Chapter 219 Killing
Song Xingzhi didn't care what the mother and daughter were talking about, but when they started moving forward again, he asked Zhang Chunxue how business was today.
Zhang Chunxue just casually mentioned it.
Listening to the couple chatting about trivial matters, Zhong Chengyi felt a little uneasy.
He increasingly felt like an outsider.
However, halfway there, Zhang Chunxue's flashlight, which was tied to the tricycle, suddenly noticed a fallen tree blocking the road.
"What's going on?" Zhang Chunxue stopped her tricycle.
Song Xingzhi also stopped.
Zhong Chengyi peeked out and asked, "Where did this tree come from? Did it break off on the road?"
His tone was somewhat ingratiating: "Mom, Dad, wait here, I'll go move the tree!"
He jumped off his bicycle and walked towards the small tree.
Song Xingzhi frowned.
He had a gut feeling that something was wrong.
There are quite a few people walking on this road during the day, so there's no reason why such a big tree would stay lying there forever.
Unless the tree had just fallen recently.
But... is it really just a coincidence?
Song Xingzhi didn't have time to think about anything else and immediately got off his bicycle and walked towards Zhang Chunxue.
Almost simultaneously, a figure suddenly darted out of the bushes, heading straight for Zhang Chunxue!
Before Zhang Chunxue could react, Song Xingzhi stepped in front of him and blocked his way!
There was indeed an ambush!
He didn't even need to doubt that this person must be Zhong Chengren!
He just didn't expect that Zhong Chengren would still be in the county!
Zhong Chengren is also extremely irritable now.
He had a perfectly good plan: first, he would knock down a tree to force Zhang Chunxue and Song Xingzhi to stop, and then, when Song Xingzhi went to move the tree, he would take Zhang Chunxue hostage.
But to my utter surprise, there was a third person here today!
But with things having come to this point, Zhong Chengren had no other choice.
He suddenly pulled out the pig-slaughtering knife he was carrying and stabbed it straight at Song Xingzhi!
"Get out of my way!" he roared.
Song Xingzhi's pupils contracted.
But he couldn't back down. Behind him was Zhang Chunxue, who was still on the tricycle. If he backed down, his sister Chunxue would definitely get hurt.
Without time to think, Song Xingzhi could only grab the butcher knife that gleamed coldly in the moonlight.
Zhang Chunxue finally realized what was happening. She barely had time to think; she didn't even get off the bus properly and fell off to the side before quickly getting up.
She immediately reached for the kitchen knife on the tricycle.
Because she had planned to come back alone, she put the kitchen knife in the most convenient place.
Upon hearing the commotion, Song Xingzhi immediately released his grip on the butcher knife and dodged to the side, avoiding the knife's slash.
Zhang Chunxue pulled Song Xingzhi away and swung the kitchen knife at him.
Song Xingzhi was startled, thinking, "Why is my sister Chunxue so reckless!"
This kind of thing should be left to him!
Zhong Chengyi had just run to the sapling when he heard the commotion and was startled, so he quickly ran back.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Just then, Zhang Chunxue swung a kitchen knife at Zhong Chengren.
Zhong Chengren narrowly escaped, and knowing that his plan to kidnap Zhang Chunxue and demand money had failed, he immediately wanted to leave.
Zhong Chengyi didn't even see the butcher knife in Zhong Chengren's hand. As soon as he saw the situation, he immediately stood in front of Zhong Chengren.
"Who the hell are you...?"
When Zhong Chengren saw that the person who had ruined his plans was now blocking his way, he didn't think twice and stabbed him with a knife.
Zhong Chengyi felt a sharp pain in his stomach, but at that moment, he also got a clear look at the face of the disheveled man in front of him.
His face was full of disbelief: "Second...Second Brother..."
He reached out to grab Zhong Chengren, but Zhong Chengren, seeing that he still dared to stop him, stabbed him again without saying a word!
Zhong Chengren was also blocked by Zhong Chengyi. In that brief moment, Zhang Chunxue, with her icy gaze, slashed down on his back with a kitchen knife!
Zhang Chunxue was, after all, a woman, and not very strong. Due to the sudden change in circumstances, the kitchen knife in her hand was inevitably not strong enough to cut into the flesh, but it did leave a deep wound on Zhong Chengren's back.
Zhong Chengren grunted, turned his head and saw Zhang Chunxue raising the kitchen knife again. Song Xingzhi also picked up a scale bar and came over. He dared not linger any longer, shoved Zhong Chengyi aside and ran away frantically.
Zhang Chunxue did not pursue the matter further.
Song Xingzhi is injured, and Zhong Chengyi's fate is still unknown. If she, a woman, goes to chase after Zhong Chengren, she might get killed by him instead.
After all, Zhang Chunxue didn't dare to gamble on whether Zhong Chengren still had even a shred of conscience.
Zhang Chunxue turned around and saw that Song Xingzhi was already squatting in front of Zhong Chengyi.
Ignoring the fact that his right hand was still bleeding, he began to examine Zhong Chengyi's wounds.
Zhong Chengyi was stabbed twice, once in the abdomen and once higher up, almost reaching his heart.
Blood was flowing out continuously, soaking his clothes.
Zhong Chengyi collapsed to the ground, feeling his body heat gradually drain away with his blood, and his consciousness began to blur.
"Mom..." he managed to utter.
Zhang Chunxue put down the kitchen knife and squatted down next to Zhong Chengyi.
Looking at her third son, whose eyes were starting to glaze over, Zhang Chunxue felt a mix of emotions.
In any case, if Zhong Chengyi hadn't happened to be there today, it would have been Song Xingzhi who moved that tree, and she would definitely have been caught by Zhong Chengren.
"Third brother..." She grasped Zhong Chengyi's hand and spoke softly, "What do you want to say?"
In this desolate wilderness, with the nearest town several miles away, Zhong Chengyi's condition wouldn't allow him to hold out for that long.
"Mom..." Zhong Chengyi could no longer utter any other words.
Zhang Chunxue looked at Zhong Chengyi with a complicated expression.
Although this son wasn't a good person in his previous life, he did live a good life. I guess it was because of the things he secretly hoarded that he was able to find a wife from the city later on.
But in this lifetime...
He was going to die at the hands of his own second brother.
In their past life, they were best friends, doing business together and making a lot of money...
Zhong Chengyi felt his body getting colder and colder, and his thoughts gradually drifted away from his body.
He turned his eyes and looked at Song Xingzhi: "Song, Song..."
His gaze returned to Zhang Chunxue.
Song Xingzhi understood what he meant, and said in a low voice, "I know, I will take good care of your mother."
Perhaps it was Song Xingzhi's assurance that put his mind at ease. This young man, who had just turned twenty, slowly closed his eyes on a late autumn night, under the knife of his own second brother and in front of his own mother.
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