Just as a few people were happily chatting, a commotion suddenly broke out at a nearby table.
By the time Chi Yiyuan and Su Xiaotian heard the noise and looked back, they saw a man holding an empty wine bottle standing over two young girls.
"Did you hear me? You two, drink with me!"
Clearly, the man was drunk, his tongue slurring his words.
However, his brutish appearance was quite frightening.
The two girls, who were chatting and laughing while eating barbecue with their drinks, never expected trouble to fall from the sky.
Suddenly encountering such a person, they were truly startled, even dropping the barbecue they were eating onto the ground.
At this time, it was just after dark, not very late.
The two girls obviously hadn't expected anyone to act so outrageously at this hour.
"Did you hear me? Don't force me to use force! If you don't hurry up, I'll make you lick my shoes!"
Seeing the two girls motionless, the man's temper flared. He reached out and grabbed one of the girls by her ponytail.
In his eyes, they were just young girls, easily crushed with one hand.
The two girls were terrified, unable to utter a single word.
Especially the girl whose hair was grabbed, she looked at the man in horror, tears streaming down her eyes.
"Bitch! How dare you cry at me!"
The man's anger was clearly rising. He let go of the girl's hair and slapped her directly. The girl fell to the ground.
The slightly shorter girl next to her quickly stepped forward to help her companion up.
But how could the man let them get up?
He kicked out, sending the shorter girl tumbling onto the girl who had already fallen. Thus, the two girls fell in a heap.
They were both terrified, not even able to cry out!
And the man continued to curse:
"Bitches, I offered you the chance to drink with me, which was a favor. You dare to disrespect me."
The man continued to curse as he lunged forward, intending to kick the two girls who were already on the ground and unable to get up.
Seeing the man approaching, the two girls scrambled away on the ground, but being on the ground, they could only roll to the side, looking utterly pathetic.
At this moment, everyone else eating barbecue and drinking stopped. Many even got up from their tables and gathered at a distance to watch.
They sympathized with the beaten individuals, but no matter how much they sympathized, not a single person stepped forward to help the two innocent girls being beaten.
Su Xiaotian and Chi Yiyuan glanced at the reactions of the people around them, knowing that no one else would intervene.
Su Xiaotian decided not to wait for others to help. She stood up abruptly and, in two steps, kicked the drunken man to the ground.
Her reaction speed was slightly faster than Chi Yiyuan's. By the time she rushed over and kicked him down, Chi Yiyuan was still standing in place.
The man didn't expect a young girl to kick him down. Even if that were the case, why did the spot he was kicked in hurt so much?
It felt like his ribs were broken.
Did this little girl wear iron shoes?
"Bitch! What are you waiting for? Hurry up and grab her for me! I'm going to deal with her here today!"
The man shouted boisterously, not forgetting to yell for others to help.
Of course, if he hadn't been accompanied by groans of pain, his words would have carried more force.
The man was clearly not alone. With his shout, five or six people immediately stepped forward, surrounding Su Xiaotian.
"This little girl is quite good-looking. Are you interested in me, wanting me to dote on you? Boss, after you've enjoyed yourself, will you let us brothers have a taste too?"
Upon seeing Su Xiaotian's stunning beauty, those men's hearts began to itch.
Listening to their vulgar words, Su Xiaotian was almost infuriated to death.
However, she believed in one saying: when you can act, don't just talk.
With these people, talking would definitely put her at a disadvantage. It was more direct to just fight.
These people, though appearing burly, were all show. She believed she could handle several of them alone.
Just as Su Xiaotian was about to make a move, Chi Yiyuan arrived and decisively blocked her.
"Oh, someone's playing the hero to save the beauty. Kid, I advise you to be sensible. With your scrawny build, can you beat us brothers?"
After sizing up Chi Yiyuan, the other party spoke dismissively.
Chi Yiyuan asked with a cold face, "Do you still have any law? Aren't you afraid of the police arresting you?"
