Because they needed to master the technique of beating people into submission without causing serious injury, the guards had some difficulty with it, so the battle took longer.
Mainly because they had too little experience with this kind of thing—next time it should be much better, the guards thought confidently.
The originally fierce hunter family members were now sitting or lying on the ground, groaning but none daring to curse anymore.
“Don’t hit, don’t hit, we can talk things through…” Liu Pucheng’s first words upon waking from unconsciousness were to shout as he saw the chaos throughout the hall.
“Teacher, don’t move,” Qi Yue quickly held him down.
Only then did Liu Pucheng see that Qi Yue had also come, and then he saw quite a few guards standing in the hall holding clubs. Those lying on the ground weren’t his disciples, but the hunters who had lost control and caused the disturbance.
“You, you, how did you come?” He immediately guessed what had happened and anxiously tried to get up. “Who told you? Nonsense, this is nonsense! How could you come!”
Liu Pucheng’s serious injury was to his arm, which was broken. Fortunately, he had turned his head slightly at the time, or he might very well not have woken up.
Qi Yue looked at this old man’s face, distorted with pain, his usually neat beard and hair now disheveled and wretched, and felt her nose sting.
She thought of her father…
She remembered how after a failed brain surgery that left the patient paralyzed, her father had been grabbed by the hair by agitated family members and dragged along the corridor…
She had grabbed a mop from the department, wanting to rush out, but was held back desperately by a group of doctors.
The big picture was important, stability was important. Don’t escalate the doctor-patient conflict…
That became her nightmare. At that moment, she would rather she hadn’t worn that white coat—she wasn’t a doctor, she was just a daughter.
Even if he were the enemy of the whole world. Even if one day he truly committed heinous crimes and deserved punishment. He was still her father. Without any calm reasoning, without any hesitation, all she wanted to do was rush forward and stand in front of him, not letting anyone hurt him.
“You must leave now, leave immediately. They don’t know your identity, there’s still time…” Liu Pucheng pushed her with his uninjured hand, saying anxiously, “Don’t worry about me. This is nothing. Concern leads to confusion—they’re worried about their own family members. The pain of losing a loved one inevitably leads to mental confusion, causing some extreme actions. This is human nature. We doctors just need to explain things properly to them, make things clear, and it’ll be fine…”
Qi Yue took a deep breath and stood up.
“Good, I’ll explain to them. I’ll make things clear to them properly,” she said, turning to walk toward those lying on the ground.
Liu Pucheng thought she was being obedient and leaving, but didn’t expect she was going to do this. He stretched out his hand anxiously trying to stop her, but to no avail.
Seeing her approach, those men showed hatred on their faces, but seeing the guards around them holding clubs and standing ready, they ultimately didn’t dare speak their curses.
“What can’t be said properly? How can you hit people?” Qi Yue said with a stern face.
The hunters lying on the ground wanted to cry.
Right. Well said—what can’t be said properly? Yet you started hitting people as soon as you entered!
“Speak! Why did you hit people!” Qi Yue shouted again, grabbing another club and slamming it hard on the ground.
The big men on the ground instinctively shrank back and protected their heads.
“There’s no justice! You killed someone and still want to beat people to death!” the women wailed, rolling on the ground, then rushed to hit their heads against the wall. “Everyone’s dead, everyone’s dead—then you’ll be satisfied!”
The guards quickly blocked her, pushed her back to the center of the hall, and watched her closely.
“Government officials investigating, people inside open the door quickly!”
Suddenly chaotic shouting came from outside, and at the same time, banging on the door began.
The government office? The guards looked at Qi Yue.
Qi Yue was about to signal them to open the door when a loud shout came from outside.
“The hunter family members have been beaten to death by them!”
Which bastard is spreading rumors?!
Qi Yue frowned.
With this shout, a tide of clamoring arose outside, and countless people crashed against the door panels. The door opened with a bang, and seven or eight people tumbled in.
The officials blocked the chaotic crowd outside, straightened their clothes, and looked into the hall. They too were startled by the scene inside.
Broken tables, chairs, and stools, people rolling on the ground, people holding clubs.
Indeed, there had been a fight…
“Officials, save us…”
The big men shouted loudly.
Before they finished speaking, Qi Yue stepped forward to stand in front of the officials.
“You came just in time—they hit people!” She pointed at the hunters on the ground and shouted.
The officials looked at the seven or eight men lying on the ground and the wailing women…
Each one bruised and swollen…
These were the ones who hit people?
“They hit people! They’re the ones who hit people!” The hunter men were about to cry, shouting with hoarse voices.
Zhang Tong and his junior brothers supported the struggling Liu Pucheng as he got up and walked over.
“Officials,” Liu Pucheng managed to bow and say.
The officials weren’t fools—seeing this situation, they already knew what had happened.
“Officials, they killed someone and still hit people. Officials, save us…” The hunters cried and shouted, calling loudly to the people peering in from outside, “Fellow villagers, save us…”