Chapter 43 - The Valor Side

“What?”

Startled by the news, Fu Deyou quickly turned and looked towards the direction of the well.

He was shocked to see that Chen Yang had already started pulling up seedlings in those three paddies.

Seeing this, Fu Deyou was first taken aback, then immediately flew into a rage!

He had just finished making threats, and now Chen Yang was in the paddies pulling up seedlings, wasn’t this a slap in Fu Deyou’s face?

“Damn it!

This is outrageous!

You guys get over there and give that kid a beating he won’t forget!

If anything happens, I’ll take the blame!” Fu Deyou roared furiously.

“Right!”

At Fu Deyou’s command, the seven or eight men behind him charged towards Chen Yang with fierce determination, ready to give him a severe lesson.

“No, Chen Yang, run!

They’re coming to catch you!” Seeing Fu Deyou about to take action, Wu Kexin panicked and shouted towards the field, urging Chen Yang to leave quickly.

“Yang Zi!

Run!

Fu the bandit’s men are here!

Hurry up!”

“My goodness!

Yang Zi!

You better run, don’t be stubborn.”

While Wu Kexin was yelling, the widows from Shangshan Village also started shouting, telling Chen Yang to escape.

But Chen Yang acted as if he hadn’t heard a thing, continuing to stoop over in the paddy, pulling up seedlings rapidly; within a few minutes, half the paddy was completely stripped of seedlings.

Seeing Chen Yang showing no reaction, Wang Hong, Li Xiaoe, Zhang Xueying, and others were almost frantic with worry.

They quickly grabbed whatever they could find and rushed out from the head of the village, attempting to help Chen Yang.

But they were not as fast as Fu Deyou and his men.

They had just started out when Fu Deyou and his group of burly men had already reached the edge of the paddy.

“You little bastard, you’re courting death!

I’m going to kill you today!” Fu Deyou was furious, charging into the paddy with a pole and aiming straight at Chen Yang’s stooped back.

But Chen Yang was already on guard.

As the pole swung out,

Chen Yang immediately stood up straight, dodged to the side, and even managed to land a quick punch directly at Fu Deyou’s chest.

Boom.

Chen Yang moved incredibly fast.

Fu Deyou had no chance to react and was directly struck in the chest by Chen Yang’s punch, rolling out of the paddy.

Tumbling several times within the paddy.

Fu Deyou fell flat on his face in the mud, and the others rushed to help him up.

“Village chief, are you alright?”

“Fu village chief, it’s not serious, is it?”

Seven or eight strong men helped the mud-covered Fu Deyou to his feet.

Sitting in the paddy with unbearable pain in his chest, Fu Deyou was still seething with uncontrollable rage!

“Damn it!

Get moving, beat him to death!” Fu Deyou bellowed hysterically at Chen Yang.

“Oh… Right!” The strong men hastily nodded, then once again charged towards Chen Yang.

The men in the village might not be tall, but they were solid with muscle.

Because they did farm work every day, heavy labor.

In theory, seven or eight of them should have been more than a match for a college student like Chen Yang.

But with the enhancements from the Medicine King’s Scripture and the Dragon and Tiger Pill, these men were no match for Chen Yang!

Moreover, their attack speed seemed slow in Chen Yang’s eyes, so dealing with seven or eight burly men was quite easy for him.

With a punch to the left and a kick to the right, in a matter of moments, he had all the men who were previously charging fiercely, lying in the paddy.

And clutching their injured parts, they couldn’t stop emitting pained howls.

“Ah!

My hand…

it’s broken!”

“My ribs!

They’re broken!”

“It hurts so much…”

The seven or eight strong men lay in the paddy wailing in agony, and Wu Kexin, along with a group of widows who just arrived, were all stunned by the scene before them.

Each of them stood frozen on the ridge, with a look of utter bewilderment as they watched Chen Yang, their minds set ablaze with shock!

And Chen Yang, who had just knocked down seven or eight strong men, was not yet finished.

He slowly walked towards Fu Deyou, who was sitting in the paddy, trembling from fear.

With his fist clenched, Chen Yang was ready to give Fu Deyou a good lesson.

But before Chen Yang could reach him, Fu Deyou suddenly stood up and took off running.

“Sisters!

We can’t let this bastard escape, catch her!”

Seeing Fu Deyou attempting to run away, Wang Hong on the ridge immediately reacted and shouted without even taking her shoes off, she started chasing after Fu Deyou into the paddy fields.

