The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man

The leader wanted to say something more.

But Leng Yuan just took the syringe and injected its contents into the leader’s body.

The leader’s face filled with terror. He was about to protest when he realized Leng Yuan had already pulled the needle out.

”No—”

He only managed to get one word out before his body went rigid and collapsed to the ground.

Leng Yuan stared at the object in his hand, lost in thought.

The men around him saw Leng Yuan look from the syringe to them, and they shook their heads frantically.

This was the anesthetic their boss had spent a fortune on. It was a hundred times more concentrated than normal—even an elephant would be knocked out instantly if it so much as touched it, let alone a person.

Leng Yuan had no intention of using the rest of it on them. He capped the syringe and put it in his pocket.

The men: ...

’Shameless.’

’Their boss paid a fortune for that, and this guy is just taking it for himself.’

But they didn’t dare say it out loud.

Whoever spoke up now would be the next one to get hit.

Seeing that Leng Yuan was okay, Gu Jiaojiao started to approach, but he stopped her.

”Don’t come over yet.”

Then, Leng Yuan walked over to the men and dislocated all of their arms.

Except for the second-in-command.

Gu Jiaojiao might have been able to say she didn’t get a clear look before, but now she saw it plain as day.

She glanced at the second-in-command, who was lying on the ground playing dead, but didn’t say a word.

Just then, the sound of footsteps came from the distance. The next moment, a group of people was seen running toward them.

Leading the pack were Chen JianShe and Chen Jie.

Behind them were Xu Chongfeng, Xu Chongshan, and Zhao Tiezhu, followed by the team leader and other villagers.

The village chief was older and ran slower, so he was lagging behind.

When the anxious-looking group ran up, they were met with the sight of people lying all over the ground.

Chen JianShe ignored the men on the ground and rushed straight to Leng Yuan. ”Brother Leng, are you okay?!”

Chen JianShe’s eyes were red, as if he’d been crying.

Chen Jie was much calmer than Chen JianShe. He looked at the people on the ground, then at Leng Yuan standing off to the side, and seemed to understand what had happened.

At that moment, the Xu brothers also hurried forward, but before they could speak, the team leader pushed them aside.

”Leng Yuan, what on earth happened here?”

Er Hu and Da Wa had run back crying. Everyone had thought something terrible had happened. When they got home, the boys said they’d run into human traffickers. They said Gu Jiaojiao had been hit, Leng Yuan was crushed to death by a giant rock, the road had collapsed, and both Leng Yuan and Xiao Yang had been buried.

When everyone heard that, they were horrified.

The team leader rushed to the team headquarters, grabbed the megaphone, and summoned everyone.

Every man in the Qingshan Team mobilized.

The women stayed home to watch the houses while the men grabbed hoes, sickles, carrying poles, and wooden sticks—any farming tool that could be used as a weapon.

But when they arrived, they found Leng Yuan was perfectly fine.

Leng Yuan explained to the team leader, ”I was dodging the boulder and didn’t expect it to smash the road and cause a collapse. As I fell, I managed to grab a tree trunk on the side, and that’s how I was able to get out of it.”

The traffickers probably thought I was done for, so they let their guard down. I found an opportunity and climbed up while their leader was beating the second-in-command. Everyone’s attention was on those two, so no one noticed me.

Otherwise, with the traffickers holding Gu Jiaojiao hostage, Leng Yuan really wouldn’t have been able to make a move.

Only then did Chen Beiguo let out a sigh of relief.

”As long as you’re okay.”

Everyone else nodded in agreement.

Yes, indeed.

Thank goodness Leng Yuan was all right.

But Leng Yuan didn’t feel the same way. ”These traffickers have been lying in wait here for a long time. I also found drag marks on the road earlier. There must be missing children from the village. In any case, since we’ve caught these guys, why don’t we find out the location and go rescue the rest of the children?”