The Counterattack of a Wealthy Family's Substitute

The two men stopped abruptly, and after a moment, they realized what had happened and cursed under their breath.

Holy crap, I was actually intimidated by Xi Yuanchen's pet.

They reached out and pulled Yao Yingxi up from the ground, each grabbing one of her arms.

Yao Yingxi stood up and realized that her knees and elbows were stinging. The scraped areas felt like tiny needles were being pierced by the cold wind.

But she remained as normal as ever, her expression still indifferent, as if she had no feelings at all.

"What nonsense?"

One of them, seeing Yao Yingxi's expression, was displeased and raised his hand to slap her, but was stopped by the other: "This face is so pleasing to the eye, it would be a pity to ruin it."

"The more disdainful they are towards us, the more fun it is in bed."

Yao Yingxi's eyes seemed to be frozen as she looked at that person.

Seeing Yao Yingxi's expression, the man was not angry at all; instead, he was particularly pleased and wanted to reach out and stroke her face. Yao Yingxi turned her face away, dodging the groping hand.

The man grinned maliciously and grabbed Yao Yingxi's chin with his hand: "Should I send you over to Xi Yuanchen like this, or should we let our brothers have our fun first and then send you over?"

"What do you think will happen to Xi Yuanchen?"

His last words seemed to be directed at both Yao Yingxi and the person beside him.

Yao Yingxi frowned, her mind filled with thoughts of how she was dragging Xi Yuanchen down.

He was thinking about how to escape those people. She looked around and saw the knife that had been kicked away in the distance.

The two men didn't tie Yao Yingxi up with ropes, so Yao Yingxi came up with a plan.

For convenience while traveling, she wore a pair of Doc Martens. Suddenly, she twisted her wrist, raised her foot, and kicked the man next to her who was making lewd remarks hard in the groin.

The man, wincing in pain, immediately released his grip on her hand and screamed like a pig being slaughtered: "Ah..."

He tightly covered his lower body with both hands, jumping up and down.

Seeing this, the other man, fearing that Yao Yingxi might kick him, quickly released his grip on her hand and covered his lower body.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yao Yingxi disregarded her wounds and quickly ran to the ground to pick up the knife that had been kicked away.

The uninjured man, realizing what had happened, saw Yao Yingxi run away. He glanced at his darting companions and quickly ran in the direction Yao Yingxi had fled.

Yao Yingxi was panting heavily. She hadn't paid attention to how long she'd run when she came in; all she had was the thought of running, running, running. Now that she was running out, she realized how far she had actually gone.

It wasn't dark yet, and because it was winter, the forest leaves had fallen in all directions, leaving very few. So even though she had run a long way, Yao Yingxi could still see what was happening on the road outside.

Xi Yuanchen leaned against the car, looking at the men standing in front of him. His thin lips were slightly pursed, and his expression was cold. He looked exactly the same as Yao Yingxi had just done.

Seeing that no one else was coming up, he quickly glanced at the scene inside.

He didn't see Yao Yingxi, and his brows furrowed slightly. Although the forest foliage wasn't lush at the moment, it was still difficult to see clearly from the outside, and he didn't know where Yao Yingxi was.

The person who had been chasing after her suddenly grabbed Yao Yingxi's hair and pulled her back.

My scalp hurts terribly; it feels like large patches of hair are falling out.

Yao Yingxi instinctively stopped and tilted her head back to reduce the pain.

Seeing that he had caught Yao Yingxi, the man smirked: "Run? I'll let you run!"

Yao Yingxi didn't move, her brows furrowing in pain.

Just as she was about to raise the knife and stab the man randomly, the man seemed to realize her intention and chopped her wrist first.

Yao Yingxi felt a sharp pain that made her scalp tingle, and she instinctively loosened her grip, causing the knife to fall to the ground.

The man who had been kicked in the lower body by Yao Yingxi felt the pain subside a little. Knowing that his companion had caught someone, he endured the pain and walked over, his veins bulging with anger. He clenched his fist and punched Yao Yingxi in the stomach.

Yao Yingxi bent over in pain as someone pulled her hair, the double pain making her dizzy.

"Alright, stop hitting. What's wrong with hitting? You're ruining the boss's plans."

The man wanted to retaliate again, but his companion stopped him.

The man was furious, his eyes red as he glared at Yao Yingxi.

Yao Yingxi was in so much pain that her nose throbbed and her eyes turned red.

The two men dragged Yao Yingxi out, their hands still in the same place, pulling on Yao Yingxi's hair.

Yao Yingxi was in so much pain that she had no choice but to go up with them, her heart filled with guilt.

He really dragged Xi Yuanchen down this time.

"stop."

Xi Yuanchen was about to hit the burly man when he was suddenly stopped by a voice.

He elbowed the burly man before stepping back and instinctively looking toward the source of the sound.

Seeing Yao Yingxi being roughly dragged away, his eyes darkened slightly, and his pursed lips twitched a little.

The burly man, seeing his men find the woman beside Xi Yuanchen, grinned from his bruised face: "Xi Yuanchen, move? Try moving again?"

The two men dragged Yao Yingxi in front of the burly man, who pointed a knife at Yao Yingxi's face and looked at Xi Yuanchen with a provocative gaze.

Xi Yuanchen did not move again.

The burly man demanded, "Put down your knife if you don't want me to scratch this face."

Xi Yuanchen tightened his grip on the dagger, his eyes coldly glancing at the group.

Finally, it landed on the man who was pulling Yao Yingxi's hair.

The two sides faced off, and Xi Yuanchen weighed his options.

Yao Yingxi shook her head: "Mr. Xi, no."

Although it hurt a lot, the thought that if Xi Yuanchen put down the knife, those people would target him again, and Xi Yuanchen would be seriously injured made her feel guilty for dragging Xi Yuanchen down.

Seeing it in Xi Yuanchen's hands would make it even more painful.

Her eyes were red, and she kept shaking her head.

Xi Yuanchen didn't say anything, and was about to put down the knife in his hand.

Suddenly a car braked to a stop, followed by a screeching sound.

Those people had already gotten up from the ground, looking at the stopped car with wary expressions.

"Don't move."

Anan, who got off the bus first, was holding a gun.

Yao Yingxi's breath caught in her throat as she stared at the dark, menacing muzzle pointing in their direction. She had never seen such things before; of course, what she had seen on TV was just a fake.

But the gun Secretary Nan was holding was no toy gun.

Those people's attention was immediately drawn to Anan and the bodyguards in black suits who came down.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xi Yuanchen gripped the dagger in his hand, took two steps forward, and quickly kicked the people standing next to the burly man.

Those people were caught off guard and kicked to the ground by Xi Yuanchen, clutching their chests and remaining silent.

Yao Yingxi stared wide-eyed, not daring to blink.

The man who was grabbing Yao Yingxi's hair saw that his companions had all fallen to the ground, and was about to stab Yao Yingxi from behind with the knife in his hand when...

Xi Yuanchen's hand plunged into hers faster than his, as she was pulling on Yao Yingxi's hair.

It almost pierced right through him. The man screamed in pain and instinctively lowered his hands to cover his injured hand.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xi Yuanchen pulled Yao Yingxi to his side.

The scarred man realized what was happening and glared at Yao Yingxi, who was about to be dragged away by Xi Yuanchen.

Xi Yuanchen's pupils contracted, and by the time he realized what was happening, he was standing behind Yao Yingxi.

He hissed in pain.

Seeing this, Anan hurriedly kicked the scarred man in the corner, and other bodyguards surrounded the scarred man.