Under One Person: The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain

Duoduo didn't go into the group of parents; instead, she walked around the crowd and went to the primary school section.

Erzhuang was already waiting by the flower bed.

The first-grade school uniform was a size too big for the kindergarten uniform, and it was a bit too big for Erzhuang. The cuffs were rolled up twice, and the pant legs were rolled up once, revealing a section of his fair calves.

Duoduo ran over: "Erzhuang!"

Erzhuang jumped down from the flower bed, his schoolbag bouncing behind him: "Let's go home."

The two little girls walked hand in hand along the alley leading out of the school gate.

The alley was narrow, lined with small shops and stationery stores on both sides. At dismissal time, the alley was teeming with students, chattering away like a pot of boiling water.

Duoduo and Erzhuang weaved through the crowd and turned into a narrower alley. This alley was a shortcut; once past it, they would reach the street where they lived.

After walking a few steps, the road ahead was blocked by people.

Three older boys stood in a row, completely blocking the alley. The one in the lead had a buzz cut and a slightly chubby face, but he was a whole head taller than Duoduo.

Two henchmen stood behind him, one fat and one thin, both chuckling.

The man with the buzz cut pointed at Duoduo and Erzhuang: "You two, hand over your pocket money."

Duoduo tilted her head and looked at him.

The man with the buzz cut got a little creeped out by her gaze and raised his voice by half an octave: "What are you looking at! Hurry up! Or I'll beat you up!"

Erzhuang stepped forward, blocking Duoduo's path: "Who are you?"

The man with the buzz cut puffed out his chest: "I'm Ma Xiaolong from Class 2, Grade 3! This alley is under my jurisdiction!"

Duoduo peeked out from behind Erzhuang: "The alley belongs to everyone, how can it be under your jurisdiction?"

Ma Xiaolong was taken aback, clearly having never encountered such a counter-question before. His logic was simple—I'm older and stronger than you, so you have to listen to me.

"Enough with the nonsense!" Ma Xiaolong stretched out his hand. "Hand over the money!"

Duo Duo looked at his hands, then at his face: "Why do you want our money?"

Ma Xiaolong was stumped again.

Why? Because he wanted to buy spicy strips, of course. The convenience store near the school gate had just gotten a new kind of spicy strip, 50 cents a pack. He saw it when he passed by this morning and had been craving it all day.

But he couldn't say.

It would be too embarrassing to say it.

"What's it to you why I do this!" Ma Xiaolong took a step forward. "Are you going to give it to me or not?"

Erzhuang completely blocked Duoduo behind him: "No!"

Ma Xiaolong was stunned for a moment, then exploded in anger: "You won't give it to me? Fine!"

He reached out to grab Erzhuang's schoolbag.

Er Zhuang took a step to the left and deftly stepped aside. Ma Xiaolong missed his grip and stumbled before regaining his balance.

Duoduo said earnestly from the side, "You can't catch her. Erzhuang has to practice his kung fu every day."

Ma Xiaolong's face flushed red: "What do you mean by practicing martial arts! You're kidding me!"

He charged at me, fists clenched.

Erzhuang stretched out one foot and gently hooked Ma Xiaolong's ankle.

Ma Xiaolong fell forward and landed on the ground with a thud.

His knee hit the concrete, making him wince in pain.

Duoduo said seriously, "Stop bullying people. It's wrong to bully others."

"You...you just wait!" Ma Xiaolong got up, wiped away his tears, and turned to run away.

The two henchmen hesitated for a moment, then ran off as well.

The two girls exchanged a glance, chuckled, and held hands again as they walked forward. They turned a corner and left the alley, arriving at the main road.

"Erzhuang, what are we having for dinner tonight?"

"I don't know, how about we use the food processor to make braised pork?"

"But I want to eat the food my senior brother cooks."

"Didn't my senior brother say he wouldn't be back until the weekend?"

"Hmm... alright then."

As the two were talking, a gray van drove up from behind and stopped a few meters in front of them. The door opened with a "whoosh," and two men jumped out of the van, one on each side, sandwiching the two girls between them.

"Little boy, come with me." The man in the black jacket reached out and grabbed Erzhuang's arm.

Before Erzhuang could touch him, he shifted his feet and dodged to the side, avoiding the hand. At the same time, he released Duoduo's hand and called out in a low voice, "Duoduo!"

Duoduo understood immediately. She squatted down and then suddenly darted out, kicking the man in the gray hoodie's knee.

