CH 15

The rabbit’s expression immediately eased up and the black hair which had been standing up like needles returned to softness. He sniffed his powdery nose and said in a soft tone, “Then bring it out quickly, it’s almost time for the celebrations to begin!”

Lian Qiao put his hand into his pocket. Xu RenDong, on the side, suddenly asked: “What kind of festival is it today?” 

As soon as he asked this, the rabbit squirmed. His lips slightly cocked up, making an expression that seemed to be laughing. Of course, no one can read anything from this rabbit’s face. Fortunately, Xu RenDong didn’t expect to get an answer because the moment the rabbit turned around, Lian Qiao suddenly pulled out a crowbar from behind his back and smacked it into the rabbit’s head.

Bang! 

The rabbit was caught off guard and was smashed in the head. But the sound of a crowbar hitting it on the head was strange and particularly crisp, like the sound of a vase falling to the ground and breaking. Little by little, the rabbit twisted his head back, his neck clicked, and his mouth made an unpleasant grinding sound.

“How dare you hit me?” The rabbit ground his back teeth and asked in a dark manner.

“Idiot! Do I need to pick a good date to hit you?” At this critical juncture, Lian Qiao still had the mind to tell jokes. But the movement of his hand was not slow. He aimed at the center of the rabbit body, brandishing the crowbar like a bat and slammed it into the rabbit again.

There was that weird, crisp noise again that the rabbit flew straight up like a baseball that had been hit, and slammed into the fireplace wall. Lian Qiao’s strength was great and from the heavy collision it was obvious that he’d hit the rabbit hard.

But as soon as it touched the ground, it jumped up like a spring and pounced towards Lian Qiao.

The hit just now in the chest was obviously not as damaging as the one on its head in the beginning. At this point it had shed its cute disguise and sharp fangs protruded from its mouth. The fangs obviously did not belong to a herbivore and there were even shreds of meat still stuck in the teeth, making people shudder. If you were bitten by this pair of fangs, even your flesh and bones will be gnawed to pieces!

Fortunately, Xu RenDong was already prepared. As soon as Lian Qiao sent the rabbit flying, he grabbed a thick piece of wood from the fireplace. The moment the rabbit jumped up from the ground, Xu RenDong reacted quickly and smacked it in its stomach, immediately sending it back into the wall!

After that he didn’t let go but used the log to pin the rabbit against the wall. The rabbit was furious but because its four feet were off the ground, it couldn’t find a purchase point and could only bite and claw at Xu RenDong, trying to tear off his skin with its sharp claws.

Xu RenDong looked very pitiful as he both ahd to try to suppress the rabbit while struggling to escape the rabbit’s attack. He didn’t think that the rabbit’s little body contained such a powerful force. As an adult man, he couldn’t even suppress a rabbit.

“Brother Yuan!” Xu RenDong called. “Help!”

Everyone was stunned by this violent duo. Even Yuan XueMing didn’t think that they’d actually dare to attack the rabbit. But Yuan XueMing reacted quickly and immediately rushed to the other side of the rabbit and helped Xu RenDong by holding down the other side of the log. Meanwhile Lian Qiao, who was brandishing the crowbar, swung again towards the rabbit!

Lian Qiao gritted his teeth and slammed it repeatedly into the rabbit’s head. 

The rabbit struggled angrily, and Yuan XueMing and Xu RenDong could barely suppress him. The rabbit’s four legs struggled madly in the air. Lian Qiao dodged but was kicked several times in the stomach. His clothes were soon scratched by the claws and blood seeped out of the wounds, and the wound was close to his intestines!

“Lian Qiao! Don’t just hit f***ing hit it’s head!” Xu RenDong was so panicked that even swear words came out. “Cripple it! Break all four of its legs!”

“Why don’t you just die!” Lian Qiao was almost crying. The rabbit’s head was smashed so badly that his eyes had rotted into sauce and it continued to stare hatefully at Lian Qiao. His hands and legs also didn’t stop moving so Lian Qiao followed Xu RenDong’s instructions and focused on them instead.

