Chapter 132 Absolute Deterrence

It snapped.

Chen Yuan could feel it, that section breaking completely, almost like a piece of chalk shattering on the ground, exploding into fragments.

The other party, however, remained calm.

Or rather, stunned.

Completely clueless as to what had just happened.

It wasn't until the excruciating pain arrived that he grimaced in agony, moaning, "You son of a... you son of a..."

So painful! So damn painful!

What kind of monstrous strength was that?!

And why was it dangling like that…

Could it be broken?!

No way, that’s impossible. Even the construction workers on my site, who work every day, wouldn't be able to snap a bone that easily…

It can't be broken, just twisted. But, you son of a bitch, why does it hurt so much?

The piercing pain spread and amplified, endlessly throbbing in his hand, like shards of bone stabbing into flesh…

"Chen Yuan, forget it, let's go… Chen Yuan, please don't." Zhou Fu clutched Chen Yuan's arm, close to tears. She truly didn't want to see Chen Yuan like this.

He was indeed reliable, strong, and gave her a sense of security, but the other guy was an adult, and looked like the type who could call in a whole gang of thugs. They shouldn't escalate the conflict any further…

"Wait a moment, Fu Fu."

Chen Yuan gently patted Zhou Fu's hand, signaling her to let go so she wouldn't affect his movements. Then, he walked up to Wang Yuan, who was baring his teeth and howling in pain, suddenly wrapping an arm around his shoulders. "Were you thinking of grabbing me, then telling me we should find a quiet place to 'negotiate' privately?"

He didn't want Zhou Fu to worry, because it was fair to say that he was currently Zhou Fu's closest, most genuine friend.

Her feelings for him even surpassed those she had for her other good friends, Zhou Yu and He Si Jiao.

Zhou Fu was truly worried about him.

Having lacked friendship in the past, Zhou Fu valued him very, very much.

But if this issue wasn't resolved today, a lot more trouble would come their way.

Today, he would settle it.

He used the right pronoun - not 'it,' but 'him.'

And if these people remained unreasonable, they would become 'them.'

Don't go looking for a beating at the place you were born.

"You're fucking courting death, let go of me, you bastard, ahhh…"

Wang Yuan had just wanted to retort and push the guy away. Then, Chen Yuan gripped his wrist. Instantly, a piercing pain shot through him, but he didn't dare shout out loud, and could only grit his teeth.

Although Chen Yuan had injured him like this, calling the police would definitely make things difficult for him. But he was in the earthmoving business, a local bully. If word got out that he had been bullied by a high school student, and only saved by the police, the loss of face would be one thing, but more importantly, who would be afraid of him in the future?

How would he continue his work?

Damn it, he should have brought more people. He didn't expect this kid to be so ridiculously strong…

"Let's go, I know a place that's not only deserted, but doesn't even have any security cameras along the way. How safe is it? Your idiot nephew, Xu Chen, probably hangs out there to smoke all the time. We can talk in detail there."

Chen Yuan's aura was dark, and he spoke such a long string of hostile words, revealing his extreme anger.

Zhou Fu believed it was related to the man grabbing her hand earlier.

Just like when Wu Yi Xiang had harassed her in a dream, and Chen Yuan had suddenly appeared, relentlessly attacking him, he seemed to become more irrational when something happened to others than when he himself was involved.

Yes.

Chen Yuan agreed with Zhou Fu's thoughts.

He didn't know why, but that was just his nature.

It was fortunate, though.

Fortunate that the target of his aggression was Zhou Fu, and not Xia Xin Yu.

Otherwise, it would truly be a literal path to his own demise.

"Where… where are they going? And why does it look like Chen Yuan is leading Wang Yuan away… They're going to disappear."

Xu Chen's mom didn't know what was going on, and could only follow in her car.

Then, she watched them enter a small alley…

………

"Good, we're here."

Chen Yuan gripped the man’s wrist, ready to crush his bones if he dared to resist. Under such duress, Wang Yuan was led to a back entrance of an old bearing factory.

Because the steel industry as a whole was in decline, related industries were also gradually failing. It had even transitioned to lighter industries like glass bottle and soda production.

They didn't need so many factory buildings, so the area was so quiet that you could even throw a winning party after eleven at night.

"Chen Yuan… I'm scared." Zhou Fu's eyes were filled with tears, and she grabbed Chen Yuan's hand, shaking her head and saying, "Let's go, my mom is driving over to pick us up."

