After lifting up Li Yuan, it naturally slowed Lin Yu's pace. Luckily, the Scorpio gang members trailing them weren't quick either, unable to catch up immediately, but Lin Yu also couldn't shake them off quickly.

So, Lin Yu ran, and the Scorpio gang thugs gave chase.

Amidst this, they faced sneaky attacks from a distance involving bricks, sticks, and even slippers. Lin Yu maneuvered erratically, dodging to the east and then to the west, but never getting hit by even a fraction of the thrown attacks.

When a brick whizzed past, smashing onto the asphalt ahead, Lin Yu couldn't help but lament. "Uncle, watch out!"

"Ah!"

"Uncle, I'm protecting you!"

"Ah!"

"Uncle!"

"Ah!!!"

Lin Yu, agile and swift, fended off the Scorpio gang members charging towards them while keeping Li Yuan away from direct attacks, inadvertently exposing him to more severe ambushes.

After several clashes, Li Yuan was battered and bruised. Lin Yu, gleefully anticipating a club smash, deliberately pulled Li Yuan not away from but into the path of another baseball bat swing.

In that moment, feeling something whizzing towards his left side, Lin Yu instinctively looked over. The swift movement caused his heavy, yellow hair to flutter, obstructing both eyes this time.

Blinded, Lin Yu and Li Yuan couldn't respond or retaliate against the incoming attack. Consequently, a brick smashed onto Lin Yu's head with such force that it split in two.

At the moment of impact, Lin Yu's mind went blank with only one thought swirling, "Damn blonde hair!" "You and I are irreconcilable!"

Relying on years of martial arts instinct, Lin Yu lashed out, kicking a Scorpio gang member flying to prevent further injury.

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The kick was merciless, hitting the attacker so hard he laid coughing up blood, effectively deterring the gang for a moment.

As his hair ceased fluttering and hung damply across his forehead, trickles of blood weaved through the yellow strands.

Lin Yu, evaluating his severe blood loss and the world beginning to spin, knew it was time to stop, or things would get really dire.

Managing to steady himself against the overwhelming dizziness, Lin Yu, for the first time, picked up a weapon and stared down the Scorpio gang members through blood-soaked hair with wolf-like eyes.

Lin Yu's wild appearance and the sight of their companion in agony momentarily halted the gang, more by the sudden arrival of heavily armed newcomers than Lin Yu's stance.

At the street corner, Black Blood gang members finally arrived, outnumbering the Scorpio gang.

The Scorpio gang turned tail and fled, while some of the Black Blood members stayed to check on Li Yuan and Lin Yu.

"Call an ambulance!"

Seeing the condition of Li Yuan and Lin Yu, the Black Blood gang's second-in-command, Black Tiger, ordered his men to fetch a vehicle for hospital transport while he worriedly watched, especially concerned for Lin Yu covered in blood.

"You okay, kid?" he asked earnestly.

Lin Yu, feigning weakness, slowly shook his head but then his eyes widened in alarm.

Black Tiger, without understanding why Lin Yu's demeanour had changed so drastically, followed his gaze only to be equally shocked.

Approaching were more Scorpio gang members, weapons brandished, seemingly unconcerned with their previous losses.

"How are there still Scorpio gang members?"

Black Tiger furrowed his brows, puzzled and anxious.

Lin Yu had no interest in enlightening Black Tiger, instead, recalling the peculiar dwindling of their pursuers at Yongchang Road junction, realizing it wasn't desertion but a strategic split to circle ahead.

Turning to see the few remaining with him against the approaching twenty Scorpio gang members, Lin Yu let out a sigh.

"Damn it," he thought. "Tonight's going to be rough."

Today, it seemed, wouldn't end well for Lin Yu.