Insufficient balance

  Xiao Xiao was concentrating and waiting for the right moment to deal with those two middle-aged men. Suddenly, a small red and black remote control electric mini four-wheel drive car, about the size of a mouse, appeared out of nowhere and began to move around on the ground, eventually coming to a stop under Xiao Xiao's feet.

  Xiao Xiao was staring at the two middle-aged men, and unintentionally relaxed his foot, stepping down. "Crack" sounded, he heard the sound, hurriedly lowered his head, a electric four-wheel drive vehicle was crushed by himself.

  "Where's my car?" A thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, covered in dirt and snot all over his face, ran towards Xiao Xiao while looking around frantically. His face was full of anxiety. He arrived at Xiao Xiao's side, looked at the small car that had already been trampled on the ground, and immediately changed color, "Ah? It's broken." He stood up right away, with a crying expression, pointing at Xiao Xiao, "You, you broke my car!"

  Xiao Xiao felt quite embarrassed, smiling and constantly apologizing to the child.

  "Come with me." The child saw that Xiao Xiao was hesitant and immediately added another sentence, clearly putting pressure on Xiao Xiao.

  "It's okay, don't cry, good kid, I'll compensate you, how much money?" Xiao Xiao saw the child pitifully and decided to compensate him for his own carelessness.

  "Thirty thousand."

  "I'm going to buy a crazy car." Xiao Xiao was shocked after hearing this, and almost rushed over to hit him with his bicycle. A three-wheeled electric vehicle for 30,000 yuan, this is simply too damn simple.

  "This is a limited edition handmade 4WD car from Japan, it was left to me by my mom, she's passed away, this car is all I have." The boy said with tears streaming down his face, staring at the broken pieces of the car on the ground. "You're going to pay for this!" He then reached out and grabbed Xiaoxiao's clothes.

  There were a lot of people at the train station, and upon hearing the commotion over here, they all came over involuntarily. Gradually, more and more people gathered around, forming a semicircle that surrounded Xiao Xiao and the others in the middle. They all stared with wide eyes and stretched their necks to watch this spectacle.

  The little boy held his damaged four-wheel drive car and sobbed, "My four-wheel drive car, my four-wheel drive car."

  "Fart, this is a knockoff. The limited edition looks clean and valuable at first glance. This car, even if you use it to sell vegetable scraps at the market, it's still worth more than this car." Xiao had taken a glance at the four-wheel drive vehicle earlier, its rough texture and poor color made it look crude and of extremely poor quality to someone like him who understood craftsmanship.

  "I don't care, this is a limited edition from Japan, it's my life!" The boy suddenly sat down on the ground with a plop, putting the toy car aside. He started wailing loudly, alternating his legs in a kicking motion, as if he had suffered a great injustice and was about to take his own life.

  The onlookers saw the child's genuine and heartfelt crying, and couldn't help but feel sympathy.

  "Hey kid, what's wrong? What happened to your bike?" The two middle-aged men who were trying to extort money from Lu Peng seemed to have unintentionally seen the scene and turned their heads to ask the little boy who was crying loudly.

  "My car was broken by him." The little boy pointed at Xiao Xiao and hummed, "It's him, it's him."

  "What else can be said? Compensation is due." The two middle-aged men turned to face Xiao Xiao, their faces suddenly becoming righteous and determined.

  "Haha." A sly and mysterious laugh, sticking out his tongue to make a face, "You're extortionists, aren't you? You even have a series of tricks. I'm not lying, my nephew has one of those four-wheel drive cars that's exactly the same as that kid's. It was bought from the south by the catty. Six or seven can be bought for a catty. If you buy a bottle of mineral water in a supermarket, they'll give you one for free." He looked at the little boy, thinking that this boy and those two middle-aged men were in cahoots. The middle-aged men extorted Lu Ding, the little boy deliberately walked under his feet to control the four-wheel drive car, making him bump into it on purpose, and then asked for money, a series of tricks.

  Two middle-aged men saw Xiao Xiao's expression and didn't expect him to laugh at this time.

  "What's going on? What's going on?" Two middle-aged men rushed out from the side, each holding two wooden sticks, surrounding Xiao Xiao. They seemed to have been prepared for this.

  The two middle-aged men at the beginning pointed to Xiao Xiao and said to the two men holding wooden sticks, "Brothers, we are all ordinary people. You judge for us, this kid broke that child's cart and bullied him. Today, we will take justice into our own hands, help the child get his money back, and fight for a fair deal for ourselves, poor people."

