Just as he expected, his explosive power became the last straw that broke the camel's back, snapping the open cleaver in two.
The principle is the same as someone trying to chop a cracked brick with their bare hands. The cracks make the brick and the knife more brittle.
The machete broke in two, and he threw it on the ground.
"Jingle. Jingle."
Although the sound of the blade hitting the ground was not loud, it made the hearts of the important figures tremble violently.
Lu Wuyai walked toward the burly man who was pressing down on Wang Ming. The burly man subconsciously stood up and walked toward him. Lu Wuyai was momentarily flustered, wondering whether to retreat, advance, or not.
Lu Wuyai didn't look at him. He first reached out to help Hou Banshuang up and then looked at his back.
The boy's narrow lower back was chafed badly, turning red and mixed with sweat.
Seeing this, he patted Xiao Niu on the shoulder, and without saying a word, turned to the side and kicked the big man hard.
The big man was on guard against him, but he was too fast. Just as the big man was about to dodge, his big foot was already in front of his chest, stomping him against the door.
"It hurts. Cough cough."
He was kicked against the wooden door at the back wing, the door panel shook and almost knocked him over.
Lu Wuyai's face turned ashen. He walked over and kicked the big man hard in the chest, as if he were hammering a nail into a hole. The big man was the nail, and his foot was the hammer. He kicked the door panel down and through the big man.
With a loud crash, the two door panels fell down, and the big man collapsed to the ground unconscious, his face covered in blood.
A bald man and three young men stood obediently at the gate, their faces covered in cold sweat despite the scorching sun.
The protagonist and the knife sharpener were both stunned. It was the first time they'd encountered such a fierce person. Since he entered the courtyard, there hadn't been a single enemy.
Lu Wuyai looked at Song Qiumin and asked, "Sister-in-law, what's going on?"
Song Qiumin didn't say anything, she just cried and hugged Su Xi, coughing and crying at the same time.
Seeing this, the leader said, "Friend, let me tell you what's going on. If you can fight, I'll accept it, but you're not taking this seriously. This family owes us 400,000. It's 400,000 yuan in total, and paying back debts is a matter of course. We're here to collect the debt."
A local indigenous resident nearby realized, "This is loan sharking."
“How could Dazhi’s family owe 400,000 yuan? His family consists of an orphan and a widowed mother who doesn’t eat, drink, go to prostitutes or gamble, so why would he spend so much money?”
Hou Banshuang couldn't help but shout, "It's not my family that's owed, it's my uncle. My mother was deceived by you. My mother didn't know, but you all conspired to deceive people."
Lu Wuyai frowned: "What happened? Loan sharking."
The male protagonist, putting on an upright demeanor, said, "Yes, it's loan sharking..."
“Call the police to arrest them,” a naive middle-aged man shouted.
The male protagonist smiled dismissively: "Calling the police won't do any good. Lending money at exorbitant interest rates isn't illegal, and the security guards can't touch you. On the contrary, if the security guards come to arrest your people and you start a fight, the security guards will manage the situation."
The crowd in the courtyard suddenly erupted in excitement:
"What exactly does he mean? Loan sharking isn't illegal."
"What do you mean? Collusion between officials and criminals. They must be working with the police station."
"Is there any reason? There's no law."
Lu Wuyai came out and waved his hand: "Don't make noise, everyone be quiet. It's true that usury is not illegal, it's not protected by law but it's not illegal, there is a difference between the two."
The leader smiled and said, "That's right, some of you do know how to do it."
Lu Wuyai gave him a cold look, shook his phone, and said, "But calling the police is still useful. There was indeed a fight here, but you started it first. We acted in self-defense. There is video evidence here."
The crowd erupted in excitement again:
"Well, listen to Teacher Lu, let someone who understands speak."
“It must be very quiet there. Mr. Lu is an island lawyer.”
“Mr. Lu and Mu Yang are two people, one is both scholarly and martial, no problem.”
The leader was somewhat surprised after hearing Lu Zhizi's words and the discussion.
