"You brat! How could you be so rude to your Uncle Cheng!" Uncle Xi Zhantao kicked his son, then smiled meaningfully, "Brother Cheng, what do you think? Let's not wash our dirty linen in public. Let's pretend that Xi Zhongcang never existed, and we won't bother Ms. Chu anymore! We'll keep our word!"
What do you mean? They even went so far as to kill someone to cover it up?!
Xi Xi glanced at Chu Zhiqin's gloomy face, then at Cheng's father's ambiguous smile, and suddenly realized something.
They made me laugh in exasperation.
You see, Dad values blood relatives the most, and he's always helped his uncle's family a lot. Because he's such a good person, he always ends up getting the short end of the stick. In Xi Xi's memory, her parents have argued and bickered about this countless times.
At that time, Chu Zhiqin always felt that her uncle's family was lazy and couldn't stand seeing her husband make sacrifices to help them. However, Xi Zhongcang believed that harmony in the family was the key to prosperity, especially since they were brothers. Therefore, he never complained about his uncle's family.
"Brother, did you hear everything?" Father Cheng walked to Chu Zhiqin's side and looked at Xi Zhongcang. "This is our first meeting, and there are some things I shouldn't say, but sometimes, those involved are blinded while bystanders see things clearly..."
"Never come looking for trouble with me again? It should be that you never come looking for trouble with any of us again." Chu Zhiqin suddenly asked coldly, her eyes sweeping straight at Xi Zhantao and his group with a gaze as sharp as a knife.
Xi Yunchen shuddered; this was the first time he had ever seen his aunt so terrifying. Indeed, people change once they have money!
"Of course! You just need to hand over the supplies!" Luo Qian straightened her back, feigning toughness. What was there to be afraid of? She wasn't the one who was a gold digger, murdered her husband, or cheated on her husband!
“Alright. From now on, we are no longer relatives, and you should pretend you don’t have Xi Zhongcang as your brother. Let’s all go our separate ways!” Chu Zhiqin stood up, handed the thermos cup in her hand to Xi Xi, and gestured for her to take care of her father. Then she walked to the corner of the shelf that had collapsed due to the earthquake.
She used all her strength to pull open two empty shelves, then pointed to the remaining stock that Xi Xi hadn't been able to sell in the corner and yelled, "The supplies are all here, take them and get out of here!"
Xi Zhantao and his family of three couldn't sit still any longer and immediately got up and ran over.
Having been consumed by nausea, Xi Xi finally noticed the miserable state of her uncle's family:
Luo Qian's swollen ankles were encased in ill-fitting high heels, making her stagger with every step; Xi Zhantao's fingernails were filled with black grime as he stared intently at the supplies in the corner; and Xi Yunchen's arms, covered in bruises, were visible beneath his coat, the result of subcutaneous bleeding caused by long-term malnutrition.
"This isn't right!" Xi Zhantao rummaged through the supplies at the bottom of the shelves, then suddenly roared, veins bulging, "How come there's not a single thing to eat?!"
Chu Zhiqin sneered and said without fear, "You only said it would be split 50/50, but you didn't say that your 50% had to include food. What? We've already eaten all the food, is that not allowed? Weren't you just licking up the leftovers like a dog? Have you forgotten so quickly?"
"Take these supplies if you want, or leave it." Chu Zhiqin said this and walked away.
Luo Qian gritted her teeth, then suddenly burst into laughter, her ill-fitting shoes leaving bloody marks on her ankles: "Oh, you've become quite the big shot now? Do you think we're stupid?! How could this possibly be all your worldly possessions!"
She grabbed Chu Zhiqin's arm abruptly: "We've already given enough! That's our own brother! A living, breathing human being!!"
"Chu Zhiqin, do you want everyone on the public chat to see how you, you shameless woman, cheated on me?!"
After saying that, she was about to turn on the light screen camera to take photos as evidence. Chu Zhiqin sneered, took out the Thunder Wolf Fang Mace, and a surge of electricity struck Luo Qian's foot, causing her to fall backward to the ground in pain.
"Luo Qian, I won't hurt you badly because of our family ties, but please watch your mouth! A human life?"
"That's ridiculous! You actually know that was a human life? You're throwing all sorts of accusations at people. You should apologize to Brother Cheng and his family right now!"
"You, you, you, you!" Luo Qian's eyes suddenly became panicked. She propped herself up and roared. Xi Zhantao and Xi Yunchen also pulled out their knives, looking terrified.
Just as the raised knife was about to fall, the shopping cart next to Xi Xi suddenly went out of control and rushed straight into Xi Zhantao's ankle.
As the shopping cart suddenly overturned—Xi's father used all his strength to ram his nephew. The two emaciated men rolled together, raising a cloud of dust.
"You old bastard!" Xi Yunchen raised his knife, aiming it at his father, Xi Zhongcang. Just as the knife was about to fall, a flash of cold light appeared.
The knife clattered to the ground, and Xi Yunchen clutched his bleeding finger and wailed.
Xi Xi held a multi-bladed sickle to her cousin's neck.
Meanwhile, Cheng Xu and his father subdued Xi Zhantao, who was brandishing a kitchen knife, while Liu Enxi and Liu Yunyan restrained Luo Qian, who was trying to escape.
Luo Qian finally panicked: "Zhiqin, we're family!" She trembled and crawled to Chu Zhiqin's feet, "Look, we're taking good care of your man..."
"Xi Xi! And Xi Xi! When you were pregnant with Xi Xi, you couldn't eat because of morning sickness, so I made you a bowl of hot and sour noodles! Do you remember!"
"Brother! Big brother! Please say something for us! We've been with you through thick and thin since you were paralyzed. We've done our part, even if we haven't done anything special!" Xi Zhantao was also sobbing from fright. He stared intently at Xi Zhongcang, trying to evoke a sliver of brotherly affection.
Playing the family card again... Xi Xi ignored her parents' attitude, as if afraid they would soften their hearts, and quickly found a rope to tie up Xi Zhantao's family.
Knowing that this kind of family relationship was complicated and difficult to untangle, Cheng's father secretly gave Xi Xi a thumbs up when he saw how decisive Xi Xi was, while helping her tie the knot.
Xi Zhongcang moved his pale lips as if he wanted to say something, but Xi Xi didn't give him the chance and covered her father with a blanket.
"Dad, you're too weak right now. Let's talk about it later." After saying that, Xi Xi dragged Xi Zhantao and the others out of the convenience store.
Xi Yunchen stared wide-eyed at Xi Xi in disbelief. When did this guy become so strong?! He can actually carry three people at once?
Just then, Cheng Xu suddenly ran over, whispered a few words in Xi Xi's ear in a very serious tone, and then winked at her.
The next second, the Liu sisters and their group also rushed out. They exchanged glances, then left Xi Zhantao and his group in the convenience store and hurriedly left.
Xi Yunchen was stunned by this sudden "amnesty". He leaned against the sharp corner of the shelf and broke the rope by scraping it. Then, amidst his parents' cursing and swearing, he untied them.
"Go see where those bastards ran off to!" Xi Zhantao's eyes were filled with resentment.
The three stood at the highest point of the island, looking towards the cross-sea bridge leading to the east.
Xi Xi and her group rushed over, each taking out a vehicle talisman and releasing the RV.
Luo Qian stared wide-eyed, her gaze fixed on the distance.
She wanted to see if Chu Zhiqin had actually gotten into Brother Cheng's car. She was a slut who wanted to maintain a virtuous image. If she hadn't hooked up with a rich man, would she and her mother have been able to afford meat?
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