A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 1363 The No Man's Land! (Please Subscribe!)
Wei Guoqiang trekked for three hours in the desert and finally saw a road when he was about to give up. At that moment, his cell phone also got a signal. Just as he was about to dial for help, his phone screen went black and the battery died.

Fortunately, there's always a way out. An SUV was driving from the end of the road in the distance. Wei Guoqiang waved from afar, and when the car got closer, he realized that the SUV looked familiar.

The car stopped in front of him, the passenger window rolled down, revealing a familiar face:
"Old man, where are you going?"

Wei Guoqiang pointed at the other person, his voice trembling; "It's you! Where did you get here? What do you want?"

The driver was Hua Shier, who took out a bottle of mineral water and handed it to him.
"Get in the car and talk!"

Wei Guoqiang hesitated for a moment, perhaps thinking that if the other party really had malicious intentions, they could have killed him in the desert just now, instead of just throwing him away. He immediately took the bottled water, got into the car, sat in the passenger seat, unscrewed the bottle, and drank it in big gulps.

Hua Shier ignored him and started the car, driving along the road.

After Wei Guoqiang had drunk his fill, he finally let out a long, comfortable sigh:

"Speak, what do you want? Are you kidnapping me, or do you have some other purpose?"

Hua Twelve first brought up Wei Guoqiang's matter:
"Your name is Wei Guoqiang, born in 1955. When you were sent to the countryside, you went to Daishan, fell in love with a local woman and got married. Later, you discovered that your wife had a hereditary mental illness. Unable to bear her condition, you abandoned your wife and daughter. As a result, your wife was raped and gave birth to a baby boy!"

Wei Guoqiang's expression shifted, and he suddenly roared:
"No, I didn't abandon my wife and daughter. I didn't know she had a child. I even went to Daishan to look for them later, but by then my daughter had already been adopted!"

Hua Shier looked disgusted:
"Come on, you're definitely going to Daishan to find your daughter, but put your hand on your heart and tell me, what if you find out that your daughter has the same problems as her mother? Would you end her life with your own hands?"

In the original storyline, the reason Andy was so upset after reuniting with Wei Guoqiang was because she asked a similar question. Wei Guoqiang's answer at the time was that if his daughter also had a mental illness, he would end her life himself.

At this moment, Wei Guoqiang's body trembled, because Hua Shier had indeed spoken his mind.

Hua Twelve mocked:

"Wei, you scumbag, I know all about your dirty deeds. You're only looking for Andy because you're old now and have no descendants. You know your daughter isn't mentally ill, so you want to take her back. Am I right?"

"Pah, what a pipe dream!"

Wei Guoqiang angrily said:

"Nonsense! Don't advise others to be kind if you haven't experienced their suffering. Forget it, I can't explain it to you. What does my business with Andy have to do with you!"

Hua Twelve slapped Wei Guoqiang across the face, leaving him completely stunned.
"I'm Andy's man, tell me if it has anything to do with me or not!"

“Since you couldn’t go through thick and thin with me, don’t expect to enjoy your daughter’s happiness now. Andy is doing very well now and doesn’t need a scumbag who was absent when she needed a father the most in her childhood to play the role of a loving father.”

Wei Guoqiang covered his face, burning with anger, but even more so with embarrassment and fear at having his thoughts exposed.

He forced himself to remain calm and tried to regain the initiative:
"What exactly do you want? Money? Or are you trying to blackmail me with this?"

Hua Shier scoffed, his eyes filled with disdain:
"Your hundreds of millions in inheritance is nothing to me. As for threats? Do you even deserve them?"

He paused, his gaze sharpening as he looked at the boundless desert ahead, his tone turning cold and imposing:

“I brought you here today so that you could experience firsthand what it means to be ‘crying out to heaven and earth in vain.’ The fear and helplessness your daughter Andy faced when your wife fell ill was probably a hundred times stronger than the feeling you had just experienced while waiting to die in the desert.”

Upon hearing this, Wei Guoqiang's face turned deathly pale, his lips trembled, but he couldn't utter a single word.

Hua Shier's words were like a sharp knife, precisely piercing his deepest guilt and unbearable feelings.

"I...I had no choice at the time," Wei Guoqiang tried to explain, his voice dry and hoarse.

Having finished speaking, Hua Shier, no longer wanting to listen to his explanations, slammed on the brakes and then said:

"Open the passenger door for me!"

Wei Guoqiang instinctively opened the passenger door, and Hua Shier kicked him out of the car.

