"This is kidnapping!" Liao Long roared furiously.

"Why didn't you call it kidnapping when you were bullying Li Minghua?" Lin Chuan said contemptuously: "You occupied someone's homestead and beat them into a second-degree disability, which is much crueler than kidnapping."

"I... I..." Liao Long stammered and hesitated for a long time, not daring to speak.

"Two options, either hand over Liao Hu or pay two million in compensation to the Li family." Lin Chuan grabbed Liao Long's collar, saying: "Do you understand?"

"Yes, yes!" Liao Long hastily nodded.

"I'll give you one day to think about it." Lin Chuan snorted coldly, saying: "If there's no conclusion after one day, I will come to settle accounts with you."

After speaking, Lin Chuan took Zhou Kai and the others and left, returning to Li Minghua's courtyard.

Li Minghua now relied completely on a wheelchair to get around, and being paralyzed on one side had driven him to complete despair. Several times he had thought of ending his life but was discovered and stopped by his wife in time. Although he didn't die, Li Minghua had lost the courage to live, and he became extremely despondent.

"Lin Chuan..." Li Minghua sat in his wheelchair, watching Lin Chuan and the others come in, with a gray and haggard face; in half a month's time, he had lost a lot of weight, his eye sockets deeply sunken.

"Are you okay?" Lin Chuan walked over, holding Li Minghua's hand, wanting to say something, but seeing Li Minghua's current miserable state, he was at a loss for words.

"You see it," Li Minghua said with a bitter smile: "Paralyzed on one side, I can only rely on this wheelchair. My life is over."

"Li Minghua, although your legs are crippled, you are not useless," Lin Chuan tried hard to find the words to comfort him, and said: "Your spirit is not handicapped, your legs might not move, but your hands can. Right?"

"Yes, we will help you from now on," Luo Guoqing hurriedly said.

"That's right," Lin Chuan nodded, saying: "Don't give up, there is still hope in life."

No matter how eloquently Lin Chuan and Luo Guoqing spoke, Li Minghua could never step out of the shadow in his heart. It was his despair towards life.

"Don't worry, we will avenge you," Luo Guoqing said urgently: "We will get all the compensation you deserve."

"That's right," Lin Chuan nodded.

"Thank you," Li Minghua looked at the two gratefully and said: "Having you two brothers in my life, it's been worthwhile. The Liao family are many and powerful, I fear you are no match for them. It's better to leave this matter to the police."

"That won't do," Lin Chuan shook his head, saying: "I've already decided to help you. Besides, waiting for the police to act, it probably won't come to any conclusion in three to five years. This matter can only be handled by ourselves."

"This..." Li Minghua was slightly startled.

"Don't worry," Lin Chuan patted his chest, saying: "I will certainly handle it well and definitely not cross the legal line."

"That would be great," Li Minghua nodded, saying: "I wouldn't want to drag you down with my problems. If so, it would weigh heavily on my conscience."

Lin Chuan and the others stayed at Li Minghua's house for an afternoon, waiting for the Liao family's response.

Liao Long, his arm dislocated, returned home and hurriedly had someone find an old traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to set his arm. Only then did Liao Long take a sigh of relief. Several people in charge from the Liao family village gathered at Liao Long's house.

"Liao Long, what should we do about this?" the crowd moved in close, asking.

"Damn it, they bullied a member of the Liao family," a brawny man cursed out loud: "Do they really think the Liao family has no one to stand up for them?"

"They're all outsiders, but, looking at their posture, it seems they have some backing. Should we endure it for now?"

"Damn, endure what?! We cannot tolerate this!" the brawny man cursed.

The group talked among themselves while Liao Long kept silent. Seeing the argument getting more heated, Liao Long couldn't contain his anger.

"Enough, stop arguing!" Liao Long yelled.

There was immediate silence at the scene.

In the Liao family's grand hall, everyone looked up at Liao Long. Liao Long was considered a managing figure in the Liao family village. The village with hundreds of households and thousands of people would seek Liao Long's help for all sorts of matters; whether they were bullied, encountered an accident outside, or had trouble receiving their wages...

Liao Long was practically the leader of the Liao family village.

"Liao Long, what do you suggest we do?" the crowd asked in unison.

"Damn, we've been bullied, what else can we do?" Liao Long's eyes were bloodshot, he pointed to his swollen left cheek, angrily saying: "Look at this, what is it? It's shame, it's humiliation. It's the outsiders' humiliation of our Liao family members. Can we swallow this indignity?"

"We cannot!" the crowd shook their heads in unison.

"That's settled then." Liao Long sneered, "Screw it, I'm going to call some people over."

With that, Liao Long immediately made a phone call to a local thug leader nearby. Once the guy learned Liao Long was offering money for his services, he was immediately delighted.

