Li Yichen walked slowly toward the lottery shop owner with his hands behind his back and a cold smile, making quite a show of how "seriously" he took him.
"I'll take you down with me!" Cold sweat poured off the lottery shop owner as he watched Li Yichen draw closer.
Finally, he gritted his teeth, snatched up the watermelon knife, and swung it at Li Yichen.
"Tch." Li Yichen curled his lip in disdain and kicked him square in the chest.
The owner, who weighed over two hundred pounds, flew more than two meters and hit the ground with a heavy thud, unable to get up for a long while.
"Booo..." Boos rose from the surrounding spectators. He had gone down in a single move. That was hardly satisfying.
"The police are here! Make way!" someone shouted from outside the crowd just then.
The crowd parted at once, and two fully equipped police officers rushed in.
"That's it. This young man's in trouble," a spectator immediately whispered.
"This shop owner's no pushover, either. If he refuses to let this go, that young man will definitely get charged with intentional assault."
"Exactly. You can tell he's from out of town. He's bound to get the short end of the stick."
"He's still too young. He doesn't know how to hold back."
Everyone watching looked at Li Yichen with sympathy.
"Officers, I want to report a crime... He..." Sure enough, the lottery shop owner perked up the moment he heard the police had arrived. He struggled into a sitting position and pointed at Li Yichen as he shouted.
"Shut up, you crooked merchant!" Before he could finish, Officer Wang gritted his teeth, drew his baton from his waist, and lashed out at him indiscriminately.
The lottery shop owner let out a scream,