are tunnels on the way, be careful not to hit your head.”
The train driver felt helpless too—the problem of people hitching rides on coal trains was persistent and beyond his control to stop, so he could only reluctantly remind these people to be mindful of their safety.
Meng Chuyue and Fu Song didn’t board immediately but quietly watched Shen Ci’s situation, fearing a fight might break out.
Fortunately, once the group took the money, they left.
Shen Ci limped over, grinned at Meng Chuyue, and said, “Regretting lending me the money?
Don’t worry, I’ll definitely pay it back.”
Meng Chuyue twitched the corners of her mouth, “No regrets, there’s no use in regretting it.
If I hadn’t lent you the money, we would have been in trouble as well.”
Shen Ci smiled and took off a black Peace Knot hanging from a red cord around his neck, handing it to Meng Chuyue, “You can keep this as collateral.
It’s from my grandma.
You mustn’t lose it.”
Meng Chuyue gave him a blank look, “No need; that is too valuable.
I wouldn’t want to lose it and end up owing money.
If you feel bad, just write me an IOU.”
Meng Chuyue truly trusted Shen Ci, and she didn’t think much of the five thousand yuan, but she knew that being too lavish would cause suspicion, so she reluctantly requested an IOU.
Shen Ci didn’t say any more, nimbly climbed onto the train, first pulled Fu Song up, then took Meng Chuyue’s Oxford bag, and finally looked at Meng Chuyue with squinted eyes, “Can you climb up yourself?”
Meng Chuyue rolled her eyes at him and ignored his question.
Following his method, she leveraged herself onto the train.
They were on the second carriage from the locomotive, and the surface of the coal inside was scorchingly hot under the sun’s rays.
Meng Chuyue hurriedly took out a tarpaulin from her Oxford bag and spread it out over the coal.