Shen Yiru had just stepped out of the restaurant and onto her carriage; the driver had not yet set the horses in motion when a young scholar came stumbling toward them. He swayed unsteadily for a moment before collapsing with a thud right in front of the carriage.
The driver was startled and turned pale. Could this be a scammer trying to extort money?
As soon as the scholar fell, a crowd of onlookers began to gather. The driver raised his whip hand high, his face full of innocent indignation. "He fell on his own! I had nothing to do with it. I hadn’t even started the horses when he came staggering over and face-planted right in front of the carriage. The carriage didn’t even graze him."
Chapter 49