novellhall Chapter 12 Joining
Chapter 12 Joining
That subordinate must have been following Xia Yi for a long time. Xia Yi was clearly stunned the moment the other party made a move, completely unexpected.
Moreover, Tiger gave no second chance, knowing that if the assassination failed, he would die.
So he aimed straight for the other person's neck.
Fortunately, Lin Zheng noticed first and picked up a stool next to him, throwing it at the other person.
The stool was thrown straight at the other person's face.
The person opposite was knocked to the ground, blood dripping from their forehead, and the dagger flew several meters away.
Xia Yi finally realized what had happened. She first glanced at who had thrown the stool, and seeing it was Lin Zheng, she was puzzled. But what shocked her even more was the man in front of her: "Tiger, you want to kill me?!"
Lin Zheng shouted, "Run! You still have time to ask questions! Your brother clearly has a problem with calling you here today!"
Tiger hadn't expected this situation and didn't understand why someone else was interrupting him. He frantically called out to his other underlings:
"What...what are you all standing around for! Get the hell out of here! Brother Wang said we absolutely have to kill Xia Yi, or if we fail today, we're all dead!"
This shout not only caused his henchmen to rebel, with each of them pulling out weapons and attacking Xia Yi, but also caused another dozen or so people to appear at the door.
Fortunately, Xia Yi was prepared and was not killed in one blow. She picked up cups and bottles from the bar and used them as weapons to fight with the familiar underlings.
"You! All of you!"
Lin Zheng saw that the other side was quite well prepared, with at least twenty or thirty people inside and outside.
He knew that fighting head-on would only lead to trouble sooner or later, so he picked up another stool and joined the fray.
He smacked the henchmen who wanted to stab Xia Yi in the back, and said back to back, "Can you beat so many of them?! If you can't, run."
Xia Yi turned her head slightly to look at Lin Zheng: "Young Master Lin! What are you doing here?"
"Is this the time to ask me questions like this?! And watch out!" He looked at Xia Yi, who had been slashed on the body with a dagger even from the front: "What's wrong with you? You can't even fight back head-on?! You should be a pretty good fighter."
Xia Yi gritted her teeth in pain: "It's because of the injury on my arm. It was just bandaged up, so I can't move it as naturally right now."
"Injury? What injury?! You were just injured."
"What do you think, Young Master Lin?"
Lin Zheng realized, oh, so it was the knife he had stabbed him the day before yesterday.
It was me who did it, so it's alright now.
Lin Zheng had no choice but to put in more effort, but there were simply too many of them, so the two of them fought and retreated at the same time.
Fortunately, the system boosted their combat power the day before yesterday; otherwise, they would probably be half-dead in today's situation.
Taking advantage of the chaos, and with Lin Zheng having already planned the escape route, they made the decision.
Finding an opening, he protected Xia Yi and ran towards the back door.
During their escape, Xia Yi kept expressing her gratitude: "Thank you so much, Young Master Lin! I never imagined you would save my life!"
"You know that much. I told you you should have said so earlier if you kidnapped me, then I wouldn't have stabbed you! It's all your fault, you son of a bitch."
"what?"
Xia Yi didn't understand the logic behind this. What else could she do if she didn't tie him up?
I'll definitely do whatever President Jiang says.
Lin Zheng knew he couldn't understand, so they decided to run away first. The two of them hid in a small alleyway while being chased by the group of people.
Lin Zheng had prepared a car, which was parked inside, and drove away from this dangerous area.
The men chasing them could only watch helplessly as the two drove away.
The car was speeding through the city.
Lin Zheng thought to himself, "This crappy urban novel is full of villains committing murder and other crimes. It's become commonplace. What a lousy author. Is Arthur not even in the later stages of the book?"
He glanced at Xia Yi, who had suffered two more cuts in the back seat, through the rearview mirror: "Are you alright?"
Xia Yi looked at her wound and shook her head: "I'm fine. Where's Young Master Lin?"
Lin Zheng only had a minor cut on his arm: "I'm fine now, they weren't here to kill me."
