Before these guys could lay a hand on her, Xia Zheng had already pulled Lin Yuan behind him to protect her. Although that girl was sharp-tongued and threw her punches hard, it just wasn't Xia Zheng's style to stand by and watch a lady get threatened.
Oh no, that's not right - this girl was at most a little pretty, she was still nowhere near a beauty! No, she was two whole calibers away from that!
"Damn girl, you really are a Little Disaster Star! I've been to Zhuma Town five or six times, and this is the first time I've run into ruffians in the streets! My luck is really rotten today, first I bump into you and then them; I must have bad karma from eight lifetimes ago!" Even though he complained about Lin Yuan's bad luck, Xia Zheng didn't let his guard down. Don't be fooled by these thugs being just street scum—they often did bad deeds and with weapons like wooden sticks, they became even less scrupulous when they started hitting.
