"You can't just take her!" Mrs. Yang shouted in rage. She then turned to the villagers and said, "Stop him! He is a stranger in our village and he already dared to defy the village leader's wife! He doesn't take us seriously at all! Go get her and bring back my son's wife!"
The villagers rushed forward Jacob all at once. They couldn't stand Donny getting the beautiful woman, but they could only swallow their complaint because he was the son of the village leader and there was nothing they could do about it. However, this man standing before them was nobody, so how could they let a stranger like him lay a hand on this beautiful woman? No freaking way!
They all wanted Emily no matter the cost.
Jacob lightly pushed Emily to his back and prepared himself to fight. Emily hid behind him, gripping to the side of his shirt with eyes full of fear and concern.
"You're outnumbered. You'll get hurt if you fight alone."
"Don't worry. I can handle it." Jacob smiled at her to relieve her fear and said, "I know you though I don't remember you. I won't let them take you away."
"Jacob… I...," Emily stuttered. She didn't know what to say. All this time, even if he had lost his memory, he would still want to protect her.
"Quit the sweet talking and fight! I'll beat you up until you couldn't stand on your own! Let's see if Mr. Barefoot can fix you again after we beat you up!" One of the villagers attacked Jacob first.
Jacob kicked him aside without blinking an eye.
The kick was so hard that the villager was sent flying a few meters away. When he landed, he put his hands over his chest and coughed out blood. He couldn't even say a word or stand up.
The others were speechless. No one dared to go next because of fear of getting hurt.
"What are you doing? He is outnumbered! It's impossible for him to kick us all at once!" Mrs. Yang shouted.
The villages looked at each other and decided to rush forward at the same time.
But Jacob wasn't afraid at all. Despite losing his memory, he still could fight them back instinctively. After all, they just had ordinary fighting skills, so it was easy for Jacob to anticipate their attack and handle them.
Half an hour had passed and almost all the men in the village who fought Jacob were beaten up. The rest who hadn't attacked didn't take the chance and just stood back instead. They realized that Jacob wasn't an ordinary man and there was no way they could match his skills.
Mrs. Yang and the other village women were trembling with fear by just watching the men be beaten up by Jacob on his own.
"Don't just lie there! Stand up and fight him to death!"
Jacob threw the last man on the ground and flexed his neck as if he was just getting warmed up. He then walked towards Mrs. Yang and said, "Is there anyone else?"
Mrs. Yang unconsciously stepped back a little out of fear, "You! What do you want?"
"My poor son! Are you all right?" "Oh, my dear husband!" "How are you feeling? I don't want to see you become disabled!" The other village women rushed to their own husband or son who was lying on the ground with blood on their faces. They complained to Mrs. Yang about the turn of events while tending the beaten-up villagers.
Emily was Mrs. Yang's problem and they had nothing to do with her.
But why did Mrs. Yang involve their sons and husbands to this and let them take the lead in the fight? Now their husbands and sons were half beaten to death because of Mrs. Yang and her family problems.
"Mrs. Yang! My son, Ben, wouldn't be hurt if you didn't ask him to help you get your daughter-in-law back! If anything happens to my son, you are to blame!"
They all put the blame to Mrs. Yang because they couldn't talk to Jacob like that in the fear of getting beaten up as well.
Jacob felt bad when he realized that it was Mrs. Yang's idea for the villagers to attack them. He said to them in a cold tone, "All of you can come to my house to get treated. Except for this old bastard!"
Jacob pointed to Mr. Yang who was still lying unconscious on the ground.
The village women's eyes glowed with delight. One by one, the village women assisted their son and husband to Mr. Barefoot's house.
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