After kicking the man, Hua Shier threw a bottle of mineral water outside and then said to Wei Guoqiang, who was sitting on the ground outside:
"If you walk 20 kilometers straight ahead along the road, you'll reach Hami. If you walk fast, you might be able to get there before dark. Then you can head back to Shanghai on your own. If you can't get back, then it's just bad luck!"

After he finished speaking, he stepped on the gas, the SUV roared and sped away, and the passenger door slammed shut with a bang due to inertia.

Wei Guoqiang got up from the ground and shouted:
"You brat, don't leave me here! I'm still your father-in-law, after all."

After driving a few kilometers, just as Hua Twelve was about to open a portal ahead to return to the outskirts of Shanghai, his gaze suddenly sharpened.

Ahead of the once empty highway, the dust had not yet completely dissipated, and the outlines of overturned vehicles could be vaguely seen.

"Was there a car accident?"

He immediately drove over to see if there was anything he could do to help.

Before even getting close, he had already taken a close look at the accident scene from afar. A police jeep was overturned in the middle of the road, its body twisted, its windows shattered, and the driver in the driver's seat was unconscious. Clearly, the vehicle had been hit violently.

On the other side of the police car, there was a civilian SUV that looked equally weathered, with its front bumper severely deformed.

What truly surprised Hua Shier were the two men standing next to the police car. Their attire and demeanor were completely different from those of ordinary herders or drivers who might appear on this desolate highway. They exuded an aura of savage, fierce, and desperate criminals.

One of them was carrying a birdcage containing a falcon, while the other man had bloodstains on his face and was carrying a homemade cannon.

Hua Shier's lips curled up slightly. He had already recognized who these two were. They were the two poachers in the movie "No Man's Land". The one carrying the musket was the assassin played by Brother Bo. Yes, they looked exactly the same.

He glanced around but didn't see any film crew or anything like that, which meant that these two were indeed poachers.

The current situation is clearly the scene at the beginning of the movie, where Brother Bo is caught by Uncle Hat, and the poacher's leader crashes his car into a police car to rescue him.

It was this car accident that tragically resulted in the death of the man in the hat who was driving.

At this moment, the two men had already noticed the car approaching. The poacher leader, carrying the birdcage, whispered to Brother Bo beside him:

"Put the gun away so no one sees it. Find a chance to kill him later. There can't be any witnesses to this. After you leave, drive his car away!"

Bo nodded and put his right hand, which was holding the homemade cannon, behind his back.

Hua Shier pretended not to hear and drove the car closer. The poacher leader quickly waved his hand.

"Stop the car! Brother, please help! We've been in a car accident, and this officer is in critical condition. Could you take him to the hospital?"

Hua Shier stopped the car, got off, walked around in front of it, and asked with feigned surprise:

"What's going on?"

As Hua Twelve approached, a ruthless glint flashed across the poacher leader's face:
"Sorry, brother, it's just bad luck!"

Upon hearing this, Brother Bo strode forward and raised his homemade cannon to kill Hua Twelve.

But at that moment, Hua Shier suddenly had a shovel in his hand. He struck first, and with a bang, knocked Brother Bo to the ground, gun and all.

The poacher leader realized something was wrong and reached for his dagger at his waist with his left hand, but Hua Shier swung his shovel again and knocked the man to the ground.

Hua Shier, carrying a shovel, went over to check on Uncle Hat's condition. It was very bad; he was barely breathing and could die at any moment. He immediately began treating him with his double-handed healing techniques, saying:
"You're lucky to have met me. We used to be in the same line of work. Here's a piece of advice: remember not to drink before going on a mission!"

After treating the man in the hat until his injuries were mostly healed and he felt that the man would wake up in about twenty minutes, Hua Shier stopped and stood up to look at the two poachers.

At this point, although the two poachers had not passed out, they had lost the ability to move and were suffering from severe concussions, seeing double.

"You've got some nerve, daring to lay a hand on someone from the government. Do you even respect me?"

Hua Shier raised his shovel and slapped Bo Ge's left hand with it. The kid had suffered a concussion and was paralyzed on one side, but his hands were still restless, reaching towards the earthen cannon that had fallen to the ground.

"what"

Bo Ge's hand bones were broken into nine pieces by Hua Shier's shovel, causing him to scream in pain.

"Do you know who I am?"

Hua Shier asked another poacher, who was also Brother Bo's boss and the head of the poaching team. He was known for his ruthlessness.

"Brother, you're blind to talent, you don't recognize a true dragon! Please, have mercy on us and let us go!"

Before he could finish speaking, Hua Shier broke one of his arms with a shovel: "You don't even know me? Do you want to die? Let me tell you, my name is Hua Shier, remember that!"

