Starting with a cub, the superpower boss becomes the richest man by lying flat

Chapter 152 No, no, no, Miss Lin, that's not what I meant.

As the man who was following her jumped onto a tree branch, Lin Xin suddenly reached out from the side and cleanly delivered a swift chop to the back of his neck with her hand. Then, she caught his limp body and gracefully fell from the tree.

"Miss Lin, what is this?" Chu Yu quickly stopped the carriage, jumped down, and took the thin man in black from her hands.

“He’s the one who’s been following us. I guess he was sent to check if Tao Tao is in our car. Search him and see if he has anything that can send a signal.”

Chu Yu put the man on the ground and began to search his body. Sure enough, he found a bamboo tube used for sending signals in his chest.

"Do you know how to use this thing?" Lin Xin asked Chu Yu after examining it for a long time.

Chu Yu shook his head. "He knows how to use it, but we don't know why he's sending the signal."

Lin Xin nodded, then took out the porcelain bottle, poured out a pill and put it into the man's mouth. Just as she was about to put it away, she inadvertently saw Chu Yu's curious and envious eyes, so she simply threw the bottle into his arms, saying, "If you like it, I'll give it to you, but there's not much left in it."

Chu Yu happily caught it, carefully tucked it into her bosom, and said gleefully, "It doesn't matter if it's not much, we can use it when it's absolutely necessary. Maybe it can save a lot of lives!"

Lin Xin nodded, estimating that the time was about right, and punched the man in the ribs. He groaned in pain and woke up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw two unfamiliar faces, Lin Xin and Chu Yu. He was about to shout in his subconscious, but Chu Yu quickly grabbed a handful of grass from the side and stuffed it into his mouth, and then pressed his hands to the ground.

"Ugh~" The roadside weeds didn't taste good at all. The man kept gagging because of the bitterness, but his hands were tied, so he couldn't get the weeds out of his mouth, and he couldn't vomit the filth. He was tormented to the point of death and almost fainted from nausea.

"Don't shout, or I'll make sure you never make a sound again." Chu Yu pulled a dagger from his boot and held it close to the man's nose. The sharp blade, gleaming with a cold light, almost made him cross-eyed. He nodded vigorously, afraid that Chu Yu might accidentally cut his face.

Having made enough threats, Chu Yu removed the grass from his mouth and asked, "Why were you up in the tree?"

"I...I came with you. I've been with you ever since you came out." The man answered very quickly, without the slightest struggle, whether out of fear or because the drug was particularly effective on him, it was hard to tell.

"What are you doing following us? Do you recognize us?"

"I heard that the Duke of Dingguo's son went out to meet His Majesty's son. We were ordered by the Third Prince to intercept you, but since you only have one carriage, our leader is not sure if the person we are looking for is on the carriage, so he sent me to verify."

"What would you do if he were here?"

“Then I’ll send out a signal, and our people will meet at the next stop and kill you all…” Faced with Chu Yu’s angry gaze, the man was so frightened that he didn’t dare to finish his sentence.

"How did you know we would bring the young prince back to the capital?" Chu Yu asked.

“The Third Prince has a spy; he knew as soon as the Duke of Dingguo’s heir left the capital.”

Seeing that he couldn't get any more information out of him, Chu Yu chopped the man unconscious with a chop to the neck, then looked at Lin Xin: "We need to get going quickly. He said there are more than one ambush ahead. While they don't know we've already received this information, we should go as far as possible." "Okay!" Lin Xin had no objection and readily nodded. She "lightly" kicked the man into the roadside bushes and nimbly jumped onto the carriage.

"Boss, a carriage is coming up ahead. The driver looks familiar; he seems to be Chu Yu, the second young master of the Duke of Lu. We don't know who's inside." The men who were lying in ambush on the only road to the capital reported to their leader after gathering information.

"The Duke of Lu's mansion?" The leader stroked his chin. "Go and take a closer look to see if that little bastard is still in the carriage."

"It shouldn't be there. If it were, there should have been a signal before. Now their carriage is almost right in front of us and we still haven't received a signal. I think it's very likely that this carriage is empty," the person who returned to report analyzed.

"Oh, really? You know that well!" The leader first gave an approving smile, then kicked the man hard in the stomach. "I told you to go see it, so go. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll cripple you!"

"Yes, yes, boss, don't be angry, I'll go right away!" The man clutched his stomach, endured the pain, and flew away again, but his face, hidden in the darkness, was filled with gloom.

"Chu Yu, someone else is here." Lin Xin, who had been resting with her eyes closed against the carriage, suddenly twitched her ears and said to Chu Yu, who was driving the carriage.

"Hmm? Another one... Yes, someone is indeed here." Chu Yu didn't sense the presence of the newcomer at first.

"This person's purpose is probably the same as the previous one. You find a suitable place to stop the carriage, and I'll take the children and hide for a while. We'll continue our journey once they confirm that we're an empty carriage." Lin Xin thought about it and decided that confronting the person head-on wasn't a good option.

Although she was not afraid with her strength, her main task now was not to fight, but to safely deliver Lin Tao to the capital.

"How about I lead these people away while you drive the carriage?" Chu Yu said hesitantly. Ever since he learned that the other party was the Third Prince's man, he knew he would be recognized. If he left alone, the other party would probably notice something.

“If you leave, it’s like telling them there’s something fishy going on in your car, and then all the conspiracies will come after our car, so it’s not appropriate for you to go,” Lin Xin said calmly. Seeing that he was still hesitant, she thought for a moment and then said, “If you don’t trust me, I can leave Nan Nan in the car as a hostage for you.”

Chu Yu knew that Lin Xin had misunderstood after hearing this, and quickly explained, "No, no, no, Miss Lin, that's not what I meant. Since those people are from the capital, I guess they should know me and will definitely pay special attention to me. So I thought it would be better if I led them away."

Lin Xin nodded noncommittally, it was unclear whether she believed her or not, and tapped rhythmically on the carriage with her right index finger. "So what's your decision?"

“Okay, then I’ll stay in the car. You take the children and wait until they’re sure it’s just me in the car before you come back,” Chu Yu said resolutely. Making this decision was tantamount to entrusting her life to Lin Xin.

"Then let's do it this way. After ten breaths, you should pretend to need to rest and get into the carriage."

"I see."

Lin Xin twitched her ears and listened intently to the sounds outside. She waved her hand to put Lin Nan and Lin Tao into her spatial storage, and then she slipped inside herself.

Chu Yu, who was left outside, obediently counted to ten before lifting the carriage curtain. Sure enough, the carriage was empty; Lin Xin and the two children were nowhere to be seen.