"...To be honest, it's ugly."
Ruan Qing'an silently complained, then gripped the hilt of the knife with her other hand. Just as Lin Dachong stepped forward, she planted the long knife into the ground with one hand.
Lin Da thought Ruan Qing'an was intimidated by his aura, so he charged over with an even more ferocious posture, sneering, "You can't beat a superhuman. Give me everything, and I'll leave you with a whole corpse!"
"A superhuman?"
Ruan Qing'an paused, then clenched her free left hand into a fist.
The next moment, as she withdrew her hand, the blood that Lin Da had spilled on the ground spread and grew like blades, piercing his body sharply. Even the blood gushing from his wounds turned into thorns, piercing out from his body.
In an instant, Lin Da turned into a hedgehog, barely clinging to life.
Ruan Qing'an then released his grip: "A superhuman? It's not like we can't deal with them. Did your muscles grow into your brain?"
"Xiao Ruan, where did you learn to say that?"
Zhou Ziqi was leaning against the cashier's counter, his slightly effeminate features as handsome and affectionate as ever, with a hint of helpless smile.
Meanwhile, Li Dongmei and Zhang Si exchanged glances, their eyes filled with disbelief and terror. Lin Da had been dealt with so easily. If the stalemate continued, they would both die here!
With a determined heart, Zhang Si seized the moment when Ruan Qing'an sheathed his sword, increased his speed to the maximum, and rushed forward!
But the target wasn't Nguyen Thanh An, but rather...
A gust of wind swept by, and Zhang Si's figure rushed behind Zhou Ziqi, a dagger suddenly appearing in his hand.
Just as the blade was pressed against Zhou Ziqi's neck—
"Don't move!!!"
Zhang Si cried out, only then realizing that the sharp blade was less than half a meter away from him. Ruan Qing'an's leaden eyes were filled with murderous intent, and Zhang Si trembled.
He shouted again, "Back off! Back off immediately!"
Ruan Qing'an frowned and glanced at Zhou Ziqi—this bastard was being held hostage, but he stood with his hands behind his back, seemingly unsurprised, and didn't react much; there was even a smile on his lips.
037: [The male lead...]
"Heh, let's just follow his script for now."
Ruan Qing'an sneered inwardly as she backed away little by little, while Zhang Si held Zhou Ziqi tightly, staring intently at her movements.
Seeing Ruan Qing'an obediently back away, he then said, "Put down your knife, kick it away, and throw your bag at the door, right now, or I'll kill him right now!"
"...You'd better not let your hands shake."
Ruan Qing'an said lightly before putting down the knife.
Li Dongmei said, "Actually, we have no intention of being your enemy. As long as we get what we need, we'll leave immediately. You don't need to fight us to the death, do you?"
“Little sister, I can tell that you and this man only have an employer-employee relationship. There’s no need to use a knife for him. Let’s talk this out.”
Li Dongmei changed the subject, and when she noticed Ruan Qing'an carrying a bag, she said: "Actually, Lin Da was never very bright. It's fine if he dies. We could actually cooperate. This guy is your boss, right? He didn't pay you much in crystal cores to get you to this point."
"If you come with us, you can get more."
Li Dongmei kept rambling on, her real intention being to divert Ruan Qing'an's attention away from Zhang Si, not to recruit him.
Nguyen Thanh An tossed the bag in his hand.
"That makes sense."
"But... during my employment, I was the boss's knife, only obeying his orders and protecting his safety, without considering the pros and cons."
As her voice faded, the bag full of supplies was tossed high into the air. Li Dongmei instinctively looked over and jumped up, trying to grab the bag.
As soon as they get the item, they run away!
But Ruan Qingan reacted much faster than Li Dongmei. As soon as she threw it, she slammed her elbow into Li Dongmei, grabbed the bag back, and rolled on the ground to dissipate the force.
Steadying himself, Nguyen Thanh An held the bag in one hand and opened his right hand, drawing the Tang sword that had fallen to the side directly towards him, and gripping its hilt.
Zhang Si was completely dumbfounded. The dagger he was holding to Zhou Ziqi's neck loosened slightly, but strangely, Zhou Ziqi still just put his hands behind his back and showed no intention of resisting.
Only those upturned phoenix eyes were fixed on Ruan Qing'an.
Ruan Qing'an lightly touched the ground with her toes and quickly stepped forward, forcing Zhang Si back with deadly blows!
Seeing that Zhang Si was about to get into trouble, Li Dongmei's eyes widened in surprise.
"Don't touch him!"
Ruan Qing'an ignored her. Li Dongmei became anxious. As a superhuman herself, she condensed her long-hidden wind-type superpower into a blade and attacked Zhou Ziqi, who was standing to the side.
A strong gust of wind blew, even the ends of Zhou Ziqi's hair fluttered.
He sighed, "Truly, this is unexpected..."
"boss!"
Upon realizing that the wind blades were getting closer, Ruan Qing'an immediately abandoned Zhang Si and lunged at Zhou Ziqi. Despite her petite stature, she still managed to firmly block the incoming wind blades!
Zhou Ziqi was dragged around on the ground several times.
He groaned and crashed into a supermarket shelf, while his bodyguard fell on top of him, his back covered in blood. In her desperation, Li Dongmei had used almost all her strength to attack, and now it all landed on Ruan Qing'an.
She wasn't in any real danger, but... when they were close, Zhou Ziqi could hear her suppressed groans.
It seems to be in a lot of pain.
Zhou Ziqi was speechless for a moment. Just then, he heard chaotic footsteps not far away. When he looked up, he saw Zhang Si dragging Li Dongmei and Lin Da away. They were so disheveled that they didn't have time to grab anything and could only flee for their lives.
Seeing this, Zhou Ziqi sighed again and poked Ruan Qing'an's cheek: "I won't die from being stabbed. You should go after those three people. Little Ruan is a bit silly."
"Cough cough..."
Ruan Qingan paused, then said sullenly, "Boss, your job description is to protect your safety, not to make me kill people."
"...Really."
Zhou Ziqi then helped her up, frowning and looking worried, and said, "Are you alright? Never mind, you should sit down and rest first."
037: [Oh my god, the male lead has finally come to his senses.]
Ruan Qing'an: "You see, your affection level is 0. Say something else?"
037: [Ah, this...]
But Ruan Qing'an didn't seem surprised. She just thought that Zhou Ziqi, this madman, couldn't possibly be moved by someone saving him.
Impossible, Zhou Ziqi would never.
At this moment, Zhou Ziqi took the bag back. When he turned his back, he put away the scalpel he had taken out earlier and put it back into a glass test tube containing a black, viscous substance.
But just as he withdrew it, a voice suddenly came.
"Boss, when you were being held hostage just now, were you planning to do something sneaky and kill all three of us, including me?"
"..."
Zhou Ziqi's upturned phoenix eyes suddenly darkened.
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