However, in less than half a minute, Luo Yanling was overjoyed, her face a picture of shocked astonishment.

Liu Zhizhong dodged with agility, avoiding Wang Xiaohu's fierce attack and quickly struck back—steady, accurate, ruthless.

He landed a heavy punch on Wang Xiaohu's face, instantly shattering his nose, blood spraying everywhere.

Seizing the opportunity, he delivered a kick to Wang Xiaohu's stomach, knocking him to the ground.

Then he followed up with several brutal kicks, causing Wang Xiaohu to roll on the ground in agony, howling and screaming as if in mourning.

At last, Liu Zhizhong delivered one final kick to the back of Wang Xiaohu's head, gauging the force impressively, knocking the man unconscious on the spot.

The forest fell silent.

Luo Yanling stood frozen in place, too excited to speak.

Wang Xiaohu's nose continued to bleed, the scent of blood spreading through the forest with the morning breeze.

Liu Zhizhong dusted off his hands, looking rather relaxed, still confident in his strength.

Of course, he knew that Wang Xiaohu was actually quite tough.

But he smiled and said, "Hey, beauty, are you okay?"

It was then that Luo Yanling snapped back to reality, speaking excitedly, "Thank you so much, big brother, I'm fine, I'm fine! I had no idea you were so formidable!"

Originally, if Liu Zhizhong hadn't disguised himself, she might have recognized him.

Originally, she really wanted to throw herself into the arms of the man who had saved her life to express her gratitude, but she truly felt he was a bit dirty and somewhat ugly! And she was the deputy director of the City Committee Secretary's Office, and Secretary Ma's lover, so she needed to maintain some decorum!

Liu Zhizhong smiled lightly and said, "Since there's nothing wrong, I'm going to take off now."

"Ah? Big brother, what about him... What do we do? I… I can't walk back to work, can I? Also, what's your name, do you have contact information? I want to thank you properly."

"Heroes don't ask for recognition. We met by chance, and I did what anyone would've done. How about this: I'll tie this guy up, stuff him in a sack, and shove it into the trunk. You can take his car back to work. As for what to do with him, that's up to you," he said.

Having said that, Liu Zhizhong started to take action.

He tore Wang Xiaohu's T-shirt into strips of cloth and quickly bound him tightly.

He also used a cloth to stop the bleeding from Wang Xiaohu's nose, as it was already swollen to a frightening size.

Luo Yanling, still angry, came over and kicked Wang Xiaohu a few times, but he remained deeply unconscious.

She asked Liu Zhizhong, worried, if they had killed him?

Liu Zhizhong reassured her that it was impossible; he knew how to moderate his force.

Soon after, Luo Yanling took Wang Xiaohu's phone as well. She had to find and delete everything in it!

Liu Zhizhong pretended not to know, "Hey, why are you taking his phone?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Yanling felt relieved, thinking he didn't know about the situation.

She immediately said, "That son of a bitch is my ex-boyfriend; I bought him that phone; of course, I'm taking it back. There are some private videos of us inside; he threatened to spread them to ruin my reputation. I have to destroy them! He even thought of assaulting me, using that as leverage; how utterly disgusting!"

Liu Zhizhong smiled faintly, "Oh, I see, that guy really is no good at all! How could he treat a former girlfriend like that? Well, you could call the police?"

As he spoke, he pretended to reach for a phone, setting Luo Yanling on edge, "Hey, big brother, let it go, please! He didn't succeed, and I am busy with work and care about my personal reputation. It wouldn't be good to make a scene!"

Actually, Liu Zhizhong was just teasing her and chuckled inwardly. Then he said, "Sigh, you really are a beautiful, sexy, kind-hearted woman! Well, let's do this: I'll put him in the trunk and then I'll leave."

He then swiftly threw the sack into the Audi TT's trunk.

His strength astonished Luo Yanling.

Wang Xiaohu stood at 1.85 meters and weighed at least 170 pounds, yet Liu Zhizhong tossed him with ease.

Afterward, Liu Zhizhong left the forest first, drove away, and took another route down the mountain.

Luo Yanling felt waves of gratitude and relief, but also thought that the hero was somewhat foolish; she would have been willing to give him hundreds of thousands, yet he asked for nothing—how silly! Do such men still exist nowadays?

She hurriedly fixed her hair, smoothed her skirt, and even felt disgusted by Wang Xiaohu's mouth, so she took some bottled water from his car to wash her "lower body" and wiped herself down with tissues before driving back to the city.

Back in the city, she drove the car to a martial arts club, which Wang Xiaohu co-owned with others.

She threw the car keys on the reception desk, telling the staff to go check on Boss Wang in the trunk, then hailed a cab to return to the City Committee, acting as if nothing had happened.

As for Wang Xiaohu's phone, she deleted the videos she found inside—footage of her secret affair with Ma Xudong at home—fuming with anger. She reset the phone to factory settings, left it at the reception, and thought that should be the end of it.

But who would have known that Wang Xiaohu, the bastard, had also saved the video in his personal cloud storage...