The Bearded Man took advantage of his size, lunging forward and reaching out to shove Aunt May's shoulder.
He roughly knocked aside a stainless-steel cart loaded with medical equipment.
Clatter!
The cart toppled to the floor, sending glass bottles of iodine antiseptic, gauze, and metal hemostats crashing onto the terrazzo. One bottle of dark antiseptic shattered, spraying sharp shards and liquid in every direction.
By the second-floor railing, Chen Xiao raised an eyebrow slightly. His right index finger flicked inside his pocket, and an almost imperceptible, gentle current of air swept out of nowhere, silently deflecting all the sharp glass flying toward the young nurse's cheeks and Aunt May's ankles.
Dark brown antiseptic splashed onto Aunt May's spotless white nursing shoes.
Aunt May stumbled backward from the shove, her lower back slamming into the marble edge of the reception desk. A muffled cry of pain escaped her.
Just as the Bearded Man was about to advance and keep throwing his weight around.
A chubby hand shot in from the side without warning and clamped around his wrist like an iron vise.
For a second, the air stood still.
"You shoved her."
Happy's voice was low, without a trace of his usual stammer or affable manner.
The Bearded Man turned to look at the fat man in the ridiculous Red Cross vest and gave a contemptuous laugh.
"Where'd this fat pig come from? Get lost, or I'll beat your ass t—"
He never finished.
Happy's fingers tightened sharply around his wrist. Beneath his skin, the bones and muscles enhanced by the purified extremis virus unleashed a terrifying surge of strength.
Crack.
The unmistakable sound of fracturing bone rang through the lobby.
The Bearded Man's face instantly drained from red to white, his features twisting in agony. Before he could even scream,