The Eastern Continent Swordsman
CH. 17 – Shuiyang Village

The man clutching Zhou Fu's clothes pulled his hand and made his face only one fist away from Zhou Fu's face. The man grinned even more when he found that Zhou Fu's body did not give off any aura indicating that Zhou Fu was an ordinary teenager without any martial arts.

Braaaack……

Zhou Fu's body was crushed into the dining table to make his back collide with various dishes that he had eaten with Shen Shen. All the dishes on the table were now shapeless. The dining table was split into two parts. Zhou Fu fell to the floor on his back and Shen Shen was like a confused and frightened person. Zhou Fu's clenched hands grew stronger, but a part of his body still retained patience.

“Hey female, do you also want to have a turn like your weak lover?” The man took a step forward towards Shen Shen, the man's hands extended out to grab Shen Shen's hair which drowned his face. The man grabbed Shen Shen's hair to make the girl complain. The other two men chuckled at the sight of two young couples who were both weak.

“Let go of me, please let go!” Shen Shen begged with a look of despair, he briefly glanced at Zhou Fu who was still holding back anger, “Fu’er, save me.” Shen Shen Shen welcomes asking for help to Zhou Fu.

When Shen Shen's face lifted, the three men gaped in shock. They were very unlikely if they would have abundant luck in that place.

“Excellent! I never thought we would find a girl for 100 Gold Coins here!” one exclaimed, then approached Shen Shen to observe Shen Shen's face even closer. The groups assigned to hunt down Shen Shen had indeed been introduced with Shen Shen's face through a painting. Unmistakably, Shen Shen's face was exactly the same as the painting the three men had previously known.

“Well, you're ours now! Let's hand this girl over to headquarters in exchange for a gift!” Shen Shen Shen's arm was pulled by the man who a moment ago grabbed his hair.

The group of three men laughed at each other as they walked out of the restaurant carrying Shen Shen with them.

“Zhou Fu! What the hell are you doing? Save me!” Shen Shen shouted back, looking at what Zhou Fu was doing. Shen Shen saw that Zhou Fu had no reaction at all to the incident of his arrest. Shen Shen regretted for having banned Zhou Fu from fighting some time ago. He guessed that Zhou Fu was angry and wanted to teach him a lesson.

Zhou Fu now looks so annoying in Shen Shen's eyes because instead of helping, Zhou Fu is still busy cleaning his clothes that are stained with food.

Zhou Fu seemed to be completely indifferent to Shen Shen being taken away. Instead of helping Shen Shen, Zhou Fu called out to the butler who had been looking at him with a fearful and worried look.

“Auntie, can this pay compensation for the commotion that just happened?” Zhou Fu held out two gold coins to the butler's aunt receiving the gold coins from Zhou Fu with trembling hands.

“More than enough, Young Master. But, isn't there something more urgent for the young master? How's the lady's fate?”

“Ah, she... Aunty need not worry, she will be fine because the girl's life can still be auctioned off at a fairly expensive price. They can't hurt a high-priced item, right?” Zhou Fu brought his lips closer to the servant's aunt's ears. Makes the servant's aunt feel more confused and clueless.

“Zhou Fu fucking! Hurry up save me! What are you thinking?!!”

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Zhou Fu came to the residence of the old grandfather of the innkeeper he had previously occupied. He intends to keep his promise by paying the cost of lodging, clothing, and banquets given. The inn geezer was astonished that Zhou Fu had finally fulfilled his promises that the first was to defeat Wang Ling and the next was to pay his lodging fees.

“Oh yes, Grandpa, can grandfather tell me which direction can take me to port?” Zhou Fu asked the grandfather before he said goodbye to leave.

“Port? On Jidong island there is only one port and the location is in Shuiyang village. The village is twenty miles from Dozhu. Young Master simply go westward without turning, then the young master will find Shuiyang village. Therein was the location of the port on Jidong island,” hands of the grandfather demonstrate the direction of the port location to Zhou Fu as he explained.

Zhou Fu nodded in understanding because the direction to the port was not so difficult. Zhou Fu also saluted and farewelled the inn's grandfather.

“Young master, where is the young lady with you? Is miss okay?” the old man pulled Zhou Fu's shoulder away, his eyes looking in all directions but not finding Shen Shen around Zhou Fu.

“We already made an appointment to meet at the port, but I forgot to ask where the location of the port is, hehe,” Zhou Fu replied with a little lie. For him, it was too long to tell the true events.

 “Oh so apparently, well young master, hopefully the journey of the master does not experience any obstacles!”

Zhou Fu gave an answer with a small nod and then said goodbye to continue heading west to Shuiyang village.

According to Zhou Fu's considerations, it would be best to follow the group of three men secretly. Thus, Zhou Fu could obtain more information on the mysteries of the calamity experienced by the Shen Shen family.

Zhou Fu was convinced that the first purpose of the three men who brought Shen Shen was the port where it was the only access so that they could bring Shen Shen to the place they called the headquarters. If Zhou Fu were to rush to finish off the three men while still at the restaurant, he would lose some information that would probably be very valuable.

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