"Yo, Long, you're actually gonna pay me for help?"

"That's right, we've run into some tough guys this time, need help from you experienced folks." Liao Long nodded.

"Not a problem, for an acquaintance like you, Brother Long, half-price." The man on the phone laughed, "I'll send thirty guys over, you just pay six thousand yuan. Two hundred yuan a brother, just enough to buy some cigarettes to smoke."

"No problem." Liao Long agreed without hesitation.

Soon enough, the guy arrived roaring on his motorcycle, leading more than a dozen bikes. The cement road in the countryside made it convenient for motorcycles, and in the blink of an eye, they zoomed over. The motorcycles quickly piled up at Liao Long's doorstep, and more than thirty youths wielding knives and sticks gathered in no time.

The leader was a man with a broom-like haircut, pale skin, and a sinister tattoo on the back of his hand.

"Brother Long, where are they?" the leader asked curiously.

"Take it easy, Shan Ji." Liao Long stepped out from the yard. Seeing Shan Ji leading the boys, he let out a cold laugh and then said, "The other side has more than thirty people too, tough nuts to crack."

"I bet that's the beating you got from them, huh?" Shan Ji mockingly looked at Liao Long.

"This..." Liao Long touched his left cheek, feeling a burning sensation.

"Alright, I've got this handled." Shan Ji sneered, "Dare to cause trouble in our Zhou Village, someone's really asking for it."

"That would be great, Shan Ji." Liao Long pulled out a wad of cash from his pocket and said, "Here's six thousand; count it."

"No need to count." Shan Ji didn't bother counting and just pocketed the money.

Shan Ji took a drag of his cigarette and walked off swinging a machete. Indeed, Shan Ji had long been aware of the grudge between the Liao family and Li Minghua, and he understood what had happened that morning. Though the opponents were tough, when business came knocking at his door, how could he refuse?

Shan Ji led the thirty-odd loafers towards Li Minghua's house.

Lin Chuan was sitting in Li Minghua's yard, with Zhou Kai and others idly playing cards and chatting away.

Bang...

Suddenly, the yard's gate was kicked open. The already dilapidated iron gate came crashing down.

Outside, dozens of armed loafers walked in, led by a fair-skinned man with a broom-like haircut, who asked in a mocking tone, "Who's got the guts to make trouble in Zhou Village?!"

At this moment, Zhou Kai and the others dropped their cards, stood up, and grabbed their weapons.

Faced with the sudden intrusion, Lin Chuan and his companions were not afraid. Although the opponents looked arrogant and were quite out of the mainstream, many of them still had youthful, naive faces, not having shed that youthful appearance.

"What's up?" Lin Chuan stood up, slowly walked towards them followed by Zhou Kai and the others, with thirty or so men wielding fire axes and machetes. Lin Chuan, smiling, approached and said, "Is this Liao Long's answer for me?"

"Kid, don't be so arrogant." Shan Ji, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, took a deep drag and exhaled rings of smoke, and said, "Picking on people on Zhou Village turf, at least show me some respect, yeah?"

"Who do you think you are?" Lin Chuan, also with a cigarette in his mouth, confronted Shan Ji. The scene resembled a face-off negotiation in a gangster movie. Lin Chuan gave him a dismissive glance and said mockingly, "Since when do cats and dogs have the right to talk to me?"

"You!" Shan Ji was instantly filled with rage, glaring at Lin Chuan, "Don't get cocky, kid. It's not that easy to leave once you step onto Zhou Village's ground!"

At that moment, Li Minghua hurriedly wheeled over, whispering, "Chuanzi, you better be careful. This is a Zhou Village rascal. Usually in good terms with the Liao family, tough to deal with. The strong dragon can't suppress the local snake, maybe you should..."

"Don't say anything." Lin Chuan waved his hand, then said, "Since I got involved, I am seeing it through to the end."

"This…" Li Minghua felt somewhat guilt-ridden.

He didn't expect his problems to cause such big trouble for Lin Chuan and his group. With a blush of embarrassment, Li Minghua said, "Chuanzi, I'm really sorry."

"How can brothers talk like that?" Lin Chuan waved off the concerns, "If you consider me a brother, then just wait for me to take care of this. If the Liao family doesn't hand over the murderer, they will compensate two million yuan to settle this. Otherwise, this is not going to end so easily."

Li Minghua looked at Lin Chuan, surprised by his righteous stance, realizing that this brotherhood was indeed not for nothing. Li Minghua nodded firmly, "Alright, since you put it that way, that's what we'll do. I will listen to you!"

Lin Chuan had spoken, what more was there for Li Minghua to say? He decided to follow Lin Chuan's lead in everything.

At this time, Shan Ji, annoyed, said, "Kid, I'm talking to you!"

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