Chapter 2286: You're All Bullying Me
So under Jiangnan's expectant gaze, Lan quickly opened an alternate dimension!
From inside, she pulled out a dull sack and presented it to Jiangnan like a treasure.
(๑ᵒ̴̶̷ꇴᵒ̴̶̷)ゞ "Here~ Brother Jiangnan! Just take a look and you'll know. We put a lot of effort into getting this!"
Mila nodded repeatedly:
(๑･ˇ◠ˇ･)و✧ "I was the one leading the charge, so Brother Jiangnan better like me a lot later!"
Jiangnan was stunned as he watched the sack wriggling on the ground. What kind of treasure could it be?
This mysterious, and still alive? They caught it alive?
"What is this..."
Xia Yao said expectantly: (งᵒ̌◡ᵒ̌)ง "Just open it and see, but be careful—it's quite fierce~"
Wang Youzhi silently picked up a potato chip bag from the ground:
(´థжథ) "Mm~"
The next second, Olivia suddenly shuddered, her face turning pale, sweat pouring down like rain. She quickly covered her face and fled the scene at the speed of light, escaping from the crime scene!
(￢﹏￢‧̣̥̇) "Ahem~ I have a stomachache. I'm going to the bathroom. You guys chat..."
With that, she disappeared in a puff of smoke!
Jiangnan was even more confused. What was there to be afraid of? She even used the pee escape?
With a puzzled heart, Jiangnan reached out and opened the mouth of the dull sack!
Instantly, a blood-red figure roared out from inside the sack, scaring Jiangnan into stepping back!
٩(#ᵒ̶̶̷̀)3(˂̶́#)۶ "Let me out! I'll fight you all!"
Before the words were finished, Mila, who had been prepared, released a time stop sphere!
Jiu Lan, who had just burst out of the sack, was frozen in place!
Jiangnan's eyes bulged, a thunderbolt striking his head, and he froze like stone!
(유口유|||)…
Then Mila walked up and kicked Jiu Lan's backside, grumbling:
(◦`~´◦) "As a hostage, you still don't know the situation, huh? Looks like you haven't been beaten enough!"
"How dare you yell at Brother Jiangnan? Hmph!"
At this moment, all members of the Bully Gang gasped in unison and neatly squatted by the wall, holding their heads with their hands!
They recognized at a glance that the one who had charged out of the sack was none other than Jiu Lan, who had gone out on a mission!
But now she was swollen three times her size, completely like a bloody gourd! The two black horns on her head were broken off!
After nearly 30 minutes of beating, she was brought to the brink of death several times. She was finally released, only to be frozen by a time stop sphere again!
And then publicly kicked in the butt!
[From Jiu Lan's Resentment Value +1010!]
[From Jiu Lan...]
At this moment, Jiu Lan's swollen eyes, which were just slits, looked at Jiangnan with a gaze that could kill!
Jiangnan's mouth was wide open, his voice rising an octave!
=͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇) "Jiu... Jiu Lan?"
Xia Yao said excitedly: (๑◔ꇴ◔ิ) "How is it? Surprising? Like it? Didn't expect it, huh? Hahaha!"
Wu Liang laughed heartily:
(。•ˇᗜˇ•。) "Look! Brother Nan is so excited he's trembling! And sweating! Brother Nan, don't overdo it!"
"It's what a brother should do to stand up for you!"
Jiangnan: !!!
I really never expected this! Pfft, "excited trembling" my ass—I'm shaking in fear!
No wonder Jiu Lan hadn't shown up or contacted them—she was caught by Xuexue and Mila?
And beaten to this state?
Even when she was training with me in the death prison, she wasn't this badly hurt!
=͟͟͞͞(꒪﹏꒪‧̣̥̇) "Th-this is the big gift you prepared for me?"
Jiangnan was already shaking like a leaf!
Zhong Yingxue tilted her head: (๑•̌◠•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "Mm~ Don't you like it? You can beat her again to vent your anger if you want. Mila has her under control—she can't fight back, so don't worry!"
