God of Dragon - Chapter 49

“But young master…” The captain was confused.

Yan Xiangma patted the captain’s head with his fan and said, “But what? But what? Are you telling me that my life is worthless?”

“Young master, I didn’t mean that.”

“Then, are you saying that I lied?”

“Young master, I didn’t dare to think like that.”

“I didn’t lie, and you didn’t think that my life was worthless. Then why would you treat my lifesaver with such an attitude?”

“I… Young master, I…”

“This upright young man risked his life to protect the shop’s customers. He was willing to sacrifice his own life to fight with these gangsters, who could be treated as a hero and an imperial model. Shouldn’t you report the glorious thing that he did to the Governor of Jiangnan City? So the Governor can reward him and make him the model of thousands of young people. But now, with your swords and arrows, you tried to kill him. Beyond that, you intended to bring a charge of killing against him and sent him to jail. Has a dog eaten all your conscience and sense of justice?”

“Young master, I…”

“Put your weapons away,” shouted Yan Xiangma loud.

The captain had no choice but to wave his hand, ordering his men to stop. With crackling sounds, the soldiers put their blades back in the sheaths and lowered their bows, secretly feeling relieved.

When they confronted Li Muyang and looked into his blood-red eyes, they knew clearly that they had no psychological advantage over him. Instead, they felt as if a wild beast were casting its greedy eyes on them and that they might lose their lives at any time.

They also had a very clear feeling that if they obeyed their captain’s order and went to arrest this principal criminal, none of them could survive. Li Muyang would kill them all.

Thinking of this, they were exceptionally grateful to Yan Xiangma, the son of the city governor, who ran in and messed the thing up. Although this guy always acted stupidly, he indeed had saved their lives this time.

Yan Xiangma walked over to Li Muyang and asked in a low voice, “Are you all right?”

The redness in Li Muyang’s eyes faded. He shook his head and said, “I’m fine.”

“Good. Don’t talk. Leave all of this to me,” said Yan Xiangma.

He walked to the captain, pointed to the black-clad men lying on the ground who were seriously injured, and said, “Look them carefully. These are the bastards who tried to hurt me. I also heard that they were going to kidnap me. It is a premeditated crime. I will report it to the Governor. You’d better lock them up in prison and interrogate them strictly. Find out if they had any accomplices, why they would kidnap me, and whether they did this for money or sex…”

“Young master, we didn’t intend to kidnap you…” A man in black shouted in a hurry. They already knew that the guy in gorgeous clothes had a powerful background, so these soldiers might follow his orders and took them to the prison to interrogate them under torture. Then, after being charged with kidnapping, they would probably be sentenced to death.

But before the man in black could finish his words, Li Dalu had already walked up to him and accidentally stepped on his throat. It was unknown how he walked, but eventually, he stopped on the man’s neck.

Then, like a castrated donkey, the man in black shouted himself hoarse in his frenzied efforts to say something, but he couldn’t make any sound.

Yan Xiangma was quite satisfied with Li Dalu’s performance. With pleasure, he secretly praised, “It seems that this stooge of mine can act smartly occasionally. The years of training that I gave to him is not in vain.”

“Look at their faces! Every one of them looks fierce and evil. They look just like bad guys…” Yan Xiangma pointed to those men in black and said, “I’ll leave the rest to you. You won’t let me down, will you?”

“Young master…”

“A friendly warning: as a famous rich playboy in Jiangnan City, I can do almost anything.”

“Yes, young master.” The captain of the Gendarme Regiment straightened his back and said, “I know what I should do.”

“I like dealing with smart people. What’s your name?”

“I’m Jia Qiang.”

“Be my follower, and you will be a real strong man in the future.”

“Thank you, young master.”

Yan Xiangma waved his hand and said, “Take those wicked people away quickly. I feel quite scared when I see their evil looks…”

“Yes.” Jia Qiang waved his hand. Then those soldiers rushed over like wolves and tigers, lifting those men in black on the ground and carrying them away.

Jia Qiang gave Yan Xiangma a salute and said, “Young master, I’m leaving now.”

“Go ahead. Go ahead. You know how to write the report, right? If you need my cooperation, just tell me in time. Don’t be too polite to ask for my help. Eliminating these kidnappers is the duty of every citizen of Jiangnan City…”

“But you are the biggest kidnapper and local tyrant in Jiangnan City.” Jia Qiang, the captain, secretly condemned in his heart.

Of course, no matter how bold he was, he wouldn’t dare to say it out loud in front of others.

“Thank you, young master. If every resident of Jiangnan City has your spirit of sacrifice and sense of ownership, why should we worry about public security issues?”

Jia Qiang waved his hand and quickly left with his subordinates. If he continued talking with Yan Xiangma perfunctorily, he was afraid that he would get nauseous and throw up on the spot.

It was not until the Gendarme Regiment left that Li Muyang finally let down his guard.

Yan Xiangma patted Li Muyang on the shoulder and said, “Cousin, are you… Er, could you please stop looking at me like this? You look like an evil guy in that way.”

