Wearing the simple and plain blue school uniform, she exuded a clean and refreshing aura. Her face was quite delicate, exactly the type Chen Xiao liked—the kind that didn't require makeup. In particular, her big, bright eyes revealed a touch of intelligence.
However... this girl's movements were hardly "tranquil".
She stood there, one arm around a boy's neck, the other holding a small pencil sharpener pressed against his temple. The boy, whose neck she was strangling, seemed terrified, his legs trembling uncontrollably. He didn't dare move, the knife pressed against his head; if the girl hadn't been holding him by the neck, he probably would have collapsed.
Even on his face, there were several bloody marks, as if someone had scratched him with their hands...
The girl was holding a "weapon" and strangling someone, yet her screams grew louder and louder: "Help! Someone help!!"
The three or four male trainees around seemed to be frozen in fear. One of them, mustering his courage, shouted, "You! You release Xiao Ma right now! Otherwise..."
The girl immediately retorted, "What a joke! Do you think you'll let me go after I let go!"
The guy whose neck she was strangling suddenly cried out pitifully, "Miss..."
"Shut up! You're the lady! Your whole family are ladies!" The girl glared at him with her beautiful eyes!
Just as the two sides were locked in a stalemate, Chen Xiao walked in and stood at the back, unable to resist coughing softly: "Um... what are you doing?"
Some of the boys turned around and saw it was Chen Xiao. One of them raised an eyebrow and said, "It's you? Humph, it's none of your business. Get away from meddling!" These people all knew Chen Xiao—how could they not? Out of two or three thousand students in the whole school, he was the only one who rode a bicycle.
The girl's face lit up with a hint of joy when she saw someone arrive, but upon realizing it was only Chen Xiao, she couldn't help but feel disappointed. Chen Xiao's expression was cold, seemingly uninterested in helping those in need—his indifferent demeanor made it appear as if he might turn away at any moment.
Although the girl was fierce, she was surrounded by several boys, and how could a weak woman really fight back? She had been shouting for a long time, but who would have thought that this school was so big that it was unbelievable, and she couldn't find a single person after shouting for so long! Now that they had finally caught someone, how could they let Chen Xiao get away so easily?
The girl stared at Chen Xiao for two seconds, then suddenly her eyes lit up. She feigned surprise and shouted at Chen Xiao, "Honey! Honey! Why did you take so long! They bullied me!!"
Husband?
Chapter Nineteen of the main text: "Traces of Time"
When Chen Xiao heard the beautiful woman call him "husband," he couldn't help but smile wryly. With the intelligence of a mad scientist's offspring, Chen Xiao instantly understood the vicious intentions of this fierce young woman—she was clearly using him as a shield!
Sure enough, her "delicate" shout immediately caused all the men to turn around and stare at Chen Xiao with murderous eyes.
"Is she your girlfriend?"
"Hmph! Chen Xiao, tell your woman to release Xiao Ma right now!!"
"Stop wasting time! Take this kid down first, then exchange him for the hostage with his girlfriend!"
Chen Xiao couldn't even manage a smile anymore. The male students had already swarmed towards him, their faces full of malice, as if they wanted to break a few bones on the spot. Although these spoiled brats in school generally didn't dare to provoke people, Chen Xiao was an exception. Everyone knew that his family was now down on its luck and he had no backing. So, they weren't afraid of any repercussions if they beat him up.
Before Chen Xiao could explain, several boys rushed towards him, punching and kicking him. Chen Xiao quickly took two steps back, dodging two kicks and blocking two punches. Just as he was about to speak up, he heard the girl add fuel to the fire by shouting, "Honey, watch out! Teach them a lesson!"
Chen Xiao almost laughed out of anger: You tell me to be careful, and you also tell me to teach them a lesson—please, there are four of them, and I'm just one.
However, these guys were really ruthless, showing no mercy. Chen Xiao parried a few times, but he couldn't help but get angry. He sidestepped and dodged one of the guys' fists, grabbing his wrist and throwing him away with a thud. Then, he took a kick to the shoulder, raised his arm to block it, and the other guy kicked Chen Xiao's forearm, almost knocking him down.
But the girl was still some distance away, quietly backing away while shouting, "Go, honey! Be careful, honey!"
