Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 261 - 249: Linglong Girl

Qin Qing was not curious about the lives of these two young brothers.

There were too many stories in this world, and it was impossible for Qin Qing to pay attention to everyone.

However, the reason he followed the two was because he always felt that there was some kind of connection between them and himself.

Otherwise, he could not have that very familiar feeling...

Quietly following the two, not long after, they arrived at the lake he had passed by earlier.

It was rare to see a lake on the grasslands.

But this lake did indeed exist here.

And the water was extremely clear.

The night water, reflecting the starlight, fluttered with the breeze. The scattered stars seemed to decorate the lake like jewels, which was quite beautiful.

"Xiao Jiang, keep watch for me. I’m going down now..." the older of the two young boys said to his younger brother.

"Okay!" The younger brother nodded obediently.

It was then that Qin Qing realized the two had sneaked out here in the dead of night to bathe in the lake.

However... traveling hard for days, especially across the grasslands, being covered in wind and sand, one’s body indeed felt uncomfortable.

Even Qin Qing felt the impulse to jump into the lake.

But just then, Qin Qing frowned suddenly, and his face turned pale.

He saw that the elder boy, upon removing his outer shirt, revealed a bellyband underneath. Moreover... without the outer shirt to cover, the beginning curves that had started to form were now outlined with a delicate grace!

This youth was actually a girl!

Only then did Qin Qing remember that the first time he saw these siblings, something had definitely been off.

At that time, he had only thought that the boy was in disguise, but he had not considered that it could have been a girl cross-dressing as a boy.

But it was no wonder Qin Qing didn’t realize it, as those two had kept their distance from others and hardly spoken a word to Qin Qing and the others during these days.

While Qin Qing was pondering, the girl had already entered the water and was merrily swimming around, as graceful as a mermaid.

It had to be said, with all her disguises shed, she indeed had the making of a pure beauty.

Qin Qing couldn’t help but shake his head and turn to leave.

He had no interest in peeping at a young girl bathing.

But just as he was about to leave, a noise came from the other side.

Qin Qing turned and saw Zheng Baohe’s group of escort guards, each staggeringly drunk, making their way toward the lake.

"Damn it, this is so uncomfortable, the sand from the grasslands chafing against the skin!"

Zheng Baohe cursed as he exhaled the smell of alcohol.

"Hehe, Brother Zheng, let’s have a good wash later!"

It turned out that Zheng Baohe’s group of escorts had also come to bathe in the lake.

Qin Qing’s brows furrowed slightly. He had planned to leave directly, but seeing Zheng Baohe and others arrive, he anticipated that something might happen, so he hid himself again.

Meanwhile, in the water, the girl was still swimming joyfully, completely unaware of the approaching people.

Her younger brother was also playing with water at the lakeside, occasionally laughing and frolicking with his sister, until the group led by Zheng Baohe approached and the young girl suddenly realized someone was coming.

But it was already too late!

Zheng Baohe had seen the girl swimming in the lake from afar.

"Brother Zheng, turns out it’s a girl!" One of the guards showed a malicious smile on his face.

"And a young one at that!" Lu Ping grinned, subconsciously licking his lips.

Zheng Baohe’s eyes, too, shone brightly.

This group of protective escorts was never made up of good sorts.

On ordinary days, they earned dirty money and squandered it in dissipated revelry, which was not at all rare, and now that they had been traversing this desolate wilderness for several days, they were utterly fed up with the monotony of these days.

Now suddenly, before their eyes appeared a delicate girl, naturally revealing the beastliness within them.

When the girl saw Zheng Baohe and the others approach, she immediately panicked.

All along this journey, she had disguised herself as the opposite gender precisely to avoid unnecessary trouble, but unexpectedly such an incident still occurred today.

At this moment, she regretted it deeply; given another chance, she would never have sneaked off to bathe in the lake.

Zheng Baohe and his men had already reached the lakeside.

The girl’s brother stood there, and upon seeing Zheng Baohe come over, initially showed a look of panic, but soon tried to keep a composed façade, shouting at Zheng Baohe and his men, "Don’t come any closer!"

However, how could Zheng Baohe possibly take a little boy seriously? He walked over with a sinister smile, kicked the boy away with a foot, then grabbed the clothes the girl had left on the ground, and took a deep sniff with his nose.

"Hmm... truly fragrant. It smells of a young bird!"

Zheng Baohe grinned.

"You... what... what do you want to do?" The girl was obviously flustered.

"What do I want to do?" Zheng Baohe chuckled, "You should understand. Just obey us nicely, make us feel good, and I guarantee nothing will happen to you and your brother!"

"How... how can you do this? I paid you to protect us!" The girl gritted her teeth in protest.

"Paid... to protect you?" Zheng Baohe laughed and said to the other escorts, "This little miss claims she paid us to protect her?"

"Hahaha..."

The other escorts all laughed loudly along.

"Little miss, come here now, keep us company nicely, and if you make us happy, not only will nothing happen to you and your brother, but we can also give you money..." Lu Ping followed up.

"No!" The terror in the girl’s eyes grew even thicker, "No, you can’t do this!"

"You villains, get away from me this instance!" The girl’s brother also came forward again, glaring furiously at the group of escorts.

Just that...

At this moment, the disparity in the strength between the two sides was far too great.

Even though the little boy appeared ferocious, he was like an angry little calf, while these escorts were the true famished wolves and fierce tigers!

"Slap!"

Zheng Baohe slapped the little boy hard across the face.

The boy’s cheek immediately swelled up, and blood trickled from his mouth.

Then Zheng Baohe grabbed the boy again, and his fist violently smashed into the boy’s stomach.

"Ugh..."

The boy knelt on the ground, vomiting blood mixed with filth, while tears and blood covered his face.

"Brother!"

The girl looked at her brother anxiously, at a loss in her panic about what to do.

"Now do you know what to do?" Zheng Baohe sneered at the girl, "Come here obediently now, yes, just like that, come here..."

The smiles on the faces of the other few escorts became increasingly lecherous.

"Heh, Escort Master Zheng, a group of grown men bullying two children, just how thick is your shame?"

And at that moment, a voice suddenly came from the sidelines.