As she was about to leave the village, she let out a sigh of relief. Suddenly, a shuttlecock descended from the sky, drawing a quiet arc in the air before hitting Xu Xiuqin on the back.
"Ah!" Xu Xiuqin screamed, feeling like her back was struck by a brick, her body lurching forward as if about to collapse. She barely managed to stabilize herself, but another figure rushed at her like a locomotive, crashing into her back, finally knocking her to the ground.
Her face got smeared with dirt, and her palms, which had tried to support her, were scraped and bleeding. The fire in Xu Xiuqin's chest surged furiously. Just as her anger was burning intensely, the charging "locomotive" Shen Dongdong had already smeared something given by Second Sister You onto the sole of Xu Xiuqin's shoes, grabbing the shuttlecock and swiftly running away.
