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Chapter 209: Chapter 209 The Mistakes Made
Secrets?
What secrets could Han Yi have?
Everyone was slightly startled, then turned to look at Han Yi.
Han Yi looked indifferently at Han Rui, saying neither to save him nor not to save him.
Propping himself up, Han Rui fixated on Han Yi with bloodshot eyes and said hoarsely, "Just cure my leg, and I won’t speak of it. How about that? You wouldn’t want... that incident to be known, would you?"
Xiao Jian snorted coldly, lifted his gun, and pressed it against Han Rui’s forehead, "You’re the first to dare threaten Brother Han."
A sneer of extreme cold crossed Han Yi’s face, "I’m a bit curious now, what secrets about me do you know, huh?"
Han Rui’s expression twisted into something ferocious, his bloodshot eyes filled with madness. Despite Xiao Jian’s gun pressed to his head, he behaved like someone holding a winning ticket, his voice trembling with either excitement or nervousness: "You won’t be happy if I spill the beans, Han Yi. How about this: you get my leg fixed, and give me half of the military arms, then I won’t tell. The arms are definitely in your hands! You tampered with them, right?! Don’t try to deceive me! You definitely took that batch of arms!"
"Hey, talk about overstepping the mark!" Yan Xiao sneered.
Han Yi laughed in anger, "Then spit it out, what secret is so valuable?"
Han Rui chuckled sinisterly, looking towards Han Jiaojiao by Han Yi’s side.
Seeing Han Rui look at her like that, Han Jiaojiao frowned and moved closer to Han Yi, but she couldn’t help wondering if the secret he was about to reveal was related to her.
"Since it’s a secret, it’s worthless once spoken," Han Rui averted his gaze, looking back at Han Yi, "...Let me refresh your memory. After that incident four years ago, Uncle almost beat you to death. Have you forgotten...?"
Han Jiaojiao could feel Han Yi tensing up next to her, even his breathing stopped! He stood there, his gaze icy to the extreme, radiating a horrifying, chilling aura.
All but Han Rui were intimidated by this presence, not daring to breathe too loudly.
Han Jiaojiao remembered the event Han Rui mentioned. The uncle he talked about was Father Han, Han Chenjing, which was before the accident of her parents. One-day after school, she arrived home to find Father Han beating her brother.
It was the first time she saw Father Han hit anyone. Although he was a very gentle man, that day he seemed crazed with fury, striking with considerable force! He used a thick military baton on her brother, even kicking and punching. Her brother knelt on the ground, utterly silent. — She was terrified by that scene back then. The image of the white shirt on her brother’s back soaking with streaks of blood... till this day, she still remembers.
Later, her mother took her back to the room. When she asked why Father Han was hitting her brother, her mother said it was because he had done something wrong...
Seeing Han Yi’s reaction, Han Rui wore a deeper malicious smile, "So, you finally remember? Uncle kept the news under tight wraps, but he couldn’t hide it from my dad. What if your sister finds out about what happened..."
"Bang!!!—"
No one expected Han Yi to lash out all of a sudden!
Before Han Rui could finish, Han Yi’s fist smashed into his face! His upper body collapsed to the ground, and before he could recover, another bout of sharp pain seized him!
"Aaahhhh!!!—"
Han Yi, his aura dark and heavy, stepped on Han Rui’s arm, slowly grinding down, his fingers oozing bright red blood under the pressure, the sound of bones popping out of joint was horrifying to hear...
Han Rui’s howls were unceasing, but not a single person interfered or pleaded on his behalf. Everyone watched the scene in silent terror, not daring to utter an extra word.
Yan Xiao’s fingers stretched imperceptibly, as if they, too, were in pain...
Fingers linked to the heart, as Han Yi meticulously grinded them one by one. Just watching it made them feel the pain.
The flesh on Han Rui’s half-crushed hand became a bloody blur between the military boots and the rocky ground, and even white bone protruded from the shredded flesh. Han Rui wailed until his voice was almost gone, his body convulsing violently from the pain.
"Han Rui, you should thank the family teachings of your grandfather," Han Yi’s eyes were filled with gloominess, his voice bitterly cold, "this time I won’t kill you. From now on, don’t try to provoke me again, understand?"
Overwhelmed with pain, Han Rui couldn’t speak. His complexion ashen, his whole body sweated through his clothes as if he had been pulled out of water, and not long after, he fainted away.
A strange silence fell around.
Han Yi turned to look at Han Jiaojiao, who was somewhat stunned.
Han Jiaojiao had been taken aback by the sudden outburst of Han Yi’s rage... What happened to her brother? What was he keeping from her?
Han Yi wrapped his arms around the dazed Han Jiaojiao and gently patted her back, "Were you scared? There, it’s alright now."
"Mm..." Han Jiaojiao murmured in response, leaning obediently into his embrace. She wanted to ask her brother, what secret had to be hidden from her? But considering her brother’s rage... she had to suppress her doubts and curiosity.
Brother wouldn’t harm her; if he chose not to tell her, it must be for her own good. — Han Jiaojiao consoled herself in this way, yet couldn’t help feeling somewhat slighted because of Han Rui’s unfinished sentence.
Those who had escaped from the field, their paralyzed limbs began to slowly recover. It seemed that as long as one left the field before complete paralysis, the body could gradually heal.
Han Yi no longer paid attention to these soldiers and departed with his people.
Before leaving, Hao Boming sneakily scooped up a piece of turf, mud and all, and stuffed it into his stainless-steel lunchbox.
The roots of these grasses were quite short, only about two centimeters, so it didn’t take much effort to dig up a large piece. — It made sense; normal grass has long roots to better absorb nutrients from underground, but these Mutant Grass drew sustenance from digesting unwitting creatures that wandered into them, needing roots only for stabilization.
Tian Xinyue looked at Hao Boming, holding a lunchbox filled with Mutant Grass, with some trepidation and couldn’t help asking, "Doctor Hao, why are you digging up those grasses?" no𝚟𝚙u𝚋.c𝚘m
Puffing out his chest with pride, Hao Boming said, "You don’t understand, do you? Now that all industrial production has completely halted, pharmaceuticals will eventually run out one day. Drugs like anesthetics will become increasingly scarce in the future. If I grow a pot of these grasses, who knows if they might be useful later on."
Han Jiaojiao and Han Yi walked ahead, and upon hearing Hao Boming’s words, she couldn’t help but turn back and laugh, "Doctor Hao is so clever! We should cultivate more in the future; we can use the pot that Sister Yu used for growing bok choy, grow lots of it."
Seeing a smile finally appear on Han Jiaojiao’s face, Han Yi’s heart eased slightly.
If it weren’t for Han Rui bringing it up, Han Yi had almost forgotten about that incident. Even though his father thought he had made a big mistake, he had never regretted it. His sister was meant to be his, and no one... could take her away!
However, this matter might cause her some harm...
Han Yi was indecisive in his heart for the first time. Should he... tell her? But if she were to harbor resentment against him from then on, what would he do?
My darling, brother is actually very fragile... Brother can’t lose you, absolutely cannot.
