Chapter 444 The Ruthless Male Protagonist 3 The dog bared its teeth and growled threateningly.
Zi Xi was initially very scared, but when she saw the dog's thin and bony appearance and its lame leg, she hesitated for a moment and then carefully broke the piece of jerky in half, throwing the slightly larger half to the wild dog.
The stray dog picked up the jerky, gave her a wary look, and ran away quickly.
Zi Xi looked in the direction the dog had disappeared, her face showing no heartache over the lost food, but rather a sense of happiness.
She picked up the remaining half of the jerky and ate it slowly and carefully.
Chen Li, hidden in the shadows in the distance, took in everything.
He sneered inwardly.
That's utterly hopeless stupidity.
Showing kindness to an animal in a place like this will only hasten your death.
On the other hand, Shen Li's observation of Zi Xi was not without its challenges.
He felt inexplicably irritated when he saw her being punished by the instructors for failing to complete her task, forced to clean the dirtiest sewage ditch, her small body nearly fainting from the stench.
When he saw other prisoners verbally humiliating and cursing her while he was away, his cold and fierce eyes remained unmoved, but he would definitely beat those scumbags up afterwards.
On one occasion, a few troublemakers who were not in control of Shen Li and tried to challenge his authority thought they had found his weakness.
They also planned to trick Zixi into going to an abandoned mine in the back mountain of the camp during night training to teach her a lesson.
But before they could even implement their plan, they were cornered in the washroom by Shen Li that very evening.
Nobody knows exactly what happened.
All I know is that the washroom was temporarily sealed off that night.
The faint sounds of heavy hitting and suppressed moans could be heard from inside.
Those troublemakers didn't show up at the morning training field after that.
Those with inside information secretly spread the word that they had been sent by Shen Li to the deeper, more terrifying punishment zone of the Dark Abyss.
It is said that almost no one who goes in ever comes out unscathed.
Shen Li remained as cold and crazed as ever, as if he had merely swept away a few noisy flies the night before.
From that moment on, all the gazes directed at Zi Xi in the camp were filled with more fear than apprehension.
That little fool was a forbidden zone marked by Shen Li, a place that must never be touched.
The deep-seated anger no longer needs to be deliberately verified.
He confirmed it.
This silly girl named Zixi's purity is not a pretense, nor is it foolishness, but rather an almost genuine innocence.
She fears pain but doesn't understand hatred; she longs to survive but is generous in sharing.
Even in hell, one's eyes can still reflect the sky.
This realization brought Shen Li an unprecedented sense of peace.
Yes, peace.
In his world filled with bloodshed, betrayal, and madness, her existence was like an absolutely clean vacuum.
Approaching her, the evil thoughts in Shen Li's heart that wanted to destroy everything would strangely subside for a moment.
He began to get used to watching her clumsy but hardworking figure from afar during training breaks.
Shen Li even began to subconsciously appear at the exact time or place where she might encounter trouble, clearing away any potential threats for her.
He still didn't speak to her, nor did he offer her any kind words.
But his actions had already firmly protected that naive little fool.
The rainy season in the Dark Abyss adds an extra layer of sticky dampness to the already gloomy environment.
On the muddy training ground, Zi Xi huddled at the back of the group, trying her best to imitate other people's fighting moves, but she was always a beat behind, her posture crooked like a clumsy marionette.
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