Upon hearing this, the two men holding him paused in their actions and subconsciously looked up at Ma Dazui.

Ma Dazui was taken aback at first, then his fleshy face darkened.

"Zhao Shanhe?"

She stared at Zhao Shanlin, narrowed her eyes, then sneered and slapped him on the back of the head.

"You little beast, are you delirious with pain?"

"Are you treating me like a fool?!"

She grabbed Zhao Shanlin by the hair, forcefully pulling his tear-streaked face up, spitting directly at him: "Who doesn't know that your older brother has long since fallen out with your family?"

"You Zhao family are a bunch of scoundrels. You always want to trample people to death, but now that something's happened, you suddenly remember your eldest brother?!"

"What's wrong?"

"You want me to go fight him with bayonets while you just stand by and watch the show, right?!"

"You little bastard, you're quite cunning!"

As he finished speaking, Ma Dazui abruptly slammed his hand, throwing Zhao Shanlin's face back onto the flatbed cart. He then turned and glared at the two men, yelling, "What are you looking at me for?!"

"Keep going!"

"This brat is still trying to play tricks on me at a time like this. If I don't teach him a lesson, he'll really think the Lai family is made of clay!"

"good!"

The dark-faced man, already pressing with great effort, now grinned even more savagely after receiving the order. He tightened his grip on the blood-soaked gauze with his five fingers, squeezing it even harder! "Ah—!!!"

Zhao Shanlin's scream broke through the door of the debridement room, causing several patients in the corridor to shudder.

He jerked violently on the flatbed like a fish out of water, veins bulging on his neck, tears and snot streaming down his face, his voice hoarse from shouting, "No! Stop twisting me!"

"I was wrong! I was wrong!"

"Mother! Mother, say something! Mother—!"

Seeing her own son doting on her so much, Li Cuihua's heart was breaking, but despite her trembling lips, she couldn't bear to part with the money. She could only stand there, disheveled, pounding the bench, crying and cursing.

"Big Mouth Ma! You old slut with a rotten ass!"

"When I was young, I loved staring at other men's genitals. Now that I'm old, I still do it. Aren't I ashamed?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Dazui's face contorted violently, and his eyes nearly bulged out: "Li Cuihua!"

"You old slut, you still have the nerve to bring up those days?!"

Li Cuihua winced in pain, but her mouth continued to curse faster and faster, spewing out like a machine gun: "How could I be so ashamed to mention it?!"

"Back then, you couldn't hold onto your man and cried like your mother had died. What, you lost to me when you were young, and now you want to get your revenge on my son?!"

Upon hearing this, several patients who had been watching the commotion in the corridor had their eyes light up, and even the nurses who were about to break up the fight slowed down.

Ma Dazui was so angry his chest trembled. He lunged forward, grabbed Li Cuihua by the collar, and yanked her forward violently. "Try saying that again!"

"Believe it or not, I'll tear your old mouth apart and stuff it up my crotch today!!"

Li Cuihua's eyes rolled back as she was being squeezed so tightly, but she still wouldn't admit defeat, yelling through a lisp, "Tear it!"

"Tear it then!"

"Your son's been riddled with bullets, and instead of keeping an eye on the doctor, you're here bringing up that old saga with me. Isn't it just because you can't swallow that grudge?!"

"Your life is worthless, what's it to me!"

Ma Dazui was enraged by her words and slapped Zhao Shanlin on the uninjured spot on his buttocks.

"Snap!" Zhao Shanlin jumped up on the spot, his voice hoarse from screaming, "Ah—!!"

"Stop hitting her! Stop hitting her! Mom! Don't bring up the past! Give me the money now!"

As soon as he shouted that, someone in the corridor couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

Li Cuihua's face stiffened, her eyes turning red with shame and anger. She yelled at Zhao Shanlin, "You good-for-nothing!"

