"Sister Cai, I don't think we would manage to grab the lunch by the time we back at the office."

Zhang Cai checked her wrist.w.a.tch and nodded in approvement, "Oh you right, I didn't think we take this much time on the road," while saying this, Zhang Cai feel a little bad because honestly, if she didn't hold Naruto to chat for awhile back at the clearing, they could pretty much return on time.

"How about having it outside? I think there is a diner shop along the way," Naruto suggested with a thoughtful expression.

Hesitation appeared on Zhang Cai's face, though she indeed feel a little bad for Naruto but her situation didn't allow her to spend her money carelessly. With a bitter expression, she said: " Sorry, I'm alright Naruto, I can just hold up until after work and just eat back at home."

Hold up till after work? Aren't you be starving for three hours straight?

Naruto wrinkled his eyebrows, he who understood and knew her circ.u.mstance, of course, wouldn't let her pay by herself. Thus, he manned up, "Sister Cai, the food's on me, so let us eat together!"

Unsurprisingly, Zhang Cai shook her head, "No Naruto, you go on ahead, like I said before, I just going to skip the lunch."

She let out a giggle, "Hehe do you know that I'm currently on a diet program? So It's OK for me to just skip once or twice!"

Although Zhang Cai said that in a cheerful style but Naruto knew she just pretending, diet wasn't about cutting your food routine but being selective about what you eat and did a lot of exercises. You can't replace lunch with either breakfast or dinner and other way around.

Naruto sighed as he knows if he insists, he just makes things awkward between them. So without said anything, he just followed Zhang Cai back to their office.

Meanwhile at the west station of Zhong Hai Police Department...

Cai Yan was currently feeling very frustrated. After managed to round up and exposed Chen Dahai dirty operation, she had been sending out all of her units to every corner within the area. But like a ground mole, Chen Dahai along with his group went into the ground, even his son, Chen Feng also gone without a trace. She had put a bounty and arrest warrant for anyone who had a slight connection with Chen Dahai but until now, no one had turned them over.

Such a big group, how can they just disappeared like that?

Cai Yan face filled with an irritation, she currently was sitting on her own chair within her office. On her simple looking desk, many files had been scattered beside the flat looking LCD. It wasn't clear how many time she had flipping open those files but based on the condition of its surface which swarmed with numerous creases, perhaps many.

It was quite bright today, the temperature on the usual normal climate rose several degrees, making her room was quite hot. She not just frustrated about her current predicament but also about the useless fan that furiously rotating on the ceiling, yet it yielded no fruit since the room was still boiling as a stove.

d.a.m.n higher-up! How can they refuse tom allocate more budget for this place equipments, least they should provide air-conditioner, not the blasted broken fan!

She grabbed the gla.s.s on her left side and took a mouthful drink of what inside, soon the cool feeling invade her throat, prospering the drying tunnel once again.

She let out a comfortable hum before put back the gla.s.s and regain her focused on her task. Grabbing randomly one of the files, she opened and read it with a narrow eye.

Hmm, Heaven Pleasure Tavern a.s.sumed to be their usual hang out, but when I a.s.sign the team to check the place up, the people who worked there claim never seen them, tch! Maybe they already being bought by Chen Dahai to shut their trap.

Several places have been searched including Chen Dahai's mistress place but still got no clue where they hide, could be they were hiding outside the city?

It will be troublesome if they are since I have to contact the people in that jurisdiction to cooperate in searching.

While she was deep in her thought, the front door toward her room suddenly had a knock, with eyes still fixed into the file, she responded: "Come in."

"Chief!" the door opened and revealed one of her subordinate.

"What is it?"

"Someone sends this to you, there is no address of the sender," the officer said politely and walked toward her desk with a piece of a letter on his hand. Then he offered it to her.

Cai Yan faced him with a wrinkled brow, putting back the file she had on her hand, Cai Yan glanced at the stuff within his hand, with a slight careful movement, she accepted the letter and said: "No sender? Have you checked the content?"

"No, Chief! Since it is meant for you, we dare not to!" he said formally.

Cai Yan nodded and turned her eyes toward the letter, she flips it several times to check for any clue of the sender but the letter was clean white without a slight ink on it.

