The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket!-Chapter 1058 - 885, Coal Mine

After Bu Gandang left with the horses, Xiao Yeyang helped Daohua off the carriage and assisted her onto a mount, then mounted the horse himself.

The two rode together, appreciating the vast wilderness at a leisurely pace.

Daohua comfortably leaned into Xiao Yeyang’s embrace, enjoying these rare moments alone.

"Do you want to gallop?" he asked.

Daohua’s eyes lit up, and she nodded hastily.

Seeing this, Xiao Yeyang smiled heartily, swung his riding crop, and his steed shot forward like an arrow released from a bow.

Their cheerful laughter and his unrestrained radiant smile lingered over the land as their horse sped along.

Xiao Yeyang whipped the reins, and with Daohua, they rapidly raced onward. As the horse charged up a slope, a dark, grimy teenager suddenly appeared from behind it.

"Hush!"

Xiao Yeyang was startled and quickly pulled the reins tightly.

The teenager, seeing the large galloping horse, was frozen in place, paralyzed with fear.

The horse’s front hooves raised high, restrained by Xiao Yeyang’s tight grip, narrowly avoiding kicking the youth.

Xiao Yeyang steered the horse to avoid the boy and then backed up a few steps before quickly turning to look at Daohua, "You weren’t scared, were you?"

Daohua patted her chest, "I’m fine, just a bit startled."

Xiao Yeyang saw her complexion was still normal and dismounted immediately.

"I want to get off too," Daohua extended her hands.

Xiao Yeyang quickly reached out and lifted her down.

By this time, De Fu and Mei Lan, who were attending to the carriage, had also arrived.

De Fu asked, "Master, what happened?"

Xiao Yeyang ignored him and strode toward the teen, who was black as coal except where his eyes showed some white, and stood there stiffly, as if frightened silly.

Daohua also approached, not wanting Xiao Yeyang to frighten the boy further, and took the lead in asking, "Young man, are you all right?"

Upon hearing the concerned inquiry, the teenager finally snapped back to reality, and with his strength returning, he fell to the ground and began to cry.

Uh...

Daohua and Xiao Yeyang exchanged a quick glance; seeing the teenage boy, only about twelve or thirteen years old, crying so sadly brought a sense of guilt upon them as if they had bullied a child.

De Fu, seeing the distress on their faces, quickly handed over his handkerchief, "Young man, don’t cry. Tell us what’s going on, and we can talk it through."

The teenager looked at Daohua and the others, sensed no malice, took De Fu’s handkerchief, wiped his tears, and said with a hiccup, "Just now, I thought I was going to die."

De Fu, caught between laughter and tears, said, "But look, you’re still alive, aren’t you? Get up, no more crying." As he spoke, he reached out to help the boy up.

Once on his feet, the teenager saw the handkerchief had turned completely black and looked back at De Fu, embarrassed.

De Fu glanced at the now-black handkerchief, twitched his mouth, and said, "Keep the handkerchief."

When Daohua saw the boy had calmed down, she asked, "Young man, where did you come from, and how did you get so dirty? Why were you running in such a hurry?"

At her words, the teenager’s expression immediately tensed with panic. Before he could reply, loud voices came from behind the hill.

"That little bastard can’t have gone far; we must catch him and bring him back to me."

The teenager bolted to escape, but De Fu grabbed him.

The boy became desperate, "They’re from the coal mine, they’re here to catch me."

Xiao Yeyang looked at the boy, "Did you escape from the coal mine?"

The teenager nodded vigorously, "Please let me go. If the people from the coal mine catch me, I’m as good as dead. I beg you."

As the voices grew closer, Xiao Yeyang glanced at De Fu, who quickly hid the teenager on the carriage.

No sooner had De Fu stowed the boy inside the carriage than several fierce-looking ruffians appeared in sight.

Xiao Yeyang stood in front of Daohua, shielding her behind him, his expressionless gaze sweeping over the ruffians.

The ruffians paused and looked at Xiao Yeyang and his companions, clearly taken aback.

Perhaps sensing that Xiao Yeyang and his group were not to be trifled with, the ruffians asked no questions and continued their pursuit.

"Why did Tiger not question those folks just now?"

"Are you blind? That horse, that carriage, they can only belong to someone of high birth, and that brocade-clad man’s aura was even more intimidating than a hundred-household officer’s. Those are not people we can afford to offend."

"What if that little brat hides in their carriage?"