"You... let go of me!" Xiao Nian's delicate face flushed with anger. "Are you going to hit someone in the middle of the street?"
"Hit someone?" the burly man roared. "So what if I do? You're allowed to cheat people, but I'm not allowed to hit them?"
"Who cheated you? The rules were written perfectly clearly on the board! You chose to play!" Xiao Nian argued.
"I don't care! You didn't explain them properly!"
Xiao Nian kept trying to break free of the burly man's grip, but she wasn't strong enough. No matter how she struggled, she couldn't get loose.
"Let go of me! This is a crime! I'll sue you!"
Du Yu froze when he heard that.
A crime? Sue him?
Before he could figure it out, two figures darted out from behind him and charged straight at the burly man.
"Let go of Xiao Nian!"
Fan Wujiao, who looked so frail, actually launched himself into a flying kick and sent the burly man sailing away. Xie Bi'an rolled forward and caught Xiao Nian.
"Holy shit!" Du Yu jumped in surprise. Weren't these two beggars? How did they know kung fu?
After kicking the burly man away, Fan Wujiao began coughing violently. His health clearly didn't match his fighting skills.
Xie Bi'an set Xiao Nian safely to one side, then turned to the burly man. "Don't you know who runs this business? Do you think you can mess with the City God Temple's Black-and-White Beggars?"
The burly man struggled to his feet and spat on the ground.
"Pah! Black-and-White Beggars? You're just a couple of panhandlers! You think I'm scared of you?"
Fan Wujiao tried to step forward again, but Xie Bi'an held him back.
"Leave this to me, Eighth. Just rest."
Xie Bi'an slowly walked toward the burly