My Arrogant Young Lady

But it seems Tong Jia Ling'er is at odds with me today. She hates that I teamed up with Wang You to bully her on the boat, and she looked at me with her delicate eyes and said, "What kind of person is the heir of the Wang family? He is a person who makes countless heroes kneel down when he appears. If even the heir of the Wang family can't deal with them, how could a delicate girl like Ling'er be their match?"

"Don't pretend, how could a god-level expert like you be unable to beat them?" Seeing Tong Jialing'er teasing me in such a sweet tone, I was so angry that my teeth were itching.

“It’s worth a shot, but Ling’er doesn’t want to pay the price for a heartless man who looks down on her. I went through so much trouble to find him, and he didn’t even say thank you. If Ling’er were to take the initiative to deal with those pirates, wouldn’t that be a bit shameless of her?” Tong Jia Ling’er said to me with a smile.

"You bastard!" I cursed fiercely after hearing Tong Jialing'er's words.

"Useless!" Tong Jialing'er retorted, glaring at me fiercely.

Seeing me and Tong Jialing'er locked in a fierce battle, Shanshan gradually felt jealous. After thinking for a moment, she secretly tore off a piece of her clothing and threw it on the ground, then quickly rushed towards us and grabbed my arm.

"Damn it, we're about to get killed and you two are still showing off your love. Do you think I'm an idiot? One of you says the other is a prince, and the other says the other is a god-level expert? If you were a prince and a god-level expert, would you be staying with us on this crappy island? Damn it, if you two argue again, I'll shoot you both dead!" That's how people are when they're in danger. Just now, Xie Ning swore brotherhood with us, saying we'd be brothers for life. Now that his life is threatened, he's already pulled out a pistol and pointed it at us.

"Heh..." Looking at Xie Ning's pistol pointed at us, Tong Jialing'er and I both let out a cold laugh. In our eyes, he was like a kindergarten child pointing a gun at us. If the two of us wanted to take him down, would his reaction be fast enough? Could he pull the trigger and shoot us dead in the first instant?

No, even with a pistol, he's still no match for us. One of us is a god-level expert, and the other a mid-level martial arts master. In our eyes, his reactions are too slow. Even with a gun, he's still no match for us.

"Hand over command to me and follow my orders." After thinking for a moment, I lit a cigarette and looked coldly at Xie Ning, saying this.

"Kid, I knew you'd been pretending to be low-key and cunning. You want to take this opportunity to steal my position and my woman? Fuck you, you're dreaming!" Xie Ning's expression immediately turned ferocious as he glared at me.

"Whatever, we'll do whatever you say," I said.

"Alright, let's hurry back and get our women and escape. There are two injured ones, take them if you want, or don't." After saying that, Xie Ning ran towards the waterfall in the mountains.

We saw Xie Ning start running towards the waterfall in the mountains. We followed. However, no matter how fast we ran, no matter how dense the forest was, we could not shake off One-Eyed Dragon and his men.

This struck Xie Ning as odd. He turned around to look at the figure behind him and cursed, "What the hell is going on? How come I can't shake him off no matter what I do?"

"Damn, can the monkey on the one-eyed dragon smell things? We'll run to the waterfall and take the woman away, but we'll be even slower than them," the second brother said.

No matter how fast we ran, we couldn't shake off One-Eyed Dragon and his gang, which made me suspicious. I saw Tong Jialing'er frown slightly and look coldly at Shanshan. I immediately said to everyone, "One-Eyed Dragon and his gang are very cunning. We can't shake them off no matter how fast we run. Why don't we stay away from the waterfall for now, so as not to lure One-Eyed Dragon there and harm our companions?"

"Screw you! What if we run off somewhere else and they lose us and go to the waterfall to find our women? All those women are mine, I can't let them take them away!" With that, Xie Ning ran even faster toward the waterfall.

