"Damn it, who was the one cheering the loudest when we got here? Even said that if we couldn't get the money, taking the person wouldn't be too bad?!" the man in beggar pants yelled angrily.
Guo Lan's body trembled slightly. These people had always been eyeing her, not only for her money but also for her body, yet they had never succeeded.
Xiao Si snorted coldly, "Since you're already crippled, just stay there and take the blame like a good scapegoat. Instead, you call our brothers and deceive them into coming here. I regret ever knowing you! From now on, you're no brother of mine!"
The two men started cursing at each other in the street, clearly having a fallout that became an unmanageable mess.
Xu Hao said indifferently, "The man in beggar pants is right; you can't escape, so you might as well accept your punishment obediently."
"Hmph! I, Xiao Si, will definitely not just wait for death!" Xiao Si said coldly.
"Toast not accepted, must drink the penalty wine!"
Xu Hao snorted and plucked a leaf from a roadside tree, flinging it directly at Xiao Si.
The leaf pierced right into his right knee from behind, severing the tendons there!
He screamed in agony and immediately collapsed to the ground, unable to move.
The man in beggar pants gloated, "You idiotic fool, I told you not to run, but you wouldn't listen. I had them bring money when they came. If worse comes to worst, why not just give the money taken from Guo Lan to Xu Hao?"
Xiao Si glared at him furiously, but remained silent. With the tendons at the back of his knee severed, recovery was likely impossible.
Soon, a group of more than a dozen men dressed in flashy colors ran over. They didn't know what had happened, only that the man in beggar pants had told each of them to bring some money, thinking it was just a minor issue.
However, when they saw Xu Hao there as well, they were instantly dumbfounded.
Although they had no direct dealings with Xu Hao, that didn't stop them from recognizing him. After all, with people like Zhou Sheng and the Wu Family to spread the word, Xu Hao's fame was now even greater than Young Master Wu, Wu Mengchong! This copy comes from content on *.
The leader of the men greeted Xu Hao respectfully, and the others followed suit. Then he turned to the man in beggar pants and asked in a cold voice, "What the hell are you doing? Why is Young Master Xu here? Did you piss him off?"
The man in beggar pants looked at him, lowered his voice, and said, "Bro, Guo Lan is under Young Master Xu's protection."
The leader exclaimed in shock. He glanced at Guo Lan beside him, and though he was stunned by Xiao Lan's beauty, he quickly came to his senses. Even with his pig's brain, he understood that she must be Xu Hao's woman. He quickly clasped his hands towards Xu Hao and said, "Young Master Xu, we didn't know that you were protecting Guo Lan. If we have offended you in the past, please let bygones be bygones. Don't stoop to our level. Please, take this money as a token of our respect for you, sir."
Xu Hao stated flatly, "There's a specific victim for every injustice, a debtor for every debt. You should give the money to whom it's owed."
Realizing what Xu Hao meant, he immediately said to Guo Lan, "Guo Lan, we've wronged you previously, and I hope you can forgive us. Here's fifty thousand yuan, which is twenty thousand more than what we took from you before. Please accept the extra as our apology and take it."
Guo Lan looked towards Xu Hao.
Xu Hao said indifferently, "It seems that you guys gained thirty thousand yuan by bullying Guo Lan before?"
Guo Lan nodded, and the leader quickly admitted it was true.
Xu Hao stated, "I said before, those who bully others and extort money must pay it back tenfold. Do you think this mere fifty thousand yuan is enough?"
The leader broke out in cold sweat. He hadn't expected Xu Hao to be so ruthless, demanding a tenfold repayment!
That's three hundred thousand yuan!
Even though he had some savings over the years, he also spent money quickly and couldn't come up with three hundred thousand yuan all at once.
"Young Master Xu, could we possibly arrange a delay? I don't have that much money," the leader pleaded earnestly.
"Don't have it? Borrow! I'll give you three minutes. Every three minutes you fail to borrow enough, I'll cut off one of your fingers. Rest assured, I mean what I say," Xu Hao stated calmly.
The leader immediately looked towards his subordinates.
However, they all claimed to have no money, leaving the leader as desperate as an ant on a hot pan, clueless about what to do.
"Three minutes have passed," Xu Hao said calmly, and a leaf flew across, severing the pinky finger of the leader's left hand!
His finger was cut so quickly and decisively without any hesitation!
Fingers are deeply sensitive, and even a small injury causes significant pain, let alone when it's completely severed.
The pain was so intense that the leader nearly cried.
He turned towards his subordinates and said in a cold voice, "If you don't start raising money for me, when I get back, I'll come with others and chop all of you down! Especially you, you started all this mess today!"
Clearing his throat, the man in beggar pants flushed slightly and admitted he could come up with ten thousand yuan.