Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 501 - 511 Lawless

Chapter 501: Chapter 511 Lawless

Wang Hongmin was truly enraged at this point and barked out, "Now you’re on the island, if I go and find people to rush over, will it be in time? If he uploads the video to the internet, will it be any use if I catch him then? If I tell you to apologize, you’ll apologize. If you don’t want your dad to step down, then go apologize."

When Wang Yajuan heard her father was angry, she knew that not apologizing was not an option. If her father really did step down, then no one would fear her, and her superior living conditions would vanish into thin air. Gritting her teeth, she told Li Dongfang, "Tell them to stop."

Li Dongfang let out a sigh of relief and hastily shouted, "Everyone, stop!"

The city management team did not want to fight anymore at that point; the fight was just too depressing. Although the injuries weren’t severe, being covered in blood was utterly miserable. Hearing Li Dongfang say this, they all retreated to one side with a swoosh.

Chu Xiaoyao immediately cried out, "Hey, why did you stop? I haven’t had enough of the fight yet."

Xu Shanshan followed up, saying, "What’s with you bunch of grown men, stopping just like that? Are you even men?"

Once the group retreated, the onlookers realized they were backing down. Hearing the two women calling out, the crowd immediately grew bolder, joining in the hullabaloo. Some offensive comments were blurted out, leaving Li Dongfang’s group red-faced with embarrassment, each one wishing they could crawl into a hole in the ground, all inwardly cursing Wang Yajuan for causing them such loss of face.

At this moment, Wang Yajuan’s face shifted between shades of white and green. She had never apologized to anyone before in her life, and now having to apologize to Li Yifei was truly harder than death for her.

But for the sake of her father’s official position, she had no choice but to suppress her anger, darkening her face and moving toward Li Yifei reluctantly, step by grudging step. Rolling her dead fish eyes and opening her mouth, she was unable to utter a word.

Chu Xiaoyao had an intense dislike for this woman, rolling her eyes and saying, "Hey, you crazy woman, what are you doing here? Trying to start a fight?" With that, she shook her arms, looking ready for action, thinking that if she could beat up this woman, it would really be a relief.

Wang Yajuan stepped back two paces, warily eyeing Chu Xiaoyao, actually fearing that Xiaoyao might hit her. Glaring, she shouted, "You little ****, curse me one more time, and I’ll skin you alive."

Chu Xiaoyao took two steps forward, puffing her chest out and saying, "Crazy woman, crazy woman, I’m cursing you. What about it? If you’re brave enough, come on, I’d love to beat you up."

Wang Yajuan backed off another two steps. Honestly, if it were a one-on-one with Xiaoyao, she was certain she would win due to her size. Xiaoyao, although not short, was much thinner. But having seen so many people around and being beaten by Xiaoyao and Xu Shanshan, she felt as if those two were protecting Li Yifei, which put Xiaoyao on the level of a heroine in her mind, so she dared not really engage with Xiaoyao.

At this point, Li Dongfang was cursing Wang Yajuan’s ancestors for eight generations in his heart. She was supposed to be apologizing, yet before she could even start, she got into an argument. Could this matter still be handled well? He quickly coughed a few times to remind Wang Yajuan.

Only then did Wang Yajuan remember why she was there, her face immediately turning even uglier, taking a deep breath and putting on an expression uglier than crying, she said to Xiaoyao, "I’m not talking to you, you little girl. That, that... that... I’m sorry about this matter, now give me back the video."

Wang Yajuan had a really hard time uttering "I’m sorry" those three words, and right after, she breathed a long sigh of relief and extended her hand towards Li Yifei. In her mind, having said those three words meant she had given Li Yifei a great deal of face, and he would surely give her the video now.

Unfortunately for her, this was just her own presumption. In the eyes of others, her apology lacked any hint of sincerity. Xu Shanshan curled her lip and said, "What are you trying to do? Apologize?"

Wang Yajuan glared and yelled, "I already said I’m sorry. What more do you want?"

"Oh, this is your attitude for apologizing?"

"Exactly, look at that face, you’re obviously demanding it. There’s no sign of apologetic intent."

"I’ve lived for this long and never seen such an attitude when apologizing. With that kind of attitude, you expect others to forgive you? I really wonder how your parents raised you."

"Her father is the head of the city management team—these people never reason with anyone. How could their daughter be any different, right? Just saying ’I’m sorry’ is like doing you a big favor."

"Too bad we don’t care for her ’favor.’ If she’s so tough, then let’s fight again. If they can beat us, we’ll give them the video."

"So you say ’I’m sorry,’ and we’re supposed to forgive you? Why should we?"

"Right. Who do you think you are—Wu Zetian or Empress Dowager Cixi—believing that your words are decrees that we must follow?"

