Super Soldier in the City

Lang Yonggan received a slap across the face, which immediately reddened his cheek. He was about to retaliate, but when he met Zhang Tianxing’s eyes, those eyes seemed truly devoid of emotion, a chilling sensation that penetrated to the bone. The old man shuddered and dared not say anything more.

"The Zhang Family is not someone you can provoke. Of course, if you hadn’t been so aggressive, I wouldn’t have punished you!" Zhang Tianxing raised his voice a bit, not only warning Lang Family but also those who usually thought of the Zhang Family as easy targets to bully for some gain or entertainment, which is not uncommon in rural areas. If a family’s man is honest and unassuming, he might get bullied more, the same goes for women.

After today, one can imagine that people from nearby villages thinking of bullying the honest Zhang Family will remember today’s events, where a few people took down thirty to forty men, and the usually overbearing Lang Yonggan got slapped without daring to make a sound.

Lang Yonggan indeed dared not make a sound. With so many people on his side beaten down, even if he called the police... his opponent’s comrades would likely not let him off easily.

Holding onto the betrothal gifts, Zhang Tianxing was not unreasonable. He gave the Lang family father and son a stern warning. Well, the warning process was open to debate, especially since someone like Dumb Guy used pure violence to deliver a warning, which was slightly inappropriate, but the effect was astounding. The Lang family father and son were scared stiff when the big guy directly broke a machete with his bare hands. The owner of the machete was the Lang family’s eldest; that machete was specially made, extremely hard. Forget about cutting a person, it could easily cut through cows or horses, and bones were no issue. Yet the opponent broke it just by exerting force... such strength...

After receiving the warning and a lesson, the Lang family and their people fled in disgrace. Zhang Tianxing watched them run far away until they disappeared at the end of the path before turning around, letting out a light sigh of relief. His mood was a bit downcast at that moment, but he quickly adjusted. No matter how disabled he was, no matter how bad things got, he would not marry a bad woman.

In the time it took to turn around, Zhang Tianxing came to understand many things. He made a gesture to his comrades, a sign of celebration. Although his steps were still limping as he walked, the Zhang Family knew that the old Zhang Tianxing had returned; he was now entirely different from how he was these past few years.

Zhang Tianxing’s mother was wiping away tears, and his father turned away, eyes red. Li Yifei patted him on the shoulder, and Zheng Mingrui simply hugged him tightly, saying, "Tianxing, welcome back!"

"Let’s drink, until we’re completely drunk!" Zhang Tianxing wanted to say some words of gratitude, but he knew his brothers didn’t need him to say it. A thousand words turned into a glass of drink. The banquet continued, and everyone was genuinely getting drunk.

Among the drunk was not Li Yifei. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to get drunk; it was just very hard to. Even if he controlled his body, it was still difficult to get drunk.

Others more or less drank too much, but everyone had good drinking habits. No one was causing a scene, like Zheng Mingrui at most was holding on to Lin Wanqing, repeatedly talking about losing weight once they go back to show the boss, or making promises that he would treat Lin Wanqing well in the future.

Li Yifei held Na Yi’s hand, and the two sat on the other side of the village entrance. This was a path leading into the mountains. At this time, no one was passing by. They sat on a stone. Na Yi liked this kind of feeling and looked forward even more to the days when Li Yifei would go home with her. At that time, their life would be in this state, though... it might only last a few days, Na Yi was content.

In a good mood, there was more conversation. Na Yi also knew Zhang Tianxing’s story, felt some emotions, and said, "Yifei, can you help save that girl? I feel like Zhang Tianxing still can’t forget her."

"I still don’t know if she’s awake or... already passed," Li Yifei said.

Na Yi immediately showed a worried expression, saying, "She won’t die, she can’t die, definitely not!"

"Yes, she hopefully won’t die!"

"So, we should help him more," Na Yi said.

Li Yifei chuckled and pinched Na Yi’s cheek, saying, "You’re right, we should indeed help him more, but only after we sober up!"

"No, I think we can start investigating first, wait until Zhang Tianxing wakes up..." As Na Yi spoke, she clapped her hands, her eyes lit up as she leaned into Li Yifei’s ear and started whispering. Upon hearing, Li Yifei nodded in agreement, "You are right, that’s a good plan."

Zhang Tianxing drank a lot. He hadn’t really drunk much in the past few years, and although he used to handle his liquor well, after so long without drinking, he regressed. So this time, he drank himself into a stupor until the next morning, only waking up when someone called him. Seeing Zheng Mingrui who woke him up, Zhang Tianxing was dazed. Before he could say anything, Zheng Mingrui had already grabbed him and pulled him up.

Zhang Tianxing quickly said, "Bro, bro, slow down, I’m a bit uncomfortable from drinking too much."

"Can’t slow down, do you realize what time it is?" Zheng Mingrui said anxiously.

