護花近衛 - 第783章 倒霉啊倒霉 - 清風書屋

"Aaah—" Yu Xiaoke let out a shrill scream as her whole body was sent flying backward. She crashed to the ground, coughed up a mouthful of blood with a wet retch, and went limp, unconscious.

Wei Zhao hadn't expected Qiu Lingshan to strike so suddenly. His brows knit into a frown. "What did you hit her for?"

"If I hadn't hit her, could I have caught her?" Qiu Lingshan was rather displeased to hear Wei Zhao actually speaking up for Yu Xiaoke.

"I told you to catch the members of that thief gang, not her." Wei Zhao's impression of Yu Xiaoke was actually fairly good. He hadn't known her long, but if she hadn't been lying, then she commanded his sincere respect—one woman, single-handedly keeping an entire orphanage afloat. What courage and perseverance must it take to sustain such a burden?

"She's a thief too!" Qiu Lingshan looked at Wei Zhao with a touch of stubbornness, for she had principles she held to. She might be meek and yielding before Wei Zhao, but that was no reason to let him trample the principles and convictions by which she lived her life.

Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback by the look on Qiu Lingshan's face. A woman who had always been so docile before him had actually come to disagree with him over this! But a moment's thought was all Wei Zhao needed to understand where Qiu Lingshan stood.

She was the law; Yu Xiaoke was a thief—and the law catching a thief was only natural.

It was simply that they occupied different standpoints. To Yu Xiaoke, stealing from the rich and heartless for the sake of the orphanage was nothing to be ashamed of; but to Qiu Lingshan, no matter the reason, once Yu Xiaoke had stolen money, she was a thief.

Wei Zhao nodded and did not press Qiu Lingshan any further.

Meanwhile, Black Bird Bro, the whistleblower, was beside himself with glee. Yu Xiaoke had been struck down by Qiu Lingshan, and at long last he had vented the resentment that had been festering in his heart for so long. Yu Xiaoke, oh Yu Xiaoke—you wanted to send us to prison? Then I'll send you there first!

And look at you now! Not only have you been beaten, you're going to be dragged off with the rest of us!

Wei Zhao made to check on Yu Xiaoke's injuries. As he passed Black Bird Bro, he seemed to bump into him in a careless, offhand way—and Black Bird Bro, in his elation, never noticed a thing.

But once Wei Zhao had moved past, Black Bird Bro began to feel that something was off. Why had his whole body suddenly grown hot and restless? A wave of desire surged up from the depths of his being; his eyes glazed over, and he turned to look at Qiu Lingshan, his face twisting into something savage.

By the look of him, he was trying desperately to rein in his urges, but that lasted only an instant before clarity deserted him entirely. He lunged at Qiu Lingshan. "Little lady, give it to me—I want you... to keep this grandpa company for a round, eh?"

Qiu Lingshan stared at Black Bird Bro, his mouth full of yellowed teeth and reeking of foul breath, and was overcome with disgust. She could not fathom how this Black Bird Bro could be so brazen. To openly harass her—did the man have a death wish?

As Qiu Lingshan stood there bewildered, Black Bird Bro's hand reached for her chest. Her fury erupted; she lashed out with a kick that struck Black Bird Bro square in the ***. With a shrill scream he rolled his eyes back and toppled to the ground. His last words before losing consciousness were: "My other ball..."

This was, of course, Wei Zhao's doing—he had merely stimulated a few acupoints on the man's body, planting in him the urge to lie with a woman. In truth, this technique could also be used to treat impotence or a lack of desire; it was only that Black Bird Bro was already a man of rampant lust, and with Wei Zhao's little nudge, his head went straight to mush.

The members of the thief gang all found it rather strange. Had Black Bird Bro lost his mind? How dared he harass Qiu Lingshan? Was he courting death?