護花近衛 - 第1190章 快叫他來 - 清風書屋

"So you mean to shelter this lion?" Er Gou Dan frowned. This girl, he thought, was rather overbearing; it seemed words alone would not do — he would have to use force.

Gu Mengyao too frowned ever so slightly. In her view the matter was somewhat thorny: Xiao Shu was not wrong, but if this simple, earnest fellow at the gate insisted on making trouble for the lion, his grievance was not entirely without reason either.

"Sir, this lion is only a beast — how would it know whom to bite? Without its master's instigation and indulgence, it would never bite anyone!" Gu Mengyao explained. "Look at it now, in my house — it isn't biting anyone!"

"Well..." Er Gou Dan was, for the moment, struck dumb. He had never been much of a talker, and between Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu he found himself without a word to say. Still, simply turning on his heel and walking away would have left him sorely unwilling — even if everything they said was true, was he to let the lion off just like that? He pondered a moment and said, "How about this: the beast bit my friend's mother on the leg, so I'll break its leg in return!"

"No!" Shen Yushu was instantly thrown into a panic. The household had finally acquired a guard, and if his legs were broken, what would be the point of guarding anything? And seeing that she could not talk Er Gou Dan round, she grew a little angry. Was Shen Yushu a woman to be easily dealt with? Since reasoning with him was useless, she saw no further need to try: "If you won't leave, I'll have the lion's boss teach you a lesson!"

"The lion's boss?" Er Gou Dan started. "The lion has a boss? Very well — since he is the boss, and one of his underlings has done wrong, I'll go to him and demand an accounting!"

"This is the lion's boss — Weiwu Jiangjun! If you don't go right now, I'll open the gate and let the dog out! Why must you be so stubborn?" Shen Yushu pointed at Weiwu Jiangjun and tried to frighten Er Gou Dan with the threat.

"This dog?" Er Gou Dan cast a glance at Weiwu Jiangjun. It was not that he looked down on the animal; he had beaten countless beasts to death in his time — why would he fear one dog? So he said, "Open the gate, let it out, and I'll break its legs too — that will do just as well!"

Er Gou Dan was a very plain, honest man. He had not come this time for money either; he wanted nothing but an accounting. Like so many victims, he simply wanted those who had committed the wrong to pay a price — to be made to answer for it. As for money, that was secondary.

"If you have it in you, then come on in!" Shen Yushu was not about to open the gate for Er Gou Dan of her own accord.

Er Gou Dan had not wanted to resort to force, but since Shen Yushu refused to be reasonable, he could hardly be blamed for dropping his courtesy. He seized the iron railings of the gate in both hands and gave them a slight tug — and the railings tore apart just as those at the gate of the Xiao family villa had done, as if the steel were made of something soft.

"Holy crap!" Shen Yushu's eyes flew wide. "You're that strong?!"

Weiwu Jiangjun had been lounging lazily all along, but the sight of Er Gou Dan suddenly revealing such power startled the dog to its core. It sprang upright at once, eyes fixed warily on Er Gou Dan.

This man is dangerous. Staring at the torn iron grating, Weiwu Jiangjun sized him up and reckoned in his heart that he was probably no match for him. The dog did not dare attack first; instead he placed himself protectively before Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, for he had to keep the two of them safe — as for that lion, he was in no position to protect it.

Weiwu Jiangjun's bearing naturally did not escape Shen Yushu's eyes. Seeing the dog wear the look of a man facing a mortal enemy, she guessed at once that Weiwu Jiangjun was probably no match for Er Gou Dan either.

Seeing Er Gou Dan move to seize Weiwu Jiangjun, how could Shen Yushu let him succeed? She cried out at the top of her lungs, "Hold it right there!"