Chapter 181: Chapter 179: The Strange Good Guy
"Good job, you’re indeed the woman I had my eye on."
East Brother lay on the ground, covering his still-bleeding forehead with one hand, his downward-curving grin appearing both sleazy and vicious.
"Tina, come help me." The girl who had knocked down Luna was called by her name, Tina Zander, a high school student, yet saddled with ten thousand yuan in nude debts.
However, Tina Zander didn’t respond to East Brother’s words, just leaned against the wall, trembling with a blank expression.
Because the person she had knocked to the ground wasn’t moving anymore; she was scared, scared that the person on the ground was no longer breathing.
East Brother and another man had already helped each other up.
East Brother slowly walked towards Tina Zander, "From now on, whatever you want, I’ll buy it for you, all those brand names are yours." With that, he pulled Tina Zander into his embrace.
At this moment, all her fear, guilt, and regret couldn’t resist the temptation of money, and Tina Zander began to believe she had done the right thing.
Another man staggered towards Luna, his bald head gleaming in the light like a salted egg.
Luna barely opened her eyes, squinting slightly, as everything in front of her grew darker, and the bald man’s shoes appeared larger.
"Ugh―――!"
A dull grunt sounded, full of pain and repression.
"Stupid bitch! How dare you hit me? You think this lousy taser scares my strong body?"
A few kicks later, Luna felt like the sky had turned dark, even the glaring white lights seemed unbearably dim.
The bald man’s punches and kicks, along with the pain of breaking bones, made her almost fall asleep, as if the blood in her body was gushing from her wounds.
After the pain came numbness, the pain was so intense it was numbing.
East Brother also walked over to Luna at this time, lifting his foot to kick Luna’s injured hand; evidently, one kick wasn’t enough, and the next kick followed immediately.
The girl squatting nearby, holding a small knife, was shaking all over, the person who came to save them seemed already dead, and a spirit of resistance grew in her heart.
Tightening the small knife in her hand, which was more accurately a dagger, though not as long, it could still stab into a heart in one thrust.
The nearest person to her was the bald man, who was now laughing, laughing wildly, laughing sinisterly.
Anyway, it’s better to be dead than alive in the end, she’d rather use all her strength to take someone with her.
"Ah!―――!"
With the girl’s angry roar, everything fell silent.
The owl-engraved knife handle in the girl’s hand pressed tightly against the bald man’s chest, his expression blending shock with pain.
The silence lasted barely half a second before the girl continued frantically stabbing, turning her face, as pale as white roses, splattered with fresh blood, into something more bewitching.
Her clear peach blossom eyes dyed red, gradually growing crazier.
"Damn bitch!" East Brother reacted only after three seconds, kicking the girl two meters away.
With no one restraining him, the bald man fell instantly, his beady eyes wide open—clearly, he was gone.
East Brother knelt on the ground, his expression filled with pain and panic, "Qiang! Qiang!"
This sudden change slowly sharpened the remaining consciousness in Luna, who had been curled up, just trying to protect her life.
She had a strong desire to survive, even with no chance, she’d still try her best to live!
Hearing East Brother’s shouting, she knew this was her only chance to strike back, she couldn’t hesitate, couldn’t shrink back.
Her still-intact left hand groped in her pocket for the taser, struggling to crawl halfway up, aiming to stun the man’s neck, but due to lack of strength, it hit the man’s back instead.
Yet it was enough to knock the man down; prolonged electric shock caused East Brother to faint, and after doing all this, her broken hand worsened, with all her strength drained, she collapsed heavily to the ground.
Though conscious, she couldn’t move anymore.
Thud, thud, thud...
Urgent footsteps, someone was coming down, who could it be? She didn’t know.
It was... Bignull!
When the newcomer saw the scene, the stick hidden in their hand fell to the ground.
"You all... you all killed them..."
Bignull’s voice trembled, eyes wider than the bald man’s, then started nodding repeatedly, murmuring to themselves, "Good that they’re dead, good that they’re dead, they should have died, should have died, dying well."
Saying this, they pulled out a fruit knife from their pocket, walking towards a tied-up girl!
However, Bignull was just cutting the ropes, taking everyone by surprise.
"Run, all of you, hide in the mountains, conceal yourselves well." Bignull muttered repetitively, speeding up their movements.
The girl who had felled the bald man approached Luna, seeing her still alive, quickly helping her up.
Luna spoke shakily, "I have... a car, keys, pocket... pocket."
Despite the feeble voice, the girl heard clearly and immediately started searching Luna’s body.
She knew how to drive, her father had taught her before!
Bignull freed everyone, then said, "Quickly, they’ll be back soon!"
All the girls started to run outside, except Tina Zander, who just stood there, clearly reluctant to leave.
Bignull perplexedly asked, "Did you go numb? Hurry up and go!"
"I’m staying here, East Brother still has a breath, I want to be with East Brother, I won’t tell about you letting them go..."
...
―Wyen Central Hospital.
"Are you okay?"
Luna lay half on the hospital bed, her face cold, expressionless. Seeing the girl next to her speaking, she replied, "I’m fine."
Bignull had let them go, and after they got out, they called the police.
The police told her the others had fled, and two men were dead in the basement, one bald, the other a blonde, clearly, the blonde wasn’t East Brother.
Tina Zander hadn’t escaped, so it was clear how Bignull had died.
"What’s your name?" The girl, with a gentle and delicate appearance, wasn’t resting in the ward but stayed by her bedside.
"Charlotte Leaf"
"Hmm, it’s a nice name."
Thunk, thunk thunk!
The hospital room door was knocked, and then two police officers walked in, watching Charlotte Leaf being taken away for questioning, one officer stayed behind.
"How are you feeling? A little better?"
This opening line made Luna immediately know the police were there to question her, but she had no desire to speak.
So, she immediately started crying.
Police: "..."
In consideration of the victim’s emotions, the police only comforted her a bit before leaving, planning to come back for questioning once the victim’s emotions stabilized.
Watching the departed police, Luna immediately stopped, realizing she couldn’t stay in the hospital—it couldn’t end with her sipping tea at the police station.
a.m.
Taking advantage of the few people around, she stealthily snuck out of the hospital overnight; she couldn’t drive properly, and the car was filthy, so she simply abandoned it and bought a high-speed rail ticket instead.
After hearing Luna’s story, Elliana Lyle’s heart felt heavy and shocked, she hadn’t known Luna had gone through such a perilous experience.
Seeing someone on the verge of tears, Luna looked at them disdainfully, "I’m not dead yet; it’s just a minor injury, only hurt when the bones broke, nothing major—I used to be hurt worse than this."
In fact, this could be considered the most severe injury Luna had ever sustained—never before had she broken bones, at most had some scratches.
Luna continued, "This time I got nothing out of it, and they ran away, damn it!"