Only a few squeals were heard and the rabbit’s legs made a cracked sound of porcelain. Lian Qiao wasted one after the other, until the four rabbit legs were crushed by him. Only when fur was the only thing left connecting the limbs, did he dare to stop.

However even though its entire’s body’s joints were broken, the rabbit still burst out in a struggle of amazing strength. The bloody and fuzzy body struggled like a dying fish against the two people holding it down.

Xu RenDong exclaimed: “Brother Yuan, hold on!”

Yuan XueMing gritted his teeth, and he didn’t even have the time to talk. 

The rabbit stared viciously at Lian Qiao. It’s features were already so distorted it couldn’t be recognized but Lian Qiao could feel its strong resentment. 

If the two people let go, then probably the rabbit would turn into a knife made of flesh and bone, and impale him until his brain juice was flowing and splashed onto the ground.

Lian Qiao was frightened by his own imagination and closed his eyes and wailed louder than anyone else while also continuing to beat the rabbit with more force than anyone else.

The onlookers were stunned. They watched Lian Qiao swing the crowbar repeatedly in the air with such enormous force that the two ends of the wooden log that Yuan XueMing and Xu RenDong were holding shook violently. The two people look pitiful, both being knocked around by him but not daring to let go.

An unknown amount of time later, Xu RenDong finally couldn’t take it anymore. “Lian Qiao.”

Lian Qiao: “Ahhhhhhh! Why aren’t you dying!! Why don’t you die!!!!”

Xu RenDong said helplessly: “Lian Qiao, it’s dead! You’re beating me and Brother Yuan now.”

“……Huh?” Lian Qiao opened his eyes and finally stopped. He was so scared his eyes were red but behind the log, the rabbit had already been turned into a weak, helpless lump of rotten meat.

Xu RenDong and Yuan XueMing let go of the log and the fuzzy flesh and blood thing snapped and fell to the ground. At this time the rabbit hair has been stained with blood, so much so that the original color could not be seen. All the smashed internal organs had been squeezed out of the ruined fur, giving off an animal’s unique stench.

The rabbit’s head, which had been hit in a series of blows by Lian Qiao, had almost been crushed into stuffing. The mass contained red blood, white brain matter, gray rabbit hair and two wet, sticky black eyes and a small pink tongue hanging outside. Even more frightening was that the whole rabbit mass was still spasming and twitching. It was unknown if it was just a muscle reaction or if it was not fully dead.

The picture was so disgusting that several people vomited.

“…… Goddamn.” Lian Qiao was stunned by his masterpiece and grunted, swallowing. “There should be a mosaic here, otherwise the video won’t can’t be broadcasted.” 

Xu RenDong, whose face was splashed with blood, and Yuan XueMing: “…..”

“Is it dead?” A man who just vomited, turned his head and took a look. Then turned back around and vomited again.

Yuan XueMing took the log and sorted through the meat on the ground. “If it’s still not dead, then we have no chance.”

Xu RenDong agreed. Although the rabbit is only half a person tall, its strength was amazing and it’s vitality was also extremely fierce.  If it hadn’t been for Lian Qiao’s sudden fierce and fast attack which caught it off guard, the three of them definitely wouldn’t have been able to beat it.

Lian Qiao said, “I think we should add one more injury.”

Xu RenDong can’t help but admire Lian Qiao. He thought; Young people are really fierce. The rabbit has already been smashed into meat sauce by you, even if you want to injure it one more time, where are you going to start?

Yuan XueMing was also surprised: “What kind of injury?”

Lian Qiao stared at the fresh rabbit meat and touched his chin: “Maybe… turn it into rabbit soup? We should really change our diet.”

Everyone’s faces went green and red and a whole assortment of colors in a flash. Each expression was more thrilling than the last. The person who had been vomiting just now felt his legs become wobbly and he nearly knelt down in front of Lian Qiao.

Xu RenDong thought hard for a moment: “Better not. I have a bad stomach and probably can’t digest it.”

Other people: “…..” Your focus is totally wrong ah! No wonder the two of you can be friends!

