Chapter 745: Chapter 745

"How is this possible!" Staring at his empty hands, Ergou was utterly confused.

He turned his head and saw his thousand yuan in Lin Chen's hands.

"Kid, you're seeking death by stealing my money," Ergou said furiously.

"What do you mean 'stealing'? I'm simply taking back what's mine," Lin Chen corrected him.

Seeing this, Li Fuyou's face changed, "Little Chen, just give him the money. These thugs aren't worth messing with."

Lin Chen snorted, "Why should I give them anything? A bunch of lazy good-for-nothings."

"Kid, it seems you really want to die," Ergou said, his face darkening, eyes gleaming with coldness.

The three men who came with him also surrounded Lin Chen, ready to start a fight.

"Brother Ergou, don't be angry. This guy working for me is not right in the head. Out of respect for you, I'll add another five hundred as an apology," Li Fuyou hurried over to plead for Lin Chen as he saw the situation escalating.

Ergou let out a cold snort and unexpectedly raised his hand to slap Li Fuyou across the face.

However, his arm was barely halfway up when it was caught tightly by a pair of large hands.

"Didn't your mother ever teach you to respect your elders?" As the words fell, Lin Chen twisted his wrist.

Ergou's arm instantly went limp.

"My hand, my hand!" Ergou howled in pain.

The other three underlings rushed over together when they saw their boss being taken down.

But naturally, they were all given a solid beating by Lin Chen.

Having lost his earlier imposing manner, Ergou clutched his hand and pointed at Lin Chen, "Kid, you dare to hit us. You're done for. My big brother, he won't let you off."

"Really?" Lin Chen's eyes suddenly lit up.

Seeing Lin Chen's expression, Ergou thought he was scared and said smugly, "Of course. This whole area is under our boss's control. If you kneel and apologize now, and let us beat you up, I might let you go."

"Kneel to your ma!" Lin Chen kicked Ergou away.

"Hurry up, and call your big brother over. Oh, and tell him to bring more people. It's best if he brings them all," Lin Chen said with a chuckle.

Ergou was startled for a moment, then angrily pointed at Lin Chen, "Alright, you just wait."

Saying this, he ran off with his three underlings, holding his injured hand.

Seeing Ergou flee, Li Fuyou's face turned sour, "Lin Chen, you've really caused a big problem now."

"A problem? What problem have I caused?" Lin Chen said with an innocent look.

"Do you have any idea? That Ergou is a mere lackey. His big brother Erhei is the local bully of the village, with a bunch of underlings at his disposal. How are we going to keep our shop open after you've offended him?" Li Fuyou sighed while sitting on a chair.

At that moment, Li Yuqing said to Li Fuyou, "Dad, I support Lin Chen. We shouldn't give them money. Why should we? If they dare to come, we can call the police."

"Call the police? Would that even help? The precinct leader is Erhei's cousin," Li Fuyou sighed.

Lin Chen laughed, "Uncle Li, don't worry. The more people they bring, the better. I'm afraid they won't bring enough."

Hearing Lin Chen's words, Li Fuyou was stunned and touched Lin Chen's forehead, "You don't have a fever today, do you?"

At that moment, a noisy commotion came from outside, and sure enough, a menacing crowd arrived.

"It's over, it's all over. The devil has come, and my little shop is done for," Li Fuyou said with a face full of grief and indignation.

Lin Chen, on the other hand, laughed upon seeing this, "This number of people is about right, enough, enough."

"Should I call the police?" Li Yuqing also seemed afraid.

"No need to call the police, let's not trouble the officers," Lin Chen said, grinning as he stood up.

"Uncle Li, Yu Qing, don't go out later, I can handle them by myself."

As he spoke, Lin Chen stood up excitedly and walked toward the outside.

At this moment, Er Gou had already arrived at the clinic's entrance with a gang in tow.

By his side was a man with a gold chain around his neck, sunglasses on his face, and two walnuts in his hand.

"Brother Er Hei, it's this kid. He not only refused to pay the protection money but also hit us," Er Gou said bitterly.

Hearing Er Gou's words, Er Hei's expression turned cold, "Fuck, someone dares to hit my brothers on my turf, they must be tired of living."

Er Hei had quite the swagger, but as his words faded, he realized Lin Chen wasn't paying any attention to him and was instead counting heads.

"One, two, three... eight, ten..."

"Damn it, I'm talking to you right here, are you deaf?" Er Hei grew furious on being ignored.

Only then did Lin Chen glance at Er Hei with a touch of dissatisfaction, "You brought just this many people? Fine, they'll barely do."

"Kid, should I dislocate your arm or your leg?" Er Hei snorted coldly.

It was only then that Lin Chen focused his attention on Er Hei, his lips curling into a sneer as he walked straight toward him.

"What, what do you want to do!" A cold aura emanated, and Er Hei actually felt his whole body trembling.

At this moment, two of Er Hei's underlings tried to stop Lin Chen, but with a shrug of his shoulders, he sent them tumbling to the ground.

Lin Chen reached out and grabbed Er Hei by the neck.

"You, let me go!" Er Hei had practiced martial arts since he was young, but in front of Lin Chen, he was utterly powerless to resist.

Lin Chen picked him up as if he were lifting a little chicken.

Those underlings were instantaneously dumbfounded; this guy was too fierce.

Lin Chen, holding Er Hei, came to a stone and tossed him on the ground, pointing at the stone and asking, "Is your head as hard as this stone?"

Er Hei hastily shook his head at the sight of the stone, "No!"

Lin Chen huffed and chopped the stone with his palm.

Boom! The millstone-sized rock was split into pieces by Lin Chen's single palm strike.

Er Hei was dumbstruck, realizing he had gotten in way over his head that day.

He quickly put on a smiling face, "Big brother, I was wrong, I couldn't recognize Mount Tai; from now on we won't dare to charge Uncle Li the protection fee anymore."

It was then that Lin Chen nodded, "Good that you know. You're so young; why not do something decent instead of trying to act the big shot?"

"I know I was wrong; I'll take my brothers and get lost right away," Er Hei said as he turned to slink away.

"Did I say you could leave?" An icy voice rose from behind him.

Er Hei's heart skipped a beat as he turned around with an ingratiating smile, "Big brother, do you have any other orders for me?"

Lin Chen smiled, "Of course, I do. Since you guys have so much free time, I thought I'd find you some work to exercise your bodies."

"What, work?" The gang was instantly dumbfounded.

They had come to chop someone up, and in the blink of an eye, they were about to be put to work.

"You're not willing?" Lin Chen glared.

Er Hei immediately trembled with fear, "Willing, of course, we are more than happy to serve you, big brother."

Lin Chen nodded, "That's more like it. Come on, the work isn't much, just pull up the grass in the backyard and till the soil."