dkrc Chapter 27 So young and already learning bad habits?
Chapter 27 So young and already learning bad habits?
Inside a corner milk tea shop, Chen Li nestled lazily in the arms of a tall, thin, and energetic young man, fiddling with an old-fashioned keypad phone, clumsily playing the Snake game.
She was surrounded by four or five shady-looking thugs playing cards around a table. They were in high spirits, shouting and yelling, their profanities mingling with the sounds of cards being played, making the small milk tea shop a chaotic mess.
The noise was so loud that several students who originally wanted to enter the store frowned as soon as they opened the door. After hesitating for a moment, they finally turned around and left because they found it too noisy.
Some customers who couldn't stand it anymore quietly complained to the milk tea shop owner.
The shop owner had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward to remind them, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was arrogantly retorted by several thugs: "Didn't we pay? What right do you have to tell us what to do!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a thug with dyed yellow hair slammed his hand on the table and stood up abruptly. His triangular eyes swept over the few remaining customers in the store, and he threatened them menacingly, "Anyone have a problem with that? Step forward if you dare!"
The customers inside the store dared not speak out for fear of getting into trouble, and quickly left with their belongings.
In a short while, only the thugs and the worried-looking owner remained in the milk tea shop.
The boss was in a terrible predicament.
These thugs are really troublesome. They don't spend much money, but they cause a lot of trouble. Because they outnumber us, we can't drive them away, so we can only let them cause a ruckus in the store.
The tall, thin thug holding Chen Li is named Li Jie. He is her current boyfriend and also the leader of this group of thugs.
He raised his hand to rub the still throbbing wound on his temple, wincing in pain and unable to help but curse, "Damn it, that bitch Ye Yixian really went all out! She actually dared to hit me with a brick! If I hadn't dodged quickly, her head would have been smashed open!"
Hearing this, Chen Li curled up a disdainful sneer, her tone extremely sarcastic: "Heh, she's just a bastard who was born but not raised. We bullied her so much back in junior high that she didn't dare to raise her head. Now that she's hooked up with that guy from No. 1 High School, she thinks she can put on airs in front of me. How laughable."
"Students from No. 1 Middle School? Hahaha, aren't they just a bunch of cowardly bookworms who only know how to study?" Li Jie laughed loudly, his face full of disdain.
He dropped out of school before finishing elementary school and drifted into society, and he looked down on those students who buried themselves in their studies.
In his eyes, only weak, incompetent people who lack the courage to take risks would stay in school every day.
No sooner had he finished speaking than the roar of a motorcycle engine came from the entrance of the milk tea shop, and several motorcycles stopped in front of the shop.
Immediately afterwards, several tall, muscular men jumped off the bus and stormed into the milk tea shop.
The owner, thinking they were new customers, smiled and prepared to greet them, only to see the group completely ignore him and quickly split into three groups:
Two groups of people blocked the front and back exits of the milk tea shop, while the remaining people headed straight towards Chen Li and the others.
The thugs, who had been making a ruckus, immediately stopped playing their cards and looked up at the newcomer, their faces full of confusion.
The men in front of them were all burly, with cold faces and fierce eyes. They were clearly skilled and had a powerful presence, which made the men feel intimidated.
"Are you Chen Li?" The boy in the lead pointed at Chen Li, who was nestled in Li Jie's arms, and asked in a deep voice.
Chen Li felt a sudden panic, and an inexplicable fear surged into her heart. Looking at the other person's unfriendly eyes, she dared not lie and nodded woodenly.
After confirming their identities, the boys quickly exchanged glances, and without saying a word, they stepped forward and pulled Li Jie, Chen Li, and the others up from their seats, pushing and shoving them toward the door.
"What are you doing?"
"Let go! What are you trying to do?"
Chen Li and the group of thugs were panicked and angry. They struggled desperately, but they were no match for the strength of the other party and could only be pushed out.
Passersby who witnessed this scene all turned their heads in surprise. The thugs who usually roamed around the area and were idle were being forcibly taken to a secluded alley. The alley was well hidden, and no one knew what was happening inside.
……
"Slap! Slap! Slap!"
The crisp, loud sound of slaps echoed through the narrow, dark alley, particularly jarring.
Li Jie and a few other energetic young men were forced to stand in a line against the wall. Lu Yuan stood in front of them, his eyes cold, and raised his hand to give each of them a resounding slap.
After one round, he still couldn't quell his anger, so he started again from the beginning, slapping each person one by one, repeating this three times before stopping.
He turned to Gao Zhe beside him and said, "You come here."
Gao Zhe was more than happy to do so. Upon hearing this, he immediately stepped forward and, without any mercy, called out the names of each of the thugs.
After several rounds, Li Jie and the others had their cheeks swollen and red, and blood even seeped from the corners of their mouths, but they all kept their heads down and didn't dare to breathe.