Seeing Xie Ning still giving nonsensical, incoherent commands, I really wanted to pull out my pistol and shoot him. But there were too many enemies. One was a god-level expert, and thirty armed men. If I killed Xie Ning, it was very likely that the other two, the second and third, wouldn't dare to help me. Now was not the time for us to fight amongst ourselves; I couldn't take action against Xie Ning.

Let's just listen to Xie Ning and get to the waterfall first.

Xie Ning even came up with a sneaky idea. He said to us, "The monkeys on that one-eyed dragon can smell us. If we wade in the river, the monkeys won't be able to smell us anymore."

Xie Ning's command left my pants and shoes completely soaked. And it didn't seem to have any effect; the one-eyed guy and his gang were still chasing us. With our shoes wet and heavy, we actually ran even slower.

Holding his pistol, Xie Ning turned back and fired a few more shots at One-Eyed Dragon and his men. As soon as the gunfire rang out, One-Eyed Dragon and his men, fearing they would be wounded, immediately slowed their pursuit.

Then, Xie Ning led us, and we quickly ran to the campsite by the waterfall. There was a large group of girls bathing there, and when they saw us return, they were all frightened and hid in the river.

Xie Ning glared at them, wiped the sweat from his brow, and said, "Stop washing your hands, pirates are coming to kill us, let's run!"

"What!?" The girls present were shocked upon hearing Xie Ning's words.

Just then, we suddenly heard a sharp whistle from the woods. Upon hearing it, One-Eyed Dragon and his gang whistled in response. Instantly, several whistles of varying sizes echoed around us. Tong Jialing'er immediately frowned and said, "It's the remnants of Ula Hai's forces; they've escaped to this deserted island and surrounded us."

“There are no whistles to the south of the forest, so we'll escape to the south. Then we'll lay traps along the way and find a good spot to fight them,” I immediately told Tong Jialing’er.

“That’s right. Not many of these people know martial arts. Apart from Babu, who escaped from Long Yuan and is a god-level master, they only have two other martial arts experts. And these two are definitely no match for you. We can lure them to the woods to the south, use Xie Ning and the others as bait to draw their fire, and then we can lie in ambush and quickly kill Babu and his two martial arts experts’ subordinates when they are not paying attention,” Tong Jialing’er told me.

"Great idea!" I stretched out my hand and immediately struck Tong Jialing'er's snow-white hand together.

Then I pulled Xie Ning aside, who was directing everyone's retreat, and said, "Xie Ning, did you hear what my older cousin said? We need to retreat to the south of the woods quickly. You're in charge of drawing enemy fire, and we'll take care of One-Eyed Dragon and his men."

However, no sooner had I finished speaking than Xie Ning pressed a gun firmly against my head. His eyes gleamed with a chilling ferocity. Licking his lips, he stared intently into my eyes and said, "Brother, who the hell are you ordering around? I've said it before, I'm the boss here!"

Chapter 248 Rescue

With his gun pressed firmly against my head, I felt a sharp pain in my forehead. A murderous intent surged within me at that moment. But I suppressed my anger and looked at him gently, saying, "Xie Ning, it was my fault. I shouldn't have ordered you around. But my older cousin and I have already devised a good plan. Please consider the bigger picture."

"Oh?" Xie Ning couldn't help but laugh after hearing my words. He licked his dry lips and looked at me coldly, saying, "You want us to draw enemy fire so you can take down that god-level expert? Brother, you've got it wrong?"

"Brother, I'm not mistaken." I looked at Xie Ning seriously and said, seeing footsteps approaching from around us.

"Fuck you!" Instantly, Xie Ning kicked me backward. Then, Xie Ning coldly pointed his gun at me and said, "Let's not even talk about whether you can beat that god-level expert. Even if you could, I wouldn't let you boss me around. I said, I'm the boss here. Everything you do must be under my command. Even if my command leads to certain death, you still have to listen to me!"

"Xie Ning, even if your command leads to certain death, are we supposed to listen to you? Aren't you being a bit too stubborn?" My anger intensified.

