Free Web NovelChapter 456: Chapter 456: Stirring Up Trouble
The deafening gunshot startled all the residents in the living room. They screamed and scattered, terrified of being hit by a stray bullet.
Only the four aunts of the man with glasses stood frozen in place, as if they hadn’t yet processed what had happened.
When they finally did, all four of them broke down—they had just lost their nephew, and now they had lost their brother.
The Quinn Family had lost two generations of heirs in a single day. The four aunts looked as if their souls had left their bodies. They threw themselves onto their brother’s still-bleeding corpse and began to shriek.
"Brother!!"
"Quinn!!"
The four-fold shriek was like a demonic sound piercing their ears, making everyone’s heads ring. The residents, afraid the dead man’s aunts might do something drastic in their agitated state, all backed away to give them space.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Melody Summers quietly took out the "Enchanting Secret Medicine" and sprinkled it on the four women.
The next second, all four of them fainted at once.
Seeing this, Melody Summers said to the crowd, "They must have been overwhelmed by grief and cried themselves unconscious... Let’s lock them up together for now, to prevent them from doing anything else rash."
Two farces had unfolded today, resulting in two deaths. The people from the Emergency Management Office and the residents in the living room had all grown somewhat numb.
Taking Melody Summers at her word, they didn’t suspect a thing. Everyone helped carry the women out, then they all pitched in to wipe the blood from the floor.
As Shawn Lynch bent down to wipe up the blood, he muttered sheepishly to his father, Mr. Lynch, who was beside him, "Now I get why Miss Winnie didn’t want us to kill those four robbers earlier..."
Killing just the one guy with glasses caused this much trouble. If they had killed the other four all at once...
—The consequences would have been unthinkable!
’If the other four robbers’ relatives and friends also came out to make a scene, the situation would probably spiral beyond what the few of us could control! We’d have to face dozens of enraged family members, and there’s no telling how things would escalate...’
Just as the bloodstains were nearly cleaned up, someone in the crowd suddenly said, "How could they just kill Mr. Quinn like that? That’s too cruel and ruthless!"
Melody Summers was taken aback. She turned to look and saw that the person who had just spoken was none other than Frank York.
’Has he lost his mind? Why is he suddenly sympathizing with Quinn? Quinn was the one attacking people with a knife!’
’If we hadn’t killed Quinn, what would have happened if he’d hurt other residents?’
’This Frank York is just unbelievable!’
Frank York had a timid look on his face, but seeing everyone in the living room turn to look at him, he clenched his jaw and said, "Mr. Quinn was just a father who lost his child. That’s why he acted on impulse. He probably wouldn’t have even hurt anyone with that little fruit knife. You just needed to restrain him. Why did you have to kill him?!"
Frank York was genuinely scared now. He hadn’t expected both Melody Summers and Winnie Summers to have guns, nor that they would be so ruthless in using them.
He had offended Melody Summers on the 15th floor with his big mouth, and just now he had offended Winnie Summers by speaking up for the robber. The very thought made his skin crawl.
’This mother-daughter duo will definitely not let me off the hook!’
’Rather than wait for Winnie and Melody Summers to come after me, I’m better off striking first! I have to set the narrative, turn all the other residents against this mother and daughter, and strip them of their power!’
So, Frank York pointed a finger at Winnie Summers and said, "You’re too cruel! You actually just shot and killed Mr. Quinn, as if you have a complete disregard for human life! How can there be a woman as terrifying as you!"
Then he turned to the surrounding residents and appealed, "Neighbors, for the safety of all of us, is a woman like her, one who treats human lives as if they’re worthless, really fit to be in the Emergency Management Office? Do you really dare to live with her day in and day out, under the same roof?!"
Hearing Frank York’s words, Melody Summers nearly rolled her eyes into the back of her head. ’I’m already exhausted today,’ she thought. ’Why do these idiots keep popping up, just begging for a beating?’
Melody Summers was even starting to regret not finishing Frank York off on the 15th floor. It would have been better than letting him stir up trouble here.
’Why didn’t Quinn just stab him to death just now? If only Quinn could have taken Frank York with him on his way out!’
Hearing this, Winnie Summers frowned slightly and asked Frank York, "In that situation, if I hadn’t opened fire, it would have been very difficult to restrain him by any other means."
At that moment, Quinn’s knife was already flailing in front of several residents. The living room was too crowded, with people packed together and nowhere to dodge. To prevent Quinn from hurting anyone else, Winnie Summers had no choice but to shoot.
A smirk played on Frank York’s lips as he heard this. He said slowly, "Don’t try to make excuses. You couldn’t think of another way because you lost your head. Women are naturally impulsive and emotional. You’re not fit to carry guns, and you’re not fit to serve the residents in the Emergency Management Office!"
Then Frank York pointed at Melody Summers and said with a frown, "And you too. It’s too dangerous for the two of you women to have guns! I don’t know where you got them, but I advise you to hand them over. Give them to one of the men for safekeeping. That way, a tragedy like Mr. Quinn’s won’t happen again!"
Melody Summers was so angry at Frank York’s words she almost laughed. He might as well have written his selfish little plan on his forehead.
She sneered, not bothering to argue about whether women were impulsive, and instead shot back mockingly, "’Quinn’s tragedy?’ Are you seriously pleading his case? He pulled out a knife to stab people. What’s wrong with shooting him? If he were stabbing you, would you still be saying that?"
Just as Frank York was about to retort, Maisie Lynch, who was standing nearby, suddenly turned and said, "Yeah, that guy Quinn pulled out a knife to stab people. Why shouldn’t he have been shot to stop him?"
Maisie Lynch looked at Frank York with an expression of pure disdain and said scornfully, "You’re so rational, so kind-hearted, so ’manly’—so how come I didn’t see you pounce on Quinn and restrain him just now? When Quinn and his family were causing a scene, you looked like you wanted to shrink into a corner!"
"You only know how to hide, yet you have the nerve to blame the people who stepped up to face the threat. If everyone was as ’rational’ as you, Quinn would have probably hacked us all to death!"
Maisie Lynch’s words made Frank York’s face turn bright red. He had no idea why this woman had suddenly jumped in and interfered!
Melody Summers was also a little surprised to see this. Her relationship with Maisie Lynch was terrible; she never expected Maisie to step up and speak in her defense.
Hearing Maisie Lynch’s words, the other residents in the living room began to chime in:
"Yeah, that guy Quinn was crazy! If he hadn’t been killed, he definitely would have hurt someone else!"
"He deserved to be killed. If we got cut by that knife of his, we can’t even go to a hospital. We’d be goners for sure."
"Quinn didn’t die unjustly. You guys didn’t see the look in his eyes. They were bloodshot, like he’d gone mad. It was terrifying!" freёwebnovel.com
"How can anyone be pleading Quinn’s case?! I was standing right at the front, his knife almost got me! Thank God Ms. Summers shot him, or I’d be meeting my maker!"
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