Chapter 238

Xu Ran covered his mouth immediately after he said that, cursing himself for his stupidity. He should have talked back to a bandit.

Who would have thought that this bandit would actually learn Xu Ran’s words and repeat them at once? When he finished repeating, the crowd went silent again…

At this point, a tough guy popped up, whose arm was as thick as Xu Ran’s thigh. The tough guy gave a resentful stare at the one who had shouted the slogan and said, “We are robbers. Why did you learn that? Away, good-for-nothing.”

When the tough guy finished talking to the slogan shouter, he yelled at Xu Ran and the others, “People in the carriage, I don’t care who you are. Be smart and hand over your money. Maybe we will consider spare your lives.”

“Yes yes, be smart and hand over your money. If we are happy, we can spare your lives.” The slogan shouter echoed.

Xu Ran could see that the tough guy gave him another resentful stare…

Xu Ran thought that if he were one of the robbers, he would do that too, because that slogan shouter couldn’t even come up with some original slogans. All he did was repeat someone else’s words.

Xu Ran and the others did not answer. Suddenly, Guoguo jumped off the carriage and walked up to the tough guy. “How about this? Let’s play a round. If I lose, I will give you my money. If I win, you go away with your people and let us go safely.”

The tough guy was much taller than Guoguo. In addition, Guoguo looked fair and refined. In the tough guy’s opinion, Guoguo seemed to be a Ge’er, but he didn’t point out that there was no red mole on Guoguo’s ear.

He looked at Guoguo contemptuously. “Little brat, you want to play a round with me with your small body? I can take your life with a snap.”

Guoguo was calm and not afraid at all. “In that case, are you agreeing to my proposal?”

“Humph!” The tough guy snorted disdainfully and said, “Then let’s play a round! Little brat, come on. Don’t blame me for being merciless!”

Guoguo clenched his fists, wiggled his fingers and got ready for the fight. Seeing that Guoguo was not joking with him, the tough guy also pulled out the knife from his waist and chopped at Guoguo without saying anything.

Xu Ran wanted to yell in shock, but covered his mouth quietly when thinking of what he had just said. He thought to himself. Not only did the big guy bully the small, but he also bullied an unarmed small. Shame on him.

Although Guoguo was young and unarmed, in terms of combat skills, the tough guy was no match for Guoguo. However, the problem was that Guoguo had no practical experience. He had usually fought with two people, and they had never gone too far, so that wasn’t comparable to a life-or-death fight like this.

The tough guy was experienced, but he had no technique. Guoguo was agile and could dodge each chop from him. The tough guy was unable to hurt Guoguo, while Guoguo didn’t earn himself any advantage either. He wasn’t able to get close to the tough guy.

To the laymen like Xu Ran and the others, they couldn’t take in the situation, while Lu Qi, who was in the front, had already been discussing with Tangtang what Guoguo should do to win.

Xu Ran was anxious! He leaned forward to hear them.

Lu Qi said, “Guoguo should dash behind this guy after dodging this attack, and kick him on the center of his back to gain some initiative. As long as the tough guy is kicked on the back, he would definitely react more slowly, as well as more carefully, and Guoguo could take advantage of that.”

Tangtang replied, “But the tough guy is reacting too fast. My brother can’t get close to him. If this keeps going on, my brother’s physical strength won’t keep up.”

Arms crossed, Lu Qi asked Tangtang, “Have you come up with a counterplan?”

Tangtang answered, “I have, but I’m unable to do it. I’m not so powerful as my brother, and not so skilIful at marital arts as him.”

Lu Qi smiled. “You’re thinking for Guoguo, not for yourself. What would you do if you were fighting?”

Tangtang kept staring at the fight in front of him. Suddenly, his eyes gleamed and he shouted in excitement. Xu Ran had thought that Tangtang had come up with some great idea, but it didn’t occur to him that Guoguo kicked the tough guy to the ground all of a sudden and snatched his knife.

Baozi was the first to call out, “Second Brother is amazing! Great! He killed the bad guy.”

The bad guy lying on the ground, still alive, “…”

Xu Ran, who was just about to cheer, went over and held Baozi in his arms at once after hearing what Baozi said. What if those bandits came to take revenge?