Jiangnan covered his face: (ﾉ)﹏(ヾ) "How did you catch Jiu Lan? Is there some misunderstanding here?"
[From Jiu Lan's Resentment Value +1010!]
[From Jiu Lan...]
Mila said puzzledly: ୧(｡͡°▿͡°) "What's wrong? Wasn't it right to catch her? When we first arrived at Beimian Star, we ran into her eating a baked cake on the street corner! Comparing it to the photo, it was definitely her!"
"Couldn't have mistaken her! It was her who beat up Brother Jiangnan, right?"
Jiangnan was even more confused: (꒪△꒪‧̣̥̇) "What photo?"
Lan immediately pulled out the photo of Jiangnan being abused:
(๑͡°ں͡°)っ "Look? It's her! This is intel that the Warning Girl managed to get from the Sacred Law Council!"
"This venomous woman—I'd recognize her even if she were turned to ashes!"
Jiangnan froze as he looked at the photo. This... wasn't this the picture taken during his sparring session with Jiu Lan back in the death prison?
The one Jiu Lan used to submit homework assignments?
Not only did it leak out, but the team got it as intel?
What a huge misunderstanding!
Wu Liang crossed his arms:
(。•ˇ皿ˇ•。) "Brother Nan! Don't be polite! Beat her up! We heard that the Netherworld Race also sent a pursuit squad. This Jiu Lan might be one of them sent to spy!"
"If you beat her to death, Mila can revive her. No problem! Just go all out!"
Jiu Lan: !!!
[From Jiu Lan's Resentment Value +1011!]
[From Jiu Lan...]
Jiangnan covered his face, watching the resentment value list flash like a blur, not knowing what to say!
(´-﹏-`；) "This welcome gift is way too explosive! Jiu Lan... she's one of us, okay? She's already my hostage. Why did you catch her again?"
"That photo... it was deliberately taken to show the higher-ups for homework submission. I was taken care of a lot by Little Jiu Jiu in the Minghe Death Prison. When we escaped, she was the one who helped us get out!"
"She's not from the pursuit squad—she escaped with us. She went to the Beimian Star Capital earlier to handle some business for me. You've wronged a good person..."
At this moment, the photo in Lan's hand fluttered to the ground.
The entire team froze in place, their mouths wide open!
∑(°口°๑(꒪口꒪‧̣̥̇(°△°|||(°口°ノ)ノ
They beat up the wrong person? She's a teammate? Little Nan even calls her "Little Jiu Jiu" affectionately?
And looking at the reactions of those Bully Gang underlings...
Wang Youzhi could no longer hold it in. He doubled over on the ground, laughing so hard he was rolling around, slapping his thighs, tears streaming down his face!
(´థꇴథ)σ Ahahaha~
What a massive blunder!
The beating happened in the dimensional gap, and in the dimensional gap, there was nothing Black God didn't know!
He had witnessed the entire beating process!
But he kept his mouth shut the whole time, just waiting for this "welcome gift"!
Chong Feiyu's mouth twitched:
(٥ŏ﹏ŏ) "She's already a hostage and gets caught as a hostage a second time? Stinky Jiu Lan sure has a lot of 'hostage spirit'! A hostage among hostages, huh?"
Sheng Yi put her hands on her hips:
(︶.̮︶〃) "See? I told you she had a sign of great misfortune, that she'd be in big trouble. But no one believed me! 'Bitter words after sweet wine'!"
"My Heaven's Favor Eye is accurate, right?"
Wang Youzhi kept rolling on the ground, giving a thumbs up:
(˚⋟ꇴ⋞) "Accurate! Accurately explosive! Ahahaha!"
Jiangnan's forehead dripped with sweat. Dazhi saw all of this from start to finish, didn't he?
Then why didn't you say anything? What a bad guy!
At this moment, the faces of Jiangnan's team were all red. They averted their eyes, hands and feet flustered!
(乛﹏乛⑉)(ﾉ)﹏(ヾ)(๑◔﹏◔ิ๑)
Zhong Yingxue directly covered her face and squatted on the ground, turning into a bubble teapot with steam rising from her head!
