Chi Zhouxiong’s face was full of cold laughter. He raised a hand and waved it, and his six men hurriedly surrounded Lin Fan.
“Just you six? No one else?” Lin Fan asked, glancing around.
“Scared?” Chi Zhouxiong said. “You know who you’ve offended now, don’t you? It’s too late to regret it.”
Apparently, the man had misunderstood him. Lin Fan was momentarily speechless. Wang Zhengwei walked in from outside the alley, a calm look on his face. “Lin Fan, Lin Fan, I already gave you plenty of face earlier. I didn’t expect you to be so ungrateful. But now it’s too late.”
Wang Zhengwei walked over to Chi Zhouxiong. This wasn’t the first time he had asked Chi Zhouxiong to handle something like this. He said, “How about this? Get on your knees, kowtow, and apologize. I’ll only have one of your legs broken. How does that sound?”
“Kid, get on your knees already. Young Master Wang isn’t someone you can afford to offend.” Chi Zhouxiong ‘kindly’ advised him, “Young Master Wang is in a good mood right now. As long as you kneel, you’ll only lose one leg. Putting on a brave front won’t do you any good. Kowtow, and you’ll still have one leg to get around on, even if you’ll be a cripple. Otherwise, you’ll spend the rest of your life in a wheelchair.”
Where did these people get the confidence to think they could break his legs?
Lin Fan shook his head slightly and was just about to make a move when Su Qing’s voice suddenly rang out from the alley. “Wang Zhengwei! What are you trying to do!”
Everyone turned to look. Su Qing and Xu Dong were standing at the entrance to the alley. Wang Zhengwei furrowed his brows and turned around. “Qingqing, this has nothing to do with you. This is between Lin Fan and me.”
“No one is touching a hair on Lin Fan’s head today.”
Su Qing ran straight in front of Lin Fan and stood between him and the others. Xu Dong glanced at Chi Zhouxiong. He had attended No. 1 High School for years, so of course he knew that Chi Zhouxiong was a local tyrant in the area. If he offended him, he would never know peace again.
Even so, he steeled himself and walked up to Wang Zhengwei. “Brother Wang, let’s talk this out. We’ll accept it even if you beat us up, but breaking his leg will affect him for the rest of his life. Do us a favor.”
As he spoke, Xu Dong hurriedly took out a cigarette and offered it to him.
Wang Zhengwei not only refused to take it, he slapped Xu Dong across the face. “What favor do you think you’re worth? Get lost.”
Xu Dong’s face burned with pain, but he still forced a smile. “Brother Wang, look at you. We’re classmates, after all.”
“Xu Dong, you should leave.” The faint smile that had been on Lin Fan’s face had turned completely cold.
He didn’t have many close friends. Even the few friends he had once possessed had stopped contacting him after he offended Wang Zhengwei soon after returning. Xu Dong was the only one who had still stood up for him in a situation like this.
“Brother Fan! I’m not leaving!” Xu Dong shook his head.
Wang Zhengwei looked at Lin Fan. “Do you really think Su Qing can protect you? Are you going to hide behind a woman for the rest of your life?”
Wang Zhengwei looked at Su Qing and said, “Su Qing, I do want to pursue you, and there are plenty of people who want to pursue you whom I can’t afford to offend. But if I break both of this Lin Fan’s legs, none of them will say a thing. They might even thank me in private. Hahaha.”
He pointed at Lin Fan. “Beat everyone except Su Qing. Especially him. Break his legs!”
Wang Zhengwei was waiting eagerly for a look of pleading to appear on Lin Fan’s face, while Chi Zhouxiong was just about to order his men to attack.
“Wang Zhengwei, what are you trying to do!”
Everyone turned to look.
Wang Zhengwei couldn’t help cursing. “Fuck, I’m just beating someone up. Who else is sticking their nose in now?”
But when he saw who had arrived, Wang Zhengwei’s expression changed.
It was Du Shengxiao. He was dressed in a white tracksuit with a schoolbag on his back, clearly looking like a student.
But he was a member of the Du family!
Du Shengxiao’s father, Du Yu, was even rumored to be on the verge of taking over the Du family’s business.
Du Shengxiao was absolutely one of the most prominent young masters at their school. Naturally, he was also one of Su Qing’s admirers.
“Young Master Du.” Chi Zhouxiong’s expression changed, and he hurriedly explained, “Young Master Du, don’t worry. We absolutely weren’t planning to touch Miss Su. We were just…”
Du Shengxiao didn’t reply. He hurried over, but to everyone’s surprise, he walked straight past Su Qing without even sparing her a glance. Instead, he said respectfully, “Mr. Lin, are you all right?”
What was going on?
Everyone knew that Du Shengxiao was Su Qing’s most devoted admirer. When Wang Zhengwei and Chi Zhouxiong saw him arrive, they had assumed he was trying to show off in front of Su Qing.
They never expected him to ignore Su Qing completely.
Lin Fan frowned at Du Shengxiao. “Do we know each other?”
Du Shengxiao said respectfully, “Mr. Lin, my grandfather asked me to bring you over. The last time you visited, he was seriously ill and wasn’t able to thank you. He would like to invite you to our home so he can properly express his gratitude.”
The faint smile returned to Lin Fan’s face. “Can’t you see these people have me surrounded? How am I supposed to leave?”
Du Shengxiao smiled when he heard that. “Don’t worry.”
He turned to look at them. He, too, had been secretly terrified. His father had previously given Lin Fan fifty thousand yuan to send him away. After his grandfather woke up, he flew into a rage and harshly berated his father, then ordered Du Shengxiao to invite Lin Fan over as a guest today, no matter what.
He had asked around, only to hear that Lin Fan had been cornered here by Chi Zhouxiong’s men. Fortunately, he hadn’t arrived too late.
Chi Zhouxiong and Wang Zhengwei were utterly stunned. Neither of them had expected things to turn out this way.
Old Master Du had invited Lin Fan to his home as a guest?
Who was Old Master Du? He was the one in charge of the Du family, with terrifyingly powerful connections.
Although Wang Zhengwei’s family was quite well-off, compared to the Du family, they were nowhere near the same level.
“Brother Du.” Wang Zhengwei forced a smile.
Du Shengxiao’s expression turned cold. “Wang Zhengwei, who gave you the nerve to lay a hand on a guest of my Du family?”
A guest of the Du family?
Those words meant something far more significant than simply being a friend of Du Shengxiao. Anyone who could rise to the level of being considered a friend of the Du family was no ordinary person.
Even Wang Zhengwei’s father had to act with the utmost respect in front of Old Master Du, and he might not even qualify as a friend of the Du family.
Chi Zhouxiong’s face turned ashen. If he had truly offended the Du family, he could forget about making a living in this city.
Wang Zhengwei said awkwardly, “Brother Du, I didn’t know Lin, Lin Fan was a friend of the Du family. Please forgive me, please.”
Du Shengxiao turned to Lin Fan. “Mr. Lin, how would you like to deal with this?”
“He just slapped my friend. Brother Dong, go give him ten slaps in return,” Lin Fan said.
Wang Zhengwei’s eyes instantly turned cold as he looked at Xu Dong. “Go ahead and try slapping me.”
Smack!
Du Shengxiao slapped him across the face. “What, is your face plated with gold or studded with diamonds? You can’t even let people slap it?”