Chapter 254 – Another Trigger Task (Part Three)
Jiang Pengji halted her steps and suddenly turned her head to the other party, saying, “The road I say is the road.”
The guard had a bewildered look, secretly wondering, could it be that their Young Master has a poor sense of direction and is shy about being found out?
“What are you standing there for? Keep up.”
Jiang Pengji huffed lightly, casting a playful glare that swirled with a hint of pride.
Of course, these subordinates didn’t understand what ‘pride’ was, but Jiang Pengji’s quirky reaction did hit some buttons for certain people.
“Yes!”
The guard quickly responded, rushing to follow Jiang Pengji’s footsteps.
The audience in the live stream suddenly reacted, a guess spreading in their minds; could it be that the streamer changed her mind?
【Farmer Spring Water Suspended】: Streamer, while it’s virtuous to shout against injustice, you have to know your limits. Compared to complete strangers, I think your safety is more important. Even if you do nothing, you’re not in the wrong.
【Rock Candy Lemon】: Seconded +1, streamer, you really don’t need to change your actions because of others’ opinions. With only this small group around, if you run into a pack of bandits, you might end up in trouble instead. That’s just not worth it.
Rescuing someone also has its costs; Jiang Pengji and her group were only out to look for water and didn’t bring any lethal weapons.
With a small number of people and inadequate weaponry, if the bandits outnumbered Jiang Pengji, wouldn’t that be like sheep entering a tiger’s den?
【Your Yi Da】: Tsk, so many moral kidnappers around. Just because the streamer doesn’t save someone doesn’t mean she’s not kindhearted or good, right? If she falls into danger because of trying to save someone, would you keyboard warriors jump through the screen to save her? Streamer, you must be careful!
The live stream audience was quite conflicted, their stance wavering.
Jiang Pengji clearly remembered an ID angrily scolding her for being cold-blooded, yet when she showed signs of possibly rescuing someone, that ID followed along with others angrily chastising those with suspected moral kidnapping, completely forgetting their previous comments.
With a cold, mocking scoff in her heart, she ignored the ruckus in the comments no matter how loud it got.
【Old Driver Alliance】: Why are you all fussing? Doesn’t the streamer’s “no profit, no early start” personality surprise you for the first time?
Compared to those who wavered, the truly loyal viewers were more rational and maintained their own stance.
They may not watch every day’s stream, but they truly understood Jiang Pengji’s character.
Is she the type to get carried away by emotions and act impulsively?
Clearly not.
Although they didn’t know why she suddenly changed her mind, one thing was certain: her reason for rescuing someone had nothing to do with the audience’s comments.
If Jiang Pengji were the type to be easily swayed by the audience’s opinions, she wouldn’t have attracted so many die-hard fans.
Following the thoughts of the【Old Driver Alliance】, perhaps her reason for rescuing someone was simply because—
The benefits of saving someone greatly outweighed standing by and watching.
Yes, Jiang Pengji was this realistic.
“You all follow me; I’ll go ahead.”
With a few jumps, Jiang Pengji skillfully broke away from the guards behind her, leaping onto a few large stones beside the waterfall for leverage as she ascended.
Those guards were taken aback, did they just witness the legendary… wall-running?
One of them even tried to mimic Jiang Pengji’s actions, but as soon as his right foot hit the first stone, it slipped, sending him tumbling forward and crashing with a thud, leaving a big tear in his clothes with a loud rip.
At this moment, the guards realized that the stones beside the waterfall had become wet and slippery due to splashing water.
They couldn’t stand straight even in straw sandals, let alone Jiang Pengji, who was just wearing a pair of wooden clogs.
So… how did the Young Master manage to get up there?
“What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and catch up! If something happens to the Young Master, you won’t want to live!”
A guard’s shout snapped them out of their shock.
Although they all came from a bandit background, after days of intense training and Xu Ke’s persistent brainwashing, they had shed their wild natures, and not only were they loyal to Jiang Pengji, but they also carried a newfound spirit akin to a regular army, looking completely revitalized.
Jiang Pengji was agile enough to climb without a hitch; they might be a little clumsy, but they could find their own way up.
“Lady… you go ahead. Jump into the pool; there might still be a chance for survival… listen to your husband… hurry!”
Beneath the waterfall lay a pool of water, and the drop wasn’t very high. The lady was a good swimmer; jumping in could actually allow her to survive.
Cheng Cheng gasped for air, and with each word he spoke, fresh blood flowed from his numerous injuries.
From too much blood loss, his lips had turned pale, and his face was smeared with blood, looking incredibly haggard but still managing to retain his charm.
After speaking, he groped for the sword lying nearby, propped it against the ground, and barely stood up.
“Let’s die together; how can I let you face the villains alone?” The woman in green, with her hair disheveled and most of her jeweled ornaments lost during the escape, tightly grasped her husband’s hand and said word by word, “If you die here, how can I go on?”
Cheng Cheng wanted to persuade her again, but thinking about this remote wilderness, even if the lady miraculously escaped the murderous bandits, she wouldn’t survive in the perilous forest, and he could only sigh helplessly, tightly holding her hand and feeling warmth in his heart.
“Well… cough cough cough…” he coughed up blood, “With such a wife… what more could a husband ask for…”
Cheng Cheng took a deep breath, squeezing her fingers tighter, barely saying, “…Don’t be afraid, my lady…”
At this moment, a commotion of footsteps rapidly approached, interspersed with harsh curses. Cheng Cheng’s heart sank at the sound.
The skilled bandits had actually shaken off the guards and were coming after them?
“Over here, they’re escaping pretty fast!”
More than forty bandits, all wielding shiny blades, clad in coarse clothing stained with old blood, very few of them seemed genuinely injured.
“Kill them, take their heads back, why talk so much…”
Faintly, amidst the curses, there were conversations peppered in that made Cheng Cheng’s heart chill.
Since when did bandits possess such prowess, able to slaughter over a hundred of his guards with just forty or fifty people?
What kind of bandits kill for no loot, instead wanting to take others’ heads?
This clearly wasn’t ordinary banditry; someone was deliberately lying in wait here, with the intention of taking his life.
Cheng Cheng’s wife was also a heroine, bold and daring, and reacted at this moment, looking gravely at her husband.
Cheng Cheng, enduring the searing pain of his wounds, gritted his teeth and harshly questioned.
“…Who sent you here?”
Although he knew he wouldn’t get an answer, there was still a sense of unwillingness in his heart.