She stopped for awhile as if thinking of something before carefully tore the letter, there was a piece of paper inside. she grabbed the paper and put away the letter. The moment Cai Yan read what's written on the paper, her expression change greatly, with an abrupt movement, she stood up and spoke firmly, "Prepare the unit! Chen Dahai's base of operation had been found! we began the sweep immediately!"

"Yes, Chief!" the officer answered without hesitation.

(***)

Yu Lei's sky sc.r.a.pper building has entered both person eyesight, the fact that the building was the only one who has the most floor around the area make it easier to spot on.

Along the side road, Naruto has tried multiple time persuade Zhang Cai to eat at the diner shop but she kept refusing with various reason, in the end, Naruto could only give up and let her be.

A lot of people could be seen entering and leaving the shops in the vicinity, whether it was from restaurant or cafe, either with a steady pace or hurried one.

Soon, both people pa.s.sed by the diner shop Naruto mention, it was a small building with no decoration whatsoever except for the big word "s.h.i.+ Ma diner shop" hang on the above its front door.

Naruto and Zhang Cai stopped their footsteps exactly in face of the building, they seemed like inside their own self-though and no one could tell what they're thinking just by the look on their face.

After a while, Zhang Cai turned around with a faint smile, "Well, here it is! I guess we separate our way from here huh?"

There was no respond from Naruto as he only looked at her with a sad expression, he resembled a puppy who pleading to its master for wanting something.

Zhang Cai trembled a little upon seeing this, she honestly wanted to accept his offer yet at the same time she didn't want anybody to take pity on her, with a great effort, she faced away from him, "T-Then I see you back at the office, bye bye."

Naruto held his breath at this moment as he furiously thought how to take her along with him into the diner shop, although it seems exaggerated, Naruto never a person who can felt comfortable after walk away from someone in need, if this is just anybody, he may just shrugged it off and the uncomfortable feeling soon faded, but she is not anybody, he felt that after their little talk, the relations.h.i.+p bond between them had gone a lot closer, when someone started sharing their secret with you, that means they have a trust in you and believe you are capable to keep their secret. That was a huge leap in a relations.h.i.+p since no one would tell their secret just to anybody.

Looking at the Zhang Cai's back figure who soon would walk away, Naruto with serious expression spur forward and grabbed her little hand.

This action obviously surprised Zhang Cai.

"NNaruto?" Zhang Cai said with a nervous tone from feeling Naruto's firm gaze.

"Sister Cai, you follow me to the diner."

"But I already said-"

"You don't have to eat anything, just accompany me to talk, OK?"

Zhang Cai hesitated again, after all, wouldn't she be torturing herself by went inside a place full of food yet she won't be eating any of them? But from Naruto decisive eyes and firm tone, he clearly didn't take any rejection tone anymore, she already feel bad from refused to take his offer for a treat, so she didn't has any more heart to shoo away his invitation this time.

"OK, I come along, but only because I don't want you to be alone!"

"Um, that settles it!" Naruto nodded grinningly.

Naruto let go of her little hand and quickly entered the 's.h.i.+ Ma' diner shop with Zhang Cai followed in a toe.

"Welcome!"

As soon as Naruto slid open the door, a cheerful and bright man's voice entered his ears, a fragrant smell of hot stew and steamed food quickly filled his entire nose, arousing whatever thing inside his stomach. This effect no only fell upon him but also the young shoulder-haired woman behind him, making her let out a gulp sound from her throat.

The entire shop only has four table for its customers plus with an extra table in front of the counter which is long enough to fill another four people. Behind the counter, two figure could be seen standing side by side, one is a young man with brownish short-hair while another is a young woman with slight bluish long hair. Both of them wearing ap.r.o.n yet the man was the only one has a chef hat on the top.

The young man nudged the person beside him with his elbow, like he tried to signal her or something. She startled and nodded apologetically before run out from the counter. She stops in front of Naruto and Zhang Cai while greeting them politely.

"Customers, please forgive my poor behavior, this is our first time opening so I still not used to it"

Naruto and Zhang Cai looked at each other before they chuckling, Naruto with a smile said: "it's alright, it's alright! You don't have to be that nervous, but then again, this is the first time so I guess it's pretty normal to be like that"

The young woman nodded in appreciation, "Thank you for your understanding, my name is Eba, may I lead you to your table?"

