Chapter 27 of 31

CH 22

11 min read2,700 wordsMature

Warning: sexual assault (attempt)

The sky turned dark, and the shadow of the moon was emerging.

Time doesn’t wait for anyone, under the moonlit night, the people who were searching for Fang Su all over the mountains became more and more flustered and impatient, even the two gangsters who kidnapped him were also getting irritated.

Fang Su hadn’t drank any water for more than half a day, his mouth was parched and his tongue scorched, he pursed his lips and secretly listened to the conversation between the two people.

The very first that came was the leader’s voice, foul-mouthed, cursed: “Where the f*ck old three where did he go to die to……”

Old two heard that and also found it strange, he first was muttering “don’t tell me that he stole the money and ran away”, he got stared at right after his words fell, he thickened his face’s skin1 and let out a laugh, and hurriedly comforted him: “Don’t be in a hurry big brother, didn’t you say that that the news in the city are closely-guarded…… don’t know if old three had seen Qin MeiWan or not, perhaps he has to wait for the night to fall before he can make a move?”

“En,” The leader acquiesced with a low grunt and found that it made some sense, then relaxed, “Then let’s wait some more, the sky is going to turn dark just in time, once he has arrived we will make a move, after that we have dealt with it cleanly, us three can leave Lin Zhou, that sum of money is enough for us to live the rest of our live unrestrained.”

“Big brother is right!” Old two repeatedly echoed, raised his head to look at the moon, after the day merged into the night, the mind was inevitably active, his eyes moved, and probed saying, “Big brother, isn’t that Old Three hasn’t returned yet? The one inside won’t be breathing in a while, won’t it be a waste if we kill him just like this……”

The leader squinted his eyes, glancing at him.

”What else the f*ck do you want to do?”

“He he……” Old two licked his lips, let out an evil and obscene laugh, “Soft and smooth skin, it’s better than those in Goulan courtyard…”

“Look at you, which chick at the brothel doesn’t have a softer and smoother skin than he does, what’s the fun of sleeping with a guy?”

“Big brother, it’s you who isn’t aware, there’s much fun to it.”

“The leader waved his hand, too lazy to nag him, took a few steps forward in disgust, said without even turning around: “What you want to do, do it quickly, I’m* going to wait for Old three here.

*arrogant “I” (laozi)

“Okay!” Old two then let out a wretched laugh, turned around, and happily ran into the cave.

All the exhaustion and drowsiness in Fang Su’s brain disappeared in an instant. He couldn’t hear it clearly inside the cave, but it was enough for him to perceive the speaker’s intent, became very vigilant at once, looking at the moonlight in the entrance of the cave with sober eyes.

The shadow appeared in his sight, Fang Su moved to the side along the rock wall, a nauseating taste was rising from his stomach, his palms subconsciously groping the wet ground looking for a shield. After a while, he held a piece of broken rock in his hand, and could only regard this as the only thing he could rely on.

Old two was letting out a low smile, he hadn’t even walked inside that he had already started to loosen the belt of his clothes, with a very impatient look. Fang Su raised his eyes to look at him, the light was really too dim, even the facial features couldn’t be seen, he could only see a heavy shadow, the stone in his hand fumbled and turned, turning the slightly sharp part outward.

“Stay away from me……” Fang Su’s throat was dry, making his voice hoarse.

Old two had already untied his belt and did not take his words to heart at all, rushing toward him, breathing heavily, said: “The person that Tang QiaoYuan likes, let me* also have a taste…… Don’t struggle, let’s quickly be done with it, and not let you feel uncomfortable…..”

His words died away and his mouth went to bite that pair of lips, Fang Su turned his head in disgust, and the side of his face got a patch of sticky saliva.

Old two did not fuss about his dodging movement and seized this opportunity to rub at his neck.

Fang Su gritted his teeth enduring it, slowly raised his left hand and touched the position of the back of his head, he didn’t know where he found the decisive courage, he closed his eyes, his other hand quickly grabbed the stone and smashed it.

He didn’t dare to hesitate, it was the desire for survival, it was extremely fast, the strength was so great that it was unexpecting and even surprised himself. The person leaning on him merely groaned, and did not even struggle then stopped moving, the body fell heavily on top of him.

Fang Su’s whole body was trembling, rapidly gasping for air, it took a long time for him to suppress the fear in his heart, he didn’t even care if the person was definitely dead or not, used his force to push him away, picked up his sleeve and vigorously wiped his the wet saliva on his face and neck.

His right hand couldn’t stop trembling but he kept holding tightly onto the stone in his hand, his mind was buzzing, he didn’t know how long it took him to loosen his fingers and let the stone fall down, then in the darkness, he felt out Old two’s body that was lying on the ground, relying on the glance he got during the daytime, he found a sharp dagger on his waist.

Fang Su supported himself against the wall and stood up, his pair of legs trembling, extracted the dagger from the sheath and gripped it in his hand, quietly walked to the entrance of the cave.

