"Boss, how do you plan to deal with him?" Ma Wencai asked respectfully.
Xu Jinhuan handed him a dagger. "Use this. Cut him one slice at a time, making sure the gaps between the pieces of flesh are no larger than this. Ma Wencai, I believe you can do it."
After gesturing the distance, Xu Jinhuan sat back down in his chair, watching Ma Wencai's next move with a smile.
Ma Wencai picked up the dagger, walked towards Li Yichang, and began to cut him.
"ah!"
Xiao Li let out a scream.
"Ma Wencai, you just wait! My master will definitely avenge me!"
Xu Jinhuan teased, "Ma Wencai, since they've said that, shouldn't you treat them well?"
Ma Wencai nodded, cutting the meat as he replied, "That's for sure. I'll let him taste the knife skills I've honed over the years."
Gradually, Li Yichang's screams grew weaker and weaker, and his lips turned paler and paler, clearly indicating that he had lost too much blood.
Even so, Li Yichang still didn't say anything.
This piqued Xu Jinhuan's interest. Could it be that the Wu family was truly a good master, making Li Yichang so loyal and willing to risk his life for them?
“Li Yichang, I advise you to confess, otherwise you’ll really lose your life.” Ma Wencai wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeve and looked at Li Yichang.
"No, I can't say it. If I do, my sister... my sister will have no way to survive." Li Yichang suddenly blurted out in his dazed state.
Ma Wencai suddenly realized, and he sighed, "So you've been insisting on this all along because of your sister, but can you guarantee that the Wu family will treat your sister well after you die?"
"Neither of us are innocent bystanders. You know how ruthless the Wu family can be. Aren't you afraid that in their rage, they might send your sister straight to a brothel?"
These words jolted Li, who was feeling drowsy due to excessive blood loss, awake. He forced his eyes open and looked at Ma Wencai opposite him.
The two stared at each other for a while, and then Li Yichang suddenly spoke weakly.
"If, if you swear to take my sister out of the capital, send her to another place to live in anonymity, and guarantee that she will have no worries about food and clothing in the future."
I'll tell you, I know.
After Li Yichang finished speaking, he took a deep breath. These people still had some sense of morality. His sister was at least safer here than in the capital. This was perhaps the last thing he could do for his sister in this life.
Xu Jinhuan walked forward with a smile, gently poked Li Yichang's wound with his finger, and saw him instinctively flinch. The smile on his lips returned.
"Okay, I promise you. Tell me the exact address, and I'll bring your sister over before dawn."
Upon hearing this, Li Yichang abruptly opened his eyes, which were about to close. "Really?"
Xu Jinhuan laughed and said, "Really, I'm the kind of person who either doesn't make promises, or if I do, I absolutely will. You'd better think carefully about what you're going to tell me tomorrow. I don't want to hear anything irrelevant."
After saying that, she waved to Xie Datou, "Give him some ointment for his wounds. Don't let him go to see the King of Hell before I get back."
Li Yichang suddenly clasped his hands in a fist salute to Xu Jinhuan, and then told him his sister's address.
After listening, Xu Jinhuan left the room. Time was of the essence; she needed to figure out the route.
Meanwhile, Ma Wencai, who was inside the room, gently patted Li Yichang on the shoulder.
"Isn't Boss Xu quite charismatic? Although he's a bit crazy and ruthless, he's inexplicably attractive. Alas, it's a pity he can't be my bandit queen."
Upon hearing this, Xie Datou paused in his hand holding the wound medicine, and said coldly, "Stop with your underhanded schemes. The boss wouldn't be interested in someone like you."
Ma Wencai crossed his arms and sneered, "What, you think Boss Xu would be interested in you? You look like a bear, you're not even as good-looking as me!"
While applying medicine to Li Yichang, Xie Datou rolled his eyes and said, "Of course it wasn't me. I advise you to be honest, or you won't even know how you died."
Looking at the wound medicine that had been haphazardly sprinkled into his clothes, Li Yichang said helplessly, "Can you two wait until I've finished applying the medicine before you start arguing? Boss said he'd take good care of me!"
Ma Wencai glanced at Li Yichang with disdain, "Did the boss say he'd take you in? You're already calling him boss, you really know how to flatter yourself."
"Bear, you watch him. I'm going back to your room to sleep."
After saying that, he sauntered away, his nonchalant demeanor showing no sign of being a prisoner.
After Xie Datou and the others left, they looked at Li Yichang with icy eyes.
"You'd better submit sincerely. If I find out you have any bad intentions, you and your sister can go to the underworld together."
Li Yichang covered the wound on his head and said weakly, "My sister is my only weakness. As long as you rescue her, this weakness will be in your hands. How could I betray you?"
He coughed lightly and continued, "Xie Datou, after getting to know you for so many days, I see that you have a clear mind and are a good person."
As a dying man, I beg you, if I don't make it, I hope you can look after my sister. You don't need to do much, just let her live peacefully.
Xie Datou didn't react after hearing this, and said in a calm tone: "The eldest sister is a woman of her word. She said she would give your sister a life where she would have no worries about food and clothing, and she won't go back on her word."
Instead of worrying about those things, you should focus on recovering and taking care of your sister yourself.
Li Yichang prided himself on his ability to see through people's hearts, but after this experience, he realized that the people here were different from those elsewhere...
Especially Xu Jinhuan.
At this moment, Xu Jinhuan was looking at the map of the capital city provided by the system Xiao Wang on the semi-transparent panel.
"So the Wu family lives here. It's not too far from where we're going. I'll go to the Wu family first and cause a ruckus, take some things and collect some interest," Xu Jinhuan planned with a smile.
Meanwhile, System Xiao Wang silently mourned for the Wu family in his heart. "Who did you have to mess with? You had to provoke this evil god. Now, even if a true god came, he might not be able to save them."
After making his plan, Xu Jinhuan put on the raincoat with built-in protective shield provided by the system and used his lightness skill to leave the dilapidated temple.
Apart from Xie Datou and his two companions, no one knew that Xu Jinhuan had left.
"Xiao Wang, your raincoat is really great. It keeps all the rainwater out of the protective cover, and you stay dry all the time. It's an essential item for home and travel!"
System Xiao Wang was a little confused by his host's praise.
[Host, I invented this item by chance; it's not worth much. I have more if you like!]
Xu Jinhuan never expected that his silly system was also a little inventor, and immediately laughed and took advantage of the situation.
"Okay, I'll ask you for it when I need it."
The conversation about one person unifying the country continued all the way to the capital.
Xu Jinhuan found a secluded spot, used his lightness skill to lightly tap his toes, and constantly used the city wall for leverage, quickly scaling it and entering the capital city.
Following the guidance of the system map, Xu Jinhuan quickly arrived at the Wu residence.
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