As the butcher's knife sank into Song Hongyu's neck, Dashun was thrown backward by her body. He staggered several steps before steadying himself against the bathroom door.
Dashun was stunned. He hadn't expected to kill his boss's woman with a single blow!
Dashun was still reeling, but Wang Yue wasn't. He had used the woman to fend Dashun off, and it had worked. Though he felt deeply frustrated, his movements didn't slow for even an instant.
As he kicked out, he ducked beneath two swings of the cleaver and darted toward Shi Bi and Deng Ligang.
Before either man could bring his weapon around, Wang Yue drove an elbow into Shi Bi, then seized Deng Ligang's arm and threw him over his shoulder.
Wang Yue had planned to break one of Shi Bi's ribs with the elbow strike, taking him out of the fight. Then he would throw Deng Ligang against the wall, knocking him senseless and buying himself some time.
By then, Wang Yue would have the situation under control. While the three men slowly got back to their feet, he could deal with them one by one.
But something went wrong!
When Wang Yue struck Shi Bi with his elbow, Shi Bi seemed to have held back when he swung his knife earlier. That made him quicker to react when defending himself, and in the blink of an eye, he managed to twist his body to the side.
Wang Yue's attack had been too fast for Shi Bi to avoid completely. He only managed to shift the angle of the blow slightly.
And that was how the accident happened.
The elbow strike Wang Yue had aimed at Shi Bi's ribs hit him directly in the heart. And instead of throwing Deng Ligang against the wall, Wang Yue sent