Naruto looked past her shoulder and noticed there were already several customers sitting on the counter's table, so he looked back at her and nodded.

Short later, Eba and the pair arrived at the wooden looking table with four similar material chairs. Every decoration on this diner is pretty simple and plain, clearly, they did not pay to much attention on the appearance but need to be known, that sometimes, a simple looking restaurant may offer best taste food because that's the only thing they could use to attract people.

"Only two of you who running this place?" Zhang Cai asked as she pulls out the chair from under the table

"Um! Haruto and I just graduated from Zhong Hai University, we try to make a living by opening diner shops since Haruto pa.s.sion is cooking," Eba said with a shy smile.

"You guys married?" Zhang Cai asked again while leaning her cheek against her hand who stood on the top of the table.

"Ah, no! We just a lover... for now," Eba responded with a red face.

Zhang Cai giggled at her shyness, she said: "I hope your relations.h.i.+p last long to the matrimony."

"Thank you, customer," Eba said gratefully, she took out a paper held by a small and thin board, on her other hand, a pen had been ready, "now, may I have your order?"

"..." Naruto and Zhang Cai turned speechless for a while, with a weird expression Naruto said: "Umm.. Miss Eba, I don't see any menu anywhere and I don't think we received any menu list from you yet,"

"Eh?" Eba turned absentminded for a short time before she yelped in panic, "wah?! Sorry I forgot to give you the list, wait for a moment!"

She hastily ran off toward the counter. Naruto and Zhang Cai couldn't hold back their laughter at her clumsiness while the man called Haruto face palmed himself behind the counter.

Soon, Eba cameback with a book on her hand, she handed it over to Naruto while apologizing numerous time even though Naruto already said it was OK. Skimming through a list of food inside the menu's book, Naruto raised his head toward her and said with a smile: "I want each one portion of the Kung Pao Chicken, Garlic Stir Deep Fry Pork, and Honey Sauced Fried Shrimp. All of them completed with a rice, oh also a gla.s.s of sweet tea."

Both Eba and Zhang Cai was flabbergasted at Naruto who ordered such numerous food, with hesitation, Eba carefully asked: "Em, customer, are you ordered for two?"

"Eh? Of course not, that's only for me!" Naruto carelessly answered her.

Eba once again became shocked, but there was an old saying that 'customer is a king' which mean whatever the customer required must be fulfilled, so without asking too much, Eba wrote down what Naruto ordered before, then she turned to Zhang Cai, waiting for her to order.

"Sorry Eba, I'm not buy anything since I am just accompanying him."

"Oh... " Eba nodded and proceeded to process Naruto order.

After Eba left, Zhang Cai stared at Naruto with creased brow, "Are you sure you can finish all of that food?"

Naruto tapped his stomach, silly grin hooked his lips, "Sister Cai you have no idea how my stomach can hold so many..."

"Are you a reincarnation of a pig?" Zhang Cai snickered.

"How can it be?! Such a handsome man like me have any relation with a pig!" Naruto refuted with a shocking expression.

"Maybe it was a handsome pig, hey, who knows?" Zhang Cai said with a smirk.

"Sister Cai... a handsome pig was still a pig, do you know where they like to take a bath?" Naruto answered with a bitter expression.

"I know, they like to dip themselves inside a mud right?" Zhang Cai put her finger on her chin.

"Smart! And if you resembling me to a pig doesn't that mean you a.s.suming me like to bath in a mud?" Naruto sighed

"Hehe, maybe take a bath in a mud is a secret way to gain immortality," Zhang Cai teased

"Sister Cai, you take a mud as a secret fountain of youth?" Naruto almost bashed his head to the table

"There is no one ever said it isn't," Zhang Cai t.i.ttered when seeing Naruto reaction.

"Why don't you try it then, send me a message if it truly works," Naruto rolled his eyes.

"I will but you need to prepare a high sum of money," Zhang Cai surprisingly complied with a mysterious smile.

"Eh? For what?" Naruto raised his eyebrows.

"Duh, for buying a lot of soap of course!" Zhang Cai finally laughed after saying that. Naruto startled by her sudden outburst but finally, realize what it is about then he laughed together with her.

