Chapter 13 Why didn’t you stop it?
"Captain Gu, Professor Si, I don't know what Jiang Yu did to make you so angry." Luo Rui, who hadn't seen how Jiang Yu was injured, assumed it was Gu Yunqing who attacked Jiang Yu. She frowned and refused to give in. "Now that you've taught him a lesson, if you don't treat his wound, he'll die soon."
"Knowing you'll die, why would you still covet a woman who doesn't belong to him?" Gu Yunqing sneered, "Since you've made a move, you should be prepared to be taught a lesson."
Sure enough, it was because of Jiang Ranran... Luo Rui looked at Jiang Ranran, lowered her posture, and said earnestly: "Ranran, if Jiang Yu did something bad to you, I apologize on his behalf. Please don't be angry. Chengzhi and I will teach him a lesson..."
Tsk, what a useless thing. He was asked to seduce Jiang Ranran, and he actually ended up losing himself in it. What an idiot!
Jiang Ran: “…”
The man looked so miserable that the others in the team couldn't bear to watch.
Zhou Jian whispered, "Even if Jiang Yu did something excessive, you've taught him a lesson now—we should show mercy when we can."
Yi Xi glanced at Jiang Yu, then at Jiang Ran: "Jiang Ranran, enough is enough."
Others also spoke at once, some begging for mercy, some apologizing, and some trying to persuade.
The members of Gu Yunqing's team tactfully moved away. Song Rong moved his lips and was about to speak when Gu Yunqing grabbed his wrist and shook his head.
He looked thoughtfully at Jiang Ran, who was trapped in Si Xu's arms, with curiosity on his face.
Would Jiang Ran open her mouth to plead for that man? If she did… Gu Yunqing could almost imagine what kind of ending would await the woman.
…
She couldn't hear what those people were saying at all. All she could see was the blood on the ground and the men's wailing in her ears.
The scene of blood exploding kept replaying in front of her eyes, and her body trembled uncontrollably. At this moment, she finally understood what the so-called end of the world was like.
Si Xu still held her shoulders tightly, leaving her no way out.
If he is not stopped, Jiang Yu will die.
With this understanding, Jiang Ran licked his lips and looked up at Si Xu: "Si Xu, I..."
The man's deep light brown eyes came into her sight, with an ambiguous smile in them, as if he was waiting for something, yet also as if he was rejecting something.
Really... clear and bright eyes.
Jiang Ran sighed inwardly and raised her hand to gently cover Si Xu's arm, which was lying across her body. "He wanted to bully me, why didn't you stop him?"
Jiang Ran finally spoke, but asked this question.
The people who were talking and begging for mercy gradually quieted down.
Luo Rui was helpless: "Ranran, you misunderstood. Jiang Yu is just a mean-spirited person. He actually has no ill will towards you. We are all teammates..."
"No ill intentions?" Jiang Ran's troubled heart instantly calmed down. Without looking at the man on the ground, whose voice was fading away, she said word by word, "So that's what you all thought?"
After exchanging a glance with Xie Chengzhi, Luo Rui spoke again: "Ranran, I know you are a kind and good girl. After today's incident, Jiang Yu must have learned his lesson and will not shamelessly pester you in the future..."
"Besides me, there will be others." Jiang Ran interrupted Luo Rui and said, "Today it's me, tomorrow it will be some other innocent girl."
She turned her face away, indicating that she did not want to plead for Jiang Yu.
After expressing her attitude, Jiang Ran could feel the force of the arm restraining her loosen a little.
She breathed a sigh of relief, knowing she had made the right decision.
I didn't expect Jiang Ran to have this attitude. It was so different from her usual personality. Luo Rui frowned and finally turned her gaze to the man holding Jiang Ran: "Professor Si..."
She smiled bitterly: "Jiang Yu is already like this, can you..."
Before she could finish, Si Xu smiled softly: "Okay."
The laughter was very clear and light, but it revealed the joy in the man's heart.
He ignored Luo Rui's group and the half-dead Jiang Yu, picked up Jiang Ran, avoided the bloodstains on the ground, and walked towards the car.
The crisis is resolved.
Gu Yunqing had seen enough of the show and said to Luo Rui, "Alright, alright, get them out of here. The bloody smell is so strong it's bound to attract zombies."
Luo Rui: "..." Who caused the strong smell of blood? If you knew there would be a bloody smell, why did you mess up his arm like this?
