Chapter 388: This Woman is Peerless (Part 2)

If there were a regret pill to take, Huang Huang Songtao would never have dared to come looking for trouble with Luo Quan, even if it killed him.

He knew Luo Quan could fight, but he never expected her to be *this* capable!

Fourteen professional thugs hired from Thailand and Vietnam were all laid out by Luo Quan in a few quick moves; he had only ever seen such combat prowess in the personal bodyguards of heads of state and high-ranking officials.

He wanted to run, but discovered that the onlookers who had been driven away by his thugs earlier had actually surrounded them again.

Just moments ago, Luo Quan had been surrounded by curious passersby, and it was his thugs who had attacked these people to scare them off.

But now that his thugs were all lying on the ground, there was no need to say what an angry crowd would do to a bully.

Several men with bruised noses and swollen faces—who had clearly been hammered by the thugs earlier—had regained their strength; with a shout, they lunged at Huang Huang Songtao.

Huang Huang Songtao, as the young master of the Huang family, had been pampered since childhood and was prone to excessive indulgence; his physical fitness was far inferior to his peers. Furthermore, facing such a large crowd of enraged citizens, he didn't even last a second before being tackled to the ground, followed by a continuous stream of screams.

As for Luo Quan, she was busy delivering finishing blows to the thugs who had already collapsed and couldn't get up.

Cutting weeds requires pulling out the roots—a truth summarized by the blood-soaked lessons of her predecessors. Luo Quan would never make such a low-level mistake.

The method for the finishing blows was simple: she would walk up to any thug still moving and deliver a kick. The thugs, already wailing on the ground, wouldn't be able to get out of bed for at least a month after this.

After finishing the job, the crowd's anger had mostly been vented.

Because there were so many people wanting to beat Huang Huang Songtao and they were packed in so tightly, the later punches from the crowd ended up hitting the people on the inside.

Although Huang Huang Songtao took quite a few stray punches, fortunately, he wasn't knocked unconscious.

Luo Quan walked up and said to Huang Huang Songtao on the ground, "I'll ask you one question. Answer it, and I'll let you go."

"How do I know you aren't lying to me?" Huang Huang Songtao, though miserable, didn't kneel to beg for mercy, likely knowing it would be useless.

Hearing Huang Huang Songtao's skepticism, Luo Quan gave a cold smile: "You have no other choice but to believe me."

Huang Huang Songtao caught his breath and chose to believe her: "What do you want to ask?"

"How did you find out about the news of the Imperial Jade Seal?" This was Luo Quan's biggest question; she wanted to know the source of the information that Huang Huang Songtao had spent one billion to acquire.

Huang Huang Songtao opened his red, swollen, fish-eye-like eyes and said: "A wandering Daoist priest told me. Through divination, he told me this seal was the opportunity for my Huang family to turn its fortunes around, and he even charged me a divination fee of one billion."

"Unfortunately, I didn't know it was the Imperial Jade Seal before buying it. Huang Jun didn't buy it, and I had originally planned to bring people to Shanghai to snatch it directly. Who knew you would cause such a huge stir the moment you left the auction venue."

Luo Quan pressed: "What was the priest's name, and where did he go?"

Huang Huang Songtao shook his head: "Nameless. I sent people to follow him for three streets, but we lost him."

"There's such a thing..." Luo Quan lowered her head in thought, unable to tell for a moment whether the priest was good or bad.

However, his divination was quite accurate; this seal did indeed determine the fate of the Huang family. Unfortunately, because they didn't win the auction, it accelerated the family's demise.

But it was also fortunate that the priest didn't tell Huang Huang Songtao the true identity of the seal. Otherwise, if the Huang family had really obtained the Imperial Jade Seal and turned it in, they might have actually managed to survive for a few more years!

One can only say that good and evil will eventually be rewarded; when the time comes, there is no escaping it.

"So, can I go now?" Huang Huang Songtao stood up shakily from the ground.

"Go? Go where?" Luo Quan flipped her attitude faster than she flipped her hand.

Huang Huang Songtao's face was a mix of blue and purple: "You... you just said if I answered the question, you'd let me go."

"How about this, I'll allow you to run a step ahead," Luo Quan said, holding the knife she had picked up again in front of her.

With the speed at which she swung the blade, even if Huang Huang Songtao ran two steps ahead, he wouldn't be able to dodge it.

