Chapter 67: This Man Is Called Xiao Shuai

Huh?

Chen Yongren and Zhang Haifeng exchanged a glance.

Japanese?

Or a Japanese woman?

Passersby also heard the commotion, poked their heads to look into the alley, and gloated, saying, "Dogs biting dogs, what a great show."

Hearing that, Chen Yongren raised his baton, deliberately putting on a fierce look, pointed at the passerby and shouted, "What are you saying? If you don't want to die, get lost!"

Seeing this, the passerby shrank his head, hurriedly ran away, muttering under his breath, "Wearing a dog's hide, what bull, you dare to act tough against the Japanese?"

Hearing that sound, Chen Yongren didn't care either.

Since he was already disguising himself under the Japanese, he had to bear this pressure.

Chen Yongren and Zhang Haifeng walked toward the alley entrance, saw the scene inside, and almost burst out laughing.

Indeed, it's dogs biting dogs.

Deep in the alley.

Four drunken Japanese ronin, leering, surrounded two women in cheongsams draped with white fur shawls, groping them.

After Songhu fell, public order fell into chaos.

Many Japanese ronin flooded into the Chinese quarter, relying on their Japanese identity to do evil; now it's rather interesting—getting drunk and bullying them on their own turf?

Two women, one a middle-aged beauty, the other slightly younger, clung together, trembling, shouting for help, their voices tinged with sobs.

At this moment, the women's cheongsams were torn to rags, their fair skin faintly visible, their pinned-up hair scattered over their shoulders; combined with their cries for help, it greatly aroused the several Japanese ronin.

"Hahaha! Scream all you want—the louder you shout, the more excited I get!" A man who seemed to be the leader, reeking of alcohol, flashed a lecherous grin.

"Madam, how about joining our four swordsmen for a drink?"

The other three ronin, hearing this, also burst out laughing and echoed him.

"Exactly, keep us company with drinks, serve us brothers well, and we'll spare your lives!"

"Otherwise, you'll all die, die, die!"

Hearing those words, the two women's faces turned ashen, they trembled like sieved chaff.

"Do you know who my husband is? He is…" the middle-aged woman summoned her courage.

Before she could finish, a Japanese ronin leered and cut her off: "I don't care who he is! No one can save you today!"

Chen Yongren, who had originally just been watching the fun for excitement, also activated his insight, wanting to hear what these two women's backgrounds were and why they were here.

"My husband is the director of the Japanese Army's Special Agency Division, the head of the Fujiwara family; for these ronins to treat me like this is utterly outrageous."

"If I had known, I should have had my guards accompany me; with them around, this wouldn't have happened."

"Father, your daughter is being bullied; if you don't come soon, I won't get to see you—Little You wants to see you."

……

A stream of thoughts poured into Chen Yongren's ears.

It turned out to be a mother and daughter; the middle-aged woman was named Fujiwara Rina, the young girl Fujiwara Yuuko.

But what truly intrigued Chen Yongren was the identity of that woman's husband.

The director of Songhu's Special Agency, Fujiwara Chikata!

For the past three months, Chen Yongren had been worrying about how to approach a Japanese high official.

Now the opportunity has arrived, hasn't it?

"Get ready to rescue them." Chen Yongren said in a low voice.

"Not watching the fun anymore?" Zhang Haifeng asked.

"Our chance has come." Chen Yongren tossed off that line and walked toward the alley's depths.

……

At this moment, the leader of the Japanese ronin was reaching out his claw toward Fujiwara Rina, but before he could touch her, he felt his hand seized tightly.

He turned his head to see a police officer, who shouted angrily, "You lowly Chinaman pig, don't touch me, get lost!"

"Crack!" a sharp sound rang out.

Chen Yongren didn't waste words, directly snapping his wrist.

"Awoo!"

This Japanese ronin let out a piercing wail and fell to his knees.

His three companions also reacted instantly, drawing their blades to slash at Chen Yongren, but he reacted even faster, swiftly kicking three times at their groins.

"Ah, ah, ah."

Three successive piercing wails, the three ronin clutched their crotches, rolling on the ground in pain; their faces instantly turned liver-colored, and soon they fell still.

Since they were Japanese, Chen Yongren didn't hold back.

Finally, Chen Yongren threw that guy to the ground and then stomped hard on his crotch.

"Awoo!" The ronin jerked upright, mouth open, letting out another wail.

Chen Yongren drove a knee strike into his cheek; the ronin flew sideways, hit the ground, grunted, and passed out on the spot.

After two rounds of potion enhancement, both his endurance and strength were increased.

These four Japanese ronin, after taking Chen Yongren's kick, the best outcome was utter futility.

The two women stared blankly at Chen Yongren, long lashes wet with tears, as if they hadn't expected to be rescued so quickly.

"Haifeng, first cuff these ronin, then go to the street and blow the whistle to call for backup." Chen Yongren unlocked the handcuffs and tossed them to Zhang Haifeng.

Understood!

Zhang Haifeng cuffed the four ronin together, ran toward the street, and shortly afterward the whistle sounded.

"Madam, Miss, you're all right." Chen Yongren looked at the two women, still shaken, and smiled.

Seeing the two still dazed and silent, Chen Yongren reached out his hand again and waved it at them.

"Madam, Miss, you are already safe."

Although Chen Yongren himself knew Japanese, he was clear that as a police officer, blurting out fluent Japanese would be too suspicious.

Moreover, that résumé didn't mention any experience with Japanese-related work.

Now is not the time to show off; instead, it might attract unwanted attention, so Chen Yongren kept asking in Chinese.

Hearing Chen Yongren's words again, the two women let out a low cry and snapped back to their senses.

Looking at Chen Yongren's face, the two women were slightly dazed, mouths slightly open, cheeks instantly flushed with two rosy spots, and they lowered their heads embarrassedly.

"Madam, Miss, can you understand what I'm saying?" Chen Yongren asked again.

"Yes... I... I understand a little simple Chinese." Fujiwara Rina spoke in stiff Chinese, bowing repeatedly.

She blurted out a sentence in Japanese: "Thank you so much just now."

"Huh?" Chen Yongren deliberately put on a clueless expression.

"Mother, you forgot—this is China, not Japan; how could he understand Japanese if you speak it?" Seeing Chen Yongren's puzzled look, the young girl said softly to Fujiwara Rina.

Fujiwara Rina looked at the girl beside her and whispered, "Yuko, you haven't studied Chinese, so you must thank him properly."

The girl called Yuko nodded, bowed slightly toward Chen Yongren, and said gratefully, "Sorry, my mother's Chinese is poor; thank you so much just now. If it weren't for you—"

Yuko looked at the four unconscious Japanese ronin on the ground, her body involuntarily trembling, and she said with lingering fear, "I can't even imagine what horrible thing might have happened."

Although the girl's Chinese carried a noticeable Japanese accent, it was much more fluent—clearly she had studied often.

Japanese people who have had contact with Chinese at this time are not ordinary folks…

"It's fine; I'm the constable here, maintaining public order is my duty—rest assured, I will protect you while I'm here." Chen Yongren said politely.

In his heart, he earnestly listened to the two women's feelings.

Fujiwara Rina:

"How great—if it weren't for this handsome Chinese man before us, I and Yuko might have met disaster."

"When Fujiwara arrives, I will surely punish them severely!"

"Mm, if my future son-in-law could be as handsome as him, that would be wonderful."

The young girl.

"How great, we are saved."

"I never imagined I would be bullied by Japanese in China and then rescued by a Chinese person."

"What is this man's name?"

"I must let my father properly thank him."

"This man is called Xiao Shuai; Chen Yongren silently added in his heart."