At the entrance of the supermarket, their eyes met.
The strong malice was closing in within his Perception, and Chen Feng keenly detected that it all originated from the two men in front of him.
Then, perhaps realizing he was also here,
the two men's gaze faltered with a brief flash of surprise.
Next, an unexpected scene unfolded.
One of the men suddenly pulled down the rolling shutter door of the supermarket, forcefully isolating the inside from the outside.
A violent commotion ensued, Aunt Zhang, who was arranging goods in the shelving area, hurried over with two cans of yellow peach in her hand.
"Xiao Feng, why suddenly close..."
Before she could finish, Aunt Zhang's face turned pale, and she froze in place.
The reason became clear upon following her gaze.
After closing the rolling shutter door, the two men wearing masks and duckbill caps suddenly drew two spring-loaded knives from their waists.
One stood at the shutter door, pointing at Chen Feng, while the other approached Aunt Zhang with menacing strides.
"Hurry up and hand over the money, be quick about it!"
The vicious voice sounded, and Chen Feng found it somewhat familiar, as though he had heard it somewhere before.
Following that, the cans of yellow peach dropped to the floor, the metal casing now dented.
A robbery at the supermarket!
Aunt Zhang in the shelving area was trembling with fear, her face deathly pale.
Seeing one of the men with the knife pointing at her, approaching with threatening silence,
she felt her legs shake even more, losing her balance and falling to the ground.
"If you want to live, don't call the police."
"Be honest, put all the money in."
The duckbill-capped man at the cashier continued to urge and intimidate, placing a red plastic bag in front of Chen Feng.
Right now, there were no other customers inside the supermarket; with the rolling door closed, the outside world clearly didn't notice anything amiss here.
Expressionless, Chen Feng felt somewhat irritated.
With the knife blade pointed at him, he complied, pulling open the cash drawer at the cashier desk.
There was quite a bit of cash scattered inside, with mostly five and ten yuan notes, as well as a fair number of fifty and hundred yuan bills.
Scattered around, the total amount was roughly two to three thousand yuan.
"Don't you fucking play any tricks on me!"
The man at the cashier grew impatient and his tone was very aggressive.
During the conversation, he even intentionally slapped the top of Chen Feng's head as a warning.
Affected by this, Chen Feng paused his movements and looked up at him.
"Looking at your daddy, huh!"
"The money! I'm telling you to take the money!"
"And the cigarettes behind you, Tianhua, Lotus, Chongyang, grab however many packs there are, hurry up!"
The man wielding the spring-loaded knife pointed his weapon towards him, and Chen Feng glanced surreptitiously at the shelving area.
Aunt Zhang was trembling all over, shaking her head slightly at herself, her eyes pleading as if to signal not to act rashly.
As for the other man, realizing that she had no ability to resist, he fortunately went to grab a few large packs of areca nuts.
"Fuck, what are you freezing up for?"
"Believe it or not, I will stab you right now?"
Seeing Chen Feng stop his actions while holding the money, the man at the cashier's desk became impatient and cursed angrily.
The spring-loaded knife swung back and forth, as if he was about to teach Chen Feng a lesson.
A sizable stack of banknotes was suddenly placed into the bag by Chen Feng; the knife-holding man looked over, and his expression softened, his eyes appearing somewhat excited and agitated.
"And the cigarettes!"
"Hurry up and give them to your..."
A sudden noise erupted!
Before he could finish his sentence, the knife-wielding man's wrist suddenly felt pain, and when he looked down, he saw Chen Feng already gripping his wrist that held the spring-loaded knife.
Their eyes locked, a cold light revealed.
"Snuck in behind daddy's back..."
"Have you gotten used to it?"
With an indifferent tone dropping, Chen Feng suddenly yanked downward, fully unleashing his 8.9 Strength attribute, immediately pressing the other man's palm onto the cashier desk.
The spring-loaded knife jolted out of his hand, and the masked man's face changed dramatically.
Before he could resist, he saw a large hand reaching out, grabbing his head.
Then, it slammed forcibly onto the metallic surface of the cashier desk.
