Ye Chen's moves were simple yet fierce. Dealing with these thugs, a bit of Anti-violence Fighting Skills made it no problem to take on ten at a time. The remaining few couldn't get up after Ye Chen's sharp legwork and were crying out in pain; Ye Chen's attacks were absolutely ruthless, with each kick carrying the force of over a hundred pounds.
Slap!
Ye Chen stepped onto the yellow-haired kid's chest and coldly asked, "Spill it, who sent you?"
"No... no one sent me, we came by ourselves to collect protection money!" the yellow-haired kid said hoarsely all of a sudden.
"Let's see how tough you can talk!" Ye Chen sneered coldly, grabbed a fire tong from the barbecue grill, glowing red-hot like a branding iron, and waved it in front of the yellow-haired kid, saying, "Earlier, your 'eggs' got smashed, now I'll barbecue them for you!"
"No... don't!" the yellow-haired kid quickly begged.
"Are you going to talk or not?" Ye Chen asked coldly.
At that moment, several people squeezed in from the outside. When they saw Ye Chen, they exclaimed, "Brother Chen, it's you?"
"Eh, Feng Zhixiao?" Ye Chen was taken aback.
"Fucking shit, it's these bastards!" After Feng Zhixiao saw the people on the ground clearly, he cursed loudly and hurriedly murmured a few words in Ye Chen's ear. Ye Chen immediately dropped the fire tong on the ground. Squinting, his gaze turned to Liu Ji's Barbecue Shop not far away! The shop's chubby owner saw Ye Chen's look and quickly stepped back, turning away.
It turned out that Liu Momo's family's barbecue shop was doing too well, making Fatty Liu envious. He believed that Liu Momo's family's barbecue shop was stealing his business, and without it, his own would surely be packed several times over. So, he immediately spent two thousand yuan to hire a gang of hoodlums to drive Liu Momo's family's barbecue shop out of Jianghuai University.
"Brother Chen, leave this to me, I guarantee to handle it perfectly!" Feng Zhixiao beat his chest, and the few little brothers behind him also promised vigorously, the smallest one even wearing a Red Scarf and sniffling, said: "Brother Chen, rest assured, leave it to us!"
Pfft...
Ye Chen almost laughed his head off; was Zhi Xiao taking things a bit too far? Probably only such a badass big brother could have a little brother with a Red Scarf.
"Kid, are you weaned yet?" Laughing, a customer nearby asked.
"Shit your mom! I was weaned at one, could read and write at two, graduated from elementary school at three, graduated from middle school at four, high school at five, and already graduated from university at six, shit, look at you, still in college at twenty! Totally useless!" The Red Scarf kid glared at the man with his dark eyes, said, "Young man, better start mixing with us sooner, the crap they teach at school is good for nothing! How about I reluctantly take you as my little brother, aren't you hurrying over to pour your big brother some tea?!"
Haha...
Everyone burst into laughter; this kid was just too funny, right?
Feng Zhixiao got a bit embarrassed; his twelve-year-old little brother was spouting nonsense, and he quickly slapped the back of the Red Scarf's head, angrily saying, "Shit, daring to spout bullshit in front of Brother Chen, I'll take care of you!"
"Zhi Xiao, I won't dare again!" Red Scarf immediately shed his 'mighty' demeanor, hanging his head like a little school kid who had done something wrong.
"That's enough!" Ye Chen glared at Feng Zhixiao and said, "Then it's all yours!"
As they were discussing, police cars roared in. The red and blue lights flashed, and the surrounding crowd cleared a path. Two police officers jumped out of the car, looking stern.
"Who called the police?" The female officer looked striking and capable in her dark blue uniform, highlighting her figure to perfection. Her long, straight legs, curvy and perky backside. The uniform fit snuggly, making her waist appear very slender, especially the fullness at her chest, which was simply mesmerizing.
"It was me!" Liu Momo quickly stood out, pointing at the several thugs on the ground saying, "They were collecting protection money wantonly and even vandalized our stall!"
The female officer paused, looking at the struggling hoodlums on the ground, furrowed her brow and asked, "Who beat them up like this?"
"It was me!" Feng Zhixiao cut in before Ye Chen could, giving Ye Chen a couple of suggestive blinks.
Ye Chen paused, not understanding why Feng Zhixiao would take the fall, but after seeing Feng Zhixiao's gaze, he stayed quiet and watched from the side, while the surrounding spectators wouldn't speak up either—the people of the Heavenly Dynasty were just too 'honest'; they loved watching the excitement but never wanted to invite trouble upon themselves.
"You?!" The female officer furrowed her brow, looking skeptically at Feng Zhixiao's thin frame, very much in disbelief, yet since he admitted himself, she had no choice but to believe him. With resignation, she said, "Alright, you come back with us to assist the investigation!"
The police car came in a rush and left in a hurry, taking the several hoodlums away in an ambulance, and Feng Zhixiao gave Ye Chen a wink before getting into the car with the police. The commotion died down. Liu Momo and her mother began cleaning the mess. With such an incident, both Mrs. Liu and Liu Momo felt very troubled.
"Brother Chen, mom and I will head back first!" Liu Momo looked at Ye Chen unwillingly.
"Mhm!" Ye Chen nodded, watching the mother and daughter depart amidst hardship.
At the Liu Family's Barbecue Shop, Ye Chen could no longer wait for Feng Zhixiao to handle things and took Fatty Liu into the room alone.
...
When he came out, Ye Chen was refreshed, waving his fist; the beating was super satisfying, and he figured that from now on, Fatty Liu wouldn't dare mess around again.