My Wife, The Ice Queen President

Chapter 296: Chapter 0295: Facing Danger (Two more)_1
 

The car stopped in front of the dumpling shop, and after Ye Xiong got out, he walked into the shop.

Since it was dinner time, there were very few customers inside—very few people eat dumplings at night.

Mother Yang, Xiao Qiao’s mother, was counting money behind the counter. Seeing him come in, she asked, “What do you want to eat?”

“I’m looking for Xiao Qiao.” Ye Xiong said.

“You’re looking for Xiao Qiao?”

Mother Yang’s gaze fell on Ye Xiong, and her eyes lit up, “Eh, aren’t you the handsome guy who’s been here before? I even gave you Xiao Qiao’s phone number before, right?”

This Mother Yang, her memory was just too good!

“Your memory is really good!” Ye Xiong said.

“You’re the only man who was willing to spend a hundred yuan to buy my daughter’s phone number.” Mother Yang revealed the truth.

Ye Xiong’s face darkened, feeling she treated him like a mark, which is why she remembered so clearly.

“Where is Xiao Qiao, then, where is she?”

“There aren’t many customers in the store, so I sent her home.” Mother Yang said.

“Where’s her home?”

Mother Yang stretched out her right hand, her thumb and index finger rubbing together—the gesture of a money-lover was something Ye Xiong remembered vividly.

He pulled out his wallet, took out five hundred-yuan bills, and handed them over.

Ye Xiong smiled and said, “Mother, I hope you’ll slay everyone at mahjong and win three times over.”

“Young man, you have a future.”

Mother Yang burst into loud laughter, took a pen from the side, wrote down an address, and handed it to Ye Xiong, saying quietly, “Let me tell you some secrets, Xiao Qiao loves to eat chips the most, her favorite dish is tomato and egg stir-fry, and her favorite type of man is a soldier. Because her dad was bullied by some ruffians before, and a soldier helped him out, leaving a beautiful memory in her heart. If you want to get close to her, you must say you’ve been a soldier.”

“Mother, you have misunderstood. Xiao Qiao and I are just friends.” Ye Xiong said.

“Don’t give me that, anyone who has seen my daughter and doesn’t like her, unless he’s not a man.” Mother Yang was extremely confident in her daughter’s looks.

“Mother, thank you.”

Holding the piece of paper, Ye Xiong followed the address.

…

Yang Xiaoqiao’s home was located in the center of the poor district.

This area was an old neighborhood, and most of the houses there were from the seventies or eighties.

Dilapidated, crowded, dirty, and some areas were even so dark that they never saw daylight, requiring lights to be on twenty-four hours a day.

This area was very chaotic, and every time Xiao Qiao passed by, she felt a bit scared.

There was no choice—who wouldn’t want to move away from this place, but there was no money!

Xiao Qiao rarely went home because the area was dangerous, especially full of ruffians and local thugs.

Most of the time, she helped out in the shop, and after that, she would go straight back to school.

The reason for going home this time was because she was feeling down…

Just thinking of that scene in the car made her heart ache terribly.

Why the heartache?

The heartache was because she cared; if she didn’t care, she wouldn’t have bothered so much.

Who knows how many boys in her class had pursued her? When they failed to win her over, they would insult her, claiming she’d been kept by men or that she had gone ****ing, but she always just smiled it off.

But this one time, it really upset her.

Walking through the narrow alley and just about to reach home, suddenly two young punks with dyed red hair appeared and blocked her way.

Seeing the two punks, Xiao Qiao was startled and quickly said, “What do you want?”

“Little sister, looking all lost, did some man dump you? Don’t be sad, the two of us will take you out for some fun,” one of the punks said with a lewd laugh.

“Right, bro and I will take you to have some fun. We always treat beauties gently and will make sure you enjoy it a lot.”

The two thugs were originally just petty thieves, but after seeing Yang Xiaoqiao’s looks, they immediately changed their minds. They had never seen such a beautiful girl in their lives. Even makeup-clad celebrities would look dull in comparison.

“What do you want to do? I warn you, I’ll call the police,” Yang Xiaoqiao shouted with a feigned fierceness.

“To get with a girl as pretty as you, even if we get caught and go to prison, it would be worth it.”

“I’ve never had such a pure school beauty in my life; losing ten years of my life for this would still be worth it.”

Filthy language spewed nonstop from the mouths of the two thugs, the blush-inducing profanities making Yang Xiaoqiao both shocked and furious.

She absolutely couldn’t let herself be defiled; she would rather die than let them succeed.

Yang Xiaoqiao suddenly turned and dashed away into the darkness behind her.

The two thugs had anticipated her escape and quickly gave chase, soon grabbing hold of her.

“Help, help me!” Yang Xiaoqiao screamed.

A hand covered her mouth, and a knife pressed against her face.

“If you dare shout again, I’ll slash your face, and let’s see how you’ll go out and face people with a knife scar on your pretty, unbelievable face,” one of the thugs threatened.

Threatening to disfigure was a common tactic the thugs used to intimidate beautiful women, and Yang Xiaoqiao dared not scream anymore.

Or rather, she was so frightened that she didn’t even have the strength to scream.

The two thugs dragged and carried her to the nearest dilapidated old house and threw her to the ground.

Waving the sharp knife, one of the thugs sneered, “Little sister, if you don’t want your face scratched up, cooperate nicely, and it will be a little more comfortable for you.”

“Isn’t there a saying, ‘Life is like being raped, if you can’t resist, you should learn to enjoy it’? Don’t worry, we two brothers will be very gentle and make you feel like dying from ecstasy.”

The two thugs chuckled lewdly and approached her, one of them grabbing her clothes preparing to take them off.

Tears streamed uncontrollably from Yang Xiaoqiao’s eyes.

Even if it meant death, she couldn’t suffer rape. With this thought, Yang Xiaoqiao cried out for help once more.

The two thugs didn’t expect her to be so fierce and hastily covered her mouth tightly.

“Old Second, I’ll cover her mouth, you go first. When you’re done, it’ll be my turn to cover her mouth,” said Old Second as he firmly covered Yang Xiaoqiao’s mouth.

Meanwhile, the Boss began to undress Yang Xiaoqiao.

Tears poured from Yang Xiaoqiao’s eyes; she had never imagined she’d face such a day.

It was all his fault, entirely his fault. If he hadn’t made her upset, she wouldn’t have risked going home and wouldn’t have ended up in such a plight.

If she really were violated, the only choice left to her would be death.

As the Boss was about to possess such a beautiful woman, his hands trembled with excitement, and just as he was about to undress Yang Xiaoqiao,

suddenly, his body flew out, crashing against the wall and falling to the ground.

The Boss was flung as if hit by a speeding car, and when he fell, it took him a while to get up.

Old Second’s wrist, which was covering Yang Xiaoqiao’s mouth, suddenly snapped with a crack.

Old Second screamed in agony.

All at once, he realized someone had grabbed his collar and then he too was flung out, crashing into the wall and falling on top of the Boss.

Both men were barely breathing.

“Don’t touch me, get away, I’m begging you, help…”

Yang Xiaoqiao had been so scared that she’d kept her eyes shut the whole time; now that her mouth was free, she couldn’t help but scream.

Smack!

Her limbs free, she swung blindly and struck Ye Xiong’s face.

Seeing her descend into madness, as if she had lost all reason, Ye Xiong felt a deep, wrenching pain in his heart.

“It’s okay, don’t be afraid,” he said softly.