GBP Chapter 51 Escape
Chapter 51 Escape
Yanru remained oblivious, her eyes closed, and asked in a shy and expectant tone, "Is this jewelry pretty?"
"It looks good and suits you very well."
The thick rope, like a ferocious venomous snake, slowly and mercilessly looped around the woman's slender and long neck.
With just the slightest exertion of those hands, this vibrant life would be extinguished in an instant, like a candle flickering in the wind.
Shi Hanxi's eyes shone brightly. He seemed to be enjoying the situation. His face turned red with excitement, and his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.
He took a couple of excited breaths and was about to tighten the rope. Just then, Yanru, oblivious to his tact, spoke again, ruining his good mood—
"Like those girls before?"
Shi Hanxi: "!!"
In a state of extreme shock, he did not hesitate and immediately pulled the rope tightly with both hands, intending to kill the person in front of him.
However, the rope was already firmly stuck in one hand, and could not be pushed any further, no matter how hard he tried.
Shi Hanxi's expression changed drastically. He stopped moving, quickly released his grip, and took a few steps back. He looked at the person in front of him with suspicion and asked, "You're not Yanru! Who are you?!"
The person in front of her slowly turned around, and the face that should have belonged to Yanru no longer showed any trace of shyness, but instead had a look of amusement.
"You have a bad memory, Mr. Shi."
The voice that came out was actually that of the newly arrived orphan girl at Xunfang Pavilion!
Shi Hanxi began to doubt his own ears and eyes. But he quickly realized what he was doing and angrily shouted, "No! You've been an imposter from the start! Your purpose was to lure me out! Who are you?!"
Yanru, hooking the rope she had taken from her neck, chuckled twice, but didn't answer him. Instead, she said, "Do you think stalling for time will be of any use?"
She found out!
Shi Hanxi's slow movement to move away suddenly stopped as the man lunged at her, grabbing at her with one hand. Left with no other choice, Shi Hanxi had to exchange a few blows with him.
With their four palms facing each other, Xie Yan remained unmoved, while Shi Hanxi staggered back several steps, clutching his chest and swallowing a mouthful of blood that surged up inside him.
"Oh." Xie Yan glanced at his slightly reddened palm and looked at him with some surprise. "I didn't expect you to know martial arts. I really underestimated you."
This person was so well hidden that he not only fooled the people in the city, but even during their previous encounters, neither he nor Chu Ling noticed anything amiss.
However, Xie Yan chuckled, finding the martial arts skills rather unremarkable.
Shi Hanxi was pushed back to the desk, his hands resting on the table behind him. He took a few deep breaths and looked at Xie Yan with a sinister expression.
Xie Yan clapped his hands and was about to step forward when he saw Shi Hanxi suddenly take something out from behind her back and throw it at him.
He was about to dodge when Shi Hanxi shot out a calligraphy brush at the thing. It exploded in mid-air, scattering a thick cloud of powder.
Xie Yan immediately covered his eyes with his sleeve and held his breath. Just as he was about to use his internal force to disperse the powder, he felt a gust of air coming towards him. Unexpectedly, Shi Hanxi did not retreat but advanced and rushed over to strike him with another palm.
The two exchanged a palm strike, and Xie Yan immediately realized something was wrong. Shi Hanxi's attack hadn't used any internal force at all; she was risking injury to use the impact to fly away.
Shi Hanxi flew out of the window, and Xie Yan forcefully shook off the powder. Although she was a few steps slower, she followed closely behind.
Then he discovered that the reason this guy's fighting skills were so mediocre was because he had put all his skill points into light footwork.
Seeing the figure in front of her leap out like a rocket, Xie Yan's steps faltered: ...Holy crap, that's fast!
And thanks to their familiarity with the terrain, the distance between them gradually increased.
Xie Yan frowned, just about to gather his strength. But in the blink of an eye, Shi Hanxi's figure suddenly disappeared from his sight.
He could only stop and look around, listening intently to the sounds around him.
All around were heavy shadows of trees, and the only sounds besides the whistling wind were the rustling of leaves in the wind.
Xie Yan walked slowly. After a few breaths, his keen ears caught an unusual sound coming from the right—the soft rustling of footsteps on fallen leaves.
Without hesitation, he quickly darted towards that direction and, sure enough, saw a figure appear in the darkness.
Before the man could react, Xie Yan directly flicked her fingers to press on his various acupoints.
Unexpectedly, Xie Yan's hand was blocked by a folding fan before it could even get close to him.
In that instant, Xie Yan recognized who was standing before him. He managed to withdraw his strength, but Chu Ling did not.
The folding fan directly grabbed his hand and pulled him towards itself, while Chu Ling's other hand also reached out towards him.
Xie Yan was clearly not expecting that Chu Ling didn't seem to recognize him. Caught off guard, both of Xie Yan's hands were restrained by Chu Ling, who then pulled him up in a half-circle.
Because Xie Yan hadn't yet removed her disguise, she was significantly shorter than Chu Ling by more than a head. With this pull, her face collided head-on with Chu Ling's chest.
"Ok?"
Xie Yan pressed against Chu Ling's chest and felt a tremor. The person above laughed a few times before saying, "So it's you. I was wondering who was so bold as to attack me."
Xie Yan: "..."
He recognized that Chu Ling's voice showed no surprise, which told him that this man was playing him for a fool again.
The two didn't struggle for long before loud footsteps came from behind them, and Chu Ling finally let go.
"Young Master Xie? What are you doing here?"
It was Xuanfeng Ningliang and a group of officials who arrived. They were all somewhat surprised to see Xie Yan, who was supposed to be waiting for them in Shi Hanxi's house, here.
"He got away. I didn't expect that guy to be so skilled."
Xie Yan patted the powder off her body and exclaimed, "She's been hiding it quite well. Her lightness skill is among the best in the martial arts world."
"What? Master Shi—no, Shi Hanxi—knows martial arts?"
As expected, when everyone heard the news, their faces showed utter shock, and they were speechless for a long time.
However, the shock did not last long. Soon, they recovered from their astonishment and began to worry involuntarily.
Ning Liang frowned deeply, his tone anxious, and couldn't help but look at Chu Ling, "Now that the person has escaped, what should we do?"
Chu Ling's handsome face remained completely expressionless. After a moment of contemplation, he stared straight at the bamboo house hidden deep in the bamboo forest, and slowly said, "You can run away from people, but you can't hide your temple."
"Isn't there someone else at his house?"