The phone call ended quickly. Mr. Qian put down his mobile phone and looked at Lin Xiao, swallowing hard.
He was scared.
"So, you got your answer?" Lin Xiao asked.
"..."
Mr. Qian said nothing, just nodded his head.
"Then, are you going to kneel or not?" The question was delivered with soul-piercing intensity. Lin Xiao looked at him, "You said you were the developer here, and that you'd make sure I couldn't handle the consequences? What happened to that?"
"..."
Silence.
Mr. Qian didn't know what to say. He had never imagined that he would run into such tough opposition here.
After all, he rarely believed there were truly influential figures around here.
But he had met one today.
"So now? How do you feel?" Lin Xiao stared at Mr. Qian, urging him, "Remember what you said earlier."
Kneel?
Mr. Qian quickly plastered a smile on his face. "Mr. Lin, you see, my mouth... it talks nonsense. I was just joking with you earlier. I'll sincerely apologize."
As he spoke, he even slapped himself across the face.
This scene, in the eyes of the city management captain standing nearby, looked utterly ridiculous.
Bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
That was Mr. Qian.
"No, I cannot accept your apology," Lin Xiao quickly waved his hand. "What capabilities do I have? How about this, why don't you ask the gentleman beside you? He's still wearing a uniform."
He pointed to the captain standing next to them.
Mr. Qian immediately understood. He turned to the captain beside him and said, "I apologize, Captain Chen. I spoke too aggressively just now and caused trouble for your work. I will seriously reflect on this. It's my fault! Your work is done very well. I was just too emotional earlier and did something foolish that I don't even know what to call."
This set of words made Captain Chen truly realize that there was always someone stronger.
If it were anyone else, he wouldn't even have had a chance to speak today. He would have simply taken a beating, received criticism, and possibly even lost his job.
This was the treatment people like him, people at the very bottom of society, would receive.
But today, Lin Xiao was here.
So everything was different.
He didn't dare to make things difficult for Mr. Qian. He was about to politely forgive Mr. Qian when, the next second, Lin Xiao stopped him.
"Don't rush, Captain Chen," Lin Xiao called out to him. "If you forgive Mr. Qian so easily, I think that slap just now wouldn't feel repaid."
Captain Chen stood there, somewhat flustered. He looked at Lin Xiao, unsure of what to do.
"It's very simple." Lin Xiao walked over to Mr. Qian, then took Captain Chen's hand and forcefully slapped it against Mr. Qian's excessively fat face.
*Slap.*
This smack was even clearer and more pleasant than Mr. Qian's earlier slap. Especially as Mr. Qian's layers of fat jiggled madly, cresting and falling, looking incredibly satisfying and relieving.
So good!
A flicker of pleasure flashed in Captain Chen's eyes. Was this what it felt like? Was this the sensation of the face he had always wanted to punch?
It felt incredibly good!
This slap left a large mark on Mr. Qian's face, but it seemed that he was too fat to have his teeth knocked out.