In just fifteen minutes, all four thugs were lying on the ground, each stabbed several times by her.

It looked extremely tragic.

The horrific screams of the thugs attracted the attention of patrolling soldiers.

As luck would have it, the soldier leading the group was none other than Qin Yu, an old acquaintance of Jiang Wanwan.

"In broad daylight, you..." Qin Yu hadn't finished speaking when he saw Jiang Wanwan.

"Hey girl, what are you doing here?" He rushed over with a few soldiers.

Jiang Wanwan gripped the dagger in her hand, her eyes red and swollen, looking at Qin Yu with fear and trepidation. "Brother Qin, sob sob, these thugs tried to do something to me. I, I almost..."

As she spoke, tears streamed down her face.

"Sir, don't listen to that little hussy's nonsense. It was her, she wanted to kill us." One of the thugs lay on the ground, clutching the blood gushing from his palm, and argued.

"Slap!" Qin Yu raised his hand and slapped her hard across the face.

"Shut up! You grown men are saying a little girl is going to kill you? Is that even possible?" Qin Yu shouted angrily.

"Exactly, how can they say such shameless things?"

"Listen to the nonsense you're spouting, does anyone believe it?"

After the soldiers finished berating the thugs, they looked at Jiang Wanwan with concern and asked, "Miss Jiang, are you alright?"

They had also received mosquito coils from Jiang Wanwan, so they were quite familiar with her.

"Men, take these thugs back to the yamen and give them a thorough dressing-down."

"Yes, sir!"

Without saying a word, several soldiers stepped forward and dragged the four thugs off the ground.

The four thugs turned pale with fright when they heard that they were about to go to jail.

The laws of Daqi were extremely harsh regarding male rape of women; those who successfully committed the act were physically castrated. Those who attempted to commit adultery with women were punished with fifty strokes of the cane.

Fifty strokes of the cane, and he'd probably be dead.

The thugs wept bitterly, begging Qin Yu to let them go.

Qin Yu remained unmoved.

After the four thugs were taken away, Qin Yu insisted on taking Jiang Wanwan to a safe place. Jiang Wanwan wiped away her tears, sobbing, but ultimately couldn't resist his kindness and had to let him take her to the Wanhuofang store.

After delivering the goods to Wanhuofang, he made sure Jiang Wanwan was alright before hurriedly leaving.

When Su Wan'er, who was standing in the teahouse, learned of this outcome, she was so angry that she almost ground her teeth to powder.

"Useless! You can't even handle a little girl!" She suddenly swept all the teacups off the tea table.

The maidservant knelt on the ground in fear, her voice trembling as she said, "Please calm down, Miss."

"Cuiguo, where did that brat Jiang Wanwan go?"

"Replying to Miss, Jiang Wanwan went to the Wanhuofang."

"Wanhuofang?"

"Yes, Miss. Jiang Wanwan sells the mosquito coils she makes to two shops in the county town, one called Ruixiangju and the other Wanhuofang. She has long-term cooperative relationships with both shops, so she is very familiar with the shopkeepers of both shops."

"Hehe, she's got some skills! Isn't Jiang Wanwan very capable? Then I'll just ruin both of these shops and see if they still dare to cooperate with her."

"When Jiang Wanwan's family has no income, let's see what they eat!"

"Cuiguo, take the token and go to Baibaoxuan to call the manager over. I have something to discuss with him!"

"Yes, Miss."