Both of them were top-tier mercenaries with extremely sharp senses. They instantly detected that someone had arrived.
Luo Chen had barely stepped inside before he was discovered, so he could only hide against the wall behind the doorway.
“You had better not move, or I cannot guarantee what will happen next,” Allen threatened in English.
Luo Chen’s English was decent enough, so he understood.
Seeing no movement outside, Delos slowly approached the door with his pistol raised. He suddenly crouched low and lunged out, firing a shot almost at the same time.
A normal person might really fail to defend against this move. After all, who would expect the opponent to come out low and shoot from below?
But Luo Chen had prepared in advance. He had already seen it coming with his x-ray vision.
He had dodged that position long ago and then kicked out fiercely.
This kick was not at full strength, but it should have been more than enough against an ordinary person or even a mercenary.
Yet Luo Chen let out a soft sound of surprise because the opponent actually blocked it. Then the man countered with another shot.
The moment the opponent raised his hand for the counter shot, Luo Chen had already dodged ahead of time. He punched that hand, knocking the gun away.
Clearly the opponent was also shocked.
A cold glint flashed, and a dagger stabbed straight towards Luo Chen.
Luo Chen felt slightly surprised.
Normally, in such a situation, if someone could exchange a few moves with him, it meant either he was deliberately holding back, or the opponent truly had some skill.
The answer was obviously the latter.
Luo Chen realised that this opponent’s strength was actually a bit higher than Murong Xiong, the one who had injured Ye Zhengtian.
Although the man did not have internal energy, his raw power was enormous, and there was some kind of energy fluctuation inside his body.
That naturally made Luo Chen feel puzzled.
But it was only a moment of surprise. After all, even someone like Wan Qianshan was no match for Luo Chen, so how could the person in front of him possibly be?
Seeing the dagger coming, Luo Chen simply did not dodge or evade. He punched straight forward.
The opponent stabbed right into him. In the dim corridor, the man even showed a smile.
But soon he could no longer smile, because he found that the stab felt like hitting a steel plate.
And that smiling face met Luo Chen’s massive fist.
Bang!
One punch directly exploded the opponent’s head.
“Delos?” Allen shouted from inside the room, but there was no response.
“Oh, damn yellow-skinned bastard!” The man cursed, then took advantage of Luo Chen’s momentary distraction to rush forward.
Almost as soon as Luo Chen arrived, the opponent fired another shot.
Luo Chen instinctively tilted his head. Of course he could not dodge a bullet at such close range. Right now he was not faster than a bullet.
The shot hit Luo Chen squarely in the head, causing him slight pain. Although the bullet could not injure him, the impact force still made him stagger back a little.
Then a German MP7 submachine gun opened fire, sparks pouring from the muzzle.
Rat-tat-tat-tat…
“Die, you yellow pig! How dare you hurt my partner.” Allen laughed maniacally. Even the sound of the submachine gun could not cover his voice.
Under such suppressive fire, Luo Chen looked a bit dishevelled, but it was completely ineffective. Then, with a sudden furious shout that stunned the opponent, Luo Chen charged straight through and punched Allen in the chest.
Clearly Allen had never imagined that anyone could withstand submachine gun fire.
“Oh, you devil!” Allen fell to the ground with an expression of utter disbelief.
“We still have ten more partners. They will avenge me.” Those were Allen’s last words.
Luo Chen had no time to bother with him. Saving the person was the priority.
Luo Chen quickly tore down a burning piece of curtain, threw it aside, leapt over the balcony, and grabbed An Lingyu, who was dangling in mid-air.
He pulled An Lingyu up.
The moment she came up, An Lingyu threw herself into Luo Chen’s arms in a tight hug.
“Teacher Luo, sob sob, I thought I was going to die, sob sob…” Clearly An Lingyu was terrified.
Luo Chen patted her back and felt the soft warmth and something unusual in his embrace.
“Alright, it’s over now. Go outside and wait for Teacher first.”