"By the way, Luo Rui." Gu Yunqing, who had a good impression of women, kindly reminded her, "This is a favor Jiang Ran has done for you. Thank her well."
After Gu Yunqing finished speaking, he clapped his hands and said loudly: "It's almost time to rest. Let's pack up and get ready to go!"
…
After briefly treating Jiang Yu's wound, Zhou Jian sighed, "I'm afraid his arm is broken. Fortunately, the bleeding has stopped, and he's saved his life."
Luo Rui sighed. "It's my fault—I was afraid Ranran would be sad, but I couldn't go and comfort her myself. Jiang Yu heard what I said and went to ask Ranran about the situation. Who knew... Oh well."
"Jiang Ran is really going too far!" Zhou Jian said angrily, "She's just relying on someone's support to bully others! I really don't know what kind of vision Gu Yunqing has to fall for that disgusting woman."
"You can't say that. Ranran doesn't have much say..."
"You can always beg for mercy, right?" Zhou Jian sneered, "What about her? She wasn't even willing to beg for mercy, and just watched Jiang Yu die?"
“…”
Zhou Jian said this indignantly, and the others in the car echoed her.
"That's right. After all, our team has protected her for so long."
"Ignorant bastard! If they don't want her anymore, we won't let her come back!"
“That’s too much!”
The team members expressed their opinions one after another, but Luo Rui's thoughts were not on this.
What did Gu Yunqing mean by that? Jiang Ranran hadn't even pleaded for mercy, so why did he say it was Jiang Ranran's favor?
Also, Luo Rui was puzzled when she glanced at Jiang Yu's disabled arm.
Could Jiang Yu's injury really have been caused by a wind-type psychic? Such a strange wound... If it wasn't Gu Yunqing, then who could it be? Si Xu?
No, it's impossible. She had sensed that Si Xu was a space-based mutant and had no combat power at all.
Damn it, since last night, it seemed like many things were out of her control, leaving her at a loss as to what to do.
…
The convoy continued to move forward. Xiao Chen went to rest and Song Rong took over the driver's seat.
Since they were all family, Gu Yunqing spoke without hesitation: "Si Xu, you just looked, what was going on in front?"
"The zombie horde has been dealt with."
As Si Xu spoke, he pulled Jiang Ran, who was curled up on one side, over to him and placed her on his lap. He lowered his eyes to look at her, a soft light in his peach blossom eyes: "You seem to be shaking badly?"
The man's hand covered Jiang Ran's back. Jiang Ran subconsciously straightened her back and stammered, "Not bad...right?"
It wasn't that she wanted to tremble, it was that her body couldn't control itself. Okay, she admitted that she was frightened by the scene just now.
She had seen many scenes of murder and arson in TV and movies, but this was the first time she had seen someone's arm being twisted off in real life.
Until now, the faint smell of blood still lingers between her nostrils.
"Are you scared?" The man stroked the girl's back with his fingers, lowering his voice and asking in a tempting tone, "Do you think that scene just now was scary?"
Jiang Ran nodded honestly.
Si Xu continued, "Were you scared by me?"
As he asked this, his slender fingers slowly stopped at the girl's soft white neck and gently stroked it.
It was true that she was frightened, but was she frightened by him...? Jiang Ran shook her head.
Si Xu paused, and the smile in his peach blossom eyes became even wider, but this time it was a completely harmless and gentle smile.
He held the person in his arms and whispered, "Rest, I'm here."
Jiang Ran obediently leaned on his shoulder and closed her eyes.
"Si Xu." Unable to sleep, she closed her eyes and spoke vaguely, "I was really scared just now. It was the first time I saw that kind of scene... I was just, scared by that scene."
It had nothing to do with him protecting her; she simply had a physical fear of that scene.
"Si Xu, thank you for protecting me."
What cruel means, what ruthless actions...
When Jiang Yu was forcing Jiang Ranran, no one ever jumped out to accuse him of this, and no one asked Jiang Ranran whether she was willing.
Everyone was just watching as if they were having a fun time, and some even drank some wine while laughing and chatting.
No matter what means Si Xu used, at least he protected her.
Even though in everyone's eyes Jiang Ranran was just Si Xu's appendage, just a toy he kept, he still taught those who bullied her a lesson.
Being thanked so directly, Si Xu looked uncomfortably and hummed, as a response to her thanks.
(End of this chapter)
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