âYang Chen, have you prepared the money I let you prepare yesterday? My brothers are waiting for that money to go eat breakfast and have a drink.â Chen Feng swung a silver chain in hand in circles as he moved forward with a smile that was neither cold nor warm.
Old Li panicked, he stood in front of Yang Chen and called out, âChen Feng, you people shouldnât go overboard anymore! Even if your dad Boss Chen owns this area, what qualifications do you have to be collecting protection fees!? Boss Chen has long ago said that those who didnât open a shop donât have to pay protection fees, do you think we donât know that!?â
Chen Fengâs father, Chen Dehai was one of the west regionâs underworld bosses, otherwise Chen Feng naturally wouldnât go around collecting protection fees absolutely unrestrained. At that moment, hearing Old Li use his father to pressure him, coldness abruptly surfaced in his eyes, âOld thing, who do you think you areâŠâŠ You think Iâll be afraid of you just because you mentioned my father? That is my father, not your grandson! For me to collect protection fees is me thinking highly of you! Donât refuse the toast just to eat punishment!
âYouâŠâŠâ Old Li only realized after he spoke that he nearly offended Boss Chen, after all those two are father and son, what is he in comparison? But he just couldnât hold it in anymore. Just as he was about to help speak up on Yang Chenâs behalf, he was instead pulled back by Yang Chen who stood behind.
Yang Chen frowned, and rubbed his forehead as he faced this headache. After pulling Old Li back, he dully said to Chen Feng, âYouâre calledâŠâŠ Chen Feng right? Iâll call you big bro Feng, donât pick a quarrel out of nothing anymore. I as a person dislikes trouble, however, I donât have cash on hand today, Iâll give it to you in a few days, you can return first.â\nâWhew!â One of the subordinates loudly laughed, âBig bro Feng, this brat thinks he is the boss!? He thinks we will return just because he told us to?â
The other little hoodlums also wildly laughed, and even hooted âletâs teach this brat a lesson.â
It was as if Chen Feng also heard the funniest joke in the world, but in his heart he was truly angered by Yang Chenâs words, he evilly smiled and said, âYang ChenâŠâŠ If you have the guts say it again, do you believe that Iâll cut your tongue offâŠâŠâ At the end of those words, there was obvious killing intent.
Yang Chenâs uncaring expression suddenly turned a little cold, and as he gave Chen Feng a complicated gaze he said, âDo you know what I, as a person hate the most?â
âWhâŠâŠâ
Without waiting for Chen Feng to finish speaking, Chen Feng suddenly felt his whole body flying high in the sky! Immediately after, at the same time he felt a sharp pain on his abdomen, his body slammed into the roadside garbage bin with a âbamâsound! The remains of vegetables, leaves and fish covered his whole body, even his clothes were soaked by the rancid water!
âI, as a person, hate being threatened the mostâŠâŠâ
As if only a simple push was made, Yang Chen stood at the spot where Chen Feng was previously standing, and withdrew the palm he threw out.
Chen Feng was thoroughly disoriented by this push and knock/slam/dunk/crash. At the same time he felt blood in his mouth and nose, the putrid smell of the garbage dug its way into his nose, causing him to retch in a moment!
âStinking brat dared to hit our big bro Feng, he wants to die!!â
âBeat him to death!â
Several hoodlums did not understand the situation clearly but saw that their boss was beat, relying on their numbers, they didnât think about how Yang Chen did it, and like a swarm of bees, they disorderly swung their fists and legs at him!\nYang Chen was lazy to look at them more, he didnât care how they punched with their fists or kicked with their legs, he caught all of them with his hands then threw them onto the side of the road.
The hoodlums only felt their hands or legs being clamped down by an immense force, and their bodies being flung away against their control, immediately following with a hard knock onto the cement floor, before they started crying in pain.
