Early one morning, Thirteenth Aunt came over to help Hao Shuai change his bandages. During their casual conversation, she learned that Wong Fei Hung had been invited by the American merchant Jackson to watch a performance at the riverside theater that day. She hadn't gone with him because she needed to help Hao Shuai change his bandages.
Sure enough, by the time Hao Shuai and Thirteenth Aunt finished changing his bandages and went to Baozhilin for breakfast, Fei Hung had already left for the appointment. After breakfast, Hao Shuai picked up a medical book to read, while Thirteenth Aunt went back to fiddling with her camera.
Near noon, Wong Fei Hung suddenly brought back many people with gunshot wounds. A crowd of constables and soldiers had also gathered outside. It seemed that, just as in the original story, Jackson had still arranged for someone to assassinate Wong Fei Hung, prompting the British Army to open fire and injure innocent people. Wong Fei Hung begged Admiral Zheng to let him take the wounded to Baozhilin for treatment.
Admiral Zheng agreed to Wong Fei Hung's request, but also sent men to surround Baozhilin to prevent him from escaping.
Baozhilin was now packed with ordinary people injured at the theater. Their groans and cries of pain were heart-wrenching. Wong Fei Hung, Hao Shuai, Yat Che So, Ling Wan Kai, and the others worked frantically to stop the bleeding and bandage the wounded, soon becoming completely overwhelmed.
During all this, Wong Fei Hung spotted the man who had escaped from the Gold Mountain. The man told Wong Fei Hung and the others about his tragic experience, making them realize that the so-called Gold Mountain overseas was a scam to lure Chinese people into becoming laborers and working in the mines. Unfortunately, Wong Fei Hung was in no position to help himself, so all he could do was reassure the man that they would treat him first and then find a way to reunite him with his family.
They worked until dusk before finishing with all the patients. After dinner at Baozhilin, Hao Shuai returned to his own home to continue practicing Golden Bell Shield Iron Cloth Shirt.
According to the original story, Yan Zhendong should have shown up with Leung Kwan after dinner to issue a challenge. But thanks to Hao Shuai's generosity, Yan Zhendong was living quite comfortably now. He was nothing like the destitute man in the story, so poor he couldn't even afford noodles and had to drink other people's leftover soup. He had opened the Yan family martial arts school and taken two concubines, and was busy producing an heir. He certainly didn't have time to challenge anyone.
Knowing that Admiral Zheng planned to shut down Baozhilin, Wong Fei Hung was arranging for Yat Che So, Chiu Pork Wing, and the others to leave when Admiral Zheng charged in with a large force, intending to arrest the militia and Wong Fei Hung's group in one fell swoop.
Wong Fei Hung hurriedly told Yat Che So and Thirteenth Aunt to take the man over the wall and escape. He stayed behind with Chiu Pork Wing and Ling Wan Kai to fight the soldiers and buy them time to get away. They only surrendered once the soldiers' foreign rifle squad arrived.
Meanwhile, Thirteenth Aunt, Yat Che So, and the man from Gold Mountain had just escaped Baozhilin and were planning to head to Hao Shuai's home. But before they could get out of the alley, they ran into Boss Hong and his men from the Shahe Gang, who were rounding up women wandering alone.
Though Thirteenth Aunt shot Boss Hong in the arm with her foreign gun, it did no good. The Shahe Gang still captured her. The man tried to protect her, but Boss Hong and his men shot him dead. As in the original story, only Yat Che So managed to seize an opportunity and escape. But unlike in the original, he fled in a panic, and although he got away from the Shahe Gang, he fell into a drainage ditch and passed out.
By the time Yat Che So came to, he had no idea how much time had passed. Dawn was already breaking. He hurried back to Baozhilin, desperate to find his master and the others so they could rescue Thirteenth Aunt. But Baozhilin had already been sealed off by the soldiers, and Wong Fei Hung, Chiu Pork Wing, and the others had all been taken to prison.
Without stopping to catch his breath, Yat Che So headed straight for Hao Shuai's home. When Hao Shuai heard what had happened from him, he was stunned.
Hao Shuai had known that Baozhilin would be raided that night and that Wong Fei Hung and the others would be imprisoned, which was why he had left early. He didn't want to be caught up in the raid, since then no one would be able to get Wong Fei Hung and the others out.
Even if Thirteenth Aunt and Yat Che So escaped with the man, they shouldn't have ended up at the American dock warehouse, where the Shahe Gang could capture them as they had in the movie.
After all, Hao Shuai lived right next door to Baozhilin. Thirteenth Aunt should have brought them to his house to hide for a while. Then she wouldn't have been in danger like she was in the movie.
Who could have guessed they'd be so unlucky? They'd run into the Shahe Gang as soon as they left Baozhilin, and Yat Che So had fallen into a ditch while fleeing. He'd only just arrived to report what had happened.
