She Holds the World After Being Reborn
Chapter 120: Deep Sisterly Affection, Ruthlessly Assassinates

Chapter 120: Chapter 120: Deep Sisterly Affection, Ruthlessly Assassinates

After parting with the Empress, Yan Wanqing took a road she had never traveled before.

The road was sparsely populated and faster, but more difficult to traverse, requiring her to scale walls and rooftops—a path the old her would never have considered, but now, things were different; her martial skills had returned.

When Yan Wanqing flipped over a wall, she heard a clamor from beyond it.

"If you come any closer, I won’t be polite anymore!"

The voice was very familiar.

Yan Wanqing was momentarily stunned, then she leapt onto the roof and saw Li Chengxiang.

She didn’t know why he was alone, holding only a vegetable basket, waving it feebly in the air.

Three burly men were closing in on him, their sleazy expressions growing as they continued to advance.

"If you come any closer, I really will stop being polite—I mean it!" Li Chengxiang’s threat left them unmoved, so he threw his vegetable basket at them.

Contained within the basket were a few cabbages that, flying through the air in an arc, hit one of the sturdy men with neither too much nor too little force, and he casually deflected it to the ground, where the cabbages rolled out, looking quite pitiful.

Li Chengxiang was a genuinely delicate girl who, in normal times, handled nothing more strenuous than a needle and thread, or an abacus and ledgers; today, the vegetable basket was probably the heaviest thing she had ever carried.

As she saw her only weapon thrown away, and the three burly men closing in, tears of fear began to well up in her eyes and streamed down her cheeks.

"The lass cries rather prettily!" one of the sturdy men remarked.

Li Chengxiang, looking at the scar on his face and feeling him come closer with ill intent, screamed in fright, "I am the Li Family’s young lady, I have money, let me go and I’ll give you money."

"Who doesn’t know that you are the Li Family’s young lady? It’s precisely because we know that we came," one man retorted.

"Did you think we had nothing better to do? Someone paid us to deal with a calamity, and we know Ms. Li is wealthy, but in our line of work, we value credibility," another ruffian slowly said.

"Why waste words with her? Let’s finish the job and leave," the impatient one glanced around, instructing the remaining tough to keep watch, then began to undress.

Seeing this, Li Chengxiang’s face turned pale.

All because she had been separated from her maidservants and family guards. Now, all alone in this decrepit, isolated alley, her cries for help were unheard by heaven and unheeded by earth.

"If you dare come any closer, I’ll bash my head in and kill myself!" Li Chengxiang threatened bitterly.

The brutes weren’t frightened by her words; instead, they burst into laughter.

"The buyer said no one cares what happens to you as long as we finish our job, and she will take care of the aftermath."

Someone capable of hiring assassins and engaging in such vile methods could only be that person.

Li Chengxiang voiced her suspicion.

"Is it the third young lady of the Li Family who hired you!"

There could be no one else.

At her words, the expressions on the faces of the three sturdy men visibly changed.

Li Chengxiang knew she had guessed correctly.

With a cold and detached smile, she said to herself, "Back then, she did all kinds of evil deeds, and I never really did anything to her. Now she’s trying to eradicate me utterly just for a man, haha... Such deep sisterly love! Such a ruthless heart, Li Chengyuan!"

"There’s no need to waste any more words with her." Seeing that the situation was taking a wrong turn, the first brute showed a vicious face and stepped forward to grab Li Chengxiang’s arm, yanking her forcefully in front of him.

Unable to break free, the light in Li Chengxiang’s eyes began to dim.

No one was coming back to save her...

Was she really going to be defiled in such a manner?

She would rather die than suffer that fate.

Just as Li Chengxiang was losing all hope, the brute holding her suddenly let out a shout of surprise, followed by the release of his grip on her.

Li Chengxiang hurriedly retreated backward.

"Who!"

The three riffraffs looked around, for it was clear that someone had made a move just now.

"What’s with this sneaking around? Come out at once!"

Li Chengxiang felt a glimmer of hope rise within her, really someone had heard her prayers and come to her rescue.

Yan Wanqing had not intended to show herself, but seeing Li Chengxiang’s expression, a trace of pity stirred in her heart.

"Bullying a weak woman, what kind of heroes are you? If you’ve got the nerve, why don’t you square off with me?"

Yan Wanqing leapt down from the top of the wall, stood in front of Li Chengxiang, and shielded her staunchly.

Ever since Yan Wanqing appeared, it was like a light shone before Li Chengxiang’s eyes.

"You’re the one from last time at Fireworks Lane..."

The youth who had helped her escape from Wa Chengnan’s clutches before.

Indeed, he had appeared before her once again.

Li Chengxiang’s heart thumped wildly, as if every time she was in grave danger, this youth would appear.

Yan Wanqing gestured provocatively with her fingers to the three thugs.

Perfect timing, she had been holding in quite a bit of anger lately, and taking it out on these scum would soothe the rage in her heart.

Yan Wanqing was ruthless in her attack, sparing their lives but ensuring each punch landed with a solid thud, leaving the three thugs wailing and howling incessantly.

By the time she had vented her fury, the three men were already lying on the ground, unable to move.

Li Chengxiang carefully extended a finger to check their breathing.

"Don’t worry, they won’t die," Yan Wanqing said as she rubbed her wrists and exhaled a breath of stale air from her chest.

That felt exceedingly good.

Violence wasn’t ideal, but it certainly relieved stress.

Yan Wanqing was about to walk away when Li Chengxiang hurriedly followed her.

"I meant to thank you for last time, and here you are saving me again," Li Chengxiang said, blushing and running to keep up behind Yan Wanqing.

Listening to her, Yan Wanqing slightly furrowed her brows and stood still.

"It was merely a matter of convenience, don’t dwell on it. Anyone would have done the same," she said.

Li Chengxiang paused, then quickly responded, "Still, I must thank you. May I know the name and residence of my benefactor, so that I can visit in the future to express my gratitude in person?"

"No need for thanks, Miss Li. We shall meet again," Yan Wanqing led Li Chengxiang to a bustling street market, then turned and vaulted over the wall without a backward glance, vanishing from her sight.

Li Chengxiang opened her mouth but was unable to call out.

Just then, her maids and family servants, who had been searching for her anxiously, arrived.

Noticing the dust on her, a maid hurried forward to dust her off: "Miss, where did you get this?"

"I ran into a few riffraffs just now."

"Ah!" The maids and servants were shocked: "Miss, are you alright?"

"I’m fine. A young man knocked them all down. Come with me now, we’ll arrest them all and take them back to the Li Residence. I have a score to settle with Li Chengyuan personally!"

How dare she nurse such disgusting thoughts about her.

She wasn’t one to be trifled with.

If Li Chengyuan had no regard for sisterly affection, then she wouldn’t blame her for being merciless!

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