"Ha ha……"

The man laughed triumphantly.

"I didn't realize you cared so much about that kid. How come you've already fallen for him in just a few days?"

He smiled lewdly.

"Alright, he's lying right next door, let him have a good listen to your enchanting voice!"

Just as the man was about to lean in and press down, a cold, sharp blade silently pressed against the skin of the back of his neck, the chill instantly piercing his bones!

The voice that rang in my ears was colder than a blade:

"Try touching her... and I'll slit your throat right now."

The lewd man, whose blood was boiling and who was about to take up his weapon, felt as if he had been doused with a bucket of ice water from head to toe. His heart was chilled, and all his romantic thoughts vanished in an instant, leaving only boundless terror.

"you……?!"

He didn't even know when this seemingly seriously injured and dying "sick ghost" had silently crept up behind him. The stinging pain in his neck was incredibly real, and the cold killing intent emanating from the person behind him made him have no doubt that if he dared to move, his throat would be slit open in the next second!

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Shanshan broke free and hurriedly got up, her hands trembling as she straightened her disheveled clothes.

"You...you mustn't kill him," Shan Shan's voice trembled.

"Let...let him go...please don't kill him...don't make a scene,"

"roll!"

Ning Wei said in a low voice, "If you dare to harass Shanshan again, I will never give you a second chance."

The man was truly terrified. His crotch was wet and hot, and he almost lost control of his bladder on the spot. The man behind him was covered in injuries, but the fierceness and determination in his eyes made him unable to muster any thought of resistance.

They scrambled and stumbled, fleeing the bamboo house in a disheveled state, and disappeared into the night.

As soon as the person left, Ning Wei's last breath suddenly dissipated, his vision went black, he staggered a step, and collapsed to the ground with a thud. Cold sweat poured down his forehead, and he gasped for breath, the pain aggravating his wounds and causing him to gasp for air.

"Are you...are you alright?!" Shan Shan rushed forward and struggled to help him back to bed.

After lying down and catching his breath for a long time, Ning Wei finally recovered and asked in a hoarse voice:

"Who was that man just now?"

Shan Shan's eyes dimmed:

“It’s a farmer here named Wang Qiang. He’s also Chinese, but he came here early and has been in this ‘no man’s land’ for several years… He’s a bully who specializes in bullying us newcomers who have no one to rely on.”

Ning Wei's eyes sharpened:

"With me here, this bastard won't be able to bully you anymore."

"actually……"

Shan Shan paused, her voice even lower, tinged with self-mockery and deep weariness.

"He's right... I... I'm a terrible woman. Will... will you look down on me?"

"will not!"

Ning Wei answered decisively without the slightest hesitation. He knew in his heart that it was already a miracle that a young girl could struggle to survive in such a desolate place where human life was cheap and there was no order whatsoever.

As for how she chooses to live... that's not something she can choose, much less something he's qualified to judge.

He looked at her and said earnestly:

"Shanshan, once I've recovered a bit, I'll definitely find a way to bring you back to China."

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Another week passed, and perhaps Ning Wei's ruthlessness that day had intimidated Wang Qiang, because the bully did not come to harass him again.

Thanks to his youth and the special forces' exceptional physical condition and recovery ability, Ning Wei's injury is recovering much faster than expected, and he is already able to walk and do some simple exercises.

If it were an ordinary person, falling from that cliff dozens of meters high and then being hit by the shockwave of a grenade explosion at close range, they would have lost all ten lives long ago.

In the dead of night, the village was completely silent, save for the chirping of unknown insects and the occasional cry of a night bird, which made the place seem even more secluded.

suddenly!

"boom……!!!"

A piercing gunshot shattered the tranquility of the night without warning!

Ning Wei reacted almost reflexively, rolling out of bed with the speed of a cheetah, showing no trace of the sluggishness of an injured person. He quickly moved to the bamboo door and peered out through the crack.

Shanshan, who was inside, was also awakened. She hurriedly ran out, still wrapped in her clothes, her face full of fear.

"What happened?"

Ning Wei frowned and shook his head to signal for silence. He could see flickering lights in the distance and heard a lot of voices. It seemed that a lot of people were moving quickly in their direction. His intuition told him that they were coming for them!

"Shanshan!"

He lowered his voice and spoke very quickly.

"Go open the passageway cover on the floor and throw in a few old clothes!"

"Huh?" Shanshan didn't react for a moment.

"Hurry, do as I say, there's no time!" Ning Wei urged decisively.

"Oh, good!"

Although Shanshan didn't understand, out of trust and instinct, she immediately did as she was told, hurriedly lifting the cover of the hidden passage under the stilt house and grabbing a few tattered clothes to throw down.

"Come up!"

Using the simple bamboo table and wooden pillars inside the house, Ning Wei nimbly climbed onto the roof beam, then reached out and pulled Shan Shan up as well. The two carefully climbed out of the house, lay tightly on the sloping roof woven from bamboo strips, held their breath, and became one with the darkness.

I just hid here...

"Clang!!!"

The door to the bamboo house where they were staying was violently kicked open!

A dozen or so heavily armed soldiers in haphazard uniforms barged in, carrying AK-47 assault rifles and shouting in a local dialect that Ning Wei couldn't understand. But he recognized their clothes and weapons; they were Khun Sa's soldiers!

Wang Qiang was now in the group, pointing into the house with a fawning yet fearful expression, speaking to the leading soldier in Chinese.

The soldiers quickly searched the small bamboo house inside and out, but naturally found nothing.

The leading soldier's face suddenly darkened. He abruptly turned his gun around, pressing the dark barrel directly against Wang Qiang's forehead, and roared ferociously.

Wang Qiang was terrified and fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly and begging for mercy in tearful Chinese:

"Sir, sir, spare me! I didn't lie to you. The Chinese soldier you're looking for really has been hiding here these past few days. I saw it with my own eyes. He... he must have heard the noise and escaped through the passage under the floor. It's still not too late to chase him. I... I didn't lie to you, spare me... don't kill me..."

"Bang...!!!"

His response was a crisp, clean gunshot.

Wang Qiang's pleas for mercy abruptly stopped, his body stiffened abruptly, a bloody hole appeared in the center of his forehead, his eyes wide with fear and disbelief, and he fell straight backward, blood mixed with brain matter gushing out, dying with his eyes wide open.

Ning Wei and his companion, who were lying on the roof, watched closely. Shan Shan was trembling. If Ning Wei hadn't covered her mouth in time and she had cried out, they would have been discovered.

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