She frowned, and Junyu also looked up, but she was in a wheelchair and so many people were blocking her view that she couldn’t see anything.
”What’s wrong?” Jun Yu had no choice but to turn around and ask Jun Yueyue.
Jun Yueyue shook her head, handed Jun Yu over to a waiter, and went straight to the private room where the crowd was gathered.
”I’m disciplining my own wife! What right do you have to interfere?!” The man was drunk and slurred his words, his fists flailing wildly but missing his target. He was pinned to the ground, yet he continued to curse.
Jun Yueyue lifted the curtain and went in. She saw Fang Anyan with his knees pressed against the man’s back, gripping the back of his neck. His hands were trembling slightly, and his eyes were red. He was obviously furious.
”Why did they start fighting?” Jun Yueyue asked.
But then she saw a woman sitting next to the man lying on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably. She looked terribly disheveled, with messy hair, and appeared to be around forty years old. Her cheeks and eyes were bruised, and there was dried blood at the corner of her mouth.
Not only that, she was sitting there, and probably because of the struggle, her skirt had already rolled up to her thighs, which was very indecent. But what attracted people’s attention was not that she was exposed, but that her legs were covered with dense scars, various bruises, burns, new wounds on top of old wounds, which was shocking to see.
Without Fang Anyan needing to say anything, based on the drunk man’s cursing and the scene before her, Jun Yueyue already knew what had happened—the man was beating his wife in public, and Fang Anyan couldn’t stand it and took action.
Jun Yueyue first pulled Fang Anyu outside and told him to stand some distance away. Then she went back into the house, squatted down, and pulled down the woman’s skirt. Only then did Fang Anyan speak, “Call the police.”
”Someone has already reported it.” After Jun Yueyue finished speaking, the person on the ground, who had stopped struggling, suddenly burst out with strength, overturned Fang Anyan, almost knocked over the table, and prepared to run away.
Fang Anyan reached out to grab it, but the man turned his head and was holding a half-broken bone plate that had fallen to the ground. He then slapped Fang Anyan’s hand with it.
”You fucking wait for me!” After yelling that, the man took off running towards the door.
There were so many people standing at the door, but not one dared to reach out and stop him. The weak feared the strong, and the strong feared the reckless. He was holding a piece of porcelain in his hand, and everyone was afraid of getting hurt, so they scattered and hid.
Jun Yueyue turned around and chased after him, but the man was probably terrified when he heard the alarm and ran very fast, already at the door and opening it.
But as fate would have it, Fang Anyu was standing right there at the door. He was a bit slow, but not stupid, and his slowness had improved a lot these past few days. In this critical moment, his reaction was surprisingly quick. Seeing this man running over, he recklessly reached out to grab him—
Jun Yueyue’s eyes widened in shock, and she instinctively shouted, “Get out of the way!” But Fang Anyu couldn’t hear her. Before she could finish speaking, she had already grabbed the man.
The man’s eyes were already red, and he turned his head to shout at Fang Anyu, “Let go!”
Fang Anyu was deaf, so no matter how frightening or crazed voice was, it had no effect on him. He held on tightly, and once he confirmed that this was the man Fang Anyan had hit earlier, he used both hands to grip the man’s arm tightly.
Unfortunately, he was holding the man’s left arm, while the man clutched a shard of porcelain in his right hand. He called out to Fang Anyu twice, but he wouldn’t let go. Then, he raised his hand, seemingly about to slash Fang Anyu’s face—
In her haste, Jun Yueyue couldn’t find anything handy. There was a large cabbage on the bar, but she couldn’t lift it at all.
She had no choice but to run towards him empty-handed, and before the shard of porcelain in the man’s hand could slash Fang Anyu’s unsuspecting face, she caught it with her bare hands.
The porcelain shards were incredibly sharp, almost like catching a blade with bare hands. Jun Yueyue’s palms were instantly pierced, but the sharp pain didn’t make her hesitate for a moment. She slammed her other elbow into the man’s elbow tendon, and then, ignoring the cuts in her palms, she cupped her hands together and slammed them hard against the man’s ears.
This move, when she was a mutated superhuman, could instantly make someone spit blood from their mouth and nose, but now that she’s just a delicate and weak woman, its effect is minimal.
That was enough to give the man a moment to catch his breath. Fang Anyan caught up at this time. He had also witnessed the dangerous scene. When he saw the man crouching on the ground with his head in his hands, his gaze towards Jun Yueyue changed.
