Nominal: Hou Liangping blocking the door? He was slapped away!

"What did you say?!"

Hou Liangping felt as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world; he was so angry at Shen Zhong's words that he laughed.

How dare a veteran's family member, a nobody from the bottom of society, utter the words "looking for death" in front of the head of the investigation department of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Supreme People's Procuratorate?

What utter ignorance! What utter arrogance!

"I'll say it again, we are the Supreme People's Procuratorate!" Hou Liangping pointed at his own nose, almost shouting, "Me, Hou Liangping! You dare threaten me? Do you know who I am? Do you know what the crimes are for obstructing official business and threatening state officials?"

His subordinates behind him also came to their senses and began to reprimand him sternly.

"How dare you talk like that!"

"Make sure your wife comes with us right now, or we'll take you with us today!"

Shen Zhong remained expressionless in the face of the clamor of the crowd.

He just stared at Hou Liangping quietly, his gaze as if he were looking at a monkey jumping around.

This feeling of being ignored was a great insult to Hou Liangping's self-esteem. He held a high position and was always surrounded by people wherever he went; he had never suffered such disrespect before.

A surge of anger rushed to his head.

He no longer pretended to be businesslike; his face revealed undisguised sarcasm and bitterness.

"I see you all now. You people just won't give up until you see the Yellow River!"

His gaze shifted to He Xia, who was being protected by Shen Zhong, and his words were like poisoned knives.

"He Xia, don't blame us for not giving you a chance. Do you think you're qualified to sit in that district head position in Jingzhou? You should take a good look at yourself and see where you come from!"

"A person from a poor family with no connections should stay put and stop dreaming about things that don't belong to them! Do they really think a free lunch will fall from the sky? That's a trap!"

"Let me make this clear today: someone's already eyeing your position! If you're smart, step down voluntarily and you'll at least save face. If you insist on resisting, don't blame us for being ruthless!"

Hou Liangping stripped away all pretense, exposing the sordid political deals and bullying to them in a bloody and brutal manner.

He Xia trembled with anger, her face ashen.

At that very moment, Shen Zhong moved.

His movements were not fast, in fact, they were rather slow.

He simply took one step forward.

But as soon as that step was taken, the temperature in the entire corridor seemed to drop by more than ten degrees.

An indescribable, terrifying aura suddenly erupted from his body!

That was the iron-blooded killing intent honed from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, the substantial killing intent condensed after personally ending hundreds and thousands of lives!

Hou Liangping and his pampered subordinates had never experienced this kind of atmosphere before.

Their shouts stopped abruptly, their minds went blank, and their bodies felt as if an invisible giant hand was choking them, making even breathing difficult.

In their eyes, Shen Zhong no longer seemed like a person, but a ferocious beast that had broken free from the abyss of hell!

"You dare touch my woman?"

The deep voice was soft, yet it struck everyone's heart like a heavy hammer.

Before he finished speaking, his figure left a trail of afterimages in the spot.

Hou Liangping felt a blur before his eyes, and a strong gust of wind rushed towards him!

He didn't even have time to react!

"Smack!!!"

A crisp, clear slap rang out in the quiet of the night, carrying far and wide!

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

Everyone, including He Xia who was hiding inside the house, stared in disbelief at the scene before them.

Hou Liangping, the arrogant director of the investigation department of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, was sent flying sideways as if he had been hit by a speeding truck!

"Bang!"

He slammed heavily against the wall on the other side of the corridor, then slid to the ground like a lump of mud.

"puff--"

A mouthful of blood, mixed with two gleaming white teeth, spurted from his mouth, splashing into a dazzling flower of blood on the ground.

The whole world fell silent.

It was so quiet that Hou Liangping's heavy breathing and painful groans could be heard.

Half of his cheek swelled up visibly, turning bluish-purple, his ears were ringing, and his mind was in a daze.

He...he got beaten up?

He was actually slapped away by someone he considered an ant?

"You...you dare to hit me..." Hou Liangping covered his face, looking at Shen Zhong in disbelief.

The subordinates finally snapped out of their shock; their immense anger and fear had driven them to irrationality.

"asshole!"

"Take him down! Take him down now!"

The two roared and instinctively reached for their weapons at their waists.

However, they are fast, but someone is faster than them!

A dark light flashed by!

In Shen Zhong's hand, a standard-issue pistol with a cold, hard design and a faint glow had appeared at some point.

That's not the Type 64 or Type 77 used by the police.

It was a military-grade pistol they had never seen before, exuding a murderous aura!

The instant the two men touched the gun handles, Shen Zhong had already completed a series of actions: drawing his gun, loading it, and aiming.

Flowing smoothly and incredibly fast!

The cold, hard muzzle of the gun, devoid of any fire, was pressed firmly against Hou Liangping's forehead.

"Click".

That was the sound of the safety latch being turned on.

It was slight, yet it felt like a death knell.

Hou Liangping, who had just struggled to get up, suddenly froze.

He could clearly feel the coldness of the metal against his forehead, and the undisguised, chilling killing intent in the eyes behind the gun barrel.

He had no doubt that if he said just one more word, the other party would really shoot!

That madman! He's a madman!

Fear overwhelmed Hou Liangping's reason like a tidal wave.

He wanted to yell, to threaten, but it felt like something was blocking his throat, and he could only make a "hoarse" sound.

"You...you're finished! You're dead!" A subordinate screamed, his voice trembling as he looked at the gun pointed at his leader's head. He pulled out his phone, his voice weak and menacing. "I...I'll call the armed police right now! You dare move a muscle! You're declaring war on the state!"

The sound of sirens grew louder as they approached.

A sharp screech pierced the night sky of Beijing, accompanied by the sound of tires screeching against the ground. Several riot control vehicles of the Armed Police Force roared in and surrounded the entire building.

Upon hearing that reinforcements had arrived, Hou Liangping felt as if he had grasped a lifeline, and the strength in his legs returned somewhat.

He looked at Shen Zhong, who was still pointing a gun at him, his face contorted with fear and humiliation, which gradually turned into a morbid, maniacal laugh.

"Hahaha...hahaha! Did you hear that? The armed police are here! Dozens of heavily armed police! Let's see how you die today!"

"You're finished! Nobody can save you today! Even if the King of Heaven himself came, you'd rot in jail!"

Shen Zhong remained expressionless, his gun barrel as steady as a rock, showing no sign of wavering.

He didn't even glance back at the flashing red and blue police lights outside the window.

He simply turned his head to his wife behind him, who was so frightened that she covered her mouth and tears welled up in her eyes, and whispered something to her.

"Don't be afraid."

"Tonight, let them see who they've messed with."