How come I'm invincible?

Chapter 52 Li Dianshi, you're in for a treat today. Why don't you offer your comments?

After a busy day, the setting sun painted the horizon a magnificent orange-red, a truly breathtaking sight.

Lin Fan and Yang Ming, each with a candied hawthorn, strolled leisurely into the shantytown. The hustle and bustle of the city center seemed to have little to do with the people here.

"Brother, it's that house up ahead, the one with the crooked tree in front of it." Yang Ming pointed to a particularly dilapidated mud-brick house in front of him.

"Ah."

After walking a few steps, a little girl, about five or six years old, wearing a patched gray cloth dress, came running out of a dirty alley, crying and sobbing. She squatted at the entrance of the alley, buried her face in her knees, and her thin shoulders trembled.

Soon, a group of older children came out, formed a small circle, and pointed at the little girl in the middle.

"Your father is a murderer."

"You are the daughter of a murderer."

“My mother forbids me from playing with you, so don’t come looking for us again.”

"Yes."

Just as the group of children were bullying the little girl, they suddenly felt the light behind them dim, as if blocked by something tall. When they turned around and saw two constables eating candied hawthorns, they were all so frightened that they froze on the spot, their little faces turning pale.

Lin Fan deliberately put on a stern face and pretended to be serious, saying, "Who gave you permission to bully people here? Go home and study."

Soon, the group of children fled in a panic.

One of the children, wearing open-crotch pants, had two bamboo skewers stuck in his buttocks and cried loudly as he ran home to find his parents.

Just as Lin Fan was about to step forward, the little girl who had been squatting got up, wiped away her tears, and ran into the distance. She turned a corner and entered a house, bumping into someone who looked at her curiously and nodded with satisfaction.

“Brother, the house that little girl ran into is the house of the person who took the blame,” Yang Ming said.

Lin Fan asked, "Who was that person who came out?"

Yang Ming carefully examined them.

The man walked out of the courtyard and happened to see Lin Fan and Yang Ming at the alley entrance. Especially seeing their police uniforms, his expression changed drastically. He immediately lowered his head and tried to turn left into another alley, clearly wanting to avoid them.

"It looks familiar."

"Go, grab him and question him."

Yang Ming immediately set off and ran away. Before long, he returned with the other person, slapping him on the head and cursing as he walked.

Run, run, run your mother's head.

The man who was brought back had a pointed face and was clearly not a good person. When he saw Lin Fan, his legs went weak and he was so frightened that he could not stand up.

"Lin, Master Lin."

If you ask those thugs now, who are you most afraid of? In the past, they would have confidently patted their chests and said, "We are not afraid of anyone except our boss."

But right now, what they fear most is Lin Fan.

Because the other party was really going all out.

Yang Ming said, "Brother, this guy is Huang Wei's man. He specializes in human trafficking. The little girl just now was the daughter of the person who took the blame. After he took the blame, he handed his daughter over to his brother and sister-in-law, but his brother and sister-in-law contacted this person to sell her."

Grass!

Upon hearing this, Lin Fan couldn't help but want to go in and beat the two of them up.

But he held back, waved his hand, and told him to get lost.

The other party felt reborn and ran away as fast as he could, fearing that if he stayed any longer, he would be inexplicably arrested and taken to the police station. He had heard that it was a terrible place, and passersby could often hear screams from inside the police station prison.

Watching the other person's departing figure, Lin Fan thought of Huang Wei, whom he had beaten up in the Hall of Loyalty and Righteousness. He decided to postpone dealing with Huang Wei for now, and deal with Yuan Jiang first. He would deal with Huang Wei when he had time.

The two arrived at the courtyard of that family. The courtyard wall was low, and the so-called door was just a few broken wooden planks pieced together. Before they could even push it open, they heard a woman's sharp and sarcastic cursing voice coming from inside.

“You good-for-nothing, just like your father. He worked his way up in the gang and only got twenty taels of silver as a settlement fee. Other girls can be sold for ten taels of silver, how come you're only worth five taels?”

"Eat? You still want to eat? Go kneel over there and eat right now."

"You worthless wretch."

boom!
Lin Fan kicked open the door, and the woman inside, who was cursing angrily, suddenly stopped. She was about to yell, "Who the hell kicked my door?" when her expression changed drastically, and she stepped forward obsequiously, "Officers, I don't know..."

"You're so bad, you son of a bitch." Lin Fan didn't bother listening to her nonsense and slapped her hard across the face.

The woman cried out in pain, spun around on the spot after being slapped, stumbled and fell to the ground, covering her face and looking at Lin Fan in terror, not daring to say another word.

At the dinner table, a man held a bowl, mouth agape, staring in astonishment at the scene before him, barely daring to breathe.

In the corner, the little girl knelt facing the wall, her thin body trembling.

"Yang Ming, take this child back tonight and bring him to the police station tomorrow."

After Lin Fan finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave, but unexpectedly the woman grabbed his leg and said, "Officers, what are you doing? I am her aunt! You can't just take the child away like this!"