Fang Anyan pressed the man down again. The wound on the back of his hand was shallow, and the blood had already congealed, but the wound that Jun Yueyue had scratched with her bare hands was not shallow at all, and blood dripped to the ground from her fingertips.
Fang Anyu realized what was happening and hurriedly reached out to hold her hand. Jun Yueyue looked at his still fair and flawless face, let out a soft sigh, and looked at him with a reproachful gaze.
A deaf-mute person, yet quite bold, daring to steal in any situation… Jun Yueyue now regrets it a bit. After encountering the thief in the mall with Fang Anyu, she should have done what Fang Anyan did and told him not to get involved in such things in the future, but to stay far away.
That was a close call. He was disabled to begin with, and his face has been his only asset. If he were disfigured, even if he was very rich, would anyone still want to be with him?
Fang Anyu held Jun Yueyue’s hand, his face full of helplessness. He ran to get a napkin, but after thinking for a moment, he used the softest lining of his shirt to press against Jun Yueyue’s wound.
The pure white was instantly stained with bright red. Jun Yueyue watched his careful movements, but did not pull her hand away. Instead, she let him hold it and looked at Fang Anyan.
Fang Anyan took off his shirt and tied the hands of the still-dazed man from behind. He was only wearing a vest underneath. Jun Yueyue knew that this was really inappropriate, but she still wanted to whistle.
The male protagonist, who stands up for justice, is much more endearing than a tyrannosaurus rex that only knows how to rage. Moreover, his muscular physique, clinging to his skin, is quite attractive in the story.
The people held them down and blocked the doorway. Two groups of customers were frightened when they saw this. The proprietress helped the woman who kept crying out, and apologized with smiles and money, implying that she should ask a few people to wait outside for the police, otherwise she would not be able to do business in her shop.
Two of the men eating there were quite helpful and even argued with the proprietress, but after seeing the blood, they didn’t want to make things difficult for her. Jun Yueyue and the others eventually took the tied-up man and the woman who had been beaten earlier and went outside to wait.
”Are you mute?” Jun Yueyue asked the woman who had been beaten. After asking for a long time, all she could do was “ah ah ah”.
The woman kept crying, opening her mouth for Jun Yueyue to see. Jun Yueyue glanced at it, frowned deeply, and said to Fang Anyan and Jun Yu behind her, “Her tongue has been cut off…”
By this time it was completely dark. The group waited outside, and the proprietress brought out all the food they had ordered earlier, free of charge, and even gave them soft drinks, but no one had any appetite.
After waiting for a while without any movement of the police car, Jun Yueyue called the police again, and they only said that the police had already been dispatched.
The night breeze was getting cool. There was a pharmacy not far from the restaurant. Jun Yueyue and Fang Anyan took turns getting their hands bandaged. They waited for quite a while until the older brother who had been tied up was almost sober. He kept asking them to release him, saying that his brother knew he was here and would bring people to beat them to death later.
Jun Yueyue and the others took it as a joke. They called the police again, and the other end said they would check and then say they were almost there. But after waiting and waiting, the group never expected that what they got was not the police, but a bunch of burly men with hoes and pickaxe handles.
This is fucking magical!
Moreover, the leader immediately called out “Brother” to the man who was tied up by several people and had already sobered up, even from a distance!
Damn, even TV dramas wouldn’t dare to portray something like this!
But then I thought, this is in a novel, which only shows that the author’s imagination and logic are not aligned.
Jun Yueyue’s first reaction was to quickly push Jun Yu back into the restaurant. The proprietress saw that they were outside, but she didn’t show any surprise. Obviously, she had already guessed it, otherwise she wouldn’t have paid to have several people come out.
She saw Jun Yueyue pushing Jun Yu in, and hesitated, wanting to say something but stopping herself. Jun Yueyue glared at her, “Let her stay here! Otherwise, you’ll bring everyone into your shop!”
The proprietress fell silent immediately. Jun Yueyue quickly went inside and came out just as quickly. As soon as she stepped out the door, “Bang! Crash—” their car window was shattered by a pickaxe.
”You wait, the police are coming soon. I don’t believe there’s no law anymore!” Fang Anyan was not afraid at all. He had picked up a piece of porcelain at some point and was holding it against the neck of the bound man. He was confronting the group of people, which was very intimidating.
