There are too many teammates who are complete losers.

Chapter 5 Escape from Death

The ancestral home of the Shen clan in Linjiang, beneath the giant star tree.

"Yaohisa was kidnapped? When did that happen?"

"At 7:20 PM tonight, in Linjiang New City, Miss Yaoxing said she's going to say her final goodbyes to Young Master Longyou and the others..."

"Where are the guards? Did she not take them with her?"

"The young lady said she's going alone, without any guards..."

"Nonsense, where is he now? Don't tell me he hasn't been saved yet?"

"We've already dispatched men, and we've located the robbers' hideout. But when we arrived, the young lady was already gone. Only five dead bodies remained at the scene, along with the young lady's phone and..."

"Don't stammer."

"And the young lady's torn clothes..."

"Is the news being blocked?"

"Reporting to your master, the media got the news half an hour earlier than our people, and even had photos of clothes being torn at the scene... Now the whole internet is paying attention to the young lady's movements."

The noble lady of the Shen family in Linjiang was kidnapped on the street by thugs, and there seem to be some scandalous developments afterward... This is too much of a topic of discussion, and it almost instantly became a trending topic, attracting attention from the entire internet.

But why are these media outlets acting so quickly? It's suspiciously fast.

It should be said that from the moment Yaoxing disappeared, everything was shrouded in mystery.

The events unfolded in a series of interconnected events, as if an unseen figure was behind it all.

Who wants to harm Yaoxing? Or is someone targeting the Shen family of Linjiang?

Should we go and look for her ourselves? But we don't know what Grandma's attitude is towards this matter.

"Sir, the He family from Jizhou also called to express their concern for the eldest daughter."

"Is it just an expression of concern?"

The young lady fell into the hands of bandits and disappeared without a trace for several hours, leaving behind her torn clothes at the scene.

The media, like wolves drawn by the smell of blood, reported on the matter with exaggerated and sensationalized details.

For the He family of Jizhou, what should have been a joyous union between in-laws has become a hot potato, embroiled in this public opinion storm.

The servant simply lowered his head upon hearing this, not daring to offer any further reply.

……

"Holy crap! They escaped!"

Under the cover of night, two figures emerged from the bushes and entered the winding mountain path.

The city is faintly visible below the guardrail.

The urban construction of Yu State is far inferior to that of Lu Ren in his previous life. There are not a single street lamp for hundreds of meters of rural roads. However, the Industrial Revolution was completed two hundred years earlier, and the environmental restoration of Yu State is quite good now.

Looking up, the stars were dazzling, but the Milky Way stretched across the sky like a cold, huge wound. The mountain wind blew, and the scarecrow by the roadside creaked softly, as if silently watching the two young people who had just stepped into the dark world.

"What is that?"

"What? What is that?"

"That one over there, the one standing in the field."

"That's a scarecrow, young lady."

"I know what a scarecrow is."

"I didn't say you didn't know."

"Alright, let's stop here. They shouldn't be able to catch us!"

"What do you mean they couldn't catch up? Didn't you... kill them all?"

Shen Yaoxing was taken aback by his words. She turned to look at the panting boy and asked with a half-smile, "What? Didn't you kill one of them?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ren's expression turned slightly bitter, unsure of how to respond.

The coldness on the girl's face when she committed the murder was strikingly different from that of the heartbroken, lovelorn girl.

He was smiling at him, his face seemingly friendly, but Lu Ren felt a chill run down his spine.

This is another world, this is the profession.

Lu Ren did kill someone. The last person had just collapsed and was unable to get up, and he finished him off with a fatal blow.

He didn't know what he was thinking at the time, but he vaguely felt that if he didn't do something, the girl who was already in a killing frenzy would kill him too. Of course, it was also possible that he had lost his mind and was just acting crazy, but at that time, people were dying in front of him, and he was really panicked standing there. He thought about a lot of things all of a sudden.

He killed someone, but the feeling of killing... wasn't that he felt terrible or terrified, nor was it that he felt it was alright. He just kept thinking about the life that had been taken by him, and there was always something stuck in his heart, as if the deceased would keep haunting him.

Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor. If you seek revenge, don't come after me. The person who killed you was Shen Yaoxing of the Shen family of Linjiang…

"What are you muttering about?"

Did I say it aloud?

"I didn't hear you clearly."

"I mean, since Miss Shen was able to handle those people, why didn't she make a move when she was in the city from the beginning?"

