Chapter 307: Severe Burns

"I'll take your kind words for it," Lin Feng said with a smile.

Lin Feng stopped speaking, and Xu Lao said nothing more; time passed without them noticing.

Perhaps because there were too many passengers in the carriage, the temperature was several degrees higher than before, and Xu Lao was even sweating on his head.

He then took a very old handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

It was at this moment that Lin Feng suddenly noticed that Xu Lao had large areas of burn scars on his arms and neck.

Those glaring scars looked like the back of a toad, and just looking at them made one's heart shudder.

Lin Feng asked, "Xu Lao, the injuries on your body..."

Before Lin Feng could finish his sentence, Xu Lao hurriedly pulled his clothes to cover the scars and said somewhat awkwardly, "I'm sorry, did I scare you, young man?"

"No, I was just a bit curious," Lin Feng said.

"It's all ancient history, not worth mentioning," Xu Lao said, waving his hand.

"Since we're just sitting here, you might as well talk about it, Xu Lao; it could help pass the time," Lin Feng said.

Xu Lao hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "Since you want to know, I'll tell you... young man, don't look at me as if I'm old now and can't even walk, but when I was young, I had plenty of strength, and I was the captain of the Firefighting Team at our city's Safety Bureau."

"That year, a fire broke out in a shopping mall in our city, and hundreds of customers were trapped inside and couldn't get out, so I led more than thirty firefighters to carry out a rescue..."

"We fought from the evening until the next morning before we finally put out the fire, and all the trapped customers were rescued, but several of my teammates never made it out of the mall, and even I... sigh, it doesn't matter that I ended up like this, but they were truly too pitiful."

Lin Feng was moved by this, and even felt a sense of awe.

"People will not forget your contribution," Lin Feng said.

Xu Lao nodded but didn't say much more, the expression on his face giving one the feeling of a heart turned to ash.

Looking at the time, it was almost eleven o'clock, and the high-speed train was not far from Binhai City.

Xu Lao's stomach suddenly growled, so he took out a cup of Kang Shuai Fu instant noodles and asked somewhat tentatively, "Young man, you don't mind if I eat some instant noodles, do you?"

"Not at all, not at all, please go ahead, Xu Lao," Lin Feng said without hesitation.

"Good, good, good, thank you so much."

Xu Lao said with a smile, opened the instant noodles, poured in all the seasoning, and then stood up with the noodle bowl, intending to go to the end of the carriage to get hot water.

"Let me help you," Lin Feng said.

"No need, no need, I'll do it myself. How could I add to your trouble?"

Xu Lao said stubbornly, refusing to let Lin Feng help, so Lin Feng had to let him be.

I saw Xu Lao carrying the noodle bowl, trembling as he went to the place where the hot water was, and pressed the button after putting the bowl under the spout.

The steaming hot water immediately flowed out in a trickle, forming a cloud of vapor in the air.

Yet at this moment, the bodyguard in the suit who had previously acted against Xu Lao suddenly stood up and walked over with long strides, holding a thermos.

"Are you done yet, old thing? Hurry up!" the bodyguard in the suit barked.

"Almost done, almost done..." Xu Lao said hurriedly.

"At your age, instead of arranging your funeral, you're running around causing trouble for others; how can you be so thick-skinned?" the bodyguard in the suit said coldly.

Xu Lao's face turned pale and then green; he wanted to say something but finally sighed and didn't let a single word out.

"Still not done? I've been waiting for ages, can you hurry up!"

As the bodyguard in the suit said this, he pushed Xu Lao aside, his face full of contempt.

Lin Feng was furious watching this, and even felt the urge to take action.

But there were so many passengers in the carriage, and it was truly inappropriate to have a conflict in such a place; Lin Feng took a deep breath and finally suppressed the anger in his heart.

Unexpectedly, the bodyguard in the suit finished getting his hot water quickly and walked behind Xu Lao with long strides.

"You old bastard, you're really fucking in the way, get lost!"

The bodyguard in the suit said impatiently, and as soon as he finished speaking, he reached out and pushed.

Xu Lao was immediately pushed to the ground, and the unsoaked instant noodles and soup spilled everywhere.

Yet even so, the bodyguard in the suit felt no guilt or remorse; instead, he mocked, "I hadn't even used any force, and you fell? You old thing, are you trying to frame me? Do you believe I'll beat you up!"

"Stop!"

Lin Feng could no longer watch, stood up abruptly, and stepped forward to help the fallen Xu Lao up from the ground.

"Who do you think you are? Does this have anything to do with you? Kid, I'm warning you, don't be a busybody," the bodyguard in the suit said with a sneer.

Lin Feng checked Xu Lao and felt relieved to see he wasn't injured.

Then Lin Feng said coldly, "Do you know what this old man used to do?"

"What did he do?" the bodyguard in the suit asked.

"He was once a captain of the Firefighting Team at the Safety Bureau and saved hundreds of lives!" Lin Feng said angrily.

The bodyguard in the suit was stunned for a moment, then burst into wild laughter, saying with great disdain, "I thought this old thing had been some high official; it turns out he was just a tiny little firefighting captain? You're killing me, hahahahaha..."

"Is it very funny?" Lin Feng questioned.

The expression on Lin Feng's face was so icy, yet in his eyes, it was as if two flames were burning fiercely.

"Isn't it funny?"

The bodyguard in the suit walked over as he spoke, and even reached out his right hand, poking his index finger toward Lin Feng's chest.

"Kid, let alone a firefighting captain, even the Chief of the Safety Bureau or the Director of the Safety Department wouldn't have the right to clamor in front of me. I advise you to..."

Beyond endurance, no need to endure further.

Before the bodyguard in the suit could finish his sentence, Lin Feng reached out his right hand like lightning and grabbed his wrist.

Crack!

A crisp sound of bone fracturing rang out immediately, and the bodyguard's wrist bent at an unnatural angle!

The bodyguard in the suit was stunned for two seconds before he came to his senses, and then he let out a heart-wrenching scream, even falling to his knees in front of Lin Feng with a thud.

"Keep laughing, why aren't you laughing? Don't you want to laugh?" Lin Feng said mockingly.

"You... you dare to lay a hand on me? Do you know who I am?" the bodyguard in the suit roared in pain.

"I don't care who you are!" Lin Feng said without the slightest courtesy.

The passengers in the carriage were all frightened, their faces pale, each and every one of them in a state of panic.

The man in the white suit located in the front row of the carriage suddenly stood up and sternly rebuked: "Stop! You dare to hit even my bodyguard; it seems you do not hold me in any regard!"

Lin Feng turned to look at the man in the white suit and said indifferently: "And what stray dog are you, popping out from where, barking here?"

"You actually dare to curse me?"

The man in the white suit said angrily, and a trace of True Qi fluctuation actually emanated from within his body!