Shocking Mountain Moon

Chapter 101 The Slap

Qiu Heng rode the horse in front, and Cheng Susu followed behind.

Because she fell behind, Cheng Susu could see more clearly Qiu Heng's movements of riding a horse to get the flag.

So neat and so calm.

This liar!

Fury rose in her stomach, and Cheng Susu gritted her teeth and tried to chase after the horse, but found that she could not catch up. What made her even more angry was that the horse in front did not pull away too far, and just kept flashing in front of her, making her want to kill someone.

There was a slight sound of horse hooves clattering, but it sounded like thunder to Cheng Susu's ears.

Her face turned pale in an instant and her hands and feet were cold.

I was distracted just now and lost my grip on the flag, so it fell to the ground.

And the cherry-red figure in front moved further away.

No, she must not lose!

Cheng Susu raised her hand and threw out a pointed stone.

She had prepared this stone long ago.

She didn't expect to lose, but she felt that two slaps were too easy for Qiu Liu. She was looking forward to seeing what would happen when Qiu Liu, who couldn't ride a horse, encountered a horse that was frightened because of pain.

It is the same now, let everyone see what it means to turn defeat into victory.

Unfair victory? Oh, Qiu Liu cheated first, so I can't blame her.

These thoughts flashed through Cheng Susu's mind quickly, and her eyes were cold.

The last flag was on the right side in front. Feng Caixing excitedly shook the arms of Feng Caiyue and Jiayi County Master: "Sister, cousin, did you see that? Ah Heng is going to win! Ah Heng——"

The excited voices turned to fear, and more screams were heard.

Just as Qiu Heng leaned sideways and reached out to take the blue flag, the horse under her suddenly raised its front hooves high and threw her out.

"Ah Heng!" Ling Yun, who had been standing quietly, ran towards Qiu Heng.

The one who is faster than him is Xue Han.

But such a distance is beyond reach.

Everyone watched helplessly as the girl who had been thrown off the horse's back somehow turned back again, her whole body hanging on the side of the horse, bobbing up and down with the frightened horse.

Such a thrilling scene caused screams to be heard, and many ladies covered their eyes in fear.

This is a long story, but in fact it took only a moment. The crowd's shock had not yet ended, and Xue Han and Ling Yun had not yet reached the front, when the girl, who was hanging on the side of the horse and seemed about to fall at any time, twisted her body and actually got back on the horse's back.

After all, the stone was not a dart or an arrow. The horse, frightened by the sudden pain, returned to normal at this time, and ran past Xue Han, Ling Yun, and ran towards the finish line with the girl on its back.

Qiu Heng got off the horse, and soon a guard took the horse aside for a careful inspection.

Cheng Susu followed closely behind, riding a horse.

Qiu Heng looked quietly at Cheng Susu who got off the horse with a cold look in her eyes.

It was just a little quarrel between young people, but she didn't expect that this Miss Cheng would be so cruel and ruthless beyond her expectation.

"Ah Heng, are you okay?"

Qiu Heng was soon surrounded by Lady Jiayi and her companions.

"fine."

"I saw you flying out at that time, how come you came back like a magic trick?" Feng Caixing asked with a look of fear on his face.

This is also a question that everyone who witnessed the thrilling scene is curious about.

"My feet were still hooked on the pedals. In a hurry, they seemed to be more flexible than usual, and I turned back without knowing why."

Feng Caiyue shook her head with lingering fear: "This is too thrilling."

Princess Jiayi held Qiuheng's arm and said, "Ah Heng, don't compete in these things in the future."

Xue Han's voice sounded not far away: "What's wrong with this horse?"

The guard who had checked the horse replied, "Nothing was found wrong."

After hearing this, Cheng Susu curled the corners of her lips.

There were stones everywhere, and with her strength, she couldn't cause any injuries to the horse, so it would be strange if she could find anything.

It’s a pity that Qiu Liu was so lucky that he didn’t fall off the horse.

"Miss Cheng, I'm here to collect the prize." A cold and clear voice sounded.

Cheng Susu turned to Qiu Heng and said, "Bet? I remember the rules. Whoever gets more flags at the end wins, not who's faster or slower."

In the situation just now, the flags that Qiu Liu had taken would have certainly fallen to the ground, and she was holding eight pink flags in her hands. How could Qiu Liu defeat her?
The girl opposite frowned deeply: "Miss Cheng, are you blind?" "What did you say?"

"They said you have poor eyesight. I took ten flags and returned faster than you. Is there any dispute over the victory or defeat?"

