Chapter 355: The bastard has come knocking

"This broken mountain road is damn hard to walk!"

"It's just kidnapping a little woman, why hide in this mountain ditch? With such guts, what kind of black-market job are you taking? Might as well go home and farm!"

The man's voice complained as he walked closer.

Then came a burst of laughter, along with cheers, shouts, and whistling.

It seems the mastermind behind this still has attendants.

The bandits had just risen to greet them, but hearing these jeers, they all changed expression.

The female bandit's face was full of anger, seeming ready to rush forward to argue, but her companions held her down.

After all, their abilities are limited; they can only get small jobs and barely make a living.

For example, like today kidnapping a helpless woman.

No need to kill and see blood; just hand over the person and collect the money, and it's done.

So even if the bandits were dissatisfied with this employer, the thought of getting paid right in front of them made them unwilling to cause further trouble.

Waiting for the speaking employer to finally show up, he panted and looked around.

"Where is the person I want?"

Tonight the moonlight was bright; when the man lifted his head, Gu Xixi clearly saw his face.

A face she had never seen before.

But just watching his every move, even a tiny expression, made people feel an involuntary disgust.

The bandits brought the man over.

Gu Xixi closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.

Moreover, because Gu Xixi had said beforehand, Dou Rongshan, despite being terrified, could only keep her eyes tightly shut.

The man bent over to size them up, grinning with a lewd smile.

"I paid for one, but you brought me two."

"You're doing a good job with this business—buy one, get one free."

The female bandit rolled her eyes in disdain, impatiently saying, "Aren't you looking for the woman with the surname Gu? Ask where you put your child's mother?"

"Just take the money, take the person you want, and the other girl has nothing to do with you!"

The man, accustomed to doing as he pleased, saw that both girls before him were fine-looking and felt lust stir.

"Whether one or two, this young master will pay double—doesn't that work?"

"No!" the female bandit immediately objected, but was stopped by the one acting as boss.

The boss extended his hand to the man, "This is what you said—double."

The female bandit frowned at her companions, clearly disagreeing.

But the others avoided her gaze.

After finally opening for business, it's rare that the employer doesn't haggle and instead offers double pay—they could hardly ask for more.

Behind the man followed three male servants.

One of them counted the money and handed it to the bandit boss. "All right, all right, hurry up and get lost—there's nothing for you here."

At this moment, the man stood before the two girls, lewdly sizing them up while gesturing to those behind him.

"San'er, you're the only one who's seen that little woman—come take a look."

"Which damned bastard took my Lv Jing and brought her to the capital to file a complaint?"

"After I have my fun tonight, I'll give her to you to play with—do whatever you want."

As the saying goes, "dogs follow their masters"; hearing this, the evil servants grinned and swallowed their saliva.

As the female bandit left, she kept looking back; hearing this, she suddenly realized something was off.

Ignoring her companions' attempts to stop her, she turned and demanded, "You said the Gu-surname woman kidnapped your child's mother, but how can you not even recognize her?"

The man displeased said, "None of your business—you've taken the money, now get lost!"

The female bandit clenched her fists, "You lied to us! There's no child at all, right?!"

"The Gu lady's wickedness causing your wife and child to scatter is also your fabrication!"

Exposed to his face, the man didn't turn back, his gaze sinister: "Do you know who you're talking to? Those few bandits are nothing but lowly rats!"

"This young master is giving you face—take it and be satisfied!"

"If you don't get lost, this young master will become displeased and send you all to the government office jail—whether he has you beheaded for a quick death or rolled and flattened for amusement, it's all up to his word!"

In the end, the man's tone turned vicious, his face twisted, as if he'd just crawled up from hell as an evil spirit.

Dou Rongshan cracked open her eyes a slit to peek, and unluckily saw the man's terrifying face.

She silently closed her eyes again, wishing she could just faint and be done with it.

Who is this person?

Too brutal! Too terrifying!!

If I had known, I wouldn't have followed Gu Xixi!

"Gu Xixi, Gu Xixi, what should we do? Give us some reaction—don't wait for the rescuer to arrive, or we'll both kick the bucket first!"

The evil servant in charge of identification was named San'er.

He was lame, hobbling over, bent down to look at Gu Xixi, seeming unsure, then glanced at Dou Rongshan beside her.

Gu Xixi thought, that day on the road when she saved Dou Rongshan, to avoid trouble she hadn't used a lethal poison.

An Qinghe had severed their tendons so they could no longer commit evil.

This San'er before them was likely the only fortunate one among them, having recovered enough to barely walk.

Since the evil servants who survived that day are here.

Their master, the employer behind today's affair, is naturally that man who calls himself the young master… Fan Dongping.

The earlier speculation was confirmed; Gu Xixi felt deeply that this trip had not been in vain.

I was just thinking about looking for this person, and he himself showed up.

At the same time, the other two lackeys failed to stop the female bandit, and she rushed over.

"I'll return your money! I'm taking both of them!"

Fan Dongping crouched there, still not having flared up, while the other bandits rushed over, trying to persuade her harshly while also seeking to drag the female bandit away.

"Little sis, listen to brother, let's go; we've already exerted ourselves, this money is rightfully ours!"

"Exactly, we just take people's money and do their bidding."

"Everyone has their fate; these two girls were destined for this. Anyway, we haven't done anything to them, you don't owe them anything—why feel guilty?"

The female bandit struggled, unwilling, in the midst of chaos, San'er excitedly pointed at Gu Xixi and shouted:

"It's her! She's the one who gave us the medicine! The paralyzing drug!"

As soon as his words fell, everyone's eyes turned to Gu Xixi.

The female bandit froze, wondering if she had still been deceived.

San'er said again firmly, "I heard her accomplices call her Boss Gu!"

Fan Dongping grinning ferociously, reached out his claw toward Gu Xixi.

Just then, the bandit leader sniffed and asked, "Did you smell anything?"

The other bandits and the Fan family's lackeys also sniffed.

"There is some smell."

"It seems like a medicinal smell."

Everyone was still investigating the source of the odor, but only San'er's face gradually changed.

First time unfamiliar, second time familiar.

This feeling of a déjà vu nightmare is……

"Medicine medicine medicine……"

He pointed at Gu Xixi, looking worse than crying, "She she she, again again again again……"

Fan Dongping turned his head, impatiently saying, "What's with the 'again'? Useless! Your leg's lame but your tongue isn't cut—can't you speak clearly?"

He saw San'er's eyes suddenly widen, and before he could react, he had already taken a powerful solar plexus kick from Gu Xixi!

Fan Dongping cried out in pain, clutching his chest as he fell to the ground and rolled.

Gu Xixi seized the moment, lunged onto Dou Rongshan, and rolled with her along the ground for several zhang.

Then she pressed a small pill from the mechanism in her ring and stuffed it into Dou Rongshan's mouth.

"If you don't want to die, swallow it."