Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots
Chapter 290 - 290 290 Lin Yi is Hijacked Midway (1)_1

Chapter 290: Chapter 290: Lin Yi is Hijacked Midway (1)_1 Chapter 290: Chapter 290: Lin Yi is Hijacked Midway (1)_1 Leaving Jin Ji Vinegar Workshop, Lin Yuan thought for a moment and had Liuzi drive to the tofu workshop.

Before, she had always used the vinegar from the main house of the Jin family for making tofu, and though their partnership had just begun, she had a very favorable impression of Jin Ji Vinegar Workshop.

Yet she had not expected such an incident to occur today; she needed to go over and give a warning.

If Shopkeeper Zhou had been tempted by some petty profits to use the inferior rice vinegar from the Jin family’s second wife, then she would have to consider finding a new shopkeeper.

Fortunately, her concerns were unfounded, as Shopkeeper Zhou had not been swayed by the likes of Jin Lingling and still used the vinegar from the main house as before.

Nonetheless, when Lin Yuan asked about the matter, Shopkeeper Zhou confessed the truth.

It turns out that the Jin family’s second wife had indeed approached him, but Shopkeeper Zhou was always cautious.

He personally tasted the vinegar from the second wife before giving his answer.

After hearing this, Lin Yuan frowned slightly, feeling that something was very strange about the situation.

The tofu workshop’s business had just started, and their partnership with Jin Ji Vinegar Workshop had only been for a month—how could the second wife have found them so quickly?

A bold guess emerged in her mind: there was a mole within the Jin family’s main house, and it had to be someone with a significant position, or they would not have had access to such confidential customer information.

Should she send a message to Jin Yuyu?

No sooner had this thought crossed her mind than Lin Yuan dismissed it.

If she could figure out something so simple, then Jin Yuyu, who had been managing Jin Ji Vinegar Workshop for years, would surely have thought of it too.

With a self-mocking smile, Lin Yuan inspected the newly made tofu in the workshop and, satisfied that everything was fine, prepared to leave and head back to Lin family village.

It wasn’t yet noon, and the road back to the village was not very busy.

Since there wouldn’t be much to keep her busy once she returned, Lin Yuan simply instructed Liuzi to slow down the carriage.

Getting up too early in the morning and having visited many places that day, Lin Yuan was already feeling tired.

She had just closed her eyes and leaned against the carriage, intending to doze off for a while, when suddenly, the carriage jolted to an abrupt halt.

“What happened?” Lin Yuan knew Liuzi’s driving skills well—although not as steady as Xia Zheng’s, he wouldn’t cause such a sudden jolt.

Lifting the curtain, Lin Yuan peered out with a puzzled look, and her face turned pale with shock!

In front of the carriage, three or four masked men had suddenly appeared, wielding long knives and confronting them.

Lin Yuan turned her head and saw that two masked men wielding knives were stationed around the carriage as well.

Although their faces were covered, Lin Yuan could clearly see that when she appeared, the eyes of those men—daringly visible outside—were filled with lust and possessiveness.

“Young lady, you, you better hide inside the carriage.

I, I will drive as fast as I can to get away; we should, should be able to escape,” stammered Liuzi.

After all, he was just a small servant.

The fact that he hadn’t fled in terror in the face of so many knife-wielding bandits was already impressive, and his thoughts of protecting Lin Yuan made her especially grateful.

However, Liuzi’s plan was clearly unfeasible.

Before he had even finished speaking, the bandits on both sides of the carriage had drawn large wooden clubs from behind and jammed them into the carriage wheels.

Now, even if they wanted to run, they couldn’t.

Liuzi was sweating profusely, even his lips were pale, and his heart suddenly longed for the Young Master.

If the Young Master were here, even another ten bandits would not be a match for him, let alone these ten or so!

After a moment of stunned silence, Lin Yuan regained her composure.

She had traveled this road no less than a hundred times before and never encountered any bandits.

Besides, the Lin family village wasn’t too far from the county seat, nor was it very remote.

How could there be bandits lurking in this place?