Dull echoes reverberated, the metallic surface of the cash register slightly dented.
The duckbill cap flew off, the figure's presence waning, the supermarket plunged into an abrupt silence.
Another man cursed upon seeing this, his gaze hesitant, but in the end, he chose to drop the betel nut and rushed over with a switchblade.
Menacing in appearance but weak inside.
Chen Feng's gaze remained cool, ignoring the one who had been knocked out, and propped himself up with one hand on the cash register, leaping to the front of the counter.
The switchblade wielded viciously, his body shifted to one side, the instincts of a boxing master kicking in.
The blade grazed past his shoulder; his gaze grew even colder.
Without hesitation, he threw a fierce punch.
The punch hit the jaw, and a tooth mixed with blood sprayed out.
The figure wobbled and stumbled back, crashing into a shelf and falling to the ground, out cold.
The sound of falling merchandise clattered, and Aunt Zhang, sitting on the ground stunned, gaped.
Her eyes widened, the robust figure cast a shadow under the lights, and the fallen canned yellow peaches were picked up again.
The youth, familiar yet strange, reached out his hand, speaking calmly:
"Call the police... Aunt Zhang."
More than half an hour later.
People from the Security Bureau and the supermarket manager Liu Fang appeared one after another.
As the roller shutter was raised, the two criminals sat back to back, heads down, their hands and feet bound by white straps.
Aunt Zhang, still pale and unsteady, was silently putting the fallen merchandise back in place.
The robust young man nearby showed no expression, but everyone present, who understood the situation and had seen the security footage, couldn't help but give him a few more looks.
"The lad must have practiced Sandboxing, right?"
The Security Bureau staff showed some admiration toward Chen Feng, who nodded slightly in response.
Beside him, Liu Fang had a complex expression on her face, only relaxing after confirming that neither Chen Feng nor Aunt Zhang was injured.
"These two are repeat offenders, with quite a record."
"One's called Huang Hu, the other Zhou Xiaoshan."
One of the guys from the Security Bureau, named Xiang Jianjun, a man in his forties.
With a simple operation on his smart wristband, he quickly identified the two criminals and their history of offenses.
Chen Feng was not surprised by this, as he had recognized the two men when they took off their masks.
They were the hoodlums he had encountered in the alley that day, only missing their leader, Zhao Jin.
"Chief, may I ask how will they be handled afterward?" Liu Fang asked at the side.
"Robbery, deliberate injury, these are serious crimes in Chi Country, even if not successful, but they'll still get at least three to five years."
Xiang Zhihua explained, and upon hearing this, Liu Fang and Aunt Zhang both relaxed, relieved.
Only Chen Feng, glanced outside the supermarket window.
It was almost midnight, few pedestrians and vehicles were around.
However, he thought about these two hoodlums, who were always following their boss, Zhao Jin.
He didn't know if today's incident was related to that man.
With this thought, he took the initiative to mention it to Xiang Jianjun, to avoid missing any clues.
"Alright, I'll interrogate these two later and will inform you if there's anything."
"That's it; the statements are also done, I'll take these two away, and if there are any issues later on, you can contact me."
Nodding his head, Xiang Jianjun did not linger long.
After giving a few simple instructions, he and another person from the Security Bureau soon took the two hoodlums away.
"Xiao Feng, you worked hard today! You did excellent!"
"I really didn't misjudge you!"
Watching the Security Bureau people leave, Liu Fang quickly came back and praised Chen Feng thoroughly.
"I've already communicated with the boss, to give you a two thousand yuan cash reward for now."
"Also, we'll upgrade your employee card, and from now on, you'll get a thirty percent discount on shopping."
"Thank you, Sister Liu."
Nodding lightly, Chen Feng naturally wouldn't complain about the money.
It wasn't long before the transfer notification popped on his phone, and his shift had also come to an end.
"Go on, go home and have a good rest."
"Today, you're our hero."
Liu Fang spoke with a smile, her eyes full of admiration for Chen Feng.
Without any further ado, Chen Feng nodded slightly.
Before long, he pushed aside distracting thoughts, strode away, and arrived home.