"Excuse me... did I interrupt you?"
The moment Zhan Dundun arrived, he saw Liu Nanfeng beating a woman. His fists were so fast they blurred, appearing brutal.
Even Zhang Xinwu beside him touched his neck, feeling a chill.
He hadn't expected Liu Nanfeng to be so ferocious.
Zhan Dundun's words interrupted Liu Nanfeng's actions, and he quickly released the woman in his hands.
"Sorry, sorry, I got carried away," Liu Nanfeng quickly apologized to Zhang Xinwu.
Zhang Xinwu looked at the woman, whose face was swollen like a pig's head from his beating, and remained silent. She was truly too ferocious.
"You just wait, you just wait for me."
The woman, named Xing'er, let out a shrill scream. Countless tiny insects crawled out from her body onto her face, a dense mass that was incredibly gruesome. But in an instant, her swollen face quickly returned to its original appearance.
Zhan Dundun subtly shifted back two steps. It wasn't fear, but pure disgust and a chilling sensation.
"What the hell is that?" Zhan Dundun quietly asked Liu Nanfeng.
"It's a person."
"This is a damn person?" Zhan Dundun's eyes widened in shock, displaying the same look of disbelief as Liu Nanfeng had earlier.
"Yes, not only a person, but also Boss Zhang's wife."
"She's not my wife," Zhang Xinwu quickly interjected upon hearing this.
"Zhang Dasheng, you took my body, and now you dare to deny it?" Xing'er questioned angrily.
By now, she was extremely enraged and no longer pretended.
"I'm not denying it. I did sleep with you, but that doesn't mean you're my wife," Zhang Dasheng said calmly, showing no guilt.
Liu Nanfeng and Zhan Dundun secretly gave him a thumbs-up. You're something else.
Zhan Dundun, in particular, recalled what Lin Lanzhi had told him before; he truly was an old scumbag.
"You wish. Before you slept with me, I asked you. You said that once you got into my bed, you would be my man for life," Xing'er yelled furiously.
Then, insects and ants swarmed over her body, and soon a Miao ethnic costume appeared on her, giving her a touch of exotic charm.
Seeing her dressed like that, Liu Nanfeng and Zhan Dundun both looked enlightened. It seemed Zhang Dasheng was indeed in the wrong.
This wasn't right. Taking someone's body was one thing, but meeting them with immediate threats and violence was too much.
Liu Nanfeng began to regret if he had been too heavy-handed earlier.
Zhang Xinwu's expression was very displeased. "Do you genuinely want to be with me? Or do you just want to use me to raise Gu? And our child, how did he die? Don't think I don't know!"
Zhang Xinwu became more and more angry as he spoke, finally roaring and reaching out to grab her.
"He's not... he's so ugly..." Xing'er shrieked.
Then she turned into a cloud of purple smoke, attempting to flee. However, Zhang Xinwu's strength was clearly superior. His palm covered everything, blocking all directions. The purple smoke, no matter where it tried to escape, was pushed back.
Finally, it condensed into a ball and rapidly burrowed into the ground, thus escaping in a rather sorry state.
Zhang Xinwu's palm strike left a large pit in the ground.
Xing'er, with lingering fear, reappeared in another direction.
"You... you are truly heartless. Is there no affection between us at all?" Xing'er gasped, her face full of disarray, and questioned him.
"If it weren't for that shred of affection between us, you would have died in my hands long ago and wouldn't be alive now!"
"Leave. You shouldn't have come looking for me."
Xing'er stared intently at Zhang Xinwu, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes. Then she glanced at Liu Nanfeng beside them.
"It has nothing to do with me," Liu Nanfeng quickly said.
However, Xing'er didn't say anything more. She turned into a cloud of purple smoke and quickly fled.
As soon as she left, the couple Niu Zhixiao and his wife, who had already departed, reappeared before everyone.
"Let's talk things through nicely," Niu Zhixiao said with his usual smiling demeanor.
"Get lost, I don't need you meddling in my affairs."
Zhang Xinwu was in a very bad mood. Niu Zhixiao's words felt like mockery to him.
Niu Zhixiao's eyes widened, and just as he was about to speak again, Lin Lanzhi pulled him aside.
"You go back first. I'll talk to him."
"But..."
"What, are you worried he'll lay a hand on me?" Lin Lanzhi asked with a smile.
Niu Zhixiao shook his head, reluctantly nodded, and turned to leave.
Zhang Xinwu didn't even look at him, instead burying his head in cleaning up the mess.
Liu Nanfeng and Zhan Dundun also helped out.
Seeing Niu Zhixiao leave, Lin Lanzhi waved her hand. The pits and loose soil on the ground surged, quickly becoming flat.
Then, with a flip of her fingertips, a green leaf appeared in her hand. With a casual flick, several leaves shot out in different directions and disappeared.
Zhan Dundun watched this scene with some curiosity. Zhang Xinwu explained it to him.
"This is 'A Leaf Blocking the Eye'. Our fight earlier alerted some ordinary people nearby. This leaf will obscure their perception, making them think everything is normal and not be alarmed."
Liu Nanfeng and Zhan Dundun both looked enlightened.
Afterward, Zhang Xinwu remained silent and continued cleaning up.
Besides the damaged ground, Zhang Xinwu's barbecue counter and some cooking utensils had also suffered damage.
"What a shame, looks like we can't have barbecue tonight."
"It's alright. You two just wait here for a bit," Zhang Xinwu said.
He propped up the damaged counter. The stove was undamaged and still usable.
Lin Lanzhi remained silent, helping to cut the beef into cubes and skewer them.
Quite a few of the raw skewers were also ruined, clearly not enough.
Seeing the two of them busy in silence, Liu Nanfeng tugged at Zhan Dundun and they retreated to find a place to sit.
Since Zhang Xinwu and Lin Lanzhi were not ordinary people, they quickly prepared some food and brought it over.
"I'm sorry, this meal is on me tonight," Zhang Xinwu said.
"Boss Zhang, you're too kind. Would you like to sit down and have a drink with us?" Liu Nanfeng asked with a smile.
Zhang Xinwu turned to look at Lin Lanzhi beside him.
Lin Lanzhi said nothing, but she had already taken a seat.
Zhang Xinwu saw this and then sat down.
He knew what they wanted, which was to hear about his relationship with that woman.
Zhan Dundun, being perceptive, quickly opened a bottle of beer and placed it in front of Zhang Xinwu.
"Why drink beer? Let's have some baijiu." Saying this, he got up, fetched a bottle of Wuliangye, and sat back down.
It was clear Zhang Xinwu was in a bad mood, and he wanted to drink something himself.
Zhang Xinwu opened the wine bottles and poured a glass for Liu Nanfeng and Zhan Dundun. Lin Lanzhi saw this and pushed her cup towards him.
"Pour me some too."
Zhang Xinwu glanced at her and silently poured her a glass.
Then he picked up his glass and downed it in one gulp.
He let out a long sigh and said, "That was over ten years ago. Back then, I had just fallen out with Niu Zhixiao, and we had a big fight..."
Zhang Xinwu slowly began to recount his experiences from those years.