Zhou Jinbai’s indifferent gaze fell upon the brothers Jia Yankang and Jia Yansong, who were beaten to the point of being unable to stand.
He then shifted his attention to Lin Xingwan in his arms and asked gently, "Wife, do you want me to kill them immediately?"
"If I tell you to kill them, will you kill them right away?"
Lin Xingwan detested the Jia Yankang and Jia Yansong brothers, but she also remembered that they were Zhou Jinbai’s half-brothers.
Upon hearing Zhou Jinbai’s words, Jia Yansong and Jia Yankang trembled all over, their hearts racing.
However, they couldn’t back down. With so many people watching, if they admitted defeat, they might as well forget about ever being part of the Beijing circle again.
"Zhou Jinbai, I am Jia Yansong, the eldest son of Jia Huaixu, and your half-brother. If you dare to touch us brothers today, my parents will not let you off! Mother has never liked you all these years. I advise you to do fewer things that disgust her."
Jia Yansong had nothing but a tough mouth.
Jia Yankang echoed, "Big Brother, we are your brothers. Are you going to kill your own kin in front of so many people today?"
These two brothers had always been compared to Zhou Jinbai since childhood, even repeatedly testing the boundaries of death. Yet, each time, Zhou Jinbai had ignored them.
Now, they believed that Zhou Jinbai would never dare to lay a hand on them.
It was a pity that Zhou Jinbai hadn't even shifted his gaze from Lin Xingwan’s face, looking at her with extreme gentleness, yet with a question in his eyes.
"These two have committed many evils, and their deaths would be insignificant. But I don't want them to die by your hand, as it would dirty your hands. The best course of action is to send them to the police station and make their past deeds public. As for their outcome, the law will provide the answer."
As Lin Xingwan spoke, Jia Yankang and Jia Yansong breathed a sigh of relief.
Being sent to the police station was fine; they weren't new to it. Their parents would get them out in less than an hour.
Just as the brothers were secretly rejoicing, Lin Xingwan spoke again, "However, before sending them to the police station, I must have my revenge."
Zhou Jinbai raised an eyebrow, "How does my wife wish to take revenge?"
"These two spew nonsense, frame me, and insult me in every way. Their words are so vulgar, it's utterly outrageous. I want them to lick the toilets, to clean all the public toilet bowls on the first floor."
Lin Xingwan smiled faintly after speaking. This smile, to Jia Yankang and Jia Yansong, was like the triumphant smile of a vengeful spirit.
The brothers exchanged glances, their hearts growing more panicked, even feeling disgusted.
Licking public toilet bowls?
How foul, how dirty, how unsanitary!
Countless people would use them to relieve themselves, and there might be un-flushed urine or feces on the rims. Just thinking about it sent shivers down their spines.
Jia Yankang immediately blurted out, "As the saying goes, the most venomous heart belongs to a woman. You are truly too wicked."
Jia Yansong glared fiercely at Lin Xingwan. If he had known he would fall into this woman's hands today, he would have found an empty room in the hospital yesterday and finished her off.
"My parents will be here tonight for the King of Gamblers' Night. If you let us go now, I'll pretend this never happened. Otherwise, the conflict between the Jia family and the Dongfang family will be instigated by you. When the two families clash, you will all be sinners."
Even as a prisoner, Jia Yansong still had his nostrils pointed to the sky.
Zhou Jinbai sneered, "It seems I have indeed ignored you for too long, leading you to think too highly of yourself."
With that, he said to Xuan Yin, "Criple their right hands."
Xuan Yin nodded. Before anyone could react to what was happening, two gunshots were heard, followed by the wails of Jia Yansong and Jia Yankang.
The gun Xuan Yin held was not loaded with ordinary bullets.
Instead, the bullets were designed to explode within a small radius after penetrating an object.
In other words, the right hands of Jia Yankang and Jia Yansong had been reduced to bloody pulp.
The onlookers screamed, and those with weaker constitutions felt dizzy and fainted.
The expressions of Jia Yankang and Jia Yansong turned increasingly pale and fearful.
