Published: March 4, 2025
Chapter 12: The Victim and the Unfortunate Fool (《》)
Not to mention anything else, just the act of insulting Uncle Meng alone, if reported, would be a serious crime. Not to mention that he even considered drawing his sword to kill his fellow disciple and had actually taken action...
Chu Yang broke out in a cold sweat, feeling lingering fear: “Fortunately, he fell by himself... Otherwise... Elder Sister Wu, otherwise I would have...”
He stopped speaking at this point, looking pitifully at Wu Qianqian. However, saying, “He fell by himself...” was something he should really be ashamed of...
“Otherwise you would have been killed by him.” The poor little girl easily fell into the trap and casually completed Chu Yang's unfinished words.
“Right!” Chu Yang suddenly clapped his hands, making a crisp sound, and felt a sense of comfort in their shared understanding: “Elder Sister Wu, you have such far-sighted wisdom, seeing through right and wrong, fair and just, with eyes like torches…”
Wu Qianqian vaguely felt something was off but also thought there was nothing wrong with what he said. Dazed, she nodded and, combined with a string of compliments, felt a bit giddy, typical of a young girl...
Just then, Li Jianyin finally lifted his head from the deep pit. He was injured but not unconscious; he could hear clearly and was furious to hear how Chu Yang had turned himself into the victim with just a few words, nearly choking on a mouthful of blood in anger.
However, he had a sizable lump of dirt stuck in his throat, unable to spit out the blood. Enduring the immense pain, he dug at the dirt in his mouth with his fingers; as for the lump in his throat, it simply wouldn't come out. He had to hold his breath and made a determined effort to stretch his neck and gulp it down...
There was no other choice; if he didn't get rid of that dirt, Li Jianyin would choke to death.
Chu Yang and Wu Qianqian watched with wide eyes as Li Jianyin's neck stretched longer and longer. In the middle of his neck, it looked like a small snake had swallowed a whole egg, with a large protrusion following his neck slowly sinking down, finally disappearing with a gulp as his neck returned to normal...
Both of them couldn't help but stare, swallowing hard...
This... was truly terrifying...
“Pfft—” Finally, Li Jianyin spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, gasping like a bellows, the suffocating discomfort temporarily making him forget the pain in his broken leg. Well, one might say it was a blessing in disguise...
However, this relief was short-lived; the sharp pain in his leg and face... the large lump of sand, stones, and dirt he had swallowed was causing a fiery pain in his stomach...
At this moment, Li Jianyin wished he could simply die...
He truly experienced what it meant to be in ‘extreme pain and despair.’
He wanted to curse but couldn’t catch his breath.
After a while, Li Jianyin finally raised his head, glaring at Chu Yang with a grimace: “Chu Yang! Just wait! I won’t let you off! In this life and the next, we won’t rest until one of us is dead! Ahhh…” He trembled all over, wanting to express his toughness in front of his crush but couldn't hold it back...
Chu Yang shivered: “Elder Sister Wu, look, look…”
Wu Qianqian comforted him: “Don’t worry, Chu Shidi. I witnessed the whole thing; how could I let anyone make things difficult for you? Li Shidi was just speaking in anger; you don’t need to take it to heart…”
On the ground, Li Jianyin let out two strange sounds from his throat, rolling his eyes in disbelief as he looked at Wu Qianqian, finally breaking down: Witnessed the whole thing? What did you witness? I was almost killed here, ahhh...
Just then, Wu Qianqian finally noticed something was wrong, gasping: “Li Shidi… your leg?!” Then she was shocked again: “Your nose…”
Li Jianyin was in tears, banging his head against the ground, making loud thuds. Oh my goodness! You finally noticed! Poor me, severely injured and possibly disabled… In his emotional turmoil, he actually started crying...