The key is that Tao Zui and Tao Ran cooperated very well in rummaging around, and in the end, the two of them together didn't even have two yuan.

As a handful of coins, paper money, and other valuables were thrown into the hat, the robbers stared at the two grown men in disbelief.

"You two went home for the Chinese New Year, right? You have the nerve to come back with so little money?"

Tao Zui and Tao Ran blushed and tried to explain, completely flustered.

"We're still students, where would we get the money?"

"Who are you trying to fool? You look every bit the high-ranking official, pretending to be a student? Have you no shame!"

Tao Ran shouted back, feeling frustrated.

"We're just students, we haven't become leaders yet, we're broke, we have no money, we have no shame!"

Seeing Tao Ran's refined yet depraved appearance, the robbers decided not to waste any more time and turned their attention to the four women beside them.

He held up his hat to them, and Xiao Jiu painfully pulled out a handful of one-cent coins.

Clutching her injured back, she said pitifully, "Brother, we girls only have this much money left, and we've given it all up."

The three of them nodded in agreement, and even took out all the pockets on their bodies.

The robbers naturally didn't believe it, so in the end, they had no choice but to open all the bags they were carrying and show them to them.

When the robbers had searched the place thoroughly and were certain that the well-dressed men and women really had no money, their gazes towards them changed.

"Keep pretending! You keep saying you have no money, and you really don't have any in your bag. So where did you hide the money?"

He sneered and gestured for them to stand in the front row, holding the knife.

"Go wait up ahead for a moment, I'm going to search you myself!"

Just as he turned around and yelled at them, a burly man in the back row suddenly jumped out, first forcefully grabbing the woolen hood covering the man's face, and then forcefully striking the tendons in his arm. As soon as the knife in his hand loosened, the burly man kicked him away.

Xiao Jiu and the others quickly moved aside, watching helplessly as the big man crashed his head into the pole of the bus.

The other three, seeing someone resisting, wanted to come and help, but Tao Zui and Tao Ran, who had just looked aggrieved and like weak scholars, took the opportunity to forcefully break the knives from the hands of two of them.

The third man grabbed Xiao Jiu casually, intending to use her as a hostage. Unexpectedly, a handful of lime was thrown over her without warning. The robber loosened his grip on the knife, and Xiao Jiu was firmly in his hand. While the robber screamed and scratched his eyes, all the robbers were brought under control.

When Tang Cuixiang saw the burly man take off his mask, revealing the face she recognized, she instantly exploded.

"Huangfu Biao, don't tell me you got on this train with me!"

The burly man who had just bravely saved everyone now scurried over to Tang Cuixiang's side with a silly grin on his face.

"It's almost New Year's, and I wanted to give you a surprise, but who would have thought you would actually go out to get a car and leave."

I figured I didn't know where you lived, so I followed you here. Who the hell knew I'd run into these scumbags?

As he spoke, he stomped hard on the robber who was already firmly pinned to the ground.

"With this level of skill, you dare to be a robber? Aren't you ashamed?!"

As he spoke, he turned to the passenger who was still standing there in a daze.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and take your money."

"You all better behave yourselves. Don't touch what isn't yours. If I find you taking more than your share, you'll all be handed over to the police!"

As he spoke, he casually grabbed a young man who looked rather strong.

"Come here, sit on this lap. Driver, let's go see if the car can still be repaired."

In just over ten minutes, Huangfu Biao had taken the lead, and even Tao Zui and Tao Ran subconsciously looked towards Cui Xiang.

Cui Xiang glared at Huangfu Biao outside the window with annoyance, while Xiao Jiu and Cui Ju smiled and sipped their lips.

"Sixth Sister is quite charming. How much older is this uncle than you?"

Upon hearing this, Cui Xiang's face darkened even more, while Cui Ju nudged her shoulder from the side.

"Don't be like that. After all, he saved us. You almost flew over just now, and he probably pulled you back."

Cui Xiang was taken aback. "You saw all of this?"

"It's not that I saw it, I was already flying out of there. I don't have eyes in the back of my head, how could I see it?"

"Didn't you say that someone pulled you back? It definitely wasn't Tao Ran, so it's only him left."

Xiao Jiu had been wanting to see Cui Xiang and her brother make a fool of themselves for a long time, and hearing their conversation now made her laugh quite a bit.

As a result, he aggravated his injured back, uttered two "ouch" sounds, and was scolded by Cuixiang with "serves you right" before stubbornly asking.

Why can't it be Tao Ran?

Tao Ran himself replied: "Cui Xiang, I was trying to pull you up just now, but I couldn't reach you. Someone with an arm longer than mine just stepped in."

"Look, it's that military overcoat that guy was wearing. I saw it clearly. I was wondering how he could react so quickly!"

Tang Cuixiang's lips twitched as she turned to look at Tao Ran and Tao Zui, who were openly listening to gossip.

"What use are you two?" You couldn't even protect one of them, and you even lost a few dollars.

By the way, where's the money?

Xiao Jiu seemed to realize what was happening, quickly grabbed the military cap that had been almost completely taken, carefully counted it, and nodded.

"Yes, it's our two dollars and eighty cents, not a cent short!"