Seeing that Chris Shelby refused to leave, the shop owner’s eyes welled up with tears. “Mr. Shelby!”
Marie also looked tense as she saw the street patrol approaching. Chris Shelby smiled and said, “Marie, don’t worry. As long as I’m here, these street patrol people won’t dare to do anything to you.”
What a joke? Chris Shelby was the King of the East Coast! To him, these street patrol people were nothing.
Hearing Chris Shelby’s words, Marie immediately felt less afraid. It seemed that as long as Chris Shelby was by her side, Marie felt very safe. During this time, whenever Marie encountered problems, Chris Shelby always resolved them immediately. Moreover, from what her brother told her, Chris Shelby seemed to be a very important figure.
Seeing Chris Shelby’s indifferent expression, the shop owner anxiously said, “You might not know this, but these street patrol people are very ruthless. Just a few days ago, a vendor here got into a conflict with them and was beaten to death!”
“What? Beaten to death?” Chris Shelby and Marie were both shocked.
Chris Shelby had thought that at most these street patrol people would just confiscate stalls and beat people up. He never imagined they would be so bold as to beat someone to death. This crossed Chris Shelby’s bottom line!
How could such a thing happen under his rule on the East Coast? This was outrageous! With a grim face, Chris Shelby asked, “How could this happen? Weren’t those responsible for the beating punished?”
The shop owner sighed and said, “The street patrol compensated the vendor’s family with hundreds of thousands of dollars and then the matter was dropped. To them, we common folk are worth nothing.”
Hearing this, Chris Shelby was utterly furious. Was a life only worth hundreds of thousands of dollars? In Chris Shelby’s eyes, life was priceless.
Although he had killed many people in his time, those were all bad people who deserved it. Were these common folk bad people? Were these vendors bad people? They might have occupied streets illegally and affected the city’s appearance, but they were just trying to make a living. Losing their lives over this was simply inhumane!
Chris Shelby never imagined that these street patrol people would be so brazen right under his nose. No wonder so many people hated them; it seemed justified.
Marie said angrily, “Mr. Shelby, these street patrol officers are really too despicable.”
“Hmph!” Chris Shelby snorted coldly. “Since these street patrol officers are so despicable, I’ll teach them a lesson. I’ll show them that common folk aren’t so easy to bully.”
Marie looked worried and said, “Mr. Shelby, after all, these street patrol officers are official personnel…”
“Official personnel?” Chris Shelby sneered. “If they dare to bully common folk, I don’t care who they are; I won’t allow such lawlessness.”
Seeing how determined Chris Shelby was, Marie didn’t say anything more. After all, she didn’t have any good feelings towards the street patrol either. If Chris Shelby could teach them a lesson, it would be satisfying.
Soon enough, the street patrol officers arrived. The leader of the group glared at the shop owner and said viciously, “You must have a death wish! Seeing us coming and still not packing up your stall? How dare you continue doing business?”
He waved his hand and said, “Men, pack up this stall!”
“Yes!” At his command, a dozen street patrol officers moved in to confiscate the stall.
Seeing this, the shop owner pleaded desperately, “Please don’t take my stall! My family relies on it for our livelihood. If you take it away, how will we survive?”
Bang! The leader kicked him hard.
The shop owner fell to the ground as the leader snapped angrily, “I don’t care about your problems! You’d better behave or we’ll show you no mercy!”
With that said, several street patrol officers began packing up the stall.
“Please don’t take my stall!” The shop owner shouted and rushed forward to stop them.
“You must be looking for trouble! How dare you obstruct our law enforcement? Men, teach this old man a lesson!”
Seeing the shop owner resist made the leader furious.
At his command, several street patrol officers started beating the shop owner.
“Ahhh…” The shop owner lay on the ground in pain.
“Dad! Please don’t hit my dad! Please let him go…” Seeing her father being beaten up, a girl rushed forward and knelt down crying and begging.
The leader’s eyes lit up when he saw the girl and he leered at her. “Haha! This little girl is quite pretty. How about becoming my concubine? Then I’ll let your dad go.”
The shop owner screamed desperately when he heard this. “Please let my daughter go! She’s only eighteen!”
The leader grew impatient and said harshly, “Shut up! Pack everything up!”
Several street patrol officers began throwing tables and chairs onto a truck.
Seeing their belongings being taken away made the girl rush over shouting for them to stop.
“Get lost!” The leader stepped forward and kicked her hard to the ground.
“Daughter!” Seeing his daughter being hit made the shop owner rush over to hold her tightly.
He cursed at the street patrol officers angrily. “You beasts! Bullying common folk like this-you aren’t human!”
The leader laughed disdainfully. “Old man! Curse all you want! Today we’re taking your stall away. If you want it back you’ll need to pay $80, 000; otherwise don’t even think about setting up here again!”
For him confiscating stalls was just a means; his real goal was extortion. Through this method he could easily make millions every year.
Hearing about needing $80, 000 made the shop owner break down crying bitterly. “I work myself to death every day just earning a few hundred dollars! Taking my stall away and demanding $80, 000 is robbery!”
The leader snorted coldly. “I don’t care about your problems; if you don’t pay up how will we survive?”
Seeing how badly they were bullying this father-daughter pair made Marie furious. She turned to Chris Shelby pleadingly: “Mr. Shelby please help them-they’re too pitiful!”