Chapter 2339: Chapter 2403: Falling into the Water

Li Yifei naturally wouldn’t panic, but outwardly he feigned great surprise, shielding Chen Junxiao behind him. The little girl hurriedly asked, "Sister, what do you want to do?"

Hu Yu’er, who turned around, had a completely different aura. She no longer appeared charming and alluring like when they first met yesterday, nor did she seem as unpredictably dangerous as she had been afterward. At this moment, the feeling she gave off was... that of someone above everyone, cold-blooded and unfeeling. This change occurred in merely a turn. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Interesting, Li Yifei nodded to himself. People like this must have a story behind them, but there must be an element of deliberation in it; Li Yifei didn’t believe she could hate him so much in an instant.

Hu Yu’er didn’t reply; instead, she raised her chin slightly, and several burly men immediately approached. Sunglasses off, Li Yifei saw killing intent in their eyes. He couldn’t help but shift his footing. Although his abilities hadn’t fully recovered, dealing with a few ordinary people wasn’t a problem. But these men actually showed killing intent—something Li Yifei disliked.

The woman must be trying to test me, so... if I fight too fiercely, won’t it be letting her test me thoroughly? But getting beaten isn’t my style either; only children are allowed to hit, and he can endure that, but it can’t be actual hitting. Then there’s the occasional ’mild violence’ from wives, but as for others, not even God could make Li Yifei stand there taking hits without fighting back.

Whether or not I can win is another matter, but standing still taking hits isn’t an option. So, watching the burly men surround him, Li Yifei shook his head and said, "Come one at a time!"

He took off the fat cook’s jacket and tossed it aside, turning to Chen Junxiao and saying, "Be good, wait for me over there!"

Chen Junxiao shook his head, clutching Li Yifei’s arm, and asked, "Uncle, what do they want to do?"

"It’s nothing, just bonding!" Li Yifei chuckled.

How could it be bonding? Each of them had a menacing expression. The little girl wasn’t stupid; she shook her head and said, "Uncle, let’s run!"

"No need to run, Uncle’s all muscles; he’d beat these rotten garlics easily!" Li Yifei patted her head and said, "Be good, stand back a bit, and see how well Uncle fights!"

The woman remained expressionless, her face slightly raised, her gaze icy, as if looking at two people who were irrelevant. And indeed, they were irrelevant. Li Yifei pushed Chen Junxiao aside, glanced lightly at Hu Yu’er.

The brawny men already surrounded him. Li Yifei pointed at them and said, "If you want to come together, then come together!"

"That’s what you said!" one man across from him sneered, shook his shoulders, twisted his neck, making cracking sounds that seemed intimidating but were actually full of flaws. Li Yifei had countless ways to take him down, but suddenly thought he shouldn’t resolve this too quickly, so before striking, Li Yifei hesitated, slightly holding back, not delivering the punch aimed at the man’s throat.

If the punch landed, even without breaking the neck, the spot would suffer severe injury. Withholding his punch, Li Yifei staggered backward, pretending to be unsteady, and received a punch from a brawny man on his back. Actually, the punch was a few centimeters away from Li Yifei, though it seemed to hit, while retreating, Li Yifei lifted a leg, kicking directly at the man’s thigh, hooking with his toe, kicking onto the man’s leg.

Li Yifei used strength in that kick; the man intended to punch again but his leg suddenly lost control. His body softened, he cried out in pain, and fell to the ground.

A lot of muscles in the thigh could suddenly spasm and twitch with intense pain, and the color of the face kept changing.

This was just the beginning; the others, didn’t bother to check on him, continued chasing Li Yifei.

Seeing the first person collapse inexplicably, Hu Yu’er’s expression changed slightly, her lips curling before quickly restoring, her eyebrows raised.

When the second henchman fell, the woman made a ’pop’ with her lips, took a few steps, her face showing some displeasure—whether at Li Yifei or someone else, it was unknown.

"Come on, keep it up, like I’m scared of you. Damn it! Bullying the few with many?" After Li Yifei took down three people in succession, the remaining three suddenly stopped, collectively looked back at Hu Yu’er, who frowned without commenting, so the three gathered at Li Yifei again.

Li Yifei lightly shook his head, showing regret, clenched his fists, and said, "Then let’s get to it! I’ll teach you all a lesson, one by one!"

Li Yifei at this moment was like a ruffian engaged in street fighting, fearless and rebellious, here to fight.

The three he had just handled couldn’t stand up, their injuries light yet enough to temporarily lose the ability to fight again. Like the one kicked in the leg, he couldn’t stand short-term to continue fighting; that kick hurt too much, while another’s ribs were struck, seemingly not heavily, yet making half his body lose mobility, the third worse off, waist seeming broken, lying on the ground wailing.

