Chapter 330: Adventure in the night

The cold blade was bright and dazzling in the dim light. Completely frozen, Er Gou Zi did not dare to move. His lip trembled but he couldn’t say what he wanted to say, only hearing the rattling of his teeth.

Ah Jian let out a chuckle, retracting the dagger and kicking him to the ground. Voice cold, he said: “Er Gou Zi! Look and see who I am!”

Er Gou Zi groaned with pain and embarrassment, struggling on the floor for a long time before he reluctantly sat up. Timidly, he looked up and his whole expression was dumbfounded. Eyes full of panic, he trembled: “You, you, you are Ah Jian!”

Ah Jian sneered, his eyes a deep and unfathomable black. The angular features of his face were like they were carved from stone, a symbol of pure strength in the faint light. Er Gou Zi had almost lost his three souls and seven spirits* just by seeing him.

“So you still recognize me!” Ah Jian stared at him slowly.

“I recognize!” Er Gou Zi hurriedly nodded, laughing: “Master Ah Jian, you are a great hero in the village! You are a real man! I, Er Gou Zi, don’t dare not to recognize your parents and forget you! Master Ah Jian, if you have any instruction, this villain will be happy to follow it! If you are working so late, how can this villain assist you?”

Ah Jian ignored this, saying indifferently: “I’m not alone tonight, did you notice?”

Startled, Er Gou Zi followed Ah Jian’s gaze and saw Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze standing quietly to the side. He was surprised, feeling a sense of emptiness, and hurriedly looked away, quickly saying with a smile, “Lian, Miss Lian, why are you here? Uh, I’m afraid it’s not good that Miss Lian has come to my house tonight— Oh, you, why are you beating people!”

Before he finished speaking, Lian Ze punched him firmly in the chest, causing his waist to tremble with pain.

Lian Ze snorted. Shaking his fist, he raised an eyebrow and said: “If you dare to talk nonsense again, I’ll beat you up!”

Er Gou Zi dared to be angry but he didn’t dare to talk about, groaning while holding his waist.

Lian Fang Zhou stopped Lian Ze and stared at the man coldly: “We are here tonight to ask a few words. You’d better be honest! If you dare to try your luck telling lies, don’t blame us for not being polite! I’m asking you, what did you, Lei Zi, and the Zhao family talk about on the sloping fields in Shitouping today?”

ER Gou Zi’s whole body trembled and his face turned pale. He stammered: “I, I don’t know, you, what are you talking about?”

“Don’t know?” Lian Fang Zhou smiled softly: “Are you feeling itchy again, hm?”

“Why are you being polite with this kind of person? If he doesn’t want to say it, just hit him!” Lian Ze glared at Er Gou Zi, raising his hand to punch him again.

“Don’t!” Er Gou Zi was terrified, subconsciously raising his arms to protect his head. “You, you, what trick are you trying to pull?! Are there no laws in your eyes?”

Internally, Er Gou Zi was screaming about his poor luck. What was this matter? Obviously it was something the four people had agreed to do together, so how could the Lian siblings find out about it? Why didn’t they go find someone else to question, bullying him alone!”

Ah Jian was scary enough and now there was also Lian Ze…

Lian Fang Zhou sneered at him disdainfully and said: “I advise you to be honest and avoid suffering from losing flesh and blood! What kind of ‘laws’ do you dare to talk about? Which family in this village doesn’t hate you? I dare to say that, even if you died in this room tonight, there will be not even half a person who would care, let alone a person who would avenge you! Do you believe it?”

“You…” Er Gou Zi’s pupils shrank in horror: “You want, want to kill people!?”

Lian Fang Zhou’s words filled him with rage and fear. He knew that if Lian Fang Zhou and the others really did kill him, everyone in the village would definitely cheer and celebrate secretly. They would never avenge him, who would care about a thug?

Thinking about it, Ah Jian could even kill a pack of wolves, wouldn’t killing him be simple? Er Gou Zi had no desire to die!

She smiled. “We don’t need to go that far, you don’t need to be nervous! At most you will be beaten until you bleed and your tongue will be cut out. It’s too cheap to kill you!”

Er Gou Zi swallowed hard and said with a pale face: “I, I and you have no, no grievances, no enmity—”

“Then honestly repeat what you said today!” Lian Fang Zhou said coldly.

“Miss Lian, I really don’t know what you’re talking about! What do you want me to say?” Er Gou Zi’s face was full of bitterness, blood, and tears.

If it wasn’t for Madam Zhao’s certainty, Lian Fang Zhou would almost suspect that she had really gotten the wrong person.

“I can swear! I can swear to the heavens!” Er Gou Zi raised his hands, palms facing the sky.

“If seems that you won’t shed tears if you don’t see the coffin!” Lian Fang Zhou’s eyes fell away with disinterest. It seemed that a rouge was indeed a rogue and their ability to be shameless was really a skill!

“Sister, I will beat him to death. Let’s see if he can’t tell the truth!” Lian Ze’s eyes were bright and he was eager to try with his fists.

Ah Jian cut in coldly: “Hit his lower abdomen and stomach, don’t hit his face! You can also try to dislocate his arm. If you don’t have enough strength, however, you won’t be able to do it simply and neatly.”

Lian Ze looked excited. He smiled and said: “I can try! Brother Ah Jian, I’ve never gotten a chance to practice after you taught me!”

Er Gou Zi was furious: Was this taking him as a dead person!

Ah Jian did not want to beat him but Lian Ze did not have the same restraint. Glancing swiftly at the door, Er Gou Zi secretly gathered enough energy and waited for Lian Ze to approach him before kicking out at him and rushing towards the door.

As long as he could escape, he could hide out for a while and wait for the Lian family to be cleaned up by Young Lady Zhao before coming back. Or he could simply devote himself to the Zhao manor as a slave and eat delicious food. Anyways, he had no family so there was no burden!

And then, when that time came and the Lian brother and sister fell into his hands, he must kill them!

– Graphic violence-

Unfortunately, ideas are beautiful but reality is cruel. Before Er Gou Zi could move his leg, Lian Ze’s fist landed on his stomach with lightening speed, the pain causing him to scream and curl up like a shrimp. Lian Ze ignored his screams and grabbed his arm. With two crisp sounds, Er Gou Zi was left dizzy and sweaty, his left arm hanging softly.

“You, you—” Er Gou Zi slumped on the ground, panting, as he stared at Lian Ze.

Lian Ze sneered at him: “Oh, I’m pretty strong!” Without hesitation, he grabbed his other arm.

-End violence-

Er Gou Zi was so frightened his wailed: “Boss Lian! Ancestor Lian! Please don’t do it, don’t do it! I’ll speak, I’ll speak!”

“How boring**!” Lian Ze let go of him and sighed contemptuously.

TN: *You can read about this here.

**This is not correct but for the life of me, I can’t figure out what he said so I just went with something reasonable for the situation.

Damn, Lian Ze got dark this chapter! I am really squicked out by dislocated or broken limbs, particularly joints, as I have had my knee hyper-extend and it gives me horrible flashbacks. -_- Translating this chapter was hard!