Chapter 25
Kill Her
Fu Zhaoning turned around calmly and placed her basket to the side.
Several young men came out from the nearby bushes.
The one who had spoken earlier had a sharp monkey-like face, while the man walking out last was tall and strongly built.
The moment they saw Fu Zhaoning’s face, all of them revealed amazed expressions.
“This little beauty is really pretty. Boss, isn’t Auntie always urging you to get a wife? Bring her back and you’ll have one. Then Auntie can die in peace.”
A short dark-skinned youth said this to the tall man, and the others immediately agreed.
“Tiezhu is right!”
“I think it’ll work!”
“Let’s do it!”
Fu Zhaoning found it funny and interrupted them.
“Are you talking about me?”
“Huh, this little lady is pretty bold. She’s not even scared after seeing us, and she still dares talk to us!” the monkey-faced man said in surprise.
“I need to cross the hanging bridge. If you want to fight, hurry up. If not, get lost.”
Fu Zhaoning lifted her chin slightly.
The young men instantly became furious and rolled up their sleeves as they walked toward her.
“My temper really can’t take this anymore. Even a little woman dares act tough in front of us now?”
“Before she becomes our sister-in-law, let’s teach her a lesson first!”
“That’s right! Let her know why flowers are so red!”
The youths closed in on Fu Zhaoning step by step.
“Haizi, Tiezhu, stop.”
To Fu Zhaoning’s surprise, the tall leader stopped them.
“Boss, no way. Are you really scared?” Haizi, the monkey-faced youth, said unwillingly.
The leader’s expression darkened.
“I promised my mother I wouldn’t do bad things anymore.”
“But didn’t Auntie say she can’t die peacefully unless you marry a wife? This isn’t doing bad things, Boss. We’re just listening to Auntie.”
As Haizi spoke, he suddenly lunged toward Fu Zhaoning.
Nobody expected him to attack so suddenly. Everyone froze for a moment.
Fu Zhaoning saw clearly that his hand was aimed straight at her chest. In that instant, the look in his eyes turned vicious.
This man was not trying to capture her.
He wanted her dead from the start.
Fu Zhaoning saw through his intention and was about to strike back when unexpectedly, the leader moved extremely quickly. He rushed behind Haizi and grabbed the back of his collar.
“Haizi, what are you trying to do?!”
Haizi also had not expected the leader to react so fast. His collar tightened around his neck, almost choking him.
“Boss, I’m helping you get a wife!”
He coughed while staring at Fu Zhaoning, who stood near the cliff edge. His heart was filled with regret.
Just a little more.
Just a little more and he could have pushed her off the cliff.
“This place is dangerous. If you push someone down, will they still survive?”
The leader looked at Fu Zhaoning.
“You should hurry and leave.”
Although he also thought Fu Zhaoning was beautiful, and although the thought of taking a wife to comfort his mother tempted him—
If his mother found out he had kidnapped her, she would probably be angered to death instead.
“Boss, when we came up the mountain to look for you, Auntie coughed up blood again. Why don’t you hurry back home first?”
Haizi gave another youth a look as he shook free from the leader’s hand.
Tiezhu immediately followed along.
“That’s right, Boss. You’ve already been in the mountain for three days looking for medicine. Auntie is terribly worried. You should go back first. We’ll stay behind and help search.”
“My mother coughed blood again?”
The leader instantly became anxious.
“Didn’t I tell you guys to check on her from time to time? Why did all of you come into the mountain together?”
“Auntie was worried about you and insisted we come look for you.”
Hearing this, the leader immediately panicked and turned to run.
“Then I’ll go back and see my mother first! Miss, you should leave quickly too. Haizi, don’t bully her.”
Once he disappeared from sight, Haizi and the others exchanged looks and slowly approached Fu Zhaoning.
“Haizi, this little beauty is so pretty. It’d be a waste to just push her off the cliff and kill her. How about us brothers have some fun first?”
Tiezhu stared at Fu Zhaoning, almost drooling.
“I think that works too.”
Haizi also felt his heart itch as he looked at her.
“Then I’ll go first?”
Just like before, before his words even finished, he suddenly rushed at Fu Zhaoning.
But this time, instead of trying to push her off the cliff, he reached to grab her hand.
“Sure. You first.”
Fu Zhaoning sneered coldly. She grabbed his wrist in return and violently threw him toward the cliff edge.
“Ahhhh!”
Haizi’s heart nearly exploded from fear.
Before he could react, his body flew through the air like a kite. In an instant, he and Fu Zhaoning had switched positions.
Crash.
Haizi slammed near the cliff edge. His body slipped downward, and in terror he grabbed wildly at the air, finally clutching onto a protruding rock.
His body stopped falling for the moment, but his feet dangled in empty air. The wind roared past his ears as stones crumbled and fell beneath him.
He trembled violently.
“Save me! Hurry and save me!”
At this moment, Haizi completely forgot about Fu Zhaoning and screamed desperately toward Tiezhu and the others.
Tiezhu and the rest were also stunned.
That delicate-looking Fu Zhaoning actually possessed such terrifying strength!
“You bitch, are you looking for death?!”
Ignoring Haizi completely, they all charged at Fu Zhaoning together.
“Too noisy.”
Fu Zhaoning spoke coldly and suddenly lifted her leg, kicking Tiezhu hard in that place.
Crack.
Everyone seemed to hear something horrifying shatter.
“AHHH!”
Tiezhu clutched himself, bent over, and collapsed onto the ground screaming in agony.
The others felt their scalps go numb.
This little woman’s attacks were unbelievably vicious!
At this point, none of them dared harbor any dirty thoughts toward her anymore.
“Kill her!”
Now they had only one thought—
Push her off the cliff.
Then they could return and collect the reward money. They would no longer be poor street thugs wandering around the city.
One of them spotted a rock nearby and quickly grabbed it.
The rock weighed at least seven or eight jin, and one side was especially sharp.
As everyone rushed toward Fu Zhaoning, he raised the rock viciously and smashed the sharp corner toward her head.
“You bitch, go die!”
But in the next second, his wrist was seized.
The rock could not move down even an inch further.
He looked up in horror and met Fu Zhaoning’s eyes.
“I hate trash men who try to violate women the most.”
Fu Zhaoning gripped his wrist and forcefully twisted it.
The direction of the rock changed along with his hand, the sharp corner now pointed at his own forehead.
At the same time, Fu Zhaoning kicked another man flying away.
“I—I was wrong! I won’t dare again…”
Seeing the sharp rock move closer to his forehead, the thug’s legs turned weak from fear.
“Too late.”
Fu Zhaoning suddenly slammed her other hand hard against the rock.
Bang!
The rock smashed into his forehead. Blood immediately poured out as he screamed and fainted on the spot.
Whoosh!
An embroidery needle shot into another thug’s knee.
The man who had been trying to sneak attack Fu Zhaoning suddenly dropped to his knees with a loud thud.
The needle sank deep into his knee, and he rolled on the ground screaming in pain.
Fu Zhaoning stepped on him.
“Who sent you?”
