“You bastard! How dare you steal my girlfriend!”
“Just because you’ve got a pretty face, you think you can go around seducing people, huh?! I’m going to ruin that face of yours today, and then we’ll see if any girls still like you!!”
Saturday,
In a remote,
Deserted alleyway, a brutal ambush was unfolding.
By now, Li Yuanci had collapsed in the corner of the alley like a dead dog. His entire body was covered in wounds, and his bloodshot eyes were filled with a savage glint.
Just then, the yellow-haired thug suddenly stepped forward, grabbed him by the collar, and held a knife in his hand. It looked like he intended to go for his face.
Li Yuanci’s pupils contracted sharply. His throat moved slightly, and after the initial shock, the corner of his bloodied mouth actually curled into a smile. Then, lifting his eyelids, he looked lazily at the yellow-haired thug: “Go ahead if you’ve got the guts. But afterward, no matter how you beg me, I won’t let you off.”
“Tsk tsk tsk, seems like you haven’t been beaten hard enough.” The yellow-haired thug laughed with amusement. “You’ve still got the nerve to threaten me!!”
With that, he licked his back teeth: “Just because your family’s got a bit of stinking money, you think you’re something special?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he aimed his gaze at Li Yuanci’s lower body. Li Yuanci’s heart tightened: “What are you trying to do?”
“I think, you slept with my girl, so I’ll cripple your lower half. That seems fair, doesn’t it?”
The yellow-haired thug suddenly grinned, and as soon as he said this, the others burst out laughing too: “Fair enough.”
“Boss, hurry, do it, teach him a lesson.”
“I want to see a real-life eunuch too.”
The other thugs egged him on as well.
Li Yuanci shouted in shock and fury: “You dare!!”
Seeing this, the yellow-haired thug grew even more smug. He sneered, and the next second, he pointed the knife at Li Yuanci’s lower body, ready to strike. And just at that moment, suddenly—
Tap tap tap.
Tap tap tap.
The sound of rhythmic footsteps rang out, followed by a cool yet slightly sweet female voice—
“You, what are you doing?”
A very pleasant voice.
Everyone instinctively turned around, and saw a girl with long hair and a white dress slowly walking toward them.
Outside the alley, the sunlight was bright.
She came against the light, making it impossible to see her face clearly.
But inexplicably, in that moment, everyone was drawn to her, including Li Yuanci.
They stared blankly in the direction the girl came from. As she approached, they finally saw her face.
It was an extremely radiant, strikingly beautiful face.
Black hair, snow-white skin. On a standard oval face were features like a painting.
Her eyes were large, with slightly upturned outer corners, black and white perfectly distinct, clear to the bottom.
Beneath a high, straight nose was a crimson lips, like a female demon who had drunk her fill of blood,
Breathtakingly beautiful.
In this rundown alley, she seemed utterly out of place.
“I’ve already called the police, you know~”
Everyone was stunned until her voice rang out again. She raised her wrist and waved her phone, and only then did they snap back to their senses, suddenly panicking.
“Boss, she said she called the police.”
“What do we do?”
“We’re not going to jail, are we?”
“You MF!!! Nosy bitch!!”
The yellow-haired thug, furious, abandoned Li Yuanci and charged at the girl, his eyes gleaming with ill intent—anyone with half a brain could tell what he was planning.
But the girl remained utterly unruffled.
With a single raised leg, the thug was sent flying several meters away, letting out a yelp. Seeing this, the others exchanged glances before cursing and rushing at her—but unsurprisingly, they too were all kicked flying.
The girl’s movements were exceptionally graceful, her strikes clean and decisive. In just a few moves, she had taken down most of the thugs. Her hair bounced with each motion, and sunlight had somehow found its way into this alley, casting a halo around her entire figure.
Li Yuanci leaned in the corner, watching the scene without blinking.
He could clearly hear his own heartbeat.
Thump, thump, thump.
Once, then again.
So distinct, so audible.
In that moment, his eyes could hold no one but the girl.
…
[Congratulations, Host.]
[Target Li Yuanci’s affection +70. Host’s Life Span +700 days. Current Life Span: 703 days.]
[Li Yuanci’s affection +3. Host’s Life Span +30 days. Current Life Span: 733 days.]
Amidst the cries of pain came the system’s announcements. Watching the group of thugs scramble and stumble out of the alley, Jiang Hexing finally turned her gaze to Li Yuanci.
In her previous life, he had been one of the main culprits behind her miserable death. But in this life, he still had no idea that a month from now, she would return to the Li family and call him “brother.”
Watching the man who had once looked at her with cold disdain now staring at her with eyes full of infatuation,
Jiang Hexing smiled. Stepping in her white leather shoes, she walked slowly to Li Yuanci, her lashes fluttering as she asked softly, “Are you alright?”
“Do you want me to take you to the hospital?”
Hearing this, Li Yuanci snapped back to reality as if waking from a dream. He was a little agitated and wanted to speak, but a sharp pain tugged at his chest, forcing him into a violent fit of coughing.
“Cough, cough, cough…”
“Forget it—since I’ve already helped this far, I’ll take you to the hospital.”
Seeing him in such a sorry state, Jiang Hexing reached out her hand to Li Yuanci. Her fingers were fair and slender, like a beautiful work of art.
Li Yuanci’s heart pounded violently once more.
“Th-thank… thank you.”
“Thank you.”
His heart was beating too fast, his brain short-circuiting—the only words he could muster were thanks.
“You’re welcome.”
Jiang Hexing smiled, her lips pressed together, and two shallow dimples appeared on her cheeks.
[Li Yuanci’s affection +3. Current affection: 76. Host’s current Life Span: 763 days.]