Two bulldozers were parked across the entrance, surrounded by many onlookers.
Since the Tang Family encountered this calamity, many of the neighbors had remained indifferent, just watching as a group of bullies harassed the Tang Family, with no one stepping forward to help.
When Qin Hao and Zhao Mengke arrived, they happened to see two strong men getting onto the bulldozers.
"Ma’am, what exactly is happening here? Why are these people trying to demolish the Tang Family Clinic?"
With too many people watching, Qin Hao, along with Zhao Mengke, couldn’t squeeze through and so asked an elderly lady for information.
The lady, obviously an old hand at watching such spectacles, began to talk rapidly: "Who knows who the Tang Family offended? This gang of thugs claims the Tang Family’s medical skills are lacking and almost killed someone, demanding compensation for medical expenses. They even said they want to level the clinic. It’s so wrong!"
Qin Hao got a simple understanding of the truth of the matter.
Zhao Mengke, full of righteous anger, cursed: "What a shameless group of thugs! How could the Tang Family’s superb medical skills ever harm anyone? These despicable scoundrels are definitely causing trouble on purpose!" ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ NoveI★Fire.net
This reminded Qin Hao, and a flash of insight filled his mind with numerous possibilities.
These people causing trouble—is it because of me?
From the outside, my relationship with Tang Rou seems unusual, so Tang Rou has become a scapegoat...
The more Qin Hao thought about it, the more he was convinced that this was indeed the case.
Just then, the bulldozers started, the roar of their engines resounded everywhere.
"No! You have no right to do this!"
A desperate voice suddenly called out from the entrance.
Hearing this voice, Qin Hao instantly moved, pulling Zhao Mengke by the hand as he squeezed through the crowd, quickly reaching the entrance of the Tang Family’s property.
Before him, the Tang Family, young and old, stood in front of the bulldozers. Facing the huge, cold machines, the Tang Family showed no fear, opening their arms wide, determined to use their bodies to resist the invasion of evil forces.
It was Tang Rou, who voiced the earlier shout, standing at the forefront of the Tang Family. Her face was full of sorrow, but her beautiful eyes shone with determination.
She would rather die than let these villains destroy her clinic!
Leveling the Tang Family Clinic was one thing, but doing so at the risk of dozens of lives was entirely another.
Though the bullies were arrogant, they did not dare to commit murder, so they had to halt the bulldozers and surrounded the Tang Family.
"You Tang Family people are all quacks, cheating ordinary people under the guise of medicine and treatment. Our boss has ordered that this cancer of your Tang Family must be eradicated today!"
The gangsters numbered about a dozen. The speaker was a man in a shirt, smoking a cigarette as he spoke.
Among the tall and strong thugs, this guy seemed unusually thin, his triangular eyes gleaming with cunning.
He viciously scanned the faces of the Tang Family; when his eyes fell on Tang Rou, they became lewd: "But I can offer your Tang Family a chance, Tang Rou, as long as you accompany our boss for a night, he will let bygones be bygones regarding your alleged fatal malpractice!"
"Don’t bully people to such an extent!"
Tang Rou’s mother, an elderly woman, was flushed with anger at the thugs’ humiliation of her daughter.
"So what if we bully you?"
Having the upper hand, the smoking man arrogantly declared.
"Boss, why waste time with them? Just smash the Tang Family place and take the girl back with us."
Another thug, with a lecherous grin, shouted, his eyes also constantly sneaking peeks at Tang Rou.
"True enough, we shouldn’t keep Luo Dan waiting, after all, he’s expecting us!"
The smoking man grinned vilely, giving orders: "Guys, get in there and smash everything, and Bear No. 2, grab Tang Rou for me!"
Thus, the thugs moved toward the Tang Family Clinic like ravenous wolves, their tyrannical demeanor showing no regard for the Tang Family.
Tang Rou was so anxious she was nearly in tears, but what could a frail girl like her do with so many strong men on the opposing side?
Her pretty face was full of helplessness and despair. At that moment, she even considered dying to protect her dignity.
"It’s unbelievable, isn’t it? In this day and age, such scenes of forcibly taking away women from good families still happen..."
Just as the thugs were about to enter, a powerful voice rang out in the area.
"Who dares to talk back!"
The smoking man turned fierce, scanning the crowd with his eyes.
Unable to stand someone mocking him, he planned to drag the speaker out for a beating.
But after a sweep, he found no sign of the voice’s owner.
"Hey, too scared to admit it after showing off? Coward!"
The smoking man boasted with contempt, only to hear the voice again behind him: "Oh, so you fart from your mouth? Amazing."
The smoking man immediately turned around, seeing only a handsome man’s face.
This face was just an inch away, with no discernible expression, yet the smoking man’s heart clenched constantly!
Instantly, a murderous aura flooded through him, his body as if plunged into an icehouse, his throat as if jammed with a thorn, unable to speak a word.
Upon seeing who was behind the smoking man, Tang Rou cried out with joy.
Her spirit lifted from hell to heaven, everything in life suddenly seemed wondrous.
Upon Tang Rou’s call, the smoking man’s body trembled, collapsing to the ground.
He was merely a city punk, not even qualified to be in Qin Hao’s presence.
But that didn’t mean he hadn’t heard of Qin Hao’s reputation; in fact, the entire underground world of the provincial city was abuzz with talk of ’Qin Hao’s’ name.
Currently, anyone with any standing in the provincial city had heard of Qin Hao’s deeds.
"I heard you were quite arrogant just now?"
Qin Hao looked at the smoking man with a half-smile.
The smoking man paled, trembling as he stammered: "I... I didn’t... You..."
"Stuttering? Where did your arrogant manner go?"
Qin Hao was a bit baffled by how this guy acted like he saw a ghost just because of him... was it really that serious?
The smoking man was so scared, his tongue was tied in knots.
Thinking of Qin Hao’s fierce notoriety and legends, his fear magnified, lifting a hand to hit himself hard over the mouth.
Fighting for survival, the smoking man clearly struck fiercely, leaving half his face red.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Zhao Mengke behind Qin Hao was stunned; she never expected the once swaggering bully to begin self-harm!