Qin Bai was well aware that since he had decided to take action, he had to completely eliminate this unsettling factor.
He rushed over in a few strides, aimed his crossbow at the man's limbs, and fired four shots in quick succession.
The man in the down jacket screamed in agony, louder than a pig being slaughtered. His eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
Things developed so quickly that Zeng Qiangguo was completely caught off guard.
After he came to his senses, he finally realized that this stranger he didn't know seemed to have saved him.
With all four limbs crippled by arrows, Qin Bai refused to believe that this man could get up again. The reason he spared his life was simply to give Zeng Qiangguo a chance for revenge.
Even if Qin Bai had never done it himself, he had at least seen it on TV.
"How are you? Can you get up?"
Seeing Zeng Qiangguo covered in blood, he was genuinely worried that the other man might swallow it all in one gulp and then die.
"I...can!"
Zeng Qiangguo tried to get up, but he collapsed again after only managing to stand up a little.
"Don't move, let me take a look."
Qin Bai told Zeng Qiangguo not to move around and gave him a quick check.
He discovered that Zeng Qiangguo only had a superficial scalp injury and his skull was not broken. It seemed that he was temporarily unable to get up, which was just due to some negative effects of the concussion.
"Don't worry, I'll keep this person for you. As for your sister-in-law, I'll cover her with a sheet first. My condolences."
Qin Bai took a bed sheet from the room and covered the woman's corpse on the floor.
Thank you.
Zeng Qiangguo closed his eyes and began to slowly control his body.
A few minutes later, he was finally able to stand up with difficulty, and with Qin Bai's help, he came to the side of the man in the down jacket.
"Xiaolan, I'm so sorry. After I kill this beast, I'll go down with you!"
After saying that, Zeng Qiangguo picked up the kitchen knife that Qin Bai had given him and slashed it directly at the neck of the man in the down jacket.
However, his strength had not fully recovered, and the knife did not sever his neck; instead, it got stuck in the bone.
The pain caused the man in the down jacket to open his eyes abruptly. He tried to reach out and cover his neck, but both his hands had already lost all feeling.
He could only stare with resentment in his eyes, making a hoarse sound in his throat, and endured the pain for several minutes before finally dying.
He died with his eyes wide open in disbelief!
Just as Zeng Qiangguo was about to commit suicide, Qin Bai intervened and stopped him.
"Brother, the dead are gone, but the living must go on. Do you really think your wife would want you to do this?"
Qin Bai comforted him.
Looking at his wife's body on the ground, Zeng Qiangguo, a tough man, couldn't help but shed tears.
"She's very timid, afraid of the dark and bugs, but she's too kind-hearted, otherwise that beast wouldn't have broken in... It's all my fault, if only I hadn't agreed to let her open the door..."
Zeng Qiangguo knelt beside his wife's body, crying and shouting incessantly.
Qin Bai remained silent, waiting for him to finish venting.
Zeng Qiangguo stood up and wiped away the tears on his face.
"Young man, thank you. I've thought it through. I will live a good life and when I'm old, I'll go down and tell her about all the things that have happened over the years. She'll definitely like to hear it."
Could you please do me a favor?
"you say."
"Help me bury my wife in the neighborhood."
"Can."
Zeng Qiangguo found a quilt and wrapped his wife's body in it. As for the man in the down jacket, he threw him off the balcony, where he landed heavily on the snow.
In such an environment, digging a hole big enough to accommodate one person is no easy task.
Keep in mind that it's minus eighty degrees Celsius outside right now, and the soil on the ground is frozen solid.
Zeng Qiangguo tried it, but found that his shovel was completely ineffective, so he had no choice but to give up and bury his wife's body with snow.
To prevent others from disturbing his wife, Zeng Qiangguo also messed up all the snow around them so that no one would find their way there.
"Qin Bai, you are the benefactor of my Zeng Qiangguo. I will obey your orders even if it means my death!"
Zeng Qiangguo said with a serious expression.
If it weren't for Qin Bai's appearance, he would definitely have died at that person's hands, and revenge would have been just empty talk.
"Old Zeng, I came to see you because I had something to do; I didn't mean to save you."
"I heard you're a locksmith, and you can even pick combination locks?"
Qin Bai asked.
When Qin Bai asked about his old profession, Zeng Qiangguo's face showed a hint of pride: "When it comes to lock picking, I should be better than others. Mechanical locks are no longer a challenge for me, which is why I studied combination locks."
"Actually, combination locks are completely different from mechanical locks. They involve programming knowledge, so I started from scratch and finally learned a little bit."
"To open the combination lock, you need some equipment, which I have. Do you want me to unlock it now?"
Qin Bai shook his head: "I'm just doing this in case, I don't need it for now. Your phone should be out of power, right? Here are a few power banks for you to take back. Keep your phone working and remember to use the most power-saving mode."
As he spoke, Qin Bai pretended to take a power bank out of his pocket, but actually took it out of his spatial storage.
"Remember my number, add me when you get back. By the way, do you have any food?"
Zeng Qiangguo scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "We've run out of food at home a long time ago. These past few days we've been eating some potted plants that my wife grows."
He probably never imagined that he would be eating tree leaves or bark at this time.
"Come with me, I'll give you some food. If you eat it sparingly, it should last you a few more days."
Zeng Qiangguo waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "How can I do that? You saved my life, how can I take your food?"
"Without food, how do you plan to survive?"
Qin Bai's question left Zeng Qiangguo speechless.
"Thanks."
Zeng Qiangguo could only express his gratitude.
Qin Bai's main reason for trying to win over Zeng Qiangguo was to prevent him from becoming his enemy. If Zeng Qiangguo became his enemy, even his own combination lock would be insecure.
He has started to consider placing some heavy objects behind the door every night when he goes to sleep.
Anyway, he has space, so even the heaviest things can be put into storage with just a touch, without any problems.
Afterwards, Qin Bai took Zeng Qiangguo back to his doorstep and went inside to get him some food.
Without saying a word, Zeng Qiangguo kowtowed several times to Qin Bai on the spot, before Qin Bai could stop him.
Before leaving, Qin Bai instructed, "Some things may happen in the community during this period. No one except me can open the door."
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