Wang Guowei, like a slippery eel, slid into the room along the door frame.

He didn't even bother to change his shoes before slamming the door shut behind him.

"Click".

With a sharp crack, he pushed the iron bolt on the door all the way down.

Sun Guifen was wiping the table with a rag when she heard the noise and turned around. Her gaze fell on the bolt that was stuck in the door, and her brows immediately furrowed into a knot.

Why are you locking the door in the middle of the night?

Wang Guowei's back stiffened abruptly.

He quickly turned around, forcing a dry smile: "The wind is too strong outside, and this broken door keeps rattling. Let's tighten it up so the cold wind doesn't get in and make you feel cold."

Sun Guifen ignored his nonsense.

She threw the rag on the table, walked to the coal stove, picked up the boiling kettle, poured half a cup of hot water into the enamel mug, and slammed it heavily on the table.

"Finish your drink and get out of here."

"Okay, sure." Wang Guowei nodded repeatedly, like a lapdog, and picked up the scalding hot teacup with both hands.

The water is very hot.

But his hands were shaking uncontrollably.

The lid and rim of the teacup collided, producing a slight but extremely jarring "crackling" sound.

He lowered his head, pretending to blow the steam from his cup, but his eyes were sneakily glancing into the inner room.

Sun Guifen was still sulking because Zhang Dafa wasn't coming home.

But the clinking of the teacups around me was just too frequent.

She frowned, her sharp gaze sweeping over Wang Guowei's pale face before following his shifty eyes to the window.

Why are you always looking outside?

Wang Guowei's wrist suddenly trembled.

A few drops of boiling water splashed onto the back of his hand, instantly scalding his skin until it turned red. However, he seemed not to feel any pain, and simply squeezed out a dry, "No...no."

Sun Guifen's eyes, which had been calculating for years, narrowed instantly.

She had spent half her life with Zhang Dafa. She could see through even the few dollars Zhang Dafa hid from her, let alone Wang Guowei's current bizarre behavior.

I even changed my dirty cotton-padded jacket.

The first thing he did when he arrived in the middle of the night was to lock the door tightly.

Now I can't even hold a teacup upright.

Sun Guifen slammed the dirty rag she was holding onto the table, leaned forward slightly, and stared intently at Wang Guowei's face like a needle: "Have you been doing something shady outside?"

Wang Guowei's Adam's apple bobbed violently.

He instinctively took a half step back and retorted, "No, Auntie, I've been drinking in my single dorm all night. What could I possibly be doing...?"

"Bang!"

Sun Guifen completely lost her patience.

She strode forward abruptly, snatched the enamel mug from Wang Guowei's hand, and slammed it heavily onto the coal stove.

The lid clattered to the ground, and scalding hot water splashed everywhere, landing on the red-hot stove with an extremely piercing "sizzle" sound and stirring up a cloud of white smoke.

Wang Guowei was so frightened that he almost collapsed to the ground.

Sun Guifen raised her hand and pointed directly at the wooden door that Wang Guowei had just jammed shut, her voice icy and leaving no room for negotiation.

"You're not going to tell, are you?"

"If you don't tell me the truth, you can get the hell out of here right now, you hear me!"

Wang Guowei's Adam's apple bobbed violently as he swallowed hard, his mouth dry. He opened his mouth, trying to come up with an excuse to brush it off.

"Bang!"

A deafening thud suddenly exploded from behind.

The thin wooden door was kicked hard from the outside, causing it to dent inwards, and dust fell from the door frame.

Sun Guifen turned pale with fright and instinctively took half a step back.

Wang Guowei shuddered.

"Who is it!"

Sun Guifen screamed, her face a mixture of shock and anger: "What are you trying to do in the middle of the night?!"

No one answered from outside the door.

Immediately afterwards, another kick.

"Bang!" This time it was even harder.

The door bolt was bent from the impact, and half of the door frame was cracked.

Sun Guifen was completely panicked.

She grabbed the solid wood chair next to the table and tried desperately to brace it against the door.

But before she could even reach out, the third kick had already arrived.

But it was all too late.

"Clang!"

The third kick, delivered with overwhelming force, shattered the door lock and a small section of the door panel.

Splinter flew through the air, and the solid wood chair was knocked over and rolled away, crashing heavily onto the coal stove.

The cold wind, mixed with ice shards, poured into the room like the wailing of ghosts.

Several towering black figures blocked the entrance.

Da Niu led the way, followed closely by Er Ga Zi, and then several men from Kao Shan Tun with bloodshot eyes and knives in their hands.

Da Niu's lifeless, cold eyes pierced past the panicked Sun Guifen and were fixed on Wang Guowei, who was trembling like a leaf in the corner.

"You must be Wang Guowei?"

Wang Guowei's legs went weak, and he slid halfway down the wall, his teeth chattering loudly enough to be heard clearly inside the room: "I...I..."

Without saying a word, Da Niu strode over across the broken glass, his feet clad in hard-soled work boots.

He grabbed Wang Guowei by the collar with one hand and, like lifting a dead dog, forcefully pulled this 100-pound man from the ground into the air.

"What are you doing!"

Sun Guifen finally came to her senses. Seeing Da Niu's murderous posture, she frantically rushed forward and grabbed Da Niu's arm tightly: "Put him down! Can't we talk things out?"

Da Niu completely ignored her pulling and didn't even spare her a glance.

He suddenly pulled his right arm back, his teeth clenched so hard they clattered, and delivered a heavy, dull punch to Wang Guowei's stomach.

"Bang!"

The punch was delivered without restraint, landing squarely on the stomach.

"vomit--"

Wang Guowei's eyes bulged out instantly, his mouth was wide open but he couldn't utter a single word, and his whole body was writhing violently in pain like a boiled red shrimp, spraying acidic fluid mixed with undigested alcohol all over the ground.

He was lifted into the air like a lump of mud by Da Niu, his face covered in tears and snot. He desperately turned his head and squeezed out an extremely pitiful cry for help to Sun Guifen beside him.

"Auntie...help me..."

Sun Guifen watched as her nephew was beaten until his eyes rolled back in his head, and she completely lost her mind.

She lunged forward, grabbing Da Niu's arm tightly and screaming in a shrill voice, "Stop!"

"You bunch of thugs! This is my home! This is the Hongxing Factory residential compound!"

"You kicked down my door in the middle of the night and even dared to come inside and beat me up! Is there no law anymore?!"

Da Niu seemed not to hear at all.

His large, iron-like hand was still gripping Wang Guowei's collar tightly, while his other hand slowly tightened its grip.

Seeing that he was about to attack again, Sun Guifen turned pale with anxiety and screamed at the men from Kaoshantun standing at the door, "Do you know who I am?"

"I am Zhang Dafa's wife!"

"Zhang Dafa is the deputy director of the Hongxing Factory!"

"If you dare to beat someone badly in my house today, I'll have Old Zhang send you all to jail!"

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