Hu Yu’er bit her lip, showing more discontent on her face. As the brawl continued on both sides, Hu Yu’er finally spoke, "Stop!"

"Yes, Miss!" The three still intact immediately said, while Li Yifei seemed indifferent, watching them drag away the three with painful faces lying on the ground.

Li Yifei glanced at Hu Yu’er indifferently, chuckled lightly, and turned to leave.

"Hey!" Hu Yu’er’s expression changed drastically; she had been tense for a while, even ready to explain everything to Li Yifei after the confrontation. But she didn’t expect Li Yifei to look at her with such disdain after the fight and walk away, which caught her off guard, making her anxious and even her voice changed.

Li Yifei didn’t stop at all. Hu Yu’er thought he was angry, so she hurried to catch up with him, eventually breaking into a light jog. They were originally about thirty meters apart, with Li Yifei already rounding the pool, and Hu Yu’er rushed to follow.

With a splash, Li Yifei was about to pull Chen Junxiao along to leave. He was annoyed, thinking if he had indeed done something to upset the other party, that would be understandable, but this wasn’t necessary.

Hearing the sound of water behind him, Li Yifei finally stopped and turned back, only to find Hu Yu’er missing from the poolside. Instead, a figure was thrashing in the water, accompanied by Hu Yu’er’s cries for help.

Li Yifei took a deep breath, shook his head, and turned to go back. He jumped into the water; this was the deep end of the pool, a full two meters deep, and Hu Yu’er wasn’t tall enough to stand. Naturally, Li Yifei couldn’t stand either, so he swam a couple of strokes over to her, supporting her waist and lifting Hu Yu’er above the water. Seeing Hu Yu’er’s wet hair and drenched clothes, Li Yifei frowned!

This woman is pretending... Li Yifei thought to himself. Suddenly, he let go, and Hu Yu’er, who had just grabbed his arm, sank before she could say anything, choking on a gulp of water.

If you can’t swim, why have such a big pool? Li Yifei thought, seeing Hu Yu’er swallow two gulps of water; if she choked any more, there would be trouble. Li Yifei lifted her above the surface, and as soon as she came up, Hu Yu’er instinctively clung to Li Yifei, wrapping her arms around his neck forcefully, seemingly indifferent to her chest pressing against Li Yifei’s face.

Li Yifei didn’t take advantage, waiting for Hu Yu’er to calm down. Then, with both hands supporting her waist, he kicked the water and swam towards the shore.

Pushing her above the water and onto the bank, Chen Junxiao quickly ran over to help pull Hu Yu’er, while others who heard the commotion also rushed over. Hu Yu’er’s face was pale, evidently quite shaken, and seeing the approaching crowd, she immediately commanded, "Everyone, back off!"

"Yes!" The crowd quickly retreated. As Hu Yu’er was about to speak to Li Yifei, she felt her stomach churned and couldn’t help but bend over and vomit.

Li Yifei squatted down, gently patting her back until Hu Yu’er began to recover, then he stopped.

"Thank you!" Hu Yu’er said weakly.

"Repaying resentment with kindness, what about repaying kindness?" Li Yifei replied indifferently.

"I didn’t fall in on purpose, my high heel broke, and I fell!" Hu Yu’er said somewhat aggrievedly. Li Yifei followed her gaze, seeing indeed one of her heels was broken, nodded lightly, and asked, "Is your foot okay?"

"My foot is fine. I can swim a bit, but I panicked and forgot!"

"Hmm, take off the other one too, then go wash up and change your clothes!" Li Yifei suggested.

"Can you... help me up?"

Li Yifei didn’t reply but instead exerted strength with his arm to pull Hu Yu’er up. Though she said she was fine, she still staggered a bit when she walked. Li Yifei looked at her, and Hu Yu’er’s cheeks warmed, waving her hand, "I’ll walk slowly!"

After about ten paces, Li Yifei sighed, quickly caught up with her, and supported her, lifting her with both hands and swiftly heading towards the villa.

God truly works in mysterious ways; the other occupants of the estate were dumbfounded as they saw the shirtless guy who had come to sell fish now carrying the young lady into the villa. And the young lady said nothing, making them unsure whether to intervene or not, leaving them awkwardly standing.

Perhaps they should pretend they didn’t see anything? Thus, the crowd vanished from Li Yifei’s path. Chen Junxiao wasn’t bothered, not finding anything odd about them helping each other after just fighting.

"Wait for me downstairs; I’ll take her up!" Li Yifei said.

Chen Junxiao nodded vigorously, saying, "Uncle, I understand. Take good care of sister!"

"Alright," Li Yifei nodded and carried the still-silent but obviously tense Hu Yu’er upstairs.