Li Cuihua's face turned purple as she pointed at Zhao Shanlin on the flatbed cart, her hands trembling with anger: "He only got hit twice! Why are you yelling so loudly?!"

"Are you afraid people won't know that your little thing got chewed up by a dog?!"

Zhao Shanlin was already in so much pain that his vision was blurring, and his genitals felt like they were being roasted over a fire. When he heard Li Cuihua still cursing at him, he exploded on the spot, yelling and screaming back, "Shut your mother's mouth!"

"You try having someone twist it like that!"

"I'm practically a cripple, and you still think I'm a disgrace?!"

"If you weren't so stingy with your measly money, would I have let someone torture me here?!"

"Give me the money! Give me the money now!"

"Would you be happy if I really became childless?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the onlookers in the corridor became even more alert, and even the old man at the door who was clutching his stomach and receiving an IV drip turned his head to look.

Li Cuihua was so startled by her son's shout that she took a half-step back, her old face turning red and then white.

She abruptly turned her head, staring intently at Ma Dazui, her previously defiant expression suddenly transforming into a sinister glint. "Money, money, money! All you ever think about is asking me for money! Where am I supposed to get any money? I don't have any!"

She first slammed her hand on the bench, wincing in pain. Then, gritting her teeth and darting her eyes, she fixed her gaze on Ma Dazui, her voice suddenly lowered and growling menacingly: "Ma Dazui, you've come to the wrong person today."

Ma Dazui, who had been standing with his hands on his hips, raised his eyelids upon hearing this, and the fat on his face twitched: "What do you mean?"

Seeing that she had answered, Li Cuihua immediately moved forward half an inch, as if afraid that she might miss something, spitting as she spoke: "I'm asking you, where did Zhao Xiaoyu get that gun?"

Ma Dazui frowned, clearly not realizing how the conversation had suddenly veered towards guns.

Seeing her stunned expression, Li Cuihua's mischievous plan immediately came to mind, and she said even faster, "That's the old gun left behind by the dead old man of the Zhao family!"

"It's always been that beast Zhao Shanhe holding onto it!"

"Zhao Xiaoyu is a good-for-nothing. She wouldn't dare fart in front of me, so how could she possibly dare touch that stuff?!"

Ma Dazui's expression finally changed as he stared at Li Cuihua, without immediately interrupting.

Seeing an opening, Li Cuihua quickly added, "If Zhao Shanhe hadn't given her the gun, if he hadn't instigated her from behind, would that brat have dared to fire a shot?!"

"He's living a good life outside now, eating and drinking well, and he can't stand seeing us, mother and daughter, having a peaceful day!"

"This time, they're using that brat Zhao Xiaoyu to get revenge on me!"

"Lai Zi was just unlucky to get shot! After that brat shot Zhao Lai Zi, the next shot she fired was at me! Luckily, I'm alive, and God helped me, so I dodged it too!"

As soon as these words were uttered, the two men from the Lai family who were holding Zhao Shanlin down subconsciously stopped and turned to look at Ma Dazui.

Zhao Shanlin was in so much pain that his face was covered in sweat. When he heard Li Cuihua steer the conversation towards Zhao Shanhe, his eyes lit up, and he quickly cried out, "Yes! Yes!"

"My mother is right, Zhao Shanhe was the one who did it!"

"My mother and I came to his house today to demand an explanation!"

"Who knew that his beastly wife was even more vicious? The moment the door was closed and the dog was unleashed, she came at us and started biting!"

"Look at my body! And look at my mother's backside! It's covered in bite marks from his dog!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Dazui's fierce expression remained, but his eyes began to shift between light and shadow.

Seeing that she was considering it, Li Cuihua immediately added fuel to the fire: "What good is it for you to block me, a poor old woman?!"

"If you want money, go ask Zhao Shanhe!"

"The gun Zhao Xiaoyu is holding was given to her by Zhao Shanhe, he released the dog, and he instigated the people! He's now the director of the Hongxing Machinery Factory, managing several thousand people, and he has more cash than he can count!"