She was so embarrassed she wanted to crawl into a crack in the ground!
Xia Yao averted her eyes, her face pale:
(☍﹏⁰) "Eh... a misunderstanding? This... this is really off the charts!"
"I'm sure Jiu Lan won't mind, right?"
Qian Benying covered her face. They even broke her horns; how could she not mind?
Wu Liang whistled:
(。◔ิˇ3ˇ◔ิ。) "Ahem~ I... I didn't really contribute much, haha~ ahaha!"
Xiong Er rolled his eyes:
(｡乛▿乛｡) "Pfft! You hit the most! You even used the Power of God!"
Seeing that Jiu Lan's eyes were already glowing with blood, Jiangnan was sweating buckets!
(•́ω•̀٥) "Mila... don't let her go yet, okay? I'll tell you when to release her!"
Mila blushed, looking nervous!
Jiangnan walked into the time sphere and rubbed Jiu Lan's puffed-up face.
(。ớ₃ờ)ھ "Let's... let's not be angry, okay? They did it for my own good, right? Being chubby is fine; it looks prosperous and can bear sons! As the saying goes, 'A loss is a blessing'!"
Jiu Lan: !!!
Pfft! Being fat and being beaten swollen are two completely different things!
I've never been so wronged in my life! Following you as a hostage is the worst luck ever!
They didn't even give me a chance to speak; they just started hitting me, hitting me!
And they were going to keep beating me until I died repeatedly! Every one of them is a demon!
Bearing sons? Ghost would bear you sons!
Jiangnan grinned sheepishly: "Don't be mad! We're all family! I'll let you go, but you have to promise not to throw a fit, okay?"
"If you agree, blink twice?"
Mila nodded and gave Jiu Lan a bit of permission.
Jiu Lan's swollen, toad-like eyes blinked wildly!
(#⋟)3(⋞#)
Only then did Jiangnan breathe a sigh of relief and told Mila to recall the time stop sphere!
The moment Jiu Lan regained her freedom, she exploded!
٩(#)◣3◢(#)۶ "I don't accept this! One-on-one! Dare to fight me one-on-one! If you can break my skin, I'll call it a loss! Sneak attacks and group beatings—what kind of skill is that!"
"You have no martial ethics!"
Zhong Yingxue, Xia Yao, and the others stood frozen, their faces pale, not knowing what to say.
They all stood there, as if waiting for her to hit them back if it would make her feel better.
But Jiangnan stepped forward and hugged Jiu Lan around the waist!
"Cool it! Calm down! Impulse is the devil!"
Jiu Lan was furious: "Let me go! Don't stop me! Even if the Heavenly King himself came today, I'd still fight back!"
With that, she threw a nail punch toward Jiangnan's stomach!
Jiangnan flinched and instinctively opened a space wormhole to defend!
Jiu Lan's fist went into the wormhole and came out right in front of her own eye, smacking her in the face!
The punch made her swollen eyes even more like a sad frog!
(#)●3≤(#)
Jiangnan swallowed hard:
੧੧(°△°|||) "Holy shit! No no no! Don't misunderstand! I didn't mean it! It was instinct! Pure instinct!"
Jiu Lan froze on the spot, and the next second, she completely broke down!
Forget any ladylike image or cool demeanor!
She plopped down on the ground, tilted her head back, and burst into tears, tears shooting out like a water gun!
˚‧º·(#)˃̣̣̥᷄口˂̣̣̥᷅(#)‧º·˚ Waaah~
She kept kicking her legs and wiping her tears!
˚‧º·(˚˃̣̣̥᷄口ก̀(#)‧º·˚ "Waaah~ You're all bullying me! All of you! I don't want to play anymore! I want to go home! Being a hostage is the worst! I hate it! Wuwuwu~"
After being beaten up, Jiu Lan was utterly aggrieved. She wanted to fight back but couldn't—after all, Jiangnan's teammates did it for his own good.
She just felt wronged and cried!
Jiangnan: (•́ω•̀٥)
Damn! This is a disaster! She's crying from being wronged~