I could even feel that this woman, who always seemed so strong and tough, was trembling.
...
This should be a delicate moment, or even a moment that should be very atmospheric.
But many things in this world are unpredictable...
Just as we were both seemingly immersed in this sudden, subtle atmosphere, I clearly heard a slight noise from the door behind me...
Creak!
The door panel… Oh no, I kicked that door panel yesterday! It's just sitting there now…! A thought flashed through my mind, and before I could react, the door panel behind me crashed down. Caught off guard, I was caught completely off guard because all my weight was resting on the door panel behind me, while Qiaoqiao's weight was entirely on me…
boom!
We both fell down with the door panel. I lay on the door panel, while Qiaoqiao fell asleep in my arms in a very intimate and cuddly position...
The two men in the living room stared at us, who were lying on the floor, their eyes filled with astonishment…
I saw Qiaoqiao's face turn red instantly. She looked up, her face filled with panic, but she quickly masked her true emotions with anger and glared at Aze and Mutou with murderous intent.
"You...you wouldn't be..." Aze opened his mouth wide, about to speak. Mu Tou also seemed a little stunned.
"If you dare say it, I'll kill you!!" Qiao Qiao jumped up, brandishing her claws, and screamed angrily, "Don't look! Don't think! Don't talk nonsense!!"
"Cough cough... I didn't see anything!" Aze coughed repeatedly, quickly shrinking his head back: "It's not my fault, I was just passing by to get some points... the great 0.1!!"
But being wood, he maintained his usual taciturn nature, only saying briefly:
"Just passing by, thumbs up!"
Part 1: A Man in the Jianghu, Helpless by His Own Will - Chapter 187: Four Big Wolves Make Trouble in Hanoi!
Holding a hot, beautiful woman in your arms is actually a very enjoyable thing...
But if this beautiful woman is Qiao Qiao, things wouldn't be so pleasant.
Especially when Qiaoqiao looks like a child who has been caught doing something wrong, her temper tantrums are completely unreasonable.
Me, Aze, and Mu Tou all understood this perfectly, so when Qiao Qiao leaped out of my arms, even though her arm bumped into my nose and hurt, I could only grit my teeth and bear it without making a sound. Even though I could see that Aze and Mu Tou really wanted to laugh, they could only hold it in as well.
"Hey Wood, by the way, do you know there's a type of plant in the world that rarely, if ever, flowers?" Aze said with a very serious expression.
"What?" Wood replied cooperatively.
"Yeah, I heard there's a giant Alocasia in the Washington, D.C. Botanical Garden in America that's the world's largest flower... I heard it's only bloomed once in over a decade!" Aze sighed deliberately. "Rare indeed!" He paused, then smiled and said, "Actually, I know of another plant in the world that blooms even more rarely and is even rarer than this giant Alocasia!"
Mu Tou glanced at A Ze and slowly took a breath: "What?"
"The cycad is blooming!" Aze glanced at Qiaoqiao quickly and deliberately, then exclaimed loudly, "And it's the kind of cycad that's been growing for over twenty years..."
Qiaoqiao was so angry that she was clenching her teeth and making "clucking" sounds. Suddenly, she stood up, looked around, and said in a calm and relaxed tone, "Huh, where did this family put their kitchen knife...?"
Aze swiftly snatched the kitchen knife from the table and handed it to Mu Tou, who tossed it under the sofa with an air of righteous indignation: "Didn't see it."
Aze innocently exclaimed loudly, "We were just discussing a very serious plant issue. Cough cough..."
"Hmph!" Qiao Qiao sneered.
Just then, the sound of a key turning in the lock came from outside. The mixed-race beauty returned carrying several bags of various sizes, including, surprisingly, a hen…
“I… saw your friends came. I can make Vietnamese chicken rice for you tonight.” The mixed-race beauty blushed slightly and said softly, “I’m sorry, you haven’t had much to eat these past two days while you were here…”
Aze sighed, "Gentle and virtuous." Then he quickly stood up, walked over, and said with a gentlemanly expression, "Beautiful lady, is there anything I can help you with? Come, come, let me carry your things. Ladies shouldn't do such rough work."
The mixed-race beauty blushed as Aze took the bags of fresh food from her hands, looking somewhat embarrassed: "No need, I can do everything else... but I don't know how to kill chickens..."
