Chapter Thirty-Three: The Body Has No Intact Skin

  The street with few people, Zhang Yi reached out and grabbed the boy's arm, saying in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, even if the sky falls, I'll hold it up for you."

  The boy listened to Zhang Yi's words and suddenly felt calm in his heart, as if he was protected by his father and mother at the beginning, with a strong sense of security.

  "Big python, kill these two little bastards for me." The fat woman shouted loudly.

  Huang Damao had never felt so humiliated as he did today. Not to mention his wife being knocked unconscious, just the fact that he had urinated in his pants in public made him furious, and he wanted to chop Zhang Yi into pieces right there on the spot.

  "Dare to hit my wife? I'll kill you two little bastards."

  The fierce Huang Dama swung the meat-cutting knife in his hand and chopped down towards Zhang Yi's head. If he was hit, Zhang Yi would probably be killed by a single slash.

  Anger arises from the heart.

  Zhang Yi took a big step forward, his body slightly tilted to the side, dodging the fierce knife. His hands instantly grabbed Huang Damao's wrists, and with a burst of strength, Zhang Yi brutally pinched Huang Damao's wrist bones, causing them to break. As the cleaver fell to the ground, Zhang Yi kicked Huang Damao's right waist with all his might.

  Zhang Yi, with his powerful strength, kicked heavily, and after Huang Dama flew out horizontally, the sound of a fractured rib on his right side echoed, and his massive body crashed to the ground about four or five meters away.

  Huang Damao's ferocity truly enraged Zhang Yi.

  He arrived at his side the moment Huang Daming fell to the ground, and with a fierce kick, he kicked Huang's body and head. The ferocity of the kick was so frightening that it stopped the two young men who were following Huang in their tracks.

  "Bang......"

  The fat wife saw her husband being knocked down by Zhang Yi and repeatedly kicked, and instantly swung the iron rod towards Zhang Yi. However, Zhang Yi dodged quickly, with one foot on the fat wife's face, and she let out a miserable cry as she fell heavily to the ground.

  Her stout body wriggled on the ground for a while before struggling to get up.

  Zhang Yi didn't bother with the fat woman anymore, he kicked Huang Damao in the stomach, full of anger, and scolded: "You damn bastard, your wife instigated two dogs to bite this child, and beat him until his head was bleeding. You don't care about right or wrong, and you dare to commit murder with a knife on the street? Just now if I hadn't dodged quickly, I'm afraid I would have been chopped to death by this one knife!"

  "I let you be ruthless... I let you go wild..."

  Zhang Yi kicked Huang Dama fiercely, kicking him into a miserable cry of pain and agony.

  "You think you can act wildly just because you're big and strong? You think you can do whatever you want just because you've got two little hoodlums with you? I'll kick you to death..."

  Pedestrians on the surrounding streets slowly gathered around, and when they saw that it was Huang Daming being beaten, someone led the applause, which thundered in their ears and became a piece of sound.

  "Stop hitting me, I was wrong, I shouldn't have messed with you, ouch... it hurts..."

  Huang Dama felt the pain spreading throughout his body, with large beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, especially on the right side of his ribcage, which made him almost suffocate.

  Before, it was almost always him hitting others and listening to their mournful cries.

  But now!

  He's scared!

  His heart was filled with fear due to the severe pain all over his body, and he had a feeling that if he continued to be beaten like this, he would probably be beaten to death.

  So, enduring the humiliation and fear in his heart, he crawled with his body being kicked violently and loudly wailed for mercy.

  The fat woman's face turned pale, standing aside with a quiver, staring at her man being brutally beaten, but didn't dare to take a step forward.

  She felt more bitter than having eaten rhubarb, and if there was a place in the world that sold regret medicine, she would rush to buy it at this moment.

  Zhang Yi listened to Huang Damao's wailing and pleading, the cold light in his eyes finally dissipated, and he kicked him over again, shouting: "Get out, if I ever meet you two bullying men and women again, I'll kill you."

  "Yes, yes, yes, we're leaving right away and won't dare again."

  Huang Damao cried with a gloomy face, his tears swirling in his eye sockets. Where was the fierce aura of before? He looked like a poor girl who had just been bullied by several big men, his massive body trembling with fear.

  Zhang Yi snorted, watching their fleeing figures, then turned to the boy and smiled again, saying: "Let's go in!"

  I don't know when.

  Hao Cheng Xiao was already standing at the entrance of the medical hall.

  As Zhang Yi turned around, a few smiles hung on his old face, and he nodded slowly: "Not bad, evil people need to be ground by evil people. Huang Damao has been rampant in Shiban Town for so many years, I didn't expect you to clean him up. Come in!"

  Zhang Yi smiled slightly and led the boy into the clinic.

  "Hao, this is a poor kid I met, he's been bitten by wild dogs in many places, can you help him with the treatment?" Zhang Yi pushed the boy in front of Hao Chengxiao and said.

  Hao Shen Yi glanced at the boy and said lightly: "I'm only responsible for teaching you medical skills, everything else is up to you!"

