On the way to the Yang Family village, a carriage sped past, and the coachman spoke to the person inside, "Young master, the road ahead leads to the Yang Family village."
A clear voice came from inside, "Right, let’s hurry on."
"Yes, young master." The coachman whipped the horses, and the carriage continued on its way.
But before long, the carriage was forced to halt, and a voice from inside again asked, "What has happened, have we arrived?"
"Young master, we have not yet arrived. There’s a large tree blocking the middle of the road."
The person inside calmly gave an order without looking outside, "Find a way around it."
"As you say, young master." The coachman steered the carriage to the side to circumvent the fallen tree.
As the carriage went on, the person inside faintly heard the laughter of a group of men not far away, interspersed with the cries of a woman begging for help.
His fists clenched tightly, he had not anticipated that within this county’s jurisdiction, public safety would be so poor that such vile acts could occur in broad daylight.
He called out to the outside, "Ada, stop the carriage."
"Yes, young master." Ada followed the young master’s instructions and stopped the carriage, having also heard the laughter; he knew their young master was likely to meddle once again.
As expected, upon seeing that their young master had alighted from the carriage without a second thought and was running straight towards the crowd, Ada hurriedly followed behind.
At this moment, Wang Xiangxiang had given up all hope of rescue and feared she would die here; she was just about to bite her tongue and commit suicide.
When suddenly, from amongst her assailants, someone cried out "ow."
Wang Xiangxiang opened her eyes to see a gentleman of elegant demeanor winding up his strong leg and sending one of the thugs flying with a powerful kick.
Hope ignited in Wang Xiangxiang’s eyes; her divine savior had descended from the heavens. She turned weakly towards the man and said, "Sir, save me."
The man glanced at Wang Xiangxiang and offered her a reassuring look, then braced himself for the fight.
"Brothers, he dares to spoil our fun. Let’s teach him a lesson, attack him together."
At this moment, Wang Xiangxiang was extremely afraid; so many were attacking one man, could he truly handle it? Yet that look he had given her inexplicably bolstered her belief in him.
"Young master, don’t dirty your hands, let me handle this." At that point, Ada rushed over, standing back to back with his young master as they both prepared for battle.
The Gang Leader hastily pulled his pants on and waved his hand, "Brothers, beat him to death."
The clash began, and Wang Xiangxiang felt a surge of anxiety, terribly afraid that the man would get hurt because of her; but she saw that the man and the person he brought with him swiftly kicked and punched their way through their assailants. With a few swift moves, they had all been knocked to the ground.
The thugs lay on the ground, wailing continuously.
The Gang Leader, eager to fight back, rallied his followers, "Brothers, continue the attack."
But none dared to advance further. They knew these two men were skilled, far beyond their own abilities. To attack again would be a death wish as these men were going for blood.
Furious at his subordinates’ wretched display, the Gang Leader cradled his injury, "A bunch of losers, just wait till I deal with you back home."
After uttering those words, he quickly made his escape.
Seeing their Boss flee, the lesser thugs looked at each other, then thought better of any delay and hightailed it out of there, limping away with their wounded bodies, disappearing into the distance.