Since Yat Che So had passed out, no one knew how much time had been lost. What if Hao Shuai couldn't get there in time to save Thirteenth Aunt, and she ended up being—
At the thought, Hao Shuai felt as though a whole prairie had sprouted on his head. One line echoed in his mind: If you want your life to go smoothly, you have to wear a little green on your head!
Hao Shuai hurriedly shook his head. He immediately told Yat Che So to go to the prison and inform Wong Fei Hung, then, no longer bothering to hide his abilities, flew straight to the dock warehouse.
When Hao Shuai found Thirteenth Aunt in the warehouse, her hands were tied to the headboard and she was struggling desperately. Fortunately, her clothes were still intact. Boss Hong was pinching her cheeks and forcing something down her throat as he said, "You filthy woman! You actually shot me in the arm and made me get the bullet removed. Too bad that even with one arm out of commission, I've still got plenty of ways to torment you. Once I get you to drink this bowl of medicine, heh heh! You'll be begging me to have my way with you!"
Good thing he'd arrived in time!
If he'd been just a little later, things might have turned out differently.
A tragedy!
Hao Shuai kicked open the warehouse door and charged in, sending Boss Hong flying with a kick. He stepped forward, untied Thirteenth Aunt, and held her in his arms. "Shao Jun, are you all right?"
Thirteenth Aunt, who had been in despair, suddenly saw Hao Shuai appear before her like a god. The tension drained from her, and she fainted.
Seeing her pass out, Hao Shuai carried her straight home. Before leaving, though, he crushed Boss Hong, who was still groaning on the ground, into a ball of flesh. Anyone who came here later probably wouldn't want to eat meatballs.
Back at home, he had just laid Thirteenth Aunt on the bed when he noticed her face had turned a drunken red.
Hao Shuai hurriedly took her pulse. Thinking of Boss Hong's sleazy manner as he rescued her, he understood: she'd been drugged with an aphrodisiac!
Damn!
Boss Hong had really gotten creative! Knowing that one of his arms was injured, he'd decided to turn the tables and make her take the initiative!
"Ah Shuai, I'm so hot!" Thirteenth Aunt had woken up, but her mind was hazy. Sensing the man beside her, she instinctively began leaning against Hao Shuai.
Seeing her like this, the upright gentleman Hao Shuai was caught in a dilemma: Should he take off his own clothes first, or Thirteenth Aunt's?
While Hao Shuai was agonizing over it, the drug took effect and Thirteenth Aunt took off her own clothes, sparing him the trouble of deciding.
Before his eyes, Hao Shuai stripped at lightning speed and let down the bed curtains.
Meanwhile, after Wong Fei Hung learned that Thirteenth Aunt had been captured, even he, usually so calm and composed, couldn't sit still. But he was imprisoned too and could do nothing to help. Fortunately, the soldiers guarding the prison still had some conscience and decided to secretly let him go so he could rescue her.
When Wong Fei Hung reached the dock warehouse, he fought his way through and killed Jackson's brother, Jishan, rescuing the abducted women. The whole thing went more smoothly than in the original story, since Yan Zhendong wasn't there to complicate matters.
When he couldn't find Thirteenth Aunt in the warehouse, Wong Fei Hung saw the ball of flesh that could barely be recognized as Boss Hong's corpse and guessed that Hao Shuai had rescued her. He breathed a sigh of relief.
After everything was taken care of, dawn was already breaking.
Early the next morning, Hao Shuai woke up and rubbed his sleepy eyes, then looked at Thirteenth Aunt's face, beautiful as a goddess, in his arms.
His mood instantly brightened!
Just as Hao Shuai carefully started to pull his arm out from under her neck, he saw Thirteenth Aunt open her big, adorable eyes and gaze at him.
"Shao Jun, you're awake! Everything that happened last night was my fault—" Hao Shuai started to explain. Though Thirteenth Aunt had made the first move, as a man, he ought to take responsibility.
"Ah Shuai, you don't have to explain. I know what happened last night. Thank you for saving me," Thirteenth Aunt said.
"Shao Jun, you've known how I feel about you for a long time. From the first moment I saw you on the ship, I fell in love with you. I love you with all my heart," Hao Shuai confessed.
"I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want us to wake up together every day, watch the sunrise, travel all over the country and the world, and greet each new day side by side. Will you?"
Thirteenth Aunt thought back on all the moments since meeting Hao Shuai, as well as the many times he had saved her life. Her eyes filled with tenderness as she nodded, reached out to touch his face, and sweetly replied, "I will!"
But none of that mattered anymore. Hao Shuai didn't think about what Zhang Ailing had said. Instead, he pulled Thirteenth Aunt close and poured out all the sweet words he'd spent years practicing. She was so overwhelmed by his sugary talk that she had no defense at all, her face glowing with happiness as if she'd eaten honey.
Sure enough, every woman loved hearing sweet words, no matter how beautiful or plain, no matter the era!
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