Chu Xiaoyao and Xu Shanshan joined forces, leaving Wang Yajuan’s face an ashen iron hue, nearly causing her to explode with rage several times. Li Dongfang quickly held on to Wang Yajuan’s arm, just managing to prevent her from hurling more insults.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this issue is indeed our fault. We’re here to offer you an apology and we hope you’ll be magnanimous enough to not hold a grudge against an insignificant person and not to lower yourself to arguing with a woman."

Li Dongfang came forward to mediate, speaking politely, but Chu Xiaoyao and Xu Shanshan were not about to give him any face. Xu Shanshan snorted and said, "If you could beat us today, would you still apologize to us?"

Li Dongfang was suddenly speechless, his face turning beet red. They never reasoned first when dealing with matters, but given the current situation, all they could do was to wear a plastered smile and say, "I understand everyone here is a notable personage; we were indeed blind."

Chu Xiaoyao pointed at Wang Yajuan and said, "This woman had the nerve to demand that we kneel and apologize to her, and she wanted our precious daughter to kneel to her son as well. We won’t stoop to her level of no breeding, nor will we trouble the child. Now, let this woman do what she demanded of us. If she does it, we’ll let her off the hook."

Xu Shanshan looked at Chu Xiaoyao with admiration and also said to Wang Yajuan, "Yeah, isn’t this woman just bullying others because she has backing? Today, we’ll let her taste her own medicine of being bullied."

If Li Yifei and the rest had made this demand directly, it would indeed have been humiliating. But since it was something Wang Yajuan had previously forced on Li Yifei and his group, having Chu Xiaoyao and Xu Shanshan turn the tables didn’t seem humiliating at all, rather it felt immensely satisfying. Even the onlookers began to jeer along at this point.

"Right, if you demand others to kneel and kowtow to admit their wrongs, then when you apologize, you should kneel too."

"If she doesn’t kneel, we can’t forgive her. Such a person needs to be dealt with harshly."

"Otherwise, she’ll never learn her lesson. Thinking she’s all that because she has an official for a father, treating others as less than human—now let her taste what it’s like to be treated that way."

"Kneel, kneel!"

The more the crowd talked, the more agitated they became. Though Wang Yajuan hadn’t clashed with the others, her arrogance and overbearing nature, coupled with the general dislike for urban management officers, meant that while usually people held their tongues, they were now delighting in kicking her while she was down.

Wang Yajuan had no way to handle Li Yifei and his group, but the jeering crowd didn’t scare her. Hearing them mock her, she instantly exploded in a rage, jumping up and down and cursing, "Fuck your grandmas, do you all want to die? Believe it or not, I’ll skin all of you alive."

Seeing Wang Yajuan’s unabashed attitude, the public’s indignation grew even further, condemning her en masse.

"Beat them up, beat them all! Attack these rioters!" Wang Yajuan yelled at the urban management officers.

But none of the officers made a move. Although they were usually arrogant, they weren’t foolish; they had incited public outrage, and any violence against the crowd now could truly ignite mass unrest. Far from taking action, they even took a couple of steps back.

"Fuck your grandmas, you bunch of bastards! You dare disobey me? Do you believe that once I tell my dad, he’ll fire all of you?"

The officers were even angrier. This woman used to lord over them with her father’s power, dictating orders. Now, instead of trying to defuse the situation, she was angling to make things worse, which was truly throwing someone under the bus.

"Li Dongfang, are you dead? What kind of team are you leading? You don’t need to bother coming back to your post as section chief." Wang Yajuan, unable to get the urban management officers to act, took out her anger on Li Dongfang.

Li Dongfang clenched his fists tightly, flames nearly shooting from his eyes as he suddenly bellowed, "Shut up! How I run my team is none of your business. Without my word, no one is allowed to lay a hand on anyone, everyone back off!"

"You... you... Li Dongfang, you’ve turned against me," Wang Yajuan said, furiously stamping her feet. The urban management officers usually acted like her servants, doing whatever she asked, but now none of them listened to her, which she couldn’t bear.

Li Dongfang snorted coldly and said, "You figure it out. However, I should remind you that if you don’t resolve this matter properly, Captain Wang’s position may not be secure anymore."

The color drained from Wang Yajuan’s face as she suddenly remembered something terrifying. If her father’s influence truly diminished, the officers would no longer heed her commands, as was evident now. The frustration of being unable to command them was unbearable—if this continued into the future, she couldn’t imagine living this way.

Finally ceasing her tantrum, Wang Yajuan slowly turned around, facing Li Yifei once more, but her facial expression remained ugly, her skin twitching uncontrollably, as if she was making an important decision.