Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!-Chapter 96: Mission, Ambush 13

He then turned to Dongfang Xu and said, "And you, I’m your benefactor, you have to listen to me too."

She wasn’t anyone’s possession, yet they all acted like they were afraid someone would steal her away. What was going on?

Then she softened her tone and said, "Qing Shi, you stand down."

"But Miss Cheng, what if this person wants to hurt you?" Qing Shi said worriedly.

Cheng Xiaoxiao said sternly, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Facing Cheng Xiaoxiao’s sharp gaze, Qing Shi lowered his head respectfully and said, "I don’t dare!"

Then Cheng Xiaoxiao and Dongfang Xu walked out of the cave, stopping in a patch of scattered dry leaves under a tree. Cheng Xiaoxiao thought Dongfang Xu wanted to talk about the Cloud Sword, and she directly said, "After this incident, I’ll return the Cloud Sword to you. The three conditions are unnecessary; you serve me for three years, and then you’re free to leave. How about that in exchange for my saving your life?"

Dongfang Xu never expected that after he had made his plans, Cheng Xiaoxiao would so decisively discard him.

"I..."

The words stuck in his throat, unable to speak them or not speak them. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"So, have you thought it through?"

Looking at the small person in front of him, delicate and charming, with a small oval face, fair and delicate skin, and bright almond eyes, he found it hard to let go of such a wonderful person.

If he didn’t manage to come back alive, promising her now would mean breaking his word and being disloyal, so... he decided to wait until he returned to speak.

Dongfang Xu didn’t directly answer Cheng Xiaoxiao’s question but instead said seriously, "After obtaining the Cloud Sword, I must take revenge. Once I have avenged myself, I will stay by your side."

At that time, would a grand wedding procession to bring her through the door be agreeable? Dongfang Xu added silently in his heart.

"What? You still want revenge, aren’t you afraid of losing this precious life you’ve regained?" Cheng Xiaoxiao didn’t even need to ask to know that his enemies must not be simple, and rashly going might just be sending himself to his doom.

Cheng Xiaoxiao really couldn’t understand the mindset of this youth; having regained a life, he wouldn’t treasure it and instead insisted on courting death.

Dongfang Xu’s calm face gradually filled with intense hatred, "My family of over 200 people all perished under the enemy’s knife. If I don’t avenge them, I am not worthy to be called a son."

Cheng Xiaoxiao sighed endlessly, not expecting the youth to be the orphan of a large family. Over 200 people, tsk tsk! That’s about the entire population of Qingshan Village. If so many of her family were killed... Imagining if Mr. Cheng, Cheng Jia, Erya, her aunt and her three cousins, her uncle and his nine members were all killed, she would definitely go mad. Seeing the youth still standing here, his mental endurance must be incredibly strong!

She no longer tried to persuade him, considering she herself wouldn’t be able to take it if put in his shoes, let alone others who truly lost all their loved ones.

It was just... why did she feel such a loss?

A force that can kill over 200 of his family members—can he come back alone and unscathed?

That doesn’t make any talk of repaying gratitude hypocritical.

No, she wouldn’t stop him from taking revenge, but she couldn’t do a losing business either.

"How about this, you go for revenge after three months. During these three months, follow me and run some errands for me."

If by any chance the Great Xia truly launches an invasion, they might all have to flee the village. Leng Qi is skilled in martial arts, but after all, he’s Yanlan’s man, and she couldn’t say anything if he wanted to take him back one day. So keeping Dongfang Xu for three months, in case of war and needing to escape for our lives, three months would be enough for her family to flee far away.

Looking at the girl’s earnest, water-clear eyes, he couldn’t bring himself to refuse, "Alright!"

"Then it’s settled!"

"Settled!"

After waiting so long already, he didn’t mind waiting another three months. Perhaps these three months would be his final days, so he should cherish them well.

Unconsciously, time was approaching, and everyone came near the North Gate, ready to go.

Mission countdown: 07:21:33

Mission countdown: 07:21:32

Mission countdown: 07:21:31

Leng Er had already led people into the town, and the people outside needed to wait for the signal to act. Bored, Cheng Xiaoxiao could only stare blankly at the countdown.

The mountain wind blew gently; looking at the desolate surroundings, there wasn’t the lushness of early autumn; dealing with disasters was enough, and now to handle human-caused calamities, misfortunes never come singly.

Qing Shi curiously watched Cheng Xiaoxiao, occasionally looking up, not understanding what was so fascinating ahead.

"Miss Cheng, we’re about to take action. Why don’t we retreat to the back, it’s safer back there," Qing Shi suggested.

Cheng Xiaoxiao shook her head, "No."

"Then let me go catch some game for you, and we can have roasted meat." You must know that after the flood, for ordinary people to eat a piece of meat was such a luxury.

"Not eating!"

With life about to end, who has the mood to eat?

"Then let me tell you a story?"

"Not listening!"

Despite trying all his wits, he couldn’t win any favor with Cheng Xiaoxiao. Qing Shi, with a bitter expression, thought hard: what does Miss Cheng even like? As Qing Shi pondered, he received the attack signal from the town.

Cheng Xiaoxiao suddenly stood up.

Everyone else quickly took their positions, waiting for the people inside to open the North Gate and then charge in.

In the town, the sound of resounding gongs could be heard, suggesting that the bandits had already noticed.

At the same time, the North Gate collapsed with a crash, and the waiting troops were led inside by Commander Xue.

Instantly, cries of battle and the clash of weapons reverberated ceaselessly.

Qing Yi smoothly reached the prison and opened the door. Boss Qian, Doctor Xue, and a group of people looked at one another in confusion. Wasn’t there still an hour? How come it was ahead of schedule?

Yang Hu was also baffled. At that moment, he was interrogating his good brother, never expecting that the brother who had followed him for years would betray him. All the drinking and friendly camaraderie were fake?

When in the midst of heartbreak, he heard a subordinate report that someone had attacked the town.

Due to the secluded place chosen for the interrogation, he hadn’t heard the previous gong, and now this news left him both surprised and delighted.

Yang Hu thought it through for a while, realizing the plan must have been exposed. They attacked early and did not inform him, fearing further leaks of the plan.

Recalling the previously leaked plan, Yang Hu was furious, no longer listening to his brother’s excuses, he gripped his blade and furiously approached the person kneeling in the middle.

Seeing the brother approaching him with a large knife, the person kneeling on the ground trembled all over, desperately explaining, "Ah Hu, Ah Hu, no, I was wrong, I truly was wrong. I beg you, for the sake of our years of friendship, spare me. I will definitely..." Before he could finish speaking, he saw the knife thrust into his chest... it was so... sudden!

In disbelief, he slowly looked up at the friend he saw day and night opposite him, "You... so ruthless..."

Yang Hu pulled out the knife, and the person on the ground twitched a few times before dying directly, "You had the courage to betray but not the courage to face the consequences? Truly a coward."

Ignoring the corpse on the ground, he ordered, "Go, call all our brothers."

Yang Hu joined the bandits at the age of ten and, through more than ten years of effort, persuaded many people, and together with saving many suffering people who later joined, his force now had seven or eight hundred people, a considerable group.

Over the years, he trod on thin ice, being very cautious, fearing any mistake. Just as he was about to endure to the end, a traitor appeared. It seemed he needed to be even more careful in the future.