The kick looked light and airy, but the man in the gray hoodie felt a numbness in his knee, his whole leg went limp, and he slumped forward.

Duoduo used the momentum to jump up, spun around in mid-air, and landed her other foot squarely five inches below the gray hoodie's navel.

"Aww—"

The man in the gray hoodie let out a scream that went off in a different tone, clutched his groin with both hands, arched his back like a shrimp, and knelt on the ground with a thud.

At the same time, Erzhuang also made his move.

She sidestepped the black-jacketed man's grasp, hooking her toes on the ground and instantly shifting her weight, delivering a knee strike to the black-jacketed man's thigh. The black-jacketed man winced in pain, instinctively leaning forward, and Erzhuang seized the opportunity to deliver an elbow strike to his chest, and then—

Knee lifted, precise shot.

"ah--"

The scream from the man in the black jacket was even sharper than the one from the man in the gray hoodie. He bounced up and then crashed heavily to the ground, curling up in a ball with his face turning purple.

The two little girls moved incredibly fast, taking less than two seconds from the moment they made their move to the moment they stopped.

The two exchanged a glance, turned and ran, their short legs moving faster than a rabbit's. Before they knew it, they had run right into each other's arms.

The two exchanged a glance, turned and ran, their short legs moving faster than a rabbit's. Before they knew it, they had run right into each other's arms.

"Ouch!"

"Ugh—"

The two girls were startled and looked up—

My closest senior and junior brothers and sisters.

Er Zhuang's eyes lit up immediately: "Senior brother!"

Duoduo cheered, "Sister!"

Cheng Mo put one arm around Er Zhuang and rubbed her head with the other.

Xia He hugged Duo Duo: "Are you alright?"

Duoduo shook her head, her little face flushed, whether from running away or excitement, it was hard to tell: "Sister, someone's trying to catch us!"

The van driver leaned out of the window, saw Cheng Mo and his companion, his expression changed, and he floored the accelerator.

The bread truck sped off with a roar, its tires leaving a black mark on the ground, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into the alley next door and disappeared.

The two men who had been hit hard by the little girl were still lying on the ground.

Cheng Mo carried Er Zhuang over and looked down at the two men: "With your skills, you think you can kidnap someone?"

After saying that, he delivered a final blow to their groin areas.

Four extremely faint cracking sounds emanated from the two men.

The two couldn't even scream; their eyes rolled back, and they fainted instantly.

Cheng Mo stood up, dusted off his hands, and took out his phone to call Cheng Shou.

Beep—beep—beep—connected.

"Master, someone just tried to take Duoduo and Erzhuang away."

Cheng Shou's voice boomed from the other end of the phone: "What?!"

Then came Cheng Huihui's furious shout: "Cheng Shou, you idiot! Your own apprentice is being bullied on your own turf!"

Cheng Shou was also furious: "Which bastard dares to do this?!"

Cheng Mo held the phone a little further away, and only came back after the argument on the other end had stopped: "I'll ask for leave for them first, and we'll talk about it when we get back to the temple."

After hanging up the phone, Cheng Mo and Xia He each took a little girl's hand and turned to walk towards the school.

It was rush hour, so several passersby must have seen what happened, and some had already taken out their phones to call the police.

At the school gate.

Cheng Mo had a brief discussion with the security guard.

When the security guard heard that a student had almost been kidnapped, he quickly let them through and even offered to lead them to the homeroom teacher.

Duoduo's homeroom teacher is a young female teacher in her twenties, surnamed Wang.

Erzhuang's homeroom teacher was a middle-aged woman in her forties surnamed Liu. She had a loud voice and was decisive in her actions.

The two homeroom teachers were shocked when they heard what had happened.

Both teachers knew that the two girls had connections—they had been personally helped by county leaders when they enrolled. They never expected them to be kidnapped.

Teacher Wang held Duoduo's hand and looked her up and down: "Duoduo, are you alright? Are you hurt?"

Duoduo shook her head: "Teacher Wang, I'm fine. I kicked the bad guy down."

Teacher Liu checked Er Zhuang and, after confirming there were no problems, breathed a sigh of relief. Then she looked at Cheng Mo and asked, "You are...?"

Cheng Mo explained, "I'm their senior, so I asked for leave for the two girls and took them back to calm their nerves."

They then called Cheng Shou and asked him to communicate with the teachers. After confirming his identity, the two teachers approved his leave.

Cheng Mo thanked them and left the school gate with the two girls.