11. A Fight of justice

In a corner of the town.

A somehow hidden building, there were some mobs stationed at the entrance. This place was a gambling dent. A place where Tang Yu was responsible.

At this moment, a young girl was dragged in by her father. She was skinny, pale with many bruise on her body. Her eyes were swelling with tears that would drop at any moment. Uncle Li kneeled down in front a well dress man. He was Tang Yu.

"Young master Tang, this is my daughter, she is only 10 years old, I would like to sell her for 5 silvers tale," the man said as pushed his daughter to the front.

"Well, uncle Li, it's not that I don't want to help you. Look at your skinny daughter, she is pale with bruise and might fall at any moment. It seems she is anemic and undernutrition, she may died at anytime. I can only give you two silver tales and the previous depts will be clear" Tang Yu said then he continued, "What do you think uncle Li?".

The girl lips were trembling, as her tear started to flow down like water, she turned her small body trying to hug her dad and plead, "Dad don't sell me, I promise I will be a good girl, I will work harder". Her eyes were red swollen, her hand were full of callus, it was hard to imagine that a ten years old girl was abuse to do laborious job.

Not paying any attention to girl, the man pushed her hand away, causing her to lose balance and fall down once more, then he said to Tang Yu,

"Ok, Ok I agree, young master she is now yours". Tang Yu signaled his underlings as he ordered, "Good the deal is done, bring uncle Li, three tale of silver. I hope uncle Li would win big this time", then he said to one of maid nearby, "Guide him to the VIP room and serve him well".

"Thank you young master, thank you" uncle Li said and followed the maid to the VIP section.

The girl sobbed even louder, her dad sold her, although she tried to call him many time, he didn't care.

"Dad don't go, bring me home, I am scared, I miss mom...".

"Take her to Drunken Phoenix Pavilion and tell Mother Hong, to take good care of her". Tang Yu ordered. He would sell her, as a prostitute so he could earn more money later.

Along the seaside, there was a small figure sitting on fallen tree trunk.

This small figure was Xioa Cao. She had been waiting for a friend for sometime now. Li Qiqi was his childhood friend, they would play together from time to time. Today was such occasion. They were supposed to met up here.

In the last few meet up, she noticed that her friend was strange. There were bruise on her body, and she became more skinny. Her mother was sick recently, so she need to work extra.

Xioa Cao could no longer endure the boredom, as she dragged her small body home. In the drug store, Xioa Cao drop her body the the table and sighted,

"I am so bored".

Bating who was manning the counter saw her, and teased,

"Didn't you have a kiddy meet up today?".

Xioa Cao turned her head up and glared at Baiting. "We are little kids!", she retorted. She was big girl now, as she could brush her teeth, making her own bed..., not like someone can't even make their own bed. Baiting seemed to know what the little girl were thinking, she could only avoid the glare and pretend to work.

"I know!", Xioa Cao exclaimed.

Bating was startled, as she looked at Xioa Cao and asked, "What do you know?".

"Freeloader come with me!", she commanded.

"No I am working! I can not go with you", Baiting refused as she felt something bad might happen.

"Just go with me to see my friend, or I will tell my brother that, you bullied me", Xioa Cao said threateningly. Then she continued, "I will give you some money as well if you help me out". "Really?", Baiting asked wether she could believe her words or not. In the past, she could not remember, how many time she were trick by this small devil.

"Alright I will believe you this time", Baiting complied.

Soon Xioa Cao heard that her friend was hit and dragged away by her father. Uncle Li, Xioa Qi's father was a gambling addicted, his wife was sick due to overworked, and Xioa Qi also needed to work hard to repay the depts.

It was already noon, Xioa Cao grew more anxious as time passed by. She never felt this way since her and Xioa Qi became friend. They were always together, they went to find kelp on sea side, finding woods at the foot of mountain and sometime they went to the town with her Xiao Cao's brother. The smile of Xioa Qi was very cute. But later Xioa Qi family moved into Red River Town, Xioa Cao was very sad at that time. Later Xioa Cao family also moved into the town, due to her brother new business. The duo reunited again, however Qiqi was much skinny and she was very busy. She later learned that uncle Li became gambling addicted.

Xioa Qi's mother said that her daughter was hit and dragged away by he father, but she did not know where he took her to. Xioa Cao could only ask another gambling addicted, who freeloading in her house, Yang Baiting.

"Brat, you want my help?", Baiting asked in a surprised tone.

"Didn't I help you already?, coming here with you is also a blessing from me".

Xioa Cao was annoyed and said, " Will you help me again or not?".

"No, I don't want, find your brother because I am busy", Baiting decisively said.

