Liu Jianguo panicked and cursed, "Damn it, pushing the blame onto me at this time, but when it was time to take the money, why didn't you speak up?"

The bunch of little punks didn't dare to utter a word; originally, they had agreed to take two thousand yuan to help Liu Jianguo fix this situation. Now, that two thousand yuan was probably not even enough to cover medical expenses. On top of that, they were detained at the scene. Lin Chuan sneered disdainfully: "I don't care whose responsibility it is, if you don't bring one hundred thousand yuan today. None of you are leaving!"

"You... you're robbing us," the man with a nose ring roared angrily: "Damn it, just straight up asking for one hundred thousand, do you think we're a bank?"

Lin Chuan stared at the man with the nose ring, his lips curling up slightly, a malicious smile sending chills down one's spine.

The man with the nose ring stepped back frightfully, exclaiming in alarm: "Kid, you... you better not mess around. If you piss me off, I'll fight you to the death."

Desperation was the last instinct of humanity, but Lin Chuan was never afraid of such threats. Even when he was on the battlefield, he had never been afraid. Even if his opponent wielded a grenade and wanted to fight for their lives, Lin Chuan remained fearless.

Lin Chuan slowly walked towards the man with the nose ring, who retreated over ten steps and eventually backed into Lu Dapao's chest. There was nowhere left to retreat to.

"What do you want to do!" The man with the nose ring danced around in fear.

The most silent threats are the scariest, and Lin Chuan's sinister smile, as he approached step by step, shattered his inner defenses, breaking all his mental barriers. At this moment, his mental defenses had collapsed; he roared, he flailed, trying to use his crazy actions to remove Lin Chuan's threat.

But, he was not successful.

When Lin Chuan arrived in front of him, he sat down on the ground with a thud, staring at Lin Chuan with alarm. Lin Chuan grabbed his clothes and picked him up from the ground. The man with the nose ring might not be tall, but definitely weighed over 130 kilos. And yet Lin Chuan easily lifted him up, indicating the extent of his arm strength.

"You want to fight me to death? You're not qualified for that!" Lin Chuan said viciously, glaring at him.

Smack…

Suddenly, Lin Chuan's right hand moved swift as lightning.

"Ah!" The man with the nose ring immediately clutched his nose, blood flowing out from between his fingers.

Lin Chuan let go, and the man fell to the ground, clutching his nose in agony. Holding the nose ring in his hand, Lin Chuan said, "That was just a small lesson. If a hundred thousand yuan isn't delivered over here within half an hour, I'll break the hand of one of you. For every minute late, another hand will be broken."

Hiss…

Everyone was terrified. Liu Jianguo, scared out of his wits, grabbed his briefcase and ran.

"Stop right there." Zhou Kai blocked Liu Jianguo's path, already suspecting that this kid would seize the opportunity to slip away.

"Let… let… let me go!" Liu Jianguo said furiously.

Intentionally raising his voice, Liu Jianguo tried to intimidate Zhou Kai, but to no avail; Zhou Kai wasn't afraid of him at all. Instead, Zhou Kai retorted unceremoniously: "Liu Gou, thinking of running after causing trouble? Hmph, don't even think about it, today if Chuan says you can leave, then you can leave. Otherwise, just stay put obediently."

"Lin Chuan, let me go quickly," Liu Jianguo turned his head to look at Lin Chuan in a hurry.

"Give me a reason," Lin Chuan replied.

"I... I will help your mother secure a spot as a low-income household by the end of the year," Liu Jianguo said hurriedly: "How about that for a deal?"

"Sorry, my family doesn't need a low-income household spot," Lin Chuan said disdainfully.

"You!" Liu Jianguo was anxious: "Then... what do you want?"

"I've said it already, just bring out one hundred thousand yuan, and you can leave," Lin Chuan replied.

"This is extortion, illegal detention," Liu Jianguo yelled in anger: "I'm telling you, this is against the law. Let me go quickly; otherwise, I'm calling the police."

"Go ahead and call the police if you dare," Lin Chuan said as he threw the bloody nose ring.

Clatter...

The nose ring hit Liu Jianguo's face squarely, leaving a small blotch of blood. Liu Jianguo hurriedly wiped off the bloodstain, pleading nearly in despair: "Lin Chuan, I don't want the machines here, is that not enough? Just let me go."

"Bring the money, and you can leave," Lin Chuan said with a cold snort.

Liu Jianguo's eyes darted around, and he said with a smirk: "Then... can it be a little less? How about we distribute it per capita?"

"**** your grandfather," the leader of the small punks, holding his arm, said: "Liu, you're really sly. If we distribute it per capita, won't we have to pay the lion's share?"

"Humph, I gave you two thousand too," Liu Jianguo said desperately, jumping the gun: "I wanted you to work for me initially, never thought I'd have to clean up your mess. Don't even dream about it. One hundred thousand yuan, we split it per capita, five thousand each. I'll pay my five thousand."

After speaking, Liu Jianguo took out five thousand yuan and handed it over to Zhou Kai.

