The Supreme Beauty Fell in Love with Me

Lin Chuan's heart, which had just been set down, was now lifted again. It seemed that Shi Houcai, the old fox, really had many tricks up his sleeve, able to instantly rally so many people for debt collection.

The new crowd mixed with the original dozen people, and those who originally wanted to leave also stayed put. Even the villagers who had already walked away stood in the distance watching, afraid to miss out on any good fortune.

The crowd started to clamor loudly again, manipulated in secret by Shi Rongguang and Er Gou's wife and others. Originally, they planned to drive Lin Chuan away, but seeing that the crowd wasn't cooperating, they simply shifted to a collective debt collection, as long as the Huang family couldn't pay up, Shi Rongguang would have the opportunity to use this to coerce Huang Mengqi into agreeing to marry him.

Huang Guiguo continued to shout loudly, trying to calm everyone's emotions, but now almost no one listened to him anymore. Most of the crowd was Shi family members and naturally wouldn't heed the former village head's words.

Eventually, Huang Guiguo got tired of shouting, sighed helplessly, turned back to look at Lin Chuan, who was lost in thought, and muttered to himself, "Ah, my old brother really had a bitter life, suffered all his life, worked hard all his life, and left such a mess for his family on his deathbed."

"Mengqi, have you calculated how much money in total is owed to them?" Lin Chuan turned around and asked Huang Mengqi.

Huang Mengqi nodded, responding, "I did, it totals over fifty thousand, but we haven't even gathered enough money for my brother's schooling, where can I find money to pay them."

Lin Chuan ignored Huang Mengqi's words, pondering how to gather fifty thousand, all the money on his body added up to at most ten thousand, that left over forty thousand. Whatever, let's first placate these people. If these villagers get upset, Lin Chuan can't guarantee he could leave here alive.

"Everyone, quiet down, everyone, quiet down."

After two very authoritative shouts, the crowd indeed quieted down, once again looking at Lin Chuan with a bright smile.

"Young people are better, just a couple of shouts beat me this old man, Mengqi, I think this young man is pretty good, you must seize the opportunity!" Huang Guiguo looked at Lin Chuan and said to his niece beside him.

"Uncle Huang, what nonsense are you spouting at a time like this." Although Huang Mengqi reproached him verbally, her face inadvertently showed the bashfulness of a young girl.

Huang Guiguo saw this and laughed, saying, "Alright, alright, as your uncle, I won't meddle in young people's affairs. Nonetheless, I hope to savor your wedding candy soon, lest, like your dad, I die early without having had my daughter's wedding candy."

Huang Mengqi didn't respond to her Uncle Huang anymore but instead looked at Lin Chuan, wanting to see what he had to say. At her most difficult times, only this man before her stood out for her.

"I know why everyone is here. I am Huang Mengqi's boyfriend, and naturally, her family's affairs are mine as well. Since everyone is in urgent need of money, yet I can't gather so much right now, if everyone could give us five days, I promise to pay you back in full."

Lin Chuan brewed over his words, still persuading kindly. After speaking, he quietly looked at the crowd, hoping for their response.

"No, we want it now, my family is in urgent need of rice to cook, and I haven't even had lunch yet!" Er Gou's wife was the first to shout loudly.

Soon, led by Shi Rongguang, that group followed suit in shouting. Their goal was simple; regardless of what was said, if Huang Mengqi agreed to marry Shi Rongguang, they would stop causing trouble. If they stopped causing trouble, no one dares to actively go to the Huang family to collect debts.

The discussion broke out among the crowd, and those not particularly close to the village chief's family started reconsidering, the ones who intended to leave earlier decided firmly to depart since Shi Rongguang was involved, everyone knew this muddy water wasn't easy to wade into.

"After five days, you must return the money, or we will move things out of the Huang family." Someone shouted from within the crowd, and gradually people started leaving.

"Definitely, I assure you my words hold true," Lin Chuan said with a smile.

In the end, dozens of people dwindled to only Shi Rongguang and his group of underlings, along with Er Gou's wife and Liu Quezi's wife.

The few of them exchanged glances, staring at each other, unsure of what to do. They drummed up the people, but now that everyone left in a swarm, they were at a loss.

"I don't care about anyone else, but you better pay me back my money first, as well as the medical fees for the injury to my nose today at noon!" Liu Quezi's wife knew that the noon incident had messed up the village chief's plans, and if this afternoon's situation was botched, the benefits the village chief had promised would likely be off the table, especially her youngest son's childbirth certificate. So seeing the situation turn dire, she resorted to acting shamelessly.

