Chapter 243: Self-Soothing

Just as Young Master Wang finished speaking and turned to run, the other two rich kids, Young Master Li and Young Master Fan, were even faster. As soon as Young Master Wang turned, they had already taken off a couple of steps.

But before they could get far, everyone felt a blur, and Lin Xiao had already charged forward. In an instant, he was behind the three and delivered a kick to each of their backs.

With three dull thuds, the three rich kids were sent flying. They landed face-first on the ground, skidding three to four meters. Their faces were left scraped and bruised.

“I told you not to run.”

Lin Xiao stood with his hands in his pockets, looking down at the three with an icy gaze.

“Either crawl out on your own or let me help you. Your choice.”

Faced with Lin Xiao’s cold eyes, the three rich kids shivered, their hair standing on end. However, they didn’t want to yield just yet. Unable to vent their anger directly at Lin Xiao, they turned on Manager Cheng instead.

Young Master Wang shouted at him, “We’re your customers! Is this how you treat your customers, watching them get beaten?”

Manager Cheng really didn’t want to get involved. In his view, these three rich kids had it coming. But since this was happening in the 4S shop, he had no choice as the manager.

“Mr. Lin, maybe we should just let it go,” Manager Cheng said softly as he walked to Lin Xiao’s side. “They’ve already been taught a lesson, and you haven’t really lost anything. Why not let them off this time?”

“If the roles were reversed, do you think they would let me off?” Lin Xiao asked.

Manager Cheng fell silent.

Judging by the past actions of these three rich kids, they had never shown mercy to anyone before.

Lin Xiao ignored Manager Cheng and coldly addressed the three rich kids, “I’ll say it one last time. Crawl out.”

The three rich kids, struggling to get up from the ground, were kicked down by Lin Xiao again before they could even stand.

The atmosphere in the 4S shop turned dead silent. Everyone watches the scene unfold in silence. Among the onlookers were those who knew the three rich kids, but none dared to step forward. They were all intimidated by the overwhelming and chilling presence emanating from Lin Xiao.

After being repeatedly kicked down, the three rich kids finally accepted reality. They weren’t a match for Lin Xiao, and Lin Xiao had no intention of showing them any mercy.

Giving up their struggle, they crawled on all fours towards the exit in humiliation.

As they crawled, their faces turned red, and tears welled up in their eyes.

In their hearts, they swore that once they were out of the 4S shop, they would ask Young Master Le to deal with this country bumpkin.

Seeing their venomous glances, Lin Xiao smirked disdainfully, “What? Planning to get revenge with that Young Master Le? Your so-called Young Master Le is probably finished.”

The three scoffed at Lin Xiao’s words, completely disbelieving.

Who was Young Master Le?

He was one of the top two young masters in Jinghai City.

How could he possibly be finished? This guy was just trying to scare them.

Lin Xiao didn’t care if they believed him or not. He stood there, watching them crawl further and further away until they disappeared through the exit. Only then did he turn to Manager Cheng and say, “Now that this is over, let’s go sign the contract.”

Manager Cheng’s attitude towards Lin Xiao had shifted once again.

If there had been respect before, now it was outright reverence.

“Yes, yes, please wait a moment,” Manager Cheng stammered, nodding and bowing repeatedly before hurrying away.

The other people in the shop quickly dispersed, leaving Lin Xiao with only Yuan Yu and Huang Caixing by his side.

“Letting them off was too easy!” Huang Caixing wrinkled her cute little nose. She was clearly dissatisfied with how Lin Xiao had let the three rich kids go so easily. “Big Brother Lin, they were so awful. At the very least, you should’ve broken their legs or maybe their hands.”

Lin Xiao couldn’t help but glance at her, then gently flicked her snow-white forehead with his finger.

“Hey! Why did you flick me?”

Huang Caixing covered her forehead with both hands, looking at Lin Xiao with a wronged expression.

“When did you become so violent?” Lin Xiao asked.

“I’m not! It’s just that they were so annoying, saying those things about you,” Huang Caixing huffed, her pride showing. “If it were up to me, I wouldn’t have let them off so easily.”

Yuan Yu softly said, “I think Lin Xiao handled it really well. With so many people watching, it wouldn’t have ended well if he had actually broken their bones. Now that Lin Xiao has taught them a lesson, they definitely won’t dare mess with us again.”

