"Did Brother Wuhen tell you this? You must be a veteran, right?" The thin boy looked at the burly man with admiration, but a smile of unknown meaning appeared beneath the hair at his temples.
"Of course! Hahaha!" The burly man with red hair laughed heartily at the praise.
The elderly man behind him, upon hearing this, shook his head with a grave expression, stroking his beard. "This is Hu Ningcai's side of the story, not what Wuhen said."
The old man had watched Wuhen grow up and had felt something was wrong back then, but everyone believed it, so he didn't say anything. Today, Wuhen's sudden appearance, coupled with what that kid just said, brought back his worries.
"Uncle Zhong, are you saying that Hu Ningcai orchestrated this whole thing to seize Brother Wuhen's position?"
"No way, didn't Boss Wuhen bring her back and even share a room with her? I even bet with that guy that Boss Wuhen would marry her in a few months."
"Yeah, we've been calling her 'boss' for almost half a year, and she still acts like a bully! We guys only put up with her because of Boss Wuhen!"
In an instant, everyone was excited and forgot about how they had just tried to please Hu Ningcai.
Seeing this, the burly man with red hair felt quite embarrassed about his earlier boasting. He said a few words to someone and then slunk away into the crowd.
Su Chen was still lying on the ground, clutching her leg and sweating profusely. She had no time to listen to the group's rambling. Hearing their argument made her feel a buzzing sound all around her, which inexplicably made her leg hurt even more.
[Host, what's wrong? I was playing games just now, and I suddenly realized... oh dear! My brain's pain level is a bit high, what happened?]
"Look at my legs, you son of a bitch!" Su Chen roared, but her voice was too soft, and it sounded like she was being coquettish.
The sound that Su Chen made sounded like she was being coquettish made her feel a chill run through her body, and she almost fainted because of the pain in her legs.
【Cough cough... Let me see... Oh dear, it's swollen like a pork knuckle!】 The system said that the scene was too terrible, and it even wanted to order a pork knuckle to eat.
"You need to think of a solution for me quickly."
[Um... how about this system transmits a painless signal to your brain?]
"Can't you just let my leg heal directly?"
Sorry, this system currently has insufficient capabilities.
"What do you mean?"
Does it hurt?
"pain."
[Endure it!]
Amidst Su Chen's endless curses, the system's smiling emoji-like hand disappeared from her mind.
At that moment, a commotion broke out in the crowd.
Su Chen endured the pain and looked over there, only to see that Wuhen had a thorn stuck in his face.
Logically speaking, this is just disfigurement and shouldn't be life-threatening, but judging from the chaotic state of that group of people, something must have happened.
Su Chen squinted and looked closely, and found that Wuhen's face was pale and his lips were purplish-black, which were typical signs of poisoning that she had seen in novels and TV dramas.
Two or three of the burly men surrounded Hu Ningcai, while the majority of them went to lift Wuhen.
Hu Ningcai was surrounded by people, but her expression remained calm. In contrast, her clothes were tattered, and blood seeped through her clothes in several places.
"Ha, if you carry him to the clinic, he won't live for more than an hour."
"You wicked woman! What poison did you give my elder brother?"
"It's just ordinary poison, but I've modified it a bit. The more it's moved, the faster it takes effect, hahaha..."
"My brother has been so good to you, and you actually!"
Su Chen gritted her teeth and straightened up, her legs dragging naturally on the ground.
After silently chanting "points" a few times, she endured the pain and shouted, "You guys keep talking, or your Brother Wuhen will be dead!"
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