Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 644 - 645: Mo Wenxuan encounters Mountain Bandits (1)_1

Chapter 644: Chapter 645: Mo Wenxuan encounters Mountain Bandits (1)_1

Previously, to protect the brethren within the Dragon Tiger Gang, Dragon Three was only responsible for investigation and gathering evidence, never lending a hand. However, he had just received a letter from Brother Ye saying he was on his way. So, should he save the scholars from the Provincial Academy, or should he not?

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That night, Mo Wenxuan was studying hard as usual.

His room was the closest to the wall. With the night deep and the world quiet, he seemed to clearly hear the sound of metal clashing against the wall from outside.

He wasn’t sure if it was due to the tense atmosphere he’d felt while walking on the deserted streets during the day, but Mo Wenxuan’s first instinct was that the mountain bandits had come.

But weren’t the bandits always operating outside the Provincial City? Why would they come here? The Provincial Academy was filled with unarmed scholars, and the only valuable things inside were books. Could the bandits be coming to steal books? Could they even understand what’s written?

Mo Wenxuan’s nerves tightened as the thought crossed his mind. Since his room was the closest to the wall, he quickly extinguished the candles and took off his shoes, tip-toeing towards the door.

He listened carefully by the door for a while, and sure enough, there was the sound of metal, followed by people’s voices, as if someone were climbing the wall outside.

He was shocked. Without a doubt, the bandits had indeed come.

What should he do?

He didn’t know if his classmates had fallen asleep. Should he go inform them now?

But Mo Wenxuan was too scared to step outside.

When bandits had attacked the village previously, he had been in the county town at the time and didn’t personally experience the supposedly terrifying scene. He had heard from Liu Chang and Tie Dan that everyone had hidden in the commune. He also heard from Liu Chang that Nan Feng had nearly been violated by Wang Erchun. At the time, he had thought that if it had been him, he would have stood up to the bandits, instead of hiding like Liu Chang.

But now that the bandits had possibly arrived, Mo Wenxuan was terrified.

Still, he was a scholar. Santos Books constantly taught one to be noble, to dare to fight against evil, to face danger, to remain steadfast, to have the dignity of a scholar.

He struggled internally for a while but finally, the pride in his heart overcame his fear. He slowly opened the window and crawled out of it. The window led out to a garden filled with an abundance of trees and flowers, where he could hide underneath a bunch of roses.

It was a moonless night, but the star-filled sky allowed him to vaguely make out the night’s scenery.

From his hiding spot behind the rose bushes, Mo Wenxuan quietly observed. He saw one shadow, then two, then three, then four by the south wall.

If they weren’t mountain bandits, who else could they be?

Then, he felt relieved that he had crawled out. Because he heard the sound of the door to his room being kicked open, followed by a continuous cluttering sound, then he heard someone say, "There’s no one in this room!"

The campus rooms were located adjacent to one another. Having found no one in Mo Wenxuan’s room, they naturally went to search the next one.

The next room was occupied by Li Shuqi, another successful candidate. Li Shuqi had gone to bed early that night and his room was dark now. Mo Wenxuan thought to himself, this is bad!

Li Shuqi was definitely inside. If the bandits found him, what then? He had heard that these bandits didn’t think twice about killing. A human life was as worthless as an ant in their eyes.

What should he do?