Chapter 4: It's Better to Leave

  Since the hateful heaven has given me another chance at life, I'll live a good one. Yue Kang can't remember which book this line is from, but in short, living is more carefree than being buried in a coffin or left on a mountain to be eaten by wild dogs. Although Yue Kang always says "I came into this world without intending to leave" when pretending to be cool.

  Death, everyone will eventually die, but Yue Kang doesn't want to die now. He feels that his life has just entered its prime and dying would be a waste. The great rivers and mountains still need someone like him with aspirations to explore or conquer.

  It has been five days since I was locked in the thatched hut exposed to wind and rain, with no bed or quilt, and not enough food to eat my fill. Every day's three meals were delivered on time by a maid named Xi'er.

  That little girl is so stubborn, no matter how nice a speech Yue Kang gives, she never cracks a smile. Every time she comes over, she makes sure to make Yue Kang suffer a bit, either by saying something hurtful or putting salt in his water, and it's always done openly. One time, Yue Kang muttered a couple of sentences under his breath, but the little girl heard him and got so angry that her small chest heaved up and down as she kicked Yue Kang's butt with both feet.

  All Yue Kang could do was endure...

  It's unclear whether it was the old lady's orders or if the little maid simply took pity on Yue Kang, this scoundrel who had been beaten to a pulp. Every day, she would untie his hands and feet once, and even after being untied, Yue Kang didn't dare make any sudden movements, only quietly exercising his numb limbs. He was well aware of the two black-clad warriors standing behind the little maid, their faces cold and frosty, their eyes piercing and sharp. Yue Kang wouldn't soon forget that the two swords pressed against his neck were wielded by these very same black-clad warriors.

  Yue Kang knew that when the two black warriors placed their swords on his neck that night, they must have used the legendary lightness skill. In Yue Kang's eyes, lightness and internal strength were a single entity, this was indeed a high-ranking martial artist. As for which school of thought he belonged to, Yue Kang did not know, but in any case, he knew it was far superior to his own entry-level skills.

  The night watchman struck the iron gong for the third watch.

  Yue Kang was drowsy and just about to fall asleep, he was really too tired.

  A crisp sound rang out beside Yue Kang...

  Yue Kang's eyes lit up with joy, it was a shiny dagger. Whose dagger was this? Yue Kang couldn't help but think about this question. In this world, he didn't have a single friend, who would help him? Yue Kang couldn't figure out the reason. Was it Xi Er, that little maid? Had she finally discovered my inner worth or was she blinded by my handsome appearance? Or was it Old Madam trying to secretly let me go? Yue Kang immediately ruled out these two possibilities.

  He thought that Yue Kang's hand behind his back had already picked up the dagger on the ground, and his hands were not tied too tightly, with a little room for movement.

  With his fingers pinching the dagger, he slowly cut the rope on his hand. The rope was incredibly thick and it took all of Yu Kang's strength to finally cut through it, leaving him drenched in sweat.

  He also untied the rope on his feet, and Yue Kang felt very anxious. He had the idea of escaping, but he wondered if the two black warriors were nearby.

  Hesitating, hesitating without knowing how long it had been, "I must make a desperate attempt to die." Yue Kang made up his mind.

  The house was made of wood, and it was easy to escape from the house. Yue Kang carefully removed the boards on the window, and after making sure no one was coming over, he gritted his teeth and crawled out of the window.

  Where is this? Yue Kang found that in the yard, apart from the thatched cottage where he was, there were several other dilapidated houses. The yard was quite large, about five mu in size. Whatever, just die!

  Run...

  He climbed over a wall and entered another courtyard, where the rooms were all dark, apparently everyone was already asleep. Yu Kang didn't have the mood to admire the grandeur of the ancient architecture, he just felt that the courtyard was very large, hiding and sneaking around to find some shadowy places to move forward.

  Yue Kang didn't know where the exit was and just kept climbing over walls. From start to finish, Yue Kang's sweat never stopped, tense and exhausted.

  Can't help but feel amazed, the wall of the hospital is really not ordinary. It's at least three or four meters high, and if you don't use any external objects, it's impossible to climb over.

  As much sweat as he had shed was as much effort as he had put in, Yue Kang's whole body was already drenched, it could be seen that his efforts were not small.

  Things took a drastic turn. As soon as he jumped over the wall and stood firm on his feet, several torches suddenly lit up around him, and Yue Kang's heart sank with a bad premonition.

  Yue Kang subconsciously raised his arm to block out the dazzling light.

  "You damn bastard, thinking of escaping? Today I'll follow grandma's words and cripple one of your legs." The woman's voice was crisp and pleasant.

