Chapter 250
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Chapter 250 Fishing Man
“Big brother, how did you know I wasn’t dead?”
“One of your fake paintings almost sold for a hundred million yuan.” Su Rui said with a cold smile: “It’s only been a few years, and your painting skills have become so exquisite that even I was almost fooled.”
“A hundred million?” Zhou Xianwei immediately beat his chest in regret, clearly unaware that he was that good: “No need to say it, you must have destroyed that painting.”
“Yes, otherwise I couldn’t have checked if your name was written on the back.” Su Rui pursed his lips: “Always using invisible ink, really nothing new.”
“Tell me, why didn’t you end up with that foreign exchange student girlfriend later?” With Su Rui’s perception, he could naturally see that Zhou Xianwei was now alone.
“She ran off with some rich kid, we were never from the same world.” Speaking of this, Zhou Xianwei’s eyes showed a trace of melancholy. For that woman, he had given up his most beloved lifestyle, but in the end, it was all for nothing.
“Do you hate her?” Su Rui suddenly asked. With Zhou Xianwei’s temperament, it would be strange if he didn’t take a knife and seek revenge after being betrayed like that.
“Hate?” Zhou Xianwei struggled for a moment, as if remembering something, then shook his head: “There’s no relationship between us anymore. Without love, how can there be hate?”
Su Rui could tell from Zhou Xianwei’s expression that he wasn’t being honest.
However, he didn’t expose this point. Everyone has their past stories, everyone has their unspoken difficulties.
What was worth celebrating was that, in this world, Su Rui had found another brother.
“I’m going to the bathroom,” Zhou Xianwei said as he stood up.
“Okay, I’ll enjoy the scenery here.” Su Rui took another sip of beer, only to find the bottle was already empty, so he held it in his hand, leaning comfortably by the shore, his eyes smiling, seemingly attracted by the Jiangnan watertown.
Just then, a black awning boat slowly drifted over. From beginning to end, the small boat moved extremely slowly.
At the bow sat a man wearing a bamboo hat, holding a fishing rod, seemingly focused on fishing.
When the boat reached Su Rui’s side, the fisherman’s expression showed a hint of delight, and his fishing rod moved slightly… it seemed a fish had taken the bait!
With a slight flick of his wrist, the fishing rod vibrated, and this vibration transferred to the fishing line. Suddenly, the line that should have been hanging down rose from the water, and a large, shiny fishhook flew straight toward Su Rui’s throat!
If the hook pierced his neck, Su Rui’s windpipe would be instantly torn out!
It looked extremely simple, but it was a long-planned killing move, like thunder in silence!
All these movements seemed slow, but they were actually as fast as lightning!
In less than a second, the fishhook had flown to Su Rui’s throat!
However, Su Rui seemed prepared. His body suddenly shifted to the side, and the fishing line brushed past his cheek!
He could even feel the tiny water droplets flung from the fishing line!
At the same time, the fishing man suddenly removed his bamboo hat and swung it forcefully in front of him!
A beer bottle was deflected, flying straight to the opposite bank, crashing against the steps and shattering instantly!
After blocking the beer bottle, the fishing man felt his arm go slightly numb, his eyes filled with anger!
Obviously, Su Rui’s actions weren’t accidental! He was prepared!
The moment the fishing line was cast, the empty beer bottle had already left his hand, shooting like a cannonball toward the attacker, with speed matching or exceeding the fishing line!
If Su Rui hadn’t noticed him earlier, how could he have responded so quickly?
The force was tremendous; even with his arm strength, the fisherman’s fingers hurt from the impact! And the bamboo hat had a large tear in it!
Originally, his fishing line was meant to be a combination attack. Even if the first strike missed, it could change direction mid-air, but Su Rui’s instant counterattack completely ruined this opportunity!
He looked at Su Rui, and Su Rui looked back at him. This premeditated assassination attempt had suddenly frozen after just one exchange!
“How did you see through me?” the fishing man asked. He believed his disguise was perfect, dressed exactly like a regular fisherman, so how did Su Rui discover the ruse?
Su Rui sneered: “Have you ever seen a fisherman who doesn’t use a net but instead leisurely fishes here? Have you ever seen an angler wearing fisherman’s clothes? Idiot!”
With that, his figure suddenly leaped up, crossing the five or six meter distance in one step! He was jumping directly onto the boat!
“You dare insult me!”
Hearing this, the fishing man’s anger rose. Being quite skilled, he swung his fishing rod, striking toward Su Rui!
It was just a simple move, but it seemed to create a sonic boom! That showed how much power was contained in the fishing rod!
This strike combined hardness and softness. Su Rui could imagine that if he tried to block it directly, his bones would instantly break!
Simplifying the complex, a true master!
At this moment, Su Rui was in mid-air, unable to change direction. He was about to be struck!
