Chapter 482: Come at me if there’s a problem!
Everyone was shocked. They could never have imagined that Lin Mu would dare to strike someone right in front of Lei Chengjun.
This was the Bureau Chief’s wife, after all! She had been slapped three times, one after another.
If word of this got out, Lei Chengjun would lose all face.
"Are you fucking courting death!"
As expected, Lei Chengjun erupted. His wife had been slapped right in front of him, and by a young man, no less.
"Hold him down!"
With a wave of his hand, Lei Chengjun’s two subordinates immediately stepped forward, preparing to restrain Lin Mu.
"Second Sister, Xiao Mu, hurry and leave!" Su Xiaomei shouted as she rushed forward, preparing to block Lei Chengjun’s men.
"Get out of the way!" Lei Chengjun grabbed Su Xiaomei and shoved her aside.
Su Xiaomei fell to the ground, tears of pain welling up in her eyes.
"Mom!"
A young girl with a white cloth wrapped around her head rushed over and helped Su Xiaomei to her feet. She yelled at Lei Chengjun, "Uncle, what gives you the right to push my mom?"
"Shut the hell up!" Lei Chengjun roared, his eyes fierce. The girl trembled and huddled beside Su Xiaomei.
"Drag that little bastard over here!"
Lei Chengjun took off his overcoat and rubbed his wrists as he walked toward Lin Mu. With a vicious look in his eyes, he said, "Today, I’m going to show him what true cruelty is!"
"Yes, sir!"
Lei Chengjun’s two subordinates advanced slowly on Lin Mu, their eyes also glinting with menace.
"Xiao Mu, what do we do?" Su Rou was worried. After all, these were police officers.
"Mom, don’t be afraid," Lin Mu said, patting his mother’s back. "I’m here."
"Kid, you’ve got some nerve," one of Lei Chengjun’s men said coldly as he reached out to grab Lin Mu.
He was extremely fast, a clear sign of his skill.
BANG!
In the next moment, the man’s expression changed. His hand had been seized.
CRACK!
Lin Mu lifted his foot and kicked the man squarely in the knee, sending him flying.
The man let out a piteous scream, his face instantly turning deathly pale.
The other subordinate’s expression changed as he instinctively reached for his lower back. There was a bulge there; he was clearly carrying a gun.
Sure enough, the subordinate drew his pistol and pointed it at Lin Mu. "Don’t move! Move again, and I’ll shoot!"
The rest of the crowd was startled. Many of them scattered, and the more timid ones fled the scene entirely. A spectacle was one thing, but getting caught in the crossfire was no fun at all.
"Kid, you’ve got some serious guts, attacking a police officer!" Lei Chengjun strode forward, took the gun from his subordinate, and pointed it at Lin Mu’s head. He sneered, "In Wufeng County, you’re the first person to dare touch one of my men!"
"Xiao Mu!" Su Rou’s face went pale, her eyes filled with terror.
"Don’t move!" Lei Chengjun suddenly swiveled the gun to point it at Su Rou.
Su Rou trembled, not daring to make a single move.
A cruel smirk played on Lei Chengjun’s lips. "Weren’t you acting so tough? Scared now, are you?"
However, he failed to notice the dazzling, cold, murderous intent gleaming in the eyes of Lin Mu, who was standing beside him.
"You are courting death."
The utterly emotionless words left Lin Mu’s mouth as he took a step toward Lei Chengjun.
"Xiao Mu, don’t!" Su Rou, Su Xiaomei, and the others blanched.
Lei Chengjun had a gun! People have an innate fear of guns. No matter how skilled someone was, could they really be faster than a bullet?
"Kid, don’t move!" Lei Chengjun bellowed. "Take one more step, and I’ll shoot you dead!"
"Shoot me dead?" Lin Mu’s lips curled into a wicked smirk as he tilted his head. "Do you dare to shoot?"
"You really think I don’t dare?" A cold light flickered in Lei Chengjun’s eyes. "In Wufeng County, there is nothing I don’t dare to do!"
"Then go ahead and shoot." The smile on Lin Mu’s face grew wider. With his hands behind his back, he said provocatively, "I’ll stand right here today. Let’s see if you have the guts to open fire."
"You’re fucking looking for death!" Lei Chengjun’s arm trembled; he was clearly a bit rattled by Lin Mu.
"Chengjun, shoot him!" At that moment, Su Yumei came to and shrieked, "Shoot that little beast dead!"
"I..." Lei Chengjun’s face twitched as he silently cursed Su Yumei up and down. Although he was the Deputy Bureau Chief, he truly didn’t dare to shoot Lin Mu dead. That was a major crime!
"What’s wrong? Don’t have the nerve?" Lin Mu said with a look of disdain. "If you don’t dare, then get out of my way!"
As his icy words rang out, Lei Chengjun instinctively took a step back. Realizing his mistake, he quickly raised his hand again, pointing the gun at Lin Mu.
"Lei Chengjun, are you even a man? Your woman gets bullied, and you don’t even dare let out a peep!" Su Yumei screamed. "I must have been blind to marry you!"
Her words stabbed into Lei Chengjun’s heart like a knife, and his eyes instantly turned bloodshot.
"Chengjun, don’t be rash!"
Just then, a robust male voice called out. A group of people emerged from the Su Family’s main gate. The one in the lead was a man in his fifties, also with a white cloth wrapped around his head in the attire of a mourning son. Two similar-looking men followed him. It was the Su brothers, Su Dahai and Su Dafu, along with Su Xiaomei’s husband, Xu Xiaotian.
"Xiaomei, what’s wrong?" Seeing Su Xiaomei on the ground, Xu Xiaotian hurried over to help her up.
"Dad, Mom, she..." Xu Yao’s eyes reddened, and she was on the verge of tears. She had been truly terrified just now.
"Yaoyao, don’t be afraid. It’s alright now." Xu Xiaotian was just a simple, honest man and didn’t know how to comfort his daughter, so he simply pulled her to stand by his side.
Xu Yao stood behind her father, her gaze occasionally turning towards Lin Mu.
Is that Brother Mu? He’s changed so much. He looked so cool just now. But First Uncle and Uncle Lei will never let him get away with this. What should I do?
Su Dahai slowly walked out. His cold, sharp gaze swept over Su Rou before landing on Lin Mu.
"Are you Lin Mu?"
Su Dahai’s tone was cold and detached; he clearly did not regard Lin Mu as his nephew.
"Elder Brother, he is Lin Mu." Su Rou stepped forward, shielding Lin Mu behind her.
"Hmph!" Su Dahai snorted coldly. "Su Rou, take your son and get the hell back to wherever you came from. The Su family does not welcome you!"
"Elder Brother!" Su Rou pleaded. "I just want to pay my respects to Dad. For his sake, please just let me kowtow to him one last time."
"Pay your respects?" Su Dafu said angrily. "Do you still have the nerve to come here? You severed ties with the Su family years ago, so don’t come and disturb Father’s peace now!"
"Elder Brother!" Su Rou suddenly dropped to her knees, crying and pleading, "Please, I’m begging you, just let me see Father one last time!"
"You..." Su Dahai said, feigning reluctance. "It’s not impossible for you to pay your respects to Father. But your son struck Yumei and was disrespectful to his elders. How are we going to settle that matter?"
"I..." Su Rou’s expression changed, her face a mask of distress.
On one side was the father to whom she felt the deepest guilt, and on the other was her most precious son. How could she possibly choose?
"Don’t make things difficult for my mother," Lin Mu spoke up. "If you have a problem, direct it at me."