Chapter 43: The Little Bird Got Hurt
“Dead dog?” Jiang Yuan frowned slightly, a bit of displeasure creeping into her eyes. “The lives of small animals are also lives.”
The middle-aged man laughed mockingly, “Can a dog’s life be called a life?”
“Who are you talking to?” a woman’s voice came from inside the house.
The middle-aged man turned his head and said, “A lunatic.”
Blueberry meowed angrily, “You’re the lunatic, your whole family are lunatics!”
Xixi nodded her cat head forcefully, “Exactly, exactly!”
Xiao Bai was also gritting his teeth in anger.
Jin Jin apologized guiltily, “Yuan Yuan, I’m sorry.”
The woman with permed curly hair walked to the entrance, eating a banana as she asked, “Who is this?”
“How would I know,” the middle-aged man said expressionlessly. “She came with this dead dog.”
After he finished speaking, he turned and left.
The woman sized up Jiang Yuan with unfriendly eyes, “What is it?”
Jiang Yuan smiled, “Hello, I’d like to adopt your little golden retriever. Your husband asked me to get your opinion.”
“If you want to raise it, then raise it.” The woman glanced at Jin Jin with disgust.
She had long found the dog unpleasant to see, and it was good that she didn’t have to send it away to be discarded elsewhere.
“So you’re willing to give up custody of the little golden retriever?” Jiang Yuan asked.
“Yes, yes, yes,” the woman said, annoyance on her face. “Don’t ask anymore, just take it away.”
With that, she slammed the door shut.
Jiang Yuan went downstairs with the four fluffy animals.
Jin Jin was dejected.
“Jin Jin,” Jiang Yuan asked about the doubt in her heart, “Didn’t you say the male owner hadn’t been home for many days?”
Jin Jin whimpered dejectedly, “Yes.”
Jiang Yuan: “Then who was that man just now?”
Jin Jin: “The female owner’s cousin. But one day the male owner saw the cousin kissing the female owner, and he was very angry, and they quarreled.”
Jin Jin thought for a moment, then added, “The female owner often kisses and hugs with her cousin, but it’s strange, sometimes they take off their clothes and fight in bed.”
Jiang Yuan: “…”
Blueberry let out a mocking “meow.”
Was that called fighting?
What a naive child.
Jiang Yuan just took it as gossip and didn’t take it to heart.
She returned home with the four fluffy animals.
Deng Rui’s eyebrows knitted together slightly as she saw an unfamiliar little golden retriever in the group.
Before she could get angry, Jiang Yuan quickly explained, “This one is for Xiaoxiao to raise.”
Deng Rui snorted, “That’s more like it.”
At half past eleven at night, Fu Xiaoxiao came to Fuze Garden to pick up Jin Jin.
The night was deep. Jiang Yuan stood under the streetlight, watching the car drive away, the dim yellow light stretching her shadow.
A sound of hurried footsteps broke the night’s quiet.
Just as Jiang Yuan was about to turn, a rough hand suddenly reached out and quickly covered her mouth with a cloth.
Her heart suddenly jolted, and she struggled with all her might.
After pushing the person away, Jiang Yuan took deep breaths of fresh air. She fumbled in her pocket for her phone to call the police, then suddenly remembered that her phone was charging downstairs and she hadn’t brought it with her.
Jiang Yuan was annoyed and terrified.
She vigilantly stared at the sharp dagger in the other person’s hand, “I have no quarrel with you, why are you doing this?”
“No quarrel?” The person was completely wrapped up, revealing only a pair of eyes filled with resentment. “You ruined the most important person to me!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he lunged at Jiang Yuan with the dagger.
She retreated and dodged repeatedly, feeling her body unable to exert strength, her limbs growing weak.
That cloth must have had medicine on it!
A strong sense of unease washed over Jiang Yuan.
She looked towards the security booth not far away and shouted, “Help—”
“You deserve to die!” The masked man brandished the dagger like a madman, the sharp blade flashing with a cold glint in the dark night.
Jiang Yuan’s heart pounded, and she dodged continuously, but her footsteps became heavier, each movement incredibly strenuous.
She couldn’t run anymore…
The masked man kept closing in, the sharp knife tip capable of slicing her face at any moment.
“Yuan Yuan, the sparrow is here to save you!”
Several small birds nearby heard the commotion and flew over to help, pecking at the masked man with their sharp beaks.
“What smelly birds are these, get lost!” The masked man angrily stabbed at the little birds.
Little Sparrow Mary and another little bird were unfortunately injured, falling to the ground, on the verge of death.
Mary looked in Jiang Yuan’s direction and said weakly, “Yuan, Yuan… Run, quick…”
Jiang Yuan’s heart nearly broke when she saw this scene.
She quickly asked System 009: 【 What can I exchange points for? 】
【 System 009: We recommend using 20 points to exchange for 1 hour of combat power. 】
Jiang Yuan: 【 Exchange it! Hurry up and exchange it for me! 】
【 System 009: Do you want to use 20 points to exchange for 1 hour of combat power? 】
Jiang Yuan: 【 Yes. 】
【 System 009: You have used 20 points, remaining points: 230. 】
The masked man stared at the injured Mary, his eyes filled with menace.
He raised the dagger high, the sharp tip aimed at Mary, and plunged it down.
“No!”
Jiang Yuan’s pupils contracted slightly, and she suddenly felt her body fill with an invisible force. Her weak and powerless limbs instantly became full of strength.
She felt incredibly strong now.
“Bang—”
The knife tip was only 0.0001 meters away from Mary when Jiang Yuan kicked the masked man flying.
His body smashed against a tree trunk, then fell heavily to the ground, letting out a pained wail, “My back is broken…”
Jiang Yuan carefully picked up Mary and the other little bird, saying with heartache, “I’m sorry, I got you hurt.”
Mary slightly opened her eyes to look at her, “It, it doesn’t hurt…”
Jiang Yuan’s tears couldn’t hold back at this moment.
But she knew now was not the time for sentimentality.
She took off her jacket, placed them in it, and turned towards the masked man.
He was rolling on the ground in pain.
Jiang Yuan stepped forward and tore off the masked man’s mask. Upon seeing his face, her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly.
“It’s you!” she sneered. “What do you mean I ruined your most important person? Your son committed murder for money and ruined himself!”
“You ruined him!” Xu Decai glared at Jiang Yuan with hatred. “If you hadn’t called the police that day, my son wouldn’t have been caught! It’s all your fault, all your fault!”
Jiang Yuan thought he was hopeless.
Only a father like this could raise someone like Xu Li.
She dragged him up from the ground and slammed him heavily against the tree trunk again.
Xu Decai couldn’t stand from the pain, staggered a few times, and fell to the ground again, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
“Yuan Yuan!” Jiang Die’s anxious voice came.
Jiang Yuan looked back and shouted, “Wait for me there, don’t come over.”
Hearing this, Jiang Die’s footsteps stopped abruptly.
Jiang Yuan looked back at Xu Decai, her gaze icy cold.
He lay on the ground, barely breathing.
Confirming he was too weak to run, Jiang Yuan got up and walked towards Jiang Die, “Sister, why did you come down?”
“You were upstairs for so long, and you didn’t bring your phone, I was worried.” Jiang Die glanced at the person not far away and asked worriedly, “What happened?”
“I encountered a little accident.” Jiang Yuan asked, “Did you bring my phone down for me?”
“I did.” Jiang Die took out her phone from her pocket and handed it to her.
Jiang Yuan called the police, held Mary and the others in her arms, her face full of heartache.
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