Everyone was stunned by the scene, and Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui tried to rush over to stop it, but it was too late.
The deaf old lady's legs trembled uncontrollably; if Liu Guangtian hadn't been supporting her, she would have collapsed to the ground by now.
Wang Dabao and Xu Damao kept their eyes down and had no intention of going forward at all.
Xu Damao was delighted to see Sha Zhu bleed, while Wang Dabao was quite certain that Jia Dongxu was just bluffing Sha Zhu and wouldn't dare to kill him. If he really wanted to, he wouldn't have wasted so much time talking.
At the critical moment, Liu Haizhong stepped forward and grabbed Jia Dongxu's wrist tightly.
"Jia Dongxu, do you still dare to commit violence in the compound?!" Liu Haizhong shouted. "I don't care what happened in your family, but I have to intervene if you show off with a kitchen knife in the compound."
Jia Dongxu struggled, but could not break free from Liu Haizhong's large hand.
"Zhu Zi, hurry up and admit your mistake!" Qin Huairu cried out, "At worst, you can compensate my family with some money, but if this continues, you'll lose your life."
Sha Zhu was terrified, but when he heard that he was asked to pay compensation, he snapped back to reality: "What the hell does your family's mess have to do with me? If you're so capable, Jia Dongxu, then kill me. Otherwise, I'll call the police and have you arrested."
Jia Dongxu's emotions, which had gradually stabilized, were stirred up again by Sha Zhu's actions, and he scratched himself to get agitated once more.
Seeing that Jia Dongxu was still struggling, Liu Haizhong's small eyes widened slightly, and the power of a seventh-level forging master erupted at that moment.
"release."
Liu Haizhong exerted force, and with a clang, the kitchen knife fell next to Sha Zhu's head.
Sha Zhu shuddered, nearly wetting himself in fear. He thought to himself that everything had been going wrong lately. His old wounds hadn't healed and he was almost injured again. He already looked older than his age, and if he were disfigured, it would be hard for him to find a wife in the future.
If Wang Dabao could hear Sha Zhu's inner thoughts, he would definitely comfort him and tell him not to overthink things.
Yi Zhonghai strode over, kicked the kitchen knife aside, and roared angrily, his face flushed red, "What are you doing? Are you trying to rebel?"
What just happened scared Yi Zhonghai half to death; his back was covered in cold sweat. If Liu Haizhong hadn't intervened in time, judging from Jia Dongxu's posture, Sha Zhu would have been torn to pieces.
Just thinking about how big the impact will be makes my scalp tingle.
It's estimated that every resident in the compound will be pointed at and gossiped about when they go out, and the three old men in charge might even be paraded through the streets.
"Yi Zhonghai, why are you yelling at me? I was just watching the show. It was your apprentice who went crazy and tried to cut me with a knife."
Sha Zhu's temper flared up as well. He kicked Jia Dongxu off him, grabbed his arms, and stood up abruptly. "This isn't over yet. We must report this to the police and have this armed assailant arrested and sentenced."
Yi Zhonghai was stunned. He always called Sha Zhu "Uncle" before. When had he ever called him by his name in front of so many people?
His first reaction was not anger, but worry.
Just before going to bed tonight, Yi Zhonghai had thought it over carefully. Although he and his wife didn't need Sha Zhu to support them in their old age, they absolutely couldn't afford to have a falling out with him. It would be best to clear up the misunderstanding as soon as possible and restore their relationship to its previous state.
"Zhu Zi, please don't call the police! If your brother Dong Xu gets arrested, how will our whole family survive, with all the old and young?"
Qin Huairu bit her lip, tears streaming down her face, and came over to grab Sha Zhu's arm, shaking it and pleading.
Jia Dongxu had just kicked out with passion, and now he felt a faint stinging pain in his toes. In addition, Sha Zhu had kicked him in the lower abdomen, so he was half-kneeling on the ground and unable to get up for a while.
Wang Dabao pushed through the crowd and stepped forward, pulling Qin Huairu aside. He looked at Sha Zhu with concern and said, "Are you alright? Jia Dongxu is too audacious. He dared to kill someone with a knife when so many people were watching. If the police are involved, it will be considered attempted murder, and he will be sentenced to at least three to five years in prison."
Sha Zhu's eyes lit up; he really wanted to ask Wang Dabao if it was true. If Jia Dongxu could really be sentenced to five years, then Qin Huairu...
Thinking of this, Sha Zhu couldn't help but steal a few glances at Qin Huairu. Her tearful appearance was truly pitiful!
However, he really couldn't ask in front of so many people.
After Wang Dabao finished showing concern for Sha Zhu, he turned to Yi Zhonghai and said, "Old Yi, we can understand that you favor your apprentice, but with so many people watching, it was Jia Dongxu who tried to chop Sha Zhu with a kitchen knife. Instead of reprimanding Jia Dongxu, you came over and scolded Sha Zhu. Isn't that going too far?"
"I'm not saying this to be mean, but Lao Yi, what you did was really wrong."
Yan Bugui chimed in from the side.
"I didn't mean that. I was talking about the two of them. Wang Dabao, don't twist the facts." Yi Zhonghai paused for two seconds before refuting.
Upon hearing Yi Zhonghai's rebuttal, Liu Haizhong objected.
"Yi Zhonghai, who are you calling distorting the facts? It's clearly you! Didn't you see Jia Dongxu rushing out with a knife? Sha Zhu was just sitting here peacefully, why is Jia Dongxu going crazy?"
Liu Haizhong stepped forward, assuming a stance of "protecting his master" and shielding Wang Dabao. "As a senior member of this compound, you're ignoring the facts right before your eyes. What are you up to? Just because Jia Dongxu is your apprentice, does that give him the right to attack people with a knife?!"
Liu Haizhong's few words left Yi Zhonghai speechless.
Before he could even catch his breath, Xu Damao also came up.
"Hey old man, even if you're a local tyrant, Jia Dongxu is the crown prince, so you can't just kill people like that!"
Although Xu Damao felt a little regretful that Jia Dongxu's knife hadn't landed, he decided to follow Wang Dabao's lead and see how things developed.
"you......"
Yi Zhonghai was so enraged by the three men's barrage that he almost had a stroke. He slashed at Wang Dabao, Liu Haizhong, and Xu Damao, shouting, "You're forming cliques! You're trying to create a small group in your backyard! I'm going to report you to the neighborhood committee!"
What is that?
When Yi Zhonghai was slapped with this huge label, even Wang Dabao was dumbfounded.
Is this what they call forming cliques and small groups?
Realizing what was happening, Wang Dabao laughed and shouted, "Listen up, everyone! Yi Zhonghai, as the manager of the compound, dares to distort even things that happen right under your noses. Although Sha Zhu is a bit of a scoundrel, how can we just stand by and watch him get hacked to death?"
"The three of us, as members of the compound, stood up to reason, but we were persecuted by Yi Zhonghai with baseless accusations. If this matter isn't clarified today, won't we all be bullied to death by him in the future?"
"Isn't Yi Zhonghai trying to control everything in the compound?!"
"Could it be that Yi Zhonghai still intends to restore his power in this compound?!"
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