  Zhang Yi was taken aback, then smiled wryly and nodded in agreement.

  "Little guy, I forgot to ask, what's your name?" Zhang Yi smiled and said.

  The boy said: "My name is Wang Xiaofei."

  Zhang Yi looked at Wang Xiaofei, who was only twelve or thirteen years old, and smiled as he nodded: "Take off your jacket and pants, I'll help you treat the wound and then bandage it for you."

  Wang Xiaofei hesitated for a moment before taking off his overcoat, leaving only a pair of tattered shorts.

  "Hiss..."

  Zhang Yi's gaze fell on Wang Xiaofei, his body trembled slightly, and a look of horror appeared in his eyes, he couldn't help but take a cold breath.

  This...

  What's with all these scars on him?

  Hao Shen Yi, who was standing beside him, cast a casual glance over, and when his eyes swept across Wang Xiao Fei's body, his expression also froze for a moment, before a look of incredulity flowed into his eyes.

  Wang Xiaofei's body was covered in scars, some of which were clearly very old, but many of which were recent additions. His entire body had at least over a hundred scars.

  What is called "the body has no complete skin"?

  Wang Xiaofei's body is covered in gruesome and terrifying scars, which are the best explanation.

  "Xiao Fei, your body... where did these scars come from?" Zhang Yi's voice was slightly trembling.

  Wang Xiaofei lowered his head and said: "I carried my mother from a very far place to here, with no money for food or a place to live. I went begging and rummaging through trash cans for something to eat. The injuries on me were partly inflicted by people who beat me up, and partly caused by wild dogs that bit me."

  "Where is your hometown?" Zhang Yi asked.

  Wang Xiaofei said: "Cangzhou."

  "What did you come here for?" Zhang Yi said again.

  Wang Xiaofei's expression was somewhat downcast, and he said in a low voice: "My mom said that my dad is here, we are here to find my dad."

  "Have you found it?"

  Wang Xiaofei shook his head and said, "No."

  Hao Cheng squinted his eyes and walked up to Wang Xiaofei, his gaze sweeping over the worn-out shoes that exposed his toes, and asked faintly: "You just said you came here with your mom?"

  Wang Xiaofei nodded and said, "Yeah, we don't have any money, and others won't let us hitch a ride, so we can only walk here."

  Hao Cheng Xiao said: "From Cangzhou to here, it's a full 750 kilometers, 1,500 miles, did you carry your mother and walk step by step? How long did you take?"

  "Wang Xiaofei said in a low voice: 'Half a year.'"

  Hao Cheng Xiao and Zhang Yi exchanged a glance, both of their eyes revealing a shocked expression.

  This child...

  He's only twelve or thirteen years old, right?

  His thin and weak body, carrying his mother from 1,500 miles away to beg here? How much suffering did he endure on this road? How much hardship did he experience?

  Zhang Yi let out a quiet sigh and said with some sympathy: "Xiao Fei, bear the pain for now, I'll treat your wound."

  "Thank you, brother."

  It took Zhang Yi half an hour to disinfect, suture and bandage all the wounds for Wang Xiaofei.

  "Hao, I'm afraid I won't be able to learn medicine from you today. Xiao Fei's mother is also ill, and I plan to go pick her up and give her a diagnosis and treatment," Zhang Yi said to Hao Chengtian.

  Hao Cheng Xiao is indeed a man of iron and stone, otherwise he would not have set the rule that saving one person means killing another. However, Wang Xiaofei's gruesome and terrifying injuries, as well as his tragic fate, still moved Hao Cheng Xiao.

  He waved his hand and said:

  "Go!"

  There is a bridge on the east side of Shibadong Town called Bajing Bridge.

  The entire bridge is tens of meters long, spanning a nearly dry river. Below it are eight concrete pillars supporting it, and under the bridge on both sides of the river are south-north through caves.

  As Zhang Yi followed Wang Xiaofei to the Ba Jing Bridge, a hint of confusion flashed in his eyes, and he asked, "Where's your mom? We've already left the town for quite some time."

  Wang Xiaofei pointed to the Ba Jing Bridge in front of him and said: "In the bridge cave under that bridge."

  "What?"

  Zhang Yi's face stiffened, and his eyes revealed an incredulous expression.

  Live in a bridge hole?

  This bridge looks like it's been around for several decades, doesn't it?

  Even the railings on both sides of the bridge have many fractures, and it's unknown where they fell. Can people live in this bridge cave that is almost a dangerous bridge?

  His footsteps quickened in vain, and Zhang Yi soon followed the river embankment to the bridge hole below.

  A half-height wall made of broken bricks and tiles, blocking the entrance at one end, while this side is covered with wooden sticks and severely damaged plastic sheets, leaving only a narrow doorway.

  "Cough... is Xiaofei back?"

  A faint female voice came from inside the bridge cave.

  "Mom, I'm back! And I've brought a big brother who knows medicine to help treat your illness." Wang Xiaofei bent down and crawled through the narrow doorway.

  Zhang Yi didn't hesitate at all and followed Wang Xiaofei into the bridge tunnel.

  "Heavens! Here..."