Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 444 - 451 Two Little Thieves

Chapter 444: Chapter 451 Two Little Thieves

Ning Xin’er pricked up her ears, listening intently to the sounds outside. In the quiet of the night, the noises became increasingly clear. Ning Xin’er had confirmed that intruders had entered, and there were two of them. Not only were they rummaging through things, but they were also talking.

"Boss, be gentle, don’t wake up the people here."

"What’s there to be afraid of? I’ve done my homework, there’s only a woman living in this house. If she doesn’t wake up, that’s fine; if she does, we’ll just have a little fun with her."

"There’s a car parked downstairs, she’s definitely at home. Besides, boss, we’re just here to steal, if it turns into rape, the crime is much more serious."

"Nonsense, look at you, all scared. By becoming thieves, we’re already breaking the law. What’s rape but just a bigger crime? Besides, just by looking at this woman’s status, you can tell she’s not an ordinary person. She lives in a villa like this, has her own car, she won’t care about losing some money. And if she gets raped, you think she’d dare to talk about it? She’d be the one shamed."

"But what if..."

"What if my ass. Hurry up and search for valuables, and after we’re done, we’ll go find that woman."

"What if she hears us and calls the police?"

"How can you be so dumb? Didn’t you see this cellphone? The woman’s phone is all in the living room, what can she use to call the cops?"

Ning Xin’er was scared out of her wits. In fact, the house wasn’t hers but a friend’s. Her friend had recently gone abroad and, seeing as she was in Mile City, she decided to stay here. Who would have thought she’d run into burglars?

If it were just about losing some money, she naturally wouldn’t care, but those two seemed to have other ideas about her, which was what worried her the most. Worst of all, she hadn’t brought her phone upstairs with her; otherwise, she’d have had enough time to call for help.

Jumping out of bed quickly, Ning Xin’er locked the bedroom door. She then tried to use something to barricade it, but the bedroom was spartanly furnished, with nothing but a bed and a built-in wardrobe that was completely embedded into the wall, immovable.

Now, all she could hope for was that the lock would keep the burglars out.

Lying on the bed with her head covered, Ning Xin’er’s heart pounded uncontrollably, but her ears picked up the footsteps of the thieves drawing nearer to her door.

"Click!" The sound of the door handle being twisted nearly made Ning Xin’er’s heart leap out of her throat.

Thankfully, the sound was just that, a sound; then the footsteps moved toward the next room. This sparked a glimmer of hope in Ning Xin’er. If they searched the next room and failed to open her door, perhaps they would leave.

Listening as the other doors were opened one by one followed by the sound of their contents being tossed around, every moment for Ning Xin’er felt like an eternity.

The thieves seemed to have finished their search and approached her door again, only for their footsteps to suddenly stop. Ning Xin’er’s face went pale; it was clear they were still intent on getting in, and if they actually did...

At that moment, Ning Xin’er instinctively pulled the quilt over her head, completely terrified and at a loss for what to do.

However, the thieves turned out to be master lock-pickers, and in less than two minutes, the door swung open with a "click." Hearing this, Ning Xin’er’s heart turned cold, and with that coldness came a surge of calmness. She threw off the quilt, and in an instant, she dashed toward the window. She should have thought to escape through the window earlier. Although it was the second floor, it wasn’t very high. If she could just get outside, she could scream for help.

The villa was detached, set some distance away from the neighboring houses. She had chosen to stay here precisely because of its quietness, but this also meant that even if she were to call for help from the window, no one would hear her.

"Miss, don’t jump!" The two thieves had just entered and saw Ning Xin’er rushing to the window. One of them dashed towards her and reached out to grab her arm.

Ning Xin’er’s room had air conditioning, so the windows were usually closed. To jump out, she needed to open them, and due to this delay, she hadn’t climbed onto the windowsill before the thief caught up to her.

"Help!" Ning Xin’er instinctively yelled out loud and desperately shook her arm before trying to scramble up onto the windowsill.

"Haha, play with us, girl. As long as you make us happy, I promise we won’t hurt you," the thief laughed, then reached out to pull Ning Xin’er again.

However, Ning Xin’er suddenly froze at that moment, and the thief’s hand was about to touch her arm when a large hand suddenly reached in through the window and firmly grasped his wrist.

