Chapter 182

Big brother, continue? Ye Cheng asked loudly.

Continue. Ye Guowei just spat out two words, his eyes narrowed, and he was about to rush again.

Just then, a noisy sound came from behind; Jiang Yunxiang and Xiao Hu's father led a crowd rushing over, holding either hoes or shovels.

Guowei, A Cheng, we're here.

Xiao Hu, Dad's here!

Lao Er, we're here!

A crowd rushed over, shouting and arguing as they confronted the Chen family.

Seeing Xiao Hu's face covered in blood, his father flew into a rage, swinging his hoe and charging at the Chen family, ready to fight to the death.

This smashed the Chen family's encirclement completely, and the crowd joined up with Ye Cheng and his group.

Ye Cheng looked around and saw that these were people who usually kept close ties with his own family and Xiao Hu's family, and Duan Chunsheng had also come.

Uncle Duan, you weren't out at sea? Ye Cheng asked curiously.

Just got back, damn it, hearing you were in trouble I came, and Ah Yong came too. Duan Chunsheng muttered curses while pointing at Duan Yong behind him.

Duan Yong gave Ye Cheng a slight smile, then turned his head away.

Chen Jinhai was about to deal with Ye Cheng, but he didn't expect so many people to show up; he stroked his beard, glared, and leaned on his waist as he stepped out.

What do you want to do?

Listen up, Ye Cheng has offended the Sea Dragon King; anyone who sides with him is in for trouble!

No sooner had those words fallen than Duan Chunsheng pointed at Chen Jinhai and shouted, "Bullshit! I just asked Ye Cheng for a loan; I just came back from sea, on this trip I caught fish worth 5000 dollars, and I've just sold them."

As soon as Duan Chunsheng said that, everyone was shocked— a haul of fish worth 5000 dollars? That's a pretty decent catch.

Offending the Sea Dragon King? He must be related to the Sea Dragon King's family.

Chen Jinhai had just opened his mouth to say something when he saw Zhang Guafu throw an egg that hit his face, splattering yellow liquid everywhere.

Beat you to death, you old thing, you old man who can't even father a son properly—I see your son doesn't look like you at all; he's clearly not your biological child, and the wall of your house has been knocked down by someone.

However, the Chen family wasn't lacking in capable people; once the cursing started, neither side would back down, pointing at each other and shouting insults.

To be honest, Ye Cheng wasn't really used to such a big scene, and with all the local slang and the neighboring village's dialect mixed in, he was momentarily confused.

Jiang Yunxiang first checked her husband's injuries, then looked at Ye Cheng, feeling heartbroken, and quickly joined the melee.

According to routine, the shouting match should have lasted over an hour, but after just a few minutes of cursing, a police siren sounded from the village and several patrol cars with flashing lights came speeding in.

When the police arrived, both sides hastily shut their mouths, lest they be unable to explain themselves.

As the lead car door opened, a middle-aged police officer in uniform stepped out.

Upon seeing the newcomer, Chen Jinhai rushed over to lodge a complaint first.

Chief Liu, you've finally come! Look, Ye Cheng barged in for no reason and beat up my two nephews; I brought people to reason with him, but he beat us up too—look, several of us are injured.

Chief Liu listened to Chen Jinhai's words while furrowing his brow and scanning the crowd; it was obvious the people were split into two sides.

He oversees these nearby villages; most people know him somewhat, and the two groups are the Chen family on one side and mainly the Ye family on the other.

He didn't heed Chen Jinhai's words; Chen Jinhai's reputation in Baiyun Village isn't great—it's just that his family is large.

Come on, both sides step back—anyone injured? Chief Liu waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to separate the two sides.

With so many people gathered, this is already a mass incident; the higher-ups take it very seriously, so he dare not be careless—if nothing happens, fine, but if someone dies, he cannot escape responsibility.

Yes, yes, my two nephews were beaten and injured, and he too—all are suffering heavy bleeding. Chen Jinhai hurriedly pulled out his own people.

Chen Zhangfu and Chen Zhanglong's injuries weren't serious; at first Ye Cheng's group had been hitting their arms and legs, so the surface wounds were light and there was no blood.

But later, during the clash, the two who tried to ambush Ye Guowei had their heads cracked open—though it was only a superficial cut.

Actually, later during the conflict, the two who wanted to ambush Ye Guowei had their heads smashed open a little, but it was just a skin break.

Chief Liu stepped forward, took a look, felt much more relieved—this kind of injury is not a big problem.

He turned his head toward the Ye Family side, 'What about you?'

Ye Cheng shoved Xiao Hu outward, saying heartbrokenly, 'Chief Liu, look, this is how we hit our Xiao Hu.'

A red-faced person suddenly appeared before him, scaring Chief Liu so much his voice trembled.

'This... this injury is so serious? The whole face is hurt?'

'Oh, that's not the case; just a cut on the head, but Chief Liu, look, with so much blood loss, Xiao Hu can't stand steady from excessive blood loss.'

Ye Cheng, while saying that, pinched Xiao Hu.

Xiao Hu immediately understood, his legs went weak, he let out a soft groan, 'Ah ya, ah ya, Chief Liu, I feel dizzy.'

Chief Liu closed his eyes, took a deep breath to calm himself, then softly uttered a word,

'Get lost!'

After saying that, he stepped into the middle, looked both sides, and loudly said, 'Alright, nothing serious, tell me, what exactly happened?'

'I'll speak first, I'll speak first. Those three came in and hit my two nephews, then I brought people to help; they were the ones who struck first.' Chen Jinhai pointed at Ye Cheng, Ye Guowei, and Xiao Hu as he said.

Chief Liu looked at Ye Cheng; Ye Cheng turned around, took out the fish trap from behind him and threw it to the ground.

'Chief Liu, look, this is the fish trap that Xiao Hu and I set; those two, while we were away, secretly pulled up our fish trap, sold it for money, and we came to reason with them.'

Ye Cheng just kept saying 'reason,' and certainly could not admit to the beating on the spot.

'So you admit you hit those two, right?' Chief Liu pointed at Chen Zhangfu and Chen Zhanglong as he said.

As a veteran officer, Chief Liu couldn't be fooled by Ye Cheng's vague words.

Ye Cheng scratched his head, turned away, and said nothing.

Chief Liu let out a cold snort; he basically understood what happened.

Those two first tampered with Ye Cheng's fish trap; after Ye Cheng found out, he came to confront them, and the two groups started fighting.

The area he oversees are all fishing villages; seaside folks have their own rules—stealing someone's fish trap is your fault.

But reason is reason, law is law; assault must be severely punished.