So, Do You Give In?
"Hey, you're asking for it! Let's see if I don't beat you!"
Though he'd been too cowardly to do anything but take a beating in front of his parents, the young man heard Li Bai's words and blew up like a firecracker. He sprang to his feet and immediately rolled up his sleeves, spouting some Beijing slang he'd apparently picked up somewhere. It sounded completely out of place.
He was just about to charge over, all claws and fangs, when his own father suddenly kicked him from behind, right into the bend of his knee. He went down with a neat thump, face-first, scoring a maximum of 7.6, a minimum of 5.1, and an average of 6.2. He landed right in front of Li Bai and presented him with a grand bow, prostrating himself on all fours.
He hit the ground with a solid splat!
That deserved a perfect score!
"Kid, you've got pretty good manners!"
Li Bai smiled as he sized up the dirt-covered fellow.
His parents and relatives had already beaten him into a sorry state, and after rolling around in the snow and mud a few times, he looked little better than a beggar.
"You're dead! Ow, ow, ow, that hurts!"
The young man still wasn't ready to give up. He reached for Li Bai, but the moment he stretched out his hand, Li Bai grabbed him. He twisted the young man's wrist past its limit, making him howl in pain.
Li Bai twisted his hand without letting up in the slightest. Instead, he spoke in a leisurely, chatty tone. "Heh, do you know what kind of doctor I am?"
"I don't care what kind of doctor you are! Let go! Let go!"
The young man shouted in furious exasperation. He tried