Hidden Assassin 130

“Pay for the damage,” the soft voice said, causing everyone to stare.

“Miss, what are you saying?” The middle-aged man who introduced himself as Lao Hei laughed incredulously.

“I’m saying, the car belongs to my friend, you scratched it, so you should pay for it. And…” she glanced at the watch on her wrist and spread her hands helplessly. “I have things to do, I don’t have time to go anywhere with you.”

“…”

Confirming what the woman said, the men looked at each other, their eyes full of confusion. Dongfang Wan was about to get in the car, but seeing this scene, she couldn’t help but say worriedly, “Suyan Jie, you… don’t do this…”

Jia Ming didn’t bother to say anything. It was a small matter, but he was late for the martial arts gym. He would have to trouble Ye Mama to reheat the food. Right now, Jia Ming and Lingjing lived in school, so they didn’t come home often for meals. Moreover, Lingjing’s parents treated him and Sha Sha better than Lingjing. Once, he was late and discovered that everyone had been waiting for him without eating, leaving him feeling deeply guilty. He frowned and was about to step in, but then he saw the men laughing.

“Haha, you guys, this chick is pretty, but she’s clearly gone mad.”

One of the men voiced his opinion. Lao Hei nodded. “I think so too. Miss, we don’t intend to hurt you. Just be a good girl and cooperate. Xiao Wu, put her in the car. Don’t make any trouble. Let’s go!” Turning back, he patted the shoulder of the man in front of him, not bothering with this seemingly foolish woman. The roar of the motorcycle suddenly boomed, followed by a scream from behind.

He turned back abruptly, only to see Xiao Wu, who was holding the iron chain, falling to the ground with a cry. The woman, holding the chain, swung it towards the motorcycle rider.

Like a black lightning striking across the night sky!

It looked like a casual swing, yet the force was incredible. There was no time to dodge. The chain hit the rider’s helmet with a resounding bang. The rider’s body flew sideways and crashed to the ground. The helmet had a crack, the windproof engineering plastic shattered and flew across the street, and blood flowed continuously from the helmet.

The chain, as if possessed by a spirit, swooped back and wrapped itself tightly around the woman’s right arm with a clang.

Everything went silent. In that instant, Dongfang Wan was so nervous that she could barely breathe. Some onlookers on both sides of the road were also frightened and quickly moved away. Xiao Wu was still groaning on the ground. The woman brushed her long hair behind her ear with her left hand and smiled lightly. “Sorry, I said I wouldn’t leave before things are clear. No one is leaving today… so, have you decided to pay for the damage?”

The leader looked at his fallen brother and stammered, unable to speak for a moment. He had been in countless fights and brawls, hacking people up with a knife. To effortlessly knock someone off a motorcycle, even shattering the helmet, he could only imagine the kind of strength it would take. Seeing the ease with which this woman did it, she seemed graceful and charming, yet… was she a monster?

His mind went blank for a moment. A man on the back of another motorcycle, holding a baseball bat, suddenly shouted. “Go to hell!” He charged towards the woman.

“A Mu, be careful!” Someone yelled in haste, but it was too late. The bat whistled through the air, then clashed with the iron chain on Jia Ming’s arm with a deafening sound. The tremendous force sent the man, nicknamed A Mu, stumbling backward. One of his arms was grabbed by Jia Ming and pulled towards him.

In the eyes of the crowd, the woman still had a smile on her face, as if she was just pulling up a child who had fallen down. But A Mu had already lunged forward. Before he could scream, those around him could vaguely hear the sound of bones shattering. With that sudden pull, the man’s arm was directly torn apart into several pieces. Then, the bat flew up, and the woman caught it casually.

Bang!

After a loud crash, the rider and his motorcycle both fell on the road. Dongfang Wan and the two girls in the car had their mouths open, unable to close them. The moment the woman swung the bat under the streetlight, the feeling was enough to shock everyone. It was the perfect combination of power and beauty.

Casually throwing the bat to the ground, Jia Ming frowned. “I didn’t want to do this. Can we talk now?”

Before he finished speaking, the motorcycle in front suddenly started and roared away. After witnessing the fate of the four men, they didn’t want to take anyone with them anymore. After all, they had already gotten the floppy disk, they could talk about the rest later. In an instant, the motorcycle roared past two streetlamps, about to turn at the nearby intersection, when a spinning iron chain flew towards them, directly wrapping around the rear wheel of the motorcycle.

Whoosh! Bang!