Li Cuihua spoke faster and faster, spitting everywhere: "Look at the life he's living now! He's fed fish and meat every day, even his two black dogs are fed big, fat pieces of meat, and they're bigger than me! Ma Dazui, you're a smart man. You're torturing us poor mother and son like crazy, even if you squeeze every last drop out of us old bones, how much money will you get? It's better to go after the big guy. Just a little bit he picks out from between his teeth would be enough to pay off your lazybones' medical bills, don't you think?!"

Her triangular eyes darted around twice, and the fat on her face twitched, clearly indicating that she was plotting something.

After a long while, she finally let out a heavy snort through her nose:

"Your eldest son is not someone to be trifled with."

"He's infamous; who doesn't know he's ruthless and heartless now?"

"If you really rush in and confront him, you might lose your life before you even get the money."

Upon hearing this, Li Cuihua quickly took half a step forward, panting heavily, "So what?!"

"No matter how formidable he is, he's still a human being, not a god!"

"With so many people in your Lai family, does Zhao Shanhe think he can eat you all up?!"

Ma Dazui glanced at her sideways and sneered, "Don't try to provoke me."

"I think you old codger aren't trying to help me out of kindness; you're just trying to stir up trouble by spreading it around."

Li Cuihua's face stiffened slightly at the sharp remark, but she still stubbornly retorted, "Why would I go and start a fire? What I said wasn't the truth?!"

"The blame for that shot on Lai Zi should fall on his head!"

"If you really want to extort money... if you really want a big one, who else would you go after?"

Ma Dazui stared at her for a couple of moments, then suddenly grinned.

That smile had no warmth at all; instead, it felt like a knife scraping against flesh.

"Li Cuihua, you old hag, you're really wicked."

"They can't afford to pay, so they want to push me in front of Zhao Shanhe, that mad dog."

As she spoke, she slowly took a step forward, bent down, stared at Li Cuihua's red and swollen old face, and said, word by word, "But you did say one thing correctly."

"You two are such rotten bones, you can't squeeze a penny out of you even if you try."

"If we're really talking about what's valuable, it's your eldest son who's more valuable."

Upon hearing this, Li Cuihua's eyes lit up. Just as she was about to take advantage of the situation, Ma Dazui suddenly raised his hand and slapped her hard across the face!

"Snapped!"

Li Cuihua's head tilted to the side from the blow, the cotton swab in her mouth flew out, and half of her face immediately became even more swollen.

"Zhao Ergou! Zhao Laoliu!"

"You two, carry this old hag and her penniless son!"

Upon hearing this, the two men from the Lai family immediately responded and turned to pounce on them.

One of them went to pull Li Cuihua away, and the other went to lift the flatbed cart.

Li Cuihua originally wanted to continue wailing, but upon seeing this, her face turned pale instantly, and she gripped the bench leg tightly, screaming, "What are you doing?!"

"Big Mouth Ma! What do you think you're doing?!"

Zhao Shanlin was terrified, clinging to the flatbed and screaming, his voice hoarse: "Don't lift me!"

"Don't touch me! Don't touch this part of me! Don't touch it—!"

Ma Dazui stood there with his hands on his hips, his fat twitching as he looked at them with a sneer:

"What are you doing?"

"You really think I'm stupid?"

"You expect me to lead men to fight Zhao Shanhe to the death, while you and your mother cower in the back and reap the benefits?"

"Keep dreaming!"

"If we really have to go, you two will have to be at the forefront!"

"You're his biological mother, he's his biological brother. Whether he acknowledges it or not, you two have to shove yourselves in his face first!"

"If he wants to acknowledge it, then contributing money and effort is the right thing to do."

"If he doesn't admit it—"

Ma Da Zui grinned, a smile that sent chills down people's spines: "That's perfect then."

"If a fight really breaks out, it'll be your Zhao family members who get hurt first!"

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