"Ten? Where did you get ten flags?"

"In my hand." Qiu Heng waved the blue flag in her hand, "Miss Cheng, would you like to count it?"

Cheng Susu subconsciously counted, and when she finished, she looked at Qiu Heng as if she had seen a ghost: "Impossible, absolutely impossible."

Qiu Heng stuffed all the blue flags in her hand into Cheng Susu's hands: "Then Miss Cheng, count them again."

"This is not right!" Cheng Susu raised the flag and said sternly, "You are cheating!"

She looked around at everyone and said, "You all saw it, didn't you? Miss Qiu Liu almost fell off the horse just now? The horse was jumping up and down, how come none of the flags in the bag fell out?"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but nod.

Everything that just happened happened so fast that their attention was focused on Miss Qiu Liu about to fall off her horse, and they didn't pay any attention to the flag at all.

But what Cheng Susu said made sense. The horse jumped like that, it was impossible that none of the flags fell off, right?
"A few flags did fall out, but I caught them before they hit the ground. Does that count as a violation of the rules?"

"Impossible!" Cheng Susu couldn't believe such an outrageous thing. "You were about to fall off the horse, how did you catch the flag?"

Qiu Heng smiled slightly and patiently explained: "When I was thrown out and turned back, a few flags happened to be thrown out of the bag, and I subconsciously grabbed a handful."

Cheng Susu raised her eyebrows: "You can grab them all just by grabbing them? Only a fool would believe you!"

"Then Miss Cheng, tell me, how did I get these ten blue flags? I remember that the rules and items required for this competition were prepared by Miss Cheng, right? Could it be that I knew the future and hid the same flags on my body?"

Cheng Susu was stumped by the question, but unwilling to accept it: "How could it be such a coincidence?"

"As the saying goes, there is no coincidence in the world." Qiu Heng curved her lips, "If this saying still cannot convince Miss Cheng, then there is only one explanation."

"You say." Cheng Susu clenched her fist.

She just didn't believe there could be any reasonable explanation!
Qiu Heng tilted her head slightly, with a righteous innocence: "God blesses me."

Cheng Susu was so angry that she trembled all over: "You——"

"I saw it." A male voice suddenly sounded.

Everyone looked at the person who spoke and was surprised.

It’s that Xue Huangcheng.

Xue Han came over and said, "When I was about to stop the frightened horse and save Miss Qiu, I saw with my own eyes that she caught the flag before she got back on the horse."

Cheng Susu's arrogance subsided a little: "Master Xue, you won't be wrong?"

Xue Han's face turned cold: "Miss Cheng, are you saying that I, the Imperial City Envoy Xue Han, don't have good eyesight?"

Cheng Susu's expression changed several times, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, even if you win, but you cheated first, so this competition doesn't count!"

"I cheated first?"

"You said you've only ridden a donkey, not a horse."

Qiu Heng shook her head: "I didn't say I can't ride a horse."

"The person who heard this yesterday is still here, and you're still lying in public!"

"It seems that Miss Cheng not only has poor eyesight, but also poor brains. Yesterday I said that I had only ridden a donkey. The county lady and the others did not want me to compete with you because I had never ridden a horse. Neither I nor my friends ever said that I could not ride a horse. Miss Cheng, think about it carefully, is this true?"

After hearing this, the people who were present yesterday subconsciously recalled what happened.

"It seems to be true..." Someone whispered in a low voice, which was particularly clear at this moment when everyone was keeping quiet in order to watch the fun.

Cheng Susu's face turned pale, and she glared at the calm girl: "Are you setting a trap for me?"

Qiu Heng sighed, "From the beginning to the end, it was Miss Cheng who forced me to agree. Now that we are in front of so many people, I'll ask you, Miss Cheng thought I couldn't ride a horse but insisted on competing with me. Did she intend to deceive me from the beginning?"

There were a lot of people coming to watch the competition today, and many of them immediately asked about the details of yesterday's bet, and after listening, they discussed it in low voices.

A few random comments floated into Cheng Susu's ears, making her face even uglier.

"Miss Cheng, are you willing to admit defeat?" Qiu Heng asked loudly.

"I—" Cheng Susu's face turned pale, blue, and then red. She bit her lip hard, "Okay, I was careless this time!"

She wanted to see if a wild girl from a poor family dared to slap her.

As soon as Cheng Susu finished this thought, Qiu Heng raised his hand and slapped her twice without hesitation.

The slap was so loud and crisp that it not only stunned Cheng Susu, but also stunned everyone else.

(End of this chapter)