Chapter 40: Road Tyrant

  Seeing Feng Xi Yao had recovered from the shock, Ye Ping Yu smiled and agreed to take her to his grandfather's place where he could teach her some self-defense martial arts. However, practicing martial arts is not a one-day task, it requires persistence.

  Feng Xi Yao hastily nodded, and Ye Ping Yu accompanied her as they continued walking forward. Before long, they returned to the hotel. Ye Ping Yu was afraid that she would tell others about this matter, and upon learning that they had gone out to eat snacks together and then encountered danger, he would definitely be criticized for it. Therefore, after returning to the hotel, he was uneasy.

  Feng Xi Yao thought about it and felt that Ye Ping Yu was right. If she let Ping Yuan Chao know, he would stand up for her, but indirectly, he would also betray Ye Ping Yu. Although going out to eat snacks was her idea, Ye Ping Yu had reminded her of safety concerns. From a reasonable perspective, Ye Ping Yu bore no responsibility, but their social status was vastly different. Later on, even if Ye Ping Yu wasn't responsible, others would still think he was. When she returned to the capital, Ye Ping Yu would definitely be the one to suffer, yet he had bravely fought off the thugs to save her. She couldn't just forget his kindness like that, especially since his grandfather had helped her father in the past!

  Thinking of this, Feng Xiyao decided not to report it to Pingyuan Chao anymore. Since she didn't suffer any harm, it was as if nothing had happened. And this matter couldn't be told to her second brother either, or else his explosive temper would flare up and who knows what would happen.

  Back at the hotel, Ye Pingyu happened to see Cao Dafu and Yang Leyi preparing to leave. As soon as he walked over, Cao Dafu hurriedly asked: "Little Ye, where did you go last night? Are you still going back with us?"

  Cao Dafu only then discovered that beside Ye Pingyu was a girl who seemed to know what he was up to, and it turned out that he had gone to discuss his girlfriend, and they had come out together for an early morning stroll.

  Ye Pingyu was at a loss for words and thought for a moment before saying: "Director Zhu called me over to take care of something."

  Cao Dafu glanced at Feng Xiyao and smiled: "Xiaoye, are you leaving now?"

  Ye Pingyu thought for a moment and said: "Let's wait for a while before leaving, or you can go first!"

  Cao Dafu understood what Ye Pingyu meant, so he chuckled and patted his shoulder, saying: "Director Zhu also let us go back first, then we'll go back. I approve your leave, you can stay here for a few more days!"

  He didn't understand what he was saying, Ye Pingyu just agreed, he had nothing to do here, why would he want to stay a few more days for no reason. But Cao Dafu thought he was dating a girlfriend here, wasn't it good that he was granted a few days off? Last night, Zhu Zichuan called him out, maybe he was introducing him to someone, if this person was really introduced by Zhu Zichuan, then he was really lucky.

  Feng Xi Yao just stood by, not saying a word, watching as Cao Da Fu and Yang Le Yi got on the car together. Only after they left did she ask: "Ye Ping Yu, who are those people?"

  "He is our village's secretary, my superior!"

  Feng Xi Yao smiled and said: "You look like one of those nouveau riche in society, I didn't expect you to be his leader. Do you want me to tell Uncle Ping about it, so he can treat you better?"

  Ye Pingyu smiled and said, "The cadres in the countryside are all like this, he is still good to me, no need to bother Director Ping with such a big official, I get nervous when I see him!"

  "Haha!" Feng Xiyao burst out laughing and continued in a soft voice: "I didn't think you'd be so timid!"

  Ye Pingyu smiled and thought to himself, this isn't a matter of being timid. You call him uncle, which means you're old acquaintances, so naturally you wouldn't be nervous. But he's just a local cadre from the countryside, seeing such a high-ranking leader, how could he not be nervous? This is fundamentally not a matter of being timid.

  Although he thought so in his heart, he certainly wouldn't say it out loud. He walked into the hotel with her and went upstairs to their room. Feng Xiyao then left for her second brother Yu Zhibing's place, while Ye Pingyu returned to his own room first.

  You Zhi Bing was still not awake, Feng Xi Yao got annoyed and pulled his ears to get him up. You Zhi Bing had no choice but to get up and rub his eyes, asking her where she was going and if she had eaten yet.

  Feng Xi Yao told him in a huff that she had finished eating and asked if he was still going to Ye Ping Yu's grandfather's place. Seeing his sister get angry, You Zhi Bing hastily washed up and didn't even eat, preparing to head out to Cao Ling Zi Township.

  After cleaning up here, Feng Xiyao went to call Ye Pingyu. Ye Pingyu was worried that she would tell You Zhongbing about the encounter with the bandits, so he was also very careful. Only after seeing that there was nothing unusual did he put his mind at ease.

  After You Zhi Bing finished gathering his things, he was ready to set off. When he saw Ye Ping Yu, he couldn't help but smile. Ye Ping Yu also smiled back at him. Thinking about the drinking game from last night, they both found it quite amusing. For some reason, when people get drunk, they can do all sorts of things that they normally wouldn't do. Usually, he would never play rock-paper-scissors and drink with others.

