Chapter 007 - A Hero Emerges!
The moment Qian San tumbled into the latrine pit, he lost consciousness. His body landed in the muck and barely twitched a couple of times before sinking in completely.
Under the moonlight, Li Yuan saw that the stone he had thrown rolled right into Qian San’s pant leg and fell in along with him. That saved Li Yuan a little trouble—no one was going to dredge the latrine just to find some random stone, let alone suspect him of anything.
Even so, Li Yuan didn’t leave immediately. Standing motionless in the freezing winter night, he took another smooth pebble from his pouch. The wind was like a blade against his cheeks and the backs of his hands, but he stayed perfectly still, watching.
He needed to confirm two things. The first was that Qian San really was dead, and the second was whether anyone else would show up. If someone came to help, they wouldn’t guess that Qian San had been taken out by a stone.
There was no way to see clearly in the pitch-black, windy night. But if anyone did come across him, they’d probably try to pull him out. Li Yuan wanted to have a sense of how things might unfold.
As for why he didn’t use an arrow, it was too conspicuous. People might suspect him too easily by drawing a direct link between Qian San’s death and a hunter’s arrow.
He waited in place for nearly half the time it took to burn a stick of incense. Seeing no movement from the pit and no one approaching, Li Yuan finally hunched low and darted into the shadowy woods, racing back home.
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Before long, another figure appeared outside Qian San’s front door. Moonlight fell on his battered face, bruises around both eyes. The bald man wore plain clothes and gripped an iron rod. Though his arms were mottled with bruises, his eyes shone with defiant energy.
He strode up to Qian San’s door, inhaled sharply, then lashed out with a powerful kick.
BOOM! The door flew open.
“Qian San, you son of a bitch! I’m here to do the world a favor and rid it of scum!” the bald man bellowed, charging inside with his iron rod raised high.