Just as the fishing rod was about to hit Su Rui’s body, he raised his arm, using his wrist to meet the violently swinging rod!
The fishing man smiled coldly, seemingly already envisioning Su Rui’s entire hand being smashed away!
“Slap!”
Su Rui’s entire wrist went numb from the impact, but the sound of breaking bones didn’t occur as expected!
“Pay for my watch!”
It turned out that when Su Rui had nowhere to dodge, he used his fake Rolex watch, bought on Taobao for three hundred yuan, to block the strike!
Fake or not, the quality was good! Although the metal band had completely shattered into pieces, it had at least helped Su Rui absorb much of the attack force!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Su Rui had already landed on the small boat!
His sudden jump pressed the entire boat down nearly half a meter, with river water flowing over the sides! Both men’s shoes were already wet!
At such close range, the long fishing rod could no longer be effective!
Su Rui had already closed in, both fists striking heavily toward the man’s chest and abdomen!
“Amateur tricks. Since I dared to come for you, I’ve naturally studied you thoroughly!” The fishing man was very confident, suddenly producing a dagger that flashed a cold light as he swept it in front of him!
Seeing these skilled knife techniques, Su Rui’s eyes narrowed slightly.
At this moment, the image of Nightingale with her perpetual black mask flashed before his eyes!
“You’re from Cuiping Mountain!”
Su Rui immediately identified the opponent’s origin!
The fishing man didn’t expect Su Rui to be so perceptive, and his knife movements showed a momentary gap!
While shouting, Su Rui’s hands never stopped. Just as the gap in the knife’s arc formed, a dark flash suddenly appeared, then pierced through fiercely!
A throwing spike!
Bang!
The blade hit the side of the four-edged military dagger, creating a spark!
However, this only slightly altered the direction of the spike’s attack. Originally aimed at the heart, it now pierced the shoulder!
“Ah!”
The fishing man howled in pain, swinging his dagger, apparently intending to throw it at Su Rui!
At such close range, Su Rui had nowhere to dodge! He could only instinctively shift his body!
The dagger had already pierced his arm!
“Let’s die together!” the fishing man roared.
But Su Rui wouldn’t give him that chance. The four-edged military dagger continued forward, then twisted forcefully!
Crack! Crack!
The blood vessels, tendons, and bones at the wound site were all mangled under this powerful action!
The fishing man, showing a spirit of mutual destruction, pulled the dagger from Su Rui’s arm and slashed toward his throat!
Facing these skilled knife techniques, Su Rui dared not be careless. His body bent sharply backward, barely avoiding the attack!
Not caring about the injury to his shoulder, the fishing man tried to pursue and kill, but suddenly the boat’s deck split open with a crack! River water rushed in!
Just as the fishing man was about to leap up, a hand mysteriously extended from the crack, grabbing his ankle!
Even the strongest expert can stumble. His body was already in mid-air, and being ambushed from behind like this, he completely lost his balance and fell flat on the broken deck!
Zhou Xianwei’s sneak attack! It turned out he had used the bathroom excuse to secretly dive underwater from the other side!
Su Rui wouldn’t miss such an opportunity. Using the last bit of buoyancy from the deck, he grabbed the fishing man’s arm with all his strength and violently flung him!
The fishing man’s entire body flew like a kite with cut strings, crashing heavily into the ancient stone bridge!
After this throw, Su Rui’s body also sank into the water!
Boom!
Fortunately, the stone bridge was sturdy and didn’t move an inch from the impact, but the fishing man’s body wasn’t so resilient! Under Su Rui’s powerful throw, his body felt completely shattered, with countless broken bones!
Completely dazed from the impact, he fell back into the water!
Two figures darted over like fish, arriving right beside the fishing man!
Two minutes later, Su Rui and Zhou Xianwei surfaced, carrying their unconscious opponent!
The battle happened so suddenly and ended so quickly—barely three minutes from start to finish—that nobody realized a life-and-death struggle had just occurred!
“You dare to act wild in my Liantang Town? Even without my big brother here, I could crush you with one finger!” Zhou Xianwei spat out some river water. He now had a lotus leaf on his head, looking quite disheveled.
“Your speed has decreased, your attacks have weakened, your defense has become sluggish. Is this your achievement over the past four years?” Su Rui looked at Zhou Xianwei with annoyance.
“Well, I think I did okay…” Zhou Xianwei scratched his head.
“Okay my ass!”
Su Rui was truly upset: “If you hadn’t shown up so late, how would I have gotten injured?”
At this moment, fresh blood was still flowing from his arm, with a large patch of his clothes already stained red!
Zhou Xianwei was on the verge of tears again: “Brother, you really don’t know, people in our area never cut corners when making things. That boat bottom was over twenty centimeters thick. I was down there chipping away with a small knife for ages!”
