Cheng Hongwen muttered to himself, his hands trembling as he fumbled in his pockets, only to realize that Xu Youyou had pushed him so hard that his phone had fallen outside.
At that moment, Cheng Hongwen's heart sank.
"Thump—bang—"
Silent kicking sounds came from outside, and the woman whimpered in pain, but did not scream for a long time.
Cheng Hongwen gripped the doorknob even tighter.
"I'll ask you one last time, where is the thing?"
The man growled impatiently, "I'll give you three numbers, and if you don't tell me, I'll slash your face!"
His response was a deathly silence.
"Fine, fine, you won't listen to reason, so here comes the punishment—"
"two--"
"one--"
"Ahhh—"
The woman's piercing screams completely shattered Cheng Hongwen's nerves. He slammed the door shut and stormed out, lunging at the man in the living room, yelling, "Fuck you, don't touch my artist!"
Damn it! If Cheng Hongwen keeps hiding inside, he's not a man!
Screw him! He usually doesn't dare to say anything harsh to his artists, and this brat actually dared to touch her face. Does he think he, her manager, is a pushover?
You piece of shit, get out of here!
"Bang--"
Cheng Hongwen threw himself and his men to the ground, wrestling with them while shouting, "Xu Youyou, go outside and call the police!"
When Xu Youyou saw Cheng Hongwen appear, her mind went blank for a moment, and tears instantly welled up in her eyes. An unprecedented feeling of regret surged into her heart: "What are you doing out here! You're no match for him!"
"Stop talking nonsense and let's go!"
As soon as Cheng Hongwen finished speaking, he felt a numbness in his chest, and then out of the corner of his eye, he saw the other person pull a blood-red knife out of his chest.
This guy has no sportsmanship! He even has a knife!
The man pinned to the ground by Cheng Hongwen gave him a ferocious grin, raised his knife again, and lunged at Cheng Hongwen—
Cheng Hongwen immediately raised his hand to block, but was stabbed again.
Xu Youyou scrambled to her feet, blood still streaming down her face. Her abdomen ached from the kick, and every movement of her legs sent sharp pains down her spine, likely from a nerve injury sustained during the beating. Despite this, she gritted her teeth, sat up, fumbled for her phone on the table, and struggled to crawl outside.
Unfortunately, Cheng Hongwen underestimated the opponent's strength and overestimated his own abilities.
The opponent was exceptionally skilled, far beyond the capabilities of an ordinary person like Cheng Hongwen. Cheng Hongwen was stabbed several times, and almost all his strength drained away with the blood. He could only rely on his last instinct to cling to the opponent's leg, preventing him from leaving.
Before his neck was slashed open, he heard Xu Youyou's piercing cries: "Please, don't kill him! I'll tell you where the ledger is!"
However, it was too late. Cheng Hongwen only felt something icy cold brush against his neck, and then the whole world seemed to darken.
In his last moments, he saw Xu Youyou lunge at him, grab his hand, and try to swat away the other man's knife, but instead, the man grabbed her hair and slashed her face several times...
He simply lay on the cold floor, unable to move.
In his peripheral vision, it seemed as if something was constantly spreading outwards, until it flowed down his cheeks and flowed towards a distant and unknown place...
Cheng Hongwen suddenly realized that it was his blood.
So, he was going to die?
I'm a little unwilling to accept this.
These things, from beginning to end... weren't helpful at all...
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