An Lingyu seemed to realise something too. After all, she was only wearing pyjamas with no underwear underneath.
Her pretty face turned red, and she ran outside.
Luo Chen moved even faster. He rushed to the corridor, twisted open the fire hydrant, turned on the tap, and ran back to that dorm room.
Three minutes later, the fire was extinguished.
Luo Chen squatted down to examine the mercenary.
There seemed to be something wrong with these two people’s bodies. Luo Chen sniffed the blood and understood.
These two had probably been injected with some biochemical substance or hormone that greatly boosted their reaction speed, strength, and durability compared to ordinary people. Their level was roughly on par with Murong Xiong.
He did not investigate further. An Lingyu was so frightened that her legs were weak. Luo Chen decided not to worry about propriety anymore. He simply picked her up and carried her downstairs.
Seeing the fire put out and An Lingyu rescued, the other girls gradually came down too.
Suddenly, enthusiastic applause rang out below the dormitory building.
Chen Chao stared fixedly at Luo Chen and clenched his fist.
Why?
Why had you not died?
“Teacher Chen, you still have the face to be here?” one girl snapped.
“Luo Chen!” This time Chen Chao’s face flushed red with genuine embarrassment. He turned and left immediately.
Amid everyone’s applause, Luo Chen carried An Lingyu back to his apartment.
As soon as they arrived, he found Han Xiu and the other girls waiting there too.
Luo Chen set An Lingyu down and opened the door.
Everyone followed inside.
“Teacher, did something happen at school just now?” Han Xiu asked.
“It’s already taken care of.”
An Lingyu still looked dazed, clearly still badly shaken.
Luo Chen also felt tonight had been unlucky. Both incidents happened at the same time. Luckily he was fast enough, otherwise it would have been hard to save her.
“Han Xiu, go to the boys’ dormitory and bring a few quilts. You lot can stay here tonight.” After all, the girls’ dormitory could not be used now.
And Luo Chen could not let An Lingyu leave his sight again, so he might as well let the girls stay over at his place for one night.
His place was quite spacious anyway, with two empty rooms.
After Han Xiu brought the quilts.
Shi Shi and the girls who had been in trouble at the nightclub all apologised to Luo Chen together.
“Sorry, Teacher Luo.” Han Xiu apologised very sincerely too.
“It’s fine. I will not hold it against a group of kids. From now on, pay more attention to your own safety. Teacher can rush over to save you once, but I cannot guarantee a second time.”
“Alright, you are all probably tired tonight. Rest now.” Luo Chen stood up and headed to the bedroom.
In an office.
“Miss Zhang, we will take over this matter from now on!” A man with gold-rimmed glasses pushed them up, his face expressionless.
The woman opposite him, dressed in formal attire, had not yet spoken when Feilong beside her clenched his fist and said.
“But we already asked Mr Luo to protect Professor An’s daughter, and Mr Luo has only been protecting her for a few days.”
“Hmph, precisely because of that, we need to take over even more. Can a street thug like him really protect Professor An’s daughter?”
“Let me introduce him to you.” The gold-rimmed-glasses man snapped his fingers. The office door was pushed open, and a man over forty entered. He was muscular, nearly two metres tall, like an iron tower.
The man’s eyes gleamed sharply. His entire demeanour was fierce and imposing, even carrying a murderous aura!
“Zhou Zihao, the number one bodyguard in East China!”
“Mr Liu, rest assured. Any mission I, Zhou Zihao, take on has never failed.” It was clear Zhou Zihao was very confident in himself, and his attitude was extremely arrogant.
“As for that Luo Chen, in my eyes he is just an amateur. He cannot even step onto the stage. Compared to a professional like me, he is even less worth mentioning.” Zhou Zihao said with disdain.
“But…”
“There is no but. Tomorrow, tell him to get lost!”
Feilong clenched his fist tightly, anger showing on his face. “Hey, Director Chen, good news! I heard the principal just received a phone call. Tomorrow that Luo guy has to get lost!”