“Fuck you! How dare you call me ugly!”
With a loud bang!
A miracle happened—the man in black was sent flying with a whoosh, soaring more than ten meters through the air.
He smashed straight into the courtyard wall, leaving behind a human-shaped dent.
The world seemed to freeze.
The two remaining men in black felt the hair on the backs of their necks stand up.
Even Su Manman herself was in disbelief.
Was my strength really that great?
Then a wave of wild joy surged through her.
Thank you, Heavenly Dao Dad, for blessing me with this divine strength!
If that was the case, what did she, Su Manman, have to fear?
If she didn’t like someone—she’d just beat them up.
She raised her fists again.
She had already planned it out—like dropping dumplings into boiling water…
She’d knock the remaining two flying out as well.
But—
Bang!
The man in black had already braced himself to be sent crashing into the wall like his companion.
But…
The expected pain never came.
“Ow!”
Su Manman clutched the back of her aching hand.
Damn it—was this guy made of iron? Why is he so hard?!
In the next instant, she met a pair of sinister eyes staring at her.
Su Manman forced out a dry laugh.
“Hero… great hero… we could actually become friends.”
Seeing the man raise his fist, Su Manman’s legs instantly gave out and she dropped to her knees.
She hugged the man’s legs and burst into exaggerated wailing.
“Hero, spare my life!”
“I have sick parents at home, a crippled husband with broken legs—”
“And children crying to be fed!”
The man in black sneered.
“If life is that miserable, I’ll help you end it.”
Ah… as expected of an assassin—no humanity at all.
Su Manman’s eyes spun quickly.
“Hero, please show mercy! I… I can help you earn great merit!”
“My husband is Gu Tianye, the leader of this Black Armor Army!”
Su Manman thought that in a life-or-death situation, she could only bring out that male lead she hadn’t even met yet.
After all, as the story’s male protagonist and a famous figure in the Black Armor Army, these men clearly seemed to be targeting them.
They should have heard his name.
Sure enough, the man in black paused.
“Your husband is Gu Tianye?”
Su Manman nodded rapidly.
“Yes, yes! I’m his poor country wife.”
The man in black looked at her clothes and appearance with obvious suspicion.
“You?”
Su Manman cursed inwardly.
Judging people by appearance—you’ll get karma for that.
But outwardly she smiled flatteringly.
“I’m the wife he married back in his hometown.”
“I’ve been living in the countryside all these years.”
“That’s why I look different from what you imagined.”
“But my identity is absolutely real.”
“In fact, the reason I’m here is because I’m going with them to reunite with my husband.”
“If you’re fighting the Black Armor Army, you can use me to threaten Gu Tianye. If you capture him, wouldn’t that be a huge achievement?”
The man in black asked coldly,
“Gu Tianye is your husband, and you’re helping us? You’re betraying your man?”
Su Manman rolled her eyes.
“Hero, just look at me.”
“It’s obvious I’m not favored.”
“If it weren’t for reputation, he wouldn’t even care about me.”
“To be honest, I haven’t seen him in four years.”
“If he really loved me, why hasn’t he come home in four years?”
“Now they’re taking me to Da’an, and I don’t even know what kind of life awaits me.”
“I’m not willing to die for a man who hasn’t cared about me for four years.”
“I see you, hero—sharp brows, bright eyes, a righteous aura. If I help you, you surely won’t repay kindness with cruelty.”
Hearing her shameless flattery, the man in black laughed.
“You’d better not be lying. Otherwise you’ll die a miserable death.”
Su Manman forced a laugh.
“I’m not lying, not lying… How would I dare lie in front of a hero?”
At the same time, she let out a quiet sigh of relief in her heart.
Good… my life is temporarily saved.
Suddenly—
BANG!
The courtyard gate burst open.
Su Manman was startled as another man in black rushed in.
“A-Jiu! Something happened—Peach Aunt has been captured!”
..
In the alleyway, Peach Aunt was so weak she could barely stand.
She was dragged along like a dead dog.
A whoosh sounded as an arrow cut through the air.
Liuzi swung his sword and blocked it.
“Assassin!”
Gu Tianye leapt lightly onto the rooftop and kicked forward.
The black-clad man hiding there was sent crashing off the roof.
Gu Tianye’s pupils shrank as he thrust his sword downward.
“Don’t move!”
A voice came from the opposite rooftop.
Gu Tianye looked up and saw Su Manman being held hostage.
“Move again and I’ll kill her.”
Su Manman stood on the roof with a sword pressed against her neck.
Looking down at Gu Tianye and the others in the alley, she forced an awkward smile and waved stiffly.
“Hi… we meet again…”
Then she whispered to the man behind her.
“Hero, you’ve got it wrong. Using me to threaten them won’t work.”
But A-Jiu ignored her and shouted:
“Gu Tianye! Your wife is in my hands!”
“Surrender now, or I’ll kill her!”
Su Manman cursed silently.
Idiot. Gu Tianye isn’t even here.
“Hero, you’re mistaken,” she said quickly. “My husband really is Gu Tianye, but he’s not here.”
“These people are just his comrades.”
Afraid the man would get angry, she hurried to add:
“But don’t worry! My husband is their superior. I’m still useful to you.”
The previously confident A-Jiu suddenly had a bad feeling.
Damn… I acted too rashly.
This woman didn’t even recognize her own husband—how could she possibly be Gu Tianye’s wife?
Just then, Wu Rongguang spoke with mocking disdain:
“Where did you find this beggar woman? Trying to impersonate our sister-in-law?”
Su Manman was so furious she almost fainted.
Wu Rongguang denying her identity left her with no way out at all.
She immediately suspected a conspiracy.
As the male lead’s loyal subordinate, Wu Rongguang must be trying to use this chance to eliminate her!
A-Jiu was irritated, and the sword pressed slightly deeper.
Su Manman could feel her skin about to break—
She completely snapped.
“Wu Rongguang, you damn lackey! Open your dog eyes and look at who I am!”
“If anything happens to me, I’ll haunt you as a ghost!”
“I’ll make your days and nights miserable!”
“And tell that bastard Gu Tianye—”
“I must have had eight lifetimes of bad luck to marry him!”
“If something happens to me, I curse him to be impotent for life!”
“His wife will cuckold him… and his son will curse him to hell!”
Wu Rongguang’s mouth fell open.
He had never expected Su Manman to act so wildly.
He didn’t even dare look at Gu Tianye’s expression.
He could already imagine how dark it must be.
But Su Manman didn’t care anymore.
Since she was going to die anyway, she might as well vent all her anger.
Otherwise it would be bad for her health.
“Hahaha!” A-Jiu burst out laughing.
“Gu Tianye, I never expected you’d have a day like this!”
Su Manman turned and glared at him.
“What the hell are you laughing at?”
“With that monkey face of yours, do you think you’re handsome?”
“Grown men fighting, and you drag a woman out as a shield!”
“A man like you—if you have a son, he won’t even have an asshole!”
A-Jiu’s face darkened.
“Bitch!”
“Bitch your mother—!”
Su Manman stomped down hard and twisted her foot.
A-Jiu cried out in pain, his grip loosening.
At that exact moment, a flying dagger shot through the air and struck his shoulder.
Su Manman shoved him away.
Ha! Clever Su Manman survives again!
But—
Joy turned into tragedy.
She had used too much strength.
And she had forgotten she was standing on the rooftop.
“AHHHHH—!”