Several minutes later, Eba came back with a tray on her hand, several bowls could be seen on top of it, there is also two gla.s.s of tea come along. Eba put down what Naruto order in front of him and somehow put one gla.s.s of tea in front of Zhang Cai.

"On the house," Eba said while winking her eye toward Zhang Cai.

Zhang Cai threw surprise look before she showed her grat.i.tude, "Thanks!"

Eba gave her a smile, then she left them alone. On the top of every bowl had been covered but a fragrant smell of the food could still be sensed from their nose. Every single food had their own unique scent, people can differentiate between chicken, pork, beef, fish, egg, or shrimp. Whether it was fried or steamed. Not to mention, if that food was their favorite dish, maybe they were no longer just using they nose to sense it but more like using their sixth sense or something, for example, Naruto could detect ramen even when it was closed by a stainless steel cover. Though maybe that just him being a freak.

Naruto opened them one by one, and soon the smell of the food intensified, if Naruto could not hold his rumbling stomach to stay quiet, then how about Zhang Cai?

As soon as Naruto opened them, Zhang Cai eyes darted to one of the bowls who hold honey sauce fried shrimp, since it was still hot, the sauce which was made of honey is on a process to melt together with the fried shrimp and white rice, causing it to have some good aesthetic appearance. She gulped her saliva on her mouth the moment unique smell of honey infiltrated her nose, the look of fried shrimp which well burn based on the color it has hold captive of her eyes, and the heated feeling that radiated from the white rice was enough to make her stomach to play an instrument of the drum.

Zhang Cai longing expression didn't go miss over Naruto eyes, he smirked before he grumbled: "Oh c.r.a.p!"

"Wh-what?! What is it?" Zhang Cai hurriedly asked, she feared her previous behavior caught seen by him.

"I remembered I'm having an allergy toward sh.e.l.lfish, urgh! The itches were so unbearable, not to mention if it happens in the eye," he said with ugly expression.

"Huh? Why did you order it in the first place?" Zhang Cai asked as she felt this male companion of her was quite weird.

"Tch, blame my stomach, I was so hungry that forget such an important thing."

"Is it possible to return it back?"

"Sister Cai, give it back what has been made was impolite behavior and an insult toward the chef."

"Then what to do?"

"Simple!"

"What?"

"You eat this!"

Naruto's word definitely caught Zhang Cai off guard, fearing she heard him wrong, she asked in doubt

"Come again?"

"You eat this for me!"

Now Zhang Cai was really sure that Naruto indeed tells her to eat the honey sauce fried shrimp, she glanced at the inviting food and almost agreed to him in the flash but she regained her bearing then look at him in trouble expression.

"Naruto, I already told you that I'm not take up your treaty offer."

"I'm not treating you," Naruto said without a care.

"Then what is this?"

"You eat my food."

"Without me paying it?"

"of course! Since it was a food that has been ordered under mine, it is me who should pay for it."

Zhang Cai rolled her eyes at his words, if she ate this but he's the who paid for it, what's the difference between he bought her a treat then? But the food was really appealing to her, not to mention it was still br.i.m.m.i.n.g with hotness. On the other hand, she really wanted to resist the temptation to gobble it up right away. With a hard effort, she finally managed to struggle and rejected him.

"I'm not eating it!"

"Sister Cai, there is an old saying 'if you waste a food, that food will curse you not to be able to feel full for eternity' do you want me to get that curse?"

"Then I'm paying for it!"

"Sister Cai, aren't you belittle me? Do you take me as a poor man that could not pay for my own food?"

"No... that is not what I mean..."

"Then maybe you take me as a fraud who in the end eating without paying?"

"No... of course not..."

"So why do you hesitating for? You gotta eat if you have to eat if someone already giving out his present but you shove it back to him, not only you not being grateful but you also hurt his feeling, do you really want that to happen?"

With Naruto endless statement with a hint of not taking any rejection, Zhang Cai could only lower her head in embarra.s.sment, she also wondered what's wrong with her that she kept beating her head over this, it just a treat of food, how can she make it become this complicated? Finally, after an intense internal fighting within her, she gave up.

"Alright, I eat it for you," she said with a faint smile.