The woman who was sobbing was very uncouth. As soon as she saw people coming, she took off running faster than anyone else and disappeared into the woods.
Standing next to Fang Anyan, Fang Anyu knew nothing of fear, while Jun Yueyue felt a chill run down her spine at the sight of this scene.
She didn’t know what this fictional world was like; all she knew was that the author was the rule, and whatever she wrote became the rule.
In the novel, several people went to see Old Master Jun. This part of the plot wasn’t originally there, but her time travel was like the wings of a butterfly… everything seemed to be deviating in an unpredictable direction.
The group didn’t make a move for the time being, fearing the porcelain shards in Fang Anyan’s hand. They just waved their weapons to scare people and smash cars.
Jun Yueyue walked behind Fang Anyan and Fang Anyu, and whispered to Fang Anyan, “I pushed Jun Yu in the restaurant kitchen, she’ll definitely be fine…”
Fang Anyan was initially very arrogant and ready to fight to the death. Jun Yueyue thought it would be difficult to persuade him to run away, but when she said that Jun Yu was alright, Fang Anyan immediately kicked the man who had been holding him back, sending him flying into the crowd. He then turned around and ran away with Fang Anyu and her.
As he ran, he shouted in a low voice, “What are you doing out here!”
He stood up to that group of people instead of running away, just to buy time for Jun Yueyue and Jun Yu to escape.
It was indeed the best option for the two weak women to hide in the restaurant. No matter how ruthless these people were, they wouldn’t actually kill their way into the restaurant. However, Jun Yueyue was by no means a weak woman. If she really started to fight, even if her body was not up to par, Fang Anyan might not be her match with the skills and routines she had honed over the years on the brink of life and death.
Even a mighty tiger can’t withstand a pack of wolves, a bunch of brutes armed with weapons. It would be foolish for them to fight back without running away.
The police, who were supposed to arrive soon, hadn’t made a move. The country road was rough, and after a while it turned into sand and dirt, slowing them down abruptly. Seeing that they were about to be caught, the three had no choice but to plunge into the nearby woods.
They ran quickly into the depths of the woods, and someone behind them produced a flashlight from who-knows-where, waving it like a searchlight. Jun Yueyue was so angry she laughed. How could this idiotic plot developer write such a thing? Is this still a society governed by law?!
The three of them ran breathlessly, finally managing to shake off the others, but soon the footsteps and shouts came closer again, and the three of them accelerated and ran wildly once more.
They didn’t know how far they had run, but there was a small house in the distance ahead. Although the people behind them were far away, they could still hear the sound of them chasing after them. They hadn’t planned to go to the house, but when they saw that the door light was on, the woman whose tongue had been cut off was waving and crying in their direction.
The porch light illuminated a great distance; beyond that lay not a forest, but a flat, open field. It was too late for them to run back—
This woman is not trustworthy, but the three of them are now desperate. Jun Yueyue doesn’t doubt that the male lead Fang Anyan and the female lead Jun Yu will be fine, but she and Fang Anyu are just supporting characters. It’s normal for them to be injured or die. Let’s take a gamble. Anyway, the worst that can happen is that they will be caught in the end… And the police will be here soon!
The three ran up to the woman, who quickly pulled them into the house. The house was dilapidated, with garbage everywhere. The bed frame of an old bed was upside down. The woman looked anxious and gestured for the three to go inside.
There was a large storage space under the bed, with a pile of old clothes underneath. Three people could barely squeeze in.
They had barely hidden themselves when a group of people surrounded them. They entered the house, yelled at the woman, asked her where everyone was, and slapped her.
The woman fell onto the corner of the bed, crying and shaking her head. The group didn’t bother her anymore. They sent a few people out to look for her while cursing, and the rest of them clamored for the woman to cook and said they wanted to drink.
The three people were crammed under the bed, where clothes of who-knows-when were scattered about, and a very unpleasant stench permeated the air.
The light from inside the room seeped in through the gaps in the wooden planks under the bed. A group of people went outside, put up a lamp under the window, and sat around a table drinking and cursing. They cursed the three men and boasted that they would find them, kill them, and throw them into the cellar.
With no sound coming from inside, the three of them finally relaxed. Jun Yueyue, in the middle, looked at Fang Anyu in the light that was streaming in, then turned to look at Fang Anyan. Seeing the blood on his face, she reached out and wiped it away. Fang Anyan hissed softly.
