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Chapter 29 I'll saw your head off
"If you know what's good for you, leave everything you're carrying or on your back. I won't make things difficult for you; put your things down and go wherever you want."

The leader was holding a large knife.

That was the longest knife in the group's hands; it looked like it had been used to cut watermelons before.

The others, armed with sticks and shovels, were partially surrounding the three, watching them menacingly.

Brother Zhang brandished his knife as he spoke, "If you three don't know what's good for you and make me go through all the trouble to snatch the stuff, then none of you will leave here alive today!"

As he spoke, he gave a wink to the person next to him.

Those nearby understood, and several people slowly approached Gu Mian and the other two with their weapons raised.

Seeing them approaching, the fat man looked at Gu Mian anxiously.

Gu Mian remained calm and composed, neither speaking nor making any comment.

Seeing that the three of them didn't seem to know what was good for them, Brother Zhang frowned: "Looks like they're tough nuts to crack..."

But as soon as he said that, Gu Mian, who was standing in the middle, suddenly did something that showed a lack of integrity.

Suddenly, he moved and took a large package, about the size of a guitar, off his back and placed it on the ground.

Brother Zhang narrowed his eyes slightly as he watched him act: "Has he suddenly become enlightened and is preparing to offer the things directly to his grandfather as a sign of respect?"

But he soon discovered that things were not as simple as he had thought.

The doctor in the white coat, who was standing in the middle, squatted down and quickly opened the large package containing the guitar.

But inside wasn't a guitar; instead, it was a huge, menacing chainsaw, which they watched as the doctor reached out and pulled out.

"Holy crap!" Upon seeing the enormous weapon appear, Wang Xiaolong, who was closest to Gu Mian, trembled and almost smashed the hammer in his foot.

It seemed like the first time they had ever seen such a huge and menacing chainsaw; even the leader, Brother Zhang, was stunned.

But he quickly realized what was happening, took a slight step back, and warily stared at the three people in front of him. He seemed to hesitate for a moment before giving the order: "Let's retreat!"

Without him even giving an order, the people around him were already terrified and ran away when they saw such a ferocious thing.

They all backed away, facing Gu Mian, seemingly afraid that the doctor might suddenly rush over and saw into their backs.

In TV dramas, if a normal person encounters robbers and successfully drives them away, they would typically say, "Don't pursue a desperate enemy."

Wild grass cannot be eradicated; it will spring up again with the spring breeze. If you cannot eradicate it completely, chasing it may only cause trouble for yourself.

But life isn't a TV drama, and Gu Mian isn't a normal person.

He held up the huge chainsaw in his hand and stared at the dozen or so people who were slowly retreating: "You seem to have misunderstood."

The people who were walking backwards were slightly taken aback, and Brother Zhang looked up at Gu Mian in surprise.

The doctor's chainsaw was already running, making a roaring sound like a motorcycle, which was particularly jarring in the darkness.

He stood on the supermarket steps and smiled.

"I have no intention of playing a game with you where everyone compromises and no one makes things difficult for anyone—"

"If you know what's good for you, leave behind everything you have, whether it's valuable or worthless, and I'll spare your lives. If you don't know what's good for you and want to run, then run fast before I catch you, or I'll saw your heads off."

An eerie silence fell over the night.

Brother Zhang stared wide-eyed at the doctor above, who was grinning from ear to ear: "You're asking for it! You're threatening me now? You really think you're invincible just because you have a saw? Bah!"

He seemed to want to say a few more words, but Wang Xiaolong stopped him, saying, "Brother, forget it, forget it. We won't get anywhere if we fight. Don't forget things are different now." In the past, if you got injured in a street fight, you would just go to the hospital, recover, and walk away.

But it's different now.

Hospitals are closed, medicine is hard to find, injuries are slow to heal, and the world is in chaos, so sometimes an injury is a matter of life and death.

Now even doctors, who are usually hailed as angels in white, are taking chainsaws to the streets and attacking people.

As Wang Xiaolong thought this, he looked up at Gu Mian and said, "Doctor, let's talk this over. We've already compromised, you can't keep clinging to us like this, can you?"

Gu Mian stroked her chin: "It seems I didn't ask you to gather here in the middle of the night."

Wang Xiaolong was speechless.

Several seconds passed before he found his voice, which then carried a hint of threat: "It seems you're a stubborn one, doctor. Fine, I'll get to the bottom of this. Our boss retreated because he didn't want his men to get hurt, not because he thought he couldn't beat you."

As he spoke, he glanced at the two people next to Gu Mian.

"There are only three of you, and you're the only one with a chainsaw. We have over a dozen of us, and everyone's armed. If it really comes down to a fight, it's hard to say who will win."

"Besides, this saw looks quite heavy. At most, you'll only injure a few of us and then be too weak to do anything. Do you think we'll let you off the hook then? In the end, we'll all take our stuff with us. It's better for us to compromise now. You can take all the stuff, and none of us will get hurt. It's better for both sides."

After he finished speaking, he stared intently at Gu Mian, waiting for the doctor to respond.

In fact, Wang Xiaolong knew in his heart that with such a ferocious chainsaw, if a fight broke out, it would not just be a matter of injuring a few people.

They're just a loose bunch who've only just come together. If there's danger, no one will risk their lives to fight. If a real fight breaks out, most of them will probably turn around and run away.

I only said that to scare the doctor and make him back down.

Unexpectedly, the doctor was smarter than he thought and didn't fall for it at all.

Gu Mian slightly raised the chainsaw in her hand: "You don't need to worry about that..."

"When I was seven, I was chased by three Tibetan mastiffs for eight blocks. When I was twelve, my house was on fire, and I carried a big box down from the ninth floor to the ground floor in one go. When I was sixteen, I carried my dying math teacher for five kilometers through the mountains in the middle of the night."

"So you don't need to worry about me not being able to lift the saw, I can."

The group of people in front of them were sweating profusely. The first two were relatively normal, but the one in the back carrying the math teacher and running away was really something else.
The fat man swallowed hard, then looked at Chu Changge, who remained unresponsive, with a strange, dark expression: "Dr. Gu... he had a math teacher die?"

Chu Changge glanced at him, then nodded slightly: "Yes, we were in the same class back then."

The fat man fell silent.

Gu Mian stepped off the stairs and strode toward the person in front of her.

They got closer and closer...

It was unclear who was leading the way, but the last figure trembled slightly before taking off running.

His running away was like setting off a firecracker pile; everyone else was also thrown into a frenzy and turned to run.

Of course, Wang Xiaolong wouldn't continue arguing with Gu Mian. He suddenly turned around and ran back with all his might, trying to get away from the terrifying chainsaw.

After running for quite a while, he looked back and realized that his boss had fallen behind.

At that moment, his eldest son was being held in the hands of a doctor wielding a chainsaw, just like a little chick.

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