"Don't worry, how could such a bloody thing be done by a beautiful woman?" Aze looked righteous and awe-inspiring. He grabbed the chicken by the neck and lifted it up, then bent down and pulled out a kitchen knife from under the sofa.
To be honest, I could tell that Aze looked a little nervous...
Killing a chicken? Forget killing a chicken… Ah Ze has never even killed a cockroach in his entire life…
He once uttered an extremely lewd and obscene saying...
"Apart from a virgin's blood, I can't stand any bloodshed..."
Looking at Aze's face, which was filled with murderous intent as if he were looking at the poor chicken in his hand, as if he were looking at an irreconcilable enemy, he raised the gleaming butcher knife in his hand and gently exhaled a breath of his dantian...
"drink!"
A spray of blood!
"ah……"
Then Aze screamed, clutched his bleeding finger, threw down the knife, and rushed into the toilet.
I covered my face, no longer daring to look at the mixed-race beauty's expression. Then I glanced at Mu Tou, who remained calm and unmoved, and said indifferently, "I am a doctor. My knife is only for people, not chickens."
"I'll do it!" Qiao Qiao shouted, quickly picking up the cleaver and sticking out her pink tongue. She lightly licked her lips: "Cutting chicken... I'm the best at it!"
Upon hearing this, Aze, who had just walked out of the restroom with his bandaged finger, and Mu Tou, who was sitting there, both shuddered.
I must say, I've discovered another advantage of this mixed-race beauty—her cooking skills are truly impressive! At least two of the dishes she made tonight were definitely chef-level.
This alone is enough to drive Qiaoqiao crazy. Because she's absolutely hopeless when it comes to kitchen chores; she even managed to poison her turtle...
During dinner, I called Xiluo again and learned that he was still at the airport. His flight was delayed, but our group was expected to land within half an hour. He told me that he would come over as soon as he met up with his brothers.
I breathed a sigh of relief, but as soon as I hung up the phone, it rang.
The mixed-race beauty looked a little uneasy... I knew that most of the people calling her were either from the nightclub or her "customers".
I know she felt somewhat inferior, because she immediately stood up and went into the room to answer the phone after picking it up.
Then, less than half a minute later, a gasp came from her in the room! Then I heard a thud, and something fell to the ground.
The four of us exchanged glances, stood up simultaneously, and rushed into the room. There we saw the mixed-race beauty, her face streaked with tears, like a pear blossom in the rain, her expression a mixture of anger, anxiety, sorrow, and panic. She slumped to the floor, looked up, saw me, and a glimmer of hope flashed in her eyes. She jumped up like a madwoman, grabbing me: "They...they took YOYO away...those people..."
My heart sank, but I remained calm and grabbed her, slowly asking, "Who's there? You kidnapped YOYO? Who is it?"
"It's those people who came today!" the mixed-race beauty cried. "They said...they said..."
She nearly fainted from lack of breath. Luckily, I caught her and kept pinching her philtrum, then gently patted her back to help her catch her breath. The mixed-race beauty then managed to recount the contents of the phone call in fits and starts.
Clearly, these loan sharks in Vietnam lack professionalism and dedication.
The person who just called was informing the mixed-race beauty to bring money to ransom her immediately, because they had already "picked up" YOYO on their way.
At the same time, the other party demanded that the debt be repaid immediately, including principal and interest, totaling 20 million Vietnamese dong.
Furthermore, because I "injured" the person they sent to collect the debt today, which is tantamount to breaking their rules, they are demanding an additional 80 million Vietnamese dong in order to get revenge, bringing the total to 100 million Vietnamese dong!
Obviously, those three guys I chased away must have gone back and told me that they saw the mixed-race beauty with a large sum of US dollars in her hands.
Moreover, I don't know what those three bastards said after they went back, but the leader of this group of loan sharks, upon hearing that the debtor was a stunningly beautiful woman, made some very ungentlemanly and lewd request... that the mixed-race beauty spend the night with him!
Otherwise, YOYO will suffer.
That's unprofessional. They're loan sharks, but they're kidnapping people.
I looked at the mixed-race beauty sitting there crying, sighed, walked over to her, patted her gently, and smiled, "Alright, don't worry, I'll take care of your sister's matter and bring her back safely."