Because there were seven or eight tall boys standing around them, each with sharp eyes staring intently at them, and if they dared to resist in the slightest, their fate would only be worse.
Chen Li huddled against the wall of the alley, trembling all over, her heart filled with extreme fear.
She looked up and saw Ye Yixian standing not far away, accompanied by a beautiful girl with exquisite clothes and a bright temperament.
From the moment she was brought to this alley and saw Lu Yuan and Ye Yixian, Chen Li knew she was completely doomed.
She had always thought that Lu Yuan was just from a better family and was ultimately just an ordinary high school student. She believed that as long as she didn't provoke Lu Yuan, even if he wanted to protect Ye Yixian, he wouldn't actually cause trouble.
But she never expected that Lu Yuan could summon so many people at once.
Just as Chen Li was filled with fear, Lu Yuan strode up to her, looked down at her, and said in a cold tone, "Hand it over."
Chen Li was stunned for a moment, and it took her several seconds to realize what Lu Yuan wanted.
He hurriedly and tremblingly pulled out the old-fashioned keypad phone he had snatched from Ye Yixian from his pocket and handed it over.
Lu Yuan took the phone, but his anger only intensified instead of subsiding.
He finally understood that the reason Ye Yixian hung up on him when he called her that morning was not her intention at all, but because Chen Li had taken his phone away.
Enraged, Lu Yuan didn't think twice and raised his hand to slap Chen Li, but his hand stopped abruptly halfway through the air.
He frowned and muttered under his breath, "No, I don't hit women."
Upon seeing this, Chen Li immediately covered her head with her hands, huddled in the corner, trembling with fear. Hearing Lu Yuan's words, she finally felt relieved and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she had escaped a disaster.
Before she could recover from the shock of surviving the ordeal, a fragrant breeze wafted over, followed by a crisp "smack" that slammed into her face.
A clear red handprint appeared on Chen Li's cheek, and a burning pain instantly spread, causing her to scream in agony.
"They don't hit women, but I do."
The one who made the move was Gao Zhe's older sister, Gao Ya.
In fact, all the helpers who came this time were summoned by Gao Ya.
She had a wide network of connections in this area during her high school years, and although she later turned over a new leaf, those connections remained.
Chen Li's cheeks were flushed red from the beating, and tears welled up instantly. She looked aggrieved, but Gao Ya had no intention of letting her off the hook.
Gao Ya stepped forward, grabbed Chen Li by the collar, and slapped her several times across the face, scolding her sternly as she did so: "So young and already learning to be a gangster, huh? When I was the boss of this street, you were still breastfeeding!"
Gao Ya wasn't exaggerating. During her middle school years, she was rebellious, righteous, and had a strong presence, making a name for herself in these streets.
Later, after entering university, she gradually calmed down, changed her appearance, and transformed into the gentle, lovable, and radiant mature woman she is today.
Although his appearance has changed, his inherent protectiveness and ruthlessness have never disappeared.
Gao Zhe called her, saying that some thugs were causing trouble. Gao Ya was furious and felt a surge of anger: Bullying my brother is my privilege, who dares to take it from me?
So she immediately contacted her men and rushed over, which led to the scene we see today.
After several slaps, Li Jie and the other spirited young men fell silent, losing all their temper.
Stunned by the beating, Chen Li was blinded by humiliation. Relying on her brute strength, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Ye Yixian, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines, with bloodshot eyes.
With all her might, she shouted out, in a shrill voice, the most unbearable and untouchable past in Ye Yixian's heart, word by word:
"You bitch, you think you're so great now? You think you're something special just because you've sucked up to these people? I'd like to see if they'd still pay you any attention if they knew your dad was a murderer, your brother a thief, and you were a jinx who killed your own mother!"
Those deepest scars hidden in Ye Yixian's heart were exposed by Chen Li in public without any scruples, laid bare before everyone.
These words completely ignited the long-suppressed anger in Ye Yixian's heart.
A fierce glint flashed in her eyes, her gaze terrifyingly ruthless.
She could no longer control her emotions, and strode towards Chen Li, slamming her to the ground. Her fists rained down on Chen Li, and as she attacked her frantically, she roared with extreme rage:
"Even if they don't help me, I'll kill you sooner or later! I'll kill you sooner or later!"
Chen Li was beaten black and blue, blood streaming down her face, but she still refused to admit defeat and continued to taunt him:
"You bitch, go ahead and kill me if you dare! You're a jinx, it's all because of you that your whole family deserves to die a horrible death!"
Every word was like a sharp knife, stabbing deeply into Ye Yixian's heart, causing her anger to completely spiral out of control.
With red eyes, she frantically reached for a half-brick in the corner and smashed it down on Chen Li's head without any regard for her own safety...