"boom--"
With a loud bang, Hu Yang felt as if he had been struck in the abdomen by a ferocious beast.
He seemed to hear the muffled thud of a fist hitting his abdomen, mixed with the crisp sound of ribs breaking.
Between the sunken belly and back, the internal organs were undergoing a brutal second collision.
The poplar tree crashed into the distant tree trunk like a heavy bomb.
The thick tree trunk was instantly smashed open with huge cracks, and his body was deeply embedded in the trunk. His clothes on his chest were soaked with blood, turning them a dark red.
Blood kept gushing from the corner of Hu Yang's mouth, forming a thin line that dripped down his chin onto the ground.
"Uh...uh..."
He was making very unclear whimpering sounds; he was only exhaling and not inhaling.
Blood gushed from his nostrils, mixing with the blood at the corner of his mouth, making him look particularly miserable.
A strong stench of blood permeated the air, as if the very breath of death was filling the space.
"Phew~~"
Hua Lu exhaled softly and said gently.
"If I weren't in a good mood today, I would have beaten you three scum into mincemeat."
The other two people who came here with Hu Yang were already dumbfounded.
Their faces turned deathly pale, devoid of any color, and large beads of sweat rolled down their foreheads, soaking their clothes.
"This...how could this be..."
It's hard to imagine that Hu Yang, who is nearly two meters tall, was punched away by a little girl who is only about 1.5 meters tall.
The two had been dreaming of a life of luxury after acquiring the gold, but reality dealt them a harsh blow.
"No, no, no, no... That's impossible."
Their legs went weak and they almost lost their balance, staggering a few steps before barely managing to regain their footing.
Their eyes met, and they both saw the same shock and despair in each other's eyes.
"You two..."
Just as Hua Lu was about to say something, she saw the two of them kneel down in front of her one after the other.
“This… sir.”
One of them said, trembling.
"Please, have mercy on us brothers!"
Overwhelmed with fear, he unconsciously shed tears.
"Yes, yes!"
The other person quickly echoed.
"This was all Hu Yang's idea. We never intended to steal your things!"
"Yes, it was all that bastard's terrible idea!!"
Hearing this, Hua Lu raised an eyebrow.
She reached out her hand and extended it in front of the two of them.
"this……"
The two were taken aback, not understanding.
"Hand over all your valuables, and hurry up."
"ah?"
After a brief moment of stunned silence, the two were instantly overjoyed.
The fact that the other party wants money means that the two of them won't be like Hu Yang, who was knocked away like a sandbag.
Money can be earned back, but once you lose your life, you're truly finished.
"Thank you for sparing my life, sir... Thank you, sir..."
The two hurriedly kowtowed to Hua Lu, then frantically searched their bodies and each pulled out a cloth bag.
"My lord, this...this is all our possessions."
"That's all?"
Hua Lu looked at it and saw that it was all silver and copper coins, without a trace of gold.
"Ahem, the men are a bit short on cash lately, we don't... we don't have any more."
In reality, it's quite remarkable that people like them, who spend all their time gambling, have managed to accumulate so much money.
Hua Lu took the two cloth bags with disdain and casually hung them around her waist.
"Haha, thank you so much for sparing my life, sir. I will never forget it."
The two men, all smiles, kowtowed to Hua Lu several more times before getting up to leave.
"Wait a moment."
Just as they were about to turn and slip away, they heard Hua Lu's voice again.
"My lord... is there anything else?"
They mechanically turned their heads, their faces extremely grim.
"When did I say I was going to let you go?"
Upon hearing this, the two of them felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave.
"But...but you..."
They pointed to the money pouch at Hua Lu's waist.
"Oh, you mean this?"
Hua Lu pouted.
"I was just too lazy to search your bodies, so I asked you to hand them over ahead of time."
As soon as she finished speaking, Hua Lu rushed out like a gust of wind, leaving a series of afterimages in the air.
"ah--"
"No--"
Hearing the two screams outside the door, Yun Si Ning pinched the bridge of her nose inside the room.
She was now somewhat grateful that she had met Hua Lu; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to handle even a mortal thug like this on her own.
A few minutes later, Hua Lu came back in.
"What a piece of trash! He can't just rob people, he has to abstain from sex, and he even has to lay a hand on unarmed women."
"I wouldn't even want to dirty my hands by killing this kind of guy."
She casually tossed a few money pouches onto the table and returned to Yun Si Ning's bedside.
"Huh?"
She noticed that Yun Sining was staring straight at her.
What are you looking at?
"nothing."
Yun Si Ning shook her head, then took out the bag of peach shortbread again and started eating it bite by bite.
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