I smiled calmly, my eyes holding a reassuring quality that seemed to remind her of my "extraordinary" nature. She immediately felt a surge of hope, grabbing my arm and shaking it violently, pleading, "I beg you, please rescue my sister... I'll give you anything! I'll agree to anything! Just help me..."
I sighed and said, "Alright, leave this to me."
I checked the time and there was still plenty of time left.
Hmph, a bunch of loan sharks...
I was originally hiding here to recover from my injuries, but now that my group of paratrooper brothers has arrived, I'll take this opportunity to vent the resentment I've been holding in for so many days in Vietnam!
Qiaoqiao, being a woman, was a bit more perceptive. She picked up the photo on the bedside table and looked at YOYO's radiant smile and charming appearance with bright eyes and white teeth. She couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "This...this is your sister?!"
Then, instinctively, Qiaoqiao couldn't help but exclaim, "What a beautiful little Lori!"
Now Miss Qiao was furious too, and she glared at him, saying, "How could you be so heartless as to lay a hand on such a pretty little girl! Damn it! Take a knife and cut him up! Make him childless! May his sons be born without an anus!"
Aze and I couldn't help but look at Qiaoqiao with surprise at her strength, but at that moment, Mu Tou slowly and deliberately said, "Wrong."
"Huh? What's wrong?" Qiao Qiao glared at her.
"If you cut it off, you'll be childless and have no descendants. If you're childless, you'll have no sons... If you don't even have sons, then the idea of having no anus is completely unfounded." Wood replied calmly and seriously.
I glanced at Qiaoqiao and said, "You guys stay here and keep her company."
I picked up the phone from the ground and quickly dialed Xiluo's number.
"Siro? Something's happened. After you meet up with them, come find me at this address... Um, we have some things to take care of tonight."
I hung up the phone, but then I heard Qiaoqiao excitedly say, "No way, we'll go with you! How can I miss something this fun!"
“I told you, there’s no use in you coming along. We’re going to rescue people. You guys can’t fight or run, you can’t help much.” I sat helplessly in the car, looking at Qiaoqiao.
Qiaoqiao was driving, her face beaming with excitement: "Of course I know, but we have a lot of people now, right? Didn't you have a whole bunch of brothers who've arrived? Dealing with a few small-time loan sharks is a piece of cake, isn't it? If there's any danger, I'm not going with you guys! They're clearly bullying us right now, how can I not go and watch the fun?"
After she finished speaking, she suddenly shouted, "Which way do you turn?"
"Go ahead, turn right." The mixed-race beauty looked bewildered, almost absent-minded. She was completely shocked by me and my group of friends...
Jojo was indeed driving...it was a rented car.
After we left, we found the nearest car rental company. In tourist cities like this, there are many car rental companies that specialize in renting cars to foreign tourists. As soon as Qiaoqiao entered, without saying a word, she threw a handful of US dollars at the door: "I need a car, preferably a minivan, with a large interior and powerful engine! The faster the better!" Then she glanced at the mixed-race beauty and gestured for her to translate into Vietnamese.
The other party asked Qiaoqiao to show her identification, especially her driver's license. Qiaoqiao didn't say a word, just tossed over another handful of US dollars, and then said calmly, "I didn't bring any."
The large sum of US dollars made the leasing company representative's face light up with greed, and he readily agreed...
Immediately, the few of us squeezed into the bullet-shaped minivan, and then let Miss Qiao floor the gas pedal and speed along.
I've lost count of how many red lights I ran along the way. But I'm sure that rental company will get a ton of tickets after we return the car...
We stopped briefly along the way. I bought a set of knives at a store. Wood glanced at me and said simply, "Wait for me."
Immediately, Mu Tou pulled the mixed-race beauty across the street to a pharmacy. A moment later, they returned, Mu Tou carrying a bag.
After getting on the bus, Mu Tou sat in the back seat and fiddled with something for a while before handing me something: several thin, disposable syringes and a medicine bottle next to them.
"Use this," Wood said calmly. "The medicine inside is something I just concocted. It can paralyze people, and it's more effective than a knife."
"..."
The underground money exchange was located in a dilapidated building in an old district of Hanoi. The building had a strong colonial style, was dark and damp, and had many faded wooden signs hanging on the walls of the narrow corridors, indicating that there were many small trading companies or similar businesses inside.