Daily News: You promised yourself to be a fisherman, but you've become a martial arts god?

The villagers of Nanhu Bay are almost all fishermen. Winter is not a suitable time for fishing, so they stock up on food to get through the winter.

If the grain is stolen, most of it will not survive the winter.

Therefore, the villagers hated the thief to the extreme.

Upon hearing that someone's house had been robbed, people rushed over with torches and farm tools.

The villagers all knew that if they let the thieves get away with it, their own homes might be the next targets.

"Damn it! Run!"

As the villagers gradually arrived, Zhang San sensed something was wrong. Despite the pain in his back, he got up and tried to run away.

"You think you can come and go as you please?"

Li Nian snorted coldly and ran over to block Zhang San's path.

"Get out of here!"

Zhang San stopped, his face turned cold, and he pulled out a knife from his pocket and stabbed Li Nian.

He didn't want to be caught red-handed.

"A cornered dog will do the opposite."

Seeing this, Li Nian sneered inwardly.

Faced with Zhang San's knife attack, he neither dodged nor evaded.

If his opponent were a martial arts practitioner, he wouldn't dare to confront them head-on right now.

But he was still confident in dealing with Zhang San, a good-for-nothing whose body had been ruined by alcohol and women.

With this intact body and the martial arts skills he learned in the army in his previous life, dealing with a scoundrel would be a piece of cake.

If this body hadn't lacked training, with his physique from his previous life, that kick just now would have been enough to keep Zhang San from getting up!

"You must be terrified, Li Nian!"

"Once I stab you in the back, these filthy fishermen will see how ruthless I am, and even if they recognize me, they won't dare to report me!"

Seeing Li Nian standing still, Zhang San thought Li Nian had been scared out of her wits.

He stabbed Li Nian with a smug look on his face, as if he could already see Li Nian being stabbed and collapsing to the ground in pain.

"Erlang, watch out!"

At the same time, Zhao Lijuan, holding Duoduo, shouted urgently from the doorway of the house.

She woke up when the oil lamp was lit inside the room and hurriedly got up to follow it out.

Seeing Zhang San about to stab Li Nian with a knife, Zhao Lijuan was extremely anxious.

She had never seen Li Nian fight and was worried that something might happen to her.

The villagers who rushed over stopped in their tracks when they saw this, not daring to step forward to stop it, for fear of being stabbed.

They are not afraid of ordinary petty thieves.

Those with knives were afraid.

Li Nian is not their relative, and they will not risk their lives for her.

"That thief has a knife, Li Nian is doomed!"

"Li Nian is still standing there like an idiot, why isn't she running away!"

"Li Nian must have been terrified!"

Everyone shook their heads.

They all knew that Li Nian had never been in a fight since she was a child, and they did not believe that Li Nian could beat someone with a knife with her bare hands.

Just as everyone thought the knife was about to stab Li Nian, it was only inches away from her chest.

No sooner said than done, Li Nian suddenly raised her hand and precisely grabbed Zhang San's wrist, which was holding the knife.

"So fast!"

Zhang San's heart skipped a beat.

Before he could think further, Li Nian twisted the handle.

Ah!

Zhang San felt a sharp pain in his wrist and cried out in pain as the knife slipped from his hand and fell into the snowdrift on the ground.

Immediately afterward, Li Nian tripped, and Zhang San lost his balance, falling directly onto the snow.

Then, Li Nian pulled off Zhang San's belt and tied his hands and feet, rendering him completely immobile.

The entire process was so smooth that everyone was amazed.

"Erlang, are you alright?"

After a long while, Zhao Lijuan finally came to her senses and rushed forward to check on Li Nian's body.

"Sister-in-law, I'm fine."

Li Nian smiled, feeling warm inside.

Zhao Lijuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If something were to happen to Li Nian, she would be too ashamed to face Li Nian's family even if she died.

Suddenly, Zhao Lijuan thought of something.

"Erlang, just now you..."

"Today I joined the Qinyun Martial Arts School. When I entered the school, I saw my fellow students practicing a few moves. I never thought I'd have to use them tonight."

Faced with Zhao Lijuan's curiosity, Li Nian casually made up an excuse.

He deliberately raised his voice when he spoke so that the villagers outside the courtyard could hear him.

He knew that the villagers were weak-willed because they were afraid to step forward when they saw Zhang San draw his knife.

At the same time, he also realized that these villagers did not have a deep relationship with his family.