Only now did they truly believe Zhou Jinbai's killing intent and disdain for them.
They endured the pain and immediately knelt on the ground, begging for mercy, "Big Brother, we were wrong. Please, Big Brother, spare us. We will never dare to do it again."
"Big Brother, for the sake of my mother, please spare us brothers this time. This cruise ship is so large, with over a hundred public restrooms on just one floor. It would take us ages to lick all the toilets. Can you change your demand, sister-in-law? We will definitely satisfy you."
Jia Yansong looked pleadingly at Lin Xingwan.
Lin Xingwan merely looked at the two pathetic figures kneeling like dogs and said coldly, "Either death, or lick the toilets."
Upon hearing that the second option was death, the brothers' hearts seemed to stop beating.
If a person dies, they lose everything.
Compared to death, licking toilets, though disgusting, meant survival!
As long as they lived, they could exact their revenge for today's humiliation.
Xuan Yin saw the hesitation on the brothers' faces, as if they were stalling for time. He immediately aimed his gun at the spot where they were kneeling.
"Three, two, one..."
"I'll lick, I'll lick."
"I'll lick too."
When the brothers heard Xuan Yin counting down, their courage completely failed them, and they quickly agreed.
Thus, the brothers were forced by Zhou Jinbai's bodyguards towards the nearest and most crowded public restroom.
The surrounding guests, naturally enjoying the spectacle, followed behind.
They hadn't expected the King of Gamblers' Night to be so exciting even before it began, and they looked forward to the evening even more.
Meanwhile, Zhou Jinbai held Lin Xingwan’s waist. Although he remained silent, his mind was filled with what Lu Shiyan had told him.
He had actually woken up half an hour ago. When he saw Zhou Bingwen with bandages on his head, he immediately guessed that something had happened during his unconsciousness.
Lu Shiyan had recounted the incident of Meng Chuzheng and Jia Huaixu leading people to cause trouble in the ward, and also told Zhou Jinbai that they had arrogantly taken Lin Xingwan away in full view of everyone.
When Zhou Jinbai heard this, his emotions exploded.
He didn't want to hear anything more and immediately took a helicopter from Yanjing to Rongcheng.
To his surprise, upon arrival, he found these two beasts, Jia Yansong and Jia Yankang, brazenly bullying his woman and belittling her to nothing.
Since Jia Huaixu and that woman couldn't raise their children properly, Zhou Jinbai didn't mind taking matters into his own hands.
Lin Xingwan was still worried about Zhou Jinbai's health. She tilted her head slightly, her gaze filled with concern fixed on Zhou Jinbai, and said, "You just woke up not long ago, and your body is too weak. Why don't you go and rest in one of the cruise ship's guest rooms?"
Lin Xingwan hadn't forgotten what Duan Muxing had said: the more this man fell in love with her, the more his love for her became a death sentence!
This man had already been injured for her so many times; she didn't want him to die for her!
"I'm not that weak. On the contrary, I feel more energetic after this coma, as if I've had a good sleep. Strangely, even Lu Shiyan couldn't find any reason for this coma."
Zhou Jinbai didn't take his coma seriously. He attributed it to sequelae from not fully recovering after his previous injury.
For a moment, Lin Xingwan felt an impulse to tell him the whole truth, but she knew Zhou Jinbai too well.
If he knew the truth, he would rather die than be separated from her. He would use all means to find an antidote, but if the antidote were that easy to find, Duan Muxing wouldn't be so confident.
Her choice concerned Zhou Jinbai's life; she couldn't gamble!
While Lin Xingwan was hesitating, Jia Yansong and Jia Yankang had already entered the public restroom.
This public restroom was large, with thirty-two individual cubicles. This meant Jia Yansong and Jia Yankang would have to lick thirty-two toilets.
The brothers stared at the row of toilets in disbelief.
Even though the restrooms on the Miracle cruise ship were clean and the air was filled with a rich fragrance, these were merely illusions!
The clean floors were actually mixed with urine and saliva, and the fragrance in the air was to mask the smell of urine and feces.
When the brothers were pushed to the ground by the bodyguards, the smell of urine and feces immediately assaulted their nostrils, making them feel nauseous.
