"Shao Xu, how dare you hit my brother! Today, I'll teach you how to behave!"
Shao Hu, heedless of anything else, swung his fist at Su Ding. He had grown up with petty thugs and acted rashly.
Just then, Shao Zhenggang, in his wheelchair, violently rammed into Shao Hu's leg!
"Ah!"
Shao Hu, caught off guard, buckled at the knees and staggered back a few steps, grimacing.
Shao Zhenggang sternly berated him, "Shao Hu, you dare lay a hand on Xiao Xu, try it!"
Shao Zhenggang, who had remained silent while they insulted and belittled him, suddenly erupted in fury. His old face seemed to regain a measure of his former commanding presence.
Shao Hu was startled into stillness.
Su Ding felt a strange stir in the depths of her heart, being protected by Shao Zhenggang.
It was as if she had returned to childhood.
To the days when their family was happy and carefree, before Shao Lin and Wang Meilan.
Seeing Shao Zhenggang stand his ground, Shao Long wasn't intimidated. He fiercely lunged forward and spat at Shao Zhenggang, "You old fossil, your daughter hit me, so what if I hit her?"
"You won't let me? Fine, I'll show you!"
With that, he used his towering physique, like a small mountain, to charge at Su Ding.
Shao Zhenggang's eyes blazed with rage, and he roared, "How dare you!"
He struggled to rise from his wheelchair, but his legs were empty. He slumped back dejectedly.
The caregiver hesitated, unsure whether he should intervene at this crucial moment. What if he got hurt?
After two or three seconds, he quietly retreated to the side.
Just as Su Ding was about to be hit by the punch, she sidestepped, dodged the attack, and simultaneously struck his vulnerable abdomen with her elbow!
A pained yelp echoed as Shao Long clutched his stomach, hopping on one foot.
"Hit me? I'll let you hit me!"
Su Ding raised her leg and kicked Shao Long to the ground, where he wailed even louder.
Shao Hu, who had been about to attack Su Ding again, flinched under her cold, murderous gaze and scurried to his brother Shao Long's side.
Shao Zhenggang watched from afar in disbelief, never imagining his daughter could take on two grown men.
For a moment, the Su Ding before him seemed like a stranger.
He was unaware of the hardships and suffering Su Ding had endured after being pushed to the brink by him and Shao Lin, fleeing abroad alone with her child.
She started as an extra, earning a meager salary.
She took on high-risk stunts, beatings, anything other actors refused.
To protect herself and her daughter, Su Ding studied martial arts and combat in her spare time. This not only allowed her to defend herself and her daughter against bad people but also opened doors for more audition opportunities, enabling her to support them.
Shao Long and Shao Hu, leaning on each other, had lost their former arrogance. They looked at the woman before them with fear and said, "Alright, alright, Shao Xu, you've got guts!"
Then they fled as if a pack of hungry wolves were chasing them.
Su Ding glanced at the stunned caregiver beside her and said in the same cold tone, "You're fired."
The caregiver, just snapping out of his shock, heard Su Ding's words and was struck as if by lightning, left standing frozen.
"Wh-why?" he asked indignantly.
He knew, of course, that Su Ding was firing him because he had only watched and hadn't helped.
However, he felt this reason was unconvincing.
After all, a caregiver wasn't responsible for being a bodyguard. Protecting his own safety was not wrong, was it?
Why should he be fired? He was not convinced!
Su Ding shot him an displeased glance, "You thought the thirty thousand yuan a month was just for pushing a wheelchair? Go back and check your contract."