Naruto smile became brighten at this moment, he grabbed the bowl of honey sauced fried shrimp and carefully place it in front of her. Then he gazed deeply at her as if encouraging her to take the first bite.

Zhang Cai hesitated for a while before she took the chopstick and clamped the fried shrimp between it, the dripping honey sauced from the shrimp was similar to a molten gold, the intoxicating smell that enough to mesmerize any person was infiltrating her nose, cause some motoric nerve in her to quickly put the delicate little thing into her mouth.

*Crisp!*

She took a bite of it and the taste of fried shrimp mixing with the sweetness and juicy of honey sauced making their base within her oral captivity. Its hotness didn't cause any burn instead make her feeling the comfortable warmness that any people hate to part with. The crispy shrimp was still turning over inside her mouth but that warmness already down within her throat causing her to moan in satisfaction and she closed her eyes to enjoy the aftertaste of it.

"Is it good?" Soon a gentle and captivating voice of man resounded within her ears

"Um," she nodded

"What do you feel?" he spoke again

"It's warm" she replied

"Does that satisfy you?" he said

"Very!" she replied

Zhang Cai slowly opened her eyes and she met with a gentle gazes of a cerulean blue eyes, the owner of these eyes like sky was currently grinning foolishly, with an energetic voice, he spoke loudly, "Then lets dig up this food before they went up cold or you will regret it for the rest of your life!"

Zhang Cai heart shook upon hearing these, she realized by now that everything he did just for the sake of her and she also knew that he didn't have any allergy to begin with. Little bit tears spilled out from the corner of her eyes, then with a smile full of happiness, she said: "Yes!"

(***)

The darkening sky started to paint the city rooftop, at this hour, most people were busy themselves with a way to return to their own home. A bunch of cars could be seen line up in the traffic lamp, waiting for the self-service matador to wave its red flag into green so they could ram the invisible police line and broke it down. Among these metallic bull, a Bentley car had been seeing mingle itself with them. A beautiful like G.o.ddess person could be seen sitting on the driver chair, she kept glancing at her wrist.w.a.tch, followed with a nervous expression.

"Oh please, I hope I can make it in time.." she impatiently spoke.

At the same time on the different side of Zhong Hai...

*pit-pat!* *pit-pat!* *pit-pat!*

*ckck-bang!* *ckck-bang!* *ckck-bang!*

*p-taff!* *p-taff!* *p-taff* *bam!* *bam!* *bam!*

Many kinds of gunfire sound have exploded within the surrounding area, the places already devoid of civilian whether it was because of the warning alarm from the white-black sedan before or maybe because of those barrel of fire sound.

"f.u.c.k! How can those pigs find us?!" One of the thug-person looking guy grumbled loudly

Their place of hiding should be safe from these watch-pigs eyes but this evening, they suddenly heard the annoying warning sound and valiant young woman voice spoke through a speaker. She said that if they didn't come out with guns on the floor and hands in the air, she would carry her team and began a siege on their place.

How could they just surrender? Even if they managed to escape the police's bullet, it wasn't certain they could escape their boss aggression. They also had families to take care off, the polices may merciful but their boss? That's basically impossible!

They were readying themselves for the upcoming war before suddenly they heard a gun sound went off, not from the police side but from their own base, these of course by the police took as an act of resistant and the valiant woman issue her command through the speaker to tear down the entire building.

Then all h.e.l.l broke loose, tear gas and stun bomb everywhere, polices with a complete gear and variety of firearm including rifles came ravaging their place, of course they don't just sit there helplessly, even without enough time to arm them all, at least they put the act of resistant even it yielded no result.

What more annoying is, a lot of phone calls coming in from other smaller base, this place was the largest base and hiding spot for them and supposed to become their center of operation, whether it was a reinforcement, temporary shelter, or any illegal stuff temporary stash.

The phone calls this time issued every same problem, they need a reinforcement or an a.s.sistance because they place has been discovered and right now was under an attack. They also said that the attacker wasn't coming from the Police but instead from another group.

"d.a.m.n! This is not just police operation, but also a rebel act from underworld gang from surrounding!"

"Hmph! The moment boss went into hiding they decided to bare their fang at their master, so unloyal dogs!"

