For some reason, Li Jiayi's heart skipped a beat, and he ran straight over.
He pulled over the outermost wounded soldier and asked, "What happened?"
The wounded soldier was startled, but upon seeing that it was Li Jiayi, he became somewhat embarrassed and whispered, "General Li, someone is being rude to Miss Coral, and there's a commotion inside."
Li Jiayi's expression immediately changed, and he angrily cursed, "Sister Coral has taken good care of you all the time, and instead of going in to help, you're just standing here watching the show! Have you no conscience?!"
The wounded soldiers were all ashamed and timid, wanting to speak but not knowing what to say.
She could only blush and remain silent.
Li Jiayi threw down the package in his hand, lifted the tent flap, and went inside.
Inside the tent, a shirtless soldier had his upper body wrapped in clean white cotton strips because his left arm had been cut off.
Right now, he's shouting loudly.
"Hong Shanhu, if you've taken a liking to me, just say so. What's with secretly touching my body while I'm changing my dressings?!"
"What kind of innocent girl is as shameless as you?"
"It's an honor for you that I'm willing to have you, yet you still refuse!"
"A lowly wretch from a pirate's den, yet he thinks he's a treasure!"
"I'm telling you this now, don't even think about running away. You can't marry anyone but me!"
The white-bearded old military doctor standing by the bed was trembling with anger. He pointed at the soldier and cursed, "You heartless dog! If I had known you were such a black-hearted bastard, I should have let you bleed to death back then. Why save you!"
"What kind of ability is it for such a big old man to bully a young girl!"
"You've been in the wounded soldiers' camp for a month, and Coral Girl changes your dressings every day. Even if you don't appreciate her kindness, you can't treat her like this!"
"She's a woman, her life has already been hard enough. You have no sympathy for her, and you even ruin her reputation and force her to marry you!"
"Why doesn't God strike you dead with a thunderbolt!"
Several wounded soldiers in the same tent couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up to say something fair.
"Yes, Guo Qiang, you mustn't have any wicked thoughts. Shanhu is a good woman!"
"Exactly! They're practically your savior, how can you repay kindness with enmity like this!"
"If you like her, you can ask someone to propose marriage, but you can't resort to these dirty tricks, they're too despicable!"
Guo Qiang lost his arm, but he was very sharp-tongued. He shouted back, "Shut up, you lot! Nobody said it!"
"Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? You're just getting anxious because I made the first move!"
"You guys have been gossiping about her a lot in private, all thinking about getting your hands on her?"
"Do you believe yourselves that you're pretending to be good people now?"
"Pah! At least I do what I think, while you guys just stab people in the back and make a fool of yourselves!"
Several soldiers turned red in the face from being scolded.
In fact, they were really bored during their recovery period, and with a woman by their side, they would occasionally gossip, but it was definitely not as shameless as Guo Qiang described!
"You're talking nonsense! We were just chatting, unlike you who are so immoral!"
"Sister Coral is going to marry General Li sooner or later. If you keep bullying her like this, just wait for General Li to come and deal with you!"
One of the wounded soldiers, unable to bear Guo Qiang's smug and despicable manner, retorted with a curse.
Guo Qiang rolled his eyes, his disdain evident.
"Tch! That's why I say you're all stupid! The Li family sent people to look after her this morning, but they didn't even want this wretched girl!"
"The Li family is a prominent family, and they should marry a daughter of a respectable family. Why would they want an orphan girl who is said to bring bad luck to her family!"
"It's just that I'm lucky enough not to mind. I'll take her home, blow out the lamp, and it'll be the same..."
He became increasingly vulgar, so much so that the old military doctor was about to rush over and sew his mouth shut.
At this moment, Coral, whose face had been deathly pale, raised her head.
She looked at Guo Qiang with a cold expression, as if she were seeing her relatives and friends when her family had just been wiped out.
They were the same way; they had always received kindness from their father, but they turned around and changed their tune.
The most vicious words come from their mouths, and the most wicked thoughts are also their schemes.
If she hadn't gone to sea to seek revenge on the thieves, she might have already been sold to a brothel or married off to anyone by now...
This world is always so unfair. Good people like my father don't live long, while heartless villains like him live a long and healthy life!
Since misfortune refuses to let her go, she might as well fight to the death!
She stepped forward and stood beside Guo Qiang's bed, asking, "You're going to marry me, so you'll be with me forever, right?"
Guo Qiang was taken aback for a moment, then glanced at her from head to toe, a lewd smile on his face. "Together forever? It's not impossible, then we'll see what you're capable of."
The old army doctor was about to curse again, but Coral said, "Fine, then I'll show you what I'm capable of."
After saying that, she raised her hand and pulled Guo Qiang off the bed, slapping him hard several times.
Before Guo Qiang could react, he was slapped so hard that he saw stars.
He tried to shout, but Coral grabbed a kettle from the side and smashed it wildly on his head and chest.
"I'll teach you to talk nonsense! I'll teach you to repay kindness with enmity! I'll teach you to ruin my reputation! I'll teach you to use your foul mouth!"
"You think I'm easy to bully? I'll send you to the underworld right now so you can see the pirates and Japanese pirates I've killed!"
In the blink of an eye, Guo Qiang was hit so hard that blood gushed from his mouth and nose.
He raised his arm to try and block, but unfortunately he only had one arm and couldn't block it at all.
He tried to overturn the coral, but he was too strong, so he could only shout desperately.
"Help! Someone, please take this crazy woman away! Murder! Murder!"
Unfortunately, neither the old medic nor the wounded soldiers offered any help.
Just moments ago, Guo Qiang was vicious and arrogant; now, he was in a sorry state.
Everyone felt extremely relieved.
Without anyone's help, Guo Qiang's head was quickly beaten until it looked like a bloody gourd.
At that moment, Coral bent over and suddenly pulled a dagger from her calf.
She gripped the knife hilt with both hands, raised it high, and said, "Guo Qiang, didn't you want to be with me forever? Then let's go to hell together!"
"I have thus carried on my father's legacy and rid the people of this scourge!"
No one expected that she intended to die with them, and they screamed and tried to stop her.
"No! Coral Girl!"
"stop!"
Unfortunately, it was too late.
Just as Guo Qiang's neck was about to be pierced, at the critical moment, someone lunged forward and grabbed Shanhu's hand tightly!
Coral turned her head in surprise, then froze, stammering, "General Li... General Li!"
Jiayi was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly snatched the dagger and put it away.
Fortunately, he arrived in time. Had he been any later, Guo Qiang would have died, and Shanhu would certainly not have survived either.
A life for a life—that's an ironclad rule in the military!
He took a deep breath, grabbed Coral and held her behind him as a shield, then asked the old army doctor, "Uncle Sun, what exactly happened?"
Before the old medic could speak, Guo Qiang had already recovered and shouted at the top of his lungs, "You little bitch, how dare you kill me! Help! Someone's trying to kill me!"
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