Torches gradually lit up the surroundings. A-Da, supporting the fake Fu-Guang, stood in a triangular formation with Sa-Ha-Dan, facing off against the guards of the manor.
Hongmei followed behind Qu Xiaodie, looking at the three Chen brothers with disbelief, muttering to herself.
"Why? Why you?"
Seeing Chen Da unconscious and being supported by Chen San, he couldn't help but ask...
"What's wrong with him? What do you want?"
You just wanted to play around with that repeating crossbow, right? You'll see it during training in a while.
Why would someone have to break into the armory?
You've caused trouble, do you even realize it?!
Seeing that she was still deceiving herself, Qu Xiaodie scolded her.
"Enough! Wake up! They came into the manor with a purpose, but you just won't listen to reason. We don't need you here. Go back!"
These words did indeed carry a hint of protectiveness.
Hongmei realized that Chen Da had been deceiving her for so long, just to use her to get into the manor. She suddenly felt like a fool, and anger, sadness, and shame all welled up in her heart.
She treated him with all her heart, but he made her a laughingstock.
But she still couldn't give up and wanted to ask Chen Da if he had ever truly loved her.
So he stepped forward and questioned...
"Chen Da, wake up! You approached me and tried to make me happy, but was it just to use me to get into the manor?"
Answer me!
However, only silence answered her.
Hongmei could no longer bear such humiliation, so she covered her face and turned to leave.
Xie Yushu said coldly
"If you surrender yourselves and reveal your purpose for infiltrating the manor, I will spare your lives. If you resist stubbornly, you will only be courting death!"
Sahadan spat and said angrily
"If you want to fight, then fight! Stop wasting your breath! I was born proud and I will never surrender!"
"At worst, I'll be a hero again in eighteen years!"
Ah Da also looked resolute.
Xie Yushu knew she wouldn't get anything out of her, and said indifferently
"Leave the person behind, life or death is irrelevant. Let's do it!"
Then he turned around and went back to his own yard.
Ada and Sahadan instantly engaged in combat with the manor's guards.
When it came to a life-or-death struggle, neither of them held back their strength. One was the number one warrior of the grasslands, and the other was Fu Guang's personal bodyguard. Both were first-rate fighters. Although the manor had many guards, they were unable to subdue them for a while.
Moreover, Zhao Hu and Qu Xiaodie felt that with so many people capturing three people, there was no need to risk their lives, so they started a relay race to minimize casualties among their own men, which took a little longer to capture them.
Meanwhile, after running away, Hongmei's mind was filled with the sweet memories of her time with Chen Da, and the image of Chen Da unconscious and injured. She felt both hatred and worry for him, and the image of Chen Da being supported by Chen San kept flashing through her mind.
As she thought about it, she felt something was off. She knew Chen Da very well; that face was indeed Chen Da's. However, Chen Da was slightly stronger than Chen San, and he had a scar on the web of his right hand, which he had gotten while working outside the villa a few days ago. She had bandaged it herself, but the person she had just seen did not have one!
Could it be that Chen Da wasn't with them, or that Chen Er and Chen San were from Nanchong and had coerced Chen Da into following him into the mountain villa?
Wouldn't the real Chen Da be in danger?
Unwilling to believe she had loved the wrong person, Hongmei's mind was filled with the possibility that Chen Da was innocent.
Thinking of this possibility, Hongmei used her light-footed skills to head straight for Chen Da and the others' dormitory.
She feared that the real Chen Da had already been silenced by those two while he was fast asleep.
Upon entering the dormitory area, Hongmei heard the sounds of fighting behind the dormitories. She rushed into Chen Da's dormitory and found that Chen Da was not among the three unconscious people. She then quickly headed towards the place where the fight was taking place.
Along the road from the dormitory to the villa's wall, there were already more than a dozen guards lying dead. When Hongmei arrived, she saw Chen Dayi slashing a guard across the abdomen with his sword.
"Chen Da!"
Hongmei shouted sharply and questioned...
"What are you doing?
Who exactly are you?
Chen Da glanced at her coldly, then turned and ran towards the wall. Dongmei habitually raised her right hand, and a hidden arrow flew out, hitting Chen Da's shoulder. The powerful penetration caused Chen Da to stagger, and a line of blood flew out of his shoulder.
Hongmei's heart ached, and she rushed forward, sobbing incoherently.
"Are you alright? I didn't want to hurt you. I, you, you should go and apologize to the princess, okay?"
I'll plead for you. The princess is a very kind person. Please stay..."
Chen Da glanced blankly at the wound on his shoulder and said coldly.
"Consider this arrow as repayment for what you gave me. From now on, we're even."
After saying that, he turned to leave, but was caught by Hongmei.
Chen Da frowned.
"Let go, or don't blame me for being impolite!"
Hongmei was speechless; she just shook her head, crying.
Chen Da slapped her away without hesitation and leaped onto the wall.
Hongmei staggered back two steps, then raised her hand and shot another hidden arrow. While Chen Da turned to block, she also flew after him.
Before he could even reach the top of the wall, Chen Da stabbed him in the abdomen with a dagger, sending him crashing back into the courtyard. He watched as Chen Da jumped off the wall and disappeared into the night.
Hongmei was injured and fell to the ground. The intense pain made her breathing erratic, and she almost fainted. After catching her breath, she saw the dagger stuck in her body. It was one that Xie Yushu had made for them all for emergency self-defense, and she had given it to Chen Da.
But I never expected Chen Da to return it to me in this way.
Hongmei smiled bitterly, her heart and body aching to the point of numbness. She thought of Xie Yushu and Qu Xiaodie teaching them kung fu, rolling around in the mud with them, and always thinking of saving their lives first when danger struck. But what had she done?
She was blindfolded and so deeply in love that she couldn't tell if it was a human or a ghost!
At this moment, filled with immense regret, Hongmei used her last bit of strength to pull out the signal flare from her waist, lit it, and watched it rise into the sky, streaking across a red trail of light, before finally losing consciousness with peace of mind.
A'da and Sahadan, who were already on the verge of death, saw the signal flare and guessed that Fu Guang had already escaped, otherwise the guards of the manor would not have sent people over. The two looked at each other and decisively committed suicide.
Qu Xiaodie and Zhao Hu knew something was wrong as soon as they saw the signal flare. They left half of them there to handle the aftermath, while the other half rushed towards the direction of the signal flare.
When they arrived at the destination, they found more than a dozen guards lying haphazardly on the ground, and Hongmei was also seriously injured and her fate was unknown.
It's obvious that someone climbed over the wall and ran away, but the three Chen brothers were clearly surrounded not far from the armory. Could someone else have infiltrated the villa?
The thought that they didn't know the other party's identity, number, or even how long they had been hiding in there and how many secrets of the manor they knew, sent chills down Qu Xiaodie and Zhao Hu's spines.
Zhao Hu immediately led his men over the wall and chased after them, while Qu Xiaodie also told people to quickly carry the injured brothers on the ground to the hospital for treatment.
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