Zhou Kai didn't dare to accept it. They agreed on one hundred thousand, how did it suddenly become five thousand? He looked up at Lin Chuan, and Lin Chuan nodded. Only then did Zhou Kai confidently take the money. Seeing the other party accepting the money, Liu Jianguo instantly felt relieved; just as he was about to leave, he pulled back his foot. Turning his head to look at Lin Chuan, he smiled ingratiatingly: "Lin Chuan… so I… can I go now?"

"Get lost!" Lin Chuan glared at him.

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm going!" Liu Jianguo tucked the briefcase under his arm and jogged away.

At the scene, only those dozen or so beaten punks remained, these people probably couldn't produce that much money even if they died. The lead punk said with a bitter smile: "Bro, I'm telling you the truth, we really don't have that much money. If we had, we wouldn't be risking our lives for Liu Jianguo that son of a bitch over two thousand yuan."

"Think you can leave without money?" Lin Chuan asked.

"Yeah." The lead punk quickly nodded his head.

"Alright." Lin Chuan nodded, then he turned his head to Uncle Liu and the others, and asked: "Elders, do you have any unfinished chores at home?"

"Yes, there are." Uncle Liang said in a hurry: "Liu Jianguo that damn dog piled up a bunch of garbage at my doorstep, I've wanted to clear it but, unfortunately, I'm too old."

"I need to move coal up the stairs..."

"My house hasn't been cleaned for several months."

All of a sudden these old men competed to speak up. These crafty old men, of course, understood Lin Chuan's intention.

Lin Chuan nodded in satisfaction, these old men were indeed very cooperative. Lin Chuan smiled and looked at the punks and said: "Do you understand my meaning now?"

"Understood, understood!" The group of people all nodded their heads.

Redeeming themselves through labor, this was indeed a good compromise. At least these punks were quite receptive to it.

"I won't force you guys to start working today." Lin Chuan glanced at the few of them and continued: "Go deal with your injuries first, come back tomorrow morning. However, don't even think about running away. Even if you do run, I can still find you all the same."

"Yes, yes. We won't run." The punks all shook their heads, swearing solemnly.

Finally, they got the consent from Lin Chuan to temporarily leave the Changlin Community, and the group of guys swarmed away, heading straight for over a dozen motorcycles not far away. They then rode off on their motorcycles.

"Chuanzi, aren't you afraid they won't come back?" Zhou Kai asked.

"Don't worry, they wouldn't dare!" Lin Chuan laughed.

Lin Chuan was confident in himself; these guys had tasted his severity and definitely wouldn't dare to defy his orders. Moreover, he had made them suffer not only physically but mentally as well. Under such duress, these guys already viewed him as the devil, who would dare to defy him?

Lin Chuan's guess was indeed correct.

The next day, the ring-nosed man came to the factory with over a dozen of his lackeys, his nose patched with a band-aid, cautiously.

"Oh, you guys actually showed up?" Zhou Kai held a large wrench.

"Heh, Kai..." the ring-nosed man quickly offered a cigarette to Zhou Kai, saying: "We're all friends here, all friends."

Zhou Kai did not refuse but took the cigarette and said: "Brother Chuanzi has ordered you guys to go and help at the homes of those uncles who got hurt yesterday."

"Yes, yes!" the ring-nosed man quickly nodded.

These kids were all small-time local hooligans who were long acquainted with each other, bumping into each other from time to time. Then, the ring-nosed man scurried off toward the single-story houses nearby. Several old men lived in those single-story houses.

Soon, a bizarre scene emerged in the Changlin Community; those small-time punks, who usually strutted around, were now doing good deeds in the community. They split wood, carried water; moved coal, mopped and swept floors...

It actually drew quite a crowd, and some of the women couldn't help but tease: "They listen to men all the time, how come they're acting so effeminate today?"

"Isn't it just because a few of our factory lads sorted them out." Uncle Liang, with a cigarette in his mouth, laughed: "Otherwise, would they be so kind-hearted?"

"That's true." Everyone nodded.

...

And while everyone was loudly praising Zhou Kai and the others as a group of heroes who bravely defended public property, a police car with its sirens wailing arrived, several officers in a police car entered the Changlin Community and stopped at the entrance of the community factory.

The leader was Deputy Director Li Jiangping from Huai Mountain South Road police station. Alongside him, apart from several policemen, was Liu Jianguo.

When Lin Chuan saw Liu Jianguo getting out of the car, he immediately sensed trouble.

"Chuanzi, run!" Zhou Kai shouted.

"Don't." Lin Chuan gestured with his hand and said: "We didn't break the law, why should we run?"

At that moment, Li Jiangping walked into the factory with his nose in the air, a swagger in his step, and a Zhonghua cigarette in his mouth. Lin Chuan went up to meet him and said with a smile: "Yo, Deputy Director Li, what has blown you this way?"

"I'm here to investigate a blackmail, extortion, and kidnapping case." Li Jiangping started off with a serious accusation.

"Haha, then I'm afraid you've come to the wrong place." Lin Chuan said with a laugh: "There is no blackmail or extortion here, nor is there any kidnapping."

"It's about yesterday's incident." Li Jiangping said with a cold laugh: "The director of your community committee personally came to the police station to report it, could it be wrong?"

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