"Give me a few minutes, trust me." Chen Yuan's voice returned to a calm tone, and he said it earnestly.

He sounded rational at this moment.

But why wait a few minutes?

"What do you want to do? Don't… don't do anything rash." Wang Yuan glared at Chen Yuan and even started to reason, "I just came to talk about compensation for Xu Chen's injury, let's discuss things rationally. If you hit me… what do you want?"

Wang Yuan watched as the other guy opened his schoolbag, and he was already so nervous that he was having difficulty breathing.

Until he saw the other guy take out a book…

Was he going to roll it up and hit him with it?

This son of a bitch… he was going to make a move.

Wang Yuan took advantage of Chen Yuan's movement to put down his schoolbag, and suddenly kicked out. However, Chen Yuan suddenly turned around, easily dodging the kick as if he had foreseen it. And quickly, he kicked back at his stomach, forcing Wang Yuan to take several steps back.

Suddenly, he saw a red brick on the ground, so he quickly bent down to pick it up.

Then, like stepping on a rat, Chen Yuan stomped down with all his might, pinning Wang Yuan's palm to the red brick.

He even twisted his foot a few times…

"Ahhh! Don't… don't do it!"

The knuckles on the back of his hand were completely skinned, and the five obvious rings of blood looked so fresh.

Seeing this, Zhou Fu didn't dare to persuade Chen Yuan any further.

It wasn't because she was worried about being affected by Chen Yuan's emotions. That was impossible. Even if Chen Yuan turned into a demon, she didn't think he would devour her…

It was just that the fight was becoming especially vicious. The other guy had even tried to pick up a brick, and if Chen Yuan hadn't interrupted in time, the bald man would already be swinging the brick around.

And if he hit someone, the one getting beat up would have changed.

"Here, put it on your stomach."

Chen Yuan took out an English textbook and handed it to Wang Yuan, whose hands were trembling, and said calmly.

"What… what do you want to do?" Wang Yuan recoiled, but when he saw Chen Yuan reaching for his left hand, he quickly grabbed the book with his skinned right hand.

Then, he tremblingly placed the book under his clothes, on his belly.

"Tuck it into your pants, don't let it fall out," Chen Yuan continued to instruct.

"Can we talk? Forget about the compensation, let's just pretend nothing happened, okay… I'll tuck it in, I'll tuck it in! Just don't touch my left hand!"

Wang Yuan knew that this person was crazy, but he didn't dare to disobey. So, he could only do as he was told and tuck it into his waistband. And just as he finished, Chen Yuan suddenly locked his neck, and then used his knee to repeatedly strike the English book with heavy knee strikes.

The very first strike made Wang Yuan's stomach acid rise to his throat. Each subsequent strike was frighteningly heavy.

The pain made his cold sweat pour down like rain.

His legs also trembled uncontrollably, almost causing him to fall to the ground. But Chen Yuan directly pinned him against the door, forcing him to endure each blow while standing.

The pain was very layered.

Because there were too many places being hurt, he didn't even know where it hurt the most.

Or rather, it hurt everywhere.

He threw up a large mouthful of acidic liquid on the ground, and Wang Yuan finally couldn't help but beg for mercy: "Chen Yuan… let me go… let me go…"

Let you go?

You came to my school to tell me this, is that right?

Now you know to beg for mercy?

"You really are the cheapest, most despicable dog."

After Chen Yuan cursed him, he used the most frightening blow, a powerful knee strike, and slammed him heavily against the iron door, making a loud bang.

Then, Wang Yuan knelt on the ground, collapsing into a fetal position in pain. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, but fortunately, Chen Yuan saw that there were no bruises or external injuries on his abdomen.

All the injuries he had now were invisible to the naked eye.

The reason for this was that, by listening to his thoughts, Chen Yuan knew that he was someone who, due to his status, absolutely couldn't call the police over such a thing, so he could beat him up so recklessly.

But if he beat him black and blue, covered in external injuries, he wouldn't be able to hide it even if he didn't call the police.

He had paid attention to the limits.

Like Zhang Chao, he understood how to dance on this boundary.

"Wipe the blood from your mouth."

Looking down coldly at the trash, Chen Yuan reminded him.

Wang Yuan had been beaten into a state of irrationality, and didn't even hear Chen Yuan's request, just continued to moan.

"Didn't you hear me? I told you to wipe the blood off."

