Chapter 93: Killing a Chicken to Warn the Monkeys
Right. If a little slip of a girl has skills like these, what about the others?
Especially that man at the very front. He had the unmistakable air of a killer.
The men looked at each other without a word, their eyes all asking the same question: ’What do we do? Do we retreat?’
Meanwhile, everyone inside the house was stunned.
Gu Zhang and Mrs. Chen, standing behind the door, exchanged a look. Their eyes were filled with horror.
Even though Gu Zhang had heard Gu Fei talk about fighting monsters every day in another world, the shock of seeing his daughter kill someone with his own eyes was simply too much to bear.
Ms. Qian and Xing’er, who were among the bolder ones, were peeking through the window. They saw Gu Fei charge out, and then blood spurted from the leader’s throat as he collapsed.
Ms. Qian trembled from head to toe. Recalling all her past provocations toward Gu Fei, she suddenly felt a chill on her own neck.
Uncle Ma watched Gu Fei with a composed expression. He now understood her unfinished sentence.
’I’ve also... killed people.’
’She’s really killed before.’
’Skills like that were definitely honed in real combat. A single, fatal blow.’
Uncle Ma barked, "Are you still not leaving? Do you want more of you to die?"
Just then, someone suddenly turned and ran.
Where one fled, another followed.
Gu Fei suddenly roared, "Take the man on the ground with you!"
’Leaving him here to scare the children and the flowers and plants wouldn’t be good.’
The few men who remained showed no fear on their faces, still weighing the pros and cons.
They were originally farmers, and the people they had killed recently were all defenseless commoners.
They killed to survive, but when faced with a true martial artist and no hope of victory, they weren’t about to throw their own lives away.
After a moment of thought, the men lifted the burly man’s body and left through the gate. The man who sold steamed buns glanced back at Gu Fei one last time.
Gu Qing quickly ran to shut the courtyard gate, then turned and grabbed Gu Fei. "Sister, you... you were too impulsive! Why did you charge out alone without a word?"
"You’re a girl. This kind of thing should be left to your brothers."
So he said, but in truth, Gu Qing’s legs were trembling.
He had only ever killed chickens, never a person.
He couldn’t imagine taking a knife and plunging it into someone. They were all flesh and blood, after all.
Gu Fei just hummed softly in acknowledgment.
She had struck first because she was afraid they would swarm them. She and Uncle Ma clearly couldn’t handle that many people. If everyone joined the fray, blades would have flown indiscriminately, and someone was bound to get hurt.
She couldn’t risk her father and brothers getting injured.
Making an example of one to intimidate the others and force them to retreat—that was the best strategy.
Uncle Ma gave Gu Fei a long, deep look before heading back into the house.
He now completely agreed with the Young Master Heir’s assessment. ’This girl really is a spy.’
Gu Fei scooped up a ladleful of water, rinsed her dagger clean, and put it away.
Gu Qing and Gu Erlang scooped some ash from the stove, sprinkled it over the bloodstains in the courtyard, and stamped it flat.
Inside the house, when the women who had been peeking from the window—Aunt Liu, Ms. Qian, and a few others—saw Gu Fei enter, they all instinctively averted their gaze.
Her eldest aunt and Ju Hua also had complicated expressions in their eyes.
Only Lian’er’s eyes shone. ’If my mother had been as strong as Little Fei,’ she thought, ’she wouldn’t have died.’
The rest of the women—Lan Zhi, Li Chunhua, Ms. Li, the old matriarch, Shanzimama, Zhang Laojia, and the two daughters-in-law from the village chief’s house—had simply huddled together with their children when they heard there were intruders. They hadn’t dared to look and had no idea that Gu Fei had killed someone.
The rest of the men watched Gu Fei with mixed expressions. The younger ones, like Gu Sanlang and Tie Niu, had eyes full of admiration.
The village chief and the other older men, however, had eyes full of fear.
An eerie silence fell over the group. No one dared to openly discuss what had just happened.
Gu Fei, acting as if nothing had happened, took off her outer clothes, crawled under the covers, and went to sleep.