Chapter 21 With a brick in hand, I rule the world.

The streetlights were still on.

But the nearest streetlight was still twenty or thirty meters away from where Jiang Jiani and the others were at the alley entrance.

Modern streetlights are all incandescent bulbs, which, over time, only illuminate a small area under the lamppost, making it impossible to see faces beyond five meters.

And it's backlit.

Jiang Jianni only knew that the two boys had long hair, one with a permed afro and the other with a small topknot.

She narrowed her eyes: "What do you want?"

Jiang Haiyang blocked his second sister behind him and shouted nervously, "What do you want to do! Come at me if you dare!"

The two young people looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Afro: "What are you doing? I'm going to beat you up!"

As he spoke, he reached out and shoved Jiang Haiyang.

Jiang Jianni pushed Jiang Haiyang aside and swished the flashlight into the eyes of the man with the afro.

The man with the afro instinctively raised his arm to cover his face.

Jiang Jianni swung her schoolbag and smashed it at the other person's head.

*Smack*

The man with the afro was instantly stunned, swayed a few times, and then collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Little Pig was furious and reached out to grab Jiang Jiani.

Jiang Jiani swung her schoolbag again.

Little Pig quickly dodged: "You stinky old woman..."

Before he could finish cursing, a sharp pain shot through his waist, and he collapsed to the ground.

Jiang Jianni picked up her schoolbag and went upstairs to fix it again, and the little pigtail stopped moving completely.

Jiang Haiyang then realized what was happening and began to feel fear: "Second sister, what do we do now? Are they dead?"

Jiang Jianni kicked them twice more: "These kinds of trash, it's fine if they die. The world will be rid of one more menace if they die."

Despite her words, she still checked it out.

Good, breathing is normal.

Aside from his face being swollen from being hit, there wasn't even a scratch.

She directed Jiang Haiyang to pull off their belts and tie them behind their backs before starting the body search.

Sure enough, one person was found to have a kitchen knife, and the other was found to have a homemade dagger.

Jiang Jianni: "...He must be a repeat offender."

Unfortunately, the incident happened so suddenly that she forgot she had chili powder in her bag.

Otherwise, they should be made to experience the power of chili powder.

Jiang Haiyang nearly fainted when he saw the two murder weapons: "They, they..."

He couldn't even imagine what would have happened to him and his sister if his second sister had been as gentle as Yanfen.

Thinking about the murder cases that had been appearing in the newspapers for the past two years, Jiang Haiyang felt both fear and dread.

Jiang Jianni looked speechlessly at her belatedly realizing younger brother; the coolness of his flying kick from earlier had long since vanished.

"Alright, alright, I remember there's a security booth at the intersection ahead, let's go check if anyone's there."

Before they even reached the security post, they encountered patrolmen. The siblings, along with two men who had blocked their way—whether for robbery or sexual assault—were taken to the police station.

Jiang Jianni was completely dejected.

Lu Xiangyang was getting ready for bed when the phone rang at home.

To his surprise, the person on the other end of the phone exclaimed, "What? Okay, okay, I'll be right there!"

He hung up the phone and ran away, but Lu's mother called him back, and he turned back and put on a military overcoat.

When they arrived at the police station, they saw two police officers on duty chatting with Jiang Jiani.

The water on the table next to her was still steaming. Jiang Jianni smiled gently and politely: "...I was just taking precautions, who knew it would actually work?"

"Luckily I made preparations beforehand, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable."

The young police officer nodded: "Yes, one of them is a repeat offender. We've been staking out him for several days, but we haven't caught him in the act yet..."

This is not a future where cameras are everywhere.

Without sufficient evidence, the only option is to catch them in the act.

Lu Xiangyang looked at the scene inside the room with a blank expression: "No, what exactly happened?"

Another police officer was a little surprised to see him: "Lu Xiangyang?"

Lu Xiangyang then noticed someone he recognized: "Squad Leader Liu?"

Squad Leader Liu excitedly hugged him and pounded his chest, saying, "I never expected to meet you here."

"Is this your wife?"

"Your wife is amazing."

"A young girl managed to take down two strong and burly robbers."

Lu Xiangyang's heart tightened: "What exactly happened?"

The young police officer quickly explained what had happened.

Lu Xiangyang could hardly believe his ears and looked Jiang Jiani up and down: "Really?"

In his eyes, Jiang Jiani had always been thin and small.

Although he's good with words, that's all he's good with words.

This is a girl who can't even open a soda bottle cap properly; he has to do it for her.

Could Jiang Jiani, with her skills, really take down two robbers?

Jiang Jianni realized she had given herself away and quickly tugged at Jiang Haiyang: "We had Haiyang with us. If it weren't for Haiyang's help, we wouldn't have been able to take down these two so quickly."

Jiang Haiyang wanted to argue, but Jiang Jianni glared at him and he fell silent.

Then Lu Xiangyang learned about Jiang Jiani's amazing move.

Instead of the usual items women carry like lipstick, tissues, pens, paper, or keys, her bag contained a brick and two packets of chili powder—she was fully prepared.

The two police officers were full of praise for Jiang Jianni's tactic of blinding the robber first, believing that if all girls learned to protect themselves, at least half of those tragedies could be avoided.

Jiang Jianni disagreed: "It's one thing for us women to learn how to protect ourselves, but on the other hand, men should also learn from a young age to respect women, rather than harm them."

Squad Leader Liu laughed heartily: "As expected of a college student, you have a whole set of theories to back it up."

On the way back, Lu Xiangyang asked in detail, and then said with concern, "This time it was just luck. Next time something happens, remember to call me, I'll go with you."

Jiang Jianni couldn't help but chuckle: "It all happened so suddenly, how could I have thought of all that?"

"Besides, I don't go out every night, so how could I be so unlucky every time?"

Lu Xiangyang was still worried: "Then I'll get you some self-defense items later."

Jiang Jianni was startled and quickly refused, "No need, no need, I can just be careful normally."

"Besides, I might not be able to use the things you found for me, and even if you teach me, I might not learn them well."

"It's still more convenient to use a brick. It's discreet and easy to use. All I need to know is how to swing a bag."

She even joked, "Haven't you heard the saying?"

"With a brick in hand, I have the world at my fingertips."

"No matter how skilled you are in martial arts, you're still afraid of a kitchen knife."

"I only need one of the two magical artifacts."

Lu Xiangyang almost laughed, but thinking about what happened today made his heart pound with fear, and he didn't give her a chance to refuse: "It's very simple to use, you'll know when you get it back."

Jiang Jianni felt a chill run down her spine: "Is it really impossible not to learn?"

She suspected that Lu Xiangyang wanted to get her a gun for self-defense.

It's only been 90 years.

The country has not yet issued a gun ban.

Many people have air rifles, pistols, landmines, and grenades at home.

Some even piled them up haphazardly under their own beds.

Shooting is fun, but that's only in a shooting range.

Jiang Jianni felt that she wouldn't dare to point a gun at someone even if she had ten times the courage.