  Yue Kang lowered his arm that was covering his eyes, and stared at a young girl with a playful smile on her face. Her black eyes were like a clear pool of water, her small nose was high and straight, and her lips were like cherry blossoms. She wore a yellow dress with a deep blue embroidered belt around her waist, from which hung a string of silver bells. A butterfly hairpin was inserted into her hair, and a strand of black silk fell across her chest. Her face was lightly powdered, adding to her natural beauty. Her cheeks were like rose petals, delicate and lovely. The whole person seemed like a butterfly fluttering in the wind.

  Like a clear and transparent ice and snow, what a beautiful little girl, isn't this Diao Chan's teenage version?

  By the girl's side stood Xi'er, who could only play a decorative role and often sent meals to Yue Kang. Behind them stood four burly bodyguards.

  This momentum is not fun anymore, catch the thief first catch the king, Yue Kang two words did not answer pounce on the beautiful girl who made him egg pain, that hand that posture handsome drop slag, and more drop slag is he has not run to the front of the opponent, but was kicked flying by the guard behind.

  Ran into a wall, chest and abdomen turned over in agony, painful tears flowed out.

  "You beat him up first, beat him until he's out of energy, and then I'll take care of him." The girl gave the order, her slender fingers pointing with a cool and unconventional beauty. Then the beauty clasped her hands over her chest, with a self-satisfied expression on her face.

  The four bodyguards went up and gave him a good beating, which was quite vicious.

  "Third Miss, this move is indeed brilliant. How come I didn't think of deliberately letting him go and then catching him again? This way, Old Madam won't be able to blame us either." Xier subtly flattered Third Miss.

  Third Miss also said with relish: "That's right, Grandma doesn't know what she's thinking. This rascal bullied my sister, not only didn't kill him, but also didn't beat or scold him, and even gave him food to eat. Hmph, if it weren't for Grandma speaking up, I would have let this dog thing taste my severity long ago."

  "Yes, if I don't teach him a lesson, he'll think the Bai family is easy to bully." Xi Er's face was also filled with resentment as she gazed at Yue Kang who had been beaten up.

  It hurts, Yue Kang doesn't even know which part of his body hurts anymore, his whole body aches. He even feels like he's gained weight again. Fortunately, the four guards didn't use lethal force and only inflicted superficial wounds, but his right leg hurts especially badly. It seems that his right leg was their main "protection" target, receiving extra "care". Without orders, they wouldn't dare cripple Yue Kang's right leg.

  "Are you comfortable? You big pervert." The third miss smiled and squatted down, looking at Yue Kang's face which was beaten to be blue and swollen, and asked with a playful tone.

  It's comfortable to insert your sister, Yue Kang thought in his heart that he didn't dare say it out loud. From the conversation between Xi Er and her earlier, Yue Kang knew that the girl with a snake-like heart in front of him was actually the third miss of the Bai family, and also knew that he could escape because he had jumped into someone else's trap, being played around like a top.

  "My brother-in-law has fallen into your hands, heaven is not helping me, whether you want to kill or rob, please go ahead, my brother-in-law will not frown. " Yue Kang said with a big head, either way, it's better to die heroically, "After eighteen years, my brother is still an iron man." But in his heart, he was drumming that this wasn't like dancing on top of a coffin and walking with the soul?

  "The autumn wind is bleak, the leaves are withered and scattered, the cold rain is bleak, the branches are broken and the leaves are scattered. I have been traveling alone in the world for twenty years, watching the so-called prosperity of the world, but I still wear a white robe, lonely and desolate, without anyone, anything, or life.

  But when it comes to speaking grandly, Yue Kang is not elegant at all, his face is swollen with acne, and he rushes around in a comical manner. His pretentious pose has reached an extreme."

  Third Miss exclaimed, "Wow, you're quite spirited! Who was it that was crying out in pain just now?"

  Yu Kang was speechless, he just pretended to be calm earlier, but he really didn't have the broad-mindedness to look down on the world, after being pointed out, he gritted his teeth and stopped talking, crying and complaining to the other party, he is not yet at that level, let alone the other party is just a little girl.

  Yue Kang also knew that killing one or two people in ancient times was not a big deal, and as long as you had power and influence and spent some silver coins, the government would let it go. So he was uneasy and didn't know if Third Miss was that kind of ruthless and abnormal person.

  "This young lady is afraid to dirty her hands, so let my Da Huang replace me. You're lucky, I usually wouldn't let it out. It will serve you well." The third miss smiled mysteriously and pulled out a small cloth bag from her body, untying the bag.

  When Yue Kang saw what Third Miss called "dahuang", all the hairs on his body stood up.

  "My eyes... snake..."