The red cloud in Li Muyang’s eyes vanished, and he said apologetically, “Sorry, I was too sensitive.”

Li Muyang walked to the corner of the wall and lifted his mother from the flour pile. With concern, he asked, “Mom, are you okay?”

“I’m fine, Muyang…” Luo Qi looked at her son, feeling uncertain. “Is this young man in front of me really my son? Since when did my son become so powerful?”

Also, when he attacked others, his red eyes made Luo Qi feel strange and scared.

This young man was nothing like the previous Li Muyang that she knew well. She had never seen such a cold and cruel look in her son’s eyes.

“Mom…” Li Muyang called her in a dry voice. He saw that his mother, who looked nervous, hesitated. Also, he could feel her resistance. When he reached out to help her, she moved slightly aside to avoid touching him. “She is my mother, the closest person to me, and also the family that I love the most. Even my families look at me in this way, not to mention others.” Li Muyang thought to himself.

He felt seriously hurt.

Li Muyang wanted to explain something to her, but he didn’t know how to explain it.

After all, even he didn’t know what had happened.

“Is it really like Crow said that I’ve become a monster?” Li Muyang said in his heart.

“Muyang…” Luo Qi reached out to hold Li Muyang’s hand and said in a firm tone of voice, “No matter what, you are Li Muyang, my son…”

“Mom, I am always your son,” Li Muyang said, eyes red.

“Yes, you are always my son, my good son. If it weren’t for saving me, you wouldn’t have had to come here in such a hurry.” Luo Qi comforted him.

Some people helped the pastry chefs in the shop stand up. They had superficial wounds but nothing major. Lil Ting also came to Luo Qi and asked, “Sister Qi, are you all right?”

Then, she looked at Li Muyang with admiration on her face and said, “Muyang is really amazing. Thanks to you today. Otherwise, Sister Qi and I would be…”

She couldn’t finish her words. If it hadn’t been for him, perhaps Zhang Tianyi and others would have raped them.

Li Muyang knew what Lil Ting meant, thinking that it was lucky that he had the ability. “In previous, I was a good-for-nothing teenager whose weak hands could not pick up anything heavy and whose shoulders could not bear any burden. At that time, even if I rushed to these bad guys in a blaze of anger, they would kick me away with great ease.”

“In that case, my mother might make a bigger sacrifice to save me.”

Thinking of this possibility, the knot in Li Muyang’s heart disappeared at once.

He did not care what kind of monster he had become. What he only hoped was that he could protect his families from harm.

Luo Qi walked up to Yan Xiangma, bowing deeply to him. Feeling endlessly grateful to him, she said, “Young Master Yan, thanks very much to you. You have saved my whole family this time. It was only by the grace of you that no one in my family suffered.”

“Mrs. Luo, don’t say that.” In a hurry, Yan Xiangma said humbly with a smile, “I don’t deserve such an honor. I did nothing, nor did I see anything. After I came here, it was Li Muyang who did everything.”

“Young Master Yan, but you saved Muyang.” Luo Qi said very earnestly, “Without your help here, I’m afraid that these soldiers would have taken Muyang away. Then if Muyang has been convicted, it will be a greater disaster for my entire family. He is just a kid, a student who has just finished the Liberal-arts Exam. If something went wrong this time, his future would be ruined, and even his life would be in danger. Isn’t all of this the grace of you to save us from the miserable future?”

Yan Xiangma seriously thought about it for a while and said, “Mrs. Luo, since you said so, I really can’t refute it. But you don’t have to take it to heart. Just let Li Muyang and Li Sinian remember this favor, and they will find a chance to pay it back in the future.”

Li Muyang looked at Yan Xiangma and asked with doubt in his eyes, “Why did you get here?”

“I went to your home to see you… to discuss something with you. However, the door of your house was closed. I asked Li Dalu to inquire about it, and I heard that something happened to your family’s bakery. I felt so anxious when I heard the news. If something happened to your bakery, wasn’t it equal to that my bakery was in trouble? So I came here at top speed.”

“Thank you,” Li Muyang said gratefully. “Sorry to trouble you again this time.”

Yan Xiangma waved his hand and said, “Don’t hurry to thank me. It is still unknown whom you should show your gratitude to.”

Li Muyang’s face froze a little, and he asked, “What do you mean?”

“Nothing serious. I mean, we’re brothers, so you don’t have to say ‘thank you’ all the time. Right, if there is nothing else to do here, I’ll go back first.”

Yan Xiangma waved his hand, saying, “I won’t help you clean up the bakery. See you later.”

After that, he went outside with the group of toadies behind.

Li Muyang looked at Yan Xiangma as he was leaving, and there was light twinkling in his eyes.

“Muyang…” Luo Qi called out. She reached out to straighten Li Muyang’s messy clothes and said with heartache, “You have suffered. I will never let anyone bully you again in the future…”

“Mom…” Li Muyang held his thin mother tightly in his arms and said in a hoarse voice, “I should say this to you. Later on, I will prevent you from being bullied by others. Let me, your son, protect all of you.”