He adopted a commanding demeanor, turning the guest into the master of the room: "Alright, we're all industry professionals, let's stop rambling here. This person's skin is sore from the sun, let's go to the room and talk slowly. How did Sample get here?"
Lu Wuyai nodded: "Alright, let's talk about it slowly."
The leader glanced at the big guy lying unconscious on the ground and ordered with a stern face, "Then take my brother to a shady spot, find a cool place. If he gets heatstroke, you guys, heh."
He thought he had regained control and became extremely arrogant.
Lu Wuyai smiled slightly, then put his hands together and said to the neighbors, "Yes, we can't let your brother get heatstroke. Okay, I'll find him a good place to avoid the heat, hang him up and put him in the well."
The crowd whispered among themselves for a while, looking at him in fear, and no one dared to move for a moment.
An elderly man in the village, Li Zhibing, advised him, "Muyang, just explain it carefully, then you won't have to be so cruel. As the old saying goes, one should be kind and compassionate."
Lu Wuyai asked coldly, "Your sister-in-law just kowtowed to him. Have they forgiven him?"
The bald man quickly interjected, "Brother, brother, it's a misunderstanding, it's actually a misunderstanding, we..."
“Shut up.” Gu Yuxin’s tone suddenly rose, and his bald head trembled in fright: “Let me watch him. Fugui, you also think we should let them go.”
Gu Yuxin was still in a daze when she was hit, but she only came to her senses after being scolded by Lu Wuyai. She said, "Forgive me, tie him up and hang him in the well."
Every household in the fishing village has a hand pump well. Before tap water became available, everyone relied on this well for drinking water.
The vertical shaft of a well is a good place to store fruits, vegetables, and meat. It's warm in winter and cool in summer. It's also a primitive refrigerator in rural and fishing villages. But if it were used to store people, then this place would be a bit scary, because it's not only cold but also very cramped.
Gu Yuxin found a rope, tied up the unconscious person, stuffed them into the well, then tied one end of the rope tightly and lowered them down.
The leader's face was ashen. He said, "Don't go too far."
Lu Wuyai ignored him completely. Gu Yuxin and the others tied the rope, and he covered the well with a stone slab. Suddenly, the cold well was plunged into darkness.
As they watched the stone slab slowly close, imagining the darkness and cold inside the well, both the bald man and the young man swallowed hard.
They wanted to go in and discuss it, but Lu Wuyai stopped them, pointing to the courtyard and saying, "Stand here, little count (dog), watch them."
The bald man sneered and said, "Brother, this has nothing to do with me today. Actually, I'm just here to join in the fun."
"Go ahead. Be honest, just stand there and don't move." Lu Wuyai interrupted him expressionlessly.
The bald man had no choice but to stand in the yard and begin punishing him like a schoolchild.
After entering the house, Lü Zhizi took over the conversation. She held Song Qiumin's hand, and as the conversation unfolded, everything became clear.
The male protagonist is Cui Demao, who runs a loan shark business in the county town. Liu Xiaole's family has never borrowed money from him. The person who borrowed money was her brother, who is also Wang Ming's uncle.
Song Qiumin's brother borrowed 100,000 yuan from Cui Demao. He was a gambler. He was so greedy that he wanted to turn around and leave, so he borrowed money from loan sharks. But loan sharks aren't stupid; they wouldn't lend him such a worthless loan.
Her brother used sweet words to deceive Song Qiumin, and used the house left by Ling Yang as collateral to sign a mortgage contract for 100,000 yuan.
The rest was simple. The 100,000 yuan, after falling into the brother's hands, was soon returned to Cui Demao—in fact, Cui Demao had a stake in an underground casino.
Originally, 100,000 yuan wasn't a large sum, but it was usury. The revolving interest quickly ballooned from 100,000 yuan to 200,000 yuan, and finally to 400,000 yuan. Seeing the situation was dire, the brother, Liu Xiaole, secretly slipped away, leaving the mother and son in chaos.
A few days ago, Cui Demao went to Liu Xiaole's house and demanded that she repay the money. Liu Xiaole's family was dumbfounded. She had no idea she would be involved in such a thing.
