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"Stop!" Madam Liu shouted, "What do you think this is?"

Mrs. Liu shouted as she lifted the bottom of the bucket and threw its contents at us.

The Ran family and I were so close that neither of us was able to avoid it. We were hit in the face, body, and legs by the thing in the bucket.

"Splash!"

There was a thick, fishy liquid that seemed to be … Blood.

"Ah!

Suddenly