"But big brother was very busy recently", Xioa Cao said in low voice. Her eyes began to swell up and teary.

Although Baiting did not like this bratty's attitude toward her, she could see real concerns in Xioa Cao's eyes.

It was a pure concerns from a true friend. Baiting had never have this kind of experience, yes she never had any real friendship. She became soft hearted and said,

"Alright I'll help you only this time, follow this brother, oh well we need money to go the Casino and Brothel".

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Around the corner of a building, maybe one block away from casino, there were two ladies or maybe boys, one tall and one small making their way to Tang Yu's den.

Xioa Cao muttered in a low voice, "Will this work?".

"It will, because this brother is a genius". Baiting reassured the girl. This scene look like an uncle tried to trick a little girl.

The plan was that Baiting would go inside the casino, pretending to play the game and would make a ruckus to attract the mobs attention. Then Xioa Cao would sneak inside, find and rescue her friend.

On a nearby building, on the roof, a tall figure was lurking around like a shadow. He was Liu Fan. He had followed these two for sometime already. He knew something might happen, and he decided to follow them out of concerns. His alert was trigger instantly the moment these two stepped into the gambling valley. He was ready to take any action if the situation got chaos.

Not long, a commotion erupted as two guards surrounded a woman and 2 little girls. Liu Fan face palm and muttered, "Was this her genius plan?". Liu Fan cultivation had reached 8th level of Body Strengthening, his hearing was enchanted greatly. A similar voice was heard, as a green clothes man with a fan on his hand walked out from the door, "Isn't this miss Bai from Mist Drug Store, the rumor was true that you are a beauty, comparable to our Young Miss Su. Why don't you to accompany this young master for a drink".

"Disgusting, who want to drink with you" Baiting said, annoyed.

"Don't be rush to deny my offer", Tang Yu smiled and continued, "I heard that, you are a distant relative of young master Yang, right?".

"So, what?", Baiting said.

"Young master Yang and I were like brother, we used to drink and play together a lot, his relative is like my relative, I won't mistreat miss Bai if you agree to accompany me, even this incident will be resolved, what do you think?".

'Brother?, weren't you the one who order your underlings to beat me up and dragged me to see my grandpa', she thought wouldn't I became an idiot if I believed his word.

"pu-tui, I would rather die than stay with you", she said in disgust.

"...", everyone were stunt, they could not relate such beauty would act in an exaggerated manner.

While the mobs led their guard down, Baiting hastily grabbed the girls's hand and made a run. She planed to push through a skinny guard.

"Want to escape?, catch them!", Tang Yu woke up from the stupor and shouted.

Soon the trio were caught up. Tang Yu followed after. His strides were short, but fast, soon he arrived in front of the them.

Bating was surprised to see Tang Yu was fast. She suddenly pick up a stone near by and threw it to Tang Yu. Tang Yu easily stretched out his hand and grabbed the the stone. He put more force into his palm, soon enough the stone was broken in powder.

"Do you still want to run?", Tang Yu said sarcastically.

Baiting, and the girls could only retreated as Tang Yu advanced.

Liu Fan could no longer observe the situation. He took out a mask, as he descend from the roof. The process was so fast, his hand then turned into a fist, aiming at the vital area of Tang Yu from behind.

Tang Yu sense was also enchanted since he was also a cultivator. His reflex was fast, as he shifted his head to the left. Liu Fan strike missed it target, he quickly flipped his body upward before landing. Tang Yu and Liu Fan stood face to face. The atmosphere became intense as both side was learning about their opponents, not wanted to make carless move.

However, Liu Fan could not afford to delay any longer, this was not his home ground after all. The guards were on alert as well, there also might be reinforcement coming soon.

Liu Fan quicky flash forward, landing another strike at Tang Yu, Tang Yu also advanced as he strike out as well. Liu Fan Fist collided with Tang Yu's, a sound of bone breaking was heard. Tang Yu was pushed back, he writhed in agony. His hand was severely injured by Liu Fan's immense force.

"Take him down!", Tang Yu gritted his teeth endured the pain and ordered his underlings to attack.

How could his underlings hold a candle against someone who knew martial art. Soon they were knocked out cold by Liu Fan.

Tang Yu took this opportunity to sneak away.

A guard was lying around screaming in pain. He was not unconscious yet, in hand he grabbed on Baiting feet. Baiting smiled at him, then she lift her left foot up and stomped on his crotch. The guard eyes were widen as he writhed in agony, foam started to form around his mouth. Then, he fainted.

"I don't know how many girls you guy had bullied, this is a slight punishment", she said. It was a fight of Justice, she thought.

"Retreat!", Liu Fan commanded. Then he and the girls left the scenes.