Sitting on the stool, her eyes were red from crying: "My brother told me that he bought insurance for Xiao Niu, cough cough, and asked me to sign for a deposit. I didn't think much of it, cough cough, he cough cough, I've been selling insurance for the past two years, and I thought he really bought insurance for Xiao Niu, so that if I died, Xiao Niu would have more protection, cough cough..."
Hou Banshuang grabbed her arm, gritting her teeth: "Mom, stop talking. Keep coughing. I will definitely go find my uncle and make him pay back the money."
The onlookers at the entrance sighed:
"Oh, what a pity. Tigers don't eat their own cubs, so why does this eccentric uncle do such a thing?"
"This is the first time I've ever been fooled like this by my own sister."
"He doesn't know what happened to his sister. Do you want to mess with him? A man like that would have to hang upside down in a well to walk."
Lu Wuyai looked at Cui Demao and said, "That's the problem."
Cui Demao scratched his neck and said, "I don't know. I only know that she owes me money, and if I don't pay her back, I will—damn it."
Lu Wuyai slapped him once, then slapped him across the face again, making him stagger.
Cui Demao was furious. He glared at Lu Wuyai, and suddenly remembered the scene when the other man broke the cleaver and trampled his younger brother unconscious. He couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
Lu Wuyai pointed at his face and said, "Well said, now I know there's hope for a harmonious society. Before the reform and opening up, if you came into our village like that, you would have been killed and fed to the fish."
Cui Demao held his breath and said, "You're great, brother. You're my brother now. This is your territory, and you're in charge. But paying off debts is a matter of course. The contract is in my hands. What do you say we do about this?"
Lu Wuyai stepped forward and slapped him again: "If you want to speak well, then speak well. Who will represent Yin and Yang?"
Cui Demao's face turned ashen; he was furious because he had been whipped.
Lu Wuyai said, "The law stipulates that it is right to pay back debts, but you are a loan shark, and the law does not stipulate that you still owe loan sharks, so what can you do if I don't pay back the money?"
“I can’t do anything, but let’s give it a try,” Cui Demao quickly changed his tune when he saw the other party raise his arm again after saying that. “I can’t do anything, you’re not only defaulting on your debt but also bullying others, you cowshed from Coconut Grove Village.”
Lu Wuyai didn't know where this Cui Demao had come from, but his opponent's demeanor was incomparable to Jin Hong's fake scoundrel. He might not be able to restrain his opponent simply by playing hard in the game.
Cui Demao also said, "This is your land, young man, I admit it today. But you can't stay in this small village forever, can you? To be honest, I can't beat you, and I won't fight you. Anyway, I know the person who owes me money. Since we're in the loan shark business, we definitely have the ability to collect the money."
"Besides, the loan shark company isn't mine. I'm just a piece of trash. I admit defeat today, but my superiors won't let me off so easily."
"Brother, I'm not threatening you, really, but if it were so easy to not pay off loan sharks, we would have gone bankrupt long ago, gone back to our hometown to fish and farm, and could have bought a car and a house."
Lu Wuyai gave him a cold look, and Cui Demao also glanced at him, but after their eyes met, he felt a chill in his heart and awkwardly turned his head to the side.
Staring at Cui Demao, Lu Wuyai considered countermeasures with lightning speed.
Liu Xiaole's family was scammed, but not by Cui Demao; it was by his own younger brother.
Her debt has no legal effect; if she doesn't repay it, the law won't punish her, but the loan sharks will.
As Cui Demao said, Liu Xiaole and her son are safe in Coconut Grove Village, but they will never be able to leave the village. Because loan sharks operate in this industry, they have the ability to collect money and debts.
Ultimately, this matter has nothing to do with the law; it depends on who has the most power and who has the strongest fist. Lu Wuyai's fist is the hardest, but this matter is none of his business, and it's not his place to take the blame.
Cui Demao continued, "Let's talk about the older brother, how old is this child?"
Lu Wuyai waved his hand: "No need to say anything, my sister-in-law lent 100,000, right?"
Cui Demao said, "It's 400,000 now..."
Lu Wuyai immediately narrowed his eyes.