  Xiao Xiao knew they had brought more people again.

  At this time, a woman in her 40s with permed hair in the onlooking crowd sighed and said: "Look at that kid riding the bicycle, he's got yellow hair and earrings, just looking at him tells you he's not a good person. Maybe he's a rich second generation, specially bullying poor people."

  Those around her suddenly looked at Xiao Xiao with hostile eyes as they understood some of the connotations of this term.

  "I'm a good person, I dress like this because it's my personality. Handsome, that's me." Xiao Xiao didn't expect that in this world there were still people who called themselves the rich second generation, being labeled with this tag for no reason, it's really fucking ridiculous. His own father, Xiao Liang Peng, was a farmer, and he himself was also a farmer. He is absolutely a genuine rural second generation.

  The two middle-aged men holding the wooden sticks handed one to each of the other two middle-aged men, and all four now had weapons in hand. With a flourish, they brandished their sticks at Xiao Xiao, saying with bravado: "Alright, young man, you've got money. You look down on us common folk, don't you? Think you can bully us? We may be poor, but we won't stand for bullying the weak. Today, we'll make sure this kid pays up. If he doesn't, we'll take an arm or a leg and cripple him. Let's show him that poor people aren't to be trifled with!" The four men surrounded Xiao Xiao, keeping an eye on Lu Feng as well.

  That middle-aged woman with a perm chimed in at the right moment, "Right, it's these rich people, who knows where they got so much money from? If you take out a little to give to that kid, wouldn't that be settled? How pitiful they are, don't you all think?"

  The people around heard this and suddenly became indignant, pointing fingers at Xiao Xiao.

  "Do you have money? What the hell do I have? I still owe two bucks to the small grocery store for cigarettes. " Xiaoxiao heard what the woman said, and it was clear that she was being put on the spot. If someone with a thin face were surrounded by everyone, intimidated by four middle-aged men, and lectured by a middle-aged woman, they might really take out money to settle the matter and then quietly leave. It seems like this is a setup."

  The little kid was still crying on the ground, with a voice that shook the sky.

  "Hey kid, just take out some money and give it to that child, isn't that settled?" The onlookers around were gradually led astray by the steel wire woman's provocation, occasionally blurting out.

  "Suddenly, he pointed at the four middle-aged men and said, 'Damn it, in just a short while, you guys have mobilized the masses and transformed into righteous people. Are you all graduates of the Tianjing Drama Academy? Do you want me to award you an Oscar? It seems like I can only cut through the chaos quickly.' He then got off his bicycle."

  "It's interesting." Lu Peng saw Xiao Xiao get off the bicycle, put the hat with the money inside on his head, stand up and walk to Xiao Xiao's side. He stretched out his hand, pulled out a three-edged scraper wrapped in black lacquer from the guitar case, and pointed the blade at the four middle-aged men.

  "Ah, look, they're pulling out knives, they're going to commit murder!" The middle-aged woman with a perm hairstyle shrieked, her voice full of terror and panic, as if someone had already been killed.

  "Put down, put down." The onlookers around also tensed up, sweating for the four middle-aged men holding clubs. Several burly men, seeing Lu Feng draw out his knife, clenched their fists, indignantly wanting to be heroes and teach these two rascals a lesson.

  Four middle-aged men looked at Xiao Xiao and Lu Feng, one with blonde spiky hair and the other with red hair and a red mohawk, both wearing earrings and sporting tattoos. They seemed to be more formidable than those freshmen who were easily intimidated into handing over their tuition fees.

  Xiao Xiao looked around and thought to himself that he and Lu Feng could handle the four middle-aged men without a problem. But it was possible that there were more people involved. He said loudly, "First of all, we are not rich second-generation kids, we are ordinary people's children. We just got into university this year, you can check our student IDs if you don't believe us. We are just here to sing and earn some tuition money, but they came to collect protection fees. Those four middle-aged men were holding wooden sticks, while I had nothing in my hands. My friends only pulled out their knives after the others had weapons. We are the victims."

  The people around heard the soft and gentle voice finish speaking, although they saw him with a rough appearance, but there was no ferocity on his face. Suddenly, they had an epiphany. It seemed that those middle-aged men were quite suspicious instead.

