Chapter Ninety-Six: You've Met Your Match

“Big Fatty? When did you get out? I thought you’d have to stay inside a while longer.”

Qin Anyi’s tone was easygoing. The burly man before him was none other than the cell boss from the time he had been held in the detention center.

Back then, Big Fatty had been ordered by the guards to give him an unforgettable lesson, but because of the mysterious man, it all came to nothing in the end. During Qin Anyi’s time there, Big Fatty had treated him quite well out of deference to that mysterious figure, practically granting every request.

Since it was an acquaintance, things were even easier to handle.

Qin Anyi had originally planned to cut off all future trouble by dealing ruthlessly with these four punks, even thinking of calling Wei Dong and using the name of Changqing’s most notorious young rich heir to have the four of them locked up for good.

“Heh heh, it’s nothing serious. It’s normal to stay in there for a few months and then come out. In any case, I’ll probably be going back in for another stretch before long. How could Young Master Qin have ended up in a fight with my useless little brothers?”

Big Fatty looked embarrassed as he walked up to Qin Anyi with a somewhat ingratiating smile. He reached into his pocket, pulled out a pack of cigarettes, and handed one to Qin Anyi.

Qin Anyi waved it away, then briefly and calmly explained the whole incident, including his guess as to why it had happened, and emphasized that the ones those four had beaten were his father.

After hearing Qin Anyi’s account, Big Fatty’s expression darkened at once. He turned around and glared viciously at the four crew-cut youths.

By then, the three still conscious crew-cuts were completely stunned. This was the first time they had ever seen their own Brother Fatty act so fawning and respectful toward someone else...

Even in front of their boss, Brother Fatty had always done as he pleased. Besides, he and the boss were practically blood brothers, and he was also the boss’s top enforcer, so there had never been any question of rank between them.

Who exactly was this young man, still practically a student, for even Big Fatty to treat him with such deference?

“You four... you’ve really grown some nerve, haven’t you?”

Big Fatty snorted through his nose. That one simple sentence was enough to make the three crew-cuts go weak at the knees. The two already badly injured by Qin Anyi collapsed to the ground on the spot, while the only one still standing was trembling all over, looking as though the world had come to an end.

“Young Master Qin, rest assured. I’ll give you a satisfactory answer to this.”

Big Fatty patted his chest, then turned and walked up to Qin Lianshan, forcing a smile onto his face.

“Xiangzi, this time even Brother Fatty can’t save you. If you do wrong, you have to bear the consequences. Sometimes the world is very realistic.”

Big Fatty sighed. The ferocity in his face merely eased for a moment before hardening again.

“Brother Fatty... wh-why... why...”

Xiangzi lay sprawled on the ground, his face full of disbelief. Because the pain was too intense, his voice came out in broken fragments.

“Evildoers always meet their match. You hit someone you had no business touching. That’s all there is to it.”

As Qin Anyi spoke, he suddenly drove his foot down hard on Xiangzi’s knee. With a crisp, splintering crack, he shattered the joint completely. Xiangzi’s entire leg twisted grotesquely at once, and with another agonized scream he lost consciousness again.

Though I’d love to kill him, this society still has sentencing rules. This man doesn’t deserve to die, but he does deserve a lifetime of suffering. Anyone who insults my family will repay it with a lifetime of humiliation. I don’t want my family to ever be troubled by this again.

Qin Anyi turned and said calmly to Big Fatty.

Big Fatty nodded and said in a deep voice, “Young Master Qin, rest assured. Once Wang Shi is dealt with, I’ll have enough weight in Changqing City. Your family and friends will never run into this kind of trouble again.”

“Good. Then I’ll be going. If I come back in next time, be sure to send my regards to your master.”

Qin Anyi nodded and turned to leave...

“B-Brother Fatty... wh-who exactly is he?”

The remaining three crew-cuts looked at Xiangzi’s miserable state with trembling fear, then asked cautiously.

“Hmph. I’ve barely gotten out, and you idiots have already landed me in this huge mess! You’re really something.”

Big Fatty let out a cold snort.

“As for who he is, you don’t need to know. All you need to know is that he has backing none of us can afford to offend. Some people live in a world you’re not part of. Knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing.”

“B-Brother Fatty... this time we... we really didn’t know... otherwise we wouldn’t have dared... Could you... spare us this once?”

One of the crew-cuts asked cautiously.

“Spare you? You’re dreaming.”

Big Fatty sneered.

“Get this big wardrobe moved up for the man first! Tonight you’re coming back with me, and I’ll deal with you according to the family rules. If I don’t give you brats a proper lesson, you’ll go around thinking you’ve got lucky. And if you go and provoke him again after that, I’ll be the one who can’t afford the fallout!”