Chapter 57: What the fuck are you giggling for, bitch?

"Huh? What did you just say?"

The mature woman paused for a moment, thinking she had misheard.

Li Xingyue smiled faintly. "I said I want steamed buns. Help me pick two big ones."

The woman covered her mouth with a seductive giggle. "Oh my, so you wanted steamed buns! For a second there, I don't know why, but I thought you said you wanted my life. Hehehe."

Li Xingyue reached out and slapped the woman right across the face!

The blow knocked the mature woman straight to the ground!

Stunned by the slap for a moment, she quickly realized what was happening—someone was here to pick a fight!

Seething with fury, she turned her head and roared toward the inner room.

"Dia! Where the hell have you been hiding?! Someone's bullying me and you're not even coming out? Don't ever think about touching me again!"

As the words faded, a bulky figure immediately rushed out of the room. It was none other than the muscular man who had been trailing Li Xingyue near the alley entrance earlier!

The man's hands were covered in white flour, and a blank expression of confusion hung on his face as he tried to figure out what was going on.

Soon, however, he caught sight of the woman lying on the floor and the distinct handprint on her cheek. His expression instantly darkened. Drawing a kitchen knife from behind his waist, he strode toward Li Xingyue.

"How dare you bully Sister Yun... You're dead!"

Li Xingyue quickly raised both hands in surrender. "Brother Dia, you've got it all wrong!"

"I just wanted to buy some steamed buns, but she kept asking me what else I wanted to play with!"

Upon hearing this, Dia seemed somewhat convinced. He glanced down at Sister Yun, who was still on the floor, questioning her with his eyes.

Sister Yun was so furious she felt like coughing up blood. Ignoring the fact that her lower body was still exposed to the air, she scrambled to her feet and immediately slapped Dia across the face.

"Damn it! You believe whatever he says? Do you even have a brain? Stop talking nonsense and kill him right now!"

Berated mercilessly, Dia noticed Li Xingyue standing nearby and giggling, and only then did he realize he had been played.

A fierce wave of murderous intent flashed in his eyes once more. This time, without any hesitation, he raised the kitchen knife and brought it down straight toward Li Xingyue's head!

***

"Call me Daddy!"

"...Daddy."

"There we go, good boy!"

Li Xingyue smiled brightly, holding a gun pointed right at Dia.

Just as the blade was about to strike him, Li Xingyue had drawn his pistol from his pocket and pressed the barrel directly against Dia's chest.

Dia froze instantly, utterly paralyzed with fear, while Sister Yun beside him looked on with growing terror in her eyes.

"Remember me? Think carefully."

The two of them looked blankly at him, racking their brains to search their memories.

Sister Yun couldn't recall a single thing. With the sheer number of people she saw every day, how could she possibly remember every single face?

Could it be... that she hadn't satisfied this customer properly last time, and now he was back for revenge?

At this thought, Sister Yun immediately put on a seductive smile and swayed her hips as she stepped closer to Li Xingyue.

"Little brother, was it not good enough last time? Sister will definitely try harder this time, okay?"

Li Xingyue sneered. It was clear she still hadn't recognized him.

"A little over six months ago, I bought a few steamed buns and a bottle of water from you. You charged me three hundred points. Ring any bells?"

Hearing this, Sister Yun finally understood. So he really was here for payback, though she didn't panic too much just yet.

"Little brother, it was our fault before. We'll return your points, and on top of that, give you another thousand. How about that?"

"A thousand points is no small sum. Besides, we run our shop in Freedom City—everyone has backing. The people behind me have serious influence!"

"Since we started as foes and ended up friends, Sister Yun can even offer you my services for free to express my apology. What do you say?"

Sister Yun's words were a mix of carrot and stick, blending soft and hard approaches. Not only was she offering a compromise, but she was also throwing in a personal favor. No matter how one looked at it, it was a profitable deal.

"Sister Yun, you truly are a heroine among women! Since you're being this reasonable, I can't be too unforgiving either!"

"In that case, let's head inside and discuss these services in detail."

***

A flash of disdain and coldness crossed Sister Yun's eyes, but her face remained plastered with a smile as she led the way back into the bun shop.

Dia followed closely behind her.

Bang!

Bang!

Sister Yun and Dia collapsed to the floor, each with a bloody hole in their heads.

Li Xingyue had originally intended to deal with the two of them on the spot earlier, but doing it out in the open on the street would have drawn too much unwanted attention, which was why he had waited until now.

Fortunately, there weren't many people on this particular street; only three people had witnessed what had happened just now.

After finishing them off, Li Xingyue dragged all five bodies into the innermost back room of the bun shop, locked the front door, and left.

A few minutes later, Li Xingyue returned to the entrance of the Zombie Hunter Branch, originally planning to get into his car and drive straight to District B.

However, after stepping out of the alley, he noticed that his car, parked right by the entrance, was rocking back and forth.

???

Li Xingyue walked up to the vehicle and saw that both the driver's seat and the front passenger seat were empty. He reached out and pulled open the rear door.

"What the hell! Who the fuck opened the door??"

The moment he opened the door, he caught Chang Wei in the middle of a fierce encounter!

The man glared furiously at Li Xingyue, cursed under his breath, and swiftly slammed the door shut again.

Li Xingyue stood there completely dumbfounded. He never expected that his car would turn into a battlefield in the short time he had been gone.

Moreover, he had assumed the man shut the door to put his clothes back on, but to his utter disbelief, they had just picked right back up where they left off!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He yanked the car door open once more. "You'd better get the hell out of here right now, immediately, this instant! Or else you won't be getting out at all."

This time, the man was too preoccupied to even pull the door shut, and he didn't even have a spare second to acknowledge Li Xingyue.