AWDC Chapter 32

Chapter 32: Qi Qi Was Beaten

Chapter 32: Qi Qi Was Beaten

“Next time, move faster for me, or you’ll suffer.” The speaker was Wu Liangde, a janitor on the same floor. After learning that Lin Xi had lost Mu Chuang’s protection, he began to verbally abuse him.

“Your job is so easy, you could do it even while sleeping. We have to exert physical strength every day. How can we do it without enough sleep?” He continued to grumble. As long as Lin Xi remained silent, he could curse until late at night.

Saying he was disturbing his sleep was a complete lie; he just wanted someone to vent on.

Lin Xi’s position was originally most likely to be filled by his wife, but Mu Chuang directly arranged for Lin Xi to take it as soon as he arrived, which led to Wu Liangde’s dissatisfaction with him.

Lin Xi was completely unaware of this and only regarded the man as “crazy.”

“Damn it, you pervert. It’s bad luck to live with you.” Wu Liangde continued to curse. “Someone like you should sleep on the streets. No one wants to live with you. It’s disgusting just thinking about it.”

Lin Xi stood in front of his bed, his hand still paused in the action of lifting the bed curtain, staring at the man who was verbally abusing him. He felt a slight urge to fight him to the death.

“The dormitory is public; it’s not just for you. What right do you have to stop me from living here?” Although he looked weak, he was still a boy. He wouldn’t allow himself to be bullied like an ordinary girl, and he knew how to talk back when faced with unfair treatment.

The bed opposite him suddenly shook, it was the man who was cursing him getting up. He heard him pull open the bed curtain with a “whoosh” and stood in front of Lin Xi, flying into a rage. “Damn it, dare to say that again?!”

His fists were clenched tightly, making cracking sounds, and veins bulged on the back of his hand. “You’re far from home. Do you believe I can kill you and no one will know?!”

“The whole dormitory is listening. Isn’t this person’s brain damaged?” Lin Xi thought to himself. “If it weren’t for thinking about my dad having no one to care for him, I wouldn’t mind letting you be buried with me. It’s meaningless to be alive anyway.”

But although he thought so, he didn’t say it out loud. Instead, he replied as if making a bet, “You dare to touch me and see what happens?”

He didn’t believe that this person could really do anything to him in broad daylight with so many people watching.

With a “smack,” a loud slap landed on his face. Immediately afterward, the man raised his foot, accompanied by a curse, “Damn it, go to hell!”

As soon as the words fell, he kicked at nothing, because Lin Xi cleverly dodged it.

“Damn it,” the man continued to curse, becoming even more intensified by the anger of missing the kick. “You dare to dodge? I’ll chop you up.”

As he spoke, he reached under his pillow to feel for something. Seeing this, the others quickly stopped him. “Brother Wu, calm down.”

A young man about Lin Xi’s age held Wu Liangde’s hand and said, “It’s not worth it to cause a death over this. You still have a wife and children to raise.”

Two other men next to him also echoed, “That’s right, this is the factory area. It won’t be easy to deal with if something happens. And someone like him, I’d feel dirty even hitting him. Don’t you think so?”

Although the words were harsh, they managed to stop Wu Liangde and avoid serious consequences.

Wu Liangde cursed and grumbled. Seeing that Lin Xi was stunned by his actions, he gave him a few more slaps until the corner of his mouth bled before temporarily extinguishing his anger.

Because the noise in the dormitory was too loud just now, it was passed on by some employee to the adjacent floor. People on the whole floor came out to see the excitement, and the corridor was noisy for a while. Naturally, it also reached Mu Chuang’s ears in the next building.

He threw away the cigarette in his hand and walked to the balcony, listening to the chaotic noise over there. He roughly pieced together what happened:

Lin Xi was beaten, and Wu Liangde did it.

He went downstairs “thump, thump, thump,” and then went up the next building “thump, thump, thump.” A cold and extremely angry face soon appeared in everyone’s sight.

It was not difficult to see that his coldness was mixed with anger.

He strode to dormitory 304 and kicked the door open with a “bang.” One hand was in his pocket, giving off a black boss vibe, staring at Wu Liangde as if he were a dead object.

His appearance stunned everyone in the dormitory.

They originally thought that Lin Xi’s relationship with him had broken down, and even if outsiders bullied him again, he would no longer help. But now…

No one spoke, and they watched to see what he intended to do.

“Who hit him?” He glanced at the bloodstains on the corner of Lin Xi’s mouth and continued to stare at Wu Liangde. “Whoever hit him, stand up for me. Don’t wait for me to do it myself.”

As soon as the words fell, everyone in the dormitory held their breath except for Lin Xi, especially the two who had egged Wu Liangde on.

Wu Liangde couldn’t help but shudder. He originally thought that the relationship between the two had broken down, and it should be no problem for him to bully this kid. He didn’t expect Mu Chuang to come after hearing the news, and judging from the posture, he undoubtedly wanted to stand up for him.

“Manager Mu misunderstood,” he said with a smile, admitting it without being forced. “We were just normally fooling around; it’s not as serious as you think.”

After saying that, he “hehe” laughed twice, and immediately changed into a good-son face, making people want to vomit.

“Normally fooling around?” Mu Chuang narrowed his pupils slightly. “Normal fooling around can draw blood and cause such a commotion? I heard it in the next building. Do you think I’m easy to fool?”

His attitude was tough and his insight was full. Based on the noisy discussions he had heard just now, he speculated in his heart and immediately had a clear idea, and decisively made a decision:

He couldn’t let someone like this continue to stay in the factory, otherwise it would cause irreparable consequences for Lin Xi or others.

Although his brotherly relationship with Lin Xi had ended, he had promised his father when he left that no matter what happened outside, he would bring Lin Xi back safely.

He could tolerate others excluding him in secret, and he could tolerate others saying bad things about him in front of him, but he would never allow others to attack him, especially threatening his life.

“I’ll give you two choices now,” he stared at Wu Liangde, not even bothering to investigate the reason. He believed that Lin Xi wouldn’t cause trouble for no reason, so he directly made a decision. “Either you quit your job and get out, or wait to be fired by me.”

Wu Liangde was originally listening attentively, waiting to make a choice, but he didn’t expect that after this sentence came out, there was no choice at all.

“Manager Mu…!” He felt like he was being played by the other party, but he didn’t dare to directly confront him. “Aren’t you saying…it’s all the same result?”

He didn’t want to be fired. Everyone knew that this factory had the highest wages in the surrounding area. Working for a month could earn almost two months’ wages in the surrounding factories. Anyone who was lucky enough to get in didn’t want to leave easily, which naturally included Wu Liangde.

“Who said it’s the same?” Mu Chuang smiled slyly and explained, “You can still work for another month if you resign yourself, while you can get out tomorrow if you are fired. The difference is thirty days. How can you say it’s the same?”