Jun Yueyue used the clean part inside her sleeve to wipe the dirty area around his wound, then turned to look at Fang Anyu, meeting Fang Anyu’s gaze.
In the dimly lit, cramped space, only a sliver of light shone through the bed frame, and Fang Anyu’s expression at that moment was somewhat indescribable.
Before Jun Yueyue could see clearly, deafening police sirens blared outside.
The police quickly located the small house and successfully rescued the three people. They took Junyu with them and found the landlady and the customers who had stayed at the restaurant to testify. They took statements from each of them one by one. It was midnight before the group finally walked out of the police station in a disheveled state.
The woman was frequently beaten, and many people in the neighborhood had reported it to the police. However, she was not abducted, nor was her tongue cut off by the man. They were actually in a normal marital relationship. Since the woman did not pursue the matter, it could only be treated as a family dispute.
The woman cried bitterly, but when the police asked if she wanted to pursue the matter, she shook her head.
After a harrowing night of work, their car was damaged in the front, and they still had 400 li to go before reaching their destination. It was already past midnight, and everyone was exhausted. Fang Anyan and Jun Yueyue were both injured. They drove their drafty car out of the town and found an inn in the next town to rest temporarily.
The small hotel was run-down, but clean enough. The bed was also small. Jun Yueyue entered the room, quickly washed up, and collapsed onto the bed. She decided that when she got back, she would definitely strengthen her training. If she were in the post-apocalyptic world, she could beat these country bumpkins to a pulp with one hand. She covered herself with a slightly damp blanket that smelled of cheap laundry detergent and missed her supermodel physique and abilities for the first time.
When she was feeling drowsy, Fang Anyu washed up and got into bed. He first checked her hands, and Jun Yueyue smiled at him, shook her head to indicate that she was fine, and then closed her eyes again.
Fang Anyu didn’t lie down. He had lost his notebook, but he still had his pen. He pulled out a newspaper from somewhere and scribbled in the blank spaces before finally handing it to Jun Yueyue.
—Do you really like my younger brother?
Jun Yueyue was woken up groggily, and after looking at it, she was completely confused.
Fang Anyu wrote on another note: “Did you marry me because of him, and did you decide to divorce me after you went back because of him?”
Jun Yueyue didn’t know why Fang Anyu was asking her this at this time. She took the pen and wrote somewhat perfunctorily, “No, it’s not. Don’t overthink it. Go to sleep.”
Fang Anyu looked at these words, and after a while, wrote another sentence: “After you divorce me, will you marry him?”
Jun Yueyue was woken up twice by being poked, and she was extremely impatient. She grabbed the newspaper and scribbled something down: “What nonsense! Go to sleep!!!”
The three exclamation marks profoundly expressed her dissatisfaction at that moment. After reading them, Fang Anyu did not write anymore, nor did he lie down. Instead, he sat there, reflecting on the night and everything that had happened since their marriage.
He’s slow to react; he kept thinking about things that happened in just over a month until past 2 a.m.
More than a month into their marriage, he didn’t spend an hour thinking about anything in the first few days; all he could think about was what had happened in the last three or four days.
There were so many experiences, almost equivalent to half of his life’s worth. The novelty and excitement made him feel thrilled just thinking about them.
But… Fang Anyu looked at Jun Yueyue and thought of how she was holding his younger brother’s hand and hugging him by the car during the day, and how she wiped his brother’s face under the bed at night… He even remembered how she had taken the initiative to approach his younger brother so many times before.
Fang Anyu thought for a long, long time. He didn’t know what he had figured out, but Jun Yueyue was woken up by him in the middle of the night.
The newspaper was handed to me, with a sentence written on it, so thick it seemed to penetrate the paper: “If you marry my brother, will you still… be with me?”
That statement was indeed a bit… well, too provocative, and it really dispelled most of Jun Yueyue’s drowsiness and anger at being woken up.
Fang Anyu’s question, which lacked any moral bottom line and was completely inexplicable, made her close her eyes and chuckle quietly under the covers.
However, she didn’t laugh for long before Fang Anyu suddenly pulled back the covers. In the dead of night, when even the dogs were asleep, Jun Yueyue suddenly felt as if a mountain was pressing down on her, and her breath and laughter were blocked in her throat.