Upon seeing this, the other widows in the village also hurried into the paddy fields, surrounding the fleeing Fu Deyou!

“How dare you bully our Shangshan Village!”

“So what if there are a few men?

Weren’t they all taken down by Yang Zi alone?”

“Thug!

I’ll beat you to death!”

A group of widows encircled Fu Deyou and dozens of hands ceaselessly slapped him, venting their emotions.

Slap, slap, slap…

Palm strikes and fists all landed on Fu Deyou’s body, and in no time, the surrounded Fu Deyou was beaten to the point he had a swollen nose and a bruised face, resembling a pig’s head.

This scene even scared Chen Yang a bit…

Dozens of widows beating someone—that was something you didn’t want to mess with.

“That’s enough, that’s enough, dear aunts and sisters-in-law, please stop hitting him.

If you continue, I’m afraid it might lead to a fatality.” Just at that moment, Chen Yang also approached and asked the aunts to stop.

Because if they kept on hitting him, Fu Deyou might really breathe his last.

Hearing this, the widows also stopped and did not continue to beat Fu Deyou.

“I’m sorry…

I’m so sorry, everyone.

I was wrong today.

Please let me go.

I won’t dare to do it again,” pleaded Fu Deyou who had been severely beaten, lying on the ground with his hands clasped together.

Seeing him with a swollen face pleading miserably, Chen Yang felt not a shred of sympathy and even wanted to kick him a few times.

But Chen Yang did not do so.

“Fu Deyou, although we have few men in Shangshan Village, it doesn’t mean you can bully us.

If you dare to do something like this again, it won’t be so simple, understand?” Chen Yang said coldly to Fu Deyou.

“I understand, I understand!

I won’t dare to do it again!” Fu Deyou said with a somber face.

“Alright!

I will let you off for today!

But I hope that by tomorrow morning, I can see Li Xiaoe sister-in-law’s three fields restored to their original state!” Chen Yang continued.

“Definitely, definitely!

I’ll make sure they are restored by tomorrow,” Fu Deyou nodded vehemently, completely intimidated by Chen Yang and the widows of Shangshan Village.

“Get lost.”

Chen Yang kicked Fu Deyou in the butt, telling him to scram.

Upon hearing this, Fu Deyou quickly got up, taking the men that were knocked down by Chen Yang with him, and fled in disarray.

Watching Fu Deyou’s fleeing figure, the widows burst into excited cheers!

After the cheering, the aunts and sisters-in-law began to lavishly praise Chen Yang.

They said Chen Yang alone was worth an entire group of men from Shangshan Village.

Additionally, they exclaimed how Chen Yang had brought honor to Shangshan Village, with endless words of admiration.

And Li Xiaoe was especially grateful to Chen Yang.

Counting this time in the fields, Chen Yang had now helped her greatly for the second time.

“Yang Zi, sister-in-law is truly very thankful to you.

I don’t know what would have happened if it weren’t for you,” Li Xiaoe said to Chen Yang with a face full of gratitude.

“Sister-in-law, we’re from the same village, no need to be so formal.

Fu Deyou bullied our Shangshan Village, as a man of Shangshan Village, naturally, I had to intervene!” Chen Yang said casually.

“Good job, Yang Zi!

Truly the man of our Shangshan Village.”

“Haha, with Yang Zi here, our village will no longer have to fear those around us in the future.”

Upon hearing this, the aunts and sisters-in-law all gave Chen Yang a thumbs up.

Facing so much praise, Chen Yang started to feel a bit embarrassed.

After Fu Deyou had run off, the widows chatted in the fields for a while and then dispersed.

And Wu Kexin standing on the ridge also smiled at Chen Yang and gave him a thumbs up before she too turned and left.

Even though Wu Kexin didn’t think fighting was good, her heart was incredibly stirred and deeply attracted to Chen Yang’s valiant side when she saw him take down Fu Deyou and his group alone.

Which girl wouldn’t like a boy who is like a hero?

Although she had known Chen Yang for only a day or two, her heart already had a lot of good feelings for Chen Yang.

It was a feeling she had never experienced before.

Chen Yang could never know what was on Wu Kexin’s mind.

Seeing Wu Kexin giving him a thumbs up, Chen Yang just smiled back in response and didn’t think much of it.

After everyone had left, Chen Yang also went home.

Having fought in the fields, his body was already covered with yellow mud, and he needed to go back and clean up.