"Lick quickly!" Xuan Yin kicked Jia Yansong’s plump buttocks. Jia Yansong, in pain, quickly lowered his head and licked the rim of the toilet bowl.
A feeling of disgust spread from his tongue to his entire body, and Jia Yansong gagged.
Jia Yankang also quickly licked one. The feeling of having no will to live was as if he had already passed on.
"We've licked them now, can you let us go?" Jia Yansong pleaded with Zhou Jinbai, secretly vowing to repay the humiliation of his broken hand and toilet-licking tenfold!
Zhou Jinbai scoffed and asked Lin Xingwan in his arms, "Wife, do you think we can let them go?"
Lin Xingwan's beautiful face was filled with a cold smile. Mercy towards enemies was cruelty towards oneself. She would not suffer losses in such matters.
"I said earlier that you have to lick all the public toilet bowls on the first floor. Just a light touch of your tongue, do you think I'm easily fooled?"
Lin Xingwan's words made Jia Yankang and Jia Yansong hate her to the bone, wishing they could gnaw her bones, eat her flesh, and grind her to dust.
"Did you hear my wife? You have to lick all the public toilet bowls on the first floor of the Miracle, and you have to lick them clean. If even one is missing, I will kill you immediately. Don't question my authority. Even if Jia Huaixu were here, he would have to bow and scrape."
Zhou Jinbai rarely spoke like this. If anyone else said it, they would be considered incredibly arrogant.
But he was Dongfang Junze!
A figure like a god. The Jia family, though wealthy, was no match for the Dongfang family.
The onlookers, who were enjoying the show, were also stunned by Zhou Jinbai's words.
"I seem to remember that the first floor of the Miracle has forty public restrooms, each with thirty-two cubicles, totaling one thousand two hundred and eighty toilet bowls! Even if the brothers lick half each, they'll each have to lick six hundred and forty!"
"Good heavens, how long will that take? Will their tongues still be intact?"
"Even if they manage it, their tongues will probably be seasoned by then!"
Afterward, the crowd burst into laughter again.
Jia Yansong and Jia Yankang felt as if lightning had struck them, their souls trembling in fear.
Over six hundred toilet bowls each?
It was practically a death sentence!
Lin Xingwan and Zhou Jinbai, these two scoundrels, were too cruel. What was the difference between this and death?
"Brother, Big Brother, for the sake of me calling you Big Brother, please spare us. We truly realize our mistakes. Please spare us, okay?"
Jia Yansong crawled towards Zhou Jinbai, trying to grab his trouser leg, but Zhou Jinbai kicked him away.
"Big Brother, if you spare us this time, we will never appear before you again. We swear." Jia Yankang cried, terrified. He was already scrawny-looking, and now, after crying, his expression was even more gaunt and monkey-like, like a monster baring its fangs.
Lin Xingwan sighed again. They were born of the same mother, yet why was there such a vast difference in the children's looks?
"Xuan Yin, disable their left hands as well, and then throw them into the sea to feed the sharks." Zhou Jinbai commanded.
Upon hearing this, Jia Yansong and Jia Yankang were so terrified that their souls almost scattered.
How could they dare to beg Zhou Jinbai for mercy any longer?
Jia Yankang immediately hugged a toilet bowl and started licking frantically, but Jia Yansong pulled him away, "This toilet bowl is mine, don't snatch it from me!"
Jia Yankang had no choice but to lick the toilet bowl next to him.
The brothers licked and gagged, while the crowd behind them, who were watching the spectacle, took out their phones to take pictures and record videos.
For them, the two young masters of the Jia family being forced to lick toilets was big news.
"Wife, it's too disgusting here, let's go." Zhou Jinbai said, then coldly added to Xuan Yin, "Supervise them. No one is allowed to make any exceptions. Those who violate this will be killed without mercy."
"Okay." Lin Xingwan and Zhou Jinbai left the restroom and headed towards the cruise ship's hotel rooms.
However, just as they stepped out of the restroom, a dark figure rushed out from the crowd and knelt before them.