Chapter 55: The Tyrant

  "Clap! Clap!" The sparse applause outside the door caused everyone to turn their heads. A slick-haired, chubby-faced man with green eyes and a hoodlum-like appearance was clapping his fat palms, looking at the crowd with disdain and ridicule. Behind him were five burly men with beer bellies.

  Looking at the six people at the door, Chen's father's eyes showed a complex gaze of fear and anger intertwined, while Chen Youmi's eyes were piercing with a fierce light, his fists clenched tightly, staring fiercely at the leader, the fat man! The onlookers, although also extremely angry at the overbearing behavior of the few people in front of them, did not dare to make a sound, lowering their heads one by one. Some of the more timid ones couldn't bear to look at Chen's father and secretly retreated from the back door.

  It's obvious that the fat man is Ma Zi, and he seems to be very satisfied with everyone's reaction. The green bean eyes scanned around, and suddenly narrowed, as if discovering a new continent, and exclaimed: "Ah, Chen Lao Han, I didn't expect you could get out of bed! It looks like yesterday's beating wasn't enough!" The piercing, shrill voice made Zhang Hu Pan's eyebrows furrow slightly, and he couldn't help but wonder how someone so fat could produce a eunuch-like voice. However, Zhang Hu Pan and Chen Jia Yan didn't say a word; they tacitly chose to watch this loser, see what kind of tricks he would play, and to what extent he would go. After all, with the two of them here, the fat man couldn't turn the tables, so they just coldly watched the six people showing off in front of them.

  With a glance, Ma Qi let out another ear-piercing "tsk" sound, "Oh dear, isn't this the young master of the Chen family, our village's prodigy? What's going on? Rushing back to avenge your father?"

  When Ma Zi saw Chen Youmi's cold eyes and Zhang Hupan's obvious daze beside him, he quickly came back to his senses. The Chen family had a few scallions and garlic, which he had already investigated. In this era of snatching people's wives and occupying their land, some professional knowledge was also needed. When preparing to occupy the Chen family's orchard, Ma Zi had already done some investigation. Moreover, here, he was the local tyrant, the sky, and the law.

  Anyone who can become a local tyrant must have some skills, and Ma Zi still has some skill in recognizing people's faces. Chen Jia Ying seems to be someone with a background at first glance. As for Zhang Hu Pan, he automatically categorizes him as Chen You Mi's classmate and doesn't care about it. Who says that a local tyrant is a simple-minded person? The Ma Zi in front of him has a big head and looks simple, but he is not stupid at all, and he also knows to be careful, so his face changes, and he softly asks Chen Jia Ying: "What should I call this gentleman?"

  "My surname is Chen!" Chen Jia Ying said with a expressionless face.

  Mazi was startled, and thought to himself that the Chen family might still have some relatives after all, so it's better to be cautious. So Mazi chuckled and asked tentatively: "So you're a relative of the Chen family? Just back from the provincial city? What official business did you have in the provincial city?"

  Ma Zi's little tricks can still deceive the elite in this special department, even if you're a spy, he can see a hint of it in your eyes. Not to mention Ma Zi, this scoundrel! However, Chen Jiaxuan really wanted to see how these guys would be lawless. So she replied: "I'm not a relative of the Chen family, just mixing days in the provincial city!"

  Since he wasn't a member of the Chen family, Ma Zhi's courage naturally grew, and judging from Chen Jiaxuan's tone, she was just passing the days in the provincial city. However, since she was still from the provincial city, Ma Zhi didn't dare to be too careless - after all, one must be careful when sailing a boat for ten thousand years. So Ma Zhi politely greeted Chen Jiaxuan: "Since you've come to our village, I'll treat you to lunch at noon. Let me finish handling things here first, and then we can have a drink at the Drunken Town Tavern!"

  Chen Jiaying couldn't help but admire Ma Zhi's tactics. If she had only been driven by curiosity and sympathy as an ordinary provincial city dweller, she might have already leaned towards Ma Zhi's side. After all, he was being polite to her, building relationships, and drinking with her. In a society where money and status reign supreme, everyone flocked to him like bees to honey.

  Seeing Chen Jiaying standing there without a word, Ma Qi thought he had settled the stranger. As for Zhang Hupan, from Ma Qi's perspective, there was nothing worth noticing about him. With a self-satisfied tone, he shouted at Chen's father: "Old man, you'd better hand over the orchard contract to me obediently, otherwise... Hehe!" Ma Qi's sinister cold laugh, combined with his unique eunuch voice, sounded quite terrifying.

  Actually, Chen's father had already made up his mind to give up the contract yesterday. As the saying goes, "the people do not fight with the officials." If it weren't for the fact that these orchards had taken too much of his own heart and blood, and they happened to be in a year of bumper harvest, and his whole family, including his son's tuition fees, were all dependent on these orchards, Chen's father would have compromised long ago. Now seeing his son bring two people who didn't say a word, he was afraid that his son would act impulsively and suffer losses, so he was just about to agree when Chen Youmi finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart. If it weren't for Zhang Huban holding down his shoulder beside him, he would have used his thin body to bump against Ma Qi's protruding belly long ago.

  "You, with the surname Ma, don't think that just because your dad is the village head you can act tyrannically! This society still has to follow the law. My dad's contract rights are for 30 years, and even if the term expires, my family still has priority contracting rights!" Chen Youmi shouted indignantly.

  "Haha! Law? This kid thinks he can lecture me on law just because he's read a few books?" The thugs burst out laughing, as if they had heard the most ridiculous thing in the world. Their laughter was filled with sarcasm and disdain.

  "I'm telling you, my dad is the village head, and my uncle is still the director of the county public security bureau. I'm just domineering, what can you do? The tone was full of arrogance and show-off, and when speaking, he didn't forget to glance at Chen Jiaxuan with a slanted eye, implying that now you know my family background, it's better not to mess with this muddy water."

  Zhang Huban finally couldn't take it anymore, he hadn't expected that this world still had such an evil, overbearing and unfair side. He stopped Chen Fu's obvious attempt to apologize for his son's previous words, turned to the side where Wang Ming was waiting in the car, and coldly said: "Wang Ming, get rid of them, especially Ma Zhi, just leave him alive!"

  He's crazy, this young man who doesn't look very promising must be out of his mind. After hearing the information he revealed earlier, he should quickly retreat and behave himself, but instead he has the nerve to say that he will defeat himself. Although that gentleman looks very strong, there are six people on our side, and even if we can't say that we're unbeatable, we've been fighting since childhood.

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