The public security in Licheng was quite good. Although there were still some lawless incidents, Chi Yiyuan hadn't expected so many people to be so brazen.
Furthermore, the surrounding people dared not help the victims.
Clearly, these people were local bullies!
"Police?" The other party sneered, "The police are very busy these days, they don't have time to manage these trivial matters."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm as sure as I can be. Otherwise, I'll give you time to call the police? If that's not enough, I'll arrange for someone to help you call the police. When the police arrive, you'll see who gets locked up!"
The man spoke with such impunity, it was almost as if he were stating the obvious.
A dark glint flashed in Chi Yiyuan's eyes.
He didn't want to believe it, but such a thing wasn't impossible. The man dared to say it so brazenly, there must be a reason.
The surrounding people had clearly heard these words.
Their gazes towards Chi Yiyuan and Su Xiaotian changed.
Full of sympathy.
Su Manxiu clearly heard the man's unrestrained words.
Nearby, some people were whispering that these hooligans had connections, and these two young people were likely to suffer today.
Hearing this, Su Manxiu suddenly understood.
These people's ability to act recklessly in broad daylight was clearly not without reason.
She just didn't know who their backers were.
For Su Manxiu, she truly didn't believe there was a bigger backer in Licheng than Chen Zi'an.
But at this moment, a local official is better than a distant emperor. These two children might be in trouble.
She couldn't contact Chen Zi'an for the moment. What should she do?
Fearing that Su Xiaotian would suffer, Su Manxiu started to sweat with anxiety.
"Mom, what should we do?"
Chen Xiuyuan, flustered, was about to rush forward to help his brother and sister, but Su Manxiu pulled him back.
"Don't go up and cause more trouble. Let me think, let me think!"
Although Chen Xiuyuan had been exercising, he was still a child and could probably not withstand even one kick from those men.
Meanwhile, Su Xiaotian and Chi Yiyuan exchanged a look and decided not to waste any more words with these people.
Since they had numbers, they would solve the problem before reinforcements arrived.
The two of them immediately took action, each dealing with three people, and subdued all the hooligans under their feet.
This action was completed almost instantaneously.
Even the onlookers didn't clearly see how these people were beaten down and piled up like a human pyramid, with the two of them stepping on them.
Just as they were lamenting that the young couple was about to be in trouble, the group of hooligans was already on the ground, crying and wailing.
How could the onlookers not realize that these hooligans, who were committing crimes, had encountered tough opponents?
It was truly hard to believe that such a delicate young girl could fight so fiercely.
And this young man was also very capable.
The two of them fought six people with seemingly effortless ease.
However, no matter how skilled they were, they couldn't match the opponent's connections!
"Youngsters, take advantage of them being subdued and leave quickly. If reinforcements arrive later, you won't be able to leave."
Someone hiding in the crowd kindly reminded them.
But after this sentence, that person fell silent.
Su Xiaotian and Chi Yiyuan understood everything after hearing this.
Clearly, these people were bullying others by relying on their connections.
They just didn't know whose influence they were relying on. In such a situation, did her uncle know?
If her uncle knew, could he do anything about it?
As Su Xiaotian pondered these questions, the people she had pinned down began to curse.
"Stupid bitch, how dare you lay a hand on me? Just you wait until I deal with you!"
"When I lock you up, I'll find ten or eight men to properly serve you, so you know that some people cannot be offended."
Su Xiaotian naturally couldn't tolerate such vulgar language. Just as she was about to kick the foul-mouthed person to clean their stinking mouth, she saw Chi Yiyuan had already stepped on the man's face.
"Since your mouth can't speak human words, it's better not to speak at all!" Chi Yiyuan said, his voice icy cold.
"Brat, you dare to lay a hand on me? Believe it or not, I'll take your life!"
The man being stepped on by Chi Yiyuan couldn't speak, but the others were still acting menacingly, threatening Chi Yiyuan.
