Chapter 28: Face-Changing Master

Oh no, Director Lin has misunderstood! Chen Guotai was the first to change his expression, squeezing out a smile uglier than crying, "We... we came specially to apologize to you!"

Exactly, exactly! Sun Zhiyuan nodded repeatedly, "Yesterday we were wrong, too rash; today we specially brought our brothers to apologize to Director Lin!"

Zhao Hongfei also immediately chimed in: "Exactly, exactly, we came here just to let Director Lin see our sincerity. Look, our whole bureau has come, just to express our apologies!"

The three spoke while quickly walking upstairs. Their fawning looks bore no trace of the earlier arrogance.

Lin Yu leaned on the railing, looking at those three faces smiling like blooming old chrysanthemums, and sneered inwardly.

"Oh? You came to apologize?" he asked amusedly, "But how did I hear someone just now shouting, 'Get lost, old man!'?"

"No, no!" Chen Guotai's forehead sweat increased, "That... that was just the brothers below being clueless; I'll have them leave right away!"

"Exactly," Sun Zhiyuan said with an apologetic smile, "They're just ignorant, unaware of Director Lin's great name. We'll withdraw immediately, immediately!"

Zhao Hongfei even turned and shouted downstairs: "Disperse, disperse! What are you still standing here for? Hurry back!"

The troops downstairs looked at each other. Weren't we just saying we'd give Director Lin a lesson? How did the three bureau chiefs suddenly chicken out?

But seeing the neatly ranked gendarmerie and their weapons, they also realized—this wasn't coming to cause trouble, it was clearly coming to suffer humiliation!

"Director Lin," Chen Guotai said with a beaming smile, "You're magnanimous; don't stoop to our level. Another day, another day I'll host you and properly make amends!"

"Yes, yes," Sun Zhiyuan repeatedly agreed, "We three will host you, Director Lin, to welcome and cleanse you!"

Zhao Hongfei also hurriedly said, "Director Lin, let us know when you're free; we'll make arrangements in advance!"

Looking at those three faces, first arrogant then obsequious, Lin Yu found it increasingly amusing. Is this what they call an old slick? Their talent for shifting with the wind is top-notch.

Lin Yu coldly gazed at those three fawning faces, then suddenly laughed: "Three bureau chiefs, your face-changing skill is truly first-rate."

"No, no..." the three apologetically laughed.

"Just now downstairs you weren't acting so tough?" Lin Yu played with his pistol, "What 'get lost, old man,' what 'see whose turf this is'—how did you suddenly wimp out?"

The three men's faces turned green then white, and the sweat on their foreheads poured out more and more.

"You three old immortals," Lin Yu sneered, "After mixing in Shen City for so many years, this is all you've got? Bringing seven or eight hundred people to cause me trouble, then you get scared witless at the sight of real firepower?"

"Director Lin, we..."

"Shut up!" Lin Yu barked, "With your lot of good-for-nothings, do you even deserve to strut around Shen City? With those hundred-odd broken breech-loading guns, you'd probably jam three times per shot!"

The three lowered their heads, not daring to utter a sound.

"You really think you're somebody?" Lin Yu continued to mock, "Each of you lords it over your own turf, bullying ordinary folk is fine, but when you meet a real tough guy, you don't dare to let out a fart!"

Chen Guotai, Sun Zhiyuan, and Zhao Hongfei stood there like three schoolchildren who'd done wrong, not daring to lift their heads.

"That's all you're capable of," Lin Yu said contemptuously, "Just because you've been around Shen City early, you think you're the big boss? Ridiculous! Your sort isn't even fit to hand me my shoes."

Those words were too harsh; the three men's faces turned as ugly as possible, yet they dared not retort a single word.

Because they clearly understood, given the strength now displayed by the Fourth Bureau, Lin Yu was fully qualified to say that. Just the value of those imported weapons alone could cover their three bureaus' annual budgets.

"Director Lin," Chen Guotai said with an apologetic smile, "We're colleagues; let's talk out any misunderstanding..."

Sun Zhiyuan also hurriedly added, "Yeah, we're all serving the court; there's no need..."

"Shut up!" Lin Yu coldly interrupted, "When you came looking for trouble you were full of vigor, and now you want to just walk away easily?"

He glanced around at the neatly ranked gendarmerie downstairs: "Look, I've got this many people, this many guns, just standing here. Who the hell dares to leave?"

The three men's faces instantly turned pale.

"Director Lin..." Chen Guotai stepped forward first, bowing and nodding, "It's us who have eyes but fail to recognize Mount Tai, offending you..."

Slap!

A loud slap landed on Chen Guotai's face.

Slap!

Slap!

Then came two more heavy slaps.

Chen Guotai staggered back two steps, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. Yet he dared not resist in the slightest, only able to stand there with his head lowered.

【Ding! Host taught a lesson to the ignorant old slick, gaining 50 points of toughness!】

Lin Yu curled the corner of his mouth in a cold smile: "How? Not convinced?"

"No..." Chen Guotai wiped the blood from his mouth, his voice trembling.

Sun Zhiyuan and Zhao Hongfei watched this scene, frightened to the point of not daring to breathe. They finally understood, this young bureau chief is certainly no pushover!

Yesterday's clash at the San Yuan, in his eyes it wasn't even a matter. Today they themselves came to his door, instead giving him a chance to establish his authority!

At this moment the three shared a single thought: Had they known it would turn out like this, they'd rather die than come provoke this killing god!

"You two," Lin Yu coldly looked at Sun Zhiyuan and Zhao Hongfei, "come over!"

The two trembled all over, yet dared not disobey.

Slap! Slap! Slap!

Slap! Slap! Slap!

Crisp slapping sounds rang out one after another.

Lin Yu swung left and right, giving each three heavy slaps, leaving them seeing stars and blood seeping from their mouths.

【Ding! Host taught a lesson to the reckless old dog, gaining 30 points of toughness!】

"Kneel!" Lin Yu shouted sternly.

The three bureau chiefs looked at each other, hesitating a moment.

"What's the matter?" Lin Yu sneered, "Do you want me to have the gendarmerie help you kneel?"

Downstairs, 250 fully armed gendarmerie raised their rifles in unison, barrels aimed straight at the three.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The three old slicks who had mingled in Shen City for decades now, as if their spines had been pulled out, heavily knelt on the ground.

"Kowtow to me!" Lin Yu looked down at them from above, "Admit your mistake!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The three knocked their foreheads heavily on the ground.

"Director Lin, we were wrong!"

"Please spare our lives, Director Lin!"

"We dare not do it again!"

【Ding! Host made the old dogs kneel and beg for mercy, gaining 100 points of toughness!】

【Ding! Host intimidated the three major action bureaus, gaining 150 points of toughness!】

【Ding! Host displayed strong-handed tactics, gaining 200 points of toughness!】

Watching the three kneeling on the ground and continuously kowtowing, Lin Yu felt secretly pleased. These System Prompts never stopped; in just a short while he had earned several hundred points of toughness.

More importantly, after today's incident, his reputation in Shen City was firmly established. These three old-timers, upon seeing him in the future, would likely have to detour!

The crowd of onlookers downstairs grew larger and larger. Seeing the three bureau chiefs kneeling on the ground, kowtowing and admitting their mistake, everyone drew a sharp breath.

This newly appointed Fourth Bureau Chief, what a grand scheme, what ruthless methods!