"That's right, I'm in charge here. You have no right to order me around!"

After saying that, Xie Ning pointed the gun at Shan Shan, who was running towards me. Then he grabbed Shan Shan's neck and pointed the gun at her temple. "If you have the guts, get out of here. But if you dare to mess with me again, I'll shoot this woman who likes you dead!"

"Fuck you!" Seeing that Xie Ning was actually threatening me with Shan Shan, I immediately pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Xie Ning.

I didn't expect you to have a handgun, which surprised Xie Ning. But looking at Shanshan in his arms, Xie Ning looked at me coldly and said, "So you had a backup plan. I knew you were cunning and planned to secretly kill me and steal my woman. Luckily, I was prepared and snatched your woman away. Throw the gun over here, or I'll kill your woman right now!"

"Xie Ning, how dare you?" I looked at him coldly, my finger already ready to pull the trigger.

However, at that moment, a large group of pirates rushed out of the dense forest. Seeing that our group was locked in a stalemate, the pirates raised their guns and opened fire.

As the gunshots rang out, several girls and one of Xie Ning's henchmen immediately fell to the ground. Seeing the pirates had arrived, Xie Ning pressed the gun firmly against Shan Shan's head and roared, "Hand over the gun! Give me the gun!"

"Fuck you, you just wait!" I threw the gun at Xie Ning and immediately said to Tong Jialing'er, "Big Cousin, quickly tell them that I am the Crown Prince."

Knowing that I was there to save these girls, Tong Jialing'er immediately shouted something to the pirates in Bengali. Upon hearing Tong Jialing'er's words, the pirates immediately pointed their weapons at us.

"Big Cousin, let's run south into the woods!" I dodged quickly, giving Xie Ning a hateful look as I left. But Tong Jialing'er was even faster; her figure vanished into thin air and reappeared in front of me in no time.

As soon as we entered the woods, the pirates immediately opened fire with their guns. Xie Ning and the girls shouted behind me, "There's a cave over there! Let's go into that cave!"

To give Xie Ning ample time to escape with the girls, Tong Jialing'er and I deliberately slowed our movements, allowing them to aim their guns at us and fire. This was extremely dangerous; we could very well lose our lives because of that bastard Xie Ning. But his henchmen and the girls were innocent, and we were willing to risk our lives to protect them.

As the pirates' bullets swept towards us, Tong Jialing'er swung her sword, sweeping down a cluster of tree branches. Then, she casually picked up another branch and tossed it lightly, instantly causing a pirate to groan and fall to the ground.

Seeing their comrade killed by us enraged the pirates even more. One pirate even set up a rocket launcher and fired at us fiercely.

I barely dodged the rocket. Tong Jialing'er immediately grabbed my hand and said, "These pirates' firepower is too fierce. Even if I were a god-level expert, I couldn't withstand it. We can't delay any longer. Let's leave here quickly and find Wang You and Long Yuan's main force to come and help us."

After saying that, Tong Jialing'er pulled me along and we ran through the woods. The gunfire behind us quickly subsided, and the bullets became sparser.

After running for nearly an hour, Tong Jialing'er led me to the beach on the south side of the deserted island. Then, pointing to a small boat, she said to me, "This boat still has half a tank of fuel, enough for us to rush back and find Wang You and Long Yuan's support. Xie Ning was arrogant and deserved to die, and even if he and those women died, it's not your fault. Your marriage to Xi'er is important; to avoid further complications, let's hurry back and find Wang You's warship to leave this place. We'll rush back to prepare to marry Xi'er; Long Yuan can handle things here."

"There are still eight days until we marry Xi'er," I said.

“That’s right, there are still eight days left. Right now, heroes from all walks of life and sect leaders have already come to congratulate you,” Tong Jialing’er said.

"How long will it take to leave this deserted island and search for Wang You?" I asked.

"To find you, I searched at sea for a whole day, and then turned off the small boat and let it drift at sea all night. If we go upstream, it should take about five hours to get to Wang You's place," Tong Jialing'er told me.