The two poachers had never seen such a ruthless person before. Knowing he might break their arm if they didn't even know his name, they dared not be careless. Ignoring their excruciating pain, they quickly said:

"I understand, brother, your name is Hua Twelve."

Hua Shier snapped his fingers:

"That's right, now that you know my name, you can't be allowed to live. Get ready to go!" He swung his shovel and, under the poachers' utterly disgusted expressions, smashed them all to death with a single shovel.

These two couldn't understand it even in their dying moments: Didn't you tell us your name? Why did you kill us?

They managed to find over 20,000 yuan on the two people and in the SUV, so the trip wasn't a complete waste.

After collecting his spoils, he took a shovel and went to the roadside to start digging a hole.

The shovel in Hua Shier's hand was a special prop [the same shovel as Feng Baobao], which would never wear out and increased his digging speed by 500%. He quickly dug a large pit, threw the two people into it, and buried them, finishing his job.

He then released the falcon from its cage, teased it a couple of times with his biologist abilities, and tossed it into the air, returning it to nature.

Not only is he handsome, but he's also incredibly kind-hearted.

Sensing that Uncle Hat was about to wake up, Hua Shier drove away in time to avoid being seen by him and wasting time trying to brainwash him.

Thirty minutes later, Wei Guoqiang staggered over and happened to meet Uncle Hat who had called for help. He hitched a ride to Hami.

Once Hua Shier learned about the plot of "No Man's Land," he didn't plan to leave so quickly. The movie was almost entirely made up of villains, including the two poachers and the family that ran the gas station. He decided to do a good deed and go over to help the family recover.

The Haro Highway is about 740 kilometers long, of which 350 kilometers are paved and the rest are simple salt soil roads. It passes through the Lop Nur uninhabited area, and the gas station in the movie is located on the salt soil section of this highway.

Hua Shier could see the gas station from afar, which resembled a malignant tumor in the Gobi Desert. In the courtyard enclosed by broken wood and rotten wire, several rusty gas pumps and a row of low, dilapidated houses constituted this lawless place.

A gaunt old man with a blank stare sat on a bench smoking, while a dirty, clueless young man squatted down in the sand, scratching at something.

Hua Shier could tell from inside the car that the old man and the hotheaded young man both exuded a murderous aura, something only those who had taken lives would possess.

He immediately smiled slightly, no longer afraid of killing the wrong person.

The car was parked in front of the old man, the window rolled down, and before Hua Shier could speak, the old man said:
"Two thousand yuan, five hundred for gas, and one thousand five hundred for watching the show. This is a bundled sale. If you don't watch the show, we won't sell you gas!"

Hua Shier glanced at a green train carriage parked in the yard and laughed:

"I heard from others that there are fun things to do here. I'm just watching the show and not refueling. Wipe the dust off my car, and I'll give you two thousand back when I'm done!"

The old man chuckled, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth: "Great! Our performance is fantastic!"

After he finished speaking, he shouted at the kid shoveling dirt, "Hey, buddy, wipe the car!"

Hua Shier got out of the car and said, "Wipe it clean properly. I'll give you a 500 yuan tip if you do a good job. Don't scratch the car!"

Don't worry!

The old man pointed to the green carriage and said, "Go on, shake it hard, get some energy!"

Hua Shier walked to the front of the green train carriage with a smile, opened the door and went in. He saw a pretty girl covered with a coat, who looked like she had just gotten up.

Upon seeing Hua Shier, the girl's eyes lit up, and she began to take off her clothes, revealing a revealing lace dress underneath her coat.

Hua Shier sat on a stool to the side and waved his hand, saying:
"Stop bothering, I think you're dirty!"

The girl paused, glared at him, and was about to curse when Hua Shier asked directly:
"Want to leave here?"

The girl was taken aback, then said somewhat excitedly:
"Big brother, please take me away. I'll tell you the truth. My family is from Hebei. I used to study dance. They gave me 20,000 yuan to marry that idiot outside. When I disagreed, they made me work as a prostitute to pay back the money. As long as you can take me away from here, I'll do anything you want. I'll give you the money. I have money here!"

She pulled out several hundred yuan: "Here, take all of this!"

Hua Shier didn't take her money, but said with a half-smile:
"But your accent sounds like it's from Gansu!"

The woman paused for a moment, then said apologetically, "Brother, you recognized me? My family is from Jiuquan. But I was really forced into this situation. Otherwise, I wouldn't have wanted to leave here!"

