Since being scolded by Xia Nanze for drunk driving last time, Xia Xiaowan had learned her lesson. As long as she didn’t drink excessively and kept sober, nothing wrong would happen. Before returning home, she first went to the bathroom to wash her face and remove her makeup. Then, she walked along the curb for ten minutes to get rid of alcohol breath. In this way, when she returned home, she could muddle through. Anyway, Xia Nanze did not stay in the living room every night to wait for her.

There weren’t many people on the streets in the middle of the night, but it didn’t appear deserted. In a bustling city like this, even it was quiet in the middle of the night, there were always neon lights flashing along the streets. Outlined by colorful scenery lights, the buildings opposite her appeared to be large crystal boxes, and she was walking slowly through these crystal boxes.

Xia Xiaowan enjoyed this serenity. It was like she was in a silent world of fairy tales where she could wander through her imagination. Occasionally, cars passed by her. The red tail lights flashed through the night like a meteor, adding a hint of interest. Even the cold wind blowing on her face and the chill spreading everywhere made her happy.

However, she felt something was wrong tonight. There were always sounds of unhurried footsteps behind her. As a weak woman, she couldn’t help but panic. She took two turns in a row, but she couldn’t get rid of them. The sound of footsteps still reached her ears unhurriedly. She lowered her head and looked sideways, but she couldn’t see the shadows on the ground. The person behind her wasn’t too close but was not far away.

She turned so panicked that she happened to see the alley on her right and immediately went into it. The alley was not big and dark. On both sides were small stores that had glass windows or roller shutters. Above the entrances were unified signboards. The street lamps were hidden among the leaves, only showing balls of dim yellow light.

Xia Xiaowan somewhat regretted going in this alley. Just as she wanted to turn back, footsteps sounded again. Her heart tightened and she quickened her pace to move forward. She was almost trotting in the end. But the footsteps behind her also became hurried. This time, the person was no longer following her from afar. She could clearly hear the sound of him running behind her. Xia Xiaowan was shocked. Knowing that she was in danger, she ran forward desperately. The dark alley was like a huge and silent mouth, swallowing her whole body. The road seemed to be endless. She was almost exhausted, and her feet became even heavier.

The persons behind her finally caught up to her. There were three persons, not one. The three were short and skinny and in cheap coats and jeans, which were hard to tell the color. Their hair was dirty and messy. When they smiled, their yellow teeth appeared. Obviously, they were migrant workers ubiquitous in the labor market seeking odd jobs.

However, they appeared more vulgar and fierce. One of them looked at her and smiled, “You’re pre, pretty good at running, aren’t you? We don’t want, want your life. Why are you run, running?”

Xia Xiaowan watched them vigilantly and slowly retreated to the wall. She shouted, “What do you want to do?”

“No matter how loud, loud you shout, it’s useless. No, no one will hear you.” The man who spoke turned out to be a stutterer. He laughed again, even revealing his gum. Xia Xiaowan felt disgusted and took another step back, directly pressing her back against the wall.

As soon as she moved backward, the stuttering man took a step closer and grinned at her. An unpleasant smell came out of his mouth, causing her to immediately cover her nose with her hand.

“Ah! Do, do you despise me?” The man smiled again. The slightly older man beside him finally got a little impatient. “Why are you talking so much nonsense today? How many times have I told you? What our business requires is speed. Be quick! Let’s take the money and leave!”

“What’s the hur, hurry?” The stuttering man disagreed. “Ap, apart from us, there’s no one else here. It’s har, hard for me to meet a beauty. I wo, would like to speak mo, more.” He didn’t find it hard to say those words for such a long time.

It turned out that they wanted money. Xia Xiaowan calmed down slightly and held the small bag in her hand tightly. “I’ll give you money, but you shouldn’t hurt me.”

The older man’s eyes lit up. “Alright, we only want money and never do anything offensive or immoral. Give us the money and we’ll let you go.”

“Wh, who said you could leave?” The stuttering man was unhappy. He glared at the older man and then turned to smile at Xia Xiaowan. “Beau, beau, beau, beauty, I want to invite you to ha, have a night snack. Wh, what do you think?” As he spoke, he reached out to grab Xia Xiaowan’s arm.

Xia Xiaowan screamed and wanted to dodge aside. But behind her was a wall, and she had nowhere to run. The stuttering man’s dirty hands had already touched her sleeves. Under the dim yellow light, she saw the man’s rough fingers. The nails were filled with dirt. The unpleasant smell surrounded her.

At this moment, Xia Xiaowan was extremely frightened. She would rather die than be sullied by such a man!

“Stop!”

At this critical moment, a tall figure suddenly appeared. The cold sound seemed to come from another world. The man’s attack was very quick. Before his sound disappeared, the man had grabbed the stuttering man’s collar around his neck, lifted him up, and thrown him thirty feet away.

Xia Xiaowan was extremely panicked. She only knew that this person was here to save her. As soon as the man’s hand touched her, she instinctively threw herself into the man’s arms, wanting to seek shelter.

The man’s body instantly stiffened. After just a moment, he hugged her waist and said in a low and deep voice, “Don’t be afraid.”

Hearing those three words, she felt that it was like the sound of thunder exploding in the sky above her. Why it was Jiang Kaiwei who saved her? It was actually him? It was the man who was more terrifying than a devil!

