I Start with a Mysterious Island-Chapter 122: Art Comes from Life

"Don’t call the police. We’ll leave right now." Wang Haiyan was a bit of a coward and was genuinely afraid of Lin Li calling the police. She immediately backed down, then tugged on her husband’s clothes and whispered, "Let’s go! We can come back another time."

Although Wang Haiyan spoke very quietly, Lin Li still heard her.

"Don’t come back again. You came once yesterday and once today. You’ve crossed my line. If you come back a third time and I find out, I won’t just tell you to leave. I’ll call the Security Officers to handle it."

Zhou Dazhuang, who was very concerned with saving face, had been about to leave with Wang Haiyan for the time being. But to his surprise, this young man in front of him wasn’t giving him any face at all. This made his anger flare up, and he immediately spat out a threat.

"Go ahead and call the police! I dare you, kid! Call them right now! All we did was knock on our sister-in-law’s door. We haven’t done anything illegal. What can the Security Officers do when they get here?"

’Idiot,’ Lin Li cursed the unreasonable middle-aged man in his head. Then he took his phone out of his pocket and started to dial the police.

"Damn it, you really are calling the police, you brat!" Zhou Dazhuang hadn’t expected Lin Li to pull out his phone and start dialing without a second word. He panicked and lunged forward to snatch the phone from Lin Li’s hand.

What a joke. A greasy, middle-aged man who was all bark and no bite trying to snatch a phone from a Second Rank Initial Stage Cultivator? Wasn’t that just asking for a beating?

As Zhou Dazhuang’s hands reached out to grab his phone, Lin Li simply extended his free right hand, seized one of his attacker’s wrists, and with a slight twist, subdued the greasy man.

"OW... it hurts, it hurts! Let go of me, you damn brat! Let me go!" Zhou Dazhuang, whose right wrist was caught in Lin Li’s grip, cried out in pain.

"You bastard! Let go of my husband!" Seeing her husband’s wrist twisted by Lin Li, his face a mess of tears and snot as he howled in agony, Wang Haiyan charged forward, her hands outstretched, aiming to scratch Lin Li’s face.

"Get lost." Faced with a shrew trying to scratch his face, Lin Li didn’t hold back. He kicked out with his right foot, sending the charging Wang Haiyan stumbling away.

"OW... He’s hitting me! Is there no justice in this world? He’s hitting a woman!" Wang Haiyan, who had been kicked in the stomach and had fallen to the ground, started shouting at the top of her lungs.

’What an unreasonable shrew. I barely used any force in that kick. Otherwise, with my current strength, if I had kicked with all my might and she could still shout like this, I’d just go and bash my head against a wall.’

Having effortlessly subdued the shameless couple, Lin Li picked up his phone again. Just as he was about to unlock the screen and call the Security Officers to handle the situation...

The opposite door opened, and Xia Qing appeared, dressed in a white sweatsuit. She spoke to Lin Li, who was just about to call the police.

"Lin Li, I already called the police. The Security Officers should be here soon."

Hearing this from Xia Qing, Lin Li moved his finger away from the dial button.

"Good, let the Security Officers come! You hit me, kid, so get ready for a jail cell!" Wang Haiyan, still on the ground where she’d fallen after being kicked, shouted arrogantly at Lin Li.

"That was self-defense. You attacked first," Lin Li said coldly to the shrew who was trying to pin the blame on him.

"I saw everything. I can be a witness." Xia Qing, who had been hiding inside and watching the situation through her peephole, had seen the whole thing unfold. She now stepped forward to back up Lin Li.

"WAAAH..." Seeing Xia Qing take his side, Wang Haiyan burst into tears. "Oh, Zhou Xian! Just look at your wife! She’d rather help a stranger than her own brother and sister-in-law..."

Zhou Dazhuang, still restrained by Lin Li’s grip on his wrist, suddenly had a look of mock realization on his face. He opened his mouth and began spewing filthy slander.

"Aha! So that’s it, Xia Qing! I was wondering why you wouldn’t help us, and now I know! You’ve found yourself a pretty boy...

Oh, Zhou Xian! My poor, ill-fated brother! I can’t believe that after you died, your wife teamed up with her pretty boy to go against me and your sister-in-law!"

"You... Shameless..." Xia Qing’s face flushed red with anger at the couple’s accusations. Zhou Dazhuang’s claim that she and Lin Li were having an affair was especially infuriating, but she also felt terribly sorry for Lin Li, who was only trying to help her.

After all, he had kindly helped her, and now he was being branded a "pretty boy." Any normal person would feel apologetic in her situation.

"Watch your mouth." Having been labeled a "pretty boy," Lin Li’s brow furrowed, and he applied a little more pressure with his hand.

Zhou Dazhuang, who had been about to spew more insults at Lin Li and Xia Qing, immediately started screaming in pain.

DING...

Just then, the elevator doors suddenly opened, and two Security Officers walked out.

"Officers, help! This man attacked us!" Seeing the Security Officers, Wang Haiyan immediately played the victim.

Seeing that the Security Officers had arrived, Lin Li released his grip on Zhou Dazhuang’s wrist.

Freed, Zhou Dazhuang immediately ran to the Security Officers’ side. He pointed at Lin Li with his left hand while holding out his right wrist, which Lin Li had been holding, for the officers to see.

"Officers, it was this kid! Look, look how hard he grabbed me! He bruised my whole wrist!"

The Security Officers who had responded to the call did not readily believe Zhou Dazhuang and Wang Haiyan. One of them spoke up and asked a question.

"Who called it in?"

"I did," Xia Qing said.

"Can you tell us exactly what happened?" the Security Officer asked Xia Qing.

"Officer, those two are having an affair! You can’t believe a word she says..." Seeing the Security Officer questioning Xia Qing, Zhou Dazhuang hurriedly interjected with his slander.

However, before he could finish, the Security Officer cut him off.

"Sir, please be quiet for a moment. There’s an order to things. According to procedure, we need to hear from the person who filed the report first." Both Security Officers frowned at Zhou Dazhuang’s disruptive behavior.

Lin Li, who had taught Zhou Dazhuang and Wang Haiyan a lesson, remained perfectly calm. He watched the two shameless scoundrels with a blank expression and thought to himself.

’I used to think that rotten people like them only existed in TV dramas. I never expected to meet people like this in real life.

There’s a common saying that art imitates life. It’s really true.’

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