Chapter 629: Chapter 33: Top You Lung
Huang Ying’s personality is rather gentle, so being yelled at by two strangers, having her hand hurt from a collision, and being surrounded by onlookers, made her feel flustered and unsure of what to do.
But now, hearing Li Yan’s voice and sensing him behind her, she calmed down immediately. She realized that it was him who had grabbed the shopping cart just before it was about to hit her stomach.
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"Hey there, brother, not sure where it hit just now? Check if your shoes are scuffed?" Li Yan pulled Huang Ying behind him and, with a smile, addressed the two people across the shopping cart.
Seeing someone stand up for Huang Ying, the two of them were not as overbearing. But noticing Li Yan’s submissive attitude, the slightly chubby woman shouted again, "What! What! Do you think we’re trying to scam you? Look for yourself! Do you expect us to have our shoes damaged to the point we bleed before you’re satisfied?"
The man also chuckled coldly and lifted his foot slightly, "We won’t scam people, we just want her to know she should watch where she’s going!"
"Of course, of course, you both look like educated and reasonable people, you wouldn’t scam anyone, surely not." While saying this, Li Yan took out his wallet, pulled out a hundred-yuan note, and handed it over. "This is a token from me, for you to get your shoes cleaned later, you must accept it, otherwise, it means you’re still upset about this!"
The crowd watching, having initially seen Li Yan intervening to even the odds to two against two, expected a fight to break out. But instead, he turned out to be cowardly, immediately showing weakness, apologizing, and even offering money to settle things when no money had been extorted. They all murmured and shook their heads in contempt.
The two of them, initially considering using Li Yan’s physique as an opportunity to back down, were surprised to find him so easy to deal with. "We don’t want your money, we’re not trying to scam you! Since you’ve apologized, just be more careful next time, let’s just leave it at that."
"Of course, you’re not scamming, but this is my responsibility for the shopping cart that accidentally bumped into you beside my girlfriend, you must take it!" Li Yan eagerly pushed the money towards them.
Huang Ying couldn’t stay calm anymore. She knew that Li Yan didn’t want to cause her trouble, considering she lives here long-term and might run into them again, so he opted to resolve things quietly. However, compensating a hundred yuan for just a dirty shoe was too much. Even though it was Li Yan’s money, it was hard-earned by him.
She immediately mustered the courage and said, "Or I can help you clean it!" Saying so, she reached for tissues.
The spectators became even more disdainful, thinking, what a pair of cowards!
Li Yan held Huang Ying’s hand and enthusiastically pushed the money forward with his other hand.
Those two felt they couldn’t really make Huang Ying apologize publicly by cleaning their shoes; even though that would give them a psychological high ground, it seemed too tyrannical. Moreover, that kind of satisfaction doesn’t feed you, so if there’s a hundred yuan to take, why not take it?
"Okay! This is what you said was for cleaning shoes, which you’re insisting we take." The man, with an expression of being left with no choice, accepted the money. "That’s enough, you don’t need to clean it, let’s consider this settled."
"Wait, wait, wait..." Li Yan, holding onto the shopping cart, smiled and said, "The issue of hitting your foot is resolved, but there’s something that isn’t settled yet."
"...?"
What else could there be? Everyone, including the two and Huang Ying, looked at Li Yan in confusion.
Li Yan’s smile disappeared, "Just now, after knocking into you, you pushed the shopping cart back twice, hitting my girlfriend—once hurting her hand and another time hitting her stomach. How shall we resolve this? My girlfriend is invaluable, and I won’t just let it go! Furthermore, this is a deliberate act of injuring someone! By pushing the shopping cart into her stomach, you are assaulting a pregnant woman!"
The crowd watching was shocked by this turn of events. The ones who were initially victims were suddenly turned into assailants accused of intimidating the weak and beating a pregnant woman! Isn’t this twisting the narrative a bit too much? And, looking at Huang Ying’s frail appearance, she didn’t seem like a pregnant woman. Getting hit by a shopping cart isn’t that severe anyway.
