Chapter 424 - 410: Fighting the Robbers (2)
"Little one, this is no time for jokes. That man is bleeding! We need to get him to a hospital, quickly."
Yun Jiao: "Sirs, Ma’ams, please don’t worry. My master and senior brothers will be here soon. They’re doctors."
When they heard this, the crowd assumed they were waiting for doctors to arrive.
It wasn’t long before the children’s parents came running, some of them even carrying weapons.
"The human traffickers? Where are they? They dared to snatch my son? I’ll kill them!"
"Dad! They’re over there, Dad."
Chen Xiaopang pointed at the three unconscious adults on the ground.
Mr. Chen: ???
The other parents were also stunned.
Their children had run home in a panic, saying they’d run into human traffickers and had nearly been caught.
In their haste and fury, they had simply followed the kids back, not stopping to ask for details.
’Who would have thought the traffickers would already be taken down before we even got here?’
「Half an hour later.」
Everyone involved was at the police station.
The three traffickers had already been woken up by Elder Xu’s "Miracle Healing."
The trio clearly lacked experience. They didn’t last long under police interrogation before confessing everything.
It turned out they weren’t human traffickers at all, but kidnappers with a specific target in mind.
When Mr. Chen heard their target was his son, he flew into a rage. The police officers couldn’t hold him back as he and his wife charged in, raining punches and kicks on the three kidnappers.
The couple had only managed to have a child after three years of marriage, and the entire family doted on him. It would have been a miracle if they *weren’t* furious to hear that someone had tried to kidnap their son.
After they were pulled away, Mrs. Chen hugged her son, her face a mask of tears and lingering fear.
"Thank goodness, you’re all right."
When they learned from both the kidnappers and the children that it was Yun Jiao who had taken down all three men, the couple wanted to kowtow to her in gratitude.
Chen Xiaopang wasn’t scared anymore. He was even comforting his parents.
"Mom, Dad, I’m okay! You should have seen it! Boss Yun Jiao is amazing! She took one guy down with a single punch. And when the last one tried to run, she picked up a brick and threw it at him. WHAM! It hit him dead on. They screamed so loud."
Yun Jiao: ’When did I become their boss?’
The children had personally witnessed Yun Jiao take down three grown men, and their admiration for her knew no bounds.
Now, every single one of them was calling her "Boss."
Even the brothers, Xu Rong and Xu Qing, were doing it, their eyes shining as they gazed at her.
"Boss, you’re so cool! Was that kung fu? Teach me! I wanna learn!"
Yun Jiao: "No, I’m just really strong."
"No way! You jumped so high!"
Yun Jiao: "That’s because I’m learning to dance. I couldn’t jump this high before."
"Dancing? Not martial arts?"
"Nope."
Even so, the children’s enthusiasm didn’t wane. They continued to crowd around her, peppering her with questions.
Elder Xu was immensely proud.
’This is my apprentice. Mine!’
’My apprentice is so well-rounded, skilled in both scholarly and martial pursuits. In ancient times, she would have been a top scholar-general, at the very least.’
It was late by the time they left the police station, so Yun Jiao went back to the Xu family’s home with her master.
Mr. and Mrs. Xu were also shaken. "Those three had already succeeded once before," Mrs. Xu said, her voice full of lingering fear. "They got a taste for it and set their sights on the Chen Family’s son."
"Their first victim was a little girl. From what the police were saying... she’s dead."
She didn’t dare to imagine what would have happened if her own sons...
’I know I wouldn’t have been able to handle such a blow.’
This made the Xu couple all the more grateful to Yun Jiao.
’This little apprentice Dad took in,’ they thought, ’is our family’s guardian angel.’
「Early the next morning.」
A crowd of people arrived at the Xu family’s home.
It was the families of the other children, all of them bearing gifts.
They had all come to thank Yun Jiao.
Mr. and Mrs. Xu ended up taking the day off work to entertain their guests.
"What a spirited child! You have to hand it to Elder Xu, he has a great eye. He’s never made a mistake with any of the apprentices he’s chosen."
"When I got home yesterday, my husband told me what happened, and I was terrified. I can’t imagine what would have become of our child if not for Yun Jiao."
"Did you hear about that case in Rong City a month ago? A family’s little girl was kidnapped. The kidnappers left a ransom note with a time and place. The family paid, but... the child was killed anyway. It was these same three men."
"Damn animals. Couldn’t they find any other work than this black-hearted business..."
A wave of fear washed over the parents, and they all started cursing the three kidnappers.
Yun Jiao received even more gifts and red envelopes.
However, they were all extremely curious as to how exactly Yun Jiao had managed to take down three grown men.
After all, the disparity in strength was just too great. If the children hadn’t insisted so adamantly, and if the kidnappers themselves hadn’t confessed that Yun Jiao was the one who beat them, who would believe such a story?
Yun Jiao gave them a simple, direct, and rather blunt demonstration.
Just like she had at the kindergarten, she demonstrated her strength—only this time, she lifted a sofa with one hand.
There was even a person sitting on it. Caught completely off guard, the man was lifted into the air, his eyes widening in shock and his legs turning to jelly.
Everyone else stared, their eyes just as wide.
’Good heavens! Is Elder Xu’s little apprentice even human?!’
Her point proven, Yun Jiao set the sofa—and the man—back down.
"I’m very strong," she said. "They couldn’t win against me."
CLAP. CLAP. CLAP. CLAP.
In an instant, the adults broke into applause.
"My God, if I hadn’t seen it with my own two eyes... if someone told me a child could lift a sofa and a grown man with one hand, I’d have thought they were insane."
"That kind of strength has to be natural, right? You can’t train to get that strong, can you?"
They were all still standing there, but it felt as if their souls had left their bodies for a moment.
"This is what they call ’God-given strength’ in the legends!"
"A promising kid like this belongs in the military!"
An old man with a military background stared at Yun Jiao, his eyes gleaming.
"Old Xu, with strength like that, it’s a waste for her to be studying medicine with you!"
Elder Xu immediately flew off the handle. ’What, is this guy trying to steal my apprentice?’
"Bullshit! Jiaojiao has a natural talent for medicine. She was born for this! What do you mean, a waste?!"
Seeing the two old men were about to start a real argument, everyone else quickly stepped in to smooth things over.
They looked at Yun Jiao with admiration, then sighed.
’It really is true that you should never compare your kids to others.’
This was the legendary "perfect child from next door."