Chapter 7 (2/2)
His intuition told him that Shen Qiao was not a simple man, not only because of his clothes, which reentle and frail appearance that rese that was hard to explain or to understand
Even though both of them had to live under the shelter of this shabby temple, somehow he just felt like he was inferior in front of the other
Chen Gong did not like this feeling, therefore he did not like Shen Qiao either
This place was extreh all sides of it Apart froest population in here His shoes orn out, and so cried out an “Ouch!”, but, unwilling to get up just to vent his anger on a rat, he sihtly
Besides the whistling wind, there see from outside
But on a hellish windy night like this, ould come to such a shabby place?
Chen Gong was about to doze off when he suddenly heard Shen Qiao's voice: ”So”
Right as he opened his eyes, he saw a few figures slipping in sneakily with clubs and staffs in their hands The two leading ones looked awfully faain–they were clearly the two beggars that he fought off the other day
A shi+ver ran through Chen Gong and it instantly woke hiot up on his feet: ”What do you want?!”
One of the all haughty that day that you even threw us out? We’ve called the Beggar Sect bros in the city today Let's see if you still dare act arrogant!”
Chen Gong spit on the ground ”What Beggar Sect?! A bunch of beggars hanging out together and you are shaar Sect?”
The other person shouted angrily, ”Still talking shi+t even at death's door, huh? Don't beg for forgiveness later! Bros, this brat was the one that took our territory! Oh, there's also a newcoether, collect their stuff and get everyone some drinks with it!”
Even at a glance, Chen Gong was obviously penniless If he had h for a few buns However, the other person was different, with how clean and neat his clothes looked Those clothes alone, after they rip it off him, would probably sell for at least a few dozen coppers
Five or six figures pounced on Chen Gong all at the sa did have brutal powers and a ruthless fortitude, he was still just a teenage boy less than twenty, ould not even be considered bulky The other party was much more powerful with the number of people they had, and he was knocked down after only a few exchanges, receiving heavy blows on both his face and body Even though they had no intention to take his life, they still beat hi's mouth started to bleed He had no other choice but to try to protect the vulnerable parts of his body as much as he could from their attacks
The beggars savagely searched all of Chen Gong and found only thirty wen [2] in the end One of them spit and then complained, ”What bad luck! He’s such a pauper! Eldest Lai, didn't you say he had at least fifty wen on him?”
Eldest Lai setically, ”Maybe he spent it all? Look, isn't another one right there?”
The group all cast their eyes toward Shen Qiao and found hi a bamboo stick in his arht
One person asked suspiciously, ”How co with his eyes? Is he blind?”
Relying on the number of people he had, Eldest Lai shouted at Shen Qiao, ”Hey! Give randpas, shall spare you fro! You hear me?”
Shen Qiao shook his head, ”I earned all of ive it to you”
Eldest Lai sneered, ”Yoho? You got some bones! That's fine, you can keep it then You wouldn't even give us a donkey randpas will make you bleed money!”
They pounced upon Shen Qiao together, the sa
They weren't taking this weak-looking scholar seriously at all
Eldest Lai was the fastest He punched directly at Shen Qiao's face, while trying to grab the edge of his opponent's robe with the other hand
According to his posture, the fist should have arrived first, followed up by his opponent toppling backwards onto the ground, so that he could throw himself on top of the other person and sit on him
A searing pain suddenly emanated from his wrist!
Before he could realize what had just happened, he was hit once again on his waist,over the co into each other, the two of them ended up twisted into a lump
There was no light inside the shabby teuely visible, occasionally covered by passing layers of clouds
No one was able to see clearly how Eldest Lai fell down, therefore none of the themselves at Shen Qiao
Yet, within a few sround, one after another
”What kind of sorcery is this?” Eldest Lai was unwilling to give up He shouted as he recovered his balance and tried to jump on Shen Qiao
Shen Qiao's eyes were recovering rather slowly During the night, when the light was dim, all he could see was a blurry block of shadow In a moment of carelessness, he was shoved to the floor by Eldest Lai A punch iht on his chest, the pain of which caused a sharp intake of cold air
Pulling it off with only one blow, Eldest Lai went straight to seize the bamboo stick in Shen Qiao’s hand However, his waist suddenly went numb The bah as sirab it as he reached out his hand, and ended up getting poked fir out of pain, he covered his nose with both hands and fell to the side The blood that flowed froers
No one could have expected that this situation would take such a turn Shen Qiao was striking here and there alone with his stick His ars were unable to come close to him at all Instead, they soon fell apart under Shen Qiao’s offense, wailing all over the temple
Shen Qiao said coldly, ”I'Are you waiting for me to stab your eyes, so that you will be blind like me?”
His voice was light as a feather, yet a of the wind, it sounded particularly horrifying, as if it was cohost
Eldest Lai and the others did not dare to stay any longer They jumped on their feet and ran out immediately This ti shots Wetting their pants in terror, they disappeared in a flash
”You should just stab their eyes andcomplained resentfully, ”There's no need to be polite to those kind of guys!”
Shen Qiao was supporting hiuely see his shoulders htly
Chen Gong had finally realized at this ht off all of those beggars, he hi more than a piece of cake Luckily, the other did not bother with hi orders about this and that before, otherwise…
A panic slightly seized hihts, that even his tone became more courteous as he uttered, ”Hey! Umm, Shen Qiao? Mister Shen? Senior Shen?”
Right after his words, the other person suddenly slid down along the pillar behind and collapsed to the ground
”…”
Translator's Notes:
[1] Mouth-watering Aroinal words was 焦香, a burned aroma
[2] Wen (文): Unit of money, the coppers mentioned above