What was going on today? Who’s actually trying to scam who?
The couple was stunned by Li Yan’s rapid change of attitude, from fawning to assertive, looking like he could flip a switch instantly.
"Look at this! They are the ones trying to extort people!" the woman shrieked.
"You damn mother! So you were attempting to extort me, were you? I knocked into you, so what?" The man grabbed the shopping cart and forcefully pushed it toward Li Yan’s stomach.
"Ow!" Li Yan yelled out.
"Damn your mother! Still faking it!" The man’s expression changed, genuinely fearful that if one of them pretended to be hurt and the other played pregnant, they might involve the police or a hospital, and even if it was later proved unfounded, it would still cost a lot.
Li Yan didn’t continue to moan, but glanced around the area and sneered, "So everyone agrees that once you’re hit, you’re hit, and that’s all there is to it?"
He lifted the shopping cart with both hands, and like a horse pulling at the reins, the front end was lifted into the air as he aimed it directly at the man’s chest!
The tremendous impact toppled the unsuspecting man to the ground. Although the front of the shopping cart was an open basket-like frame, it’s still made of iron, so it hurts when it hits you, let alone getting knocked to the ground.
The woman, initially stunned, immediately crouched in front of the man, screaming, "Murder!"
"Murder, is it?" Li Yan’s eyes turned cold, and he lifted the shopping cart that had just hit the ground high, as if preparing to smash it down on the two of them.
The woman recoiled in fright, tumbling to the side, and the man on the ground, having just fallen backwards, was not able to get up so easily.
The spectators, having seen enough, quickly changed their attitudes and no longer harbored scornful thoughts. They eagerly hoped to see a fight, but under their current circumstances with each party having one male and one female opponent, it appeared evenly matched. Now, with one person lifting a cart as if to bludgeon someone, they held their breath.
"Put...put the cart down...don’t hurt anyone by accident..." A supermarket staff nervously stammered on the outer ring, trying to persuade Li Yan.
Li Yan only intended to teach them a lesson and wasn’t planning to commit murder publicly. He tossed the shopping cart down, making it land beside the man on the ground, whose eyes were shut tight from shock and noise.
"Get up!" Li Yan nudged him with his foot.
The man, realizing he wasn’t hit, felt like he had narrowly escaped death, and suddenly, any previous pain seemed negligible. Afraid of Li Yan’s next move, he hastily struggled to his feet. His wife, wanting to help, dared not incite further aggression from Li Yan. Instead, she voiced strong criticism from the sidelines, rallying nearby spectators to their side.
"Apologize to my girlfriend!"
Hearing Li Yan’s words, the man looked at the nearby shopping cart, realizing Li Yan could at any moment use it as a weapon against him. Who else would dare intervene? Who even could? He could only say to Huang Ying, "I’m sorry, I was wrong earlier!"
Huang Ying, a bit flustered, looked at Li Yan, unsure of what to say.
Li Yan lifted the shopping cart about half a foot off the ground again before slamming it down, the wheels clattering against the floor. "How many vulgar words did you just curse? Slap yourself! Or should I do it?"
Slap himself? That would be utterly humiliating! How could he continue living around here afterwards?
But could he let Li Yan do it?
Joking aside! A person who can wield a shopping cart around like a toy mustn’t be weak! If he let Li Yan slap him a few times, he feared his teeth might get knocked out!
Not willing to endure a loss, the bravado he displayed when shouting at Huang Ying earlier was gone. His wife, seeing his impending self-flagellation and fearing her turn might come next, quickly and quietly kept her mouth shut, resorting only to internal curses.
"I was rude, my mouth was filthy, I’m sorry..." The man mumbled with self-loathing while slapping himself three times, then, to avoid any further demands from Li Yan, quickly turned and ran away. His wife promptly followed.
Li Yan scanned the surroundings, and the onlookers quickly dispersed, pretending as if they were shopping for groceries and picking out vegetables. (To be continued. If you want to know what happens next, please log on to www.qidian.com, for more Chapters, to support the author, support authentic reading!)
