Chapter Twenty-Five: Another Storm Rises

  Tang Xiao Feng couldn't help but furrow his brow, these two days have been really unlucky. Every time he goes out with Li Na, they encounter some kind of trouble. Suddenly, a thug wearing a yellow shirt, with a lewd expression, said to Li Na: "I'm telling you, sis, this little punk is going to be finished soon, why don't you come with me instead?"

  Li Na saw so many people getting on and off the bus from Changhe River, her heart was also tense and suppressed. She thought that now it's daytime, and in a bustling pedestrian street, this little rascal wouldn't dare to do anything. Suddenly, she heard the rascal make a sarcastic remark about herself, her face turned red with anger and she said: "Get out of here, thug."

  "Who are you cursing?" The young man was unhappy at that time, and he came up to Li Na and slapped her in the face. Tang Xiao Feng grabbed his wrist, turned him around with a twist of his hand, kicked him in the knee joint, and took advantage of his forward lean to pull his wrist back. With a "slap" sound, Tang Xiao Feng let go of the thug's wrist, and the young man rolled on the ground, clutching his arm and screaming loudly. Tang Xiao Feng's icy gaze swept across the eight people standing in front of the broken Changhe car: "Who's next?"

  Under the afterglow of sunset, Tang Xiao Feng stood proudly at the intersection of the pedestrian street, gazing at the eight thugs standing opposite him. With one foot, he kicked away the thug who was wailing on the ground, and with a swift kick, he sent it flying towards the eight thugs across from him. In that brief moment, his fierce and overbearing aura was fully revealed.

  Eight thugs rushed up with clubs, Tang Xiao Feng shielded Li Na behind him and was about to confront them when a stern voice rang out: "Do you still have any regard for the law? You're actually gathering in public with weapons, all of you come with me to the police station."

  Four patrolling police officers appeared in front of Tang Xiao Feng and the others. Just as Li Na was about to explain, the thug on the ground had already struggled to his feet, wincing in pain: "Officer Liu, Officer Liu, this little brat broke my arm, you've got to stand up for me." This little brat obviously knew the leader of the patrolling police officers and was very familiar with him. Officer Liu looked at Tang Xiao Feng, who looked back at him fearlessly.

  Li Na took a look and saw that the patrolling policeman was Liu Xudong. These commercial district police officers often got benefits from those little hooligans, turning a blind eye to their misbehavior. Almost everyone doing business on this pedestrian street knew about it. She quietly pulled Tang Xiaofeng's arm and smiled at the policeman: "It's them causing trouble, nothing to do with us, we're leaving!"

  Liu Xudong blocked Tang Xiaofeng's way, staring at him with a fierce gaze: "You think you can just leave after crippling someone?" Tang Xiaofeng sneered: "Which eye of yours saw me cripple him?" After that, Tang Xiaofeng walked over, grabbed the thug's arm and lifted it up. The thug let out a pained yelp, moved his arm around, and found that it had returned to normal.

  Tang Xiaofeng glanced at Liu Xudong, pulled Li Na and was about to leave. Liu Xudong's anger surged, pointing at Tang Xiaofeng's nose: "You come with me now, I saw you hit someone with my own eyes."

  Li Na saw Liu Xudong still sticking to Tang Xiaofeng and hurriedly said: "Comrade police, everything must be based on evidence. You say my friend hit someone, look at the people present here, they are all holding clubs, they are armed, while we two people, there are nine of them. You say we hit someone, this is simply a false accusation! At any time, you must not forget that you are a people's police officer, your duty is to serve the people and combat crime, rather than reversing right and wrong!"

  Onlookers gathered around, blocking the entire pedestrian street intersection. It was now rush hour and many people who were planning to visit the night market had to pass through here. Cars, motorcycles, bicycles and other vehicles were jammed in this narrow one-way two-lane road.

  Liu Xudong was furious in his heart. As the local police officer, he was made to lose face in front of so many people by this young couple. How could he manage and maintain order in this area from now on? What dignity would he have as a policeman? He arranged for the police behind him to contact the station with their walkie-talkies, then rushed towards Tang Xiaofeng and Li Na, saying: "If you have anything to say, come back to the station with me. If you continue to cause trouble, I will charge you with disturbing public order, obstructing justice, and blocking traffic safety."

  Tang Xiaofeng saw Liu Xudong being stubborn, turned around and said a few words to Li Na, handing over his pager. Li Na looked at Tang Xiaofeng with concern, Tang Xiaofeng smiled and said: "Go, there's no other way." Li Na nodded and immediately turned around to walk towards the crowd behind her.

  Liu Xudong saw Li Na turn around to leave, and hastily stepped forward to grab her hand. Tang Xiaofeng suddenly grabbed Liu Xudong's hand: "Are you done yet? I'm the one who hit him, what do you want to do?"

  Liu Xudong's left hand immediately grabbed the baton on his body: "Do you dare to assault a police officer? You're finished!"

  Tang Xiaofeng saw Liu Xudong's furious expression and let go of his hand, saying: "If you want to add crime to him, what's the worry that there's no excuse."

  Liu Xudong relentlessly stuck to Tang Xiaofeng's face: "Hit me? Come on! You dare to hit me!" He turned around and said to the three police officers: "You guys go catch that woman."

  Tang Xiao Feng let out a cold laugh, lifted his right foot and fiercely kicked Liu Xu Dong's butt. Liu Xu Dong never thought that Tang Xiao Feng would actually hit him, and even more so from behind, giving him a kick that sent him flying out, landing on the ground with his face covered in mud.

  Tang Xiao Feng made a helpless expression and spread his hands: "You all heard it, he asked me to hit him!" The onlookers burst into laughter.

  In a public place, they dared to beat the police. This is unbearable. Liu Xudong's three followers didn't even bother to chase after Li Na and instead pulled out their batons and surrounded Tang Xiaofeng.

  A siren sounded in the distance, and before long, it had stopped outside the crowd. A dozen or so police officers got out of three police cars, dispersed the onlookers, and walked in. Tang Xiaofeng's heart skipped a beat - with over ten police officers dispatched from the local police station, it seemed like they were going all out, quite a show indeed.

  Liu Xudong got up from the ground and pointed at Tang Xiaofeng, saying: "The instructor is him, he dares to attack the police." More than a dozen police officers rushed over and surrounded Tang Xiaofeng.

  Instructor Li Wei took a glance at the scene and waved his hand: "Take him away."

  Tang Xiaofeng stretched out his hands, allowing the police to handcuff him. Li Wei walked up to Tang Xiaofeng: "You are suspected of inciting a crowd to fight and cause injury, assaulting a police officer, obstructing justice, and blocking traffic. I am now lawfully arresting you, take him away."

  Tang Xiaofeng's mouth opened wide, revealing a set of pearly white teeth. He sneered at the thugs and said, "What about them? You're not making things difficult for them? You really are a good public servant!"

  "Is that so?" "Why don't you catch them?" The onlookers around started to get excited. "What do you want to do? Do you all want to interfere with justice?" Li Wei shouted loudly. He then swept his eyes across the crowd. The onlookers gradually quieted down, no one dared to speak up again. Liu Xudong hastily reported to Li Wei: "There's also a woman, she escaped in the chaos just now." "Don't worry about her for now, take them all back first." After saying that, he waved his hand and the police took Tang Xiaofeng away on the police car, following them back to the Nanguan Police Station.