Just as Chen Xiao was about to retort, he was distracted and punched in the face, which made him really angry!
He had, after all, formally studied karate and was quite skilled. He just didn't want trouble, so he had only been parrying. Now, having taken a punch, his temper flared, his eyes turned cold, and he roared, "Don't try to be unreasonable! I..."
"What do you mean, 'what do you mean, 'what do you mean, '!'" A man behind him opened his arms and hugged Chen Xiao, while the man in front raised his fist and punched Chen Xiao in the chest.
Chen Xiao snorted, bent his body forcefully, and lifted the person behind him up, throwing him heavily to the ground. The person groaned and immediately passed out. Chen Xiao then kicked the person opposite him in the chest with seven or eight tenths of his strength. The person was sent flying four or five meters backward as if they were tied with a rope!
At that moment, Chen Xiao suddenly heard a whooshing sound behind his head. He instinctively dodged to the side, and with a bang, his shoulder was hit by something hard. When he turned around, he saw a guy pulling out a baseball bat from somewhere. If he hadn't dodged quickly, his head would probably be split open by now!
Chen Xiao grabbed the man's arm with his backhand, twisted it gently, dislocating his joint, and then kicked him in the stomach, making him kneel down.
In just a few dozen seconds, all four of them were lying on the ground, groaning, unable to get up again. Chen Xiao touched his shoulder where he had been hit by the baseball bat, winced in pain, and then turned to look at the girl.
The girl seemed stunned. She kept backing away, but she saw Chen Xiao take down all the guys with a few moves. She was surprised and probably didn't expect that the boy she had just dragged into the water would have such good skills.
Seeing Chen Xiao staring coldly at her, the girl looked a little embarrassed and gave an awkward laugh: "Huh? You're pretty good at fighting."
"Hmph, why don't you call me husband anymore?" Chen Xiao said coldly, taking two steps forward.
The girl was startled, but quickly cried out, "Hey! I'm just a poor girl being bullied, and I have no choice but to ask you for help!"
Chen Xiao frowned as he looked at the girl and sighed, "Let this guy go first."
As soon as the girl let go, the pony she had been strangling fell to the ground. It still looked at Chen Xiao warily: "You're not going to get angry and beat me up too, are you?"
"I don't have a penchant for hitting women." Chen Xiao was too lazy to waste words with this girl. He had just been kind enough to help her, but she immediately used him as a shield, which annoyed him. He bent down to pick up his backpack, patted it twice, and was about to leave when he suddenly heard hurried footsteps coming from the entrance of the parking lot. Turning his head, he saw seven or eight burly men in black suits rushing down menacingly.
"run!"
Chen Xiao immediately realized what was happening and quickly ran towards the parking lot. After taking a couple of steps, seeing that the girl still hadn't reacted, he turned back, grabbed her hand, and shouted, "Are you stupid! Run!"
The girl shouted to herself, "Why are you running? Who are they?!"
Chen Xiao pulled her along, rushing inside without looking back, shouting, "Who else could they be! Bodyguards! I can't take on so many of them!"
The bodyguards behind him rushed to the male students' side, bent down and quickly helped their young masters up. After saying a few words, one of the men who had been knocked down by Chen Xiao pointed at the parking lot and cursed something viciously. The bodyguards immediately followed and chased after him.
Chen Xiao pulled the girl along as they ran, thankfully the underground parking lot of Kidd Academy was enormous, with three levels and hundreds of parking spaces. The two weaved through the streets, dodging and weaving, Chen Xiao reacting quickly, pulling the girl behind cars as they went. They heard the bodyguards running past them, giving chase in all directions.
Chen Xiao was frowning when the girl whispered, "Aren't you supposed to be a great fighter? You took down four people with ease!"
The two crouched behind a car, and Chen Xiao gave the girl a strange look: "You've watched too many kung fu movies. I'm just a student, not Jet Li or Donnie Yen. Those students were all rich kids, spoiled since childhood, unable to lift a finger, so of course they were easy to deal with. But these are proper bodyguards; I might not be able to handle any one of them!"
"What should we do?" the girl asked anxiously.
Chen Xiao glared at her, thinking to himself, "I should be the one asking you this! You're the one who dragged me into this mess."