Madam, Please Behave
Chapter 431: Revealing True Colors

The beaten man sat in the backseat. Seeing that Old Liu, who was driving, had stopped talking, he also lost interest in continuing the conversation.

Feeling uncomfortable, he shifted his position slightly.

His eyes instinctively glanced out the car window.

"Where are we going?"

"To the hospital."

"The hospital?"

The man froze for a moment, then carefully studied the scenery outside the window.

He asked with some confusion,

"I remember there was a hospital not far from the hotel. Why are we going this way?"

"Oh, you're not from around here, so you might not know. That hospital isn't very good. Since you're seriously injured, of course we should go to a better one."

"Really? When I passed by the other day, it seemed pretty busy..."

"Heh, you must be mistaken."

Old Liu chuckled a few times before falling silent again.

The man didn't think much of it and withdrew his gaze from the window, squinting his left eye to examine the car's interior.

When he turned to look behind him, he spotted a shovel, a coil of rope, and...

Huh? Why was there a metal pipe too?

He couldn't help but freeze. Seeing these items in the car, even he started feeling uneasy.

His expression went blank.

Subconsciously swallowing hard, he glanced at the man driving and asked in a voice much quieter than before,

"By the way... Old Liu, I never asked... what do you do for work?"

"Oh, nothing fancy. Just help out at a pig farm, slaughtering pigs."

"Then... why do you have a shovel in the back?"

"When pigs die from illness, it's too expensive to have them disposed of properly. Burying them somewhere saves a lot of money."

"Oh... I see."

"Of course, there's a rule in our line of work."

Hearing this, the man paused and looked at Old Liu, who was focused on driving.

"What... kind of rule?"

"We can't tell outsiders about it. Otherwise, we'd have to deal with them."

As he spoke, a faint smile appeared on Old Liu's lips.

"Just like how we deal with the pigs..."

"..."

The man suddenly seemed to lose his voice, unable to utter a single word.

He strained to widen his right eye—the one that wasn't swollen from being punched—

Staring at Old Liu...

"D-deal with...?"

"Hahaha, just kidding! We live in a society governed by law. How could we do such messed-up things? That'd land us in jail!"

"Ah..."

After a brief pause, the man awkwardly forced a laugh.

"Haha... right, we're in a society governed by law now. Can't just do whatever..."

"Exactly. A society governed by law. If you get caught on camera, it's over. But... just find a place with no cameras, and it's fine."

"..."

"By the way, you seem like a salesman. Did your family ever slaughter pigs when you were a kid? One stab, and the blood just gushes out—splat, splat!"

"..."

"Actually, people aren't much different from pigs. Pigs are animals, but some people are worse than animals..."

"Old Liu..."

"Earlier, you mentioned chatting with some girls online. Was... one of them surnamed Liu?"

"..."

The man was speechless.

Perhaps because his legs had been kicked repeatedly by the gang of thugs earlier, he now found himself unable to move them at all, as if they'd gone numb.

He sat paralyzed in his seat.

The car gradually slowed down...

Until it came to a complete stop.

Old Liu in the front seat slowly unbuckled his seatbelt, then turned to look at the man in the back.

Their eyes met.

One second, two seconds...

Suddenly, Old Liu smiled.

"Did I get the right person? Li Fanzhen."

"..."

Li Fanzhen's mouth hung open uncontrollably, his face twisted in terror.

His chest heaved violently as he gasped for breath.

With stiff, rusty movements, he turned his neck to look outside.

Unlike the bustling streets earlier, this place was... desolate.

No one around.

The car was eerily quiet.

Li Fanzhen could even hear his own heartbeat—

Growing faster, louder.

Then, warmth spread across his crotch.

He'd wet himself.

*Clang!*

The car door swung open. The noise made Li Fanzhen reflexively turn his head, only to see two men standing there...

"You... you..."

One of the younger men didn't let him finish. With a grim expression, he climbed into the car, grabbed Li Fanzhen's hair, and yanked him out like a piece of luggage.

The excruciating pain from his scalp made Li Fanzhen struggle wildly.

His hands clawed at the arm gripping his hair, his legs kicking helplessly at the ground as he begged,

"I was wrong! I was wrong! I'll never do it again!"

"Shut the hell up, you bastard!"

Chen Dafu kicked him square in the chest, knocking the breath out of him and leaving him coughing violently.

Liu Zhiyue remained silent.

The veins on his arm bulged as he dragged Li Fanzhen toward a small abandoned warehouse ahead, his grip unrelenting.

Meanwhile, Liu Changqing got out of the van, went to the back, and opened the trunk.

One by one, he took out the items inside.

After retrieving everything, he slammed the trunk shut.

Then, carrying the items, he followed the others.

His daughter was his most precious treasure. If anyone dared harm her...

They would face a father's vengeance.

A vengeance that would leave an indelible mark.

Inside the abandoned warehouse, the three men tied Li Fanzhen to a wooden chair.

His arms were wrenched behind his back and bound with rope, while his legs were tied separately to the chair legs—one on each side.

This left him completely immobilized.

The clothes he'd been wearing were stripped off before he was tied up. Now, bare and terrified, he stared helplessly at the three men before him.

Liu Changqing. Liu Zhiyue. Chen Dafu.

The three of them stared at Li Fanzhen, bound to the chair, none speaking first.

Until...

Liu Changqing took a few steps forward, stopping right in front of Li Fanzhen.

His face showed no expression.

Coldly, he looked down at him.

Raising the metal pipe in his hand, he pressed the end against Li Fanzhen's mouth.

"Open your mouth."

"Mmmph! Mmmph!!"

"If you don't open it, what comes next won't be so simple."

"..."

Ignoring the pain in his left eye, Li Fanzhen strained to widen both eyes.

His breathing grew heavier.