Chapter 24

For Bak, who had undergone rigorous training to prevent leaks while being captured, it was actually more difficult to endure the chatter in a field he liked a lot, especially when it came from such an interesting girl. It felt a bit like meeting a kindred spirit.

So, delivering the meals was partly to repay the girl who had already helped him a lot, and partly to indulge in the things he was familiar with and liked... those bloody and gory things!

Just as Bak walked down the stairs into the courtyard of the sculpture department, Fang Lingying called out from the balcony upstairs: "It's a call from your waiter. Someone is causing trouble at the stall!"

Bak's first reaction was that Wu Tianming had the audacity to be so brazen and still hadn't given up!

His steps quickened, and he even vaulted over the school wall, a move he had done countless times as a child. The place was very familiar, and it was only a few hundred meters away, a distance he could cover in a minute.

He was worried about the two defenseless children. It seemed he needed to strengthen their physical training and teach them some basic self-defense techniques.

With this thought, he quickly reached the market entrance along the roadside. From a distance, he saw Liu Changyuan being knocked to the ground again, his face covered. Surprisingly, the two sisters were still standing their ground, each holding a bamboo knife and fearlessly throwing hot coals from the stove at the opponents!

Across from the fighting sisters were six or seven burly aunts!

Liu Changyuan, the pale-faced man, struggled to get up but was kicked down again by the aunts, looking as weak as a bean sprout!

The two beggar sisters, who were far more fierce, were nothing like their shy and timid selves from the mall yesterday. It seemed that when they returned to the streets at night and the familiar market, they transformed into two little tigresses defending their stall!

The bamboo knives were wide enough to scoop up meat. Bak's grill didn't have the wire mesh used by others for charcoal, just a large box with burning charcoal, and the meat skewers were placed directly on top. Now, with the skewers moved aside, the two sisters were playing like kids in a swimming pool, throwing the red-hot charcoal at the opponents. He could even hear Shen Yinan's slightly hoarse voice, amplified as much as possible: "Burn you, you old hag! How dare you come to my house and cause trouble!"

Shen Zhaonan was no lady either: "Your mother should die! Sell you all to the brothel...!"

Bak almost choked on his breath!

Were these the same sisters who had clung to his legs in tears? This was the true face of the beggar girls!

It made sense; growing up in garbage heaps, what good could they learn?

The burly aunts, though loud and fierce, couldn't get close. They could only curse from a distance, and Shen Zhaonan even had the energy to drag the useless Liu family's third son from the ground under her sister's cover.

There were still many onlookers, but the circle was wide due to the flying embers. Bak strode over, rushed into the circle, and grabbed the light Liu Changyuan, throwing him onto a seat and growling, "What the hell are you doing!?"

The two girls in masks immediately stopped, like a switch had been flipped, and became timid, jumping to Bak's side, grabbing his arms, and complaining, "You left! They came to cause trouble, saying we're not grilling meat but selling meat!"

Bak was speechless: "Do you understand what that means?"

Even with most of her face covered by a mask, the little beggar's eyebrows raised like little brushes, lively: "I know! It means being a prostitute!" She even stretched her neck to confirm with her sister: "Right? Mom said girls who don't respect themselves become prostitutes!"

Shen Zhaonan nodded heavily: "Yeah! We're not selling grilled chickens! We're selling real beef and pork!"

Bak's initial irritation and fighting spirit were almost worn out by these two lazy sisters! He felt almost amused as he approached the aunts: "Let's talk this out... what are you doing..."

Honestly, his tone was quite calm, as the sisters had mostly defused his anger.

Moreover, the sisters hiding behind him for support made Bak want to laugh.

Really, ever since these two sisters entered his life, Bak felt his mood had improved a lot.

The aunts, however, seemed to be counting on the fact that this tall man would be a gentleman and not fight with women, and immediately started cursing loudly: "Where did these foxes come from? Two little devils, only good at flirting and seducing people. They should just open a brothel instead of a food stall! They've turned the market entrance into a wild chicken field!"

