Hou's father turned around and was met with the very chiseled features of an Eastern European face.

"What are you doing?" Hou's father asked.

"Bang!"

The Eastern European on the left punched the old man, sending him staggering back two steps. The one on the right instantly snatched the little girl and held her in his arms.

They moved quickly, and it was after the light had turned red, so there were hardly any pedestrians around.

The strongman on the right picked up the little girl and turned to walk back.

"Wah!"

The little girl burst into tears, attracting the attention of passersby. At this moment, the old man reacted and shouted with blood streaming from his nose, "What are you doing?! Kidnapping! Someone's kidnapping a child!"

The Eastern European on the left ignored him, turning to leave with his companion.

"They're kidnapping children!" Hou's father rushed forward to stop them without thinking.

"Bang!"

The Eastern European on the left turned around and kicked the old man in the chest, sending him flying nearly a meter before crashing heavily onto the curb.

"Everyone, stop them! They're kidnappers!" Hou's father shouted instinctively.

"Bang!"

The strongman raised his leg and brought his heel down hard on Hou's father's head.

With a dull thud, the back of Hou's father's head hit the curb, and he lost consciousness instantly.

The Eastern Europeans knocked the old man down in two moves and turned to leave. None of the bystanders dared to stop them.

The two men crossed the road, pushed through the crowd with fierce looks, and hurried towards the chaotic center of the street.

Just then, Hou Guoyu, having bought the anti-inflammatory medicine, happened to be walking over from the right side of the intersection and saw a crowd gathered there.

"What's going on?" Hou Guoyu asked out of curiosity.

"Someone's kidnapping a child. They knocked the old man down," an older woman replied.

"Damn, kidnapping kids in broad daylight? Who's doing this...!" Hou Guoyu craned his neck and looked ahead. When he saw that it was his own father lying on the curb, he instantly dropped the bag of medicine.

Reacting quickly, Hou Guoyu was like a bulldozer with a twelve-cylinder engine, his explosive power surging as he sprinted towards his father.

"Dad, Dad...!" Hou Guoyu bent down and shouted twice, but the old man didn't respond.

"Kid, the kid was snatched by those two!" Just then, the owner of a supermarket downstairs shouted from the doorway, "Go chase them! I'll carry your dad over here."

"Was it a little girl they grabbed?! What did they look like?" Hou Guoyu asked, looking up.

"Yeah, they snatched a girl. Two Eastern Europeans, really big guys," the supermarket owner replied.

Hou Guoyu reached out and touched the back of his father's head. Feeling a bump, he figured it was just a temporary loss of consciousness, so he shouted, "Call an ambulance and help me carry my dad over here."

"Okay, be careful."

"...!"

Hou Guoyu didn't reply, just kicked off the pair of slippers he was wearing for the rainy weather and charged barefoot into the street. "Get out of the way!"

The crowd automatically parted, creating a path. Hou Guoyu moved his legs quickly like a track and field athlete, rushing into the crowded little street like a whirlwind.

After sprinting for more than thirty meters, Hou Guoyu could hear the little girl crying. He continued chasing along the riverside road and soon saw the backs of the two men.

"Fucking hell!"

Hou Guoyu pushed aside two pedestrians, leaped more than a meter high, completely cleared the sidewalk railing, and closed in on the two strongmen like a cannonball.

At this moment, the one on the left saw Hou Guoyu chasing after them. He suddenly turned around, pulled out a dagger from his waist, flicked it open, and stabbed.

In front, the person holding the little girl was still running fast.

"Swish!"

Hou Guoyu braked hard, the soles of his feet scraping against the ground and drawing blood instantly, but he also dodged the stab by twisting his body to the side.

The Eastern European reacted quickly as well. Missing with the stab, he launched a knee strike.

The opponent was large and muscular, so Hou Guoyu didn't try to block the knee strike with his body. Instead, he chose to bend over and brace himself with both hands.

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, Hou Guoyu's arms deflected the opponent's knee, causing him to lose his balance slightly.

At this moment, Hou Guoyu's right arm, which had been hanging down, suddenly bent upwards, and his elbow slammed diagonally into the opponent's chest, producing a drumming sound.

"Thump!"

The Eastern European staggered back two steps.

"You fucking dare! Dare to hit my dad!"

Hou Guoyu retracted his right arm, bent his left arm, and slammed his elbow down again, striking the opponent's chest once more.

"Crack!"

The sound of bones breaking rang out, and the latter collapsed on the spot.

Hou Guoyu, with his bare feet, kicked the opponent in the side of the head as he passed, knocking him unconscious and causing him to drop his knife.

In front, the person holding the child sped up again.

Hou Guoyu accelerated again, closing the distance.

The person in front glanced back in a hurry, saw that his companion had fallen and that Hou Guoyu was catching up, and immediately reached for his waist.

"Thwack!"

Hou Guoyu picked up an iron bucket that was placed outside a roadside snack shop with one hand, dumped out the fish and water, and charged forward, pushing everything out of his way.

A cold light flashed as the man holding the child turned around, gripping a knife with a fierce look. He didn't attack rashly.

Both the man from earlier and the man now were clearly skilled fighters, most likely European veterans, so they weren't going to blindly attack like street thugs.

After Hou Guoyu had almost instantly killed his companion, this man had immediately become alert, so he only held the knife, retreating with a threatening gaze.

"Come on, put the kid down, and we'll go a few rounds," Hou Guoyu pressed forward.

"Shhhhh!"

The Eastern European didn't hesitate at all, slashing the knife directly across the little girl's arm, and blood splattered everywhere.

"Fool, do you want her to die?! Back off!" the man shouted with a cold gaze.

Hou Guoyu licked his lips, nodded repeatedly while holding the bucket in his right hand, and replied, "Okay, okay, I won't move. You guys came from the north, right? Damn it, still carrying dog knives. Which unit were you in before?!"

"Don't come any closer! Back off!" the man prepared to swing the knife again.

"Bang!"

Taking advantage of his youth, Hou Guoyu suddenly erupted, swinging the bucket in his right arm and hitting the opponent squarely on the head.

This approach was a testament to his experience.

In general, police officers facing hostage-taking situations would be hesitant and afraid to move rashly, but Hou Guoyu didn't think so. Because in his experience, hostage-takers were often even more nervous!

They didn't want the attacking party to move rashly, but at the same time, they didn't dare to actually kill the hostage, because then they would have no cards left. So their mentality was very conflicted and contradictory.

Hou Guoyu seized upon this mentality of the kidnapper, and with a slam of the bucket, the opponent didn't even have time to react. Blood spurted from his head, and he fell backward.

"Bang!"

Hou Guoyu stepped forward and grabbed his arm.

"Screech!"

Just then, a car screeched to a halt on the side.

...

Inside the Coast Guard Division.

Su Tianyu had just returned with the documents when he suddenly received a call. "Hello?"

"Li...Little Yu, something happened at the association!" Yu Mingyuan's voice rang out.