The purpose of demonstrating his martial arts skills and revealing his identity as a martial arts school disciple was to intimidate the villagers and prevent anyone from bullying his sister-in-law and niece when they went out.

Just as he expected.

After hearing that he had joined the martial arts school, the villagers looked at him with a mixture of fear and obsequiousness.

"It hurts so much! I'm freezing!"

"Li Nian, I'm Zhang San, a member of the Zhang family! You fucking let me go right now!"

At this moment, Zhang San, who was lying on the snow unable to move, was both cold and in pain, and couldn't help but shout.

"Zhang San, you still remember you're from the Zhang family?"

"We are the Zhang family's fishermen, yet you came to steal our grain, and now I have caught you red-handed."

"If the Zhang family finds out about this, do you think they'll side with you, the collateral branch of the family, or with us?"

Faced with Zhang San's threat, Li Nian didn't get angry but laughed instead.

After saying that, he pulled Zhang San up from the snow so that everyone could see Zhang San's face.

"Everyone, tell me, should I release Zhang San?"

Li Nian looked at the crowd outside the courtyard.

"We can't let it go!"

"This matter must be reported to the Zhang family!"

"We work so hard for the Zhang family, we don't believe they would tolerate a mere collateral relative stealing our grain!"

The villagers were not going to let Zhang San off the hook.

This was within Li Nian's expectations.

Zhang San had a knife in his hand just now, and the villagers were afraid of him.

Now that Zhang San has been subdued, they are no longer afraid.

Moreover, Zhang San was merely a collateral relative of the Zhang family, which was a slightly higher status than theirs as fishermen, so there was no need for them to be wary of Zhang San's status.

Furthermore, if this matter is left unattended, Zhang San might dare to steal from Li Nian's house today, and he'll dare to steal from theirs next time. He's at least aware of that.

Besides, the suspect has been caught red-handed, and the evidence is irrefutable!

"It's over!"

Hearing Li Nian's words and the villagers' angry voices, Zhang San felt a chill run down his spine.

The fishermen in the village rented land and fishing gear to make a living, thus creating wealth for the Zhang family.

The Zhang family might not care about one or two fishermen, but it's a different story when it comes to fishermen from an entire village.

He knew very well that given his status and position, he wasn't worth the Zhang family protecting.

To appease the fishermen and demonstrate the Zhang family's authority, they will surely punish him as a warning to others!

Suddenly, Zhang San thought of something.

"Li Nian, it wasn't my intention to steal food from your house."

"It's Zhang Daniu and his wife!"

"They sent me to steal it. They also sent me to steal your grain last time!"

"They want to leave your family without food to survive the winter, forcing you to rely on their supplies!"

Zhang San shouted it out truthfully.

"He really is a coward, he confessed so quickly."

Seeing Zhang San implicate Zhang Daniu and his wife, Li Nian smiled disdainfully to herself.

A petty thief can't be that bold.

Get it right!

"Sister-in-law Zhang, is what Zhang San said true?"

Composing himself, Li Nian looked at a plump woman outside the courtyard.

Sister-in-law Zhang!

"Zhang San is lying and slandering me!"

"Everyone knows Zhang San is a habitual thief!"

"What he said is all a lie!"

Sister-in-law Zhang vehemently denied it.

She rushed over after hearing the commotion at Li Nian's house.

I thought that Li Nian had learned that the grain had been stolen and, unable to catch the thief, had hurriedly called for help to catch the thief, wanting to see Li Nian in a pitiful state.

Unexpectedly, Li Nian caught Zhang San red-handed.

Moreover, Zhang San actually betrayed her.

If this matter escalates to the Zhang family, she won't get away with it either!

"Everyone knows Zhang Daniu's penis is useless. You lonely slut, you want a man, you want the young and handsome Li Nian to play with you!"

"Zhang San, how dare you slander me!"

"Slandering you? I'm stating the facts!"

"Last time you asked me to steal grain from Li Nian's house, and I even took one of Li Nian's underwear. You said you'd give it to Zhang Daniu, but I bet you kept it for yourself!"

"If you want to know if I was sent by Zhang Daniu and his wife to steal something, just go to this slut's house and look for her underwear!"

Zhang San and his wife argued incessantly.

When Li Nian heard that her underwear was in Zhang Dasao's hands, she was stunned for a moment.

Nima.

Blast!

I dare not imagine what might happen next!

Composing herself, Li Nian feigned deep sorrow:

"Sister-in-law Zhang, I never imagined you were this kind of person!"