"What time is it?" Zhang Tianxing was still baffled.

Zheng Mingrui rolled up his sleeve, showing his watch, saying, "It’s already five o’clock, five o’clock, and you’re still not getting up."

"It’s five in the evening?"

"It’s already the next day, the day of your wedding, and it’s five o’clock!" Zheng Mingrui exclaimed anxiously.

When Zhang Tianxing heard this, he was genuinely startled and immediately stood up, ready to make his next move, but he froze. Scratching his head, he shook it and said, "Something’s not right, brother. You’re messing with me. I got dumped yesterday and even got into a fight. Why would I still be getting married today? Stop joking. I drank too much yesterday; I’m still feeling awful. Let me sleep a bit more."

Zheng Mingrui burst into laughter upon hearing this and patted Zhang Tianxing’s back, saying, "Drinking really messes things up. Brother, you’ve missed so much with that nap."

"What the heck?" Zhang Tianxing widened his eyes, still confused.

Zheng Mingrui kept laughing, "Alright, just get up. The boss will talk to you later. For now, hurry up and tidy yourself. Go to the bathroom if needed, wash up, don’t waste too much time."

"I didn’t study much, don’t fool me!" Zhang Tianxing muttered as he saw Zheng Mingrui leave without saying much. He rubbed his face to wake himself up and limped out. Outside, he saw his parents and sister still busy. When they saw him, they stopped and walked over to him.

"Mom, Dad, Sis, thank you for your hard work. About what happened yesterday, I’m sorry to let you down," Zhang Tianxing said, feeling guilty. Even though he regained some dignity yesterday, the Zhang family still lost face, and his parents hoped he would settle this major life event. But now it seems there’s no need to think about it. Whose family wouldn’t want their daughter to marry well? After Zhang Tianxing’s engagement was broken off, he even fought with his father-in-law and several brothers-in-law. Even if he was in the right, it wouldn’t sound good when spread around. In rural areas, sometimes a good deed can be twisted into something bad when spread around.

Zhang Tianxing’s parents shook their heads and said, "Tianxing, no need to apologize. Although it’s a big deal, it’s not our fault, nor yours. It’s actually good not to get too involved with a family like the Lang Family to avoid trouble."

Zhang Tianxing didn’t expect his parents to be so understanding and was a bit surprised. "It’s great that you understand. Don’t worry, I will work hard to earn money and find you a daughter-in-law you’re happy with!"

Zhang Tianxing’s parents and his sister both smiled and said, "Alright, we’ll be waiting!"

After washing up, Zhang Tianxing didn’t see Li Yifei and the others, which made him a bit puzzled. He had been drunk all night and didn’t know what had happened in the meantime, or even where the team had stayed overnight. So, he had to quickly go and find out.

He changed into a fresh set of clothes and limped out. In the courtyard, which had been cleaned, he saw a new layer of sand laid. The uneven spots had been evened out, and there was a tractor parked on the path, unloading more sand. A few familiar faces were shoveling sand into the potholes.

What’s going on? Zhang Tianxing was confused. When he saw Skinny Monkey walking by, he hurriedly pulled him aside and asked, "Bro, what are you all doing? Why did everything change after I slept for a night?"

Skinny Monkey chuckled, "Just do your thing; you don’t need to worry about this."

"Huh?" Zhang Tianxing was even more puzzled as Skinny Monkey walked away after speaking. Everyone at home seemed busy, so whoever he tried to ask had their lips sealed. It was all mysterious.

Finally, an hour later, Zhang Tianxing found Li Yifei. Insisting, he grabbed him and asked, "Boss, Captain, stop keeping me in suspense. I’m really confused. After drinking and waking up, you all act all secretive. Even Skinny Monkey and Dumb Guy won’t say anything."

"Do you really want to know?" Li Yifei chuckled, raising his eyebrows.

Zhang Tianxing nodded vigorously, saying eagerly, "Boss, I really want to know. They say drinking causes trouble, and I shouldn’t have drunk so much yesterday. Now that I’m awake, you’re all acting so mysterious, I’m really uneasy."

Li Yifei laughed cheekily and deliberately didn’t answer, turning to leave. Zhang Tianxing, feeling anxious, quickly grabbed Li Yifei’s arm, saying, "Boss, big bro, come on, just tell me!"

"It’s not that I won’t tell you, but it’s not the right time yet!" Li Yifei said.

"Not the right time?" Zhang Tianxing looked puzzled and then said, "Not the right time for what? If you keep this up, I’m really going to lose it."

Seeing that Zhang Tianxing was about to break down, Li Yifei decided not to tease him any longer and asked, "What plans do you have for what’s coming next?"

"What’s next?" Zhang Tianxing took a deep breath, momentarily lost. The plans for what comes next... He didn’t really have any plans for what’s next. With everything happening yesterday and the events of today, he hadn’t had time to think about it, even though he had somewhat come to his senses.