Chen Yuan directly lifted his foot and stomped on his face. The sole of his foot pressed against the side of his face, and just as he was about to grind down, Zhou Fu suddenly hugged him tightly from behind, and shouted loudly: "If she didn't want you to do this, would you listen to her?!"

"..."

Those words, like a mantra that pulled Chen Yuan back from the demonic path, directly awakened him.

If Xia Xin Yu asked him to stop, he would stop.

Because he didn't want to make her sad, make her uneasy, make her feel that he would one day suffer the consequences.

And after Zhou Fu said that, he realized that she would also worry about him…

"Okay, Chen Yuan… let's go. I'm begging you, I'm begging you." Zhou Fu said almost pleadingly.

He couldn't push it to that point. He was just a student, and his life should be full of sunshine.

This wasn't a story full of violence.

Right?

"Okay, I understand."

Chen Yuan nodded, and after Zhou Fu released his hand, he turned around, looked at Zhou Fu, who had already cried, and said: "Don't tell anyone about this, let's pretend it never happened."

"...Mm." Zhou Fu nodded, deciding not to tell anyone.

Not Xia Xin Yu, and not Zhou Yu or He Si Jiao either.

This page needed to be permanently sealed.

However, she would always cherish the memory of Chen Yuan protecting her behind him at that moment.

She was grateful, and at that moment, she felt a sense of security.

And afterwards, she was also touched, because much of his anger was because of her.

Years later, she would smile with squinted eyes when she thought of it.

Therefore, she hoped that her deskmate would smile when he talked about this at a class reunion many years later.

If he kept going, something would definitely go wrong.

He would definitely, make a mistake.

"Chen Yuan…" Seeing Chen Yuan bend down, Zhou Fu felt uneasy again.

"It's okay, I've calmed down," Chen Yuan replied faintly, and then pulled the two-hundred-pound guy up, walking towards the car parked not far away at the corner of the alley, and said unhappily, "These few hits aren't enough to stop you from walking."

Wang Yuan twisted in pain, but still had to listen to Chen Yuan, and struggled to walk towards his sister's car.

More than ten seconds later, he arrived.

Sitting in the car, Xu Chen's mom looked at Chen Yuan and her brother with trembling eyes and a pale face, afraid of getting beaten up along with them.

It wasn't until Chen Yuan knocked on the back door that she nervously pressed the unlock button.

With a click, the car door unlocked. Then, Chen Yuan threw Wang Yuan directly into the back seat, and said: "Don't think I don't know what you do. You say you work in earthmoving, but you're just a thug. And with your skills, who can you beat? You stinky dog."

Chen Yuan had also heard the guy's hesitation through his thoughts.

Although he could bring some people, he was obviously not a boss-level figure.

Otherwise, if he had that much power, Xu Chen's family wouldn't be just an ordinary family, and they would have already partnered up.

Therefore, he needed to scare him a little.

Then, Chen Yuan took out his phone, pulled up the photo he had taken with Secretary Han before, and said to Xu Chen's mom, who had turned her head back: "Do you recognize him? First one in the first row at the school gate."

Old Han, if you use me to advance, don't blame me for using you to show off.

"..." Xu Chen's mom recognized him, because in the photos displayed at the school gate, he was even in front of Principal He Hong Tao.

Chen Yuan, a student in a bad class, could take a photo with the principal with his arm around him…

And today, his homeroom teacher had directly defended him like that, even though they should have been trying to smooth things over.

Something was wrong, he really seemed to have a background!

"You can try again, come to the school and make a scene," Chen Yuan warned with a smile, quite nonchalantly: "See if your son can still study at No. 11 High School."

The answer was no.

High school wasn't compulsory education.

If Xu Chen's mom continued to be disgusting and even pestered the school for compensation, then don't blame He Hong Tao for cutting ties righteously.

"And."

Just as Xu Chen's mom was about to cry from being scared by the feigned reality, Chen Yuan unleashed the final blow, and reminded her specifically: "The recording is still in my hands, and it would be even better to use it in conjunction with you making a scene at the school. The decision is up to you."

Decision?

My brother has been beaten senseless, and he rarely loses fights. He was helpless today. What can I do…

Bang!

Without waiting for Xu Chen's mom to answer, the back door was slammed shut directly.

Then, Chen Yuan stepped on the car door and looked sideways at her.

Xu Chen's mom lowered the car window in fear, not daring to delay. Then, she heard a reminder that was so cold that it made her shiver:

"Get lost."

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