Extraordinary Soldier King in the City
Chapter 288: Provoking the Wrath of the Crowd

Chapter 288: Chapter 288: Provoking the Wrath of the Crowd

They never expected that at such a time, Cao Shihang would still threaten them with this, which made them very angry.

"Beat him to death, I don’t want to endure anymore, screw the shop, where can’t you do business, getting threatened here every day, I’ve had enough!"

A grocery store owner roared in anger.

In his shop, he often stocked various dried fruits and snacks, but Cao Shihang would come every day and take away large quantities without paying.

Because of Cao Shihang’s status as the landlord, the grocery owner didn’t dare demand payment and had no choice but to bear it. But Cao Shihang’s actions became more and more aggressive, and the grocery store owner could no longer tolerate it. Today, he completely exploded.

"Yeah, beat him to death, damn it, I don’t want to endure anymore, with such a shitty landlord, even if the shop is good, doing business is infuriating, I’d rather set up a street stall than continue serving this bastard here!"

A restaurateur joined in.

In fact, he was one of the most aggrieved merchants among them all.

Every day, Cao Shihang would bring a bunch of his cronies to his shop to eat and drink for free, then afterwards refuse to pay, claiming he would count the cost of the meals towards the rent. But when the end of the month came, Cao Shihang would renege on his word.

After this recurring cycle, the restaurant owner tragically hadn’t missed a single rent payment, and instead, Cao Shihang freeloaded so many meals off him.

This left the restaurant owner with deep resentment towards Cao Shihang.

"Damn it, I’m done too, want to seize the shop? Come, take it away now!"

A hair salon owner also stood with hands on hips, cursing loudly.

Her shop employed many young working girls, and each time Cao Shihang visited, he harassed them and made inappropriate advances, often bringing those girls to tears.

The salon owner didn’t dare rebuke Cao Shihang and could only comfort the young women.

But as time passed, no one dared to work at her salon anymore.

This made it impossible for the salon owner to hire anyone, and her business worsened significantly.

And the chief culprit of all these troubles was Cao Shihang, which made the salon owner loathe him to the extreme.

"Right, beat him up!"

"Don’t let him leave standing!"

"Hit him, hit him!"

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Many other shopkeepers also had significant grievances against Cao Shihang and took this moment to vent out, roaring at him and expressing their dissatisfaction.

Cao Shihang, feeling the angry stares of the merchants, was also stunned, deeply puzzled.

Normally, when he threatened the merchants with seizing their shops, they quickly became obedient. Why was it not working now?

"Are you trying to rebel? Do you really want to go out of business?"

Cao Shihang glared at the merchants, shouting at them.

Fucking hell, I’m rebelling today!

One of the hotheaded merchants, no longer able to suppress his pent-up rage, picked up a plastic stool off the ground and charged towards Cao Shihang.

"To hell with it, I don’t care anymore, do whatever!"

"Charge!"

"Get that bastard!"

Seeing this, the other merchants who held deep grudges against Cao Shihang were immediately stirred up. They too picked up whatever they could and unhesitatingly charged at Cao Shihang.

This time, Cao Shihang was utterly doomed!

Before the Qi brothers even laid a hand on him, dozens of merchants were already rushing towards him, launching into a brutal beating.

"Ow! Stop hitting me, please, ah!!!"

At that moment, Cao Shihang’s screams and pleas for mercy echoed throughout the entire eatery.

The Qi brothers stood frozen, watching the scene unfold.

"Bro, are we going to take action?"

Qi Zhenghu, watching Cao Shihang being beaten up by the crowd, turned to his older brother, Qi Weisheng, gave a wry smile, and asked.

"Um, seems like there’s no need, this time, this bastard really angered everyone!"

Qi Weisheng chuckled and shook his head as he spoke.

Then the two of them went straight back to Chen Feng’s side.

"Hero, we didn’t lay a finger on him, it’s his own foul mouth!"

The Qi brothers said to Chen Feng, their faces a picture of innocence.

"Yeah, I know!"

Chen Feng smiled and nodded his head, having seen everything that had just happened.

After about ten minutes or so, the merchants had vented enough and finally stopped.

Cao Shihang, with a bruised nose and a swollen face, climbed up from the ground, with eyes as puffy as panda’s, pointed at the merchants and roared furiously, "Fine! You’re pretty tough! I’m going to call my dad now to bring the demolition crew and flatten all your shops. I’ll see you try to run your businesses then, damn it!"

With that said, Cao Shihang took out his mobile phone, found his father’s number, and dialed it.

The phone was quickly connected, and Cao Shihang wailed and complained to the person on the other end, "Dad, hurry up and save me! Your son is about to be beaten to death. The merchants on Bliss Street are rebelling, you need to bring the construction and demolition crews to save me, or the next time you see your son, he’ll be a corpse!"

Cao Daguang, who was inspecting the construction site on the other end of the phone, was furious upon hearing that his son had suffered a big loss. Without another word, he called up the entire construction and demolition crew and even drove the bulldozer himself, heading straight for Bliss Street.

When Cao Shihang knew from the phone that his father was already on his way with the crew, he hung up the phone with a smug look and, arrogantly addressing the merchants and the three with Chen Feng, said,

"The Blood Moon Gang can’t be relied on, but my dad definitely can. You all better prepare to pay the price. I’m going to demolish all your shops, then give each of you a beating you’ll never forget. This time, no one can save you!"

The merchants’ expressions changed upon hearing this.

Having vented their anger and now calm, they realized at this moment that they had caused big trouble.

If Cao Daguang arrived with the construction and demolition crews, none of their shops would be spared.

However, the crowd did not regret their actions. The moment they laid hands on Cao Shihang, they had already anticipated this outcome.

They just felt some heartache over their shops as they had poured years of hard work into them. To have them all demolished was an irreplaceable loss for these merchants.

"Hero, looks like there’s a tough fight ahead of us!"

The Qi brothers said to Chen Feng.

Both had worked on construction sites, so they naturally knew how many were in a construction crew plus a demolition crew – at least fifty men, all armed with shovels and steel pipes, not an easy group to deal with.

"No worries, we’ll meet force with force and adapt to the situation," Chen Feng said with a faint smile.

"Hero, you just take care of the sister-in-law. We’re here, you don’t have to lift a finger!"

The Qi brothers said to Chen Feng as they looked at Liu Feifei in his arms, smiling.

Chen Feng looked down at Liu Feifei in his arms, gently scraped her little nose with his finger, and asked tenderly, "Wife, what do you think?"

"Oh my, we don’t actually have to do anything; if he can call for help, so can I!"

Liu Feifei grinned, took out her mobile phone, and sent a WeChat message to her father, Liu Jiangnan.

Afterward, she put away her phone, winked at Chen Feng and the Qi brothers, and said with a smile, "Alright, all set!"