Reborn in 78, I made my fortune by working in the mountains, supporting three families on my own.

The sudden gunshot echoed through the mountains and forests, startling a large flock of birds.

Lai Mazi screamed and tumbled into the bushes.

Silence fell over the surrounding area.

Standing behind Zhao Lei, Qin Bowen belatedly exclaimed, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law!"

At this moment, Qin Bowen's mind went blank, and the surge of passion he had just felt instantly cooled down.

Although he had always disliked Lai Mazi and wanted to teach the other party a lesson, he only ever thought about physical punishment.

He never expected that his brother-in-law would actually dare to fire a gun.

At the same time, Lai Mazi's two henchmen, after a long pause, also began to accuse Zhao Lei in fear.

"Zhao Lei! How dare you kill someone!"

White smoke still lingered from Zhao Lei's gun muzzle, and the strong smell of gunpowder still filled the air.

Upon hearing their accusations, his eyes narrowed instantly. With a whoosh, he pointed his gun at them and sneered, "Hmph."

"What? Isn't this the result you wanted? You keep pushing your luck, do you really think I, Zhao Lei, am easy to bully?"

Zhao Lei's threatening words frightened the two men so much that their legs went weak and their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

Humans experience an instinctive fear when faced with the dark muzzle of a gun.

Although they are usually arrogant and domineering, it depends on who they are dealing with.

As the saying goes, the ruthless fear the stubborn, and the stubborn fear the reckless.

When they actually encountered a ruthless character like Zhao Lei, the two were immediately terrified.

With a thud, they both knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Brother Lei...Brother Lei, please calm down. Please don't go too far. We were both forced into this by Lai Mazi. He's the one who started all the evil deeds and forced us to do them."

Another person quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, Brother Lei. It was Lai Mazi's idea to get you involved in the gambling. He told us that your sisters-in-law all have good jobs, and the capitalist's daughter from the Jiang family is also at your house. He said your family must be hiding something, so he pulled us into this scheme for you."

Zhao Lei frowned upon hearing this, thinking to himself, "Just as I thought."

After his rebirth, he discovered that the gambling debts and debts owed by his predecessor were very suspicious, and he suspected that Lai Mazi and his gang had set him up.

Unexpectedly, the other party admitted it himself, which confirmed his suspicions.

Zhao Lei sneered, "Fine. I knew it. You guys set me up. I was planning to spend a hundred yuan to avoid trouble and get some peace and quiet at home. Who would have thought you shameless bastards would try to take advantage of me?"

"Fine, then you're all done playing around. I'm going to fucking kill all three of you today!"

After saying that, Zhao Lei pulled the bolt, click-click.

The cold, metallic clanging sound, like a death knell, made the two people on the ground tremble with grief, repeatedly kowtowing on the ground, bang, bang, bang...

"Brother Lei...Brother Lei, we were wrong...we were wrong. Even if you kill us, you're no better off. It's not worth it to have so many lives on your head. You still have a wife and children. Think about your family."

"You motherfucker, how dare you mention my family!" Zhao Lei cursed, then stepped forward and delivered a flying kick, knocking one of them to the ground.

"What? You're about to die, and you're still threatening me?"

The remaining men dared not say anything more, only kowtowing and begging for mercy: "Brother Lei, please, please, we really know we were wrong, please spare our lives, we'll pretend we didn't see anything. Lai Mazi went into the mountains on his own, it's only natural that he encountered some wild beasts."

Zhao Lei was quite satisfied with this answer.

Just as he was about to make another move, Qin Bowen suddenly rushed over from behind, grabbed Zhao Lei's hand, and anxiously advised, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, please don't do anything foolish!"

The two thugs' words reminded Qin Bowen, who was still in a daze.

If my brother-in-law gets arrested, what will happen to his sister and niece?

In order to prevent his brother-in-law from making any more irreversible mistakes, he had no choice but to muster up his courage and step forward to stop him.

Zhao Lei, however, remained remarkably calm. He gently patted the other man's hand and removed it, saying, "It's alright, Bowen, I know what I'm doing."

Qin Bowen pointed to the bushes where Lai Mazi had fallen: "Brother-in-law, you've already shot someone, do you still know what's good for you?"

The people present looked in the direction Qin Bowen was pointing at the bushes and couldn't help but swallow hard.

They all witnessed what just happened.

Zhao Lei raised his gun and fired, and Lai Mazi was shot almost face-to-face.

Although a homemade shotgun is far less powerful than a pistol or an automatic rifle, at such close range, how could you possibly survive being shot like that?

Just then, a rustling sound suddenly came from the bushes.

Everyone was immediately startled, thinking, "Is Lai Mazi not quite dead yet?"

Sure enough, everyone saw a yellowish finger gripping a branch. Then, a figure slowly rose from the grass.

"Lai Mazi!"

Qin Bowen stared wide-eyed at Lai Mazi in front of him, unable to believe it.

Because Lai Mazi in front of them was completely unharmed, without even a trace of blood.

He's not dead!

Everyone was utterly astonished. They looked at Lai Mazi, then at Zhao Lei, completely baffled.

What exactly is going on?

Lai Mazi stumbled to his feet in the bushes, holding his forehead with one hand, his face pale.

He seemed to be just realizing what was happening, and he touched his head all over, from top to bottom and left to right.

After confirming that he had a nose and eyes and no wounds, he patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief: "Phew, I'm not fucking dead."

Suddenly he felt a heat in his crotch. He reached down and touched it, then brought it close to his nose and sniffed. "Hmm, a foul smell. Oh, it's urine. I thought it was sweat."

Lai Mazi was indeed shot by Zhao Lei, but he didn't die, which made him extremely fortunate. He thought Zhao Lei had just missed.

He staggered a few steps out of the bushes and looked at the group of people who were standing there dumbfounded.

Overjoyed at surviving the ordeal, he couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Hahaha, brothers, I'm not dead! I'm fucking not dead!"

"Ouch!"

Perhaps due to the delayed response of pain receptors, Lai Mazi suddenly felt a sharp pain in his forehead.

Touching my forehead again, I realized that a large lump had swelled up.

Zhao Lei put away his hunting rifle and said, "Just now, my gun wasn't loaded with shot pellets, it was just a blank. This is my warning to you; don't think I'm afraid to kill."

"If I can run away once because of gambling debts, I can take three lives on my head and run away again!"

With a whoosh, Zhao Lei raised his hunting rifle again, aimed it at Lai Mazi, and whispered, "This time, I've filled it with lead bullets. This shot will definitely turn you unrecognizable; even your own mother won't recognize you!"