Chapter 118: The Intruders

Luo Xiaoning glared at him without speaking. She still held the door handle, slowly bracing herself.

Luo Xiaoning wasn’t stupid. These people obviously weren’t good people.

She wanted to shut the door, but Yellow Hair’s foot was blocking it. While he wasn’t paying attention, she threw her weight into slamming it shut. The wooden door caught his ankle hard, and he hissed, yanking his foot back.

She was about to close it for good when Yellow Hair got vicious. He slammed his shoulder into the door, and his whole weight drove it open.

Luo Xiaoning was knocked backward, stumbling onto the entryway floor. Her elbow banged against the shoe cabinet edge, and the pain made her grit her teeth.

She scrambled up, not bothering to brush the dust off herself, and stood between the entryway and the living room. Glaring at the group, she kept her voice low, afraid of waking the person in the bedroom.

“Who the hell are you? What do you want?”

“Trespassing is illegal, I’m warning you.”

Yellow Hair bent over, rubbing his ankle, took a couple of breaths, then straightened up and gave her an assessing look. Green Hair peered over from behind. Bald Guy set the sack down from his shoulder and propped it on the floor. Baseball Cap Guy kept staring at his phone, the screen light making his face look like a ghost.

“Looking for someone.”

Yellow Hair patted his pant leg. His voice wasn’t loud, but it carried a self-assured thuggishness.

“A white-haired little girl. About this tall, skinny, looks dazed, not too smart.”

He held up a hand to show the height.

Luo Xiaoning’s pupils shrank slightly.

She didn’t turn around, but her peripheral vision flicked toward the bedroom.

‘He’s talking about that little white-haired girl, isn’t he.’

‘After all, who else her age would dye their hair white? She was all white, and spacey, not too bright, needing to be fed by hand.’

Yellow Hair caught her flicker of a look and curled his lip.

“Looks like we’re in the right place. You know where she is, right?”

Luo Xiaoning didn’t answer.

She just went stiff all over, ready for whatever would happen next.

Green Hair stuck his head in cautiously, scanning the place. Just a little pink-haired girl, nothing dangerous. That let him breathe easier.

Seeing Green Hair’s caution, Bald Guy said, “Damn, there’s only one little girl in there, what are you so scared of?”

Green Hair rolled his eyes at him. “I think your brain fell out along with your hair. Forget how a few of our brothers went after that little white fur before and never came back? Rumor is they vanished without a trace.”

Yellow Hair gave him a sideways glare. “That’s because they were useless.”

Green Hair flinched at the glare and shut up.

Yellow Hair’s gaze shifted away from him, swept across the living room, and landed back on Luo Xiaoning.

He studied her as if trying to remember something, then said slowly, “Hey, little pink hair, where’s that black-haired cool woman from before? She was pretty hot.”

Luo Xiaoning frowned and took a step back. “Watch your mouth, or when my Sister Lin gets back, she’ll f*cking kill you.”

Yellow Hair heard that and grinned. “So her name’s Lin. Yeah, she really was something.”

“Forget it, let’s get this mission done first, or the higher-ups will chew us out. This time I’m going to be the one who brings that white-haired girl back.”

Then, as if something occurred to him, he burst out laughing.

Luo Xiaoning stared at him like he was an idiot.

Yellow Hair’s laugh trailed off, and something else crept into his eyes as he looked at her. His grin spread wider, and he slowly looked her over from head to toe.

Luo Xiaoning wore wrinkled pajamas, barefoot, her pink hair a mess, face still a little puffy from sleep.

And mainly, the way he looked at her, like she was just prey.

Yellow Hair narrowed his eyes, his voice taking on an uncomfortable, calculating tone.

“But this pink-haired girl works too. A little young, a little childish.”

Green Hair hurried over. “Boss, let’s wrap up the job first. Worst case if we get caught, it’s human trafficking, life sentence. If you add a charge of violating a woman’s will, and she’s underage, they might go straight to the death penalty.”

Yellow Hair shot him a glare, and Green Hair shrank back.

But Luo Xiaoning had already heard enough.

Her stomach turned.

Disgust, not fear.

So someone like this actually had a thing for a body like hers, a kid’s body. That was vile.

And the reason she was scared of Lin Qingxue was because Lin Qingxue really would kill her. These thugs, though?

She wasn’t scared of them.

Yellow Hair, reminded by Green Hair, also dropped his lazy attitude. “Little pink hair, I suggest you hand over that white-haired girl now, or don’t blame us for getting rough.”

“Not a chance, you perverted lolicon. Keep dreaming.”

Luo Xiaoning’s voice wasn’t loud, but every word rang clear.

Yellow Hair’s face darkened, and he stepped forward. Luo Xiaoning didn’t retreat.

His voice dropped too, carrying a clear threat. “Don’t get cocky. Our boss is the head of the Huang Group in this city. Think you can afford to cross him?”

Luo Xiaoning spat. Spit nearly hit his face.

“Screw your ‘boss.’ Get the hell out!”

Yellow Hair’s face flushed. He waved his hand, and Green Hair and Bald Guy stepped up in front of Luo Xiaoning.

She took two steps back.

Yellow Hair thought she was scared and sneered. “Little pink hair, be a good girl and hand over the white-haired one. If you behave, I might take you too. Don’t worry, big brother’s got money. I won’t treat you badly.”

Luo Xiaoning said nothing. She silently backed up two more steps, felt the remote on the coffee table, and chucked it. It smacked into Bald Guy’s forehead and cracked in half.

Bald Guy yelled “Ow!” and clutched his head.

Green Hair saw Bald Guy get hit and lunged at her. Luo Xiaoning sidestepped, grabbed the vase off the coffee table, and swung it into his shoulder.

The vase shattered. Green Hair staggered back and slammed into the wall.

Yellow Hair watched these two wastes get beaten by a little girl.

So he moved in himself. While she wasn’t paying attention, he threw a punch at her shoulder.

Luo Xiaoning didn’t react in time. She flew backward and hit the dining table, her waist catching on the corner. She gasped at the pain.

She didn’t stop. She bent down and pulled out the frying pan from under the table, the one she’d shoved there after blowing up the kitchen that afternoon.

The bottom was still covered in black, charred marks.

She swung the pan and smacked it right across Yellow Hair’s face.

“Clang!”

His head snapped back, blood sprayed from his nose, and he doubled over, clutching his nose while cursing.

Bald Guy picked himself up off the floor, grabbed a stool, and hurled it at her. It thudded against her back.

Luo Xiaoning stumbled forward two steps, her back stinging. She gritted her teeth, spun around, and swung the pan. But because of the height difference, it hit Bald Guy’s arm.

He screamed, dropped the stool, and backed away clutching his arm.

Baseball Cap Guy heard the sounds of the fight from inside and poked his head in.

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