Chapter 15: Handsome guy, do you have a partner?

The man referred to as “Second Brother” sped up and caught up to Jiang Peiyu, reaching out to grab her.

Terrified, Jiang Peiyu closed her eyes and kept running, yelling desperately:
“Help! They’re attacking me! Murder! Assault!”

“Ahhh—bam!”
Suddenly, she crashed into a chest as hard as iron, followed by a painful scream and a thud.

Opening her eyes, she saw that the man chasing her had been kicked away by someone and was now curled up on the ground, groaning in pain.

“Comrade soldier… there… there were bad men chasing me… they… they wanted to do something horrible to me…”
Jiang Peiyu, panting heavily from the run, spoke in broken sentences.

Wu Junmin quickly pulled out his canteen and handed it to her.
“Comrade, here—have some water. Catch your breath. Take your time, no rush.”

“Don’t worry. With me and our commander here, no one will dare to bully you.”

“Thank you.”
Jiang Peiyu, parched from the run, didn’t hesitate. She took the canteen, opened it, and gulped down two mouthfuls. After drinking, she closed the lid and handed it back.
“Thank you, comrade.”

“What happened?”
The soldier standing beside her asked. Jiang Peiyu looked up, realizing she had crashed right into his chest and they were now standing very close.

Oh. My. God.
Tall. Handsome. Over 180 cm. Dressed in a military uniform. An absolute heartthrob.

Stars practically sparkled in Jiang Peiyu’s eyes.
“Hi, handsome… do you have a girlfriend?”
“If not, what do you think about me?”

“Ahem… comrade, our commander is already engaged… don’t even think about it,” Wu Junmin said, having long gotten used to women swooning over their commanding officer.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that their commander was already in his thirties and had two kids—plenty of beautiful performers in the military art troupe had a thing for him.

The commander found her reaction amusing and asked again,
“So what happened just now? Why were you running?”

Hearing he was already engaged, Jiang Peiyu looked visibly disappointed.
Of course—handsome guys are always taken. But wait… he looked familiar. Where had she seen him before?

She shook her head. Now wasn’t the time for that.
“Oh right! Comrade soldier, some bad guys were chasing me. I was selling melons on the street when they pushed me to the ground…”

“They demanded thirty yuan as ‘protection money,’ and when I refused, they said… they said they’d force me to… to ‘have fun’ with them…”

Her words made both soldiers freeze.

Who’s this girl? So bold.
That’s not something a young lady would normally say so bluntly…

“Ahem…” Wu Junmin faked a cough to break the awkwardness, and the commander’s expression also briefly faltered before regaining composure.

At that moment, the other two thugs chasing Jiang Peiyu finally caught up.

The lead thug—”Lord Kong”—brandished a knife and waved it threateningly toward them.
“You f***ers better scram if you know what’s good for you. Don’t ruin my fun.”

He swung the knife menacingly, grinning at Wu Junmin and the commander.
“Or I’ll cut you down too…”

Second Brother helped Third Brother off the ground and stood behind Kong.

“Boss, we have to catch that little slut today. Let’s f*** her until she cries for her daddy…”

Hearing that, Jiang Peiyu exploded in rage. With two soldiers by her side, she wasn’t afraid. Hands on her hips, she shouted furiously at the thugs:

“Pah! You three walking mushroom sticks with two shriveled peanuts have the nerve to flaunt yourselves?”

“You should be ashamed to even show your faces. If I were you losers, I’d have slammed my head into a tree by now!”

“You’re not only a disgrace to your ancestors but a total eyesore on the street!”

The two soldiers looked at each other in disbelief again.
Good lord. Whose daughter is this? She’s fierce as hell…

“You f***ing little tramp! You wanna die? Boys, get her! Don’t be afraid!”
Kong barked out the order, and the two lackeys—each wielding a knife—charged toward them.

The commander’s expression instantly turned cold.

He reached out, yanked Jiang Peiyu behind him, and raised his left leg. With one powerful kick forward, he stepped in with a wide stride, then twisted mid-air in a 90-degree spin—

Boom!
The lead thug was sent flying several meters.

Jiang Peiyu’s eyes widened in awe.
Holy crap! That was HOT.
Bare-handed, he sent the thug flying like a rag doll. This man radiated power and confidence. That strength, that body—manly to the core.

If this man were in bed… damn…

She quickly shut down that train of thought.
He’s so handsome it hurts…
Her long-dormant 29-year-old maiden heart was now burning like a wildfire.
If morals weren’t in the way, she really wanted to steal this man home.
Too handsome to be legal. It’s torture just to look.

Seeing his commander throw down, Wu Junmin instantly joined the fight.
These punks had a death wish—time to teach them a lesson.

In a flash, it was over. Just a few seconds passed, and the three thugs were on the ground, moaning in pain. Wu Junmin then gave each of them a kick, sending them crashing onto Kong’s already battered body.

“AAAHHHH!”
Kong screamed in agony.

The three of them groaned and cried out, sprawled in a heap. Kong gasped,
“You two morons! Get the hell off me! You trying to crush me to death?!”

Hearing their boss’s command, the two lackeys struggled to get up.

Wu Junmin saw this and walked over, then stomped down hard on the back of the man on top.

“Ahhh…”
“Ahhh…”
“Ahhh…”
Three more howls of pain echoed. The thug at the bottom, the one who had called himself “Lord Kong,” instantly turned pale—he felt like he was about to die from being crushed.

“You beasts—bullying women, huh? Pah! And you dare call yourselves ‘bosses’ in front of us?”
Wu Junmin’s foot pressed down harder and harder on the pile of men, increasing the pressure.

“Please, soldier uncles, spare us! We won’t do it again—we’re worse than beasts, worse than pigs and dogs!”
“We’re sorry! We sincerely apologize! Soldier uncles, please don’t lower yourselves to deal with people like us…”

The thug at the very bottom, “Boss Kong,” had completely lost his earlier arrogance. He begged pitifully, desperate to escape, face thrown out the window.

“I can’t stand bastards like you—thugs who prey on decent women.”
“But you ran into us today… and this is the day you die.”

Facing their pleading, Wu Junmin showed no mercy, not a shred of compassion.

“Commander, what should we do?” he asked.

“Call the police. Tell Zhong Yi to come over and pick up the trash.”

“Yes, sir.”
Wu Junmin drove off to call the authorities.

As soon as he left, Jiang Peiyu followed closely behind the commander, watching as he casually sat down right on top of the three thugs.

“Ahhh… soldier uncle, please spare us! You’re crushing us!”
“Just this once! I’m gonna die…”
“We won’t ever do this again, soldier uncle! Please—we’re sorry… sob sob…”

The three men wept and wailed beneath him, all their cruelty and bravado from before now reduced to pathetic cries for mercy.