Lin Xiao patted Yuan Yu’s head and didn’t comment on their words.

From their comments, it was clear that Huang Caixing and Yuan Yu had very different personalities. Huang Caixing was full of righteous anger and couldn’t tolerate evil, while Yuan Yu was more introverted and had a peaceful temperament.

Lin Xiao often wondered why these two girls, with such different personalities and family backgrounds, had become such close friends.

Manager Cheng soon returned with the contract. After signing the car purchase agreement, Lin Xiao took the two girls to the Cayenne parked in the corner.

To avoid the hassle, Lin Xiao had the 4S shop handle the car registration. Although it cost a bit more, the efficiency was impressive.

In no time, the Cayenne had its license plates installed and was ready to hit the road.

Lin Xiao looked at the Cayenne with satisfaction, then got into the driver’s seat. Yuan Yu and Huang Caixing sat in the back. As he started the engine, the sleek steel beast roared to life and sped away from the 4S shop like the wind.

As Lin Xiao watched the car leave the 4S shop, the three rich kids he had forced to crawl out glared venomously at the retreating vehicle and whispered among themselves.

“Did you get his license plate number?” Young Master Wang, the one with the gold chain, asked.

“Don’t worry, I got it! I’ll make that country bumpkin pay,” Young Master Li nodded.

“Alright, call Young Master Le right now. How dare he be so arrogant?”

“Is that really a good idea? We’re not that close with Young Master Le. Maybe we should go through an intermediary?” Young Master Fan hesitated.

Although they had claimed to be Young Master Le’s underlings when confronting Lin Xiao, the truth was that they weren’t really that high up. Young Master Le was part of the top tier of Jinghai City’s wealthy second generation, while they were just from moderately wealthy families.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have had a total of just a few hundred thousand yuan among the three of them.

Young Master Wang also hesitated briefly, then said, “You’re right. It wouldn’t be wise to approach Young Master Le directly. We need an intermediary.”

Then he took out his phone and dialed a number. The call was quickly answered.

“Young Master Wu, it’s me, Wang Dawen…”

“Yeah, yeah, long time no see… I wanted to invite you and Young Master Le to have some fun at…”

“What? … What’s going on?”

“Someone named Lin? Alright, thank you, Young Master Wu.”

After hanging up, Young Master Wang’s face looked extremely grim.

“What happened?” Young Master Li asked.

“Young Master Le is finished!”

“Finished? What do you mean?”

“I mean exactly what I said. There is no more Young Master Le in Jinghai City.”

“What? How… how is that possible?” The two were shocked.

“But Young Master Le is Mayor Le’s nephew… I heard the Le family has a lot of influence even in the capital.”

“Yeah, that seems impossible.” Young Master Wang shook his head and said, “It’s not that the Le family is finished. Young Master Wu said that Young Master Le offended someone named Lin and was expelled from the Le family by Mayor Le.”

Hearing Young Master Wang’s words, the others were speechless.

At this moment, they remembered Lin Xiao saying that Young Master Le was already finished.

“Someone named Lin?” Young Master Fan seemed to recall something and said, “Wait, didn’t the manager at the 4S shop call that guy ‘Mr. Lin’?”

“Yeah, he did call him Mr. Lin… Lin… someone named Lin…” Young Master Wang said but trailed off at the end.

They weren’t fools. They connected the dots. Lin Xiao already knew Young Master Le was finished, and he had the surname Lin. And Young Master Le was finished because he offended someone named Lin.

The three looked at each other, eyes filled with horror and panic.

They had every reason to panic. Even though they called themselves the second generation, their influence was nothing compared to Young Master Le’s. If Young Master Le was brought down by offending someone named Lin, dealing with them would be as easy as crushing an ant.

“No… no… it can’t be that coincidental, right?” Young Master Wang tried to comfort himself desperately.

“Yeah… it shouldn’t be,” Young Master Li quickly nodded in agreement.

“Yes… yes… it definitely can’t be that coincidental!”

Despite their desperate self-comforting, they knew in their hearts that such coincidences don’t happen. The Lin they offended today was very likely the one who brought Young Master Le down completely.