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Chapter 190 - 168 Don’t Slap the Face

Chapter 190: Chapter 168 Don’t Slap the Face

Yu Yueying was also very surprised; she hadn’t expected to run into Li Chen here.

"Li Chen, hadn’t you gone to Yanjing?" Yu Yueying curiously asked. Just yesterday, Li Chen had been asking for her help, and yet here he was in Linchuan today; she had thought it would take several days.

"Went there yesterday, came back yesterday," Li Chen laughed, "Don’t worry, that matter has been resolved. What about you, what are you wandering around here for, catching thieves again?"

Hearing that Li Chen had resolved the issue, Yu Yueying was relieved, but upon Li Chen teasing her about catching thieves, her brows shot up, "What did you say?"

Li Chen shrugged, "Otherwise, what are you doing here?"

"Of course, I’m working on a case." Yu Yueying snorted coldly. "The station just received a case about a missing person, and I came over to check it out."

Missing?

Li Chen blinked, "Is the missing person called Yang Xin?"

"How did you know?" Yu Yueying looked at Li Chen with suspicion, but then she sternly said, "Don’t tell me you’re the kidnapper?"

"Where did your mind go?" Li Chen said exasperatedly, "The missing person is my friend. Her mother called me about it, and I’m also investigating."

"Have you found out anything?" Yu Yueying asked.

"Nothing at all." Speaking of Yang Xin made Li Chen’s brow furrow again, "I can only confirm that Yang Xin disappeared after leaving a student’s home, but where and by whom she was taken, I have no idea."

Yu Yueying also frowned. Put that way, it indeed seemed quite difficult.

"By the way, does your police station have surveillance footage of this area? Checking the surveillance might reveal something," Li Chen said.

Yu Yueying shook her head, "Unfortunately, the surveillance in this area is broken; there’s none at all. Moreover, the surveillance mainly covers major traffic areas, and these streets are quite remote—the nearest camera is on another street."

Hearing this, the hope that had started to kindle in Li Chen’s heart faded again. Could Yang Xin really just disappear like this?

"I’ll go back and officially file a case, then we’ll set up an investigation team to look into this," Yu Yueying said.

Li Chen nodded; it seemed that was the only option left.

As both of them were clueless, they were about to leave when suddenly, from the other side of the street, came the sounds of an argument.

Yu Yueying turned to look and saw a group of people divided into two factions, engaging in a heated argument that was escalating rapidly. Some were even picking up beer bottles as if gearing up for a fight, while other passersby kept their distance, not daring to approach.

"They dare to fight?" Yu Yueying’s eyebrows furrowed, and she turned and walked towards them.

Li Chen followed her. These people fighting had nothing to do with him; his mind was occupied with Yang Xin’s situation, but since Yu Yueying, being a police officer, couldn’t ignore it, he, as her friend, had no choice but to follow.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Yu Yueying called out to the two factions, frowning, "I’ll take you all to the station if you dare to fight."

"Yo, we got a cop here."

The leader of the group on the left, with shifty eyes, assessed Yu Yueying, "Take me to the station? I’m so scared, ha ha ha!"

The delinquents on the left all laughed, but the leader then said to the people on the right, "Hey, A San, what do you think? The cop is here, do we still fight?"

The leader on the right, clearly more temperamental, glanced at Yu Yueying and said coldly, "Better roll back to where you came from and don’t interfere with us."

Furious, Yu Yueying simply ran between the two groups and roared, "None of you are fighting today. Anyone who does, I’m taking back to the station!"

"So we don’t fight, we take you down?" said the delinquent on the left, tapping a stick in his hand, his eyes greedily scanning Yu Yueying, "That’s fine too, you look pretty good, must be quite something in bed."

"Slick, let’s finish the fight first, after it’s over whoever wins gets the bar management right, no need to trouble the boss to decide for us," A San said coldly.

"You’ve heard it, now step aside, let us finish our fight, then we’ll come for you," Slick said, his eyes brazenly violating Yu Yueying’s space, as if stripping her with his gaze.

Yu Yueying was furious, these thugs clearly didn’t take her seriously, and just then, Li Chen stepped forward, initially intending to pull Yu Yueying back, thinking it best to stay out of it.

But at that moment, Slick’s gaze shifted to Li Chen.

"Yo, here comes another one, but that doesn’t seem to help any," Slick laughed.

A San got angry as well and said coldly, "Both of you better get lost, or you’ll end up crippled!"

The onlookers, seeing Yu Yueying and Li Chen stepping forward to intervene, couldn’t help but worry.

