Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn-Chapter 41 - 40: Cunning Combat

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Xiao Xian saw Blue Hair and immediately stopped in her tracks, the corn in her hand still steaming hot, the rosy color on her face quickly replaced by a paleness.

"Old man, keep quiet and hand over the money obediently," Blue Hair held Zhu Shijun’s hand, a vicious-looking man with a spring knife pressing against Zhu Shijun’s spine. If the old man made the slightest move, the knife would stab into him.

"Little girl, don’t go over there, those are bad people," Zhou Ziang didn’t know Xiao Xian or the old man, but just from listening to the conversation, it seemed there was some grievance between the two sides.

"Comrade, I don’t know what you’re talking about," Zhu Shijun kept his composure, he recognized the real knife behind him and carefully started a conversation. He recognized the young man with blue hair; he had already dealt with his accomplice on the train, and now it seemed they were here for revenge. They were talking about money, definitely extortion.

Zhu Shijun didn’t have much money on him either; he was just afraid of alarming Xiao Xian. These people were really bold, doing this on a busy street.

"Damn girl, hand over the money or I’ll let your grandpa taste blood," Blue Hair snarled, walking towards Xiao Xian with his hand outstretched to twist her around. Just as he was about to harm Xiao Xian, Zhu Shijun suddenly started fighting with the two men beside him. In this world, no one could harm his Xiao Xian.

Xiao Xian was not weak either, defensively holding the two ears of corn in front of her, and the strange young man who had just spoken to advise her suddenly stepped in front of her.

"Big brother," Xiao Xian’s view was blocked by Zhou Ziang, unable to see the scene in front clearly, she was worried about Zhu Shijun on one hand and afraid of involving the innocent young man on the other. Just as her voice dropped, Blue Hair let out a scream.

Zhou Ziang with one hand twisted Skinny Monk behind him. Both men were about 175 cm tall. Just looking at their experience in the world, Blue Hair certainly had the upper hand. So when he first approached, he didn’t take the handsome young man from the city by Xiao Xian’s side seriously. However, as soon as the two began to fight, Blue Hair was caught off-guard.

The young man’s movements were incredibly fast, he twisted Blue Hair’s arm like a pretzel with one hand, while his other hand firmly gripped Blue Hair’s neck.

Blue Hair still wanted to break free, but the young man’s fingers, appearing like steel bars possessing the strength of a thousand jin, after gripping, left Blue Hair without the strength even to cry for help. Zhou Ziang’s eyes were like two blades of ice.

With another effort, he lifted Blue Hair several inches off the ground with his body. It had been half a year since he arrived in this world, and despite still appearing as a frail sixteen-year-old boy, Zhou Ziang’s muscles felt as though they were cast from copper and iron, something even the real "Zhou Ziang" would find hard to achieve to such perfection.

Blue Hair’s face turned from red to white, then to purple, looking like a frostbitten eggplant, his legs twitching and quivering, eyes rolling back, saliva continuously flowing from his mouth and nose. He was dying, because of underestimating his opponent, he was about to lose his life.

"Blue Hair," on the other side, the accomplice who had been struggling with Zhu Shijun also wondered why his comrade hadn’t come back to help yet. Though Zhu Shijun, after years of training, was skilled, he was an old man after all. If his strength was used for too long, it would weaken. If three people attacked together from the start, they would have captured him already.

"Brother Leopard, something’s wrong, Blue Hair can’t hold on much longer, hurry over and help," one of the other two accomplices noticed something was off. The corn vendor on the street had already packed up and slipped away seeing the scene turning awry, several bystanders had also all run away; truly a sign of the cruelty of the world.

The two hastily threw down Zhu Shijun, and pounced towards Zhou Ziang like vicious dogs.

"Grandpa!!" Xiao Xian widened her eyes in horror. Zhu Shijun heard the sound of tires screeching behind him. Before he could turn around, Xiao Xian threw herself at him, pushing him down to the ground. On the road, a Jinbei van was recklessly charging towards them.

The van was heading straight for Xiao Xian, smashing into them, darkness fell before the old man’s eyes, as a fishy-sweet taste welled up in his throat.

Blue Hair and his group didn’t come with just three people today; they were five in total. Two of them stayed in the van, ready to provide backup, while the other three followed the Zhu family grandfather and granddaughter as soon as they left the station and crossed the street.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, the two accomplices in the van on the roadside charged forward with the vehicle, truly ruthless, intending to kill Zhu Shijun by running him over.

The sound of the impact was deafening. A roar exploded in Zhu Shijun’s head. Although Xiao Xian had pushed him away, the force of the approaching car still swept the old man off his feet, throwing him to the ground. Ignoring the pain in his body, he trembled and did not dare to turn his head, fearing that he might see Xiao Xian lying in a pool of blood. Severe pain engulfed his chest, and the old man felt a blur before his eyes as he passed out.

Zhou Ziang shook off the dying Blue Hair and the other two men, all turning to look.

"Where are they?" The man called Brother Leopard thought he saw wrong; there was no bloody body of a little girl on the road, nor a blood-stained van. His two comrades and the brand new van had vanished as if evaporated into thin air. The only things left on the road were two cornstalks smeared with mud.

Xiao Xian lay on the ground, still in the motion of having pushed Zhu Shijun. Terror lingered in her eyes, and her tender hands had been cut by the rough road surface.

She tried to stand up, feeling as if a thousand pounds weighed on her body, and just as she managed to get up, she fell back down, "That iron vehicle, could it have been..." Xiao Xian saw clearly, there were still two people sitting in that car.

"The police are coming, Brother Leopard, let’s go," the two men dragged Blue Hair and hastily fled.

Xiao Xian, bewildered, looked at Zhu Shijun not far away, biting her lip, her mouth tightened into a line. Tears were already suppressed in her throat.

"Little girl, don’t be scared, the police will be here soon, your parents and you will be fine, the bad guys have already left." Zhou Ziang approached Xiao Xian, seeing her covered in dirt, her eyes brimming with tears, and snot all running down, a sight of utter mess.

A soft part of his heart quietly melted, "If you want to cry, just cry. Big brother is here." He picked up Xiao Xian and took out a towel from the luggage, gently wiping her tear-streaked face.

The following events, Xiao Xian didn’t remember so clearly. She just knew that she was in a very warm embrace, listening to a young comforting voice, softly saying something. A six-year-old’s body doesn’t have much strength; all had been exhausted in the struggle just now.

Xiao Xian didn’t know what she said, but she vented all the unhappiness she had accumulated over the past half year.

The little girl in his arms closed her eyes, letting out faint breaths, her eyelashes still wet with crystal-clear tears, while a smile appeared at the corners of Zhou Ziang’s mouth.

Several police officers were inquiring, "What happened just now? What is your relationship to the victim?"

"I am their... her... Please send them to the hospital first, and also help to contact this pager number, tell them I am at Guiyang First People’s Hospital."

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