Chapter Eighty: What Are These People Worth?

When Chen Yang finished speaking, the ten young men all revealed expressions of savage hostility.

The bald man’s eyes were equally fierce, and he cracked his knuckles with a sharp rattle. “You sure about that? The boss above the boss?”

A cold, contemptuous smile appeared at the corner of Chen Yang’s mouth. “What is it? Looking at all of you, are you scared?”

“Right here?” the bald man asked in a frosty voice.

Chen Yang chuckled. “Where else? Here is fine. Just me against all of you is enough.”

Wu Guangde naturally knew how formidable Chen Yang was, and at once he sided with him, mocking them. “My boss is alone. You have ten people. What, are you still afraid?”

The bald man gave a cold laugh. Then the crew-cut youth who had just argued with Chen Yang stepped out from the crowd, his face ice-cold. As he walked toward Chen Yang, he sneered with disdain, “To deal with you, do I need any of my brothers? I’m enough on my own.”

“Really?” Chen Yang said with a chill smile. “I still hope you’ll come at me together with your brothers. Otherwise, you’ll die very badly.”

“Badly my ass, you idiot.”

The crew-cut youth suddenly threw a punch at Chen Yang’s face, but Chen Yang moved faster, caught the man’s fist, and with a gentle twist broke his wrist.

At once, Chen Yang lifted his foot at terrifying speed and kicked the crew-cut youth in the abdomen. The young man flew backward and hit the ground, letting out a miserable howl.

Seeing that Chen Yang had dealt with him so effortlessly, the corner of Chen Yang’s lips rose in scorn. “You say you’re very capable, but to me, that’s all you amount to?”

Humiliated by Chen Yang’s words, the bald youth was instantly enraged. He grabbed a porcelain cup, smashed it viciously on the floor, and then led all his men forward in a furious rush toward Chen Yang.

Seeing that the other side had committed everyone to the fight, Chen Yang smiled faintly. “Not bad. So you’ve finally brought everyone out.”

“Go on, kill him!” the bald youth roared in fury, clearly stirred by Chen Yang’s taunts.

Under the bald man’s lead, the remaining nine youths charged at Chen Yang together. He could tell at once that these people all had some martial skill; they were not just a band of ordinary street thugs.

Moreover, when they fought, they did so with discipline and order, not as a scattered mob.

Very quickly, the nine men split into four groups: three attacked from the front, two from behind, and one on each flank.

Their attacks were drilled and coordinated. Seeing this, Wu Guangde could not help but sweat for Chen Yang in secret.

Yet facing this methodical assault, Chen Yang did not move an inch. He stood there as steady as a mountain, calm-faced.

Just as those four waves of attackers were about to reach him, Chen Yang suddenly stepped forward, seized one young man by the arm, and spun around like a whirling wheel of fire.

Under that furious spinning strike, eight of the young men fell to the ground.

They tried to get back up, but Chen Yang first knocked one of them senseless with a pair of kicks. Then, as another rose and swung a punch at him, Chen Yang threw out his own fist and smashed directly into the other man’s knuckles.

The young man’s hand bones shattered at once, and he let out a scream.

After that, Chen Yang continued with overwhelming force, battering the remaining youths until all nine of them were injured to varying degrees. They lay on the ground, crying out in pain.

Chen Yang’s expression remained utterly calm.

He knew very well that even if these young men all came at him together, they would still be no match for him. Defeating them had been only natural.

Wu Guangde watched as the stubborn young men were all beaten down, then strode up to the bald man and kicked him in the chest. “Weren’t you mighty just now? Didn’t you say whoever had the greater ability would rise to the top? Now do you understand how powerful my boss is?”

The bald youth said with a grave face, “I didn’t know how capable big brother was before. Now I do.”

“Then tell me, who should rise to the top now?” Wu Guangde asked with open contempt.

The bald youth hastily replied, “The boss should rise to the top. The boss should rise to the top.”

Seeing the bald man surrender so quickly, Chen Yang could not help but let out a cold smile.

He had originally thought this bald man would hold out for a while, but he had not expected him to cave so soon.

Chen Yang also felt that this gang of young men was nothing more than a group of social delinquents who happened to know a bit of martial arts. To put it bluntly, that he had come to negotiate with them at all was already a mark of respect; it was an immense honor for them.

Chen Yang then looked at Wu Guangde. “All right, enough nonsense with them. Drive them all out of Linhai.”

“Understood, Brother Chen,” Wu Guangde answered quickly.

Chen Yang then walked up to the bald man again and said icily, “Remember this: Linhai is not a place where you can cause trouble. Leave at once, or you will die.”

The bald man frowned tightly and said nothing.

