Chen Mingxuan practically fled the Wu family.

Only after he walked out of the Wu residence and turned a corner did he finally lean against the wall and burst into laughter, laughing so hard that tears almost streamed down his face.

"Lin Xiuer, oh Lin Xiuer... you are truly... so talented!"

He wiped away tears of laughter from the corners of his eyes, shook his head, and exclaimed, "To be able to fool that troublemaker Wu Liangcai into a well-behaved boy who eats vegetarian food and runs laps... amazing, absolutely amazing!"

Chen Mingxuan was in a great mood. He waved his fan and swaggered up to Wanfu Teahouse to listen to a song by Miss Ruyan.

After Lin Xiuer and Ping An left, the suffocating silence at Caishikou was broken, and it slowly returned to its previous lively state.

Meanwhile, the seven members of the Black Fish Gang, who were at the center of the storm, were sprawled in the middle of the road in various painful and contorted postures.

Jia Heiyu struggled to sit up, but as soon as he moved, countless egg-sized bumps on his head, which had been hit by jujube sticks, began to throb with sharp pain, each one feeling as if it would burst.

It felt like my brain was sloshing around, my ears were ringing, and my whole head was burning, as if a red-hot coal had been stuffed under my skin.

"hiss--"

He gasped, unable to resist reaching out to touch them, but each one was red and shiny, and the slightest touch made him tremble with pain.

It was as if a dying wild bird was trapped under his skin, using its last strength to peck at his skull with its beak.

Zhao Si was in an even worse state; he had lost two front teeth, his lips were swollen like sausages, and he could not speak properly, with blood and saliva constantly oozing out.

Taking a slight breath, a cool breeze rushed in through the gap between my front teeth, causing my gums and nerves to throb with pain, and even making half of my face numb.

Dog Five lay on the ground, his nasal bridge completely collapsed, his entire face swollen and deformed, like a steamed bun, with only two slits left for his eyes.

When he breathes even slightly heavier, his nasal cavity burns with pain, and warm liquid keeps flowing out; he doesn't know if it's blood or something else.

He didn't even dare to cry loudly, only making soft, whimpering sounds.

Liu Er's head and face were covered with red welts from being whipped with sticks, one after another, like a dye shop had been opened. They burned with pain, and even the slightest movement made his head spin violently.

Monkey Three hadn't recovered from being hit by Lai Qi's human bomb when Liu Er and Zhao Si hit him in the chest one after another. He lay on the ground with his eyes rolled back and hadn't regained consciousness.

It really felt like my chest was tight, and even my breath tasted like blood.

Lai Qi himself was clutching his lower back, which was almost broken from the kick, and couldn't get up. He grimaced in pain with the slightest movement, feeling as if his kidney was really shattered.

The quietest was Ma Liu, because he hadn't woken up yet. Blood was still oozing from the harpoon piercing his groin.

The large, dark brown bloodstain on his pants was still shocking, and the air was thick with the stench of blood and urine.

The surrounding vendors and onlookers, seeing their miserable state, pointed and whispered among themselves, their faces showing not sympathy but rather relief and contempt.

"Serves them right! A bunch of scourges!"

"Karma! It really is karma!"

"You always act so arrogantly, you've finally met your match, haven't you?"

"That guy did a great job! He rid the people of a scourge!"

"Pah!" The unlucky stall owners whose stalls were smashed spat in their direction from time to time.

The fact that no one came forward to help these people in their miserable state shows just how much they were hated by others.

Those who used to be bullied by them now stand by and watch coldly, some even secretly throwing rotten vegetable leaves that they had kicked over at them.

The seven men were in pain, angry, and ashamed. Their faces burned with pain, which was even more unbearable than the injuries on their bodies.

Finally, Jia Heiyu and Liu Er, who had been lying on the ground for half a day to recover, endured the excruciating pain and dizziness and helped each other to their feet.

He gritted his teeth and dragged the unconscious Ma Liu to his feet, while the others tumbled and limped along, under the watchful eyes of countless cold mocking and gloating gazes.

The seven once domineering villains now resembled a pack of stray dogs with broken spines, desperately supporting each other and dragging themselves step by step toward the Jishetang in the town center.

The road to the clinic seemed exceptionally long to them at that moment.

Every movement aggravated their wounds, causing them to grimace in pain, drawing undisguised disgust and muttered curses from passersby.

They've never been so humiliated in their lives.

Even if the black turtle wanted to glare at passersby, it couldn't manage it; any facial movement would trigger its headache.

He could only grit his teeth and swallow the humiliation and hatred for the time being.

When the old doctor from Jishetang saw their faces, his brows furrowed so deeply they could trap flies, and his eyes were filled with undisguised disgust.

These local thugs were infamous; everyone in the surrounding villages knew about them.

But with a doctor's heart full of compassion, he still coldly let them in and began to clean, apply medicine, and bandage each wound.

During the treatment of the injuries, Dr. Xu was naturally not gentle with these scoundrels, and the medicine used to clean the affected area caused the wounds to throb with pain.

Dog Five's nasal bridge was broken, and the old doctor's technique was not very skillful in resetting it, causing him to howl like a pig being slaughtered in pain.

Ma Liu's thigh wound required cleaning of embedded barbs, splinters of wood, and dirt. Even while unconscious, he would wake up from the pain every now and then, only to faint again from the pain.

He was tossed and turned, screaming and wailing, his whole body convulsing.

Faced with the uncooperative Ma Liu, Dr. Xu kept a stern face and had his hands and feet held down tightly. He sewed the stitches without any mercy, as if he were dealing with livestock waiting to be slaughtered.

The large bump on Jia Heiyu's head needed to be punctured to drain the blood, and then a thick layer of anti-swelling and blood-stasis-reducing ointment needed to be applied.

Each prick caused him excruciating pain, especially the need to squeeze out the stagnant blood that couldn't be expelled on its own.

Each squeeze sent shivers of pain through his body, his clothes soaked in cold sweat. Frustrated and enraged, he wanted nothing more than to kill someone in revenge.

After a whole day of fussing and the sun was almost setting, the group finally finished their treatment, looking like a group of defeated soldiers who had just retreated from the battlefield.

They were covered in dust and grime, supporting each other as they limped back to their dilapidated old nest on the edge of town.

Once the creaking, broken wooden door was closed, cutting off all outside attention, the resentment and anger that had been suppressed for half a day finally erupted.

Dog Five, his face wrapped up so thick that only his eyes and mouth were visible as he breathed, spoke with a heavy nasal tone, his voice muffled and strained due to the draft.

"Boss! How can the brothers swallow this grievance?"

He got so excited that his nose started hurting again, and tears streamed down his face uncontrollably, mixed with the medicine.

"Since we brothers started out, when have we ever not been the ones who were afraid of others? Even Zhao Yanwang of Xinglong Gambling House, when he sees you, Boss, doesn't he have to give you some face?"

He became increasingly aggrieved as he spoke, pointing to his broken nose: "Brothers, when have we ever been treated like this? Beaten up like this by some pretty boy who just appeared out of nowhere!"

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