For a moment, no one in the rest lounge dared to speak. Nobody wanted to get involved in someone else’s trouble.
Just as the yellow-haired man’s hand was about to touch Lin Jiao, a small fireball suddenly shot out from Yan Shaoyu’s palm and flew straight toward him.
A scream immediately followed.
“Ahhh! It hurts! Big Brother, help me!”
The yellow-haired man stared at his badly burned hand and cried out to Li Daqiang for help.
Li Daqiang was utterly shocked. Had his eyes deceived him just now? Could that man really control fire?
Before he could even react, Yan Shaoyu had already led the people behind him out of the rest lounge.
Lin Jiao mustered her courage and hurriedly followed their group, desperate to escape this place.
The entrance had already been damaged by the zombies. If they didn’t leave now, they might not be able to get out safely later.
The green-haired man standing beside Li Daqiang spoke in a low voice.
“Brother Qiang, they’re leaving.”
“Let them go.”
The words escaped Li Daqiang’s mouth without hesitation. He had no intention of provoking people like them.
Seeing Lin Jiao leave, Zhang Jiada hurriedly chased after her. His mother and younger sister quickly followed behind him.
However, before they could even reach the exit, someone blocked their way.
The green-haired man glared at them viciously.
“Did I say you could leave?”
“The woman who just walked out is my wife,” Zhang Jiada said, his voice weakening as he tried to plead with them.
His mother also spoke timidly.
“We’re with that group of people. Please, just let us go.”
“Leaving isn’t impossible. Just leave that pretty girl beside you behind.”
The green-haired man looked at Zhang Jiahui with a lecherous expression. His intentions were obvious.
The moment Zhang Jiahui heard this, she panicked and immediately hid behind her mother.
“No! Please don’t abandon me!”
“Please, I’m begging you! Have a heart and let us go!” Zhang Jiada’s mother pleaded desperately.
Just then, several zombies appeared outside the entrance. They were about to rush inside.
A girl behind them suddenly screamed in panic.
“Ah! Zombies! They’re coming in!”
Everyone in the rest lounge hurriedly got up and retreated. A few quick-witted men immediately opened the windows at the back and jumped out.
After the several young, strong men escaped, a middle-aged couple who happened to be nearby also followed them out through the window.
By the time Li Daqiang and his men finished dealing with the few zombies, they happened to see the girl trying to climb through the window.
She was moving incredibly slowly.
The two young men behind her looked utterly speechless. Why was she climbing through a window as if she were jumping off a building? She kept trembling and saying how frightened she was.
One of the young men repeatedly urged her.
“Xiao Cui, hurry up!”
However, before Xiao Cui could climb through, the green-haired man and several others grabbed her and dragged her back down.
“Ah! Let go of me, you bastards!”
Xiao Cui instinctively cursed at them while struggling desperately.
The next moment, a loud slap landed across her face, accompanied by a threatening voice.
“Shut up, you bitch!”
Xiao Cui covered her face, too frightened to make another sound.
Li Daqiang noticed several more zombies approaching from a distance.
“Grab those two women! We’re leaving!”
He immediately issued the order. This place was no longer safe to stay in.
Zhang Jiahui was forcibly dragged away. She struggled desperately and cried for help.
“Please, someone save me! Mom! Brother!”
Zhang Jiada was just about to rush forward when someone pointed a pistol directly at his forehead.
Frightened, he immediately froze, not daring to make another move.
When his mother saw the gun, the words she had been about to say, begging them to spare her daughter, died on her lips.
She was a deeply patriarchal woman who favored sons over daughters. As long as her son remained safe, that was all that mattered. As for this daughter, although she had always been obedient, she wasn’t worth risking her life for.
Xiao Cui continued struggling and screaming for help, but the people around her remained completely indifferent.
In the end, only Zhang Jiada, his mother, and the two young men remained in the rest lounge.
They lowered their heads, not daring to look at the despairing expressions on the faces of the two girls who had been taken away.
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