“I still have eight days until I marry Xi’er, that’s enough. But if we go to find Wang You, and then Wang You sends people to wipe out this group of pirates, Xie Ning and the girls definitely won’t last ten hours. Xie Ning will die, and those girls will die too. Xie Ning deserves to die. But those girls are innocent. I can’t abandon them,” I said.

"Wang Xi, is being a womanizer really that important to you?" Tong Jialing'er's eyes turned cold.

“No, compared to Xi’er, even the most beautiful girl is just an ordinary person. What I care about isn’t the girls’ beauty, but those innocent lives. And Shan Shan is there, and my new friend Chen Sisi is there too. Chen Sisi’s foot is injured; she must have been abandoned by Xie Ning along with many other injured people. I can’t abandon her, and I can’t abandon those injured girls,” I said.

"What if you miss your wedding with Xi'er because of this, Wang Xi? You now have the opportunity to rush back, but your luck won't always be this good. If you miss your wedding with Xi'er, you'll miss out on your and Xi'er's entire lives," Tong Jia Ling'er said coldly, looking at me.

"If marrying Xi'er leads to the girls here being humiliated or even killed, then I won't be at peace even if I marry Xi'er. If I really miss out on Xi'er, I believe she will forgive me." Thinking of Xi'er, who had obediently prepared her whole life just to marry into my Wang family and become a good wife, my heart ached at that moment.

"If you delay the date of your wedding to Xi'er, then I will kill you!" Tong Jia Ling'er thought for a moment and looked at me coldly.

"If I miss Xi'er, I don't want to live anymore." With that, I took out the jade flute I was carrying and walked back to our campsite at the waterfall.

It took us almost an hour to get out, and two hours to walk back. By then, One-Eyed Dragon and his gang of pirates had already assembled on the deserted island.

They started as a team of thirty, but now they've grown to seventy. They've seized our water source. They've stolen our campfire. Beside them are rows of long, black rifles. Besides submachine guns, they also have two heavy submachine guns, three cannons, pistols, and countless grenades.

As for Chen Sisi and the other girls who had just been injured, Xie Ning had indeed abandoned them. They were now being forced to sit in a small circle by the pirates, six or seven of them speaking Bengali, their teeth gleaming yellow and black. They stared at Chen Sisi, Xie Ning's injured second-in-command, and the other seven girls with terrified eyes. The pirates repeatedly touched their bodies with their guns, deliberately displaying their fierce appearances to intimidate them.

Meanwhile, in the cave by the waterfall on the other side, a large group of pirates had already lit a fire at the entrance. They then smothered it with damp leaves and fanned thick smoke into the cave.

We were about a hundred meters away, but we could already hear coughs and cries coming from inside the cave. If it weren't for Tang Ning's arrogance, we wouldn't be in this predicament. We probably would have already killed that one-eyed man and his two henchmen.

“Although they are a group of pirates, their overall quality is no less than that of soldiers. They are on high alert and fully equipped with firepower. I am not Wang You, I am just an alchemist. I don’t know much about killing techniques. It will be difficult to rescue them, and if we are not careful, we might even fall into their hands.” Tong Jia Ling’er stared at them coldly and said to me in a very low voice.

"Why don't you go back and ask Wang You and the others for help? I'll stay here and keep an eye on them?" I thought for a moment and said to Tong Jialing'er.

After hearing my words, Tong Jialing'er looked at me in surprise and said, "Wang Xi, how could I possibly leave you here alone? If you die, how am I supposed to explain this to the Wang and Ye families?"

“If I die, it’s not your responsibility. You’ve already done a great job finding me. You can just say you’ve never seen me,” I said.

"Hehe, Ling'er has never lied, and she has never even known how to spell the word 'lie'," Tong Jia Ling'er said coldly.

