Chapter 172: Bloody
The old residential buildings, leaning against each other, formed a deep and narrow alley. The modern shopping center, with its luxurious and towering dome, enjoyed all the sunlight, leaving only a few scattered beams of light, like leftover crumbs, to fall into the alley, creating a few ripples before being swallowed by the silent darkness.
The weather in Qingchuan had been sunny for the past few days, but the alley still had a gloomy and cold feeling. The walls along the way were dilapidated, and the barbed wire on top of the walls was rusty and corroded, drooping in the shadows, as if in its twilight years.
Su Xi hid at the corner of the alley, where pedestrians were bound to pass. She was a little bored and was picking at the rough, sandy wall with her fingers. It was afternoon, and most of the elderly residents in the old neighborhood were still taking a nap. Besides the howling wind that was blowing into the long alley, there was no other sound.
Very quiet… a very suitable place to make a move.
A few broken pieces of stone from the wall were lying in the middle of the path. A foot in a thick-soled combat boot kicked the few stones, and the kinetic energy sent the small stones flying through the air. They lost their momentum and fell to the ground, rolling for a long distance before hitting the corner of the wall and stopping abruptly.
The sound of girls cursing broke the silence of the alley. They were dressed in provocative outfits, with heavy makeup, and would occasionally spit out a few foul words as they walked towards the corner where the stones had stopped.
Su Xi’s lips curled up. She was hidden in the shadow of the wall, her expression gloomy. She tilted her head, and her knuckles cracked in her palm. The few girls were talking without any restraint, casually exchanging their recent romantic experiences. Their voices were carried to Su Xi’s ears by the cold wind.
“Hey, that guy with the suitcase last time was really handsome. If I wasn’t in a hurry that day, it would have been a pity to let him go. If I meet him again these few days, I definitely won’t let him go. Haha.”
“Oh, it’s still up to you, Sister Wan. It’s good to be pretty. I bet you can charm that kind of virgin with just a blink of an eye.”
The accompanying girl complimented her a few times, which made the girl who was called Sister Wan laugh a few times. She lit a cigarette and held it in her mouth, her flamboyant gray and white hair swaying. “Haha, that guy looked quite honest. I rubbed against him a few times and he kept hiding. Has he never even held a girl’s hand before?”
Su Xi listened word by word, and the corners of her upturned lips gradually flattened. Her round eyes narrowed slightly, and a shrill scream suddenly swirled in her mind.
The footsteps behind the wall were getting closer and closer. She counted for a few seconds and then silently walked out from the shadows, standing in front of the few girls.
“Who the hell is blocking the way?”
Sister Wan squinted her eyes. She wasn’t wearing her contact lenses today, and she couldn’t see the person in front of her clearly in the dim alley. She could vaguely make out that it was a girl, and she was a little shorter than her. She was deliberately standing in the middle of the alley, not moving. This was clearly a provocation.
She suddenly remembered the girl with the deadpan face from last time. The thought of that pretty face still made her a little angry. If it wasn’t for the passersby who had interrupted them later, she would have definitely made that girl cry.
“Sister… Sister Wan, this is the girl whose things we stole last time.”
Someone whispered in Sister Wan’s ear, her voice a little shaky. The girl in front of them was exuding a cold and violent aura, just like this gloomy alley. Besides her appearance, she was like a different person.
“Is she crazy…”
“Don’t talk nonsense. I can’t believe you thought of that.”
A few girls gathered together and whispered, a chill running down their necks. They were all a little scared.
“I was still annoyed that I didn’t make you cry last time. You’ve come looking for trouble yourself today.”
Sister Wan was stunned for a moment, then she probably understood. She walked up to her with a swagger. She wasn’t stupid. She saw that the girl was empty-handed, and her body was thin, giving the impression that she was light and airy. She was carrying a bag on her back, but it was impossible for her to take anything out in a short time.
She reached out with her long arm and pushed the girl’s shoulder, but the girl easily dodged it, so fast that she couldn’t react. She was flustered. In the end, they were just a group of students. They fought with momentum, and they didn’t know any real moves.
Su Xi pushed away Sister Wan’s hand, stepped forward, and raised her leg. Her thin knee slammed into the other party’s abdomen. She heard the other party’s painful cry, and a bloody red flashed in her eyes. The force in her hand grew stronger.
Her body was thin, but her strength was not small. Her movements were not random. It was as if she had been systematically trained. It was not a problem to deal with a few delinquent students.
Sister Wan was kicked several times in a row. This time, the attack was precise and ruthless, hitting her in the abdomen. She couldn’t muster any strength to fight back. She waited for the other party’s attack to slow down, then she endured the pain and stumbled back. Just as she had recovered, she heard the sound of a sharp weapon cutting through the air. She was stunned and swallowed the saliva that was madly secreted between her lips and teeth, not daring to move.
Su Xi’s voice was a little hoarse. She said coldly, “Kneel down…”
Sister Wan composed herself. She saw the steel wire with copper-colored rust in the corner of her eye. Her knees went weak, and she slowly squatted down.
“I said… kneel down.”
Su Xi looked down at the trembling prey in front of her. The monster that had been suppressed for a long time began to roar and howl again. She had to be quick, before she lost control.
“You… you’re crazy. Do you want to kill someone?”
Sister Wan looked at the rusty iron rod, her voice trembling. She couldn’t see a single trace of a joke in the other party’s eyes.
“I was looking up at you like this last time. Now it’s your turn.”
The iron rod was getting closer and closer to her fragile temple. Sister Wan didn’t dare to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead. She let the sweat, mixed with sand and grit, flow into her eyes. Her vision was blurred, and she couldn’t see the other party’s face clearly. But the other party’s bursting, bloody desire was like a knife at her neck. She even felt that the other party was suppressing that desire, not having a fit of madness.
She still knelt down, enduring the pain and knocking her knees heavily on the ground. Her head was pressed very low, almost touching the other party’s feet. She wanted to find a chance, but the sharp iron rod was always following her, and she couldn’t find a single chance.
“You guys… where are you going?”
Su Xi raised her cold eyes and looked at the few girls who had turned to run. A few suppressed screams were heard. They were really afraid of provoking this woman to do something crazy, to really use the iron rod…
Su Xi threw her bag on the ground, and a few vials of reagent rolled out. She opened the reinforced glass stopper with her fingertip and poured out a little viscous liquid on the weeds at the corner of the wall. The green stems quickly carbonized and turned black, and white smoke rolled out.
“Keep running… if you want this thrown in your face, run faster.”
Su Xi said slowly, but her voice was carried far by the wind and fell on their ears, like the roar of a demon. Their steps instantly stopped. The distance could not reduce the fear in their hearts. None of them wanted to be the unlucky one.
Su Xi gritted her teeth, suppressing the desire to see blood. The heart in her chest was pounding as if it were about to explode, blooming with a bloody flower, which suddenly bloomed in the shadows.
She put away her purpose for coming here and kicked the thing that was lying at her feet.
She wanted to get revenge first.
Her pounding heart fell into an endless climax. She felt excited and happy because of the crime.
She breathed out a hot water mist, with a hint of contempt and disdain, and sprayed it all over the other party’s face.
“Hey, you just said… which hand touched him?”
