The man in the lead revealed a mocking expression, his gaze fixed on the purple clay teapot in Qin Shuran's hand. "Beauty, give me the purple clay teapot you're holding, and I'll let you leave."
Qin Shuran frowned and asked, "If I give you the purple clay teapot, will you let us go?"
The man chuckled, "Heh, beauty, I said *you*. I didn't say this kid."
"Someone wants his hands, so he can't leave with you."
Qin Shuran's expression turned cold. "You guys are too bold, daring to commit violence in broad daylight. Aren't you afraid of being caught?!"
The man was amused by Qin Shuran's words. "Hahaha, there are no cameras here, and no witnesses. Do you think I have any reason to be afraid?"
Chen Fan looked at the people before him, his face devoid of any panic, instead showing remarkable calm. "Did Boss Xue send you?"
The man replied, "You don't need to know who sent us. You just need to know that this item is not something you can take, and from today onwards, you will become a cripple."
Chen Fan chuckled playfully. "Oh really? With just you lot, I doubt you can do that."
"What the hell, kid, you're really full of yourself."
"Brother Xu, this kid is skinny as a twig. I can cripple him by myself," a burly young man stepped forward.
The man nodded. Dealing with someone like Chen Fan didn't require his personal intervention.
Seeing this, the young man walked towards Chen Fan excitedly.
Qin Shuran looked at Chen Fan with concern. She had already taken out her phone, ready to dial a certain number. She certainly couldn't just watch Chen Fan get hurt.
At this moment, the young man had reached Chen Fan and lunged to grab Chen Fan's collar.
However, what happened next made the young man's eyes widen in disbelief.
He suddenly found that when his hand reached within ten centimeters of Chen Fan, his arm became completely immobile!
No matter how hard he struggled, his arm wouldn't budge an inch.
The young man didn't notice that just below his arm, a silver needle had silently pierced his body.
"Wh-what's going on?" the young man asked Chen Fan with a look of horror.
He had only seen Chen Fan's hand flick in front of him, and then his arm was completely paralyzed!
From a distance, the man's impatient voice called out, "Dazhuang, what the hell are you standing there for? Sunbathing?! Hurry up and cripple that kid. I'm waiting to go home and watch TV."
The young man wanted to respond, but he saw Chen Fan's hand flick again.
Following that, the young man was shocked to find that his other arm was also immobile. This time, the young man's eyes widened, and his heart filled with fear of Chen Fan.
"You want to cripple me?" Chen Fan playfully reached out and slapped the young man's face repeatedly, his movements full of provocation.
Qin Shuran stood by, also looking astonished.
She had no idea why this young man had suddenly become so still.
"Useless," the man in the distance said, his face shifting between green and pale. He then ordered several other youths to approach Chen Fan.
However, just like before, before these youths could even touch Chen Fan, they froze on the spot, their faces filled with terror.
This scene immediately terrified the remaining men.
This was too frightening. Without even touching Chen Fan, their own men were frozen in place, unable to even make a sound.
"Xu, Brother Xu, I just remembered, I didn't turn off my gas stove. I need to go back and turn it off," one young man stammered nervously, then turned and bolted.
"Brother Xu, my sister is giving birth, I need to go back and see her quickly."
"My mom is also giving birth, I have to go home quickly."
"Brother Xu..."
Brother Xu's face was as dark as it could get. He looked at another youth who was trying to find an excuse to leave and asked, "You damn it, your mom is also giving birth?!"
"No, no, it's not that. My third aunt is giving birth, and she's his mom. Really, really sorry, I'm leaving now."
After speaking, the young man turned and ran.
"Go to hell!" Brother Xu angrily kicked the young man in the back.
The young man stumbled and fell to the ground, but he immediately got up and ran, not even looking back.
Brother Xu's face was as grim as it could be.
He had brought twenty or so people to block Chen Fan, and in the end, before a few of them could even touch Chen Fan, they were standing there motionless, and the rest had all run away! He had been in the underworld for so many years, and he had never encountered such an eerie situation.
"What? Still want to cripple my hands?" Just as Brother Xu turned around, he suddenly heard a voice from behind him.
Brother Xu's legs went weak, and he almost fell to the ground. He looked back in panic and found that Chen Fan had appeared behind him at some point.
"Gulp."
Brother Xu swallowed, his expression extremely tense as he looked at Chen Fan.
Cold sweat streamed down his forehead.
"Wh-what exactly did you do? Why are they, they frozen?" Brother Xu's body trembled slightly as he forced himself to ask calmly.
"You want to know? Then I can make you just like them." Chen Fan said playfully.
Seeing Chen Fan extend a hand towards him, Brother Xu's legs gave out with a "thump!" and he knelt before Chen Fan.
"B-big brother, I was just following orders. Please, please spare me," Brother Xu begged Chen Fan with a face full of terror.
These men might not have been afraid of fighting and killing, but they were filled with fear of the mysterious and unknown!
He couldn't understand why his subordinates were frozen in place without even touching Chen Fan.
Brother Xu didn't even have the courage to look up at Chen Fan, and a pool of yellow liquid was already flowing from beneath him.
"I thought you were so brave, but you're just a coward," Chen Fan said mockingly, looking at Brother Xu with amusement.
"Yes, yes, I'm a coward, I'm a coward! Big brother, it was all Boss Xue who told me to do it. He told me to take the pumpkin pot back and then break your hands. He told me to do it, it has nothing to do with me," Brother Xu nodded repeatedly, spilling all the beans.
Chen Fan chuckled playfully.
He didn't need to think to know that Boss Xue was involved.
Seeing that Brother Xu was so scared he had wet himself, Chen Fan waved his hand. "Get lost."
Brother Xu nodded frantically, not daring to linger. He rolled on the ground and left the alley.
Chen Fan watched, somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected him to actually roll away when told to get lost.
In fact, Chen Fan didn't know that the reason Brother Xu rolled away was because he was so terrified by Chen Fan that he couldn't stand up, so he could only roll away.