Zhu Fei’s smile gradually grew cold, and his gaze toward the redhead and his companions became filled with "pity."
"I think you don’t understand human speech, do I have to make myself any clearer? Get lost now!"
The redhead cursed and tried to push Zhu Fei.
But before his hand could touch Zhu Fei’s clothes, Zhu Fei had preemptively grabbed the redhead’s wrist.
With a slight twist, a "crack" was heard—the redhead’s wrist was dislocated by Zhu Fei!
"You dare to hit me?"
The redhead instantly screamed in pain, then looked at Zhu Fei fiercely, spewing vicious curses.
"Kid, you really want to die tonight, huh? Good! Very good! You’ve got guts!"
The redhead nodded, then extended his other hand, pointing at Zhu Fei and addressing his gang, "Get him! Break his arms! Let’s see if he dares to meddle in our affairs again!"
Following the redhead’s command, his gang, with malicious grins, stepped forward, ready to strike Zhu Fei.
Seeing this, Zhu Fei couldn’t help but sigh softly.
He really didn’t want to cause any trouble tonight, but trouble had come looking for him. It seemed he had no choice but to make a move.
In an instant, Zhu Fei blocked one thug’s leg strike with one hand, then turned his palm into a knife and chopped it down on the thug’s shinbone!
Immediately, the thug also screamed in pain and fell to the ground, unable to get up.
Zhu Fei didn’t hesitate; as he knocked down one thug, he struck again.
After several "bangs" echoed through the area, the arrogant thugs who wanted to teach Zhu Fei a lesson were all down on the ground, wailing in pain.
Only the redhead still stood in place, looking at Zhu Fei with eyes full of extreme shock and fear written all over his face.
"You, you, you... what do you want? I’m telling you, we work for Mu Jie from Lan City; don’t mess around!"
Upon hearing the name from the redhead, Zhu Fei’s eyes immediately grew colder.
"Hmph! Initially, I didn’t want to bother with you, but since you’re Mu Jie’s man, I won’t be polite."
Having said that, Zhu Fei suddenly delivered a kick that sent the redhead tumbling to the ground.
Then, without another glance at these men, he walked straight to Qiu Ruoxue.
Looking at her now, with her eyes dazed, her face flushed, and her figure extremely unstable, Zhu Fei was somewhat speechless.
He could hardly believe that the cold, decisive, and efficient female police captain would come to such a place to drink.
And not only did she drink but did so heavily, nearly getting taken away without even realizing it.
If it weren’t for his encounter with her today, this woman’s fate...
Thinking this, Zhu Fei almost flapped his hand annoyed and lightly tapped her flawless face.
"Captain Qiu, wake up already," Zhu Fei said. "If someone drags you away later, I really won’t bother with you anymore."
However, Zhu Fei’s slap seemed to shock Qiu Ruoxue. She suddenly opened her mouth and vomited.
Moreover, the worst luck was that everything Qiu Ruoxue vomited ended up on Zhu Fei.
At that moment, three dark lines instantly appeared on Zhu Fei’s forehead.
He looked at Qiu Ruoxue with a somewhat wry smile and genuinely felt hapless.
He could take her away, but Zhu Fei really didn’t know where she lived. Leaving her alone also seemed somewhat unreasonable.
No matter what, this woman had helped him a few times before.
Just as Zhu Fei was feeling a bit conflicted, Qiu Ruoxue, who had just finished vomiting, suddenly opened her beautiful eyes.
She glanced at Zhu Fei briefly and barely coherent or maybe still delirious, she muttered, "Take me home," then closed her beautiful eyes once again.
No matter how Zhu Fei called out to her after that, Qiu Ruoxue did not open her eyes again—she had fallen asleep just like that.
Zhu Fei couldn’t help but curse silently, but in the end, he steadied Qiu Ruoxue and hailed a cab, then swiftly drove towards his own home in Rainbow Community.
Some time later, Zhu Fei was helping Qiu Ruoxue into his own home.
Just as Zhu Fei was about to carelessly drop Qiu Ruoxue onto the sofa, he suddenly felt a cool liquid against his neck.
Zhu Fei looked down and saw that Qiu Ruoxue, at some unknown time, was clinging to him, sobbing softly.
"Mom, Dad, please, don’t abandon Ruoxue. Ruoxue is so lonely on her own."
"Mom, Dad, are you well now? I miss you so much."
"Now that you are gone, and even Grandpa seems to be leaving Ruoxue too. Without Grandpa, Ruoxue really won’t have any family left in this world."
"My second uncle and third uncle, they only think about their own interests, indifferent to my feelings. To curry favor with the Lv family, they dared to betroth me to that philandering young master of the Lv family while Grandpa was unaware."
"Sob... Ruoxue feels so miserable, so lonely..."
Just as Zhu Fei was about to carelessly throw Qiu Ruoxue onto the sofa, he suddenly heard her soft murmur and hesitated momentarily.
He looked at Qiu Ruoxue, at her usually cold yet now delicate and fragile face, streaked with cold tear marks, perfect yet frail. For some reason, he suddenly felt a heaviness in his heart.
He remembered the original owner of his body and his own past life.
Similarly orphaned, uncared-for, lonely, and desolate, he lived in this cold and indifferent world.
Perhaps sympathizing with their shared misery, Zhu Fei, in that moment, looked at Qiu Ruoxue with a gentler gaze, devoid of his previous insincerity.
Thus began the process of Zhu Fei taking care of Qiu Ruoxue.
It took Zhu Fei over half an hour to get everything settled.
He didn’t waste any more time. Heading to the living room, he took out the ingredients for making Spirit Communication Powder, and immediately began his alchemy cultivation for the night.