She had nowhere to go, so she walked towards the street lights. However, at nine o'clock in the evening, the lights were turned off and the whole street was dark. The county was very small, no different from a town, and every family went to bed early at night.

Ji Ling sat on the steps of the Children's and Youth Center Square, where there was a movie theater and it was one of the most crowded places in the county at night.

When the last movie ended, moviegoers came out one after another. Although Ji Ling didn't check the time, she estimated that it was already past eleven o'clock. She didn't want to go back to that home, and thinking that she had money in her pocket, she decided to find a hotel to stay for the night.

She had seen where the hotel was before and headed straight for the destination, but the closer she got to the hotel, the darker it became, and the only sound she could hear was Ji Ling's own footsteps.

It was quiet and the sound of her footsteps echoed in my ears.

Ji Ling felt something was wrong and quickened her pace. She could see the hotel sign on from a distance and her heart finally settled down. But the next second, two young men came towards her from the alley next to her.

Ji Ling paused for a moment and moved towards the street without making any sound. The two young men, with cigarettes in their mouths, seemed to be so absorbed in their conversation that they did not notice Ji Ling at all. They walked towards Ji Ling.

There were only three people on the road, and Ji Ling didn't believe that the two didn't see someone on the opposite side.

She became alert and moved towards the middle of the road again.

She quickened her pace, and the young men she met also quickened their pace, one of them even teasing her out loud.

"Hey, girl, where are you going alone? I'll take you back."

As they spoke, the two of them had already blocked Ji Ling's way.

Ji Ling said nothing and walked around the two of them.

When she turned right, the two of them turned right too, blocking her from passing.

After a few times, she stopped talking and the other party seemed to find it boring and stopped blocking her way. Just as he was about to leave the two of them behind, Ji Ling felt a pain in her waist as if something had hit her.

"Sister, my knife has no eyes, don't hurt you."

The sharpness of the thorny object could be felt through her clothes, and Ji Ling did not dare to move.

A chill surged from the soles of my feet to my entire body.

"Let's go inside and have some fun."

Feeling the pain in her waist getting heavier, Ji Ling did not dare to resist rashly. She could only follow the two men step by step. She knew that if she really entered the alley, she would have no chance of saving herself.

But this place is remote and there is no one around, so it would be too late to shout now.

Seeing that she was about to enter the alley, Ji Ling pushed the man in front of her away, turned around and ran towards the street, shouting for help as she ran.

The young man behind him cursed and the two of them chased after him.

Ji Ling didn't dare to look back. How could she run faster than the two young men? Not long after she got far, her hair was grabbed. Her body went limp and she was pressed to the ground.

"Damn it, I won't eat the toast"

"What are you doing?" Before the young man finished speaking, a voice sounded not far away, "Let him go immediately, or I will call for help."

Hearing someone coming, the two young men stopped what they were doing, but when they saw it was an old lady, they immediately relaxed their vigilance.

"Old lady, don't mind your own business."

"You are young, why don't you do something else? What you are doing is a crime."

"Damn it, since you're meddling in other people's business, don't blame me for being rude." Another young man walked towards the old lady.

The response she got was a man's cry of pain. Ji Ling was stunned for a moment, and the young man who was holding her turned around and saw his accomplice lying on the ground. He cursed and put the knife on Ji Ling's neck.

"Stop it. If you dare to move again, I will be rude to her."

The old lady seemed to have some kung fu skills. She put her hand on the man's neck and said, "Let go of that little girl, and I'll let you go. You don't want to make a big deal out of this, do you?"

"Okay, I'll count to three and everyone let go at the same time," said the man.

After that, she quickly counted to three and pushed Ji Ling away. When the old lady saw Ji Ling running over, she let go of the man. The freed man did not run to his accomplices. He touched his waist and waved back at the old lady.

It was too dark, and Ji Ling only heard the old lady screaming in pain. She knew something was wrong, and without thinking, she rushed towards the man. Time was running out, so Ji Ling clenched her fists and punched the man in the face.

The man under her cried out in pain and waved his hands around Ji Ling. Ji Ling felt a sharp pain wherever her hands touched her. She desperately grabbed his hands and pulled them down with force. The dagger in the man's painful hand fell to the ground.

At this moment, someone kicked him hard from behind.

The old lady shouted "Be careful" at the same time, but it was too late. Ji Ling threw her whole body towards the man under her, giving the man a chance to fight back.

Ji Ling felt dizzy for a moment, and then the man pressed her down and strangled her neck.

"You old lady, you are tired of living."

When Ji Ling heard the man's curse, and thought about how others might get hurt because of her, she suddenly felt an immense amount of strength burst out of her body. She pushed the man who was pressing her away, and kicked his first and second legs.

The man screamed, covered his private parts, and rolled on the ground.

Ji Ling took advantage of this gap, rushed to the old lady, and knocked down the man who was holding her down. The two of them wrestled with each other. The noise on the street was so loud that it alarmed people living nearby. Some people rushed out to help and finally subdued the two men.

Ji Ling ignored the pain in her body and helped the old lady who saved her, "Auntie, how are you?"

"Comrade, please go to the hospital quickly. I think this lady is seriously injured."

Reminded by passers-by, Ji Ling also noticed that the old lady was covering her abdomen with one hand.

"Thank you, brothers and sisters-in-law. If anyone has a tricycle, please help me take my aunt to the hospital."

With Ji Ling's request for help, someone quickly pushed a tricycle out and took the two to the hospital. People from the police station also came at the same time. The old lady had been stabbed in the abdomen and her injury looked very serious. The county hospital could not perform the operation, so the police station finally sent a car to take the two directly to the city.

Sitting in the police station's car, Ji Ling held the old lady's hand tightly, "Auntie, I'm sorry, it's all because of me that you got hurt."

"It's okay. No one would stand by and watch someone die if they encountered such a thing. Besides, you are very brave."

Ji Ling told her not to talk. When they arrived in the city, it was already late at night. The old lady was sent to the operating room. The nurse asked Ji Ling to go through the formalities, and only then did she notice the wounds on Ji Ling's body.

"You have so many wounds on your body, and they need to be treated immediately." After the nurse said this, the police officer from the police station noticed it.

He asked Ji Ling to follow the nurse, "I'll go do the formalities, you take care of the wound first."

Ji Ling wanted to say that it was okay, but the wound that she had ignored began to hurt. She didn't try to hold it in, but took out five hundred yuan from her pocket and gave it to the policeman, then followed the nurse.

Over in Bei County, Zhu Yaowu looked everywhere for his grandmother but couldn't find her, and his face turned pale with fright.

(End of this chapter)