Cui Demao held his breath and said, "Yes, the principal is 100,000, idiot. I suffered a loss today. If you can repay the principal, that would be good."
Lu Wuyai took out his bank card and handed it to Gu Yuxin, "Go to town and collect 100,000 yuan."
Song Qiumin coughed and rushed forward to grab his hand: "No, no, cough, cough, Yangzi, this has nothing to do with you, sob sob sob, I don't want your money..."
Lu Wuyai said, "I'm Uncle Maverick, why is this none of my business? It's alright, sister-in-law."
“No need,” Liu Xiaole cried out desperately. “I don’t need your money. I’ll give him the house, cough cough, cough cough, we have an old courtyard, I have a place to live, cough cough, I don’t need your money. No need. I’ll handle our own affairs.”
At that moment, the determination and will she displayed erupted like a volcano, which was deeply moving.
Li Zhibing sighed, "Oh, Qiu Min is just stubborn."
Lu Wuyai said, "Alright, sister-in-law, if you sell me the old courtyard house, all I need is a plot of land to build a house. I'll buy the old house, build a new one, and get married. Can you sell me that house?"
The heartbroken Liu Xiaole was taken aback. Li Zhibing and others immediately comforted her, "It's alright." "Yes, Yangzi is looking for a new plot of land to build a house." "You want to sell it..."
Lu Wuyai handed his business card to Gu Yuxin and said, "Go get 200,000. I'm buying the house on the east side of my sister-in-law's house. Attorney Lu Daodao, please draft a contract for me."
Song Qiumin murmured, "Without that much money, how could such a dilapidated courtyard..."
“That’s the best feng shui location in the whole village.” Lu Wuyai laughed, “Alright, it’s settled then. I’ll buy this courtyard for 200,000.”
In the afternoon, twenty stacks of cash were delivered to Liu Xiaole's dining table.
The coins were brand new, and when piled together, they smelled of ink. An excited crowd stirred.
Gu Yuxin asked unwillingly, "Yang Zi, my sister-in-law has been deceived, and we will suffer the same fate in the future."
“That’s right, it’s 100,000. Giving him that is really encouraging the arrogance of illegal activities.”
Lu Wuyai didn't answer. He divided the money equally, handing half to Cui Demao: "Count it."
Cui Demao reached out and patted the pile of money, then clenched his fist and said, "Don't count it. I'm very careful, so I won't try anything funny with this money. Here, this is a loan agreement. Take a look."
Lu Wuyai handed it to Lu Wuyai, who examined it carefully and nodded: "No problem."
He set the contract on fire, and Cui Demao wrote another receipt stating that the debt had been cleared and the usury was settled.
Wang Ming suddenly looked up and asked Lu Wuyai, "Mr. Lu, if these bad guys enter my house and hurt my family, can they be punished and go to jail?"
Lu Wuyai nodded and said, "Trespassing and injuring people with weapons, whether it's for debt collection or something else, is a criminal case, and there's a high probability of being held criminally liable."
No one paid attention to their conversation. Cui Demao was about to leave with the money when Lu Wuyai stopped him, saying, "Don't rush off. This isn't over yet."
Upon hearing this, the indigenous residents who were about to disperse gathered together again.
Cui Demao's face tightened: "What do you mean, my friend?"
Lu Wuyai said, "The usury issue has been resolved. Now let's talk about your breaking into a private residence and assaulting women and minors. Look at my sister-in-law's forehead and my nephew's back. What do you say about these injuries?"
The man who had been sharpening the knife earlier said with a gloomy face, "Ha, you want to cause trouble again."
Lu Wuyai twisted his body and kicked, sending the man flying to the doorway. He then charged forward, kicking and kicking, just like before, until the door was knocked down and impaled on the big man. Give up.
The indigenous residents stared at him in disbelief and awe.
Lu Wuyai turned around and asked Cui Demao, "Come on, tell me how you hurt my sister-in-law and my nephew. What about breaking down the door?"
Cui Demao's face turned ashen. He said, "Fine, what do you say? What you said today is important, and I'll accept it."
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