Everyone else saw that Yang Chen was completely unscathed, and finally realized they were no match. Even Chen Feng who just crawled up from the garbage bin had cold sweat! He had seen the skills of some retired special forces under his father, every single one of them were his fatherâs trump cards, and when in a fight they could hold their own against 10 people easily. But even those people didnât have such a large amount of strength, or such ridiculous speed, in a flash flinging away 6 men so effortlessly like they were just some random cats and dogs. It must be known that these little hoodlums may not have learned any martial arts, but they grew up fighting all the time, how can they possibly be beaten by just anybody?
âLetâs go!â Although Chen Feng was so angry that he grinded his teeth, he had to save his face. At that moment, seeing the serene expression on Yang Chenâs face, Chen Feng felt like he was looking at something as scary as a ghost, and hurriedly ordered his followers to run away.
Old Li and several bystanders witnessed Yang Chenâs skills, and all loudly cheered. These little hoodlums had been too accustomed to being domineering, while the other peddlers were all afraid of them, so Yang Chenâs actions today naturally gave them satisfaction. However, these people also didnât dare to get too close to Yang Chen. After all, Chen Feng wasnât scary, but if Chen Fengâs father, Chen Dehai came to deal with Yang Chen, they were afraid of being implicated.\nOld Li was incomparably excited, âI say, little Yang, I didnât expect you to be so skilled at combat, did you learn martial arts in the past?â
âYepâŠâŠ I learned a little.â Yang Chen wasnât willing to divulge more, fact was, if it wasnât for Chen Feng going overboard, dragging out his inner demons, he wouldnât have fought in the market even if he was beat to death. However, just as he told Chen Feng, he had his principleââhate being threatened the most! Perhaps, this type of eccentricity was something he could never erase, no matter how low-profile he lived, because, he had the dignity of being strong!
Old Li saw that Yang Chen wasnât willing to speak more of it, and didnât pursue any further, with worry he asked, âLittle Yang, right now you have beaten Chen Feng back, but if he calls his father Chen Dehai over, what are you going to do? You must know that Chen Dehai is a part of one of the two big gangs of the west region, the West Union Society, and is also an important figure among them. In this area nobody dares to provoke him!â
West Union Society huhâŠâŠ Yang Chen unconcernedly laughed, then suddenly said to Old Li, âGot a cigarette?â
Seeing Yang Chenâs indifferent expression, Old Li could only helplessly worry, hearing Yang Chen request for a cigarette, he couldnât help but bitterly smile as he said, âDidnât you brat say you want to give up smoking?â
âForget that, Iâm not giving it up, Iâm not used to not having a smoke after beating people up.â Yang Chen sighed in his heart, he didnât expect that Chen Dehai was part of West Union Society, originally he planned to keep his distance from this type of people, which was why he wasnât willing to become any closer to Rose, but he didnât realize that he was already standing in the front line of battle.\nOld Li fished out a packet of a 1 dollar and 50cents Orchid brand cigarettes, and gave Yang Chen a stick, âPoor people choose the cheapest cigarettes when they smoke, this cigarette is strong, not too shabby to smoke right?â
âHissâŠâŠâ Yet Yang Chen smoked a breath with incomparable pleasure, with a grin he said, âThatâs right, a strong one is needed.â
âYoung people should smoke less, itâs bad for the body.â Old Li smiled as he kindly advised.
Yang Chen slightly smiled back, in his heart he said: If smoking can harm my body, then all these years Iâve wasted my time practicing martial arts.
After the two finished their break, they began working on their business. Yang Chen also started reheating his lamb skewers, and grilling the raw ones, with a stick in his mouth, taking it as his own breakfast. Although this job was filthy, but doing it felt enjoyable, from time to time he even grinned towards the other peddlers in the surrounding.
Not too long after, a police car drove by, two policemen and once police officer wearing a white shirt came out of it, walking towards Yang Chen with a grave expression.
The leading police officer coldly asked, âAre you Yang Chen?â\n