Hua nodded:
"I can see that, but if you're forced to work as a prostitute here, that old man definitely won't let you go. If you leave, the two of them will go to jail, and if anything else is found out, they'll be shot. Do you think they'll let me take you away like that?"

The woman's expression turned panicked: "What...what should I do?"

Before she could finish speaking, Hua Shier said with a smile, "So, we have to pay more!"

The woman seemed to have missed Hua Shier's train of thought. Once she realized what was happening, she immediately found another five hundred and handed it over.

Hua Shier took the thousand yuan: "Okay, take your money and I'll take care of them for you!"

"Done?"

The woman was a little confused about how to handle it, but she soon found out.

Suddenly the car door opened, and the old man stared at the money in Hua Shier's hand with a grim face:
"This woman tells you she's a dancer or a ball player? Don't believe her. Here, give me the money, then you can wander around slowly!"

He reached for the money in Hua Shier's hand.

Hua Shier smiled and handed it over. The old man took the money and turned to leave. As soon as he stepped out of the carriage, he was hit on the back of the head with a shovel. He fell to the ground with a thud, his life hanging in the balance.

The simple-minded boy who was wiping Hua Shier's car happened to see this scene. His eyes widened in fury, and he grabbed a steel bar from the side and rushed over, only to be knocked to the ground by Hua Shier with a backhand shovel.

Hua Shier swung his shovel and began to finish them off, killing the old man and the simple-minded boy on the spot.

The women who followed her out of the carriage were terrified. They hurriedly backed away and turned to run away.

Hua Shier laughed and said, "Why are you running? Didn't you pay me to kill them? You're the employer. If we get caught, you'll be the ringleader!"

The woman waved her hands repeatedly: "It wasn't me, I didn't!"

Hua Shier shook his head: "Alright, if you don't nip it in the bud, how can you expect to recover? Is there another one? I'll go deal with it!"

As he spoke, he picked up a shovel and walked towards the row of houses, which had signs for a supermarket and a satellite phone. Hua Shier opened the door and went inside, where an old woman was watching TV.

The sound of the television might have prevented her from hearing the fighting outside.

Hua Shier took a lollipop from the counter, opened it, and put it in her mouth:

"How much!"

The proprietress smiled and held up one finger; "One hundred!"

"How much? Is your candy made of gold, or is the wrapper made of gold?!"

The proprietress smiled mysteriously and said, "I'll keep it a secret for you!"

After saying that, she gave Hua Shier a wink, as if to say, "I know you have a secret you can't keep to yourself!"
Hua Shier laughed. In the original story, this woman would tell everyone she was keeping a secret, but she was just being vague and testing those who had something to hide, so she could extort money from them.

He asked with a smile, "Is the thing you're keeping a secret for me the one about me killing your husband and son?"

The woman's smile froze on her face. Hua Shier swung a shovel and killed her instantly.

Car and boat shop assistants, even if innocent, should be killed. This gas station is a black market, selling oil at exorbitant prices, extorting money, and forcing people into prostitution. Moreover, Hua Shier saw that they exuded a murderous aura and had people on their hands!

As Hua Shier drove the woman away from the gas station, the gas station behind them was already engulfed in flames.

He casually choked the woman unconscious and waited two hours before waking her up.
"Get off the bus, and Jiuquan is just ahead!"

The woman was initially startled, but after Hua Shier finished speaking, her face filled with disbelief. She looked outside and saw a car parked below the national highway, with a sign in the distance that read, "Welcome to Jiuquan!"

The woman quickly got out of the car, but stopped abruptly as she was about to run away. She turned back and bowed to Hua Twelve.
"Thank you, brother!"

Hua Shier corrected, "Why call me 'Big Brother'? Call me 'Handsome Guy'!"

The woman chuckled, and Hua Twelve stopped joking.
"Let's forget about today. Of course, you can betray me if you want, but I won't be so polite next time we meet!"

The woman waved her hands repeatedly, indicating that she wouldn't betray Hua Shier. After thinking for a moment, she opened the plush toy handbag she had taken with her when she left the gas station and took out a wad of cash:
"I've saved up 20,000 yuan over the years, brother, I'll give you half."

Hua Shier casually tossed the 20,000 yuan he had found on the poachers out the car window:

"Keep it for yourself, do something with it!"

Then start the car, turn around, and leave!

Once the woman was out of sight and there was no one else around, Hua Shier drove through the portal and arrived directly in the suburbs of Shanghai.

P.S.: I've wanted to write about this movie for a while, but it's a bit short. Since I'm already here, I might as well do a little something related to it!
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