I Start with a Mysterious Island

Chapter 421: Chapter 303: Bad Guys Aren’t Fools, and Reality Isn’t a TV Show

After reassuring the carriage driver, Lin Li walked straight toward the man who had been sent flying by the horse, drawing sympathetic looks from the onlookers.

But he had only taken a few steps before the bearded man’s henchmen blocked his path.

"What’s this all about? Didn’t you say I could examine him as I please? So why are you blocking my way?" Lin Li said with a lighthearted laugh.

"Stand aside. Let him check," the bearded man said, gesturing with a raised hand.

His henchmen immediately stepped aside, but their gazes remained fixed on Lin Li, the malice in their eyes on full display.

At that moment, everyone’s attention was on Lin Li, waiting to see what his examination would reveal and whether things were really as he claimed.

STEP, STEP, STEP...

Lin Li walked unhurriedly toward Liu, who was lying motionless on the ground, facedown.

When he reached Liu’s side, the crowd noticed that Lin Li didn’t squat down or make any move to examine him. Instead, he just stood motionless beside Liu.

Everyone was baffled by Lin Li’s behavior, wondering what he was up to. Hadn’t he said he was going to perform an examination?

"Hey, kid! What are you doing just standing there? Hurry up and examine him!"

"Our brother is seriously injured and unconscious! If you keep stalling, you’ll delay us from getting him to a clinic for treatment. You’ll get him killed..."

"Damn it, I knew it! That whole confident act of his was fake. Now he’s in over his head and just trying to stall for time."

Seeing Lin Li just standing motionless beside their companion instead of examining him, the bearded man’s four henchmen naturally assumed he was having second thoughts and immediately began to taunt and ridicule him.

However, the bearded man, their leader, showed no sign of relief. On the contrary, his expression was grim, and his eyes, glinting coldly, were fixed on Lin Li’s right foot.

Lin Li stood beside Liu, ignoring the henchmen’s taunts. He applied slight pressure with his right foot. The thing beneath his sole, at first motionless, gradually began to react.

A hand. What Lin Li was stepping on was a hand—the left hand of Liu, the very man who was lying facedown, ’unconscious’ on the ground.

’This guy can sure take a lot of pain! Looks like I’ll have to give him a little scare...’ Lin Li thought to himself. Then, in an icy tone, he spoke to Liu.

"I’m using less than a tenth of my strength right now. Next, I’m going to use all of it.

If you don’t wake up, I guarantee this foot will pulverize the bones in your hand."

"Huh?!!!" The previously arrogant henchmen and the surrounding onlookers were stunned for a moment when they heard what Lin Li said to Liu.

Then, all eyes turned to the spot under Lin Li’s right foot.

"Fuck, what the fuck are you doing? Get your foot off him, now!"

When the bearded man’s henchmen saw Lin Li’s foot on their brother’s left hand, the arrogant looks on their faces vanished instantly. Veins bulged on their foreheads as they immediately charged toward Lin Li.

They knew their brother was only faking the serious injury, but as the saying goes, pain in the fingers goes straight to the heart.

For Liu to endure being stomped on so forcefully while remaining completely still was already incredibly impressive.

But endurance has its limits. If that foot wasn’t removed from his hand soon, he would inevitably scream in agony.

The bearded man’s henchmen, worried for their brother and desperate to keep their scam from being exposed, didn’t hesitate. They rushed forward to push Lin Li away and give the troublemaker a savage beating.

Unfortunately, they had only taken a few steps before their dear brother Liu reached his breaking point.

The pressure on his hand suddenly intensified, doubling the pain. Combined with Lin Li’s earlier, emotionless threat, Liu couldn’t wait for his brothers to rescue him and let out a piercing scream.

"AHHH..."

The sudden, bloodcurdling scream made all the onlookers jump.

"Bastard! Get your foot off me!" Liu roared, reaching out with his right hand to slap at the foot pinning his left.

"Heh. Finally decided to wake up, have you?" Lin Li taunted, retracting his right foot as Liu was jolted awake by the pain.

Liu sat up, blowing on his swollen left hand. The intense pain had him covered in a cold sweat.

"So it really was an extortion scam!"

"These people are shameless..."

"From their performance, they must be career criminals. We can’t let them get away with this."

"Call the authorities! Get the constables to arrest these scamming bastards!"

When the onlookers saw Liu wake up, looking perfectly fine and energetic, it confirmed their suspicions: the bearded man’s group was running an extortion scam. The crowd instantly erupted in furious shouts.

Faced with the crowd’s accusations, the expressions on the faces of the bearded man and his henchmen shifted from utter embarrassment to pure rage. They glared at Lin Li, the man who had ruined their scheme, wishing they could drink his blood and eat his flesh.

"Fuck your mother..."

If you were to rank the bearded man’s gang by their anger levels at that moment, the top spot would undoubtedly belong to Liu, whose left hand was now swollen and throbbing.