While Xu Ran was having a bee in his head, Guoguo had already started to negotiate with the tough guy, “I won. Keep your promise.”

The tough guy spat out, feeling extremely embarrassed. He moved away the knife pointed at him by Guoguo. “I’ll keep my promise, but let me get up first.”

Guoguo shook his head. “After all, you are a robber, not some upright gentlemen. I don’t believe your words. How about this? I’ll tie you up and you’ll leave with us. When we get away from here, we’ll let you back. Is that alright?”

Although it was a question, Guoguo had already grabbed him up, pushed the knife up against his throat and dragged him to the carriage.

Xu Ran asked him when he saw Guoguo bringing the tough guy over, “Guoguo, why are you bringing him here?”

Guoguo elaborated his plan.

Xu Ran nodded in agreement. Since he had agreed, no one else would object.

Meanwhile, the gangsters were also approaching them step by step. Baozi yelled in Xu Ran’s arms, “Dad, the bad guys are coming at us. Let Second Brother beat them up!”

Now that Baozi reminded them, the other people also saw the group of bandits walking towards them. Guoguo moved slightly the knife against the tough guy’s throat. “Tell them to step back, or I will kill you.”

Just as the tough guy was about to say something, Lu Qi took something out of his arms suddenly. Then he walked over and waved his hand at the bandits approaching them. Soon, someone fell. One, two, three, and then there were more. Only those who were in the rear didn’t fall.

Lu Qi clapped his hands and said, “Whoever suits his action to the times is wise. If you want to rob someone, you have to take a look at who he is before you take actions. But obviously, you are no match for us, so you should know what to do now!”

“I do. I do.” The tough guy might have been frightened by what Lu Qi had just done, so he could only agree, nodding.

Seeing that the tough guy had given in, Lu Qi explained, “We are just some ordinary people. Your people will wake up in a while. They are fine and you don’t have to worry about them. As long as you play along and let us go safely, we won’t bother you. But if something happens when we leave, I can’t guarantee that.”

When Lu Qi finished his words, he gave a meaningful laugh that terrified the tough guy. His arms, which were held, shook unconsciously.

The tough guy looked back and roared at the people who were still standing there, “If you don’t want me to die, don’t come over. If you come over, I won’t be responsible for your death.”

The tough guy seemed to be quite authoritative in his gang. After that, all those gangsters left. As for those who were lying on the ground, no one cared about them, mainly because no one dared.

Lu Qi went to his carriage to fetch some rope and tied up the tough guy’s hands. He asked Xu Ran and the others to get into the carriages while he followed in the rear. Lu Qi got into the carriage with the rope tying up the tough guy in his hand.

However, considering that the tough guy was on foot while they took carriages, they didn’t go too fast. They didn’t stop until they had climbed over the hill and could see a town in front of them. Lu Qi untied the tough guy and also gave him a lesson.

“When you rob someone in the future, be more careful. The more ordinary people look, the farther you should stay away from them. On the contrary, some wealthy families know nothing about martial arts and can’t protect themselves. You guys must have been hanging around here for years! But how come you don’t even know some basic knowledge of robbery? Shame on you. By the way, how about following me? You may join the army with me. It would be great if we can fight with those barbarians together!”

The others didn’t react, while Xu Ran was embarrassed to hear that. Lu Qi was working for King Yan at any time. He even wanted to ask the bandits they had met halfway to join the army and fight with the barbarians. How loyal he was.

But this wasn’t the point. The point was that the tough guy was actually swayed after hearing him. He answered, “Of course it’s better to beat those barbarians than to rob. But I have to look for a general I like. Otherwise, I can’t go on either.”

Well, so this guy wanted to find himself a boss. Somehow, Lu Qi talked back in whispers, and Xu Ran failed to eavesdrop on them.

Although Xu Ran really wanted to know, what if they were talking about something confidential? So Xu Ran just gave up, turned around and watched the view with Liu Tong and the others.

On the other side, it was unknown what Lu Qi had told the tough guy. When the tough guy left in the end, he was grinning, and kept looking back and telling Lu Qi that he would definitely go for Lu Qi with his people in the future.

It seemed that Lu Qi had achieved a great success!