She yanked open the wooden door to the ward, and a cold draft rushed in, making her bangs fly wildly across her forehead.

The corridor was dimly lit and filled with the pungent smell of Lysol. Apart from one or two old men sitting on benches receiving IV drips and a young nurse tidying up medicine trays, the corridor was empty.

"That bastard..."

Looking at the empty corridor, Liu Cuier was so angry that her teeth itched.

When I came in, I was groaning every step of the way, my feet were wrapped up like dumplings, and I didn't even dare to put my bottom on the ground. It took me forever to move even an inch.

How come when it comes to escaping, their legs become as nimble as if they've been oiled, running faster than a rabbit!

Liu Cuier gritted her teeth, but her steps didn't slow down at all.

Her mind raced: Erga was so badly injured, even if he fought with all his might, he couldn't go far. From the moment she was stunned until now, it had only been a minute or two at most.

With both his feet injured, he certainly couldn't walk far, let alone walk back to Kaoshantun by himself. The commune clinic was only so big; if he wanted to leave, either someone would be waiting for him outside in a donkey cart, or he would have to head towards the main road leading to the village through the back gate of the clinic!

There were many people and eyes at the main gate, so he walked with his legs spread wide apart and his butt sticking out like a duck, and his head was wrapped in white gauze. Given his prideful nature, he definitely wouldn't dare to walk towards the main gate!

Thinking of this, Liu Cuier acted even faster and started running.

Carrying her cotton-padded coat and wearing cloth shoes, she rushed down the stairs, lifted the thick cotton curtain blocking the wind at the back door, and plunged into the backyard of the health center.

The early spring sun had already moved to the west, casting a dazzling white light, and the wind carried the biting chill of melting snow.

The backyard of the health center was very empty. Apart from a row of black coal blocks piled against the wall and several large stacks of wet firewood, there was only a row of old elm trees growing against the earthen wall and a half-height brick wall.

Liu Cuier rushed into the backyard through the frozen mud. Seeing that her view of the ground was blocked by the woodpile, she didn't even blink. She took two steps to the brick pile, and with a quick push, she flipped herself up onto the cinder pile on top of the pile!

She looked up from her high vantage point and, sure enough!

Not far away, on the path near the earthen wall of the backyard, a figure with its head wrapped up like a rice dumpling was limping forward, its legs spread wide apart, one hand gripping the earthen wall tightly, grimacing and struggling to move forward.

Liu Cuier's chest heaved violently. She took a deep breath and shouted at the top of her lungs:

"Erga Zi!"

Erga, who was trudging along with his butt sticking out, was suddenly startled by the loud shout from behind. The hair on the back of his neck stood on end. Feeling guilty, he trembled all over and didn't dare to turn his head. He gripped the wall with both hands and tried desperately to move his legs forward.

Seeing that he still dared to speed up and slip forward, Liu Cuier's anger suddenly surged to her head.

She leaped off the cinder pile and quickly chased after him, shouting sharply:

"Ergaizi! Are you deaf?! Stop right there!"

Her shout was urgent and angry, and she rushed forward through the frozen snow.

Ergaizi in front was so terrified by the shouts that he instinctively wanted to run away.

But he was covered in injuries, and when he suddenly exerted force on the inside of his thighs and buttocks, excruciating pain exploded instantly. He slipped and lost his balance, falling straight forward.

Before he could even steady himself against the wall, Liu Cuier rushed up to him in a few steps, and with a fierce, reckless force, shoved and pounced on his back!

"thump!"

Ergaizi was already unsteady on his feet, and the force knocked him down onto the snow, making him fall flat on his face.

"Ouch—! My butt!"

Erga Zi screamed in agony, like a pig being slaughtered.

Before he could even turn over, Liu Cuier, her eyes red and swollen, pounced on him, one hand gripping the back of his cotton-padded coat collar tightly, the other slamming him to the ground, her chest heaving as she gasped for breath.

"Run! You try running again?!"

"Ouch! Be gentle, be gentle!"

Erga was in so much pain that snot and tears streamed down his face. He thrashed about desperately in the snow and mud, screaming in agony.

"Liu Cuier! Are you out of your mind?! Get off me right now! My butt was chased and whipped by my mother last night, and it still hurts terribly. If you keep pressing down on me like this, I'm going to die from the pain! Let go!"

"You brought this on yourself!"

Liu Cuier not only didn't loosen her grip, but instead tightened it even more, her eyes red-rimmed, glaring at him through gritted teeth:

"Didn't you hear me calling you?! Why are you running?!"

Erga's face was pressed against the cold, frozen earth, and she held him down so he couldn't move. His stubborn temper flared up instantly, and he yelled at the top of his lungs:

"My legs are my own, I can go wherever I want! Whether I run away or not is none of your business! I'm busy, there's a mess at the restaurant waiting for me to get back to business, who has time to stare at you like this? Get out of my way!"

"You dare talk back to me? You want to run a business? Fine, I'll show you what running a business is all about!"

Liu Cuier's anger finally erupted, and she freed one hand to slap his buttocks, which were sticking up in the snow, hard.

"Slap! Slap!"

Ergaizi's buttocks were already bruised and battered, and these two solid slaps sent him reeling. He jerked back violently, letting out a pig-like scream:

"Holy crap! Liu Cuier! Have you really gone mad?! You old hag, how could you be so vicious!"

"Slap! Slap!"

"I'm insane! I'll teach you to be stubborn! I'll teach you to do business!"

Liu Cuier's eyes were red-rimmed, and she gritted her teeth, slapping him twice more hard.

"You damned bastard! You think you're so capable?! You dared to drive your big Liberation truck into my yard after drinking two ounces of horse piss, and you dared to burn it all down, and now you're acting like some big boss to me?!"

Erga Zi was in so much pain that snot and tears smeared his face in the snow and mud. He quickly turned his hands over to protect his buttocks, howling in his hoarse voice:

"Stop hitting me! Damn it! It hurts like hell! Liu Cuier, if you hit me again, I'm not done with you! My ass is going to split open!"

Liu Cuier's hands trembled painfully, her chest heaved violently, and tears finally welled up in her eyes.

She stopped and instead grabbed the back of his cotton-padded coat with both hands, forcefully pressing his head into the snow.

"You're not done with me yet? How do you want to be done with me?!"

"You took it upon yourself to come on a blind date, took it upon yourself to set a fire, turned everyone's lives upside down, and now you're taking it upon yourself to throw down a thousand yuan and try to settle things... You want to run away without even letting me say a word? Ergaizi, what do you take me for?!"

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