When the constables arrived, she sensed that something was amiss.

If the constables were to take the child away, where would she get the five taels of silver she had agreed upon? As she spoke, she looked at her husband, who was holding a bowl, and said, "You damned devil, at a time like this, say something!"

Seemingly noticing the woman's pleading look, the man put down his bowl, rubbed his hands together, hunched over, and cautiously stepped forward. "Officer, this..." *Smack!*
"Fuck your mother's fault."

Lin Fan didn't give the other party a chance to speak at all. He raised his hand and slapped her, then kicked her away in one swift motion before turning and walking outside.

Yang Ming followed, carrying the little girl.

Inside the house, the couple were dumbfounded, staring at each other, completely unaware of what had happened. The officer wasn't giving them a chance to speak at all.

When he returned to the prefecture, before he could even settle down and rest, he learned that Clerk Li had sent someone to find him and ask him to come over. Lin Fan frowned slightly at this, since everything had already been agreed upon.

Why bother yourself?

That's what I thought, but I still headed towards the Li residence.

……

The Li residence, a courtyard.

Li Dianshi looked at Lin Fan, who was quietly drinking tea but causing chaos in Yong'an, cleared his throat, and tried to make his voice sound calm and authoritative.

"I would have protected you from the Zhongyi Hall and the Fierce Tiger Gang, even if it involved Chen Xingzhi. But why did you go after the Hu family? Master Hu came to me specifically to make things difficult for me."

“You have to consider the impact when you handle a case. The Hu family has been rooted in Yong’an for three generations and has a high reputation. Moving against them will have a great impact and could easily affect the stability of Yong’an.”

Li Dianshi accepted the money. Master Hu was very generous and liked the gold bars he received; he really went all out.

He understood that Lin Fan was an unsettled individual.

At the moment he received the money, he wavered, considering the possibility of stripping Lin Fan of his power and kicking him out of the prefecture.

Lin Fan put down his teacup, not answering immediately, but instead looking up at the last glimmer of the magnificent sunset on the horizon.

"What time is it now?"

"Around the hour of You (5-7 PM)."

Li Dianshi did not understand what Lin Fan meant by "nowadays".

"It's already late afternoon. I'm very particular about the time of day. I need to practice my martial arts now. This courtyard is quite nice. Sir, please have some tea first. We can talk about everything after I finish my practice."

Lin Fan stood up, put down the knife at his waist, took the iron rod from his back, casually twirled the rod, and then slammed it hard on the ground.

boom!
A deep, thunderous explosion rang out.

The blue bricks paving the ground instantly shattered into a spiderweb pattern centered on the tip of the stick, sending shards of stone flying and creating a distinct pit.

Startled by the sudden commotion, Li Dianshi trembled and nearly dropped the teacup in his hand.

Staring blankly at the split and sunken pit, he couldn't help but swallow hard. He didn't understand anything about martial arts, but he understood one thing: if that force of the blow had landed on him, it would have been absolutely horrific.

Lin Fan took a deep breath and said to himself, "This staff was made by the great blacksmith Da Niu. It weighs sixty jin and is made of fine iron. It is difficult for ordinary people to wield. Today, the clerk is in for a treat. Why don't you... give your comments?"

The voice just fell.

He then swung his staff, the sound of which was continuous and whistling, as if the air itself was being torn apart. The shadow of the staff rolled and tumbled, making it difficult for Li Dianshi to discern.

"To split mountains and rivers with force."

Lin Fan soared into the air like an eagle spreading its wings, then swung his staff down. With a bang, the ground cracked, flying debris and a muffled explosion that made Li Dianshi's heart pound.

"Sweep away the enemy."

Lin Fan roared, his voice like thunder, and with one hand holding the stick, he swept it horizontally towards the artificial mountain in the courtyard that weighed several hundred pounds.

In an instant.

The artificial hill was utterly vulnerable, like tofu that had been hit, instantly shattering into pieces. Countless large and small stones flew everywhere, rolling all over the ground, and dust billowed into the sky.

Li Dianshi was completely dumbfounded.

His mouth was slightly agape, staring in disbelief.

This scene was even more terrifying than the impact that swept away the pillars.

His hand holding the teacup trembled violently, oblivious to the fact that the fragrant tea had spilled out.

I don’t know how long.

The movement and stillness dissipated.

The courtyard was riddled with holes and pits.

Lin Fan put away his staff and stood up, slowly exhaling a breath of stale air. Due to the strenuous exercise, it seemed that white vapor was surging out of his body.

He slung the iron rod back over his shoulder, dusted off his hands, looked at the pale-faced and absent-minded Li Dianshi, and said in a calm tone:
"Lord Secretary, you may comment on this. As for the impact you mentioned, well... we must indeed pay attention to the impact."

Li Dianshi was still in a daze, staring wide-eyed.

Is this a human being?
Is this something a human could actually do?
Monster, this is a monster.

(End of this chapter)