Chapter 13: Midnight Ambush (Part 2)

  Dong Li Mao had just pushed open the door when a gleaming knife came slashing towards him, causing his body to shrink back in fright. Only half of his body had managed to retreat into the doorway when he heard a gunshot ring out. The knife that was slashing towards him slowly fell to the ground, followed by a thud, and a black-clad figure collapsed at his feet. Dong Li Mao stood there in stunned silence, staring down at the black-clad figure whose body continued to convulse, filling his nostrils with the nauseating smell of blood.

  Another man in black rushed over from the staircase, holding a gun and aiming at Dong Li Mao's position. Suddenly, a figure flew over and knocked him down on the wooden board in the room. Then one hand moved his body to the left, rolling several times. In the place where the two fell earlier, a string of bullets shot onto the wooden board. The two rolled into the corner, with Dong Li Mao on top, and the person below him facing upwards. However, this posture did not hinder the person below Dong Li Mao from firing at the door. After three consecutive gunshots, the black-clad man who rushed in fell to the ground.

  Li Yuyuan was also awakened by the gunshot, but she wasn't as reckless as Dong Li Mao. She grabbed her gun and quickly moved to the door, leaning against the door frame with her side, slowly opening the door, poking out half of her head towards the stairwell location. Dong Li Mao's room was just at the stairwell location, and she saw a black-clad man swinging his knife towards Dong Li Mao. She raised her hand and fired a shot, then rushed out of the room, seeing Dong Li Mao standing stupidly in the doorway as if he had been scared silly. Just then, another black-clad man charged up the stairs, raising his gun to shoot at Dong Li Mao. She could only fling herself towards Dong Li Mao, pinning him under her body. With her well-trained reflexes, she immediately rolled sideways, dodging the incoming bullets.

  "Who are you?" Li Yuanyuan asked in a soft but serious tone under Dong Limao.

  Dong Li Mao finally understood that it was Li Yuanyuan who had just saved him. Hearing her ask, Dong Li Mao replied smoothly: "I am Dong Li Mao."

  "Do you know what manners are?" Li Yuanyuan was left crying with laughter by Dong Limao's response: "This isn't the time for jokes, who exactly are you?"

  Dong Li Mao's body, soft and fluffy, felt very comfortable, his face almost stuck to Li Yuanyuan's face, her hot breath sprayed on his face, unfortunately with a hint of alcohol, Dong Li Mao replied: "I'm not joking, my name is really Dong Li Mao."

  Li Yuyuan pushed him away, quickly moved to the door, stuck out half of her head to look outside, and didn't see any black-clad men coming up. Only then did she turn back to Dong Limao and say: "Come over."

  Dong Li Mao quietly crawled to Li Yuanyuan's side and hid behind her, not daring to look at the dead person on the ground.

  "Go! To that side!" Li Yuanyuan grabbed Dong Limao's chest and pushed him to the right of the door.

  Dong Li Mao had no choice but to crawl over the second black-clad man who was shot dead, hiding by the door frame, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

  "So you're a swindler, impersonating Dong Jiacheng?" Li Yuanyuan aimed her gun at Dong Limao, looking like she was about to fire at any moment.

  Dong Li Mao was so frightened that he hastily raised his hands and stuttered in response: "I... I didn't cheat... cheat you... Dong Jia Cheng is my great-grandfather... My name really is Dong Li Mao..."

  "I'm saying, a company commander who led nine companies to break through the Donggua defense line at the cost of their lives, how could he be someone like you..." Li Yuanyuan sneered.

  Before he could finish speaking, a shout came from the main building across the way: "Dong Ge...!"

  Dong Li Mao heard the shout of Diao Lan Xiang and thought something was wrong, the enemy would definitely shoot at her. With a sudden urgency in his heart, he sprang up from his seat, rushed to the corridor edge, and saw Diao Lan Xiang standing on the stairs of the main building across from him. He shouted loudly at Diao Lan Xiang: "Lan Xiang! Get down quickly! Danger..." Before he could finish speaking, a black-clad man had already pounced towards the upstairs. Dong Li Mao was so anxious that he grasped his gun with both hands and fired repeatedly at the black-clad man while shouting loudly. Fortunately, the distance was not far, and he really hit him, causing the black-clad man to roll down the stairs.

