Hong Xiaojiao didn't expect that a push would send the other person tumbling down. And the sound of the fall, "bang," seemed like... like a dead pig. When she looked again, Hong Xiaojiao broke out in a cold sweat. The person lying on the ground was foaming at the mouth, limbs twitching...
"Little Brother Lu Fan..." Hong Xiaojiao zipped to Lu Fan's side. Although she was no stranger to the martial world and its dangers, she had never killed anyone. The person on the ground seemed...
At this moment, the other swaying figures noticed that someone had fallen. One of them pointed at Hong Xiaojiao, "You little bitch! How dare you hit someone? Do you know who we are? Believe it or not, with one word from me, you'll spend your whole life... you'll spend your whole life being a whore!"
Hong Xiaojiao's face turned ashen, but she didn't know what to do. After all, the person on the ground looked like he was dying.
Lu Fan reached out, put his arm around Hong Xiaojiao's waist, and pulled her behind him.
"You should check on your companion! If you don't get him to a hospital soon, he'll die. Died from drinking!" Lu Fan cast a disgusted glance at the man. To be so drunk that he collapsed like this, what kind of food must they have been eating?
"Dead?"
It was only then that the others noticed the person on the ground was convulsing. One of them went over and kicked him twice, "Hey... Big Lang! If you don't get up, your wife will be mine! Hahahaha!"
"Hahahaha..." The others burst into laughter.
"What kind of people are these? This person is almost dead, and they're still laughing!" Hong Xiaojiao said indignantly from the side.
"They're just a bunch of bad influences, drinking buddies. Let's ignore them." Lu Fan flicked his fingers, sending two streams of internal energy towards the man on the ground. Then, he turned and pulled Hong Xiaojiao into the hotel.
"Puke... puke..." The man lying on the ground suddenly vomited violently, expelling all the undigested food from his stomach. The stench immediately spread around...
"Big Lang! You bastard. You'd be better off dead! Damn it..."
The people nearby immediately covered their noses and retreated far away.
Several passersby detoured to avoid the scene from a distance.
The man called Big Lang lay on the ground, staring at his so-called friends.
"Don't bother with him, let's go!" someone among his friends shouted.
"Go! Let's go!"
"Hey! Big Lang's wife... she's really beautiful! Just like Pan Jinlian, do you want to go see her?" suddenly one of them suggested.
"Good... good idea!" others immediately agreed.
With a flurry of movement, the group actually left.
"Brother Lu Fan! What kind of people are these? How can they be like this?" Hong Xiaojiao said, stomping her foot in anger at the hotel entrance.
"Heh! Don't you always want to venture into the martial world, be a heroic knight, and make friends with people all over the world? Now you see what those so-called friends are like." Lu Fan smiled slightly and flicked another stream of internal energy.
"Mmm...!" Big Lang, who was lying on the ground, grunted and suddenly got up, rushing home as if he had gone mad. If he didn't go back soon, his wife would belong to someone else.
"Let's go! We'll get a room!" Lu Fan took Hong Xiaojiao's hand and entered the hotel.
"Get... get a room?" Hong Xiaojiao suddenly felt a bit flustered.
*Pfft...* Lu Fan chuckled. So this girl knew fear when she wasn't drinking.
"What? Scared? How about a drink to build your courage first!" Lu Fan said with a playful smile.
"I... I'm going to quit drinking! I'll never drink again!" Hong Xiaojiao suddenly felt a chill down her spine. What had just happened was too terrifying.
A large room, with a double bed. The conditions inside were quite good, with a sofa, coffee table, television, and game console...
"Little Brother Lu Fan! Why don't you sleep first, and I'll... I'll play games for a while!" Hong Xiaojiao glanced at the double bed and said timidly, swallowing.
"How about... you take a shower first?" Lu Fan glanced at the large shower stall next to them. It had glass partitions, so anyone showering inside would essentially be giving a live broadcast from the outside. He smiled playfully.
"I... I'd better not!" Hong Xiaojiao glanced at the shower stall, her face instantly flushing red, and she stammered.
"When you were at your Hong family's place, you weren't this shy!" Lu Fan continued to tease, suppressing a smile.
"I... I was drunk then! I didn't know what you were doing to me. Now... I'm afraid." Hong Xiaojiao said weakly, her face flushed.
"Forget it, I was just teasing you! Actually, your second grandfather brought you to my room that night."
"My second grandfather? He... he did that to curry favor with you?" Hong Xiaojiao's face showed a look of horror. All this time, she had thought it was Lu Fan...
Lu Fan looked at Hong Xiaojiao. This girl finally understood the wickedness of human hearts. However, this was the Hong family's business, and he didn't want to get too involved. So he added, "Your old ancestor wishes for me to guide you more. Since I've received so many benefits from your Hong family, I can't just take them for nothing."
"Really! That's great!" Hong Xiaojiao's face lit up with surprise and joy. Humph! She had thought tonight was going to be awkward, but it turned out to be a good thing...
...
The next morning, early, Lu Fan and Hong Xiaojiao came out of the hotel and had a simple bowl of noodles at a breakfast shop nearby.
"Hey! Did you hear? Someone died last night! A few drunkards, after drinking too much, harassed the wife of one of the drunkards, and then that guy hacked them all to death with a cleaver! Four out of five people died from drinking, and one might not be able to get out of bed for life."
As the two were eating noodles, they overheard the conversation from a table nearby.
Lu Fan and Hong Xiaojiao exchanged glances. Could this be such a coincidence?
"Actually... I just wanted that person to see the true colors of his friends. I didn't expect a good deed to turn into a bad one. It seems one really shouldn't do good deeds casually!" Lu Fan shrugged, looking innocent.
"..." Hong Xiaojiao was speechless.
After eating their noodles, the two inquired about the location of the Xue family of Silver Spear and drove towards the Xue family.
A large, very old courtyard house, with a pure north-south orientation. Outside the courtyard gate, one could see bluestone paving, grey courtyard walls, and ancient tiled houses with a rich and weathered atmosphere.
Lu Fan's heart stirred slightly. He didn't believe this was just one courtyard house. Huarong Mansion also looked like a courtyard house from the outside, but inside there were dozens of small courtyards...
"Hey... you can't park here, drive your car away quickly!"
"Are you blind? Don't you see where this is, and you're parking here?"
Seeing Lu Fan park his car at the entrance of the large courtyard, two burly men standing outside the gate immediately shouted.