Chapter Eight: A Fierce Beating for Xu Hong (New Book—Come Take a Look!)

In the male youth cadre dormitory, Xu Hong was drinking with several close fellow villagers.

Since the government had already begun arranging for the youth cadres to return to the city, the brigade had gradually stopped assigning them production tasks, making their lives much easier.

Xu Hong was deeply unsett. The girl he admired was about to marry the village’s notorious loafer, and the two had even been caught together under the quilt on the kang bed. To make matters worse, that shameless woman refused to give up her spot for returning to the city to him.

After the quarrel with Tang Xue, Xu Hong brought back two bottles of wine, hoping to drown his sorrows with the company of his friends.

As they drank heartily, a sudden loud bang echoed, and the wooden door was kicked open from outside.

A tall figure appeared in the doorway.

“Who’s Xu Hong? Get out here!” the man demanded.

At the sight of Li Yi, the youth cadres inside shuddered instinctively.

Li Yi didn’t know them, but they all knew him.

In the entire Nianzishan Brigade, the person not to be trifled with wasn’t the village party secretary Feng Kai, nor the village head Chen Tingying—it was this man.

Not because he was particularly powerful, but because he was brazen, unscrupulous, and fearless.

He was like a toad clinging stubbornly to one’s foot—he didn’t bite but made life miserable. Even the village party secretary and village head found him a headache.

Xu Hong shrank back at the sight of Li Yi, but thinking of the girl he had long pursued being stolen by this scoundrel through such despicable means, his eyes reddened.

He kicked his stool aside and shouted defiantly, “I’m the one!”

Li Yi’s anger, already simmering, flared up at Xu Hong’s confrontational tone.

Without much ado, Li Yi strode forward and kicked the small dining table with great force.

The table crashed into Xu Hong’s stomach with a thunderous impact.

Xu Hong was sent reeling backward, pinned beneath the table as leftover food and dishes spilled all over him—utterly disgusting and humiliating.

The other youth cadres, friends of Xu Hong, quickly reacted. Furious at the bullying, they helped Xu Hong up while confronting Li Yi.

“What right do you have to hit someone? Is there no law here?”

“Yeah, are you picking on us just because we’re outsiders?”

“If you don’t explain yourself now, we’ll go find Secretary Feng…”

Li Yi’s sharp gaze swept over the group coldly. “An explanation? You’ll get one after I’m done.”

He charged at Xu Hong again. The previous blow was just a warm-up—today, this foul-mouthed bastard had to pay.

The others, seeing Li Yi advance, grew angry. Someone shouted, “Enough! Let’s get him!” and they all lunged at Li Yi.

But Li Yi was unafraid—fighting was his forte.

Besides being naturally tough and ruthless, in his previous life he had trained in combat. It was almost impossible for three or five people to get close to him.

He punched one youth squarely in the face, causing stars to dance before his eyes as blood trickled from his nose; he staggered backward.

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