C15 Shall I Shave Your Head?

After he finished speaking, his fist, as large as a sandbag, hurtled toward Wang Xiao's face, with a few thugs hot on his heels.

Bang, bang, bang...

In a flash, a series of muffled thuds echoed through the bar.

Wang Xiao moved in a blur, vanishing from his spot. By the time he reappeared, the hoodlums had been sent flying, slamming into the walls around them.

Just as Bald Man's punch was about to land, Wang Xiao's right hand effortlessly reached out and caught the Bald Man's forceful fist.

The entire sequence of movements was lightning-fast. Bald Man only saw a blur before dull sounds erupted behind him, and then his fist was firmly in Wang Xiao's grasp.

"What incredible speed!"

"How did that kid do that? It looked like he barely moved, and then all those thugs were airborne."

The bar patrons' eyes were wide with astonishment, a buzz of shock spreading among them.

"Kid, what the heck did you just do?"

Bald Man, seeing his thugs scattered as if hit by an invisible force, was taken aback and confronted Wang Xiao.

His gut told him that this young man was responsible for the chaos.

"What you should be worried about now is yourself, don't you think?"

Wang Xiao replied with a slight smirk, addressing Bald Man.

At Wang Xiao's words, a surge of alarm shot through Bald Man. He tried to wrench his fist from Wang Xiao's grip.

"Kneel down!"

Wang Xiao's expression turned stern as he commanded sharply.

With a sudden exertion of strength from his right hand, the crisp sound of a wrist snapping pierced the air.

"Ah, my hand!"

Bald Man clutched his broken wrist, collapsing to the ground and wailing in agony.

The onlookers were stunned into silence, their gazes filled with awe as they watched Wang Xiao.

"Kid, if you've got the guts, let go of my hand, and we'll go another 300 rounds!"

Bald Man, his face twisted in pain, still had the pride of a leader.

Slap!

"You want to go another three hundred rounds with me, huh?"

Hearing this, Wang Xiao held onto Bald Man's broken wrist with one hand and delivered a stinging slap to his face with the other, snorting coldly.

A searing pain shot through his face, and the Bald Man felt an immense sense of humiliation wash over him. His face flushed with fury. As the local gang leader, he had never endured such disgrace!

"Ah, I'm going to kill you, kill you!"

Smack...

"Kill me? That's if you've got the guts. And you expect me to pay twenty thousand yuan for your woman's emotional distress? Why don't you just rob me!"

Wang Xiao dismissed the Bald Man's threat with a smirk and delivered another stinging slap across his other cheek.

"You little... you..."

With both cheeks slapped, the Bald Man trembled with rage, his wrist broken and firmly gripped by Wang Xiao. Any movement sent waves of excruciating pain through his arm.

Smack...

"What's that? Can't handle it? If you're so tough, stand up and fight back."

Wang Xiao scoffed and landed another slap.

He seemed to relish the act, leaving no room for the Bald Man to utter a word.

Slap!

"Extortion, is it?"

Slap...

"Trying to imitate someone by shaving your head, huh?"

Smack...

The sharp sound of slaps echoed nonstop in the bar.

"Bro, I'm sorry, please stop hitting me."

At last, the Bald Man crumbled, his voice quivering as he pleaded with Wang Xiao for mercy.

Wang Xiao had pummeled his rugged face into a swollen mess, each side bulging as if he had stuffed ping-pong balls into his mouth.

"Still think you're cut out to be a thug?"

Wang Xiao's hand hovered mid-air before he addressed the Bald Man.

"No, I'm done with that life. I'll find a steady job tomorrow, work hard, and provide for my family."

Tears filled the Bald Man's eyes as he nodded earnestly, his tone genuine and filled with sincerity.

He had been truly terrified by Wang Xiao. Any man pinned down and slapped repeatedly would be on the verge of a breakdown.

*Smack*

As soon as Wang Xiao uttered those words, he waved his hand and delivered another slap across the Bald Man's face.