The motorcycle with the two men flew sideways, then crashed on the road, skidding for more than ten meters before coming to a stop in the center of the three-way intersection. The driver had been thrown against the wall at the end, while the middle-aged man nicknamed Lao Hei was a little closer. He was covered in cuts and bruises, struggling to get up, but he was unable to do so.

Clack, clack, clack, clack – the sound of high heels echoed. The man struggled to get up, his blurry vision catching the woman bending down nearby, picking up the baseball bat on the ground, then walking towards him. “What did I say?”

After the cold tone, she swung the bat mercilessly, knocking him back down. This time, he couldn’t struggle anymore.

Night, street, streetlights, pedestrians, groans, elegant woman, overturned motorcycle, and blood flowing on the ground. Dongfang Wan watched everything with incredulous eyes. Only after Jian Suyan retrieved the wallets from the men lying on the ground, taking all the money and ID cards, did she say to the two girls in the back of the car, “Wait for me.” She went back to the groaning middle-aged man to retrieve the floppy disk.

A moment later, the car started again and drove away from the chaotic scene.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Dongfang Wan didn’t dare to speak. She kept glancing nervously at Jian Suyan’s delicate profile. After a while, the other woman turned her head slightly. “What’s wrong?”

“Er, er… nothing. I just wanted to say, thank you… heh, thank you.”

“You’re welcome. Do you want to get off here?”

“Er, okay…”

Although the other woman’s tone was calm, combined with what had just happened, the three girls dared not stay in the car now that she had hinted at letting them off. The car slowly pulled over, and the girls got out, thanking her repeatedly. After the car finally drove away, the three girls patted their chests and looked at each other, their faces full of excitement.

“Wow, wow, so awesome. We just met a female hero…”

“So cool! I bet she’s a special forces soldier!”

“She’s a killer! Definitely the most mysterious killer, so cool…”

Under the streetlight, their flower-struck expressions were illuminated.

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That night, Dongfang family villa.

“…she just gave a gentle pull, and the person went sprawling to the ground. The whole arm that was grabbed just snapped, making a *clack* sound. At the same time, she kicked the bat up, caught it, and swung it with such grace and ease, hmm… I can’t learn that, her posture is so perfect, just like the baseball demonstrations on TV. The guy who got hit fell to the ground with his motorcycle. And then…”

There were three people in the living room: Dongfang Wan, Dongfang Lu, and Chen Gu Xia, who had come to teach Dongfang Lu martial arts. At this moment, Dongfang Wan was excitedly recounting the events of the evening. The information on the floppy disk was secondary. It was this experience that had allowed her to witness what true elegance meant. A person’s power could shine so brightly. In the past, she had only felt that leading a team, dealing with any problem calmly, being able to control the wind and rain in the business world, was true beauty. Now, she had discovered another aspect of beauty.

“You mean… she casually pulled his arm, and it just *clack* *clack* *clack* broke?” After listening to her description, Dongfang Lu looked at Chen Gu Xia on the sofa next to him, questioning.

“Yeah, just like that… a gentle pull, like shaking hands…” Dongfang Wan tried to mimic the softness of the movement.

“Teacher, is someone capable of doing something like that?”

“Theoretically, it’s possible, of course, I haven’t tried it.” Chen Gu Xia frowned. “A person’s body looks strong, but it’s also very fragile. If someone uses the wrong force, a fracture is quite easy. According to what Xiao Wan said, the person was falling backward and suddenly pulled. The woman must have used a very clever hidden force on her hand, which caused the fracture. But to be able to control it so subtly, she must have internal energy and have been practicing for quite some time…”

“No, no, she’s not a monster.” Dongfang Wan said, “I bet she’s not older than twenty-two, and she’s beautiful. She has such elegant charisma, she makes you feel comfortable. Brother, if you saw her, you would definitely fall in love with her.”

“No…” Dongfang Lu laughed.

“Unless you’re not a man.” Dongfang Wan decisively made a judgment. Chen Gu Xia pondered for a moment. “Then, maybe… she has some strange abilities. Xiao Wan said her name is Jian Suyan, and she’s close friends with Ya Han Lao Shi. That should be correct. More than a week ago, she and Ya Han Lao Shi appeared in New Ning City. She single-handedly defeated all dozens of security guards in the entire casino, and when someone pointed a gun at her head, she calmly retaliated without any hesitation.”

“Wow, no way.” Dongfang Wan’s eyes widened. “Uncle Chen, tell me everything about her.”

“Heh.” Chen Gu Xia smiled. “Although it’s not confirmed yet, someone has made a deduction. This woman is very likely the legendary Flower-Picking Great Thief Yujinxia. We used to call her Mr. Yujinxia, now, we have to call her Ms. Yujinxia…”

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