Seeing this, Er Gou's wife followed suit, and Shi Rongguang and his brothers merely wanted Lin Chuan to compensate for the mental distress fee of rolling into the ditch at noon.

Once everyone else left, Lin Chuan walked up to Liu Quezi's wife, smiled, and said, "Repaying your money is no problem, but if you want me to cover your medical fees, sorry, I have no money for that. Besides, it's your own doing, who told you to throw trash at people's homes? I merely threw out the trash you flung inside."

"You…." Liu Quezi's wife just about swore, but her throat felt slightly itchy, so she quickly stopped speaking, just glaring at Lin Chuan without uttering a sound.

"And you," Lin Chuan pointed a finger at Er Gou's wife, smiling as he said, "I'll return your money too, but was it you who started the insults against Uncle Huang amidst the crowd?"

Er Gou's wife was at a loss for words, stuttering for a while, then turned her face aggressively, saying determinedly, "So what if it was me? Is it illegal to scold someone?"

"Scolding isn't illegal, but sooner or later, I'll slap you in the face, one on each side. Of course, when that day comes, I won't forget about you either," Lin Chuan turned to point at Liu Quezi's wife, continuing, "Even though you are women, I won't be polite to you."

Thinking about these two women repeatedly scolding him as a pretty boy, Lin Chuan got angry. He decided to let the matter rest for now, and when the opportunity arises, he will settle scores with them.

"Kid, don't be so cocky, today I'll settle the scores for noon," Shi Rongguang stepped out, now dressed in a new outfit, though his attire still made Lin Chuan reluctant to assent.

"Oh, the village chief's son, huh, haha, so how was the couples bath at noon?" Lin Chuan asked teasingly.

Shi Rongguang's face turned ashen with anger, though his father had warned him not to cause trouble lately, yet hearing Lin Chuan's remarks, he couldn't contain his rage, he gave a signal to his little brothers, then four young punks caught the hint, immediately surrounding Lin Chuan.

"What are you doing? If you dare to fight here, I'll call the police!" Huang Guiguo, seeing the situation turn bad, shouted loudly.

Shi Rongguang glanced at Huang Guiguo, spat on the ground, laughing, "Old man, don't try to scare me, if you've got the guts, call the cops now. If you don't, you're a coward."

"Uncle Huang, don't lower yourself to their level, it'll be alright," Huang Mengqi, being unusually calm at that moment, knowing that what must come has come, chose not to hide any longer. She believed Lin Chuan could handle a few delinquent kids.

Er Gou's wife and Liu Quezi's wife saw a fight brewing, quickly retreated to a distance, nonetheless watching with a smug smile, as though they could already see Lin Chuan being beaten down by that group of punks, kneeling for mercy in their eyes.

Without much talk, the four punks charged at Lin Chuan from four directions. Lin Chuan stretched his limbs and murmured to himself, "Since coming out of Jiangbei City, I haven't gotten into a fight, today I'll give you guys a taste."

Having said that, he proactively greeted the one coming head-on, tilted his body slightly to the side, dodged the punch aimed at his abdomen, then swung a direct punch to the young punk's head.

After punching the punk head-on, he immediately pivoted to sweep a leg, knocking down another punk approaching from the left. Before he could pivot back, he heard the sound of wind behind his head, reaching back with his right hand, grabbing the punch aimed at the back of his head, then quickly turned around, kicking three times in succession, all aimed at the punk behind him, striking his thighs.

"I abhor you bunch of lackeys the most," Lin Chuan released the punk's hand after kicking, saying disdainfully.

The one on the right had just charged to Lin Chuan's side, prepared for a sneak attack, yet saw his companions all moaning on the ground within moments, not able to retaliate at all, his leg poised mid-air, seeing Lin Chuan turning toward him, he hurriedly retracted his leg, grinning sheepishly at Lin Chuan.

"Whap." Lin Chuan suddenly swung a fist, striking the punk's face, causing a fountain of blood from his delicate nose.

"I didn't even make a move, why did you hit me?" The punk clutched his nose, eyes reddened, slowly squatting down, his face full of grievance.

"A foot sent cannot be retracted, cowardice, weakness, truly disgraceful to punks. Additionally, most crucially, I detest people grinning foolishly at me," Lin Chuan gave a very formidable reason.