Unfortunately, Zhang Liunian and Yu Xiaohua didn't give him that chance.
"Let me, let me replace her," Zhang Liunian shouted urgently as he began to count.
"Kill me if you want to kill, don't touch my third child," Yu Xiaohua shouted closely behind him.
Seeing that they weren't as afraid of death as he had imagined, but were instead rushing to die, Tang Shikang suddenly raised his right hand and pointed his gun at Zhang Liunian.
Zhang Liunian instantly sensed his intention and lunged forward, tackling Tang Shikang to the ground, and they began to wrestle.
"Bang bang..." Due to the struggle, it was inevitable that the gun would go off. Fortunately, Zhang Liunian was lucky and was not hit once. Instead, a man in black who was holding Tu Lu was unlucky and fell to the ground, shot.
As soon as Tu Lu was free, he immediately picked up the gun from the ground and fired at Tang Shikang. With a loud "bang," Tang Shikang was shot in the chest, his gun fell from his hand, and his body suddenly trembled and began to bend.
Tang Shikang looked incredulously at the blood in his hand, his eyes becoming hazy. He was dying, and he was acutely aware of it. Countless images flashed through his mind, of sorrow, joy, anger, and hatred. Finally, the scene shifted to Hua Bao's face. A man suddenly appeared in his mind, and he let out a laugh, "Hahaha, Zhang Liunian, Zhang Liunian, I know whose seed your daughter is. If you want to know, go to the provincial capital and find..."
Before he could finish speaking, Tang Shikang collapsed and died completely.
However, Zhang Liunian was unsettled by his unfinished words. He had thought about who Hua Bao's child was in his previous life, but unfortunately, he had never found the answer.
Now, hearing Tang Shikang's words, he seemed to know something, but Zhang Liunian did not fully believe him.
Tang Shikang was his enemy. He wouldn't kindly tell him to go to the provincial capital. Was it possible that if he went to the provincial capital, he would encounter something, or perhaps Hua Bao's family would not welcome him, and something might erupt between them?
In short, Zhang Liunian's thought was still not to go to the provincial capital easily.
But as the saying goes, man's plans are not as good as God's. Sometimes, what you fear the most is what happens.
At this moment, Zhang Liunian did not know that the more he didn't want to go to the provincial capital, the more he would have to go.
Of course, this is a story for later. Returning to the present, Tang Shikang was dead, and Tu Lu was about to engage with Tang Shikang's thugs again. But before he could act, these people immediately scattered like birds and beasts, including the one who was holding Yu Xiaohua.
Seeing this, Zhang Liunian quickly stepped forward to untie Yu Xiaohua's ropes. "Mom, are you alright?"
"Mom is fine, but what did that person just say? Could it be that he knows who Hua Bao's biological father is? Is Hua Bao the one Qingqing had with that person?" Yu Xiaohua, shaking off the ropes in her hands, blurted out her inner turmoil.
When Jiang Qingqing first got married, she brought back a child. Everyone in Zhangjia Village suspected that Hua Bao was a child she had with someone else.
Now, hearing about Hua Bao's origins, Yu Xiaohua attached great importance to it.
But at this moment, she seemed to see something terrifying. She lunged forward and shielded Zhang Liunian, shouting, "No!"
Zhang Liunian was confused by her sudden action. When he turned to look, he saw Grandpa Huang shoot at him. This shot landed squarely on Yu Xiaohua's shoulder, splattering blood onto Zhang Liunian's face. He roared in disbelief, "Lao Huang, are you crazy?"
Grandpa Huang's face showed pain, but thinking of his wife at home, he had to pull the trigger again.
Just then, Tu Lu also moved, but this time he was targeting Grandpa Huang. "Bang," "Bang," two sounds rang out. Zhang Liunian immediately dodged, and he didn't know if Grandpa Huang had missed. Zhang Liunian easily avoided Grandpa Huang's shot.
However, Grandpa Huang could not avoid Tu Lu's gun from behind. He was hit in the heart and fell to the ground. When Zhang Liunian saw Grandpa Huang fall, he showed a relaxed and relieved smile.
He didn't know what was going on, why Grandpa Huang would betray him. He wanted to ask why, but the words wouldn't come out.
Grandpa Huang, lying on the ground, seemed to sense Zhang Liunian's confusion and shouted, "Boss, Boss, I have something to tell you."
Zhang Liunian did not move, he was not very inclined to listen to him.
But Grandpa Huang was very stubborn, his face full of anticipation. "I sincerely recognize you as my boss, and I want to continue to walk with you. But fate is not as we wish, I have no choice. Boss, I really have a few words to tell you, please."
Grandpa Huang's last words finally touched Zhang Liunian slightly. He came to Grandpa Huang's side, stared at him intently, his face devoid of any emotion.
Seeing him like this, Grandpa Huang sighed inwardly. As expected of his boss, he was so capable. He raised his head and leaned towards Zhang Liunian's ear, and then Zhang Liunian's eyes showed a different light, filled with anger and doubt.
"Boss, you will always be my boss. In the next life, I hope to be your brother again." After saying this, Grandpa Huang showed a relieved smile to Zhang Liunian and slowly closed his eyes.
Zhang Liunian saw this, a strange look flashed in his eyes, then he pulled apart Grandpa Huang's sleeves and found them covered in needle marks. In his fingertips, he saw a faint golden light flashing.
"Hurry up and take your mother to the infirmary," Tu Lu said, reminding Zhang Liunian, who was still in a daze.
Zhang Liunian immediately came back to his senses and hurried to pick up his mother in his arms.
"Mom, you won't be alright, I'll take you to the hospital right away." Saying this, he picked up his pale and pained mother and left.
Tu Lu did not stop him, but let him go. After Zhang Liunian left, he slowly walked into the wooden house. As he passed Grandpa Huang, something flashed across his face, and then he entered the wooden house to search for his daughter.
He was told that his daughter was here by someone. He believed that person's words, so he would dig three feet deep to find his daughter.
After searching for two hours, Tu Lu finally found his daughter, Tu Cai.
But his daughter was already dead, with blood flowing from all seven orifices, exactly as that person had said.
"Ah!" Tu Lu hugged his daughter and cried out, startling the birds in the vicinity.
"The patient is out of danger, you can rest assured." At Nancheng People's Hospital, outside the operating room, Zhang Liunian saw the attending physician come out of the operating room and deliver the good news.
Zhang Liunian breathed a sigh of relief, his tense body began to relax. "Thank you, Doctor."
"This is what we should do."
After the doctor left, Zhang Liushui stepped forward and placed his hands on Zhang Liunian's shoulders, his eyes moist. "Third brother, it's so good that Mom is alright."
Zhang Liunian reached out and clasped his elder brother's shoulders. "Yes, it's really good, otherwise I would blame myself for the rest of my life."
After all, his mother's ordeal was entirely because of him.
"This is not your fault. The Tang family is too arrogant, using such unscrupulous means to make you unable to get by in Nancheng," Zhang Liushui patted his third brother's shoulder, encouraging him. At the same time, he did not think this incident was his fault; in his eyes, it was entirely the Tang family's fault.
Zhang Liunian did not speak, but looked at his mother being wheeled out and went with her to the ward.