The Cannon Fodder Becomes a Smart and Stunning Young Lady - Chapter 40

Chapter 40: Crisis!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Xiang Wan stole a glance at the commotion below the stage and couldn’t help but feel sorry for Yuan Min.

This was human nature. Whenever personal interests were involved, people would go to great lengths to exonerate themselves, even if the person ultimately being pushed out was just a scapegoat.

Although Yuan Min was the catalyst for this incident, there was an air of strangeness surrounding it.

If Yuan Min had such intentions, she shouldn’t have ended up so unfavorable in the previous argument with her.

However, this time she concealed everything so well, even manipulating the entire village’s residents. This didn’t seem like something Yuan Min could pull off.

If it wasn’t Yuan Min, who could it be?

This feeling made Xiang Wan very uncomfortable as if she were being watched by a hidden snake.

Just as she was pondering about something amiss, the situation suddenly changed.

A commotion erupted within the gathered crowd, and several burly men in black attire seemed to magically appear from the crowd.

Huo Xiao was the first to notice the situation spiraling out of control. He rushed to Xiang Wan’s side and shielded her behind him.

“Ah!!”

The crowd immediately panicked, staring at those unfamiliar faces that had appeared menacingly among them, causing all to terrify.

The crowd scattered to escape.

Huo Xiao led Xiang Wan to run alongside the crowd.

However, those men paid no attention to the screaming villagers and rushed toward Xiang Wan in unison.

She couldn’t quite grasp what was happening, and how everything had turned into chaos.

Moreover, their intention was clear, and it was directed right at her!!

But she had never seen this group of people before!

The leader of the group noticed their intention to escape and shouted at his comrades beside him.

“Get them!”

The ones behind them started chasing them frantically and surrounded them.

“Hurry up and run, don’t worry about me!” She felt that Huo Xiao could at least run faster to get help.

“Shut up!” Huo Xiao’s face darkened. He pursed his lips and held her hand tightly.

There was no way he would leave her alone; he didn’t even dare to entertain the thought.

They were driven up the hill by the pursuing men.

“Let’s see where you can run to now!” The leader looked at them entering a dire situation and calmly moved forward.

“I have no grudge against you, why are you targeting us?” Xiang Wan yelled at them.

“No grudge? You’re wrong! If it weren’t for you destroying our stronghold over here, we wouldn’t have come here to clean up this mess.” The leader sneered at her.

It was this woman in front of him who had disrupted a significant source of their income. How could he not hate her?

Liu Chun and his group were valued members of the organization. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been given manpower. They believed that by developing in this small mountain village, they could avoid being discovered by others and simply intimidate the locals.

But who could have expected the police to swoop in and arrest them all, causing the organization to lose one-fifth of its funds?

The thought of losing one-fifth of this month’s cut, along with the risk of exposure, made him wish he could skin her alive!

“So, you’re all in cahoots!” She immediately understood that this was a trap set specifically for her.

Xiang Wan hadn’t expected Liu Chun to be backed by such a large organization. It seemed she couldn’t afford to let her guard down.

“Stay close behind me, don’t stray too far,” Huo Xiao whispered to Xiang Wan.

“What are you going to do? Don’t be rash!” Xiang Wan saw through Huo Xiao’s intentions and didn’t want him to put himself in danger.

“It’s fine! Just look after yourself!” After saying this, he immediately charged toward the smaller crowd, breaking through their encirclement.

She quickly followed behind him, escaping the encirclement. Despite her exhaustion, survival was more vital!

“F*ck!” The leader cursed and reluctantly pulled out a pistol from his waist, aiming it at her.

“Be careful!” Huo Xiao saw the gun being raised and immediately shielded her.

“Bang—”

The sound of a bullet piercing flesh rang out, and the smell of blood filled the air. However, she didn’t feel any pain.

She looked incredulously at Huo Xiao, who had appeared behind her.

“Huo Xiao!!”