This was exceedingly eerie. Imagine the pitch darkness outside, and a hand suddenly reaching in— even the bravest of people would probably be scared out of their wits at this point.

"Ah!" The thief let out a strange cry, desperately trying to pull his arm back, but no matter how much he struggled, he couldn’t break free. His hand was clamped down as if caught in the jaws of a tiger, completely immobile.

"Blockhead, come and help me!" the thief struggled and shouted back.

The one called Blockhead hurried over, but when he got there, he saw a man sitting on the windowsill wrapped in a bath towel, clutching his brother’s wrist, and immediately barked, "Kid, let go of my brother."

The person who had come in was none other than Li Yifei. He had actually been in the building all along—when he first came upstairs, he was on the second floor. However, when Ning Xin’er ran to his room, he hid outside the window. Not finding him there, she instinctively didn’t search that room later on, so Li Yifei got to sleep there quite peacefully.

As soon as the two thieves entered, Li Yifei was aware, but since he had just moved in and these two thieves showed up, he couldn’t help suspecting they had other ulterior motives and thus did not make himself known, letting them rummage around.

And when these two scoundrels even dared to attempt to assault her, Li Yifei could no longer refrain from intervening. Besides, he had discerned that they were genuine thieves, something he could tell from their movements. If they had been true experts, Li Yifei was confident he could have recognized it.

"You bastard, you knew to come out?" Ning Xin’er saw Li Yifei, and the fear that filled her dissipated instantly. She did not know the extent of Li Yifei’s real abilities, but being capable of protecting important figures surely meant considerable skill—these two petty thieves were no match for Li Yifei.

Fear was no longer an issue, but her anger surged forth, infuriated that this jerk had been there all along but hadn’t captured the thieves sooner, leaving her in fear for so long.

Li Yifei chuckled, "I thought the view out here was really nice, so I took a walk outside. Who knew that a couple of petty thieves would show up at my door."

"Get lost, nobody believes you. Hurry up and take care of them, then I’ll settle the score with you."

"No problem!" Li Yifei laughed heartily, then turned to look at the thief whose wrist he held. The thief was about twenty-six or twenty-seven, with a small chin and the face of a rat—a look that screamed thief. His smile waned and he said sternly, "Kid, stealing is one thing, but to dare attempt assault, you truly don’t know whether to live or die."

"You... you can go to hell!" Seeing Li Yifei still sitting on the windowsill, the thief found his courage and charged forward, his other hand pushing at Li Yifei, hoping to knock him out of the window in one go.

But at this moment, Li Yifei’s grip suddenly loosened, and he nimbly dodged, making the thief lunge at empty air and hurl himself toward the window.

The thief let out a horrified yell, trying to stop himself from falling out, but something tripped him at that moment, causing him to lose his balance and shoot out of the window without a touch on the window or sill, in a singularly clean and decisive action.

"Thump!" A dull sound was heard as the thief landed solidly on the ground. Below the window was a concrete ledge, and he’d fallen out sideways. Even though it was only the second floor, this fall left him quite injured; he groaned and struggled to get up for a while without success.

Li Yifei turned his gaze to Blockhead, speaking coldly, "Should I throw you out, or would you prefer to jump yourself?"

"I... I..." Although Blockhead was usually slow-witted, he wasn’t stupid. Seeing that Li Yifei faced the two of them without a hint of fear, he knew Li Yifei was not someone to be trifled with. And now, the real choice was to run. If Li Yifei caught them, they’d end up in the police station.

"I’ll jump!" The kid made his decision quickly, rushing to the window, attempting to climb onto the sill.

But Li Yifei grabbed the kid with one hand, hoisted him up, and tossed him out the window.

The first thief, who had finally caught his breath and was attempting to rise, was crashed into by the falling Blockhead, now plummeting from above.

"Ah!" After a heart-wrenching scream, there was silence.

"Big brother, big brother, how are you?" Blockhead, terrified, quickly got up. Seeing his brother had fainted, he tried to help him up, only to realize with excruciating pain that he seemed to have broken several fingers in the fall.

Li Yifei had no mercy for such petty thieves. Had it not been for him, Ning Xin’er might have been violated today. He had viciously injured the hands of both culprits, ensuring that even if they weren’t completely disabled, theft would be much harder for them in the future.

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