"Don't move!" Howard growled, his voice hoarse from the pain and carrying an unquestionable command.
He gripped the edge of the table tightly with his right hand, his knuckles turning white from the force, and the veins on his forehead bulging as he forcefully suppressed the excruciating pain and dizziness that threatened to make him faint.
He can't fall! Especially not in front of these troublemakers!
However, Wang Caifeng's performance had only just begun.
"They're hitting people! The officer is hitting people! They're trying to kill this old man!"
Wang Caifeng rolled to the ground, slapped her thighs, and started yelling at the top of her lungs. Her voice was sharp and piercing, with such strong penetrating power that it could practically lift the roof off.
"This is outrageous! A high-ranking military officer is bullying ordinary people! Ouch, my back... my bones are broken... come quick! He's going to beat me to death! All because my granddaughter-in-law is unfilial, and this old woman said a few words! God, please open your eyes!"
She howled, kicking and rolling on the ground, sending debris and trash flying everywhere, raising clouds of dust – a truly pitiful sight of someone being bullied to death. Her face was smeared with snot and tears, which, combined with her vicious expression, made her both comical and repulsive.
Zhao Xiaoxiao, who had just been helped onto the stool, was so shocked by the upside-down wailing that she forgot to cough. She looked at the glaring bloodstains on Huo Hua's shoulder, and then at her grandmother who was rolling on the ground and shouting that she had been "beaten to death." A chill ran from the soles of her feet to the top of her head, and she trembled like a leaf in the autumn wind.
"You...you're talking nonsense!" Zhao Xiaoxiao said with all her might, but her voice was weak and barely audible. "It was...it was you who hit Commander Huo!"
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