Fatty Ren grinned lewdly, his small eyes squeezed into slits, his chubby face almost disappearing from his neck, his lecherous eyes gleaming upwards, and one fleshy arm supporting his heavy body against the door where Xiaoyue was leaning.
With every movement, Fatty Ren was drenched in sweat, the sweat dripping from his hair and running down his face, leaving deep lines. He panted as he wiped his face with his left hand.
The foul-smelling breath hit Xiaoyue's face. Xiaoyue frowned, covered her nose with her left hand, and turned her head away. Li Lei, having finished tending to his wounds, sat there looking into the room, his eyes as calm as still water.
Fatty Ren turned Xiaoyue's face towards him, smiling obsequiously. Xiaoyue smelled a damp, musty odor in the air, as if something had gone bad. She sneezed, spraying Fatty Ren's face. Fatty Ren, clearly not as agile, recoiled in disgust.
Xiaoyue took the opportunity to jump onto the kang (a heated brick bed), and even pressed her nose with her hand to make sure she wasn't sneezing. She noticed that the window was closed, which explained the strong musty smell in the room.
Fatty Ren, with his back to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), sat down on it, then lifted his legs up onto the kang, using his right hand to grip the wall as he stood up. When he stood, Fatty Ren was almost as tall as the ceiling.
Xiaoyue could tell how cramped the room was just by looking at Fatty Ren's height. As Fatty Ren walked step by step toward the window, Xiaoyue quickly jumped off the kang (a heated brick bed), pushed open the door between the room and the kitchen, and ran to the front door, ready to rush out.
Xiaoyue pushed the outside door hard, but it only moved slightly and didn't open. Xiaoyue's mind raced. It seemed that Li Lei had blocked the door with a stick from the outside.
Xiaoyue kicked the door a couple more times, but it still didn't open. At that moment, Fatty Ren came over, panting heavily.
As he walked, Fatty Ren unbuckled his leather belt, grinning maliciously as he slowly approached Xiaoyue, cornering her in front of the door leading outside. Xiaoyue frantically pounded on the door.
However, Li Lei outside did not move at all, while Li Shuanshu inside the room, upon hearing Xiaoyue's voice, locked the door.
Xiaoyue's face was icy cold as Fatty gripped the leather belt in his hand and began to whip her wildly.
Xiaoyue had nowhere to dodge. With each slap, a bloody welt appeared where she was struck. Every time she was slapped, Xiaoyue would jump up, trying to use her groin kick, but Fatty Ren wouldn't get close.
It hurt so much. Despite being whipped by Fatty Ren, Xiaoyue climbed onto the stove and leaned against the wall. Fatty Ren couldn't reach her. Xiaoyue bent down and picked up the wooden pot lid. Rural pot lids are usually half-full, and they are very heavy because they absorb moisture over time.
Xiaoyue threw the other half at Fatty Ren with all her might. Fatty Ren stepped to the left and dodged it. Xiaoyue then picked up the other half and threw it, which hit Fatty Ren's foot. Fatty Ren let out a "yelp" and forgot about hitting Xiaoyue.
Xiaoyue watched as Fatty Ren's legs trembled, and he couldn't even stand on one leg. She then threw out a ladle, a rice steamer fork, a spatula, and a spoon in succession. Although they didn't hurt too much when they hit Fatty Ren, at least they managed to hit him.
Xiaoyue jumped off the stove and threw the bowls from the cupboard at Fatty Ren one by one. At first, Xiaoyue couldn't control her strength, but after she got used to it, she could throw them almost anywhere she wanted.
Xiaoyue threw things at Fatty Ren's head, face, stomach, arms—everything she could find. When there was nothing left to throw at, Xiaoyue went inside and locked the door.
Just as she jumped onto the kang (a heated brick bed), Fatty Ren kicked the door open. Xiaoyue glanced at Fatty Ren, then kicked open the window and found Li Lei sitting in the yard. Ignoring Li Lei, Xiaoyue jumped off the windowsill.
Xiaoyue picked up the shovel that was propping up the door outside, opened the door, and let Fatty come out. Fatty pulled Li Shuanshu out as well, and the two of them came out together. Xiaoyue carried the shovel, and no matter who came out first, Xiaoyue would swing the shovel, and with one shovel, the person would fall down.
Another person followed behind him. Fatty Ren limped out the door. Xiaoyue spotted him and swung a shovel at his leg. Fatty Ren couldn't take the blow and knelt down on Li Shuanshu in pain.
The people below shouted, and Fatty Ren, using his immense weight, stood up. Xiaoyue then slammed the shovel into Fatty Ren's arms more than ten times, until he couldn't even stand up anymore. Finally, Xiaoyue's hands gave out of strength, she threw down the shovel, and glared fiercely at Li Lei.
Li Lei sat on the rock, ignoring the fat man's beatings. Even when his father, Li Shuanshu, was beaten, Li Lei acted as if he hadn't seen it, sitting there watching the spectacle. Xiaoyue couldn't understand his behavior.
When Xiaoyue got home, she saw Li Qianqian picking green beans. She had already picked a whole basket of green beans. Xiaoyue carried the green beans to the yard, took a pair of scissors, and started cutting them one by one.
Li Qianqian hung the beans that could be hung on the clothesline, and then pinched off the ends of the beans. Xiaoyue saw that Li Qianqian was about the same age as her and did not slack off at all while working.
The words to chase Li Qianqian swirled in her mind but she couldn't bring herself to say them. When Li Qianqian put down the basket, she accidentally bumped into the bloody granary where Xiaoyue had been injured by Fatty Ren. Li Qianqian pulled off the sleeve on Xiaoyue's arm, and tears streamed down her face.
"Who, who hurt you?" Tears streamed down Li Qianqian's face.
“I’m going to find my brother. My brother is very powerful. I’ll ask him to settle things for you.”
Xiaoyue pushed away Li Qianqian, who was leaning forward, rolled down her sleeves, and smiled at Li Qianqian: "It's okay, everything has been resolved."
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