  The driver had already prepared the car, and Ye Pingyu walked over to take a look. It was one of those imported sedans he had never seen before. What was strange was that the car didn't have a license plate, looking like it was brand new.

  Ye Pingyu sat in the front passenger seat to lead the way, Feng Xiyao and You Zhongbing sat in the back, and then drove east towards Donglin County.

  After sitting in the car, You Zhibing fell asleep quickly. He didn't rest well last night and started resting again when he got into the car. Feng Xiyao sat in the back and had no choice but to chat with Ye Pingyu again.

  The car drove smoothly forward, and after more than an hour, it entered the territory of Donglin County. It was not far from Cao Lingzi Township, but after driving for another ten minutes or so, an accident occurred ahead, causing a severe traffic jam. The driver had no choice but to follow others and take a detour on a small road.

  The front of the path is a village, which is a village close to the national road. As long as you go around this village, you can enter the national road again.

  Like other cars, it was moving forward, but when it was about to enter the village, it was found that there were people collecting fees in front, but there was no toll station here. After seeing the vehicles in front passing by, Ye Pingyu had to pay five yuan to pass through.

  Youzi Zhi Bing's car was from the capital, and this place wasn't a toll station. When they arrived at the front, the driver naturally wanted to drive directly through, but someone blocked their way and wouldn't let them pass.

  Ye Ping was furious at these people who were collecting tolls on the road without authorization, and he felt that they were no different from highway robbers. When he saw them blocking his car, he quickly got out of the vehicle and said: "What right do you have to collect tolls here? Do you have any law enforcement certificates?"

  As soon as he asked for law enforcement documents, the man standing in front of the car sneered: "I am the law enforcement document. Anyone who wants to pass through here must pay money, otherwise don't think about passing!"

  Ye Pingyu saw that the other party was unreasonable and lawless, so he angrily said: "You don't have a law enforcement certificate, you're randomly collecting fees here, I can report you!"

  "What do you want to do?" As soon as Ye Pingyu spoke rudely and wanted to report them, several more people came over immediately, all of whom were bald-headed and didn't look like good people at first glance.

  These people immediately surrounded the entire car, and the cars behind saw that something was wrong and were going to get into trouble. Some people directly turned their heads and left, unwilling to get involved in this matter, while others stayed to watch the excitement, not thinking of moving forward for a while.

  Ye Pingyu's heart tensed up as soon as he saw so many people surrounding the car. What was going on today? He always seemed to run into trouble, first encountering robbers at breakfast and now meeting highway bandits. How could he lead the way like this?

  Just as he was getting anxious, a middle-aged man wearing a police uniform suddenly walked over, and Ye Pingyu's heart felt relieved, thinking that help had arrived, the police had come to see if they still dared to charge them randomly.

  Ye Pingyu was just about to ask for his help, but unexpectedly he walked over and coldly looked at him saying: "Who said they wanted to report it?"

  The people surrounding the car immediately pointed at Ye Pingyu and said: "Brother Leopard, it's him who wants to report!"

  Ye Pingyu was shocked when he saw that they knew each other and felt uneasy, wondering if they were in cahoots with the police.

  A robust man wearing a police uniform walked to the front of the car, took a look, and then instructed the person next to him: "Get this car impounded for me. It doesn't even have a license plate, it must be a stolen vehicle. Take it to the police station!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, the people next to him were about to open the car door and let the driver and Feng Xiyao get out. You Zhongbing had just woken up at this time and looked at the situation outside for a moment without getting out, letting Ye Pingyu take care of it first. In his eyes, there was nothing serious, so he didn't need to panic.

  But when he saw that these people actually wanted to tow his car, they were really bold and reckless. He suddenly got out of the car and asked loudly: "Who wants to tow my car?"

  His imposing manner startled the few small hooligans next to him, and the man in police uniform, seeing that the newcomer was not easy to deal with, also didn't show weakness, and walked forward saying: "It's me who wants to tow your car, what about it?"

  "You, what right do you have to tow away my car?"

  The man in police uniform proudly said: "This car has no license plate, I suspect it's a stolen vehicle, none of you are allowed to leave!"

  "You have no right to seize my car!" Yu Zhi Bing sneered.

  The man in police uniform shouted loudly: "I'm a policeman! Brothers, take them away, take these few madmen away!"

  Under the command of a man in police uniform, several people who had gathered around were about to take action when You Zhibing suddenly shouted loudly: "Hold on, I want to see if you have a police ID!"

  The man in police uniform didn't take him seriously when he asked for his police ID, because he didn't have one. He was just a member of the local neighborhood watch and had no law enforcement authority. All he did was partner with others to extort money from passing drivers.

  As soon as he couldn't produce a police ID, You Zhi Bing knew this was a group of thugs trying to extort money on the road. Since that's the case, he'd give them a lesson.