"How can you have no integrity?!" Huang Huang Songtao was furious, yet he didn't dare to act rashly.

Luo Quan looked disdainful: "Why would I need to have integrity with someone like you?"

"Stay here obediently and wait for the police. Don't even think about escaping the sanctions of the law!"

Speak of the devil and he shall appear; just as Luo Quan finished speaking, a large squad of police officers appeared on the pedestrian street, panting heavily.

But faster than the police were the media reporters; these well-informed news diggers ran faster than the police, moving like the wind while carrying their cameras!

"Luo Quan... are you okay? What happened here?!"

Several reporters saw the thugs lying all over the ground and Luo Quan holding a long knife, as if they had smelled the scent of a sensational news story.

"I'm fine." Seeing the reporters, Luo Quan definitely couldn't keep holding the knife; that would be too rude.

She turned her head and spotted her jacket on the ground.

The jacket had been torn by the thugs, but fortunately, the phone inside wasn't broken.

It was a pity that the groceries she had placed on the ground earlier were gone; she didn't know who had snatched them away in the chaos. People these days...

"Luo Quan, we are here under the orders of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau to protect you. My surname is Yu." At this moment, a police officer dressed like a SWAT member walked up, directing officers to handcuff the thugs and Huang Huang Songtao while inquiring about Luo Quan's situation.

"Hello, Officer Yu," Luo Quan greeted.

"Damn, Captain Yu, these are big fish!" The officer handcuffing the thugs exclaimed; he recognized several international fugitives among them!

Captain Yu looked over, quickly recognized the identities of the thugs, and then looked at Luo Quan in shock: "You took all of these down by yourself?!"

Luo Quan nodded: "Yeah, is there a problem?"

"I only have the option to run if I face four of them. You can fight fourteen?" Captain Yu sighed as he spoke, thinking to himself that with such a fierce beauty, did they even need to protect her?

What an international joke!

"It... it was alright. I had an extraordinary performance today," Luo Quan scratched her head; it seemed the combat prowess she had displayed was indeed a bit outrageous.

But it hadn't reached the level of superpowers, so while the officers were amazed, they wouldn't treat her like a monster.

However, the reporters didn't think so and immediately surrounded her, asking questions all at once:

"Luo Quan, how did you get involved with these criminals?"

"Luo Quan, do you practice traditional martial arts? Who is your master?"

"Luo Quan, where did your shoes go?"

Reminded by the reporters, Luo Quan remembered that she only had a layer of socks left on her feet.

The shoes had been taken by that old woman who had staged the accident. Speaking of which, she hadn't felt it while kicking people earlier, but now her toes and the tops of her feet were aching faintly. Sure enough, kicking people without shoes easily hurts oneself.

Luo Quan smiled helplessly: "This is a very long story, and I can't explain it in a moment... Achoo!"

After losing the heat generated by intense exercise, Luo Quan, without the protection of her coat, quickly felt the chill of early winter.

The key was that she was wearing a tight wool sweater under her coat. After using the body enhancement, it outlined a proud curve that made people's imaginations run wild.

This kind of hazy feeling was sometimes even more seductive than showing it directly.

"Friends in the media, you'll have to wait a while for an interview. Luo Quan needs to go back to the police station with us to give a statement," Captain Yu stepped forward to help Luo Quan out of the situation, incidentally having his subordinates bring her a piece of clothing.

It was the thermal jacket specifically for traumatized victims often seen in TV dramas.

Luo Quan draped it over herself, feeling it didn't make her much warmer, but it felt much better after zipping it up.

"By the way, Captain Yu, will I be considered to have used excessive force? I was a bit heavy-handed just now," Luo Quan asked with some concern. After finishing the job, she remembered that she had harmed criminals who had already lost the ability to commit harm. If looked into seriously, her behavior could be a big problem.

Captain Yu laughed: "It's fine. These people are international fugitives and are very dangerous. It wouldn't matter even if you beat them to death."

Hearing this, Luo Quan felt completely at ease. At the same time, the road cleared up, and the late siren sounds circled over the pedestrian street.

Only then did Luo Quan have time to check her phone. There were over a hundred missed calls from Wen Xia, Chunzi, Jiang Yuner, Lu Yao, Zhang Yun, Lin Yizhu, Su Yu, Aiwei...

Seeing these names, Luo Quan felt a warmth in her heart. In times of crisis, these were the people who worried about her the most.

