Volume 1 Chapter 49: Surround and Beat Him Up

  Holding her excited younger brother's hand, Lu Yue jingled the thirty-one iron coins in her sleeve pocket and smiled: "Let's go, today sister will buy two catties of meat and make three dishes to reward Ah Yun well." She always felt that her brother was too cautious due to their poverty since childhood, sometimes inevitably becoming weak. Now he is doing well, can become more confident, and have the normal swagger of his peers. Therefore, Lu Yue did not plan to tell him the truth.

  "Alright, today we'll eat meat and have our fill." Lu Yun smiled and walked ahead of his sister.

  Today's market is as bustling as ever, with people coming and going. Lu Xuan walked for a while, turned her head and arrived at the butcher's stall. She was busy following the butcher to weigh the meat, while not far from her, Lu Yun had already run to a stall full of bamboo products on one side, eagerly flipping through them.

  Lü Yuè glanced at her brother, then turned back. The butcher was an old acquaintance of hers, and he stared at Lü Yuè, who was becoming more and more beautiful, without blinking. He grinned, showing his yellow teeth, and said: "Ah Yuè, I heard you broke off the engagement with that Zeng family young master? Hey, you're not getting any younger, my cousin has a son..."

  If it weren't for the fact that there was only one butcher's stall in this market, Lu Xuan wouldn't have come at all. Having lived here for many years, she knew very well about the butcher and his family's character and circumstances.

  So, without waiting for him to finish speaking, Lu Xuan calmly said: "No need." Nor did he say much to him, Lu Xuan stretched out his hand and picked up the piece of pork leg that Butcher had cut off.

  Just as Lu Xuan's hand touched the wrapped meat, she suddenly heard her brother Lu Yun's angry shout, "You're talking nonsense!"

  What happened?

  Lu Xuan quickly turned his head.

  As she turned her head, she suddenly found that her younger brother was rushing towards a man like a small tiger, his face twisted red with anger.

  "Ah Yun!" Lu Xuan shouted loudly and rushed over quickly.

  She rushed over just as Lu Yun had already pounced on the big man, extending her small fist and punching him. As she hit him, she angrily shouted: "My sister is the best! Obviously that surname Zeng person is shameless, he's having an affair with someone else and wants to demote my sister to a concubine. My sister got angry, of course she would throw mud at that slut!"

  That big fellow was already grown up, his stature was a head taller than Lu Yun's. A pair of triangular eyes darted about restlessly, and his dark yellow face looked gloomy and stern. How could Lu Yun be his match?

  He had just pounced forward, and his fist hadn't even hit the other person's chest when he was caught by the big man with one hand. Then, with a "slap" sound, he slapped Lu Yun in the face, grinning with a mouthful of yellow teeth: "A girl who dares to throw mud at people is naturally a shrew! It's clear that your sister is too reckless and arrogant, which is why the E family doesn't want her!"

  Lu Yun was caught by him with one hand, and when he heard this man fabricating his sister's mistakes in front of the crowd, ruining her reputation, he became extremely angry. His small body couldn't break free from the man's grasp, so he lowered his head and bit down hard on the man's wrist.

  This bite was very severe, and in the blink of an eye, the big man's wrist was bleeding profusely. In an instant, the big man's face sank, and he roared: "You dare to bite me, you little brat? Brothers, beat him up!" As soon as the words fell, he had already pinned Lu Yun to the ground, and then four or five sturdy men squeezed in from the side, kicking and punching Lu Yun's head and body.

  At this moment, Lu Ying had just rushed forward and saw the situation. Her pupils contracted: This is not good! These people are using their full strength, they want to disable my brother!

  In the midst of urgency, she hastily took two steps and rushed into a store, flung down a handful of iron coins, picked up a small bucket of lime powder and threw out a sentence, "Pay for it."

  When Lu Xun rushed to the front of the crowd, more people gathered around. However, these sturdy men were local rascals from Hanyang, and people generally disliked them and didn't dare get too close. They just stood there pointing and whispering, occasionally advising something.

  Lu Yun rushed to the front of the four hoodlums, put down the wooden bucket filled with quicklime on the ground, grabbed a handful with both hands, and splashed it onto the heads of the hoodlums!

  This is lime! It falls into eyes and causes severe eye pain.

  How could the crowd have expected that she had such a move? Caught off guard, they were slapped in the face by Lu Yue. At this moment, everyone covered their eyes and cried out in pain, some rolled around on the ground, others rushed around wildly, and some cried out: "Who is it? Who is it?"

  In the chaos of war, Lu Xuan ducked in. She grabbed Lu Yun, who was being trampled by the thugs, and dragged him out.

  From the time Lu Yun was beaten until now, it has only been a few moments. Therefore, although he was surrounded by four strong men, Lu Yun's injuries were not severe. He was pulled by his sister and ran wildly, and in the blink of an eye, the siblings had run far away.

  The two of them ran all the way to their own home, until they closed the door behind them. Lu Yun then fell to the ground with a thud, his face and body covered in purple swellings everywhere.

  Sitting on the ground, Lu Yun panted non-stop. After a while, he found it extremely quiet around him and raised one of his pale eyes to call out: "Sister?"

  Lu Ying ignored him and rushed into the room. When she came out, she was already dressed up neatly.

  Saw that there were still several wooden boxes in the basket carried by her sister, only covered with a piece of cloth on top. Lu Yun called out again: "Sister?"

  Lu Yue raised her head and looked at Lu Yun. She took out a handful of iron coins from her bosom and said in a low voice, "Ayun, you go to your good friend's place to sleep tonight."

  "Sister!"

  Looking at Lu Yun, Lu Yue explained: "Those few people are usually idle and do all sorts of evil. What I splashed on their faces today is lime. If they don't use oil to clean it off, but instead use water, their eyes will be useless! They won't let go of this deep hatred for disfiguring them, Ah Yun, you should hide for now. Don't worry, just hide for tonight, and by tomorrow at the latest, you can come back."

  Lu Yun looked at his sister's calm and composed appearance, nodded, took the iron money, and his eyes suddenly turned red. "Sister, I really didn't mean to. I've made trouble again."

  "It's not that simple." Lu Xuan thought of those thugs starting from deliberate provocation to later taking action, the style was fundamentally not unintentional.

  Those people, obviously want to ruin Ah Yun's life! She is an orphaned girl with no parents, her younger brother is the only one she has and the only one she can rely on for her whole life. Without her brother, even if she marries well, she will have no foundation, no support, and can be bullied at will. Even if someone beats or kills her, there won't be anyone to stand up for her, to speak out for her. But with a younger brother, especially one who is capable, no matter where she gets married, she will always have a lifelong backing!

  Her face sank, Lu Xuan took a step forward, she hugged Lu Yun and said softly: "You are also for me. If they hadn't spoken harshly, you wouldn't have come forward either. Alright, it's getting late, let's go out."

  "Alright."

  As soon as the sister and brother left the alley, they went their separate ways. Looking at her sister carrying the jewelry and silver given by Ping Yin, Lu Yun asked in a low voice: "Sister, are you going to the government office?"

  Lu Xuan shook her head and said lightly, "I have no face in the government office. Even if I give them all this money, it won't achieve my goal." To eradicate evil, one must cut off its roots. She had to make a fatal blow before those people reacted!