Chapter 377: 372 Surgery_3
The Qu Family’s bodyguards, of course, were not going to spare Liao Wang either.
Before everyone’s eyes, they started pummeling Liao Wang with their fists and feet.
Liao Wang struggled desperately, but blocking one spot left another exposed; protecting his head left his stomach open, shielding his stomach meant his head was vulnerable.
Furious and humiliated, he bellowed at Hu Yanxiang,
“I’ve already told you I don’t have it, even if you beat me to death, I don’t have such a thing.”
“You want Energy Water Drops? Go buy them yourself at the Xiang City Base.”
Hu Yanxiang just sneered in response, not bothering to answer Liao Wang, and simply commanded the two bodyguards,
A large group of workers at the construction site silently watched as the Qu Family’s bodyguards battered Liao Wang until he was a bloody mess.
Fear shone in their eyes as they realized that after enduring so much hardship to arrive at E City, not only were supplies scarce, and the living conditions harsh, but now their lives were also in danger.
Liao Wang, beaten to the point of spitting blood on the ground, had his eyes bulging out as he lay there, looking at Hu Yanxiang, whom he had truly considered a brother. But now, Hu Yanxiang was stabbing him in the back…
And Hu Yanxiang was still proclaiming to everyone,
“Do you see what happened to Liao Wang? If you don’t hand over your Energy Water Drops, you’ll become the next Liao Wang.”
After saying this, Hu Yanxiang’s gaze searched through the crowd, locking onto another acquaintance.
Without a doubt, this second person also had a good number of Energy Water Drops—Hu Yanxiang knew it.
On the road from Xiang City Base to E City, how many resources had his brothers consumed with him?
No one knew that better than Hu Yanxiang.
His gaze now, like an X-ray machine, left everyone nowhere to hide.
Especially when Hu Yanxiang casually declared,
“Hand them over yourselves, and you can keep your lives. But if I have to find out for myself, you won’t have lives to live.”
“Believe me, I’m not joking. Hand over the Energy Water Drops quickly.”
The brothers had initially confided in him about their supplies because they trusted him.
Now he was using their trust to turn against them.
In the crowd, all the men who knew and had good relations with Hu Yanxiang hung their heads—one by one.
Their eyes were filled with hatred.
And the second man targeted by Hu Yanxiang, trembling, handed over a bottle of Energy Water Drops,
“This is my last bottle. Let Liao Wang go, please.”
Finally, after completing the first task assigned by Qu Shiheng, Hu Yanxiang was in high spirits.
He took the Energy Water Drop with a magnanimous wave of his hand and signaled the Qu Family’s bodyguards to release the bloodied Liao Wang.
The three men strutted away.
The workers at the construction site were seething with unspoken rage.
They only dared to help Liao Wang up after Hu Yanxiang and his lackeys had gone far away.
A few workers clumsily lifted Liao Wang to his feet.
Barely able to stand upright, he leaned on a brother’s shoulder and whispered,
“Find a way to leave E City quickly. This is no place to stay for long.”
Through their experiences over the past few days, they had come to understand that E City was not the Eden Garden of the rumors.
Not only was it not an Eden Garden, but it could be a place that cost them their lives.
They had to leave quickly, or they wouldn’t be able to save themselves.
The people remained silent, carrying Liao Wang to a secluded area, and someone softly stepped forward to feed him a sip of the sparingly saved Energy Water Drops.
They whispered among themselves,
“We really have to leave. Look at what they’ve been feeding us these few days. If our own supplies run out, they won’t let us live.”
Perhaps at the beginning, the Qu Family did indeed intend to properly develop this base.
But what the Qu Family did only made things worse, not better.
If they really wanted to improve this place, they wouldn’t treat the workers building the wall .
Liao Wang nodded slowly, about to speak, then saw Hu Yanxiang, all smiles, standing behind the group.
“You really were still hiding Energy Water Drops.”
The cunning Hu Yanxiang had not gone far after all; he knew Liao Wang was popular among the survivors.
Throughout their journey, Liao Wang often shared his belongings and Energy Water Drops with those in need.
Although he didn’t distribute much, Liao Wang had made a good number of friends among the survivors.
So when Hu Yanxiang decided to make an example of someone, Liao Wang was the first one he thought of.