It was unexpected that Yi Zhonghai would hand him the knife himself, and do so as if worried it might not be sharp enough.
Taking advantage of the motion of adjusting his cuffs, he caught Xu Hua’s eye. The two had long ago agreed on a plan: create a distraction to draw attention, allowing Xu Haitao and Xu Fei to slip away and report the incident. Now, it all depended on whether that brute Shazhu would take the bait.
"Xushu!" Shazhu, unable to hold back, shouted in a coarse voice. "You’ve been living in our courtyard for less than three years, but you’re still a neighbor. Now that the Jia family is in trouble, you can’t just sit there playing deaf and dumb!"
Chapter 170