Chapter 45: Round Two
“Get them!” Yu Han shouted so loud that Sima Yan took a step back.
Pang Jiming and Ma San drew their weapons, and the other teens followed suit. But Huang Niuniu acted fast. She jumped up onto the tarp-covered cart. Grabbing a shovel, she lifted the tarp and scooped up some leftover shit from the day before.
“Out of the way!” she shouted at the top of her lungs, moving the shovel back as if she were about to fling it.
“Don’t you dare, whore!” Sima Yan scuttled back, sword held in front of him.
“Move away, or you’ll get a face full of shit,” Yu Han said. By now, he’d loaded his shovel too from the driver’s coach.
The donkey pulling the cart had stopped upon seeing the road blocked. Now, with Sima Yan out of the way, the creature slowly trotted forward.
Sima Yan and Pang Jiming glared at Yu Han with bloodshot eyes. Their sword hands trembled. Ma San looked as if he were about to lash out, but a hysteric "No!" from Sima Yan stopped him in his tracks.
There were others around too—ordinary disciples coming and going from the Marketplace. All stopped to look at the strange standoff.
The shovels remained aimed at the dozen or so kids. The donkey moved forward. Soon, Sima Yan’s group was left behind, boiling in rage.