"Damn it, people from big families like you have such weird tempers. What's wrong with telling a lie? Does it make you worthless?" I was annoyed, thinking that Tong Jialing'er was too stubborn.

"Heh, do you think I'm like you? At seven, you lied and pretended to be sick, spending a month in the hospital just to avoid being beaten by your aunt. At ten, you threw away your unfinished homework, lying to the teacher that it had been stolen. When bullied by thugs outside of school and asked for money, you took them to a martial arts master and shamelessly called him 'Dad' to scare them away. Do you think I, Ling'er, a pretty girl, would be as shameless as you, fabricating all sorts of lies to deceive people?" Tong Jia Ling'er looked at me coldly.

"Holy crap, you know everything about me? You've been stalking me since I was a kid?" I looked at her in surprise.

"Of course! Since you were seven, it's been the elders of the Ye family and Ling'er who have been secretly protecting you. And since you were fourteen, various underworld assassins have been looking for you to kill. If it weren't for the elders of the Ye family and Ling'er protecting you in secret, do you think someone of your status could have lived peacefully until the age of eighteen? And Ling'er knows you better than your own mother what kind of person you are!" Tong Jia Ling'er looked at me coldly.

"Big Cousin, I never knew you were so good to me!?" I was deeply moved when I heard Tong Jialing'er's words.

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and figure out a way to rescue that bastard and those girls. I hate you so much right now. Once you marry Xi'er and go back to your hometown overseas, I won't have to protect you in secret anymore." Tong Jialing'er looked at me with an impatient expression, her tone icy cold.

But at that moment, a pirate suddenly emerged from a corner of the woods and shouted a few words. Instantly, a large group of pirates grabbed their guns and rushed into the woods.

"Big Cousin, what are they saying?" I asked, frowning, seeing the pirates' excited faces.

“They say there are many beautiful women downstream in the river…” Tong Jialing’er frowned slightly.

Chapter 249 Fire Monkey

In the dense forest, a group of pirates split into several small squads and hurried downstream. They carried long submachine guns, their steps hurried. They had heard that many beautiful women lay downstream, a fact that thrilled each of them. Now, all they wanted was to reach the bottom quickly, capture the women, and then have their fill.

However, when they ran halfway there, they didn't see the beautiful woman, but instead saw a pale-faced young man holding a jade flute blocking their way.

"You're asking for it!" Upon seeing me, they immediately cursed in Bengali, raising their submachine guns. I laughed upon hearing their words. "You're right, I am Wang Xi, the one you've been searching for."

"Idiot, they don't know your name. They mean you're asking for death!" a cold voice rang out. Tong Jialing'er had already appeared behind them.

Before they could even turn around, a flash of cold light appeared in Tong Jialing'er's hand. Instantly, all of them fell to the ground silently.

"Five more lives lost. You're so cruel." I said as I quickly slung their weapons over my shoulder after seeing them fall to the ground.

She knew I was deliberately trying to provoke her. But even with Tong Jia Ling'er's excellent composure, she couldn't help but take a deep breath. Then she picked up the remaining weapons and hurried off with me to deal with the remaining small groups of troops.

This is a good opportunity; as long as they are scattered, we can take them out one by one. Although they have firepower for defense, as long as they are not grouped together, we will not have to pay any price to deal with them.

As the pirates continued downstream, their numbers dwindled silently. Suddenly, Tong Jialing'er and I heard gunshots coming from the very bottom of the river. Startled, we both knew something was wrong. We immediately began to rush downstream as fast as we could.

As soon as we reached the downstream area, we were immediately attacked by enemy fire. After hiding behind a tree for a few seconds, Tong Jialing'er and I suddenly looked over with delight. "Tang Ning!"

"Wang Xi?" Upon seeing me, the girl in the lead immediately ran out from behind cover. Between me and Tang Ning, two pirates had already been killed by them.

Surprised, I quickly ran to Tang Ning and hugged her tightly. Then, looking into her smiling eyes, I couldn't help but hold her petite body close to my chest again.