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The inside of the cave was damp, making it hard for vegetation to grow, but the outside of the cave was different, there were wild weeds everywhere. Now that it’s summer, it was the right moment when it was flourishing, when walking on it, it would rustle, and it was hard to not be noticed. Fang Su didn’t know how far the other person was from the caved entrance at this moment, he could only hide and wait and dare not to go outside rashly.

He knew very clearly, that the other one that was called “Big brother” was significantly stronger, face to face, it would be hard for him to have the upper hand. But on the other hand, if he keeps hiding inside the cave, and waits until not knowing when the arrival of the so-called Old three, his situation would be even more dangerous.

Fang Su found himself in a dilemma, he was both cold and scared in his dark and cold cave, just when he was helplessly letting his mind wander, he suddenly heard the rustling sound of grass being stepped on outside of the cave, there was someone who ran in quickly.

Fang Su was stunned, he could hear that the person coming was quite angry, shouted hastily: “Old two! You f*cking quickly come out! I* saw that many people that came on the mountains……”

*arrogant “I” (laozi)

The leader ran into the cave, and felt it was unusually quiet as soon as he stepped inside the cave, he sensed that something was fishy, but before he could think too much about it, Fang Su who was hiding in the dark attacked him with a dagger in his hand. The leader knew a few scattered kung fu moves, and was extra vigilant and suspicious by nature, he reacted really quickly, he turned sideways and dodged it without incident, immediately after, blue veins appeared on his forehead, and he ruthlessly grabbed Fang Su’s arm.

Fang Su felt a chill, and still wanted to struggle against him, but the force of the person before him was too great, but at this time, was extremely angry, he pressed his head and smashed it hard on the rough rock wall.

Fang Su’s head made a “buzz” for a split second, only felt that the pain went through his bone, black spots were appearing in front of him for a short period of time, there was a warm liquid that flowed out from his forehead, tickling down.

“His grandmother2……” The leader clenched his hand into a fist and raised it, and was itching to hit him to death on the spot.

At this moment, Fang Su was smashed ‘till his head felt dizzy, and was starting to feel weak, but in his heart, he kept thinking about the sentence “People came on the mountains”, he didn’t know where he got the strength, the arm that was held exerted some strength, randomly looking for a direction, stabbing the man with the dagger.

The leader felt the pain and cursed, the fist only hit his shoulder, then the restraint on him loosened after a while, Fang Su only felt that it was the right moment, and couldn’t care less about the pain from the wound on his head, he struggled free his arm, the dagger in his hand stabbing at him randomly and disorderly, and did not even know how many stabs actually hit him. He only returned to his senses after a while, he didn’t know why he was still entangled with him, he hurriedly turned around and ran out of the cave.

The man behind him covered his wound and was chasing after him, but a moment ago, it happened that the stab hit a weak spot, and wounded a deadly vital part, bleeding profusely, the more he ran, the more pain he felt. The leader’s face turned white, but after chasing for a few steps behind, his body heavily fell to the ground.

Fang Su heard the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground behind him and trembled all over, slowly stopped his steps, turned around while trembling with fear, after seeing the motionless body of the leader did he closed his ears as if he was saved, the strength immediately dissipated, and the dagger fell weakly to the ground.

The blood on his forehead was still tickling down, Fang Su stayed still just like a puppet for a long time, his mind was blank.

Not sure how much time passed, loud voices were slowly coming from behind him, it seemed that someone saw him first, then one after another started to shout.

Fang Su couldn’t distinguish what they were saying, only paused blankly, until there were sounds of galloping hooves. The person dismounted the horse, and walked toward him with fast steps, without saying a single word, and hugged him tightly in his embrace.

He trembled slightly, finally looked up slowly, the familiar appearance reflected in his pupils, yet didn’t react to who it was for a moment. The water mist that had accumulated heavily in Fang Su’s eyes, and after a while, mixed along with the blood, flowed down his cheeks.

“Su Su…” Tang QiaoYuan’s voice murmured uncertainly his name, using the light emitted by the moon to check on his wounds, his fingers carefully wiped the blood off his face.

Fang Su heard his voice, his lips were trembling, and opened his mouth to say: “QiaoYuan… I killed..killed two persons……”

Tang QiaoYuan lowered his head and kissed his eyes with tears streaming down profusely, and kept soothing him: “Don’t be afraid, it’s alright now…”

Fang Su kept nodding, as though hearing him speak made him feel more relieved. He slowly calmed down in Tang QiaoYuan’s arms, only feeling his head dizzy and heavy, unconsciously relaxed a bit, and eventually lost consciousness.

Tang QiaoYuan felt his heart aches, and carried him on the horse, taking the people galloping back to the city.

It was already late at night, however, the main courtyard of the Tang Mansion in Li Zhou city was brightly lit, the maids in the courtyard were busy, and were replacing clean water and towels.

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