My Dongguan Love Story

Zhang Xiaoqian was so frightened that her heart was in her throat. She clung tightly to my neck, closed her eyes, and trembled uncontrollably, terrified. She had always lived a life of luxury and comfort, and had never experienced anything so heart-stopping.

Jumping off the building to the other side—that's just too crazy, too dangerous. It's completely beyond what a young lady like her could possibly do. If she were to fall, she'd be crippled even if she didn't die.

The wind whistled past her ears, and then she felt the sound of my feet landing. Her body trembled, and her forehead bumped against my cheek, causing her to open her eyes in pain. Seeing that she was on the other side, she breathed a sigh of relief.

She looked up at me, her initial fear gradually fading. Now that she remembered I was holding her, she struggled, wanting me to let go and put her down immediately.

I was about to jump when I saw her twisting her body, hugging him even tighter, and I scolded her, "Don't move."

When Zhang Xiaoqian saw me scolding her, she was both ashamed and angry: "What, haven't you taken enough advantage yet! Let go of me now."

She originally thought I was a gentleman for rejecting Song Qian's advances! But after I jumped off the building while clinging to myself, she wouldn't let go and even tried to take advantage of me!

Hearing her words, I looked at her speechlessly: "Miss, who wants to hug you? You're skinny and bony, and your temper is awful."

Zhang Xiaoqian's face darkened when she heard my words, and she pounded my chest with her small fist. Although she used all her strength, I only felt as if she was being hit with cotton balls, which didn't hurt or itch at all.

But her rude attitude angered me, and I made a gesture as if to put her on the ground, saying as I did so:

"Okay, okay, hurry up and come down. Otherwise, we'll all jump off the building."

When Zhang Xiaoqian heard that she was going to jump off the building again, her face turned pale. She looked back and saw that the gangsters had chased her to the rooftop and were watching her from the opposite building, preparing to jump over.

Seeing this, she immediately understood. It turned out that my not relaxing earlier was because I was preparing to jump to another building, not because I wanted to take advantage of her.

She knew she had misunderstood me, and her face showed some apology, but she didn't want to show it. She could only jump onto me and hug me tightly, saying, "Hurry, they're catching up!"

I rolled my eyes at her when I heard what she said. If you hadn't been so long-winded, I would have jumped over several buildings by now.

Hearing the shouts of the gangsters behind me, I knew I didn't have time to argue with her. I held her tightly in my arms and jumped towards another building.

The wind whistled in our ears, and Zhang Xiaoqian clung to me tightly in fright. Listening to the strong, powerful pounding of my heart, she felt a strange sense of security, a security that Zhang Peng could not provide.

This is an urban village residential area, mostly self-built houses, mostly three stories high, with a few four-story and two-story houses.

After we jumped a few times, there were only two floors left in front of us.

Jumping from the third floor to the second floor is not difficult for me. But if I'm holding someone, it's easy to lose my balance and fall down together.

I looked down at Zhang Xiaoqian, who was leaning against my chest, and said, "Come down, let's jump down separately."

Hearing my words, Zhang Xiaoqian looked down ahead and saw a second-floor rooftop about a meter away. A sense of fear welled up inside her: "No, I'm scared. Hold me and jump."

I glanced back and saw three or four thugs jumping off the building to chase after us. They shouted anxiously at her, "Stop dawdling! If you don't jump now, they'll catch up. If I jump with you in my arms, we might both get hurt."

Zhang Xiaoqian looked on nervously as the gangsters approached from behind, but when she glanced at the rooftop on the second floor opposite, she was too scared to move. She moved her pale lips and said, "I'm scared. You hold me and jump. If we fall, so be it."

Seeing her like this, I wanted to scold her a little more, but when I heard the footsteps approaching from behind, I had no choice but to grit my teeth, hug her tightly, and jump towards the other side.

I took a sudden, powerful step with my right foot, and we soared into the air, flying towards the other side in an arc.