Looking at him like this, the surrounding people wanted to laugh, but fearing retaliation, they all held back.
"You can certainly try. See who arrives faster, your backers or me dealing with you trash!" Chi Yiyuan said, applying a little more force.
If it were other words, Chi Yiyuan wouldn't be so angry, but they had used such vulgar language to describe Su Xiaotian, which Chi Yiyuan could not tolerate.
These people, who treated the little girl in their hands like a treasure, could not be wronged like this.
Even if these people really had connections, Chi Yiyuan was not afraid.
He had been in Licheng for quite some time, and he was very impressed with Chen Zi'an's governance methods.
Even if these people had some influential backing, it wouldn't be that formidable.
Moreover, even if they had significant support behind them, he wasn't afraid.
Perhaps it could even provide Chen Zi'an an opportunity to eliminate some evil forces.
Chi Yiyuan strongly believed that Chen Zi'an would be very happy to do such a thing.
Those in power never wished for anything less than a peaceful and prosperous society within their jurisdiction.
The other party was surprised that despite the threats, the other party was not afraid. For a moment, they didn't know what to do.
The other party was not afraid of their threats, and they couldn't win in a fight. What should they do?
Now, they could barely struggle to stand up. Why did a single foot exert such immense force?
The two girls who were rescued by Chi Yiyuan and Su Xiaotian ran over at this time.
"You should leave quickly. They have connections. If you don't leave now, you won't be able to!" The slightly shorter girl urged the two of them anxiously.
This was originally their disaster, and they couldn't let others suffer for it.
The voices of these two people didn't sound like locals; they were likely tourists visiting from out of town.
But they couldn't let such good people suffer.
Su Xiaotian saw that the two girls were still actively coming forward to remind them to leave at such a time, and she felt more favorably towards them.
Many people, when they discover danger, prioritize self-preservation and don't care if others are in danger because of them.
But these two girls were clearly not like that.
"Can you go call the police?" Su Xiaotian whispered to the two girls.
After exchanging glances, the two girls spoke with difficulty, "Calling the police is useless!"
The words were spoken with difficulty, but their meaning was perfectly clear.
Su Xiaotian immediately moved. It seemed these people's backers were very powerful!
She just didn't know what kind of relationship allowed them to act so recklessly without anyone intervening.
"Brother Yiyuan, since that's the case, why don't we take them directly to the Municipal Bureau? I don't believe they have connections even at the Municipal Bureau."
The surrounding people were stunned by Su Xiaotian's words.
Such fights and brawls were usually handled by the police station. But this young girl was decisive, wanting to take them directly to the Municipal Bureau.
Did the young girl know that generally, ordinary people couldn't even get into the Municipal Bureau, and for such a minor matter, the Municipal Bureau wouldn't bother?
"Alright, then tie them up and we'll take them all!" Chi Yiyuan agreed readily.
The two then busied themselves looking for ropes to tie people up, but there were none around. Suddenly, Su Xiaotian remembered that the hairpin Chi Yiyuan had bought for her today was woven with ribbon.
She directly took the hairpin out of her small bag and carefully unraveled it.
It was a bit short to tie up all these people, but it didn't matter. She could tie up two first and then buy another hairpin to unravel.
Seeing Su Xiaotian's actions, Su Manxiu understood what Su Xiaotian meant. She quickly found a suitable hairpin to unravel at a nearby stall and handed it directly to Su Xiaotian.
"Here, this one is more suitable than the one you just unraveled!"
Su Xiaotian smiled gratefully at Su Manxiu, expressing her most sincere thanks.
There were quite a few onlookers, but at this moment, no one dared to step forward and help directly.
They were afraid! And they felt they were not capable of helping.
In fact, they were even surprised that Su Manxiu would help the two of them.
Their expressions towards Su Manxiu also showed more sympathy.
These two young people were inexperienced and their recklessness was understandable.
This woman, looking to be of a certain age, why would she join in the mischief with these young people?