CHAPTER 392: CHAPTER 392: A GENTLEMAN BOTH TALKS AND ACTS

With someone taking the lead, more people in the crowd wanted to settle accounts with Xia Mian and the others.

A group of people gathered their friends and headed towards the inn where Xia Mian and Lu Zechuan were temporarily staying.

Lu Zechuan and Xia Mian had just finished breakfast when they saw the villagers charging in aggressively.

The villagers were indignant, looking at Xia Mian and Lu Zechuan with eyes that seemed ready to devour them.

Lu Zechuan stood up, instinctively shielding Xia Mian behind him, and looked at the village leader with some displeasure.

Yesterday, he sent someone to negotiate with this village leader, but the other party was too greedy, and they couldn’t reach an agreement.

And now this person comes knocking at the door with others?

"You outsiders, really for money, you can do anything!" The villager Shuanzi, who suggested coming to Lu Zechuan for an explanation, shouted angrily, "I tell you, you set fire to our villagers’ houses and you have to pay for it!"

Lu Zechuan narrowed his long eyes slightly, a hint of coldness in them—they set fire?

They hadn’t left the inn the entire night. Although they heard some commotion in the early hours, Lu Zechuan didn’t want to get involved, so the two didn’t go to see what was happening.

Unexpectedly, the trouble they avoided has now come to their door?

"Mr. Lu, I know you want the development rights to our village, but isn’t this too much?" The village leader also wore a sullen expression.

Lu Zechuan’s face clearly showed some displeasure, "It wasn’t us, don’t falsely accuse us."

Lu Zechuan’s expression shifted slightly, realizing something was off about the situation.

He wanted to develop a resort as a gift for Xia Mian, a spur-of-the-moment decision.

But after he made this spontaneous decision, someone immediately competed with him for the development rights, and now, inexplicably, the village caught fire.

He was nearly certain that none of these events were mere coincidences.

"If not you, then who?" Shuanzi swore angrily, "It’s because you want to take over our village that you did such a despicable thing!"

As Shuanzi’s cursing echoed in his ears, Lu Zechuan’s face instantly darkened.

All his life, aside from that useless Lu Zhenqing, it was the first time someone dared to point a finger at him and curse.

"If you continue to make trouble, we’ll call the police." Lu Zechuan’s voice was icily cold. As he spoke, he was already planning to take out his phone to call the police.

The village fire might have been human-caused, but checking the nearby surveillance would reveal the truth.

However, these villagers neither checked nor looked, insisting unequivocally that the fire was linked to them.

If this matter wasn’t instigated by someone, he wouldn’t believe it!

"Who are you trying to scare with the police? Even if the police come, you can’t clear yourselves!" Shuanzi cursed and took a step forward, waving a stick in his hand, intent on striking Lu Zechuan.

Lu Zechuan grabbed the stick from him, and with force, pushed Shuanzi back.

"Everyone, the outsider is attacking!" Shuanzi, once pushed down, immediately started shouting loudly.

The villagers became angrier, noisily surrounding Lu Zechuan and Xia Mian.

Seeing the rowdy villagers before him, Lu Zechuan sighed somewhat helplessly, saying to Xia Mian, "Mianmian, I’m sorry, I’ve caused you trouble."

Xia Mian smiled, "It’s not your fault."

Who would have thought, they just went out for a walk and ended up being targeted.

Everywhere they went, people set traps for them.

But who could be setting traps for them this time?

Xia Mian couldn’t quite figure it out. After all, during this time, they had offended quite a few people and dealt with quite a few as well.

"Give the families whose houses were burnt in the village the proper compensation, and we’ll let you leave!" Shuanzi continued to shout, "Otherwise, you won’t be leaving here!"

Lu Zechuan didn’t waste words with the other party and directly took out his phone to call the police.

He had his principles, and when dealing with ordinary people, he didn’t want to use the Xuanmen Technique unless absolutely necessary.

But as soon as he took out his phone, Shuanzi’s wife reached out to slap it away, "You won’t be calling for help!"

Lu Zechuan’s phone almost flew out of his hand.

Lu Zechuan’s face immediately turned somber.

Bad lands breed undesirable people, but this wasn’t even a poor land, so why were there so many troublesome people?

"Since reasoning with you doesn’t work, I can only talk with my fists." As Lu Zechuan finished speaking, he kicked several villagers beside him, sending them flying.

Since they didn’t want him to call the police, he would resolve it personally!

Once these people couldn’t get up again, it would be their turn to call the police!

Once Lu Zechuan started moving, the village leader began to regret it.

Lu Zechuan looked so mature and steady, like a successful person who should use words, not fists, right?!

But now, the way Lu Zechuan was fighting made him look like a street thug!

He had brought so many people, yet all of them were beaten down by Lu Zechuan!

And Lu Zechuan was still leisurely rolling up his sleeves, washing his hands slowly at the well outside the yard!

"Now, can you speak properly?" Lu Zechuan dragged a chair to sit at the entrance of the inn.

When Lu Zechuan sat at the entrance of the inn, Xia Mian glanced outside the courtyard.

On the outskirts of this riotous crowd, there was a figure sneaking away.

She felt the figure was somewhat familiar, but at the moment, she couldn’t recall where she had seen them before.

"Mr. Lu, why such a big temper!" The village leader wiped the sweat from his forehead, forcing a smile as he spoke, "We just came to negotiate with you, Mr. Lu—if you think our demands are too much, we can continue negotiating. But hitting people is your fault."

The village leader understood well that Lu Zechuan’s background was formidable, and even if he really hit people, they couldn’t do anything about it.

They came to cause trouble with the hope of extorting something, and if they couldn’t, they wouldn’t lose much either.

"Not negotiating, go ahead and call the police." Lu Zechuan casually glanced at all the wounded lying on the ground.

The village leader averted his gaze; after all, it was their fault for being unreasonable.

Even if Lu Zechuan did act, it could still be considered self-defense.

Even if they called the police, they wouldn’t have any valid arguments.

"Village chief, why are you wasting words with them!" Shuanzi, who was beaten the worst, stood up with a swollen, bruised face, glaring at Lu Zechuan, "They not only set fire to our village but also injured so many of us—not one family compensating us a million would allow them to leave!"

As Shuanzi said this, the villagers who had been knocked down instantly rallied as if infused with adrenaline, all getting back up.