Just as Xu Ze gave a light chuckle and was about to speak, a person pushed through the crowd from the outside. Shoving people aside, he rushed in and yelled harshly, “What’s going on? What’s going on? Who the hell hurt my son’s hand?”
The onlookers, initially annoyed at being pushed, fell silent when they saw it was the child’s father. However, seeing the man’s burly, fierce appearance, they began to worry for the few young people before him.
This man clearly looked like a tough character. With that fierce demeanor, he was probably some kind of ruffian. Such people were not to be trifled with. These students were likely in for trouble.
Seeing this fierce-looking man running over, Li Yan and Tao Xiaoyun were naturally frightened. Both looked at Xu Ze with concern. This man was obviously a thug. Could Xu Ze handle it? They couldn’t help but worry.
Meanwhile, the woman, seeing her husband arrive, became fierce again. She straightened her ample waist, pointed at Xu Ze, and shouted angrily, “You! You’ve seen it now. You hurt my son. Pay up now… or you’re not leaving today!”
“You little punk, you hurt my son?” the newly arrived man asked anxiously, quickly checking his son. Seeing the boy didn’t seem to be in pain, he calmed down almost immediately. He knew his son’s arm frequently dislocated, but it wasn’t a serious issue, so he relaxed.
He also naturally understood his wife’s game. Since someone had delivered themselves to their doorstep today, of course they had to squeeze some money out of them—and with a righteous air.
So, eyeing the young students before him—prime targets for intimidation—he glared with his triangular eyes and roared at Xu Ze, “You hurt my son. Hurry up and pay so I can take him to the hospital… Otherwise, you’re not going anywhere today!”
Watching the man’s fierce expression, Li Yan and Tao Xiaoyun beside him turned pale with fear. However, Sun Lingfei behind Xu Ze remained perfectly calm. As the president of the Taekwondo club, she could typically handle four or five ordinary people at school, so she wasn’t afraid of just one or two individuals.
Sun Lingfei watched Xu Ze with curiosity, wondering how he would handle this. She wasn’t entirely sure what Xu Ze was capable of, but she knew her boyfriend was no simple character. Back in Beijing, during the car accident when he saved the young master of the Li family, the strength he displayed suggested dealing with someone like this, if it came to force, would be effortless.
Seeing the man’s fierce look, Xu Ze gave a light chuckle. Then, to everyone’s surprise, he abruptly asked, “Who hurt your son?”
The man was momentarily stunned by Xu Ze’s question but quickly snapped back. Glaring, he let out an angry, disbelieving laugh. “You’re trying to deny it now? Heh… In Xing City, this is the first time I’ve seen someone dare to brazenly try to weasel out of something right in front of me. Usually, only I—”
He caught himself, realizing he’d said too much, and quickly changed the subject. He glared menacingly at Xu Ze. “Kid… you hurt my son’s hand. I don’t want much today. Just three thousand, so I can take him to get it fixed. Otherwise, you little shit, either pay up or I’ll break one of your arms too… Then we’ll be even.”
Hearing this threat, the bystanders shrank back, thinking this guy was indeed a hoodlum. These students were really in trouble now.
They all looked worriedly at the exceptionally handsome young man, wondering if he would pay. If he didn’t, he’d probably get beaten up.
However, contrary to their expectations, the young man showed not a hint of fear on his face, only a cold smile. “Did we hurt your son’s hand? His hand is perfectly fine… how could it be injured?”
“Ah? You little bastard, you really are trying to deny it?” The man was taken aback. He truly hadn’t expected this pretty-boy to dare lie to his face. Enraged, he let out a furious laugh.
Xu Ze kept a straight face, looking at the man with a smile. “Your son’s hand really isn’t hurt… If you don’t believe me, check. If it’s injured, I’ll definitely pay!”
“You…” Seeing Xu Ze’s calm, confident demeanor, utterly unfazed by his threat, the man was momentarily confused.
