Standing shoulder to shoulder with you
"You're usually lazy and good-for-nothing, but you dare to blackmail my dad today? I'll kill you today and then turn myself in. We might as well die together. Come on!"
Luo Yingcao stood in front of the hospital bed with a hammer and went berserk at Uncle Dayan, who was hiding and dodging. She slammed the hammer hard on the bedsheet. Uncle Dayan was so scared that he hid in the cabinet and dared not come out. It was He Yong who stopped him in front of her, afraid that Luo Yingcao would do something stupid.
Luo Yingcao knew, of course, that an ordinary hammer was not enough to kill the monster, but her main purpose was to intimidate Uncle Dayan. Now that things were finally getting better, she didn't want her father to be resented by Boss Shen and Sister Shuyi because of Uncle Dayan.
Shuyi saw the farce as soon as she entered the ward. She knew that Luo Yingcao was staging this show to sever ties with Uncle Dayan, so she stepped forward, snatched the hammer from Luo Yingcao's hand, gave it to He Yong to handle, and then pulled Luo Yingcao out of the ward. Before leaving, she glared fiercely at Uncle Dayan.
Pulling the people outside into the corridor, Shu Yi said directly, "You don't need to worry that I will take my anger out on you because of Uncle Dayan. You are you, and Uncle Dayan is Uncle Dayan. Just like there are good people and bad people among humans, the same goes for demons."
Luo Yingcao pursed her lips and cautiously peeked at Shen Zhizhou, who was communicating with Sheyang. Shuyi looked over and patted Luo Yingcao's shoulder: "Shen Zhizhou is the same. Although he has a sharp tongue, he is not a bad person. Don't worry about him. Those words were what he told me before he came."
"What will happen to Uncle Wild Goose?" Being a soft-hearted girl, she was still concerned about the outcome.
Shu Yi thought for a moment and replied, "Probably exile, let him live on his own. The impact of his actions is quite bad. Shen Zhizhou has been busy erasing the memories of those around him about this incident."
Luo Yingcao turned her eyes to Shu Yi and suggested, "He still owes my dad a lot of money. It would be a pity to let him go like this. Why don't we let him pay off his debt with his work? He can stay in the hospital. Anyway, this hospital only sees monsters. Even if he causes trouble, he won't be able to do anything."
Shu Yi looked at Luo Yingcao in surprise. She originally thought that Luo Yingcao felt sorry for Uncle Dayan, but she didn't expect that Luo Yingcao was thinking about how to squeeze Uncle Dayan dry. Shu Yi unconsciously mourned for Uncle Dayan for a few seconds.
Meanwhile, Shen Zhizhou, who was talking to Sheyang, also mentioned the matter of putting Uncle Dayan to work at the hospital. Sheyang immediately refused: "Don't cause me any trouble. Look at the mess that uncle has made of my ward since he came. Please spare me."
"That's why I made him pay off his debts with work. He has to clean up his own mess. Even monsters have to learn not to cause trouble for others." Shen Zhizhou paused, as if remembering something, and asked, "Is that underground level abandoned now?"
When the underground level was mentioned, Sheyang responded with a somewhat unnatural expression, "Um, what's wrong?"
"It's time to activate him. If he causes any more trouble, lock him up in the basement to keep him in line."
After giving his instructions, Shen Zhizhou walked towards Shuyi to tell her the results of their discussion, but Luo Yingcao spoke first. Shen Zhizhou raised an eyebrow and looked at Luo Yingcao, somewhat surprised.
Sheyang aptly commented: "They truly share the same mindset as capitalists, and they won't let go of any opportunity to exploit others."
Ignoring Uncle Dayan's refusal, Shen Zhizhou directly cursed Uncle Dayan, telling him, "Your debt will be repaid through work. I will send your monthly salary to He Yong. You will be free when you have paid off He Yong's debt."
"You son of a bitch..." Before he could finish speaking, He Yong covered his mouth and dragged him to the back to arrange work.
...
At three in the morning, Shen Zhizhou had just finished reviewing the company's recent accounts receivable, and Shuyi had finished visiting the monsters who had been introduced to jobs. After that, Shuyi collapsed on the floor of Shen Zhizhou's study. She was so tired from working all day that she could barely keep her eyes open. She fell asleep as soon as she lay down on the floor.
Shen Zhizhou washed his face to wake up and saw Shuyi sleeping soundly on the floor, sprawled out in a starfish shape. He went over and patted Shuyi's cheek, but the drowsy Shuyi slapped his hand away. Amused, Shen Zhizhou took his phone from the table and took a picture of Shuyi sleeping soundly, intending to keep it to tease her when she woke up tomorrow.
At that moment, the caller ID showed Sheyang. Shen Zhizhou pressed the answer button and heard Sheyang shout anxiously on the other end of the phone: "Shen Zhizhou, come quick! That monster set fire to the hospital today!"
Shen Zhizhou's pupils dilated, seemingly in disbelief that a monster dared to burn down his territory. He grabbed the sleeping Shuyi and rushed to the hospital.
Before even reaching the hospital, they saw flames filling the sky. Shuyi's drowsiness was mostly dispelled, seemingly because she hadn't expected Uncle Dayan to be so bold as to burn down Shen Zhizhou's hospital.
The monsters were all scrambling to put out the fire. Sheyang carried some monsters who were unable to move easily out of the fire. Just as Sheyang was splashing water on himself and trying to rush back in, he was stopped by Shen Zhizhou, who had arrived at the scene, and asked about the situation inside.