But his grave expression already showed how terrible his mood was at that moment.

Chen Yang turned and left. Wu Guangde gave the order, and more than a dozen of his men, who had been waiting outside the private room, rushed in at once and subdued the young men.

After that, Chen Yang took a taxi home alone.

Three days after this incident, Chen Yang heard that the group of young men had already left Linhai and never returned. It seemed they truly would never come back.

Hearing this, Chen Yang was satisfied.

The underground order in Linhai had returned to how it had been before. Wu Guangde was unquestionably the top dog, because behind him stood Chen Yang. Even Li Sanyi no longer dared challenge him.

Chen Yang’s life naturally returned to peace as well.

Yet beneath that calm, Chen Yang always felt some dark current stirring.

He could not quite explain why, but in any case, he never felt entirely at ease.

That day, as usual, Chen Yang got off work from Blue Peak Company and headed home.

But just as he was walking slowly along the asphalt road, a black business sedan suddenly braked hard beside him.

The passenger door flew open, and two young men sprang out, knives in hand, stabbing at him.

With Chen Yang’s strength, how could these two possibly harm him? His body turned lightly aside, and the blades stabbed into empty air. Just as Chen Yang was about to seize the two of them, they suddenly turned around, jumped back into the car, slammed the door shut, and the business sedan sped away, vanishing without a trace in no time at all.

Seeing this, a cold smile rose involuntarily at the corner of Chen Yang’s mouth. “Interesting.”

And in his heart, he could not help wondering who had sent these people.

Was it Qin Muxue’s uncle? Or someone else?

In any case, there were seemingly many people in Linhai who wanted to deal with him, and Chen Yang could not immediately guess who it had been.

However, if he wanted to investigate this matter, it would not be difficult at all.

Chen Yang already had a plan in mind.

He continued home as if nothing had happened.

After all, Chen Yang had already experienced far too many things. Whoever it was that wanted to make trouble for him, he did not take them to heart in the slightest, because he knew very well that no matter who it was, once they crossed him and were found out, they would never come to a good end.

Back home, Chen Yang ate when it was time to eat, drank when it was time to drink, and chatted when it was time to chat, as if nothing had happened at all.

But the next day, once he arrived at the company, he immediately called Shen Donghua into the office. “Busy lately?”

Hearing this, Shen Donghua gave a bitter smile. “Not too bad, President Chen. What would you like me to do?”

Chen Yang said lightly, “Last night I was attacked by a group of unidentified people on the roadside near the company, by Begonia Road, around six-thirty in the evening. Go and investigate carefully.”

“Really? That happened? Last night?” Shen Donghua asked, frowning.

Chen Yang narrowed his eyes and said coldly, “Yes. I thought about it last night too, but I couldn’t be sure who had ordered it, so I need you to look into it properly.”

“All right, I understand.”

Shen Donghua nodded quickly.

Then he suddenly thought that in Linhai, someone actually still dared to go against Chen Yang, and could not help but say with a frosty look, “President Chen, under the current circumstances, someone in Linhai still dares to cross you?”

“Yes,” Chen Yang said helplessly. “I can’t figure out who it is either. But whoever it is, drag him out for me. I want to see exactly who is pulling the strings behind this.”

Shen Donghua hurriedly nodded. “I understand, President Chen. I’ll take care of it right away.”

“Go on.”

Chen Yang smiled faintly.

Shen Donghua nodded and turned to leave.

After that, Shen Donghua immediately used his contacts in Linhai to begin with the black business sedan from the previous night, trying to determine whose car it was.

He had been full of confidence, thinking it would not be difficult to find out who had attacked Chen Yang. But on this occasion, despite spending two days on it, he still failed to uncover any result.

Feeling somewhat ashamed, Shen Donghua entered Chen Yang’s office early on the third morning and reported, “President Chen, it seems this time we’ve run into a bit of trouble.”

“What kind of trouble?” Chen Yang asked.

Shen Donghua said, “I had someone check the car, planning to trace the person through the vehicle. But in the end, we found out it was a scrap car that had been modified, and there was no way to determine who it belonged to anymore. Then I had someone pull the surrounding surveillance footage, but after that car turned at an intersection, it vanished. I had thought this would be simple and easy, but it seems this time we’ve run into someone quite cunning.”

“Is that so?” Chen Yang said, and did not take it to heart. In his eyes, those people who only knew how to ambush and retaliate behind his back were utterly beneath notice.

Since Shen Donghua could not find anything, there was no need to continue. Chen Yang did not care anyway, and it would only waste Shen Donghua’s time.

With that thought, Chen Yang smiled faintly. “Then... don’t investigate further.”