Chapter 173: Never Underestimate a Woman
by xennovelChapter 173: I Never Underestimate a Woman
Ding dong.
The doorbell rings.
Xiao Yu opens the door to find a young lady standing outside.
It’s the same girl who added him on WeChat earlier that day.
“Come in,” Xiao Yu says as he steps aside.
“Wow, your place is huge, huh?”
The girl enters the hall, feigning surprise.
“Huge, really?”
Xiao Yu smirks, “There’s something even bigger waiting for you.”
“Haha, you’re such a bad boy, handsome.”
The girl appears playfully flustered and throws a flirtatious glance at him.
“I’m not kidding. There really is something bigger waiting for you.”
Xiao Yu sinks onto the sofa, his smile fading, “For example… a prison!”
“Ugh!”
The girl, startled, asks, “What do you mean?”
“Honestly, I’m wondering the same thing.”
Xiao Yu eyes her, “How did they figure out something was off with me?”
Assassins have always been shrouded in mystery since ancient times.
Ordinary people never come in contact with them.
Not to mention face-to-face meetings.
Even certain deals need to be conducted in a special way.
Maintaining secrecy is not just for mystique—it’s a form of self-protection for assassins.
For them to initiate a meeting?
That simply doesn’t happen!
Xiao Yu knows the girl in front of him is unlikely to be an actual assassin.
Her true purpose for coming…
“Ha.”
Snapping back to herself, the girl smiles innocently, “Handsome, what are you talking about?”
Xiao Yu turns his head, not looking at her but rather at the door, “You came in to check if there were any dangers inside, right? The real attack is waiting outside. They wouldn’t be that stupid. That only proves you people aren’t very sharp. You’re probably mercenaries for hire. How much did your employer pay you? A hundred thousand? Two hundred thousand? It can’t be too high, can it?”
The girl’s expression finally hardens; she gives Xiao Yu a cold glare and shouts, “Come in!”
She wears Bluetooth earbuds, her call ongoing the entire time.
Immediately after her shout,
Boom!
The door is smashed open.
A group of young men brandishing machetes rushes in.
In a previous case, Xiao Yu had uncovered a peculiar profession.
He learned of a trade known as—
House assault!
What is house assault?
It’s about extorting money and running errands for others.
These errands can range from beating to threatening, terrorizing, injuring, or even killing.
A thousand bucks to beat someone, five thousand for a machete assault, fifty thousand to cripple, a hundred thousand to end a life…
If you put enough money on the table, they’ll handle any matter.
With cash in hand, there’s nothing they won’t do.
Are these idiots?
No—they’re just a bunch of riffraff, hot-blooded youths who fancy themselves as street thugs, recklessly acting without thinking of the consequences, much to their parents’ dismay…
Just like the eight young men bursting in right now.
Each armed with a machete, glaring at Xiao Yu.
The girl gestures toward Xiao Yu as the youths swing their machetes and charge forward.
Xiao Yu simply smiles.
He still can’t figure out exactly how he let things slip.
Time to mull it over…
It’s obvious these hot-blooded youths came to slash him.
Their intent is to kill him!
What is Xiao Yu going to do?
Bang!
Crack!
A powerful kick cuts across the arm of a machete-wielding youth.
The machete soars through the air; the youth’s arm is severed, hanging limply like noodles.
“Ahhh!” the youth cries out in agony.
Bang!
Another kick lands on the head of a wailing youth.
His scream cuts off abruptly as he is sent flying.
Meanwhile,
Xiao Yu dashes toward the remaining seven stunned youths.
Using no special techniques or flashy moves—just fists, kicks, and sheer speed.
At that moment, Xiao Yu is like a machine.
A killing machine!
Agonized screams and the crunch of breaking bones fill the room; in less than a minute,
all eight young men lie motionless on the floor.
Xiao Yu coldly surveys the scattered, groaning bodies.
His opponents aimed to kill him and could have been executed on the spot.
But he can’t go that far—after all, he’s a police officer.
He can only maim them at most!
Eyeing the fallen youths, Xiao Yu suddenly reaches back and grips his hand, “You know, I’ve never underestimated a woman. The more docile she seems, the less you dare to take her seriously. Especially beautiful women—the more beautiful, the deadlier!”
Slowly, he turns his cold gaze toward the girl.
Her pitiful, pale face is filled with both terror and despair.
Tell me, can a woman like her really pose a threat?
But then…
Xiao Yu’s eyes drift to the wrist clutched in his hand.
The girl’s hand holds a mini triangular stiletto.
Do you know what a triangular stiletto is?
When plunged into a body, it slices like a saw, creating a ragged, lip-like wound that causes massive internal and external bleeding.
A few stabs—even without hitting vital organs—can lead to fatal blood loss in no time.
Such wounds are almost impossible to stitch up and hard to stem.
The best remedy is to cut open the wound and suture it extensively.
A girl like this, armed with a triangular stiletto and ready to launch a backstab…
Trying to kill you—isn’t that hard to accept?
Crack!
Under his Bear Force, the girl’s wrist is brutally snapped, and the triangular stiletto clatters to the floor.
“Ahhh…” the girl screams in pain.
Smack!
Xiao Yu slaps the girl across the face.
Her scream dies as she crumples to the ground, unconscious.
“Handle this,” Xiao Yu commands.
Muttering as if to the air, “You messed up. You’ve exposed yourself!”
“Damn!” a coarse curse from Wang Dong echoes in his ear.
After five minutes,
an irate Wang Dong storms in with his subordinates.
Surveying the scattered young men—his men—and the girl lying on the floor, his eyes gleam with a chilling light.
“Brother Wang, don’t give me that look. It ruins the mood—I might start thinking you’re some mob boss,” Xiao Yu jokes.
“…”
Wang Dong rolls his eyes, “What now?”
“What else?” Xiao Yu sneers, “Of course we team up to kick their ass!”
Wang Dong is left speechless.
What does that even mean?
“What do they even use to trade cards?” Xiao Yu asks.
“The Dark Web,” Wang Dong frowns.
He thinks, ‘Doesn’t the little brother know?’
“Then let’s take down that Dark Web…”
Xiao Yu strides out of the room, “Bring it down!”
“Ugh!”
Watching Xiao Yu’s retreating back, Wang Dong is utterly dumbfounded.
He silently muses that if it were up to him, they would have shut them down long ago…
Then, Wang Dong gulps as a possibility crosses his mind.
Could it be that the little brother is skilled in computing?