  Four middle-aged men saw Xiao Xiao not taking the bait, but instead calmly and reasonably calming everyone down. One of them hastily argued: "What's with the protection fee? Those two scoundrels were the first to cause trouble. They sat here, singing hooligan songs and using filthy language to flirt with passing young girls, and even urinating in public. We kindly advised them not to do so, as it affects the city's image. When we told them to leave, they raised their hands to hit us. We had no choice but to fight back."

  "Damn it, you dare to insult my singing voice, I'll kill you immediately." Lu Feng couldn't tolerate others giving his singing voice a bad review.

  "Hmm." The people around him didn't expect him to be sensitive about this topic at this time.

  Xiao Xiao stretched out his hand to stop Lu Peng, calmly saying: "I'm in charge. It's really okay, the impact on the city's appearance is already on our heads. Alright, since you claim you didn't collect land fees, that matter is no longer important. What you're doing now is just for the sake of seeking justice for that child's car, are we supposed to compensate?"

  Four middle-aged men listened and immediately took a firm stance, deciding that they could no longer bring up the issue of land fees. Seeing Xiao Xiao mention compensation for the four-wheel drive vehicle, did he really think they would understand that they needed to compensate? They spoke in unison: "You may not respect us, but we are still honest and kind-hearted people. You can't blame us for being poor. Adults don't hold grudges against children, so let's just forget about the matter of hitting our car. However, the child is so pitiful, you can't not compensate him for his vehicle."

  "Thirty thousand, no, fifty thousand. Fifty thousand it is then. We have to give the kid some compensation for his emotional distress. Just look at how pitifully this child is crying." A middle-aged man said, with a tone of sympathy in his voice.

  "Teach them a lesson for 50,000." The steel-haired woman agitated in the crowd.

  "This car, is it worth 50,000?" The onlookers looked at the car on the ground and some began to doubt. "It is," "it is." Everyone was discussing it.

  The woman with a perm gave everyone a white eye, of course it's worth blowing. Didn't that kid say Japanese limited edition?

  "Special edition? Special editions don't look like this, do they? To say that this car is trash would be an insult to trash." A tall boy with a backpack muttered in the crowd.

  "Haha." The onlookers were amused by him.

  "Think carefully before you speak, young man." The steel-wire-haired woman said coldly, staring at the young fellow with a gaze that sent shivers down his spine.

  "It's not, then it's not. It's really not a limited edition. Your glare is useless no matter how fierce it is." The young man argued back.

  The steel wire-haired woman was afraid of him making trouble and scolded: "Blind little eyes, can't see things clearly. Look at your poor appearance, do you know what limited edition means?"

  Xiao Xiao heard the woman with the perm cursing loudly, and since she had just been stirring up the crowd by shouting to the heavens, he became even more infuriated. He shouted at her: "Damn it, what's so capable about cursing a foreigner? If you have the guts, come over here."

  The steel wire-haired woman didn't expect Xiao Xiao to yell at her, and she stared at him with venomous eyes. With a swift motion, she pushed the young man with the backpack out of the crowd. Then, pointing at Xiao Xiao, "500,000! 500,000! Make them give us 500,000, not one cent less!" Her voice was vicious, wanting to kill Xiao Xiao on the spot.

  The young man carrying a backpack almost got pushed over. After steadying himself, he said to the steel wire mesh: "That noisy old woman, try pushing me again."

  The steel wire hair suddenly came to the front of the young man, and with a strong push. The young man carrying a backpack hurriedly dodged. Steel wire hair continued to push. The two people pushed each other like this, and the young man carrying a backpack bumped into the surrounding people, causing them to stumble in all directions.

  Some onlookers heard the conversation between the steel wire and the young couple, immediately losing interest in the show, many people walked away.

  "50,000? 50,000?" Xiao Xiao hugged her shoulders with both arms, looked down at the cart for a moment, then suddenly raised her head and stared at the four middle-aged men. "Do you think you're playing mahjong or something? 50,000, 50,000! Can't you even make a deal?"

  Four middle-aged men were startled by his sudden movement of raising his head, thinking he was going to fight, and all gripped their wooden sticks tightly. Seeing no further action, they immediately shouted in a flurry, "No nonsense, give us the money."

  "You? Dare to bet with me?" Xiao Xiao took out a one-yuan coin from his pocket and flipped it back and forth in his hand. "Heads, that four-wheel drive is the limited edition, tails, it's a knockoff."