The wind whistled in my ears, Zhang Xiaoqian closed her eyes tightly, and I held her tightly with sweaty palms.

Bang~

I landed on the ball of my right foot, and a powerful force surged through my foot, causing a sharp pain in my knee. My body also lost its balance, my arms lurched forward, and Zhang Xiaoqian fell to the ground, rolling twice before coming to a stop.

Her face was covered in dirt, and her right foot was throbbing with pain. She lay on the ground crying out, "It hurts, it hurts so much!"

"Dazhuang, why did you throw me out?" she asked me in pain.

I'm quite helpless about this. Normally, if I jump down, I just need to roll a few times on the ground to dissipate the weight. But holding you, I have to take the brunt of the force with my right foot. Even though I practice martial arts regularly, I almost lost my balance and fell, getting injured.

It's even more impossible that I need to hold you steady for a safe landing.

That's why I told Zhang Xiaoqian to jump by herself, but I don't have time to argue with her now. I went over, took her right hand, and helped her up.

"There's no time. Let's jump off the building and escape from the ground."

Zhang Xiaoqian was startled when she heard my words: "Jump again? Jump off here?"

She looked around, then pointed to a door on the roof and said, "Wouldn't it be better if we went down from here?"

I followed her finger and saw the rooftop stairwell door open; indeed, one could go down the stairs. But I shook my head:

"no."

Why?

My face turned serious: "Who knows if the door on the first floor is open? What if it's locked? Wouldn't we be trapped like turtles in a jar?"

"And they're about to catch up, so we need to escape quickly."

After hearing my words, Zhang Xiaoqian fell into deep thought. She understood the logic, but she didn't dare to jump.

"Sigh." Seeing her like this, I could only sigh. I didn't bother arguing with her anymore; arguing was a complete waste of time.

I carried her on my back and turned to her, saying, "Hold on tight."

"Mmm." Zhang Xiaoqian buried her head in my back.

This was the second floor, not very high, about four meters. I grabbed the edge of the roof with both hands, carrying Zhang Xiaoqian on my back as I slowly descended. Once I stopped in mid-air, I let go and landed on my knees.

The force came from the soles of my feet and almost made me stumble and fall.

"Walk!"

I carried Zhang Xiaoqian on my back and ran towards the mountain forest.

We didn't have a car, and if we drove on the main roads, we would easily be caught by the gangsters. We could only run into the woods and jungles to escape their pursuit.

After running for several kilometers, and feeling that there were no pursuers behind me, I finally put her down, panting heavily.

She was holding me tightly around the neck with both hands, and it even drew blood. If she doesn't stop, I'm afraid she'll strangle me.

After I put her down, she was in some pain in her right foot and couldn't stand steadily, so she grabbed my arm and sat down on the ground.

I glanced at the pursuers behind me, then at her legs, noticing bruises and bloodstains. I asked with concern, "Are your legs alright?"

Zhang Xiaoqian touched her leg with her right hand, sweat beading on her forehead from the pain: "It hurts, I feel like I can't walk anymore."

As she spoke, she suddenly became hesitant to speak. Seeing her pause, I asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Xiaoqian blushed and stammered as she looked at me, "I... I need to pee."

I nodded when I heard her say, "Okay, then I'll go ahead first."

As soon as I finished speaking and turned to leave, she saw that I was about to go and hurriedly grabbed my legs tightly, looking left and right.

It was getting late, and the woods were pitch black. She was terrified and didn't dare let me go far. She stammered, "Don't go, I'm scared."

I know it's deep in the mountains, and leaving a young girl here is really inappropriate. But there's no other way.

Zhang Xiaoqian listened to my words, biting her lip, struggling internally. After a long while, she said in a voice barely audible, "You, you can't leave. How about this, turn around and don't peek at me."

I listened to her words, my eyes wide. This was too much... but thinking about it, it seemed there was no better way.

Although I couldn't go far, I took a few steps and then stopped with my back to her.

Then they heard Zhang Xiaoqian move her body.