If she would rather die than let the stuttering man touch her a moment ago, then she would rather let the stuttering man touch her than seek protection from him at this moment.

A fit of unknown anger surged up from the bottom of her heart. Pushing Jiang Kaiwei away with all her strength, Xia Xiaowan turned around and ran towards the alley’s entrance.

Because Jiang Kaiwei was unprepared and Xia Xiaowan used all of her strength, he was pushed to the point of stumbling. He stared blankly at the figure running away.

The stuttering man whistled and took the lead to chase after her. The other two weren’t slow either. In an instant, Jiang Kaiwei was the only one left there.

The stuttering man no longer smiled at the moment and was a little depressed. They managed to catch a rich woman with great difficulty, but…

They had targeted Xia Xiaowan at the exit of the nightclub. From her style of dress, they thought she must be a rich woman. They thought she would leave by car but didn’t expect that she would walk home. This was exactly what they wanted. They didn’t dare to make a move on the streets. So they just followed her all the way to a secluded alley. When they thought that their robbing would succeed, they didn’t expect a man would come to save her. Although that man was tall, mighty, and muscular, they were outlaws. With three versus one, they would definitely not be at a disadvantage even if they fought with him. Therefore, this business was definitely not going to be a failure!

Before Xia Xiaowan could run out of the alley, she was caught up by the three men. The stutterer took the lead and caught her. Panting, he stuttered even more, “Yo, yo, you, why are you running? Mo, mo, money, give me the money!”

When Xia Xiaowan, who was still in a panic, saw Jiang Kaiwei running towards her with great strides, she shook the stuttering man’s hand. “Let go of me, I’ll give you money.”

The stuttering man was not afraid that she would run away again because the two accomplices had already blocked Xia Xiaowan’s way. So he let go of her.

Xia Xiaowan hurriedly opened the small wallet to get the money. As soon as she opened the wallet, the pink banknotes fell to the ground. She let out a shout and threw all the money on the ground. “You can have them all.”

While the three men were picking up the money, she was about to run away. But her hand was grabbed again by a big strong hand. Then she smelled a faint scent of cologne. It was Jiang Kaiwei.

Xia Xiaowan was in pain and screamed, “Let go of me, let go of me!”

The stuttering man picked up some money and stuffed it into his pocket. Then he ran over to save her. “Wh, what are you do, doing?! Let her go im, immediately!”

Jiang Kaiwei was furious and couldn’t find a place to vent his anger. He appeared in time and became Jiang Kaiwei’s punching bag. Jiang Kaiwei didn’t let go of Xia Xiaowan’s hand. He punched the stutterer with his other hand. Before the stutterer could take a fighting stance, he was hit and fell to the ground with a miserable scream. Seeing this, the younger man who kept silent all along rushed over without stuffing his money into his pocket. Although he was quiet, he was a good fighter and not weak. He quietly waved his fist at Jiang Kaiwei.

Jiang Kaiwei kicked the younger man with his foot. The man nimbly dodged the kick. However, his arm was hit. Under the pain, his hand loosened. The money he had picked up with great difficulty was scattered over the ground again.

The stuttering man had already stood up and winked at the young man, “Let’s fight to, together.” With a furious roar, the two of them rushed forward together.

Jiang Kaiwei grabbed Xia Xiaowan with one hand and fought two men with the other. Xia Xiaowan was struggling and attacked him with her hands and feet. If anyone saw the fight, they would think that Jiang Kaiwei was actually fighting with two men and a woman.

Because he was afraid of hurting Xia Xiaowan, Jiang Kaiwei couldn’t fully use his strength, so he fought against the two with difficulty.

Xia Xiaowan saw this and shouted to the stuttering man, “Tell your companions to join the fight. If you knock him down, I’ll go have night snacks with you!”

The stuttering man really shouted at the older man who was still picking up the money, “S, stop picking. This man is tou, tough. Let’s deal with him fir, first.”

The older man agreed. He stuffed the money he had picked up into his pocket and rushed towards Jiang Kaiwei’s back with his fists, trying to attack Jiang Kaiwei at the rear.

Jiang Kaiwei was already filled with inexplicable anger. Hearing Xia Xiaowan’s words, he became even angrier. At this moment, he began to laugh. Xia Xiaowan realized that it was not good. She knew Jiang Kaiwei’s temper well. This was a sign of his extreme anger. Although the three men were not good people, she could not bear to see them enduring Jiang Kaiwei’s anger.

Sure enough, Jiang Kaiwei pushed her towards the wall and fully displayed his skills. He had learned boxing from experienced coaches when he was young and was good at fighting techniques. He knocked the three of them down at one go, and the three persons hugged their heads on the ground and screamed.

Although the stuttering man lay on the ground, his eyes still looked at Xia Xiaowan. “Beau, beauty, run qui, quickly!”

Xia Xiaowan came back to her senses and hurriedly ran away. Jiang Kaiwei left the three men behind and chased after her.

The older man struggled to stand up and scolded, “You idiot, you really won’t change. You just won’t leave when you see a beautiful girl. Tell me, how many things have been delayed because of this? Get up, quickly pick up the money and leave! If that scourge comes back, none of us will be able to escape!”

The stuttering man slowly got up and picked up the money while muttering, “This beauty is rea, really ra, rarely seen…”