"Is a simple apology enough? Get our young master up..."
"Oh... oh, I'll help him right away." The pretty woman stepped in high heels towards Mr. Qiu, slightly bending over to help him up, her eyes brimming with large teardrops of grievance.
"Miss, no need for that, I can get up myself!" Though Mr. Qiu said this, he still reached out intending to hold the pretty woman's small hand.
Just as Mr. Qiu thought he was about to succeed, a pebble came shooting from somewhere unknown.
"Bang!"
The sharp pebble pierced Mr. Qiu's palm, and in that instant, clusters of bright red blood spurted from his hand.
"Ah!" A piercing scream sliced through the air. Luckily, they were somewhat far from residential housing, otherwise, the scream would have drawn an audience from upstairs.
"Ah!" The pretty woman saw Mr. Qiu's bloody hand, and after a series of screams, she staggered backward. Due to the instability of her high heels, she accidentally twisted her ankle, and the pain brought more tears she could no longer hold back.
Ye Hao couldn't bear to watch this pitiful scene unfold any longer. With his hands in his pants pockets, he appeared silently beside the pretty woman in casual attire, took out his phone, glanced at her, and asked with a smile, "Did you send me this message?"
The pretty woman responded by looking up, and upon seeing Ye Hao, it was as though she found an outlet for her emotions, and she began to sob miserably.
Ye Hao helped the pretty woman to her feet. The pretty woman was none other than Zhang Kexin, whom Ye Hao had met a few times before, and who was ranked among Peking University's top five campus beauties, although Ye Hao didn't know she held such a title.
Zhang Kexin clenched Ye Hao's hand nervously as she stood, but because of the pain in her foot, she didn't dare to exert much force.
The beauty partially exposed her chest, her slender waist gently hugged in Ye Hao's arms, and despite Ye Hao's self-restraint, he couldn't help feeling a bit tempted at the moment.
"It hurts..." Zhang Kexin said, her eyes filled with tears of distress.
"Let me carry you!" Even though Ye Hao didn't know why the woman was looking for him, they'd met several times, and she called over a hundred times that night. Even if they weren't familiar, it was only right to help her.
Otherwise, if Ye Hao walked away, she would likely fall into the hands of scoundrels.
"Ah! It hurts so much, ah ah ah ah!" Mr. Qiu had stopped shouting when Ye Hao appeared silently, but now, having confirmed Ye Hao was human, he couldn't help trembling and crying out in pain.
The eight robust men lying on the ground were torn; this situation was unclear, should they keep playing along? If Mr. Qiu wanted to continue the act, standing up to help would mean sabotaging it.
But if they didn't get up, and Mr. Qiu was already in pain, would he blame them later?
"Mr. Qiu, what happened? Why is your hand like this?" The rat-faced Huang called out in surprise.
"My hand, my hand is ruined, who did this, it hurts so bad." Mr. Qiu shouted.
"Damn it, get up and help! Stop pretending to be dead." The rat-faced Huang immediately walked over and kicked the eight robust men to get them up and assist.
The eight robust men then stood up uniformly to help Mr. Qiu, some stopping the bleeding, others doing various tasks.
By the time they finished stopping the bleeding, Ye Hao had carried Zhang Kexin over a hundred meters away.
Mr. Qiu shouted at the sight, "Stop those two, that guy must have used something sharp to hurt me. I want him to know how formidable I am."
"Let's go, brothers." The leading robust man heard Mr. Qiu and no longer pretended, leading the group to charge forward.
Laughing at the front while carrying Zhang Kexin, Ye Hao said, "Why did you call me so many times?"
"Initially, I wanted to invite you for a drink, but who would have known about these people..." Zhang Kexin contemplated, feeling something was off, why did Mr. Qiu's hand suddenly start bleeding? How did Ye Hao appear? And what would happen now that they were gone?
"I forgot to thank the person who saved me." Zhang Kexin quickly said, "Let's stop first, that person saved me just now..."
Ye Hao heard this and gently set Zhang Kexin down, smiling as he asked, "Are you sure that person saved you?"
"Wasn't it?" Zhang Kexin was surprised, then as she listened to the footsteps behind them, she turned around quickly, and seeing eight robust men energetically charging towards them, she cried out, "Ah! It's these thugs..."
"They're not real thugs, just that kid's temporary workers." Ye Hao laughed.
"What do you mean, think of something quickly! They're almost here." Zhang Kexin shouted nervously.
"Haha, the old hero-rescue-beauty routine, you couldn't see through it?" Ye Hao teased.
"Ah! So you mean that person had ulterior motives and hired these people to act?" Zhang Kexin was shocked.
"Yes, but my hero-rescue-beauty is genuine!" Ye Hao smiled.
"Please think of something quickly, okay? I'm so scared of them." Zhang Kexin pleaded, nearly begging Ye Hao.
"No rush, just wait a moment." Ye Hao smiled and took out a button, attaching it to Zhang Kexin's collar, grinning as he said, "Don't cover this up with your hair."
"Why?" Zhang Kexin asked nervously with a hint of doubt.
"Trust me."
As the eight robust men surrounded them, Ye Hao and Zhang Kexin stood in the middle, Zhang Kexin's body trembling as she clung to Ye Hao's arm.
Ye Hao asked, "What do you want?"
"What do we want? Mr. Qiu said he's interested in this girl. If you're smart, leave her with us, or else I'll make you unable to see tomorrow's sun." The leading robust man threatened coldly.
"Mr. Qiu? What's that?"
"You dare call me a thing?" At that moment, a young man walked into the circle formed by the robust men, none other than Mr. Qiu, whose hand was pierced by Ye Hao's stone.
"Yes, what are you?" Ye Hao calmly replied.
Zhang Kexin clutched Ye Hao's hand nervously, whispering, "Let's go, let's not bother with them."
"Go? Why leave, under the nose of the law, dare anyone act lawlessly here? I want to see what kind of backing they have." Ye Hao said coldly.
"Ha-ha! Law? I'm the law in Haidian. Do you know who I am? I'm Qiu Zhipeng, son of Haidian District's party committee secretary. If you kneel and beg me now, perhaps after I've had my fun with this woman, I'll give her back to you. Otherwise, I'll cripple you, lock you up in jail for ten, twenty years." Qiu Zhipeng boasted arrogantly.
"Wow, such a big official! I'm so scared!" Ye Hao replied, indifferent.