"Why bother with this gang of hoodlums, let them fight, better yet, let them all kill each other."

"These two young people are being irrational," another passerby said, shaking his head. There were more than thirty people on both sides together, and these were just two men. It was like hitting a stone with an egg.

"These two are in danger now."

The passersby were worried, thinking Li Chen and Yu Yueying were doomed, but what happened next was beyond their expectations!

Li Chen had been thinking about Yang Xin and was already upset; when the hoodlums suddenly started cursing at him, he couldn’t help but glare with intense ferocity.

"Not leaving, huh? Then I’ll break your legs!" exclaimed the hoodlum as he lost his temper, instantly drawing a crowd of others to surround them.

Yu Yueying grew alert and just as she was about to caution Li Chen to be careful, she saw him burst into the crowd on the right like a tiger down the mountain, striking them like a gust of wind.

At that moment, Li Chen needed to vent, and these hoodlums naturally turned into perfect human punching bags.

Each punch landed solidly; his left fist smashed harshly onto one person, and his right fist directly hit another’s jaw, instantly knocking a tooth out. At the same time, another hoodlum, who was rushing forward and shouting, ended up with the tooth in his mouth.

This hoodlum felt something fall into his mouth and instinctively swallowed it.

Feeling discomfort in his throat, the hoodlum attempted to dislodge it with his hand, but just then an elbow smashed into his stomach, causing severe pain that made him vomit the tooth he had just swallowed.

Soon, Li Chen had knocked down all the hoodlums on the right. The one known as A San was shocked by the ferocity, but by that time, Li Chen had already seized him by the arm and yanked fiercely, eliciting a squeal like a pig being slaughtered from A San.

In just about 5 seconds, Li Chen had floored all the hoodlums on the right. He turned around, and the hoodlums on the left were stunned. Slick swallowed hard, his eyes locked on Li Chen, his whole demeanor changed, looking completely rattled.

At that moment, Li Chen charged towards them.

"No, no, don’t hit the face!"

Slick cried out in panic, but Li Chen landed a punch right on his nose, knocking him to the ground.

As Slick lay on the ground, clutching his nose, nearing tears, he whimpered, "I said not to hit the face."

Meanwhile, Li Chen was rapidly weaving through the crowd, knocking down a hoodlum wherever he went.

The whole process again took no more than 5 seconds, Li Chen had subdued all the hoodlums on that side. From a distance, there were about thirty people lying around moaning.

The passersby were stunned. This man, did he know martial arts?

Watching the hoodlums wail, Li Chen dusted off his hands, feeling much clearer without all those people around.

Li Chen returned to thinking about Yang Xin, while Yu Yueying pulled out handcuffs and said coldly, "Now, all of you are coming with me to the station."

Yu Yueying was ambitious to think she could take over thirty people to the police station by herself.

"Please, ma’am, we know we were wrong, we swear we won’t dare again, please let us go," Slick flipped faster than a book could, his face a picture of misery, kneeling on the ground, one hand clutching his bloody nose, still loudly wailing.

The rest of the hoodlums were no better off, now all kneeling and begging for mercy.

"Enough talk, weren’t you all so arrogant just now? Get up and line up," Yu Yueying snorted coldly, showing no mercy.

Li Chen glanced around, and just then noticed a pendant around Slick’s neck.

Why does this pendant look so familiar?

Frowning, Li Chen approached Slick, who panicked upon seeing him come closer, quickly standing and saying, "I’ll go with you to the station, just please don’t hit me."

However, Li Chen walked right up to him, grabbed the pendant from his neck, and held it tightly. Slick didn’t dare to breathe out loud.

Looking at the pendant, Li Chen’s expression darkened. The pendant was unmistakably Yang Xin’s; he’d seen it several times while they were together.

"The rest of you, get lost," Li Chen said indifferently. Hearing this, the other hoodlums fled as if granted an amnesty. Yu Yueying, although a bit anxious, saw Li Chen holding the pendant in front of Slick and asked indifferently, "Where did this pendant come from?"

Caught off-guard, Slick didn’t understand why Li Chen was interested in this seemingly insignificant item. He darted his eyes around, about to make up a random excuse, but Li Chen threw another punch onto his nose, causing the other nostril to bleed profusely.

"If you don’t tell the truth, today you will lose your face," Li Chen said calmly.

"Please, hero, handsome man, don’t hit my face," begged Slick, close to tears. "How can I still get girls after this? My face is my asset."