The woman's face turned ashen in an instant: "I can only trust them. My sister and daughter have been infected, and they said they would find a way to save them, as long as I listen to them."
Niu Dazhuang advised her, "I think they are definitely lying to you. Your sister and daughter certainly don't want you to do what you're doing now."
The woman scoffed, looking at Niu Dazhuang with a hint of mockery: "You have nothing, they have everything. Tell me, if you were in their shoes, who would you choose to believe? Even if they lied to me, I would accept it. As long as there is a sliver of hope, that is hope."
Niu Dazhuang was speechless. What she said did make a lot of sense. After a long while, he finally said, "So when do you plan to detonate the bomb?"
The woman said with a sense of despair, "What they want most is for you to surrender. It's best not to detonate the bomb. Why don't you surrender? Wouldn't it be better for us all to live? Even if we stay in this stalemate, you'll still end up in their hands without food or water. Why bother?"
Niu Dazhuang sighed, "No, it won't work. None of us brothers have ever surrendered. If we soften our spines even once, we'll only get softer and softer in the future."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Niu Dazhuang and his two brothers beside him attacked together, raising their hands to fire their guns. The woman was struck between the eyebrows, and stared at Niu Dazhuang with unseeing eyes.
The two guards standing behind the woman were also shot in the head and died instantly. They had found the key to the bomb inside the house. After the woman died, the others ran to the door and began to violently break it down.
The iron gate was pressed down from above, and they used brute force to push it outwards. They actually managed to push it open a crack, which grew larger and larger until it was finally big enough for one person to pass through. Then they quickly filed out.
Niu Dazhuang walked at the back. After his brother removed the bomb from the woman's body, and they walked a little further away, he finally cut the wire with a single stroke, and the bomb's light went out instantly.
The two men, still tied to the chairs, looked delighted: "Good sir, release us too, we promise we won't interfere with your plans."
Niu Dazhuang chuckled, turned around and tore some strips of cloth from the guards outside, gagged and tied them up: "That won't do. Who knows if you're human or ghost? I'm only sparing your lives because your grandpa is kind. Remember to behave yourself in the future. If you fall into our hands again, you're really dead."
Turning away, as he passed the woman's corpse, Niu Dazhuang thought to himself: Don't blame me, we are all helpless, it's either you or me who dies, it's all fate.
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