"You're asking for death!"
Zhang Hongxing arrived at just the right moment, reaching them before his voice did.
There was no need to ask any questions. The scene before him said it all.
In an instant, Granny Shen's arms and legs were all snapped backward at ninety-degree angles.
"Dad!"
His father's arrival sent a surge of emotion through Zhang Bing. Though already in his thirties, he nearly burst into tears.
"Dad, please save Ziyue. I'm begging you!"
"What's your relationship with her?" Zhang Hongxing asked as he checked Ziyue's condition.
"We were a couple ten years ago. I came today to take her home and marry her."
Zhang Bing answered without the slightest hesitation. Two streams of tears slipped unnoticed from the corners of Ziyue's eyes as she hovered on the edge of unconsciousness.
After ten years of waiting, she finally knew it had not been in vain.
"Do you know who they are?"
"No. All I need to know is that I love Ziyue."
"Oh, honestly, you..." Zhang Hongxing turned and glared at Zhang Bing. That answer sounded like something straight out of a movie, and he could barely stand listening to it.
"Ha, haha, hahaha... Urgh, you..."
Granny Shen had just begun laughing off to the side when Zhang Hongxing killed her with a single palm strike.
As she died, she stared at Zhang Hongxing, her face full of indignation.
Her eyes seemed to say, Why the hell aren't you following the script?
When I laugh like that, it obviously means I have some very important lines to deliver.
You could at least let me say them!
You killed me before I could get a word out. What am I supposed to do now?
Don't minor characters deserve some dignity too?
Whatever the case, Granny Shen died just