"Hah! Paying with your life? You’ve got some nerve, acting tough after stealing from our village. I’ll make sure you don’t leave here alive!"
The man kicking him was about to swing a punch straight at Ge Dejun’s face.
Ge Dejun’s hands were held back; he was powerless to fight or dodge. As the fist nearly smashed into his face, a gust of wind blew by, and Chiang Xiao rushed forward, seizing his wrist abruptly and twisting it without a second thought.
There was a crisp crack.
After a few seconds of silence, the man suddenly screamed in agony.
"Ah! My hand! My hand is broken!"
His hand was twisted at a grotesque angle. He was in so much pain he didn’t dare move, and beads of cold sweat covered his face.
But Chiang Xiao did not let him go. Instead, she kicked him furiously, sending him flying!
They weren’t that close to Nameless Creek, but the force of her kick was so powerful that the man hurtled forward, unable to stop his momentum, and plunged headfirst into Nameless Creek.
With a splash, water sprayed all around.
"We’ll see who kills whom!" Chiang Xiao’s eyes were blood-red as she watched the distress of her family, unable to control her rage, she lashed out with her foot at the other men.
Though she lacked technique, she instinctively used the acupuncture hitting method she’d practiced for a few days. The villagers felt a couple of heavy blows from her, and their arms went numb, losing strength. And before they could recover, Chiang Xiao kicked again.
Zhao Xin, faster than Xu Linjiang, arrived just in time to see Chiang Xiao kick the villagers into Nameless Creek, one after another like dumplings dropping into a pot.
Splashes followed one after another as the villagers floundered in the water.
At this point, the villagers surrounding Chiang Songhai and Ge Liutao had seen that the tide was turning. Someone immediately reached out to grab them.
"Damn, what kind of drugs is this girl on? She’s gone mad!"
"Grab her grandparents—she won’t dare to touch us if we have them!"
"Grab something to fight with! I refuse to believe that a bunch of us grown men can’t take down one girl!" One of them looked around, spotted a rock the size of a brick, and grabbed it immediately.
Song Xiyun’s heart felt like it was about to leap out of her throat.
Chiang Songhai’s shirt was yanked up by one of them; he shouted in desperation: "Just hit me, it’s okay! Hit me! Don’t touch her! She’s passed out! Don’t hit Little! Little, run! Sister-in-law! Sister-in-law, please, I’m begging you, help us! Help us, please!"
"Ho Laidi! We had a deal about splitting that wild boar with your family fifty-fifty!" a man shouted, "You and your daughter-in-law, come drag this old woman away!"
It turned out that Ge Liutao had come to in the middle of this chaos but was only clinging on with her last breath, her face pale as she weakly opened her eyes and stubbornly gripped his pant leg.
Her hand was clenched so tightly that it had turned a pale blue.
The man didn’t dare to lay hands on her, looking so unwell; that’s why he called Ho Laidi and Song Xiyun.
They had a deal... about splitting the wild boar... with her family...
Chiang Songhai looked at Ho Laidi in disbelief.
Ho Laidi, without a trace of guilt, glared back fiercely, then, grinding her teeth, strode over and began prying Ge Liutao’s hand away.
"Let go! Let go, you shameless hag! Marrying into our village and still dragging your family to poach!" Since she couldn’t pry Ge Liutao’s hand off, she grew furious and began to slap the back of her hand violently.
"Sister-in-law!" Chiang Songhai’s eyes were about to bulge out of their sockets as he bellowed, only to be dragged away by two other men taking advantage of the chaos.