In the male educated youth dormitory, Xu Hong was drinking with a few close friends from his hometown!
Since the government had already begun arranging for the educated youth to return to the city, the village brigade rarely assigned them farm work anymore, making their lives much easier.
Xu Hong felt extremely resentful because the girl he had his eye on was about to marry the village’s notorious ne’er-do-well, and the two had even been caught in bed together. To make matters worse, that slut refused to give him her spot to return to the city.
So, after causing a scene with Tang Xue, he bought two bottles of liquor and returned, asking his fellow villagers to join him in drowning his sorrows!
Just as they were getting into the swing of things, they suddenly heard a loud “thud,” followed by the wooden door being kicked open from the outside!
Immediately, a towering figure appeared in the doorway!
“Who’s Xu Hong? Get the hell out here!”
Upon seeing Li Yi, the educated youths in the dormitory all instinctively shuddered!
Li Yi didn’t recognize them, but they all recognized him!
In the entire Nianzishan Brigade, the person you absolutely couldn’t cross wasn’t the village Party secretary Feng Kai, nor the village chief Chen Tingying—it was this guy.
It wasn’t because he was particularly powerful, but because the kid was bold, a real troublemaker, and had no moral boundaries.
He was exactly the kind of person who, like a toad on your foot, didn’t bite but was still a nuisance—even the Party Secretary and the Village Chief found him a headache!
When Xu Hong saw Li Yi, he instinctively flinched, but then, remembering that the girl he’d been pursuing had been snatched away by this scumbag using such despicable tactics, his eyes immediately turned red with rage.
He kicked the stool out from under him and shouted at Li Yi, “That’s exactly who I am!”
Li Yi was already seething inside, and hearing this kid speak in such a defiant tone sent him into a rage.
Without another word, Li Yi took a swift step forward and kicked the small square dining table.
Under the force of Li Yi’s kick, the small square table flew straight toward Xu Hong!
“Boom!”
Xu Hong’s stomach made intimate contact with the table. The immense force sent his body flying backward, and he was pinned beneath the table.
In an instant, the leftover food and dishes on the table crashed down on Xu Hong—it was as disgusting and humiliating as it could possibly be!
At that moment, the other educated youths finally snapped out of it. They were all Xu Hong’s friends, and seeing him being bullied, they couldn’t stand it. While some rushed to pull Xu Hong off the ground, others stepped forward to confront Li Yi.
“What gives you the right to hit someone? Is there no law anymore?”
“Exactly! Are you picking on us educated youth just because we’re from out of town?”
“If you don’t give us an explanation today, we’re going to see Secretary Feng right after this…”
However, Li Yi’s piercing gaze swept over the group of educated youths, and he coldly replied, “An explanation? You’ll get it once I’m done beating him!”
With that, Li Yi charged at Xu Hong once more. The blow from earlier had been merely an appetizer; today, he was determined to make this foul-mouthed bastard pay the price!
Seeing Li Yi charge at Xu Hong again, the other educated youths were instantly enraged. Someone shouted, “This is outrageous! Take him down!” and in an instant, the group in the room all lunged at Li Yi.
Yet Li Yi showed no fear whatsoever; fighting was his specialty.
Not only was he naturally a tough, aggressive guy, but in his previous life, he’d even trained in martial arts. Normally, three or five people wouldn’t stand a chance against him.
In an instant, Li Yi landed a punch squarely on one of the educated youth’s face, sending stars dancing before his eyes and blood gushing from his nose as he staggered backward.
Next, he grabbed the fist of another attacker coming at him, then used the momentum to execute a shoulder throw, slamming the man hard onto the ground.
Then, with a sweeping kick, he dodged another man’s side kick while knocking him to the ground, and as the man was about to hit the ground, he kicked him in the stomach.
In an instant, the man took a heavy blow and was sent flying backward, finally crashing into a wooden bed on the side of the room, where he was rendered incapacitated.
In less than a minute, all four educated youths in the room—except for Xu Hong—had been rendered incapacitated.
Watching Li Yi walk toward him step by step, Xu Hong’s calves trembled, and his mind—previously clouded by anger and alcohol—cleared.
“You… what do you want… don’t come any closer…”
Li Yi gave a cold smile, stepped forward, and grabbed him by the hair. Not bothered by the disgusting slop all over the guy, he slapped him hard across the face several times, leaving Xu Hong bleeding from the nose and mouth, seeing stars!
“Aren’t you supposed to be tough? Let’s hear you scream a little.”
“Bullying a woman? You’re a fucking disgrace to real men. Try touching her again, if you dare!”
“You dare to mess with my wife? You really think I’m some saintly saint…”
The sounds of the fight alerted people in the other dorm rooms, and soon the doorway was swarming with onlookers. But when they saw that it was Li Yi doing the beating, no one dared step forward to stop him.
Just then, Li Na and Tang Xue rushed over with the village Party secretary, Feng Kai. Upon seeing the scene inside, Feng Kai immediately shouted, “Stop it!”
When Li Yi saw that it was the old Party Secretary Feng Kai, he immediately let go of Xu Hong, who had already been beaten to a pulp!
Feng Kai immediately stepped into the room. He looked at the beaten educated youths and the mess scattered across the floor, then fixed his gaze on Li Yi and asked, “Did you do all this?”
“Yes!” Li Yi didn’t deny it; he admitted it straight away!
“Why did you beat them? With this kind of thuggish behavior, I could have the police come and arrest you!” Feng Kai demanded in a stern voice.
“There’s a reason I hit them, of course. Otherwise, who would be so bored as to do something like this for no reason?”
“What reason? If you don’t give me a clear explanation today, I’ll definitely call the police station and have you locked up for ten days to two weeks!” Feng Kai shouted.
Although he was a local, he was also the village Party branch secretary, and he had to handle this matter fairly; otherwise, it would easily provoke discontent among the educated youth.
Besides, he truly believed that Shan Kui’s good-for-nothing son deserved a lesson; otherwise, who knew what kind of trouble he might cause.
However, Li Yi’s next words took him completely by surprise: “Because he’s bullying my wife!”
“Bullied your wife? Where did you get a wife?”
Li Yi pointed to Tang Xue standing behind Feng Kai and said, “Xiao Xue is my wife. Although our relationship did start with a misunderstanding, Xiao Xue is close friends with my third older sister. Both my parents and I like her—she is the wife our Li family has chosen.”
“But now my wife has been bullied. Don’t you think I should stand up for her?”
Feng Kai had been in the front yard organizing reports when Li Na and Tang Xue suddenly dragged him over, so he didn’t know exactly what had happened.
Hearing this, he immediately sensed there was more to the story and asked, “So, from what you’re saying, those guys bullied Xiaoxue, and that’s why you hit them, right?”
Li Yi pointed at Xu Hong and said, “It wasn’t them—it was him. It’s this bastard who bullied my wife!”
“Xu Hong? How did he bully Xiao Xue?” Feng Kai asked, furrowing his brow.
Deep down, Feng Kai didn’t like Xu Hong. Although the guy wasn’t as good-for-nothing as Li Yi, he wasn’t very diligent during production either and often cut corners.
Li Yi knew he had to set the record straight—not to exonerate himself, but to make sure all these educated youths knew that Tang Xue was his wife. Anyone who dared to gossip or spread rumors behind her back had better think twice about whether they had the guts to face the consequences.
So, right then and there, he publicly exposed how Xu Hong had bullied Tang Xue!