"What are you saying? How was I supposed to know their strength back then? What if they were high-level professionals? What if they had guns? If they had guns, there was nothing I could do. I can't withstand bullets. I observed them all the way before I was sure I could make my move."

"That makes sense. Luckily, it's just the lowest-paying job, and there's only one."

"Right? And you were unconscious at the time, what if they took you hostage?"

It turned out that he was afraid of being implicated. Lu Ren looked grateful and then said:

"Miss Shen, now that we're out of trouble and the villains have been captured, your rescuers should be here soon, right? I..."

Lu Ren was interrupted by the girl halfway through his sentence: "Who said we're already free?!"

"No, isn't it?"

"You clearly have no experience with being kidnapped. How dare they target me, the eldest daughter of the Shen family in Linjiang? Can you believe there were only five of them? Where did they get my information? How did they know my schedule? How could they appear just when I was unattended? Is it possible for five local thugs to do that?"

Shen Yaoxing, with a look of deep disgust, stomped her feet repeatedly on the cement surface of the mountain path:

"A conspiracy! There's definitely something fishy going on behind this! Someone's trying to harm me, and it might even be someone from within my Shen family. I can only save myself now; I absolutely cannot trust anyone from my family!"

This guy uses self-reference like "this young lady," it's just like in a TV drama.

He lowered his head in thought and said, "It seems we're still not out of trouble..."

The girl put her hands on her hips and nodded in satisfaction, her face clearly saying "She's teachable."

"Now I'm the only one who's out of trouble."

"Eh?"

The girl's pretty face froze. "W-What do you mean?"

Lu Ren solemnly clasped his hands in thanks and said, "I am deeply grateful, Miss Shen. Let us take our leave now."

"What? What?"

Shen Yaoxing immediately stopped him: "How can you be so heartless as to leave such a beautiful young woman like me stranded on the roadside in the middle of the night?"

Lu Ren pondered for a moment and said, "Then shall I take you to the nearby bus stop?"

"What do you mean by a bus stop? At least take me to the police station! Pshaw! Who wants you taking me to a place like that?!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ren honestly replied:

"Miss Shen, I'm just an unemployed vagrant who couldn't find a job, had no money, and almost starved to death on the streets. I also have a younger sister at home who needs my support. I really can't help you much. I'm very grateful that you saved me tonight, but if I don't go back at this time, my sister will be crying and looking for me everywhere."

As he was speaking, he was about to turn and leave when his collar was grabbed from behind.

Shen Yaoxing is very strong; after all, he can kill five adult male creatures single-handedly.

"I can't see any members of the Shen family who come to contact me right now, and I don't want to go back to the Shen family either. Find me a place to stay tonight, or..."

She chuckled and said, "If you can't do it, believe me, I'll have someone mess with you."

Lu Ren "..."

He looked up at the sky, and after a long while, he sighed, quietly reached into his coat pocket, took out the last pineapple bun, and started eating it.

In fact, when he saw Shen Yaoxing get a quadra kill, he felt that he might not be able to escape.

However, he has one advantage: he doesn't meddle in things he doesn't understand.

Moreover, she witnessed the eldest daughter of the Shen family commit murder and learned about a conspiracy she shouldn't have known. At this moment, Safest's choice is not to escape, but to stay by this "source of danger" and make herself "useful".

Only by venturing deep into the whirlpool can one find a way to avoid being torn apart.

"Besides, you're unemployed, aren't you? Now I'm a fallen noble lady. Once you help me return to my clan, I'll easily arrange for you to be a jobless bum!"

Hearing her say that, Lu Ren was a little tempted.

"How about it? Want to be my temporary servant until I return to my clan? I'll pay you... um, how about a thousand dollars a day? How about it?"

Lu Ren gasped!

Earning over a thousand yuan a day is no joke.

"If you think it's not enough, I can add more, but I advise you not to be too greedy."

Lu Ren quickly said, "That's enough, that's enough. My conscience is starting to bother me."

"Being with a beautiful girl like me, especially in this deep mountain forest, you might complain about how troublesome it is, but you're probably thinking about all sorts of strange things, right? You, little Chu Nan..."

Although she was a fairy-like young lady, she was a creature capable of killing four or five strong men with her bare hands. Lu Ren had no romantic feelings for her. Shen Yaoxing was less attractive to him than a pineapple bun. The pineapple bun was a bit choking. If only there were a screaming bottle right now, but unfortunately there was no screaming bottle in this world.

The thought that he would never be able to drink screaming again made Lu Ren feel a little sad.