Return to the City: The Strongest King
Chapter 96 Trouble Brewing

Chapter 96: Chapter 96 Trouble Brewing

Song Xiaoru was actually quite fond of the girl named Lin Su’er. Although she liked Miao Xuanxuan as well, Miao Xuanxuan was the kind of wealthy girl who seemed unrealistic for Song Xiaodong to be with. On the other hand, Lin Su’er came from an ordinary family and had a great personality—cheerful without losing tenderness, and diligent in her actions, all of which made Song Xiaoru feel that she was very suitable to be her brother’s wife.

"Okay, let me tell you... One day, someone came to me and said they had been detained. It turned out they went to steal pears from someone’s orchard and got caught by the pear keeper. And this kid, Xiaodong, even left his pants hanging on a tree, bare-assed."

"Giggle..." Lin Su’er couldn’t help but laugh out loud, glancing at Song Xiaodong and her face flushed with a rosy glow.

Song Xiaodong complained with a pained expression, "Sis, why do you have to bring up such embarrassing stories?"

Song Xiaoru gave him a look and said, "What’s there to be afraid of talking about it? Su’er is not an outsider."

Wang Xiaoqiang nudged Song Xiaodong with his shoulder, winked, and said grinning, "It looks like our sis is already considering Lin Su’er the designated sister-in-law."

Li Gang took a large gulp of his dreggy beer and said, "When will I get lucky enough to have such a girl come up to me on her own?"

Wang Xiaoqiang chuckled and replied, "Hang around Dongzi, and sooner or later, you’ll have your day."

After chatting for a while, Song Xiaoru and Lin Su’er went to the restroom together, while Song Xiaodong and the other two continued drinking here.

But when ten minutes passed and the two women hadn’t returned, Song Xiaodong got up and went to the restroom to check.

Arriving there, he saw a crowd gathered and Song Xiaodong frowned, instinctively feeling that it had something to do with Song Xiaoru and Lin Su’er.

Parting the crowd, Song Xiaodong squeezed in and saw four people surrounding Song Xiaoru and Lin Su’er. Lin Su’er’s face was deathly pale, while Song Xiaoru looked both anxious and a bit angry.

Song Xiaodong’s expression darkened and his eyes narrowed fiercely. His sister was his trigger point; he absolutely couldn’t tolerate anyone who dared to touch her.

"Get lost!" Song Xiaodong grabbed someone by the back of their neck and threw the guy out, then flashed in front of Song Xiaoru.

"Xiaodong!" Song Xiaoru immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but then she became worried again. She knew exactly what her brother was like. If these people were harassing her, how could Song Xiaodong let them off the hook?

"Sis, what happened?" Song Xiaodong asked with a stern face.

Song Xiaoru grabbed Song Xiaodong’s arm and said, "Nothing, nothing, let’s go." She didn’t want to stir up any trouble.

"Go? Wishful thinking. You just dirtied my pants—what’s going to be done about that?" A young man in his twenties glared and shouted.

Song Xiaodong turned to look at the four of them. They were all in their twenties, dressed fashionably; they were clearly wealthy, influential youths, definitely not ordinary thugs.

Song Xiaoru quickly tugged at Song Xiaodong’s arm and said, "Xiaodong, it was my fault earlier. I accidentally splashed water on his pants. It was my mistake."

Song Xiaodong nodded slightly and asked, "So what?"

The backgrounds of these four young men were indeed not simple, especially Chen Zixu, whose family wielded strong influence in both the underworld and legitimate circles, and it was his pants that had been splashed with water.

Chen Zixu, who was accustomed to arrogance, always acted on his whims and rarely considered ordinary people worth his attention. Seeing Song Xiaodong’s attitude only added to his indignation. His eyes widened as he barked, "Kid, you think you’re pretty tough, huh?"

Song Xiaoru hurriedly said, "Sir, I’ve apologized to you."

Chen Zixu smirked and said, "You think a simple apology is enough?"

"Then what more do you want?" Song Xiaodong glared back.

Chen Zixu glared right back and said, "What more? Originally, I thought of just having these two beauties kiss each of us, and we’d call it even. But you, kid, you’re really pushing it, so let’s add another condition. Compensate me with a pair of pants, too. My pants here are Armani, worth more than eight thousand."

As soon as Song Xiaodong heard that Chen Zixu wanted Song Xiaoru to kiss this guy, the fury inside him surged up, and he said coldly, "What did you say?"

"I said let each of them give me a kiss..."

"Smack!" Song Xiaodong’s hand flew up in a powerful slap across Chen Zixu’s face.

"You... you dare hit me?" Chen Zixu covered his face, his eyes bulging in shock as he looked at Song Xiaodong as if encountering the most unbelievable thing in the world.

Song Xiaoru inwardly groaned, quickly wrapped her arms tightly around Song Xiaodong, even keeping his arms inside, and urgently said, "Dongzi, let it go, it’s just talk, I’m not at a loss."

"You... motherfucker! You hit me! I’ll destroy you!" Chen Zixu yelled, clawing his way toward Song Xiaodong.

But his moves were so clumsy they couldn’t even match a common thug, and Song Xiaodong easily kicked him, sending him flying.

"Attack! Everyone, get him! If you don’t beat him to death, I’m not a Chen!" Chen Zixu, reeling from the pain in his stomach, sat on the ground and shouted frantically.

The remaining three guys immediately charged forward, just as sloppy as Chen Zixu, with no skill at all, relying solely on youthful vigour.

Song Xiaoru knew she couldn’t keep holding onto her brother at this time. Even if there was trouble, she couldn’t allow her brother to be at a disadvantage now. "Don’t let it escalate," she said, then quickly let go of Song Xiaodong.

Although Song Xiaodong was angry, he couldn’t ignore his sister’s worries, so he charged in and quickly laid them out on the ground without really going too hard.

"You... let me tell you, I am Chen Zixu, my father is Chen Kun from the Chen Group. If you dare to hit me, I definitely won’t let you off."

Upon hearing this, the onlookers all gasped. The Chen Group was a top three power in the city, a force that could shake the whole city with a mere stomp.

Now that Song Xiaodong had struck the son of the Chen Group, he had surely landed himself in big trouble. Many people even unconsciously stepped back, fearing they’d get burned by association.

Song Xiaoru also knew about the group and was greatly startled. This was no ordinary thug; crossing someone like this meant huge trouble. She called out in a panic, "Dongzi, stop, their family is very powerful."

Hearing Song Xiaoru speak like that, Chen Zixu suddenly got energized, sprang up, and said arrogantly, "Kid, now you’re scared, huh? I’ll tell you, there wasn’t anything serious before, but now you’ve got a big problem on your hands."