But his wife had clearly told him over the phone: their son’s hand had been pulled and couldn’t move again. It must have dislocated again. That’s why he was so confident and felt at ease threatening them. He didn’t believe his own wife would lie to him.
So he snorted coldly. “Fine… Since you still want to play games, let everyone see for themselves whether my son is hurt or not.”
He then lifted his son out and coaxed him gently, “Good boy, raise your hand for Daddy to see…”
Hearing his father, the boy obediently raised his hands.
As the child moved, everyone was stunned. Both of the boy’s hands went up without any sign of injury.
“Huh?” The man and his wife stared, dumbfounded, as their son easily raised both hands. The man turned angrily to his wife. “What’s going on?”
“Ah… His hand couldn’t be lifted earlier… How is it fine now?” The woman was also baffled. It had clearly been dislocated again, just like the previous two times. How did it fix itself?
The man knew his wife wouldn’t dare lie to him. But how did their son’s hand get better without a hospital visit?
The bystanders also exchanged confused looks. Hadn’t the child’s right arm clearly been immobile earlier? How could it suddenly move?
Suddenly, the woman remembered something. When the kid wanted to check their son’s hand earlier, he had held it and shaken it a few times. Recalling this, it seemed similar to the motions the doctor at the hospital used to reset the joint last time.
Finally catching on, though she found it hard to believe—this kid was just a student, how could he reset a joint?—but after thinking it over, it seemed the only explanation. Otherwise, how did their son’s hand heal on its own?
She quickly whispered a few words to her husband.
“Hmm?” The man grunted coldly, then frowned. Had the kid really just casually reset their son’s arm? Was that possible?
Though skeptical, the fact remained: their child’s hand was fine now. Reluctant to give up on the three thousand, he wondered, was the money just gone?
But quickly, the man turned back to Xu Ze. A cold glint flashed in his triangular eyes as he snarled, “You little punk really plan to deny it. My son’s hand was clearly hurt by you. You think just because you know how to reset it, it’s over? I’m telling you… even if it’s reset, you damn well still have to pay me… The doctor said this dislocation can happen again anytime… If it dislocates again later, you’ll still be responsible!”
Hearing this, Xu Ze smiled and shook his head with a sigh. “I knew this child had dislocated his arm before… A dislocation can happen again from just a simple fall. And you’re really trying to pin it on us…”
“Humph! You clearly pulled and hurt my son’s hand… You have to pay today!” The woman, now realizing the young man saw through their scheme, wasn’t deterred. With her man by her side, was she afraid this kid wouldn’t pay? Her courage surged, and she shouted angrily at the group.
Tao Xiaoyun and Li Yan, having seen the child’s hand miraculously healed, naturally knew Xu Ze had done something. They were just feeling relieved when the woman started making excuses again. Furious, they retorted, “How can you be so shameless! You’re really trying to scam us!”
“Heh… A couple of little chicks dare to yell at me?” The woman, now fully committed to causing a scene for the three thousand, seized the opportunity. With a sharp cry, she lunged at Tao Xiaoyun and Li Yan, ready to get physical.
Seeing his wife starting her act, the man glared coldly with his triangular eyes at Xu Ze and threatened, “Kid, don’t think this is over today. Hand over the medical fees now… Otherwise, I’ll dislocate one of your arms too…”
“Hmph…” Faced with the threat, Xu Ze responded with a disdainful, cold laugh. A small-time thug like this trying to intimidate him really didn’t know what he was up against. He wouldn’t be afraid even if there were a dozen more.
“Ah! You little brat dare to act tough in front of me? Let’s see how I deal with you today…” The man decided he had to act. If he didn’t, that three thousand would really slip away.
Just as he was about to make his move, he saw his wife, who had gone to deal with the girls, get slapped back.
Looking closer, he saw an incredibly beautiful girl standing there, who had casually slapped his wife silly. Fortunately, after a dazed moment, his wife let out another sharp cry and fearlessly charged again, bringing all her years of “experience” into full play.
