Chapter 1196: Chapter 1196

The fight continued, cries of agony echoing one after another.

A few minutes later, none of them could even touch Xiao Zheng’s body.

But each attack from Xiao Zheng toppled a guy onto the ground, rolling down from under Xiao Zheng’s feet.

Xiao Zheng didn’t worry; since these guys were hit by him, it’s basically impossible for them to continue fighting.

So Xiao Zheng wasn’t worried about those fallen guys pursuing Liu Han Yan.

While Xiao Zheng was fighting, Liu Han Yan, who was almost downstairs, was looking more worried.

She realized that she had overestimated her own speed.

Just this dozen or so flights of stairs took her so long, and there were still several more floors to go. At this rate, even if she found someone, Xiao Zheng couldn’t possibly hold out that long.

After all, there were just too many of them. In Liu Han Yan’s mind, how could Xiao Zheng possibly deal with so many people alone? Perhaps Xiao Zheng had been captured already.

Or maybe Xiao Zheng was being pinned down and beaten. Thinking of the ferocious looks of those men, Liu Han Yan felt even more convinced of her thoughts.

She bit her lip, and suddenly made a foolish decision: to turn back and run upstairs instead of continuing down.

She had figured it out. No matter what, she had to face today’s events with Xiao Zheng; after all, today’s trouble was entirely her fault.

It was because she kicked the boss’s balls that the boss got so angry and called all those thugs to chase them.

But at the critical moment, she ran away, leaving the otherwise uninvolved Xiao Zheng to face the consequences, making Liu Han Yan feel like a complete jerk.

Running up the stairs, she heard shouting from above.

Obviously, the fight had started upstairs. In Liu Han Yan’s mind, Xiao Zheng had no chance against those guys. She imagined Xiao Zheng cowering in a corner, being kicked and punched.

With that thought, she hurried even more, accelerating her pace.

After running a bit further and rounding a corner, Liu Han Yan was startled because there were several guys lying at her feet.

All these men were sprawled on the ground, none able to stand, writhing in pain, some with bruised and swollen faces.

Liu Han Yan looked around for Xiao Zheng, but didn’t see him, so he must still be up there. But what were these guys doing here in this state? Could it be that Xiao Zheng did this?

She found it unbelievable. Xiao Zheng didn’t look particularly strong, and those thugs were fierce and numerous, genuine tough guys. How could Xiao Zheng have possibly taken them down?

Thinking this, she moved forward again, and the further she went, the more shocked she became, because on the stairs were more and more people, until eventually Liu Han Yan had no place to step.

Everywhere she looked, all she could see were guys on the ground, struggling in pain.

These were clearly the guys who had been chasing them before.

Stepping carefully through narrow gaps, Liu Han Yan turned another corner, and the scene that unfolded in front of her was one she would never forget.

Sunlight slanted through a skylight above the stairs, casting a beam on Xiao Zheng, who stood alone in the middle of the stairway.

At Xiao Zheng’s feet, behind him on the stairs, and in front of him lay scores of fallen thugs. Although some could still stand, they slowly backed away, not daring to face Xiao Zheng.

They finally realized this wasn’t a brawl but a one-sided slaughter!

From the beginning till now, not one person managed to hurt Xiao Zheng. Instead, their own brought thugs were sprawled all over the stairs.

With skills as terrifying as his, this guy was beyond their ability to handle.

Liu Han Yan looked at Xiao Zheng in amazement, his back silhouetted against the sunlight. Even though his back didn’t seem particularly broad, it was deeply etched in Liu Han Yan’s memory.

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Liu Han Yan felt a strong emotional stirring in her heart, this long-absent feeling of security made her want to cry.

All this time, she bore everything alone, with even her family offering no help.

Though she always saw herself as a strong girl, in the end, she was still a woman, and no matter how strong, a woman eventually needs a shoulder to lean on.

And now, this guy who had been bickering with her these past few days was suddenly giving her a strong feeling, so strong that it brought a special sense of grievance, making her want to burst into tears.

She held back, standing at the foot of the stairs, she called out, "Xiao Zheng."

Hearing the call, Xiao Zheng turned with a puzzled look, discovering Liu Han Yan standing not far behind him, he was slightly surprised and asked, "Didn’t I tell you to leave first? Why did you come back?"

Seeing Xiao Zheng’s face, Liu Han Yan felt even more distressed, because there were specks of blood on that face.

Even Xiao Zheng’s ordinary sportswear now had specks of blood on it, though it wasn’t his blood but the thugs around him, Xiao Zheng was aware that he wasn’t actually hurt.

But Liu Han Yan didn’t know, she saw Xiao Zheng in front of her, covered in blood, standing firm, to block these guys and let her escape safely, without taking a step back.

"I was worried about you, so I came back to check," Liu Han Yan said.

Xiao Zheng didn’t think much of it, and turned again to look at the remaining thugs before him, each one looking at Xiao Zheng with fear, clearly not willing to continue the fight.

Previously, Xiao Zheng himself hadn’t expected these guys to be so incapable of fighting.