"Just wait when the boss comes back, they including their entire family will be facing an annihilation!"

They were complaining when the final door toward their office was kicked open, they quickly were about to go to their cover spot before one shoot of a rifle tore its way through the tight of one of them.

"Don't move or the next bullet goes through several inches from your tight!" the voice of the shooter come out with cold intonation. They could hear although it was firm and strict, the voice belongs to a woman.

True enough, after they managed to get a clear look at the shooter appearance, it was a figure that could shake every man heart. Despite the cold and strict face she wearing right now, it wasn't enough to hide her beauty, the perfect outline of oval face that held no unnecessary fat, a wheat and healthy skin that could be seen from the redness from her cheek, lastly a smooth and tidy short-hair but still reaching up to her neck. If not for the rifle in her hand, a bullet protection armor on her torso, and police suit she wearing, they might already invite her to a dinner.

After the valiant beauty bloodied entering, many more people follow her behind and started sweeping the entire office, since they had no time to prepare the unexpected, every single evidence of their dirty operation was still there, the only thing that was not to exist is the where about of their boss.

"Chief! Everything was cleared!"

Cai Yan nodded and walked slowly toward the surrendering thugs, she asked: "Where is Chen Dahai?"

The thug's exchange glanced before one of them spoke bitterly: "We don't know"

Unable to accept their answer, Cai Yan eyes became cold, with a tense muscle, she aimed her rifle toward one of the thugs head and said: "I'm going to ask you again, Where... is... Chen Dahai?"

"We really don't know, the boss never revealed his hiding spot to us, we have only received an order from encrypted emails!" the thug answered with a trembling body, it was unknown whether it was from the pain from his thigh or fear for the rifle muzzle who stuck into his head.

Cai Yan wrinkled her brow as if she tried to found lies in his word, but in the end, she didn't find any and can only sigh in frustration. After all of this siege, in the end, she couldn't find anything that might lead her into Chen Dahai safe place, so long she not take him out, Chen Dahai could still grow another group, so long you not take the roots out, the plant could still grow a leaf.

Unknown to Cai Yan and the rest of them, another person was standing in the roof top little bit far from the place, he watches what had been happening there through his scope, the man reached out for his pocket before he took out his phone and pressed dial on it.

"Everything goes perfectly, elder sister," the man spoke in a respectful tone.

"Good, return to the base now," the voice of the other line said.

"Will do!" the man closed his phone and packed his stuff then quickly left the area.

Somewhere in the west side of Zhong Hai...

Jiang Wei was staring at the rubble of what's left of Chen Dahai base, since he had five bases that were perfectly covered in the Westside, Jiang Wei couldn't help but leave the biggest one to the police, whether they succeeded or not, that's not her concern, she just needed them to occupy the central base busy while her society ransacked smaller bases alongside with other underworld gangsters.

"The chief inspector of the west station is pretty capable, no wonder she would be able to reach that position in such a young age."

Jiang Wei spoke in admiration, it was rare for such a young people nowadays to reach high position by their own effort, though Jiang Wei wasn't sure about this young lady chief achievement, she believes from the result of her on handling this case that she is pretty outstanding.

"Now is only left for us to handle the left over of Chen Dahai group, then West part of Zhong Hai would only belong to Red Thorn Society"

She looked at the rest of her brother and sister who willingly followed her into the battlefield, without them and his presence, she wouldn't be able to live long enough to achieve all of this.

Soon father! Soon! Just you wait!

She clenched her hands.

"Xiao Zhao, you're coming with me, the rest of you look for anything that worth to salvage," Jiang Wei said while strolling her way toward the ruin.

"Yes, elder sister!" they began to spread around the area except for Xiao Zhao who requested by Jiang Wei to follow her.

Both of them arrived at the half-broken door, then Xiao Zhao hastily kicked it open and completely broke it down.

"Xiao Zhao, it's already almost torn down, why do you have to kick it?" Jiang Wei asked

"Eeh... to look a little bit manly?" Xiao Zhao answered awkwardly

Jiang Wei sighed, she said: "No wonder you don't have a girlfriend."

Xiao Zhao almost wanted to cry, "Elder sister how can you rub my sore spot..."