Xia Yi clutched her wound, puzzled: "How could these people do such a thing? But Young Master Lin was quite skilled just now. I thought young masters like you were all sickly, especially since there were rumors that Young Master Lin was a coward. It seems the rumors are really unreliable."
Lin Zheng chuckled, "It's not entirely unbelievable."
That was indeed the persona I originally portrayed.
He asked, "Do you know any safe places? Places your men don't know, though. I don't have many good places to go."
"I can only go to Wutong Street, to where my little sister lives. Nobody there knows anything. But I hope Young Master Lin can lie for me and not let my little sister know about this. She's still in college; she doesn't know anything."
"Don't know?" Lin Zheng thought to himself, "In the book, your little sister is more ruthless and smarter than you later on. What doesn't she know?"
The two drove to Wutong Street, where Lin Zheng helped the injured Xia Yi upstairs.
After knocking and explaining the situation, Xia Yi's sister opened the door for the two of them.
The book describes Xia Yi's younger sister in great detail; she is a girl who appears naive and innocent but is actually very sensitive.
However, Lin Zheng was still somewhat surprised when he saw it in real life.
This girl has an extremely pure and innocent appearance, just like the one described in the book, giving off a feeling of first love.
She was 1.65 meters tall, had an oval face, long hair, and was wearing a white dress.
Her pure almond-shaped eyes made her appear exceptionally white, like a snow lotus without any blemishes.
"Brother! How did you get so hurt! Come in quickly!"
When she saw her brother covered in blood, she was so frightened that she almost burst into tears.
After locking the door, she hurriedly went to find the first-aid kit. Even though they hadn't said anything, the girl looked regretful.
She said in a tearful voice, "I told you not to go out today, how did it get like this as soon as we went out?"
Lin Zheng observed downstairs to see if anyone was following him, but found no signs.
Xia Yi sat on the sofa, panting, and explained, "It's alright, Young Master Lin. They definitely won't find this place, and I know this area well, so there's no chance of anything going wrong."
Ignoring her brother's words, the younger sister went to bandage his wounds first.
Xia Yi introduced: "By the way, Young Master Lin, this is my sister Xia Ying. Xia Ying, this is Young Master Lin, he is... he is a client of my company, the big boss."
Xia Ying looked at Lin Zheng and nodded gratefully: "Hello, Young Master Lin, you're injured too, aren't you? Don't stand there, let me bandage you up first. I'll bandage you up after I'm done with my brother."
Lin Zheng also sat down on the sofa; he only had superficial injuries and wasn't in a hurry.
After Xia Ying finished tending to her brother's wound, she found that this time the wound was a little lighter than the last one, and the area was not as large, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
Only then did he go to bandage Lin Zheng's wound.
When Xia Ying got close to Lin Zheng, she could clearly smell a jasmine fragrance on her, unlike perfume or shampoo; it smelled very gentle.
After bandaging her up, Xia Yi asked her younger sister to go to the inner room so the adults could talk.
Xia Ying didn't say much before carrying her medicine box back to her room. But as she closed the door, she glanced at the two of them, as if she had some thoughts that no one else knew about, and her resolve was growing stronger.
In the living room, Xia Yi looked at Lin Zheng and suddenly hugged him: "Young Master Lin, thank you for saving my brother today! I have no way to repay you, but from now on, half of my life belongs to you!"
This sudden enthusiasm startled Lin Zheng: "Oh, no need! I know your temperament, but there's really no need for this! Please loosen your grip on me before we talk, your pectoral muscles are squeezing me."
Xia Yi laughed heartily twice, still quite fond of the honest and loyal Xing Linzheng.
He asked, "But Young Master Lin, what were you doing at the arcade just now? And... how did you recognize me? I know your family is rich, but do you think it's that easy to investigate my identity?"
Lin Zheng brushed it off:
"I have my own methods, and I'm not going to forget your voice in a couple of days. I knew it was you as soon as you spoke. As for why I was at the arcade, to be honest, I did have something to talk to you about, so I'll just say it directly."
"You need something? Could it be... about the kidnapping incident? Are you here to settle scores?"
Lin Zheng waved his hand: "No, no, I meant... I want to join you."
"What?"
"Join me! I want to join too!"