"You big man, raising two little foxes, we don't welcome you here..."

"Pretending to sell grilled meat and cakes, I bet you'll bring a bed tomorrow to sell meat!"

"Those two devils look like they bring bad luck..."

Bak smiled like he was watching barking wild dogs, originally planning to turn back and clean up the charcoal and close the stall. But he suddenly felt the two small bodies trembling against his back, silently crying, their heads buried in his waist.

After all, they had just lost their mother, who they depended on, two days ago. Today's smiles or boldness might just be a facade to hide their pain, which only they truly understood.

But seeing those oily-faced, jumping, cursing women, Bak moved his hands to the back, letting the two small bodies huddle together, and took a step forward. The women all took a step back, cursing even more: "Why are you fighting with women..."

"Good men don't fight with women. If you hit a woman, I'll fight you to the death..."

"Come on! You just got here and want to do business... who knows what kind of shady business you're running!"

Liu Changyuan finally got up: "Brother! It's them, they copied our grilled meat and our business, and today they even tried to steal my cake!" His duck-like voice was still quite piercing in the noisy night.

Bak took another step forward, and the women were now backed by the onlookers, who were shouting: "Don't be afraid! No one will hit a woman, call your husband to fight..."

So the women seemed to be encouraging each other, taking a step forward, almost surrounding Bak, their fingers almost poking his face, and shouting, seemingly sure that Bak wouldn't hit a woman.

Seeing Bak frown and take a step back, the women became even more confident, their voices louder: "Business isn't done this way, this area is ours... take your bad luck and that sickly one and get lost!"

Just as everyone thought Bak would step back helplessly, he suddenly reached out...

Later, some people realized that Bak's few steps forward and back might have been to adjust his stance to allow his arms to swing freely!

Slap! A loud slap landed on the face of the woman in front, and without stopping, he slapped the other women's faces one after another!

The originally noisy scene suddenly became extremely quiet!

All that could be heard were the loud slaps!

And Bak's slightly deep voice: "Disgraceful! You don't even respect yourself! You have no face! Don't hit women?! I'll hit children too!"

With each slap, he cursed rhythmically!

Who said women and children couldn't be hit? In the underworld, women and children were often the most dangerous, hiding assault rifles under their robes and bombs in children's toys!

Bak had no such底线 (底线 means "bottom line" or "moral boundary") in his mind!

These slaps almost froze the entire scene!

The women, in disbelief, covered their faces, huddled together, and looked up at Bak, who had a sly smile, unable to speak, likely due to the severe pain from the blows.

The night air echoed with Bak's calm voice: "My mother is about your age. Everything should be done with reason. Did my stall bother you? Does my business interfere with yours? Do whatever you want, but don't disturb my business! We're all poor people, trying to make a living, so don't point fingers and jump around!"

His voice suddenly rose: "I'm hitting the faces of the men hiding behind you. If you have the guts, come out and fight me! Using women to take the hits, what kind of man are you? I protect my own children, but you can't even protect your own women! Come out and fight! I'll take on anyone, bare-handed!"

It must be said...

In the restless summer night, such a strong, forceful, and catchy voice easily resonated with the onlookers!

The image of a shrew could never be positive, and even though the man had hit women, it was just a slap to stop the cursing. Now, he was challenging the men to a fight!

Looking at his 1.8-meter height, his sturdy and muscular upper body, and his steady stance, and the two excited girls behind him, shouting, "Brother, you're so cool!" "You're so handsome!"

And the smug Liu Changyuan recording the scene on his phone.

Most men knew that in a physical fight, few could gain the upper hand.

Moreover, when the man mentioned fighting, there was a sudden, almost unconscious enthusiasm in his eyes!

An extremely unfamiliar and terrifying enthusiasm!

Sigh, Bak was actually thinking of the Black Widows often pushed to the front lines by cowards in Eastern Europe, and he unconsciously felt a bit murderous!

Even as he faced the dozen or so men who finally emerged, red-faced and angry!