A life of success begins with being a landlord.

She must be in great danger, so she's using a big name to intimidate the thugs in front of her, pretending to be Dao Zai Xiong's woman.

Strangely, Dao Zaixiong's name didn't seem to scare these thugs at all.

"stop!"

I shouted loudly, taking the initiative: "Erxia, was that you?"

As I was speaking, I rushed out a few more steps and finally saw Erxia.

But what I saw before me took me by surprise and filled me with rage.

The woman named Erxia had all her clothes off, and her mouth was covered in blood.

Two men grabbed her hands and pulled her back tightly, pressing her back against a large tree.

Another man was bending over, trying to tie up Erxia's right leg...

The scene was truly indescribable; Erxia was like a lamb to the slaughter, utterly powerless to fight back.

"Brother Zu, Brother Zu, save me!"

Upon seeing me, Erxia struggled violently, crying out, "Those three beasts..."

The three thugs weren't surprised to see me; they just stared at me with murderous intent.

The thug standing in front bent down, picked up a watermelon knife from the ground, and pointed it at me: "You bastard, mind your own business, or I'll kill you and feed you to the dogs here!"

"brute!"

I loosened my grip, and the metal lighter landed on my feet. Then I twisted my waist and kicked my leg, sending the lighter flying.

This time, I used all my strength!

boom!

"oops--!"

A scream rang out, the watermelon knife clattered to the ground, and the assailant clutched his face and crouched down, yelling, "My eyes, my eyes are blind—!"

The other two thugs froze, released Erxia, each drew a dagger, and split up to walk slowly toward me.

"Follow the arrow!"

I feinted and raised my hand, shouting.

The thug on the left was startled and stopped in his tracks. The thug on the right, however, quickened his pace and rushed towards me.

Just as I was about to make my move, Fu Gui Mao caught up, raised a steel pipe, pointed it at the two thugs, and shouted a few words in Cantonese.

I only understood the three characters "刀仔雄" (Dao Zai Xiong); I didn't understand the rest.

After a moment's hesitation, the two thugs suddenly waved to me, grabbed the thug on the ground, and retreated into the depths of the woods.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Zu..."

Erxia seemed terrified; she didn't even put on her clothes and lunged at me.

I had no choice but to catch her: "Erxia, don't be afraid, calm down, put your clothes on first..."

"Brother Zu, Brother Zu." Erxia cried, her whole body trembling.

Fu Gui Mao picked up Er Xia's clothes from the ground, handed them to me, and then peeked at Er Xia with ill intent.

"Fugui Mao, you go out first." I took Erxia's jacket and put it on her first.

Fu Gui Mao reluctantly turned and left.

"Erxia, calm down, get dressed quickly, and come with me!"

I patted Erxia on the back.

Erxia crossed her arms and squatted down, still completely lost.

Ugh!

I sighed, picked up Erxia's skirt from the ground, and handed it to her: "Can you put it on by yourself? Do you want me to help you?"

Erxia shook her head, still looking dazed, as if she had been scared out of her wits.

I gritted my teeth, helped Erxia put on her skirt, and pulled her along, saying, "Let's go, don't stay here any longer!"

"Brother Zu, thank you for saving me."

Erxia's spirits and mood seemed to have improved somewhat; she tidied her clothes a bit.

I grabbed Erxia and quickly retreated out of the woods, getting on Fugui Mao's motorcycle.

There was a bag on the ground, which should belong to Erxia. I picked it up and took it with me.

Erxia sat sideways in the middle of the motorcycle, her arms around my neck, and kept crying.

I sat in the back, holding Erxia in my arms, comforting her: "Don't cry, it's alright now. We'll go back to Sanlichuan right away, and I'll call Tiger and the others."

"No, there's no need to call." Erxia shook her head repeatedly, tears streaming down her face. "That bastard Tiger doesn't want me anymore."

"You don't want me anymore?" I was shocked to hear this.

But at this moment, it's not appropriate to ask too many questions.

It's normal to break up after a relationship. Even married couples can't guarantee they'll stay together forever, right?

Fu Gui Mao drove very steadily, and in a few minutes we were back at Building 27.

I got off the bus and took Erxia back to 505.

While climbing the stairs, Erxia's legs were still trembling, and she had to take a step and then rest.

I supported her all the way, almost half-hugging and half-carrying her.

After finally making it to apartment 505, I asked Erxia, "Do you have a key?"

"No..." Erxia shook her head.

I gave a wry smile and prepared to pry open the door.

The two girls had just been stripped naked, so how could they possibly hide the key on their bodies?

"It's in the bag, it's in the bag..." Erxia suddenly remembered and pointed to the bag in my hand.

I opened Erxia's bag, found the key, and opened the door.

As soon as she entered the door, Erxia collapsed to the ground.

I sighed, looked at Erxia, and told her to sit down on the ground.

There was still water in the thermos, lukewarm. I poured Erxia a cup and knelt down to serve her: "Here, have some water."

Erxia nodded, took a couple of sips of water, and grabbed my arm: "Brother Zu, help me... to the sofa."

I helped Erxia up and put her on the sofa. I frowned and said, "Erxia, your back... seems to be injured. I see blood seeping out."

Erxia sat there blankly for a long time, her expression dazed: "In the master bedroom... on the bedside table, there's medicine."

I turned and went into the master bedroom, opened the bedside table and looked around. Sure enough, there were liniments, alcohol and gauze.

When I turned back, I was startled!

Erxia had already taken off her upper clothes and was now sitting sideways, hugging a cushion.

"Brother Zu, could you please apply the medicine for me?" Erxia's tone was calm and without any emotion.

I decided to go all out and sat down next to Erxia. I checked her back, gave it a quick wash, disinfected it with alcohol, applied erythromycin ointment, and bandaged it with gauze.

Erxia's back had extensive abrasions, likely caused by rubbing against tree bark while she was struggling in the grove.

Although it's not very serious, it's still easy to get infected in the summer.

I felt very embarrassed while they were bandaging me.

The wound is on the back, so gauze must be wrapped around the torso to bandage it.

Fortunately, I had seen women before, and with the mindset of a doctor, I managed to finish the job.

After the bandaging was finished, Erxia turned to look at me and sighed, "Brother Zu, Tiger doesn't want me anymore. The others followed Daozai Xiong and haven't come back these past few days."

I frowned: "So what are you planning to do?"

Erxia pointed to the house: "They dumped the house on me without giving me a single penny. All I have is a month's rent, a month's deposit, and some tattered household items. Now, I can only work to support myself."

"this……"

I pointed at Erxia: "Go change your clothes, Erxia. We can talk about the rest later."

Just now in the grove, I only put half a skirt on Erxia, but she wasn't wearing any clothes underneath.

"Brother Zu, I've lost all shame now. It doesn't matter whether I change my clothes or not."

Erxia remained expressionless: "Just now in the grove, everything was seen, and I almost... was seen by those three beasts..."

"Stop talking. Forget about what just happened."

I grabbed a cushion from behind me and shoved it at Erxia to shield her from view, then pulled out my phone: "That bastard Tiger, I'll talk to him. Even if you broke up, he can't just abandon you! What's his number?"

"Brother Zu, no!"

Erxia grabbed me, and the pillow on my lap fell to the ground again.