Deng Xinyi, despite being a woman, panicked and closed her eyes in face of the burly man's slap.

But the expected pain did not occur; instead, a frivolous voice sounded, "Hitting women isn't something a man should do!"

Ling Feng, holding the burly man's wrist in his right hand, said with a grin, "Or perhaps, you'd like to try me?"

The burly man's face turned cherry red, feeling as if his wrist was about to break, "Ouch, ouch, ouch, let me go!"

The men beside him quickly pounced forward, but Ling Feng kicked each of them away, leaving them rolling on the ground in pain!

"Good, it's about time someone dealt with these thugs!"

"Exactly, acting all high and mighty, they're nothing but Devils!"

The surrounding crowd unanimously cheered.

Fear flashed in the burly man's eyes, "Big brother, I was wrong, please let go, or my hand will really break!"

Ling Feng slightly exerted more force, and the burly man tumbled to the ground like a clumsy dog.

"Let's go, let's go!" The burly man struggled to stand up, looking somewhat frightened as he spoke to Ling Feng.

Ling Feng raised an eyebrow, "Leave? You think you can just walk away after doing something bad?"

Pointing to the trampled flower baskets on the ground, Ling Feng said, "Double the compensation, and I might consider letting you off!"

A pained expression crossed the burly man's face, "Do you even know who I am, kid?"

Ling Feng said indifferently, "It doesn't matter who you are, you have to pay the compensation. My patience is limited!"

"You..." Anger flared across the burly man's face, but one of the men beside him held him back, "Brother Long, let's just admit defeat!"

As he spoke, he winked at the burly man, who nodded understandingly and pulled out a wallet.

"Right, how much is all this?" Ling Feng asked.

Deng Xintong said, "There are twenty-five flower baskets, at fifty yuan each. That makes one thousand two hundred fifty yuan total!"

The burly man reluctantly counted out two thousand five hundred yuan, which Ling Feng snatched away and stuffed into Deng Xintong's arms, "All right, this burly man's compensation is settled. You'd better pack up and leave quickly!"

Deng Xintong glanced at Ling Feng, noticed he was signaling her, and understanding his intent, she quickly left with Chen Qingqing and another girl.

"Young man, you'd better leave now; they'll soon gather more people to deal with you!" At that moment, a middle-aged man kindly advised.

Ling Feng smiled slightly, "I'm staying right here to wait for them. I can't leave all the mess for those girls to deal with, can I?"

Soon, the burly man returned with a group of people.

"Haha, I can't believe you were foolish enough to stay! That's hilarious!" the burly man scoffed at Ling Feng, "It's been a long while since anyone dared touch me, Zheng Long. You've got quite the guts, kid!"

Ling Feng glanced at the people Zheng Long brought, frowning and said, "Is this all? They're not enough for me to warm up!"

Zheng Long was furious, "Soon, I'll see how you manage to talk your way out of this. Brothers, get him! If he dies, it's on me!"

With Zheng Long's order, a group of aggressive youths behind him charged toward Ling Feng.

Although there were many of them, to Ling Feng, they hardly posed a challenge!

In less than a minute, aside from Zheng Long, the other seventeen or eighteen youths were all knocked down by Ling Feng, rolling on the ground and wailing in pain!

Zheng Long's face turned pale, with large beads of sweat continuously rolling down his face.

"You... who exactly are you!" Zheng Long couldn't help but step back, stammering, "I am from the United Hearts Gang, if you dare touch me, you'll regret it!"

"Shut up!" Ling Feng kicked him, and with a thud, Zheng Long fell to the ground, unconscious.

Ling Feng dusted off his hands, noting that the strength of the United Hearts Gang was indeed mixed, to think this sort of person was part of the gang; the United Hearts Gang truly lived up to its reputation as one of the Three Great Powers of the Yanjing underworld!

At another intersection, Deng Xintong, Chen Qingqing, and others were waiting anxiously.

"Sister Deng, we should call the police!" Chen Qingqing said worriedly, "That Zheng Long is said to have underworld connections. What if Brother Feng is at a disadvantage!"

Deng Xintong too was unsure, but she sensed a kind of strength in Ling Feng. She hesitated for a moment and then said, "Let's wait a little longer. If Ling Feng hasn't come out in five minutes, we'll call the police."

No need for five minutes, three minutes later, Ling Feng appeared before them with his hands casually behind his back.

"Brother Feng!" Chen Qingqing shouted, then rushed towards him, "Are you alright!?"

"Haha, a bunch of nobodies, how could they possibly be a match for me!?" Ling Feng laughed and said, "Come on, I'll take you back home!"

Half an hour later, Ling Feng and the others arrived at Qing Song Orphanage. Upon seeing Dean Chen, they instinctively concealed the incident that had just occurred. Deng Xintong handed over more than two thousand yuan to Dean Chen.

Ling Feng then curiously observed the other girls, who were all focused on weaving baskets.

"Who taught you this?" Ling Feng asked, looking at the delicate baskets.

Chen Qingqing responded, "Sister Deng taught us, the baskets she weaves are so beautiful!"

At that moment, Deng Xintong came over, and Ling Feng curiously asked, "Did you teach them this?"

Deng Xintong nodded, "Yes, the children here may not have had much education, but they are very adept and clever. I didn't have much to teach them, so I taught them my floral arrangement and basket weaving skills. This way, they at least have a skill for the future. After all, they need to grow up; they can't stay in the orphanage forever!"

Ling Feng silently nodded. His impression of Deng Xintong was of a relatively quiet girl, but he didn't expect she would think so far ahead; it seemed she really cared about this place!

"Thank you for today," Deng Xintong said softly, "If it weren't for you, the children's efforts would have been in vain!"

"Aren't you afraid?" Ling Feng asked, puzzled. After all, there were three men, and Deng Xintong, a lone woman, had dared to stand her ground in that situation, which Ling Feng found incomprehensible.

"Of course I was afraid!" Deng Xintong confessed with a wry smile, "But I knew that if I backed down, the children would be even more frightened, they would become more despairing of this society! Besides, we wanted to earn some money to buy new clothes for everyone for the New Year; if it had been ruined, the children's wishes would have been dashed!"

Ling Feng was filled with respect. Deng Xintong spoke softly, yet her words carried a firm strength. What Ling Feng did not understand was how such strength could come from such a frail woman?

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