The Bald Man looked utterly wronged. He had made it clear he was done with the thug life, so why was he still getting hit?

"What? You're giving up on a gangster's promising career to get a job? Are you not afraid of being struck by lightning?"

Wang Xiao's eyes bulged as he spoke to the Bald Man with dead seriousness.

"Big brother, you're my elder. Just tell me what you want me to do!"

Tears brimmed in the Bald Man's eyes as he clung to Wang Xiao's leg, his face the picture of grievance.

"Cough..."

Confronted with the sight of a muscular man embracing him in agony, Wang Xiao had to stifle the thrill of slapping him. He cleared his throat and then addressed the Bald Man with earnest, "I just wanted to find a bar, have a quiet drink, and contemplate my life. But you lot, you scumbags, you've interrupted my thoughts and caused my business plans worth billions to crumble. Now, who's going to take responsibility for that?"

"Uh..." The Bald Man's mouth twitched at Wang Xiao's absurd words. After wiping his tears and catching the sincerity in Wang Xiao's clear gaze, he ventured, "Should I take responsibility?"

"That's your offer, not mine!"

Wang Xiao replied with gravity, then began to calculate on his fingers, "You've wrecked my business plans and subjected me to the displeasure of an unsightly woman for far too long. We're talking mental anguish, wasted youth... Let's settle on 50,000 in damages."

"What, fifty thousand?"

The Bald Man's face went pale as he exclaimed in alarm.

Fifty thousand? He wouldn't make that much in a month of collecting protection money.

"What, is that too little? You want to add more?"

Wang Xiao snorted coldly, giving the Bald Man a sidelong glance as he asked sternly.

"No, no, that's plenty!"

The Bald Man shuddered under Wang Xiao's piercing look, his face mournful.

He realized he was in no position to haggle.

Indeed, it was this young man before him who was the true master of extortion.

"Alright, get out of here and stop interrupting my life contemplation."

Once Wang Xiao got the text confirming the Bald Man had transferred 50,000 yuan, he casually waved him off with a languid gesture.

"Understood!"

Bald Man managed a rueful smile as his henchmen picked themselves up off the bar floor.

As they were about to slink out, a striking figure in a police uniform strode in.

"Halt, hands up!"

Xuu Xueqing, gripping her pistol, commanded the group with a stern look.

"Officer, please don't shoot, we're not bad guys!"

At the sight of the gun's dark barrel, Bald Man and his crew were petrified, clutching their heads and pleading.

"Who reported a fight here?"

Xuu Xueqing's expression grew colder as she demanded.

Her mood was already sour from a recent reprimand by her superior for kicking a sleazy man who had been harassing a girl, which had earned her a formal warning.

Fuming, she had left the station to clear her head when a call came in about a disturbance at the bar.

'These societal pests have no idea how unlucky they are to cross paths with me,' Xuu Xueqing thought icily.

"I did!"

The bar manager stepped forward, pointing out Wang Xiao and the Bald Man's group, and quickly recounted the incident.

"So, you're the one who fought with them?"

Xuu Xueqing approached Wang Xiao with a skeptical look, gesturing towards Bald Man and his gang as she spoke.

"Let's get one thing straight—it wasn't a fight. I was the one doing the beating."

Wang Xiao corrected her with a serious tone.

"Does that really make a difference?"

Xuu Xueqing, taken aback, inquired.

"Absolutely. A fight implies an exchange of blows, a chase and a retreat. But what happened here was a one-sided thrashing."

Wang Xiao offered his explanation with earnest conviction.

"You!" Xuu Xueqing exclaimed.

Upon hearing Wang Xiao's brazen words, Xuu Xueqing's attractive face contorted with rage. Clenching her teeth, she spat out her words in fury.

To think he had the audacity to speak so arrogantly in the presence of a police officer like herself!

The nerve!

It was sheer audacity!

The Bald Man and his companions gazed at Wang Xiao with eyes full of admiration, marveling at his boldness in addressing a police officer in such a manner.

This guy was something else!