They chatted leisurely without knowing when they pa.s.sed by another room, from the blind spot corner of the room, a shadow lunged at them.

"Xiao Zhao, watch out!" Jiang Wei spoke in alarm. Since she has been training under Naruto's guide, the first lesson Naruto always taught is to hone her sense whenever danger approaches. Jiang Wei may be able to avoid it if the attack was directed at her but unfortunately, it was mean for Xiao Zhao.

*Bang!*

Without able to react in time, Xiao Zhao got pushed to the nearby wall in the room and coincidentally hit his head in the process, causing him to instantly pa.s.s out. Jiang Wei turned around and took a step back, she was able to get a clear view of the attacker, it was a big man with a burly body, his skin was dark and his face broght out a sense of terror. At this moment, the burly man skin had a lot of wounds, his head bleeding and part of his Tank top s.h.i.+rt has a hint of burn.

He stared hatefully at Jiang Wei as if he wants to shred her apart only with his look, he grinning fiendishly and said: "Hah! Turn out it's the commander of red thorn itself! Hahaha! Brother, today I'm going to take revenge for all of you!" then the man stride forward to plunge himself toward Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei took out her 9mm pistol and was about to shoot him, when suddenly another danger sense come into her from a different direction, hesitated for a while, she aimed her gun behind her and quickly shot it.

*Bang!* *Bang!*

"Arghhh!"

Another man's voice resounded of that direction, Jiang Wei didn't have time to check if that man was dead or alive as she took back her focus toward the burly man who already in close proximity with her, with a swift movement she aimed her gun toward the man and pulled the trigger

*Bang!*

The bullet managed to shoot its way through the man's right shoulder, but as if the man had become crazy, he didn't budge with the pain and still pushed his way toward Jiang Wei. By this time, Jiang Wei didn't have a chance to dodge out from his path before he collided himself with her.

*Bam!*

Unlike the previous time with Xiao Zhao, he didn't push her away instead roll together with her until both of them crashed into the wall, The burly man was on top of her and he reached out for her gun which she holds it tightly with her hand, her another hand was grabbing the dagger hide within her tight leather pants and fiercely stab the man abdomen with it. The man let out a painful groan but his adrenaline seems like make him an unstoppable force, he raised his hand and punch Jiang Wei right in her face.

"Argh!"

The punch was strong enough to put her into concussion, the man took this chance to grab a hold of her gun and managed to take it, unwillingly Jiang Wei raised her head and harshly bite the man's hand, they said that one of the parts of a human that could use to tear someone to death beside nails are teeth.

True enough, the man let out another groan as he tried to let loose his hand from Jiang Wei's deathly bite, even when he kept bas.h.i.+ng her face with his another hand, but Jiang Wei still not let go of her mouth, the pain was getting unbearable for him thus forcefully made him let go the gun, it stumbled out of reach from these two. Jiang Wei let loose her mouth and smirked coldly at the man, feeling the mocking expression from the young woman under him made the man felt his anger rose again, without considering the consequence the man reached out for the dagger that stabbed his stomach and pulled it out, blood coming out like a water from a hoose.

The man raised the dagger highly and was about to stab Jiang Wei's heart but stopped with her own two hands. the struggle between these two was continuing but Jiang Wei felt that man's strength was about to beat her since the dagger was slowly approaching her. The man grinning wickedly at the success he was about to has and Jiang Wei face become pale at the outcome of this fight.

No, she mustn't give up, she struggle this far not just to become a corpse in this ruin, she has yet to defeat her father, to show her father that she was capable of something. She didn't want to die yet, she wanted to see him again, she wanted to be hug by him again, she wanted to be caress and call 'fragrant and beautiful rose' again by him.

With that resolve, she yelled out and pushed the burly man with her both hand, then a strange thing happens, the burly man got overthrown easily but not just several feet from her but high, so high that the man's back hit the ceiling and he let out a scream of pain.

When he was about to fall back into the ground, Jiang Wei used the last of her strength to roll out from his landing position.

*Bang!*

The burly man body hit the ground and completely silent. Blood slowly spill from his body and sunk him in his own pool of blood.

Jiang Wei stared absentmindedly at the event that happens before her, but the fatigue from her last wisp of strength was making her head dizzy and she fainted in the spot.