"Y-Your brother-in-law is a constable? A constable at the county government?"
"If you don't believe me, we can have a go at it first," Lu Yu said, rubbing his hands together with a somewhat sleazy grin. "It's been a while since I've had a good workout. I was just itching to..."
The man in green and his cronies didn't dare entertain the thought. They scattered, each one faster than the last.
Lu Yu turned around and spread his hands to his good buddies.
"See? Simple as that. A gentleman uses his words, not his fists. We should be reasonable, not violent."
As he spoke, his eyes kept darting toward the half-brick clutched in Zhang Wu's hand.
Zhang Wu tossed the brick aside, his knuckles cracking loudly. "So we're 'pathetically weak, not even worth mentioning'?"
Lu Yu ducked his head and slumped his shoulders, backing down in a second.
"Strategy! It's all strategy! Wasn't I just trying to create a little dramatic tension by downplaying us first?"
