Chapter 3: The Hero Saves the Beauty

  Actually, there's nothing to collect. Xue Mu picked up the basket that held the eggs and was about to head home with Xue Leng Yu when several little rascals suddenly surrounded them.

  "Auntie, you've sold out of eggs so quickly?" A few young people dressed in trendy clothes gathered around.

  Rogues are something that exists in any era, and now is no exception. Although they wear the same long shirts and trousers as the people around them, Xue Lengyu knew at a glance that these were not good people. However, they didn't seem to be extremely evil or poor villains either, just some small-time hooligans.

  "Yes, a few young men, today's eggs are fewer." Xue Mu hastily pulled Xue Lengyu behind her and smiled apologetically. She didn't want to be too familiar with these people, Zhang San Li Si Chen Er, they all grew up on this street, they wouldn't dare do anything big, just some fighting and extortion. Although they weren't major players, she still couldn't afford to offend them.

  "Are there few eggs?" Chen Er leaned over, sizing up Xue Mu's back and Xue Leng Yu: "Huh, who is this little girl? She looks really pretty!"

  "It's my daughter." Mrs. Xue hastily took out the money she had just sold eggs from her pocket, counted twenty and handed it over: "You guys take this money to buy some wine to drink."

  "This is almost enough." Chen Er was about to take the money. Xue Lengyu stepped forward and intercepted it.

  "Daughter, why are you giving them money?" Xue Lengyu stepped forward and blocked her mother's path. Although she was a woman, she would not hide behind others' backs, especially when it came to matters of money.

  "Ling Yu." Xue's mother was shocked: "What are you doing? You..."

  "This kind of person, if you give in once, there will be a next time. We're not some rich family, we can't afford to give them this money." Xue Lengyu pulled her mother behind her, fearlessly facing the few thugs.

  Twenty cents is ten eggs, and the chickens at home will take two days to lay ten eggs. For them, this should be a considerable amount of money. How can hard-earned money be given away for nothing? Xue Lengyu was not willing to bow his head to evil forces.

  "Hey, little girl is quite feisty, huh?" Zhang San gazed at Xue Lengyu with a lecherous expression, inching his body closer to hers with ill intentions.

  "Whatever." Xue Lengyu's fists were clenched tightly. Joking, she dared to stand out, that was absolutely not an impulsive move.

  At the thought of this, Xue Lengyu couldn't help but feel a sense of pride. Just because she admired the handsome protagonist in martial arts films, she had insisted on learning judo and boxing since primary school, all the way to university. Although her performance in the team was always at the bottom, it wasn't a problem when dealing with ordinary people.

  These three thugs were clearly just street rascals who didn't amount to much, and even though they were taller and heavier than her, she didn't take them seriously.

  "Wow, Xiao Niang's tone is really big." Li Si also leaned over.

  Xue Mu pulled Xue Leng Yu's clothes from behind, and Xue Leng Yu held her hand to calm her down, saying she could handle it herself.

  Xue Lengyu took a glance at Zhang San, who looked like he was still in his teens, probably not more than twenty years old. He might even be younger than herself. He shouldn't be too cunning or calculating. It's better to win him over with kindness first; resorting to violence is always the last resort.

  "Hey." Xue Lengyu suddenly said: "You few, what kind of people are you?"

  "What about us?" A few young rascals were taken aback, then burst out laughing: "What kind of people are we? Little girl, go ask around, who on this Ning'an Street doesn't know Zhang San, Li Si, and Chen Er?"

  "Zhang San Li Si Chen Er?" Xue Lengyu couldn't help but burst out laughing: "The name is ordinary, how can the person be so unusual? What's wrong with doing something decent, instead of being a hoodlum."

  "What's wrong with being a loafer?" Zhang San said: "Every day wandering around, eating and drinking."

  "What's good about being a hoodlum?" Xue Lengyu retorted: "All you know is to bully my mother, this honest and poor person. You rob her of 10 or 20 cents at a time, but you can't even eat meat or drink wine in big gulps. At most, you just won't starve or freeze to death. When you see noodles, everyone gives you a perfunctory smile, but as soon as they turn their backs, they all curse your mother behind your back."

  "You..." didn't know whether Xue Lengyu's words had struck their sore spot or made them angry, just as Zhang San was about to say something, he was shut down again by Xue Lengyu.

  "What's wrong with me?" Xue Lengyu said: "I'm poor, but what I sell is my own labor. Even if I just buy a bun or a pancake, I can stand up straight and talk to others. Look at you guys, you have hands, feet, and strength. Even if you go to a hotel to work as a shop assistant, you'll get some wages every month, and you can normally get married, have children, and enjoy family happiness. But what about you now? At 20, you can be a hoodlum, at 30? At 40? Maybe you don't need to wait until you're old, what if one day you get a headache or fever, not only will no one help you, but everyone will also take the opportunity to get rid of you. You just live these few days idly, have you thought about the misery that's going to come later? Is it worth it?"

  "Shut up." Zhang San finally couldn't bear it and stopped Xue Lengyu's words. Her words were reasonable and shocking, sentence by sentence. If they listened any further, they would really have to put down their butcher knives and become Buddhas on the spot.

  It seems that it's impossible to move them for a while, Xue Lengyu also said bluntly: "Money, I won't give you. What do you want to do?"

  "What's the big idea?" Li Si sneered, reaching out to touch Xue Lengyu's face: "Not that we have any ideas, little girl. If you're willing to spend a day with us, then... ah..."

  Li Si had barely finished speaking when a blood-curdling scream pierced the air, and he suddenly doubled over like a shrimp, his wrist grasped tightly by an unseen hand.

  A tall figure stood beside Li Si, with a huge hand as hard as iron grasping his wrist, no matter how he struggled, it didn't budge.

  "Murong Da Young Master!" Zhang San exclaimed.

  That Mo Rong Hao Xuan who drove her out? Her ex-husband? Xue Leng Yu's face scrunched up, really which pot doesn't open mention which pot. Why did she just so happen to run into the person she least wanted to see.

  But Xue Lengyu's eyesight is really good, Ning Keke looked at the man standing in front of her. Handsome and majestic, with a slightly cold face, there is an inexplicable air of elegance and refinement that is unique to men.

  "Three big men bullying two women and children, are you pleased?" Murong Haoxuan let go of Li Si's hand and said coldly.

  Zhang San, Li Si and Chen Er immediately swung their heads like a pendulum as soon as they saw Murong Haoxuan stand up for Xue Lengyu: "Young Master Murong, we were wrong. We won't dare again."

  "I don't want to say more, but I have to warn you," Murong Haoran said. "Although I've already broken up with her, she was still my person after all. No one is allowed to have ideas about them, got it?"

  "Yes, yes..." Several hurried and busy nods. They finally remembered that they had never seen Xue Mu bring this daughter out before, because she used to be the concubine of the Murong Mansion. The Murong Mansion was a place where even three of them didn't dare to mess with.

  "Scram." As soon as Murong Haoran uttered this word, several thugs immediately vanished into thin air.