"Damn it! You dare mess with me?"
The muscular man, provoked, ripped off his shirt, revealing tattoos covering his chest and back. He slapped his chest and roared, "I've got the Azure Dragon on the left, White Tiger on the right, and Mickey Mouse on my shoulders..."
Gu Qiqi laughed in anger, stepping forward through the crowd. "Who do you think you are! Just because you've got a ribbon fish tattooed on you, you think you're the boss?"
The muscular man fumed, "Little girl, don't mess with me! I've done everything I could do, and even what I couldn't..."
Gu Qiqi asked, "Have you ever died?"
Her words drew a burst of laughter from the neighbors. Humiliated, the man's face shifted from white to red, red to green, green to purple... finally settling into a shade of iron-gray. He glared at the girl, hurled his shirt to the ground, and shouted, "Boys, get them!"
The roaring bulldozer immediately charged toward the gate of Gu Qiqi's yard.
"Hey, what are you doing? Is there no justice?" Gu Qiqi yelled in panic.
Director Liu stood behind the crowd, smirking coldly, his small eyes gleaming with schadenfreude.
Seeing this, the neighbors erupted in outrage—
Uncle Li climbed to a high spot and raised his arm, shouting, "Director Liu, this is forced demolition! The state has repeatedly banned forced demolition of people's homes..."
Director Liu brandished a red-headed document. "I'm just doing my duty! Gu Qiqi illegally added to her house, violating city regulations. Violations must be punished!"
Aunt Wang threw herself to the ground, wailing, "Damn demolition crew! Poor girl, your parents are gone, leaving you all alone with no one to rely on..."
Director Liu glanced at her indifferently, unmoved.
Seeing Director Liu silent, the muscular man directed his crew to push forward. The bulldozer roared loudly, heading straight for Aunt Wang, as if nothing could stop it—god or buddha alike!
The neighbors were stunned—it was like a scholar meeting a soldier, impossible to reason with. In these times, the timid fear the tough, the tough fear the reckless, and even the reckless fear those who take lives!
Though the neighbors wanted to help, the bulldozer's deafening roar carried a destructive force, and mere mortals of flesh and blood dared not stand against it.
Aunt Wang rolled and rolled, eventually slipping behind the crowd.
Gu Qiqi was frantic, watching helplessly as the bulldozer inched closer, about to knock down her house. Just then, a cold voice rang out from the yard: "What's all this noise?"
The voice wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears perfectly, even the muscular man sitting on the bulldozer heard it clearly.
Then, the crowd parted, and Rong Yi stepped out.
He walked straight to the bulldozer, stopped, crossed his arms, and stood with an imposing aura. The massive exhaust from the bulldozer lifted his long hair, making it flutter like a fierce black banner.
"Kid! Get out of here if you don't want to die!" the muscular man shouted from the machine.
"You, stop right there!" Rong Yi said coldly to the bulldozer.
"Damn it, I'll plow you over too if you don't move!" the muscular man snarled, his eyes flashing with malice—Hmph! I've always hated handsome guys!
But this handsome guy's presence was too strong; he must be trouble. Better duck back into the cab first...
"You, stop."
Rong Yi still had his arms crossed, speaking coldly. "I won't say it a second time."
The crowd watched in astonishment as the man in black moved against the wind. The roaring machine made his coat flutter slightly, and the ground seemed to tremble. Yet he stood as if in an empty space.
Qiqi couldn't help rushing forward to pull him desperately. "Rong Yi! Cousin! Are you crazy? Get out of here!"