  Dong Li Mao fired all the bullets in his pistol before stopping, then he quickly ran towards the stairs, with only one thought in mind - to save Diao Lan Xiang.

  Li Yuyuan didn't expect Dong Limao to rush out of the room door, she wanted to hold him back, but still couldn't hold him back, so she had no choice but to follow him out. She saw Dong Limao continuously shooting at a black-clothed man in front of her, and she was a little unbelievable. Just now, Dong Limao was still a coward, but now he was like a madman. When Dong Limao ran towards the stairwell, Li Yuyuan also followed behind him.

  Dong Li Mao had just run to the stairs when a black-clad man's head emerged from below. Dong Li Mao, taking advantage of his momentum and his habit of playing soccer as a striker on the school team, instinctively kicked out with his left foot - the same foot he always used to kick the ball. This was no ordinary kick, as it concentrated all his strength into one blow, landing squarely on the black-clad man's face. A dull hum followed, and the man flew backward, crashing heavily onto the stone pavement of the courtyard.

  Li Yuyuan was shocked by Dong Li Mao's kick, her mouth wide open in astonishment. She couldn't believe what was happening right before her eyes. In less than half a minute, a person who had been trembling with fear suddenly became fearless and heroic. She thought to herself: He must have been joking earlier, he is indeed Dong Jia Cheng!

  When the black-clad man was kicked to the ground by Dong Li Mao, Zhang Dali rushed over with his knife and saw that the black-clad man on the ground was still moving. He took a few steps forward and raised his knife to behead the black-clad man.

  "Halt! Spare his life!" Li Yuanyuan saw a big man about to chop down the black-clad person, so she loudly intervened.

  Zhang Dali had no choice but to put away the knife that was waving in mid-air, spat on the black-clad man on the ground, and kicked him again before looking up to see Dong Li Mao rushing towards the main building: "Lian Chang, are you okay?"

  Dong Li Mao quickly ran towards the location of Dao Lan Xiang, as if he hadn't heard Zhang Da Li's words.

  Li Yuanyuan walked to Zhang Dali's side, glanced at the black-clad man on the ground, and squatted down to lift up the black cloth. His face was completely disfigured, showing just how vicious Dong Li Mao's kick had been earlier.

  "How long have you been following us?" Li Yuanyuan asked Zhang Dali.

  "More than two years." Zhang Dalì replied.

  "What is he like normally?"

  Zhang Dali stared at Dao Lanxiang strangely and asked back: "What do you mean?"

  Li Yuyuan stood up and whispered in Zhang Dalu's ear: "I don't think he is like your Lianchang."

  "Nonsense! He is our company commander!" Zhang Dalie argued loudly.

  "But just now I saw him like that, he seemed like someone who had never been in a fight..."

  "Nonsense! Every time Dong Lianchang goes to battle, he's the first one to charge forward, and all the brothers admire him!" Zhang Dali immediately retorted before Li Yuanyuan could finish speaking.

  "Really?" Li Yuanyuan was somewhat confused, looking at Dong Limao and Diao Lanxiang.

  At this time, the bamboo building was in a mess, and people from the Knife Khan's family, big and small, rushed to the bottom of the building. There were also children crying and shouting, and every now and then, several gunshots came from the front yard.

  "Commander Lian is heavily injured and after waking up, he seems to have forgotten some things and keeps talking nonsense..." Zhang Dali tried his best to defend Dong Limao.

  "Heavy machine gun, where are the other brothers?" Dong Li Mao and Diao Lan Xiang walked over, he took a glance at the black-clad man writhing on the ground, asking Zhang Da Li.

  "Report to Commander Lian, I wasn't with them!" Zhang Dalì replied.

  "Why aren't you with them?" Dong Li Mao asked in confusion: "Then what are you doing running here?"

  "When I was in the latrine, I saw the enemy launching a surprise attack. I'm worried about Captain Lian..." Zhang Dali's words were cut off by Dong Li Mao shouting loudly:

  "Follow me!" He picked up the gun that had fallen to the ground beside the man in black and ran towards the front yard.

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