The Tempting Educated Youth Married to a Rough Man-Chapter 54: Rescue and Aftermath

Right now, the situation is this: I want to run, but don’t dare to.

She’s afraid that the kitchen knife stuck in the ground might be stuck into her next time.

After all, Xi Yang lying on the ground is a precedent.

"Didn’t you promise to let me go?"

Wang Man only wants to flee for her life now; she doesn’t care about any luggage or belongings.

Wen Ran sees this and lets out a cold laugh, let her go?

"Let her father’s bow-legged legs go!"

She gives Xiao Chenye a glance, Xiao Chenye instantly understands, strides over, and before Wang Man can react, he picks up a piece of hemp rope and ties her up securely.

Wang Man: "!"

She’s dumbfounded; she’s furious, and the veins on her neck pop up, "Liar! You bunch of liars, you don’t keep your word!"

Wen Ran is still pulling the person underground, briefly saying, "Who lied to you? Yes, we did say we’d give you a chance to escape, but you didn’t run. Is that my fault?"

Wang Man is trembling with anger, speaking indiscriminately, "You won’t let me leave! You’re untrustworthy; you’ll never make a fortune in your life!"

Wen Ran: "..."

Hold on, curse her not to make a fortune in this life?

That makes things a bit serious; she needs to explain clearly.

"It’s like this, I did call out to you, but I didn’t tie your legs and stop you from running!"

Wang Man: "..."

Well, it seems that’s the case, but...

"Also, I did promise to let you go, but he never did!"

From start to finish, Xiao Chenye remained silent; he didn’t say a word. He doing this was entirely reasonable!

If Wang Man still can’t figure out she’s been played, she’s really stupid.

"You..." Looking at Wen Ran’s indifferent face, Wang Man squeezes out a few words through her teeth, "You guys..."

She looks at Xiao Chenye, then at Wen Ran, and after a moment, woodenly says, "You couple really conspire together!"

Wen Ran remains impassive, even somewhat pleased; she praises her cleverness.

The people have been rescued; Wen Ran considers letting Xiao Chenye go out to report while she thinks of ways to settle the women and children here.

Using Wang Man’s place, Wen Ran boils a pot of hot water, rummaging through cabinets, finds some flour and eggs, makes some dough balls, and finds a big porcelain bowl to crack a dozen eggs into, stirring them.

They’ve been malnourished for a long time and haven’t eaten proper meals; drinking noodle soup with eggs is the best.

The water hasn’t boiled yet when Xiao Chenye returns with people.

Zhang Jili rushes in furiously ahead, almost shedding tears seeing the packed room full of people.

After all this fuss, no one could have imagined these bastards would hide people underground; no wonder they couldn’t find any cracks.

He looks at Wen Ran, clenching his fists, "This time, we owe you again..."

Wen Ran is busy; so many people need feeding.

"We’ll talk later; I’m busy here!"

Her feet don’t touch the ground; there’s no time! Xiao Chenye remains silent, simply sitting and helping with the fire.

Zhang Jili swallows his thanks, planning to search the place for more clues, when Xiao Chengguang gasps in surprise.

He turns his head, incredulous, "Chenye, are you so brutally fighting people now?"

Often out in the field, he may know nothing about internal injuries, but for external ones, he surely has things to say.

"You don’t joke around about becoming a doctor through prolonged illness."

Xiao Chengguang touches and immediately knows Xi Yang’s calf is broken in three.

The arm is twisted at an unnatural angle, with a bloody hole from a dagger that blood continues to flow from.

The whole person takes in more air than he lets out.

The hot water has boiled, Wen Ran pours in the dough balls, uses a big ladle to stir and confirm they’re not sticking to the pot, then straightens up.

Calmly, "I did it."

Xiao Chenye glances at Wen Ran, not daring to say a word.

Xiao Chengguang is somewhat puzzled, "Huh?"

"I said," Wen Ran repeats, "I beat that person up. No experience, didn’t know how to control my strength. Sorry.

But as long as you treat him in time, he shouldn’t die."

Xiao Chengguang swallows, awkwardly, "You did it?"

"Mm-hmm."

Wen Ran explains, "I’m not a really brutal person; I originally wanted to dismantle a limb, but didn’t know where to start, so I had to go hard."

Zhang Jili is quite composed, "I can teach you a few moves later."

Wen Ran turns to look at him, readily agrees, "Alright, thank you."

"When you know more skills, you have less fear."

Learning more is never wrong.

The pot boils; Wen Ran adds the broken eggs.

The soldiers have already taken Xi Yang to the hospital for treatment, and Wang Man is taken aside to identify and explain.

The rescued women and children never open their eyes, each found torn bits of cloth to cover their eyes, drinking noodle egg soup, tears falling hard.

The cloth covering their eyes is soon soaked, thanking profusely.

But not speaking for a long time, plus being so emotional, they’re almost shouting, making a cacophony like ducks.

Watching this makes Wen Ran’s heart ache, they’re all skin and bones.

Wen Ran sniffles, suppressing tears, "Stop talking, eat quickly, each one can have another half bowl."

Eating too much might make small, starved stomachs uncomfortable.

After serving the second round of food, Wen Ran puts things down and quietly slips away.

Xiao Chenye follows, "What?"

He smiles, "Scared?"

Wen Ran rolls her eyes, wanting to say something wild, but doesn’t.

Licks her lips and beckons to Xiao Chenye.

Xiao Chenye is puzzled, "What is it?"

"Stretch your arm."

"Oh."

Xiao Chenye obediently listens, Wen Ran reaches out and holds her arm, then softens.

If Xiao Chenye was a bit slower, not catching Wen Ran, she’d have surely fallen hard.

"Xiao Wen, you..."

"It’s fine, I’m fine," Wen Ran remains strong, previously so calm, likely due to adrenaline; now that she’s settled down, her legs tremble and feel weak.

Xiao Chenye wants to laugh, but there’s admiration in his gaze, "Wen Ran, you did great! Today you didn’t just save a few people."

Wen Ran understands; this time, they’ve destroyed a hideout. If the military moves swiftly, they can follow the trail from this hideout, find their connections, perhaps rescue more people.

It will also bring more people to justice.

"It’s both of us."

Without Xiao Chenye catching mistakes before, she couldn’t have carried it out so smoothly, furthermore...

Solitary struggle is more likely to collapse one’s emotions, having a comrade beside makes a big difference!

"Wen Ran!"

Zhang Jili waves at the door, "Come over for a moment."

Following the voice, Wen Ran suddenly feels like she glimpses a shadow.

Her legs move faster than her mind, and she realizes she’s already rushed to the alley corner.

The alley end is a dead end, with only a half-meter wild grass swaying its leaves.

"What’s wrong?"

Wen Ran frowns, "No, I must be too nervous, spooking myself."