Yuan XueMing coughed: “Okay, let’s be serious. The rabbit is dead now but the elevator button hasn’t been found. We can’t let our guard down yet.”

Still, the mood relaxed. After all, their biggest threat was dead and it was only a matter of time before they would find the button. The fire of hope was rekindled in their hearts and they found the courage to live again.

“What about this thing?” Lian Qiao pointed to the rotten meat on the ground and looked at the crackling fireplace, “Should we burn it?” 

The crowd was unanimous in their approval. However, since the rabbit meat sauce was still spasming, none of them wanted to get close to it. Such a terrible creature, who dared to clean it up with their bare hands?

Even the ferocious Lian Qiao didn’t feel up to it. He coughed and saisd, “Lets look to see if there’s a broom or a mop or something in the house.”

The crowd obediently went to find tools to clean up the body. The three people, including Xu RenDong, were left at the table. They were too nervous and their adrenaline too high. Their muscles were tightly wound and all their strength was gone. They could only sit, sweating.

“How’s the injury on your stomach?” Xu RenDong reached out to open Lian Qiao’s coat to look at the wound but Lian Qiao held his wrist with his hand.

“Your hands…” He looked at Xu RenDong’s hands which had been pricked with wooden splinters and his eyebrows wrinkled tightly.

Just now he had used a lot of force to suppress the rabbit. The log was very rough and in the process many splinters got stuck to Xu RenDong’s palm. There were many and some were stuck very deeply, probably damaging the blood vessels. Right now Xu R enDong’s entire palm was filled with blood and the tender meat was lacerated. However he didn’t look concerned at all.

“I’m sorry.” Xu RenDong’s first reaction was that he shouldn’t use his dirty hands to touch Lian Qiao’s wound so he wanted to retract his hands. However he didn’t expect Lian Qiao to grab onto him. It was forceful but gentle at the same time, it didn’t hurt but at the same time didn’t let him escape.

“…” Lian Qiao frowned, “Just endure for a second, I’ll pull the splinters out for you.”

Xu RenDong refused: “Your injury is more serious and it was also made by the rabbit. It could get infected…”

Lian Qiao: “It doesn’t hurt.” 

Xu RenDong: “Mine don’t hurt either.”

Lian Qiao suddenly felt desperate. He actually smacked himself in the stomach a few times and insisted, “Mine really don’t hurt! I listened to you so many times, can’t you listen to me just once!”

Xu RenDong: “…” Young man, you are really vicious. You won’t even let yourself go.

At this time Yuan XueMing really cannot watch any longer. He extended his two palms. “You two stop arguing. Okay, both of yours don’t hurt but mine do. Hurry and pull mine out first!” 

Xu RenDong and Lian Qiao: …”

The other team members found a broom and returned to the living room. They saw the wonderful scene of Xu RenDong and Lian Qiao attending Yuan XueMing. Lian Qiao’s face was full of resentment and his movements were simple and rough. Every time he pulled out a splinter, Yuan XueMing hissed and sucked in cold air. Xu RenDong thought his actions were because of him, so he became even more gentle. A single piece of wood would take ten minutes to remove slowly. And he said things like, “Brother Yuan, are you okay?” “Brother Yuan, just bear it a little bit longer.” So Yuan XueMing could clearly feel each inch of splinter sliding through his wound bit by bit.

In pain, Yuan XueMing finally pulled back both of his hands: “Forget it, it doesn’t hurt anymore.”

Everyone laughed. In the warm hut, the atmosphere was peaceful. But in this laughter, Lian Qiao suddenly moved his ears. He frowned, leaned somewhat uneasily close to Xu RenDong: “Brother RenDong, can you hear something?”

Xu RenDong: “Hmm?

Lian Qiao didn’t finish speaking. As if he had suddenly remembered something, he turned his head backwards and his pupils shrank.

Ku-chi-ku-chi-ku-chi.

The sound of teeth grinding came from the rabbit’s bloody and rotten form.

Lian Qiao: “Fuck.”

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