"I've rescued all the monsters with mobility issues from the lower floors, but I'm still missing a few from the top floor..."
Before he could finish speaking in the Sheyang dialect, Shuyi rushed in and told them to wait outside and not to come in, while she rushed into the top floor of the fire alone.
Shuyi's fur was impervious to water and fire. She searched for the remaining people room by room on the top floor, and finally found the unconscious baby rabbit in the corner of the last ward.
"Wake up, are you alright?" Shuyi gently patted the baby rabbit's face, watching her slowly open her eyes and cry as she clung to Shuyi's shoulder.
As Shuyi held the child in her arms, intending to break through the window, she caught a whiff of the monster that had escaped from the company warehouse that day.
With her eyes half-closed, she looked into the darkness and made a shushing gesture to the child in her arms. Upon seeing this, the little rabbit quickly covered its mouth with its little hand to indicate that it would not make a sound. Shuyi patted the little rabbit's head as a reward.
Holding the child tightly in her arms, Shu Yi concealed her figure and quietly approached, blending into the darkness.
"I've burned this place down as you asked. You promised to take me away, you can't go back on your word! Shen Zhizhou won't let me go here!"
"What do you mean? I've already fulfilled my promise to lift your taboo and take you away. Did I agree to that...?"
Shuyi guessed Uncle Dayan's identity from the conversation, but the other one... had a hoarse and low voice, as if someone's voice had been damaged and was being forced to continue using it. Shuyi went through the voice in her mind and realized that she had never heard it before.
But the aura emanating from this person was something I remembered; it was the monster that escaped from the warehouse that day. But today, the monster's aura was mixed with some other auras... It seemed like it was injured?
Since that's the case, it's better to let them all stay and not leave, so as to save myself the trouble of looking for them. With this thought, Shu Yi put the baby rabbit in the vent and waited for a while, then tore off the jade ring from its right ear and chopped it down.
The monster, cloaked in black and resembling a charred, dark shadow, grabbed Uncle Wild Goose and used him as a shield. With a single blow from Shu Yi's jade ring, Uncle Wild Goose fell to the ground, bleeding from one side.
"What, you're afraid to fight me one-on-one? Using the lives of your own kind to save your own... you really do that!"
The demon chuckled lightly, glancing indifferently at Uncle Dayan, seemingly quite pleased to see him die a bloody death.
Uncle Wild Goose coughed up blood, trembling, and slowly crawled to Shu Yi's feet, grabbing Shu Yi's trouser leg tightly: "Save me, I don't want to die! Please save me, I... I can tell you who he is."
Upon hearing this, a golden light flashed beneath the black robe, and a sharp, piercing voice rang out: "You're courting death!"
A dark shadow spread out from beneath the black-robed demon's feet, surging forth like a vast ocean, attempting to devour Shuyi and Uncle Dayan.
"Save me! I don't want to be swallowed by him, if he swallows me I will never be reincarnated...Save me..."
The shadow swallowed Uncle Goose's right foot, and Uncle Goose struggled incessantly. But the more he struggled, the faster he was swallowed, like a swamp gradually engulfing its prey until it was completely destroyed.
Shu Yi directed Yu Huan to attack the black-robed monster, grabbed Uncle Dayan's hand with one hand to slow his descent, and used the other hand to unleash a powerful hand seal, burning his magic and spiritual power to counterattack the Shadow Black Sea.
He was trying to do two things at once, and because of Shuyi's loss of memory, he couldn't unleash his full power. He could only keep the shadow at a distance of an inch from himself and remain in a stalemate.
Sweat poured from Shu Yi's forehead and nose like water. Shu Yi knew that he had to finish the battle quickly, as he couldn't afford to be distracted for too long. Just as Shu Yi was about to transform into his original form and make a desperate attempt, Shen Zhizhou arrived and threw a talisman at the black-robed demon.
"In battle formation, all techniques converge, break!"
Shen Zhizhou held Shuyi's shoulder, gesturing for her to squat behind him. Shuyi shook her head and stood side by side with Shen Zhizhou, charging forward to attack the black-robed demon.
The human and the demon worked together seamlessly, forcing the black-robed demon back into a corner. Seeing that he couldn't gain any advantage, the black-robed demon slammed his palm on the ground, causing the entire building to shake and collapse.
Shuyi first picked up the baby rabbit from the vent and put it in her arms. This distraction gave the black-robed demon a chance to escape. He leaped out of the window and slipped away, not forgetting to take Uncle Wild Goose, who was barely alive, with him as he left.
Shuyi and Shen Zhizhou had no choice but to take the rabbit baby and leave the dilapidated building.
When Sheyang handed the baby rabbit back to its mother, her face was pale and her expression was grim. She said, "The commotion was too loud and has already alerted the police... The barrier here has also been broken. What should we do?"
"Destroy everything right now. I need to retrieve something from underground. Then, take these wounded soldiers and lay low somewhere else for the time being..."
Sheyang grabbed Shen Zhizhou and yelled at him, "Are you crazy? Are you out of your mind? What is there that's worth risking your life for? The hospital has already collapsed. If you rush in now, it could easily cause a second collapse. If you don't want to live, just say so!"
Shen Zhizhou ignored She Yang and tried to rush inside, but She Yang couldn't stop him and wanted to go with him. Shu Yi stopped She Yang, saying that she would protect Shen Zhizhou, and followed Shen Zhizhou into the hospital.
Ignoring the rubble tearing his clothes, Shen Zhizhou ran down to the first basement level. After searching an altar for a while, he cried out in a panicked, trembling voice, "Shuyi, my mother's things are missing..."
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