Chapter 873: Surrounded

There was a rubber baton at his waist.

Jiang Ran pulled it out and gripped it tightly in his hand.

Before he knew it, the baton was covered in sticky sweat.

Among the people behind him, Lin Yu and the others.

The Pimply Guy suddenly tugged at Lin Yu, Zheng Zihan, the Silver-Haired Guy, and the Pink Long-Haired Girl.

The group turned around, and the Pimply Guy leaned in, lowering his voice:

"I think this apartment staff member named Jiang Ran is probably going to avenge those three security guards."

"He's going up there to fight those two."

"So, when he charges at them and gets into a fight, we should make a run for it."

Lin Yu frowned: "Isn't that a bit messed up? That's not very loyal, is it? He goes up there. We run first?"

The Pimply Guy said: "Right now there are only two options. If you think it's disloyal, then when he goes up to fight those two, you go help him."

"Or you run. Pick one."

Lin Yu glanced at the two people wielding weapons over there and fell silent.

The Pink Long-Haired Girl said: "There should be a third option. We can just stay where we are!"

The Pimply Guy was speechless: "Stay where we are for what? To wait and see how things play out?"

"That's the dumbest option. If we were a neutral third party, it wouldn't matter. But we're basically on Jiang Ran's side. Are we just going to stand here and watch him get beaten to death?"

The Pink Long-Haired Girl said: "Here's what I'm thinking. We watch him from here first. If he can win, we go help. If he can't, we run."

The Pimply Guy said: "I'm afraid by then, it'll be too late for you to run."

The Silver-Haired Guy said: "Hey, man, are you forgetting the most important thing?"

The Pimply Guy: "What?"

The Silver-Haired Guy pointed at the unconscious girl: "What about her? Even if we take advantage of Jiang Ran going up there to fight for his life and run."

"But carrying someone like her, do you think we can make it out of the library?"

The Pink Long-Haired Girl clapped her hands: "Exactly! We can't just leave her behind, can we?!"

The group all looked at the Pimply Guy, and seeing the cold indifference on his face, they suddenly realized he had already noticed this point long ago. He had also already planned it out—he'd given up on this girl from the very beginning.

"Anyway, didn't that guy say he still wanted to play with her? He didn't kill her then, so he probably won't later."

The Pimply Guy spread his hands: "So, hurry up and decide!"

The Pimply Guy had pretty good grades in high school.

Although he couldn't get into Qingbei University, he could still get into a key provincial university in one of the top three most populous provinces in the country.

He could be considered a top student.

Especially since his science scores were much better than his liberal arts scores.

Maybe that was why, between his emotional and rational sides, rationality often dominated.

In a crisis like this, if he were more emotional, he might not have chosen to sell out Jiang Ran and run with the others first.

At this moment, Jiang Ran's palm was tightly gripping the baton.

His gaze was locked dead onto the Monkey King Mask Man. The Monkey King Mask Man also had a dagger in his hand. He could tell the killing intent Jiang Ran was directing at him, so he stopped smiling now, focusing completely on preparing to respond.

Whoosh!

But then, a scene that no one present could have predicted happened.

Jiang Ran didn't charge forward to fight the Monkey King Mask Man to the death, as everyone had assumed.

Instead, he hurled the baton in his hand like a throwing weapon, flinging it hard.

And the direction he threw it wasn't even toward the Monkey King Mask Man, but toward Huang Kaiyu on the other side.

After throwing it, Jiang Ran roared: "Run!"

That shout of "run" was a warning to Lin Yu and the others.

Clearly, Jiang Ran had much more of a conscience than them. Even when fleeing, he still shouted a warning.

And his sudden unpredictability.

Not only caught the Monkey King Mask Man and Huang Kaiyu completely off guard, leaving them dumbfounded.

But weren't Lin Yu and the others equally stunned?

They were waiting for him to charge up and fight, to divert those two's attention, buying them time to escape.

And what happened?

He ran first?!

And what made everyone present feel like they'd been played by Jiang Ran was this.

Jiang Ran's earlier demeanor, that look of deep-seated hatred, that look of wanting to fight to the death—who could have guessed it was all an act?!

All of it was groundwork for escape?!

Jiang Ran actually had no choice.

Forget two people on the other side—even if it were just one person, he had no confidence he could win.

So, helpless, he could only run.

He'd deal with it later once the police arrived.

If he really charged up there like an idiot, then his brains really would have been kicked by a donkey.

Of course, Jiang Ran was confident in this escape. He was certain he could get out of the library.

For his acting just now, he gave himself 99 points. The one point deducted was for his conscience, for shouting that warning to run.

To remind Lin Yu and the others.

But, the higher the dao, the stronger the demon.

Jiang Ran still hadn't anticipated what was about to happen.

He was sprinting toward the library entrance when, suddenly, a White Ghost Face Mask Person flashed out from the bookshelf in front of him.

Seeing this White Ghost Face Mask Person holding an axe, he slammed to a halt, frozen in place, somewhat at a loss.

He hadn't expected there to be a third accomplice on the other side either.

In fact, Lin Yu and the others also hadn't expected a third accomplice.

After Jiang Ran shouted "run," they snapped out of it and prepared to flee.

But they hadn't expected that besides the third, there was also a fourth accomplice.

The Man in the Female School Uniform had silently appeared behind them.

In one move, he stabbed the Pimply Guy right in the back of the neck.

The Pimply Guy let out a miserable scream.

Lin Yu and the others turned around and saw this, scared out of their wits.

When had someone appeared behind them?!

And killed someone?!

"Save! Save me!"

The Pimply Guy's neck was tightly locked by the Man in the Female School Uniform's left arm.

He reached forward, begging Lin Yu and the others to save his life.

But just as he had suggested selling out Jiang Ran and saving only himself back then.

He couldn't expect anyone else to risk their life to save him either.

Lin Yu and the others, faces full of terror, backed away, with no intention of helping at all.

"This way!"

The Silver-Haired Guy pulled the Pink Long-Haired Girl and ran toward the second floor.

Seeing this, Lin Yu grabbed his girlfriend Zheng Zihan's hand and ran toward the second floor as well.

The Green-haired Guy also ran.

Seeing this, the Pimply Guy felt both furious and grief-stricken inside.

But it was all too late.

His consciousness quickly faded.

His body went limp and collapsed to the ground.

Then, the Man in the Female School Uniform behind him did to the Pimply Guy exactly what he had done to Zeng Yan and the other two.

He stripped off his pants and underwear, and used a knife to cut off the important parts.

Eating them in a bloody and gruesome manner.

A White Ghost Face Mask Person blocked Jiang Ran's path ahead, and an accident happened behind him. He turned back and saw what had happened to Lin Yu and the others.

Especially when he saw what the Man in the Female School Uniform was doing.

A wave of nausea immediately hit his body, but he forcefully suppressed it.