Chapter 44 I can tolerate this, but you can't touch my daughter!
"You slut! You always have that deadpan face, you're such a bad luck charm!"
Li Shouyi's roar echoed through the corridor of the abandoned kindergarten.
He reeked of alcohol, clutching a half-empty bottle of murky, cheap liquor in one hand and swinging a rusty iron pipe with the other, smashing it hard against the corner of the wall.
Wen Qing held his daughter tightly in his arms, his thin back taut.
Each time the iron pipe struck, the plaster on the wall peeled off in rustling sounds, mingling with the suppressed sobs of the girl in Wen Qing's arms.
"Dad, I'll be good, please, don't hit Mom!"
Li Shouyi didn't stop, continuing to curse: "If it weren't for me leading you guys..."
You've all been devoured by outsiders long ago, leaving nothing but bones! Ungrateful sluts!
Hearing the noise, Lu Nange and the others ran out and stood not far away. He Zhuo was about to rush forward.
Gu Qi grabbed her: "Don't act rashly if you don't know the situation!"
Three or five survivors rushed over and grabbed Li Shouyi.
A middle-aged man suddenly elbowed him in the throat, and the iron pipe crashed to the ground with a clang, rolled a few times, and became covered in dust.
"Li Shouyi!" Someone pushed through the crowd and stood in front of the mother and daughter. "You beat women every day, what kind of man are you?!"
"Exactly!" a short-haired woman spat. "If you're so capable, go out and kill some zombies! Then I won't even give you a second glance!"
"If it weren't for Wen Qing doing so much work while taking care of the child, who the hell would want to stay in the same place as a piece of trash like you?"
"He's clearly living off women, yet he's shameless!"
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Li Shouyi suddenly sprang to his feet, swatting away the hand that was holding him, picking up an iron pipe from the ground and sweeping it across the metal door frame, creating blinding sparks.
Li Shouyi, spitting out blood, sneered: "I'm disciplining my own wife, what right do you have to act like heroes?"
The crowd suddenly fell silent and automatically parted to make way for each other.
"Brother Da is here."
He was followed by several henchmen, their eyes cold.
"Li Shouyi." Da Ge's voice wasn't loud, but it instantly silenced the entire corridor: "If you cause any more trouble, get out of here."
Li Shouyi sobered up considerably, the ferocity on his face froze, and he forced a fawning smile: "Brother Da, I drank too much, be careful next time..."
"Li Shouyi".
A thin figure emerged from the shadows.
He bowed slightly to Da Ge with a respectful posture, but the smile on his lips sent chills down one's spine.
Li Shouyi's expression changed instantly: "He Jiawen..."
Wen Qing instinctively hugged her daughter tightly and stepped back, her knuckles turning white.
He Jiawen said slowly, "Brother Da, you said you wouldn't interfere with private transactions as long as there's no trouble, right?"
Da Ge squinted and nodded.
He Jiawen laughed: "Li Shouyi traded his daughter for a bottle of wine. Now that he's drunk the wine, can I take the woman with me?"
Wen Qing suddenly looked up, blood seeping from his chapped lips: "I disagree! Nobody can touch my daughter!"
A commotion erupted in the crowd, and whispers spread.
"Damn it, Li Shouyi is no human being..."
"Why would He Jiawen want a five-year-old child?"
"Wait...do you guys remember that serial child abuse case from three years ago?"
"Damn! It can't be that..."
"I think that person's name was He Jiawen?"
"Yes, that's right, that's the name!"
"Shouldn't he be locked up in..."
The parents holding their children stepped back simultaneously, holding their children tightly in their arms.
Da Ge's eyes suddenly turned cold and sharp: "He Jiawen, I don't care if you mess with the people outside, but not here."
He Jiawen chuckled, his voice so sinister it sounded like a snake crawling across your eardrum: "Brother Da, this is a matter of mutual consent, how can you say it like I'm forcing them?"
Da Ge's eyes flashed with a warning: "If Wen Qing didn't agree, then this deal isn't considered a mutually agreeable one!"
"And my bottle of wine..."
"Whoever drank it, go ask them for it!" Da Ge turned around and winked at the people behind him, and several burly men immediately began to disperse the crowd.
He Jiawen's sinister gaze was fixed on Li Shouyi, who shivered drunkenly.
Da Ge turned and walked towards Lu Nange and her group, his gaze sweeping over Ji Xian and Chi Yi's bandaged wounds.
"Leave tomorrow morning, don't try anything funny!" He turned and left without waiting for a response.
In the dead of night, Wen Qing quietly climbed up from beside her daughter.
He walked shakily toward the drunken Li Shouyi.
Moonlight streamed through the gaps in the wooden planks of the glass window, casting pale spots of light on her trembling hands.
The blade of the fruit knife reflected a cold light, mirroring her resolute gaze.
When the first knife pierced his heart, Li Shouyi's wide eyes still held traces of drunkenness.
Wen Qing gritted her teeth and pulled out the knife, warm blood splattering on her face.
"No one is allowed to... touch my daughter..."
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