Ye Yaodong sighed. Society would be more peaceful in the future. Such things could not be eliminated entirely, but it would not be as chaotic as it was now, with incidents like this happening at the drop of a hat.
"Come on, Dad. We need to catch our bus."
"Hey, hey, hey, looks like two people have stepped in. Oh, they're fighting..."
Ye Yaodong hurriedly turned back to look. The two young men seemed pretty good with their fists and feet. They knocked the thugs down in just a few moves. The passersby were no longer afraid and crowded around to watch.
Father Ye clapped approvingly. "Good! Those thugs need someone to teach them a lesson. It's hard enough for that old man to earn a little money selling vegetables."
"Yeah. Now that it's all right, let's go."
He looked away, wanting to hurry off to catch the bus, but his father grabbed him again. "Wait. Those two young men look familiar!"
Ye Yaodong frowned and looked back in surprise. As the two young men walked out of the crowd, they did indeed look very familiar.
"Isn't that Captain Chen, who came to help with the salvage in our village? What's he doing here?"
"Yes, that's Captain Chen. Maybe he's here on business. Didn't he mention somewhere in the city before?"
He remembered how well they had gotten to know one another and how pleasantly they had gotten along. Captain Chen had even thoughtfully given Lin Guangyuan a military uniform. Since they had happened to run into him here, they could go say hello.
He could also remind him to leave quickly. What if those thugs had connections with the local police? Or belonged to a larger gang?
Checking his wristwatch, Ye Yaodong said, "Eighteen minutes left. We should have