Xu Ruantang blinked. So, they were after her?
She nudged Li Shuhe with her elbow, her voice calm: "Pay up the money, then leave."
Li Shuhe had witnessed Xu Ruantang's fighting skills and knew her strength. She wasn't worried at first, but seeing the steel pipes and long knives in those people's hands made her uneasy.
She forced a smile. "Big brother, all the money is here. You can have it all. Can you let us go?"
The man slammed the steel pipe in his hand against the wall with a loud bang, his tone impatient: "I gave you a chance to get out, but you didn't want it!"
As he spoke, he was about to step forward.
Xu Ruantang snatched the money from Li Shuhe's hand and threw it on the ground. "Did you hear that? Big brother told you to leave. You should leave now. I'll stay."
As the man approached, Xu Ruantang slowly moved towards him, using her body to block Li Shuhe and pulling her away.
As she turned around, she gave Li Shuhe a wink.
Li Shuhe remained relatively calm and ran away as soon as she could, muttering, "I'm sorry, it's not that I didn't want to save you, I was in trouble myself!"
The two men standing opposite exchanged a glance. "Brother, what if she calls the police?"
Xu Ruantang: "..."
Before we went out to rob someone, didn't we discuss it together?
"She wouldn't do that. Look how scared she is. She must have gone home to hide. Otherwise, she wouldn't have abandoned me." Xu Ruantang smiled ingratiatingly, but then sighed, "Friends are really unreliable. They run away at the slightest trouble."
The man next to her shoved her roughly. "Call the police? Perfect! Let them take you to the hospital! Your friend is actually quite useful!"
As he spoke, he brought the steel rod in his hand down directly on Xu Ruantang.
Is this a plan to kill her?
Who hates her so much? Could it be Jia Shuling or Cheng Dan?
Xu Ruantang didn't have time to think. She caught the steel rod that was being thrown at her with her bare hands and used all her strength to stab the man.
The man was also acting strangely; his hands seemed to have no strength, and the steel rod slipped from his grasp in an instant.
The blow sent him staggering backward, crashing into the wall and doubled over in pain.
Xu Ruantang knew that even with her superhuman strength, a knife has no eyes, let alone the three strong men in front of her.
She wasn't going to waste time with these people and turned to run away.
"Quick! Don't let this woman get away, chase her!" The man clutching his stomach shouted menacingly at the other two burly men.
The other two, as if waking from a dream, grabbed their knives and gave chase.
Xu Ruantang ran desperately toward the main road, but she was really bad at running and was so out of breath that the two people behind her were about to catch up.
Instead of running, she stood there panting, blocking the way with one hand. "Wait! Wait a minute, I can listen to you, just... tell me first, do you want to kill me?"
Under the guise of robbery, she didn't even glance at the money she threw on the ground; Li Shuhe had a hundred or two hundred yuan on her person.
If this were truly a robbery, they would have at least recouped their costs.
"We won't kill you." The two men ignored her nonsense and walked towards her with knives in hand. "Be smart, or we'll let you live!"
As he spoke, he swung the knife at her.
The knife, about the length of Xu Ruantang's forearm, was held tightly in the man's hand and wildly waved in the air, making Xu Ruantang's heart pound with fear.
She can disarm a stick with her bare hands, but not a knife; a knife would kill her.
Xu Ruantang took a deep breath and kicked the man with lightning speed, but the man swung his knife at her.
At the same time, another man rushed over, and she had no energy to deal with him.
Before the man in front of her could bring down his knife, Xu Ruantang kicked him far away, sending the knife flying and landing on the ground.
She was filled with fear, but she felt no pain from being stabbed.
With a loud crash, accompanied by a man's cry of pain, Xu Ruantang turned her head to see the man kneeling on the ground, clutching his wrist with a contorted face.
Li Shuyang picked up the knife from the ground, walked over to another man, and kicked him in the head, knocking the man unconscious.
Li Shuyang picked up another knife and held both knives in his hands before he felt a little more at ease.
If he hadn't rushed over in time and kicked the man behind him, breaking the man's hand, the knife would have been stuck in Xu Ruantang's back.
Li Shuyang looked at the man who was still howling, took a few steps forward and pulled him up, but before he could do anything, the man fainted.
Xu Ruantang: "Let me see who he is."
She didn't even have time to thank Li Shuyang before walking over and pulling off the black cloth covering her face.
"Damn it, you're going to kill someone just because of business? Looks like Chen Ji didn't hit you hard enough last time!"
Xu Ruantang kicked the man hard in anger, "You're incredibly audacious and lawless! Even the Heavenly King himself would have to call you 'father.' You idiots..."
Her insults were so harsh that Li Shuyang wanted to cover his ears.
She heard hurried footsteps behind her. Just as Xu Ruantang was about to turn around, Li Shuyang pulled her aside. She saw that his expression had changed.
With a muffled groan, Xu Ruantang realized what was happening, grabbed the man, and threw him out.
The man fell to the ground and struggled for a couple of moments before giving up completely.
He's their leader, the one whose hand Chen Ji broke before. No wonder he couldn't grip the steel pipe properly; it turns out he just got his hand back and started causing trouble.
"You...you...you...you're injured!"
Xu Ruantang saw blood spreading from Li Shuyang's white shirt. Looking down, she found a dagger on the ground, its tip still stained with blood!
She hurriedly pulled out a handkerchief and pressed it against the wound. "I'll take you to the hospital!"
Just as she was at a loss, a screeching sound of brakes and the sound of many footsteps came.
Li Shuhe arrived with the police. When she saw Li Shuyang like this, she rushed over, "Li Shuyang! Quick, get him to the hospital!"
She had just run out, intending to go to the nearest pastry shop to ask for help, when she encountered a police car and was stopped.
The police arrived as quickly as possible, but unexpectedly, someone was still injured.
"Get out of the way." Chen Ji said coldly, his aura chilling. He handed over a thickly folded coat. "Press on his wound and don't let go."
Li Shuyang was carried into the car by a group of people, and Xu Ruantang, following Chen Ji's instructions, kept pressing on Li Shuyang's wound.
There was no time to wait for an ambulance, so Chen Ji drove them directly to the hospital.
There was a place in the back seat for Li Shuyang to lie down, while Li Shuhe sat in the passenger seat, looking back at Li Shuyang with tears streaming down her face.
Li Shuyang's face was deathly pale, but he still managed a forced smile and said, "Sis, it's just a little scratch, don't cry."
Li Shuhe wiped away her tears, "Stop talking, you're already like this and you're still being sarcastic!"
Li Shuyang ignored her and looked at Xu Ruantang with a gentle smile: "Third sister-in-law, don't be nervous, I'm really fine."
Xu Ruantang pressed on his wound, "I'm not nervous."
Li Shuyang chuckled, "If you keep shaking, your blood will be shaken dry."
Xu Ruantang's hands were trembling like leaves, but she was still trying to remain calm as she pressed on the wound.
Li Shuyang smiled gently, "Third Sister-in-law, you'll have to send me a banner for my act of bravery later."
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