"I'm fine. Giving a statement at the police station now. Safe and sound," Luo Quan edited a text message and clicked send to all.

Wen Xia replied immediately: "You scared me to death! (Angry)"

"Boss, as long as you're fine, hurry home after giving your statement." This was Su Yu's reply.

After reporting her safety, Luo Quan turned and sat in the police car.

Huang Huang Songtao and his accomplices were loaded into other police cars, all escorted by heavily armed police...

"Luo Quan attacked by outlaws!"

A flash news report exploded across the entire internet.

The Beijing police carried out a roundup of the Huang family without notifying any media. Although the scope of the action was large, it didn't actually cause much of a stir.

But Luo Quan's situation happened in a densely populated area of Shanghai, and reporters had even captured footage of the scene, so it quickly attracted huge attention.

However, while many major media outlets broke the news first, the ones that went viral were individual public accounts.

The reason they went viral was simple: clickbait titles:

"Luo Quan attacked, clothes torn off!"

Just this short line was enough to arouse the curiosity of countless people, making them click in.

The photo was indeed similar to what was described; Luo Quan was wearing only a wool sweater on her upper body, her shoes were gone, and her hair looked a bit messy.

A large group of people in the comment section immediately became anxious:

"What is going on here!!!"

"Don't scare me, I hope she's safe and sound."

"Looking at it, it's on the street, so the situation shouldn't be particularly serious."

"Probably just a bit of a shock."

However, soon, when detailed reports from major media outlets came out, the situation immediately reversed.

First was the report from Sina News:

"This morning, famous singer Luo Quan was attacked by outlaws on the Hongqiao Road pedestrian street in Shanghai. However, Luo Quan was fearless in the face of danger, knocking down over a dozen outlaws and assisting the police in capturing wanted criminals."

"According to Shanghai police, these outlaws were all from Southeast Asia and were thugs wanted by multiple countries, but they were no match for Luo Quan..."

After the real news came out, the onlookers on the internet were completely stunned:

"My god, there really is someone who can fight ten people, and she's a girl."

"What's wrong with being a girl? Women hold up half the sky!"

"It's definitely enough to hold up. She can easily handle international fugitives. If you marry her home, won't you be henpecked for the rest of your life?"

"It's as if anyone could marry her..."

"That hurts, bro."

"I hope the police can investigate this thoroughly. These people have complicated backgrounds; there must be a mastermind behind it!"

"The Shanghai police have already issued an announcement. The mastermind was at the scene and has already been caught."

"That's good."

"By the way, where did Luo Quan's shoes go?"

"This wool sweater is so big. (Funny)"

"You perverts found it again."

In this troubled autumn when most stars are keeping silent, only Luo Quan can still make it to the trending searches in various ways as usual.

And the key is that every time it's with a positive image.

This time, being able to catch Huang Huang Songtao, a key figure of the Huang family, as well as so many overseas fugitives, Luo Quan can be said to have made a great contribution. Without her, Huang Huang Songtao might have already taken a boat to Vietnam.

One can only say that Huang Huang Songtao was too confident and never expected Luo Quan's combat prowess to be so high.

In fact, the leaders of the police force didn't expect Luo Quan to have this ability either.

Originally, the school and Tan Palace couldn't find Luo Quan, and her phone couldn't be reached. Both the police and her friends and family like Wen Xia had already felt half-desperate.

Especially when the police encountered a multi-vehicle accident while driving to the pedestrian street, and the traffic was completely blocked, they had even less hope of rescuing and protecting Luo Quan.

They didn't expect her to solve it all by herself.

The SWAT officers on this mission were all combat experts who had undergone years of professional training. But even for them, facing the siege of fourteen "double-flower red poles" (high-ranking gang members), they wouldn't have a half-chance of winning; knocking down two or three would be the limit.

And after Luo Quan cleaned these people up, only her toes were a little sore.

If she had a pair of shoes, wouldn't she be completely unscathed?!

Such combat prowess is likely hard for even the best soldiers in the army to match, to the point that the SWAT officers thought Luo Quan was a disciple of some folk martial arts master.

Besides traditional martial arts, there's no other explanation for why she can fight so well.

Just as the person in charge of the roundup in Beijing said after watching the surveillance footage of the pedestrian street at the time of the incident provided by the Shanghai police:

"This woman is peerless!"

PS: Thanks to book friend Xiao Xiao Meng Gui for the reward, thank you! ===== CHAPTER 389 =====