Just as the man was feeling smug, he saw his usually unbeatable wife get slapped back again by the girl who looked like a fairy—and this time it seemed harder, as if she’d even lost a couple of teeth.
Now the man’s heart ached. When had his wife ever suffered like this? He decided to temporarily leave the pretty-boy and help his wife deal with that little bitch first…
But before he could move, he was “pleased” to see that his wife was indeed a battle-hardened veteran, a force to be reckoned with among women. Wiping the blood from her mouth, she let out another scream and charged again.
The triangular-eyed man was confident. His wife had never lost a fight, whether against aunts, grannies, or butchers. None could withstand her feminine fury. She must have been too careless earlier. Now, regrouping, with her 150-160 pound frame, she was sure to subdue that little thing who probably weighed only 70-80 pounds.
Thinking this, he glanced contemptuously at the pretty-boy opposite him, who irked him immensely. Hmph, after I back up my wife and she deals with that little chick, I’ll come finish off this kid. I’ll show him what’s what.
And I’ll make him understand that walking by the river late at night with three fairy-like girls is asking for trouble.
Damn it, if the wife weren’t here, today… hmph… At this thought, the triangular-eyed man glanced somewhat resentfully at his wife. Such tender little chicks… Sigh… today they’re going to be cruelly crushed…
However, his confidence in his wife was soon shattered. His 150-pound wife had just lunged, hadn’t even touched the other’s clothes, when she was sent flying back by another slap, screaming, blood spraying from her mouth, tumbling several times on the ground before stopping.
The triangular-eyed man froze, then a vicious glint appeared in his eyes. His wife being beaten like this was a blow to his pride. And if his brother-in-law found out, he’d be in trouble. With an angry roar, he charged toward Sun Lingfei, who stood there with a cold smile.
But he naturally couldn’t get past. Although Xu Ze believed President Sun could handle a small-time thug without much issue, he couldn’t very well let her fight, could he?
So Xu Ze shifted slightly, blocking the triangular-eyed man’s path. He said coldly, “Weren’t you going to dislocate my arm? Planning to run already?”
“Run from you, my ass…” Seeing Xu Ze blocking him, a vicious light flashed in the man’s eyes. He suddenly kicked out fiercely toward Xu Ze.
Seeing the man’s swift, vicious kick, aimed seemingly to take him out in one move, Xu Ze sneered. These thugs really had some tricks, fighting dirtier than the last. An ordinary person would definitely be caught off guard by such a kick.
It’s getting late, and everyone has seen through the true colors of the couple. Xu Ze has no intention of wasting any more time arguing with them.
His right foot flashed lightly, instantly intercepting the man’s incoming kick, and simultaneously kicked back with force.
Xu Ze’s body, tempered countless times by energy particles, was naturally far superior to an ordinary thug’s. His kick, though launched later, arrived first, connecting squarely with the man’s shin.
With an “Ah!” of pain, the triangular-eyed man was sent stumbling back several steps by Xu Ze’s kick, landing on his rear. He sat on the ground, clutching his leg and howling in pain.
Watching the man holding his leg and crying out, Xu Ze gave a light smile. He had held back, not breaking the man’s leg.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to be ruthless. He had already seen the knife hidden behind the thug’s back, though it hadn’t been drawn yet. Toward such thugs, he usually showed no mercy. This time, it was because the thug’s child was nearby that he had held back…
Xu Ze turned to look at Sun Lingfei, then at Li Yan and Tao Xiaoyun, and smiled. “It’s very late. Let’s go.”
“Mhm… Xu Ze, let’s go back…”
Amid the astonished murmurs of the onlookers who had scattered when the fight started, Xu Ze drove away with the three girls. But he didn’t notice that on the ground where Sun Lingfei had been standing earlier, a Xing University school badge had fallen.
