In the back seat of the car, two individuals were present. One was a man with a sleazy grin on his face, similar to the driver. He held a switchblade in his hand. The other was a plain-looking girl who seemed to be a student.
This female student had taken the high-speed train to Langstel today. Upon leaving the station, the driver of this Jeep took the initiative to greet her, asking where she wanted to go and enticing her to board the car with a reasonably affordable price.
After getting in, and traveling for a while, the driver picked up another “passenger” along the way.
Soon, the female student realized something was wrong because the driver wasn’t following the direction indicated on her phone’s navigation.
She sensed she might have encountered a rogue taxi driver, started shouting for help, and attempted to open the car door.
However, the door wouldn’t budge, and the “passenger” picked up on the way immediately turned into an accomplice, brandishing a switchblade to threaten her against making noise.
To avoid angering the robbers, the female student had no choice but to pretend compliance. Seizing a moment when the robbers weren’t paying attention, she wrote “SOS,” three letters with specific meaning, on the fogged-up car window.
Fortunately, the robbers had limited literacy and didn’t understand the significance of these three letters.
It was precisely because of this coincidence that Leo could notice something unusual inside this Jeep that wasn’t following traffic rules.
The driver and his accomplice had a simple goal, to take the female student to a secluded place, not to rob her but to assault her.
Watching the environment outside becoming increasingly desolate through the car window, the female student kept pleading, “Brothers, I beg you, let me go. I’ll give you all the money I have. Is that okay?”
The man driving the car grinned maliciously, “Beauty, you don’t need to beg us; it’s useless. We don’t want your money. We only want your body. As long as you obediently please both of us, we’ll let you go. If you fail to satisfy us, not only will we take your body, but we’ll also take your life!”
“Gentlemen, you can’t do this. What you’re doing is illegal and criminal. You’ll go to jail for it. Even if you don’t care about yourselves, think about your families…”
“Shut the hell up!” The guy sitting next to the female student brandished his switchblade in front of her, “Stop spouting that useless crap. Today, I’m definitely going to have you, whether you like it or not!”
The driver chose a forest ahead and accelerated into it.
The trees in the forest were spaced widely, and the Jeep’s off-road capabilities were strong, making it easy to navigate through.
Finding a seemingly suitable place, the driver stopped the car.
The moment the car stopped, the female student couldn’t help but shiver. She knew she was about to be sexually assaulted by these two criminals.
In this desolate wilderness, even if she screamed her lungs out, no one would come to rescue her.
At this moment, all that filled the female student’s heart was despair, and tears uncontrollably rolled down her cheeks.
“Cry, cry all you want. Later, I’ll make you feel ecstasy. Get out of the car!” The knife-wielding criminal got out first, then opened the car door on the female student’s side, shouting.
The female student cried while continuously shrinking backward.
The knife-wielding gangster laughed and dragged the schoolgirl out of the car.
The female student exclaimed and kept crying for mercy: “Big brother, please let me go, I’m just a student, you do a good job…”
“Hey, what Laozi likes most is female students.” The creepy driver jumped out of the cab.
The man with the knife looked hungry. Thirsty said: “Little beauty, the matter has reached this point, you don’t do unnecessary and futile struggle, you see you are off, or we help you take off?”
The girl student sitting on the ground let out a cry of terror and got up and ran.
The knife-wielding assailant had anticipated, eyes and hands quickly threw the girl student to the ground.
The female student immediately screamed, cried and struggled, but in the clutches of the two gangsters, she could not break free.
Just as the gangster was about to rip off the girl’s clothes, a cold drink suddenly sounded: “Let go of that girl!”
This sound of cold drink, so that the two gangsters could not help but stop the action on the hand.
The female student is like a drowning person who sees the last straw and cries out quickly: “Good people, help me, help…” ”
The two gangsters, while startled, soon noticed that Leo was alone.
“Kid, where the hell did you come from, daring to mess up our good time?” The thug driver glared at Leo, his voice cold and fearless.
Leo just repeated his words in a monotone, “I said, let go of this girl. Can’t you understand plain English?”
“I think this guy is an idiot. You control the little beauty, let me go tell him about the consequences of meddling in others’ business.”
The knife-wielding thug stood up from the ground and walked toward Leo, spring-loaded knife in hand.
Leo stood still, unmoving.
The knife-wielding thug had never encountered someone so oblivious. He walked up to Leo and thrust the spring-loaded knife towards his abdomen.
Without even glancing at the approaching knife, Leo lifted his right foot and kicked the thug in the stomach.
“Bang!” After a resounding sound, the knife-wielding thug flew off the ground, tracing a parabola in the air, and landed heavily, unable to get back up.
The driver thug was petrified by this scene. Seizing the opportunity, the female student climbed to her feet and ran towards Leo.
The driver thug considered picking up the spring-loaded knife his companion had dropped, but reason told him that even with a knife in hand, he wouldn’t be a match for the sudden appearance of this young man.
Leo waved his right hand, and the spring-loaded knife on the ground shot like an arrow, suddenly thrusting towards the driver thug.
After a painful scream, the driver thug fell to the ground, the spring-loaded knife embedded in his thigh, blood gushing out.
On the way down the mountain, the female student sat in the front passenger seat of the Audi, still shaken from the recent scare.
Through a brief conversation, Leo learned the girl’s name, Lucy.
“Where do you live? I’ll take you home,” Leo offered.
“I…” Lucy hesitated, glanced at Leo, and continued, “I came to Langstel to visit my mom. She lives on Cloud Dream Mountain.”
Due to what happened just now, Lucy had a shadow in her heart, making her feel uneasy about continuing. She quickly changed the topic, “Thank you so much for today. Once we reach the city, you can let me off. I’ll take a cab from there.”
Hearing Lucy mention her mother living on Cloud Dream Mountain and recalling Nora mentioning her daughter Lucy earlier, Leo couldn’t help but entertain the thought that this Lucy was indeed Nora’s daughter!
In this vast world, full of wonders, Leo couldn’t help but marvel at the serendipity he had encountered.