Chapter 1793 — Crisis Averted

At the sight of the two men's demonic grins, pain flickered across the two women's faces. In the depths of these remote mountains, they could cry out but no one would answer; they could call for help but the ground beneath them gave no response. In the past, Wei Zhao had always been at their side, guarding them all; even in danger, they had never once felt despair.

Even if Wei Zhao were not there, Wu Chengtian, Uncle Qing, or even General Weiwu could have held the line for a while. But this time, they had brought no one at all—General Weiwu and the Thunder Pig had both been left behind in West Star Mountain Village.

The Thunder Pig and General Weiwu were ancient spirit beasts. Had they been brought to Snow Valley, the valley would likely have taken a liking to them and tried to extort them into staying, so naturally they could not be taken along. Er Goudan, meanwhile, had such a frail constitution that he could not withstand the severe cold, and so he could not travel with them either. It was for precisely this reason that the route map Mister Mo had drawn took them along the highway the entire way, where there should have been no danger. But all their careful calculations had still overlooked this last stretch of road.

Had Gu Mengyao known they would encounter trouble, she would never have chosen this road. She would have gone around even at the cost of a long detour!

"Sister Yao Yao, what are you two doing out there? Why haven't you come back yet? Can't you just give them the money?" Just as Gu Mengyao and Tang Yun were starting to despair, Shen Yushu's voice came from inside the car!

Shen Yushu's voice also made the two men pause—how could there be someone else in the car?

Because the car's windows were all covered with black tinted film, the man in black and the bald man could not know how many people were inside. Seeing Gu Mengyao and Tang Yun leave the car, they naturally assumed the two women were the only occupants, never imagining that there was a third girl on the back seat.

However, Shen Yushu's shout also gave the two robbers pause. It was not that they were afraid of her—it was that while they were absorbed in 'having their way,' she might suddenly strike, and there was no telling whether they would lose their lives.

Of course, they had a way to deal with her: tie one of the girls up with rope first, and then they could do whatever they pleased without any scruples.

The man in black and the bald man had worked together for years and were highly attuned to each other. A single exchanged glance confirmed their thoughts. They simultaneously abandoned Gu Mengyao and Tang Yun and headed for the back of the car.

In their view, Gu Mengyao and Tang Yun could not possibly flee. With no village ahead, no inn behind, and no car, trying to escape on foot was nothing but a joke.

The two came up to the rear doors and, one on each side, opened them. But the scene on the back seat made both men freeze at once. They had not imagined that there would be a girl in the back seat and, in addition, a man lying on his side across the seat!

Startled, the two men instinctively shifted into a guarded stance and yelled, "All of you, get out of the car!"

"Oh, did they give you the money?" Shen Yushu looked up at the man in black with an innocent expression. "My boyfriend still has a bank card on him. There isn't a lot of money on it—only over three hundred thousand. Do you want it?"

"We do! Of course we do!" At the mention of more than three hundred thousand, an eager gleam flashed across the two men's faces. They could put aside the matter of toying with the women for now—getting that three hundred thousand into their hands was the first priority.

With three hundred thousand in hand, would they still worry about women? Even though the two present were as beautiful as celestial maidens, money still mattered more in their eyes.

"My boyfriend is sick and can't get up. The bank card is in the back pocket of his trousers. I can't get it out..." Shen Yushu made as if to lift Wei Zhao, straining with great difficulty, but she could not move him an inch.

"All right, sweetheart, get out of the car. The two of us will search him ourselves. You just need to tell us the PIN!" the man in black urged impatiently.

"Oh, sure!" Shen Yushu hopped out of the car and stood behind the man in black, while secretly shooting Gu Mengyao and Tang Yun an urgent hand signal.

Of course, neither the man in black nor the bald man saw any of this—they were already bent over eagerly, ready to search Wei Zhao for the bank card. The man in black did happen to think that it felt rather hot inside the car, but he did not give it much thought. After all, the car had been parked here with the engine off for a long time, windows shut tight. How could it not be hot inside?

And as soon as Shen Yushu left Wei Zhao's side, an unnatural flush spread over his face. Of course, this eerie change went completely unnoticed by the two men, for they were already blinded by the lure of money.

Tang Yun and Gu Mengyao were briefly puzzled by Shen Yushu's actions and gestures. But once they saw her standing behind the man in black with her right foot lifted high, they immediately understood her meaning.

Just a moment earlier, Tang Yun and Gu Mengyao had been wondering what bank card Wei Zhao could possibly have with three hundred thousand on it. Now they understood—Xiao Shu was up to her old tricks again.

So Tang Yun and Gu Mengyao hurried over to stand behind the bald man. Meanwhile, Shen Yushu gathered all her strength and kicked the man in black squarely in the back. These past days she had carried Wei Zhao on her back to the hotel every night, and her strength had grown considerably. Caught utterly off guard, the man in black was sent straight into the car, where he landed sprawled across Wei Zhao.

On the other side, Tang Yun and Gu Mengyao moved as well. Both lashed out with flying kicks, sending the bald man hurtling into the car too. Then, together with Shen Yushu, they slammed the rear doors shut tight.

"Argh—argh!" From inside the car came two bloodcurdling shrieks, along with the pungent smell of something burning. The agonized screams grew more and more horrifying.

The reek of burning, however, only grew stronger, while the screams from inside the car weakened by degrees. After a short while, they had faded into complete silence.

When Shen Yushu, Gu Mengyao, and Tang Yun opened the doors again, the two men's bodies were covered with large patches of burns. Their faces had been burned beyond all recognition. Clearly, they had both sunk into unconsciousness. To stay awake through burns of such severity would have been simply impossible.

Shen Yushu dragged the two robbers—burned until they hardly resembled human beings—to the roadside and dumped them there. Dusting off her hands, she said, "Done! Let's go move that fallen log."

Tang Yun and Gu Mengyao both gave Shen Yushu a thumbs-up. Ruthless indeed! Who could have come up with such a move—using Wei Zhao's own scorching body to burn the two robbers half to death? Those two had really run into eight lifetimes of bad luck the moment they met Shen Yushu.

Of all the people they could have tried to rob, they had to cross paths with Troublemaker Shu—one of the two members of the prankster duo. And if Feng Xiaoxiao had been there as well, whether those two would have made it out alive would have been quite another matter.

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