novelraw Chapter 1364 - 1362: Huang San’s Sorrow
Chapter 1364 - 1362: Huang San’s Sorrow
Chapter 1362: Huang San’s Sorrow
"Dear customer, it’s not that I don’t want you to eat until you’re full, but you all just have such an incredible appetite. Now, I’m completely out of supplies. The nearby restaurants are emptied out, and I’ve even bought up the market’s supplies. There’s also a slight issue; I don’t even have the money to buy more stock. I’m begging you, could you please settle the bill? At worst, I can give you a discount, how about half-price?"
Huang San pleaded with Lin Feng. He was truly at his wit’s end. Forced to make peace with Lin Feng, he couldn’t fight them nor feed them adequately. What else could he do? He really had no other options left!
"That’s it? We’re not even full yet, and you want us to pay?" Lin Feng never intended to let Huang San off the hook, so after Huang San yielded, he still stuck to his usual line. If he had known it would come to this, he might have done things differently.
"Dear customer, I’m begging you, please have mercy on me. I’ll just cover the costs, is that not enough for you?" Upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, Huang San nearly despaired, resolved to give his bottom line just to send these calamities away. He’d be fine working for free today!
"How could I possibly feel comfortable with that? Just buy the ingredients and make us some food. I’ll pay once I’m full; money’s not an issue!" Seeing Huang San like this, Lin Feng still spoke with a smile.
So funny!
So amusing!
Absolutely hilarious!
...
Seeing this scene, the kids on the side couldn’t hold back anymore. They covered their mouths and started laughing, some even laughing so hard they couldn’t breathe. Xia Lalan was the same, covering her mouth while laughing beside Lin Feng. Even Xia Chupeng and Song Liao couldn’t resist and burst out in laughter! Everyone found it truly refreshing, thinking that this approach was absolutely perfect. Dealing with such a greedy boss with this method was just too fitting!
Of course, Huang San noticed the expressions of the kids. He knew Lin Feng was deliberately messing with him, but he had no way out. The grievance in his heart was overwhelming; he almost wanted to find a place to bash his head against. Looking at Lin Feng, he was truly out of options. After some contemplation, he dejectedly walked to the back kitchen and picked up the phone to call the police!
Yes, he called the police!
Huang San felt utterly wronged. As a black-market restaurant owner, he actually had to resort to the police to chase away customers. It was utterly ridiculous. Once today’s incident spread, he wouldn’t be able to run this restaurant anymore, but now he was genuinely afraid that his life might be at risk if he didn’t send these troublemakers away.
Before long, the police arrived. Hearing the sound of police cars, Huang San immediately dashed out to invite the three officers into the restaurant for a confrontation with Lin Feng.
"Go ahead, what’s going on here?" A tall, somewhat world-weary middle-aged cop asked bluntly.
"Officer, these people have been eating in my store since noon and still haven’t settled the bill." Hearing the question from the middle-aged officer, Huang San immediately spoke in grievance.
"Such a thing happened? What did they eat and why haven’t they paid?" The middle-aged officer was momentarily stunned by Huang San’s words and casually asked, then turned his gaze towards Lin Feng and the others. In his heart, he thought these four young people didn’t look like they lacked money, and there were even some kids. How much could they have eaten? It shouldn’t be a case of not paying!
"Officer, these people have an enormous appetite. Together, they’ve consumed four hundred pounds of clams, fifty pounds of cuttlefish, five hundred pounds of mussels, four hundred and thirty crabs... three bags of rice, two bags of flour, and four packs of noodles..." Hearing the middle-aged officer’s inquiry, Huang San immediately pulled out a purchase list from his pocket, reading out its contents. He hadn’t expected today’s dealings with them would lead to such an outcome, but when the police asked, of course, he had to tell the truth.
As he was speaking, the middle-aged officer and his two assistants were all dumbfounded, thinking to themselves whether this guy was joking. These things could feed hundreds of adults. How could these few people possibly eat so much? Was he trying to fool them?
Lin Feng and the others sat on the chairs, chuckling as they watched Huang San read the purchase list. No one interrupted until Huang San finished reading it. Only then did Lin Feng speak to the middle-aged officer: "Officer, do you believe we ate all that?"
Upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, the middle-aged cop’s face turned immediately stern, and without a word, he yelled at Huang San: "Are you insane, trying to fool the police like this? With the amount of food you mentioned, it would take five or six truckloads, and hundreds of adults couldn’t finish it. And you’re saying they ate all of this? Who would believe that? Do you think it’s amusing to toy with the police?"
"Be honest! What’s really going on here!"
"Falsely reporting to the police is illegal!"
The middle-aged cop’s two assistants couldn’t hold back either and scolded Huang San. They were angry by now, realizing this was clearly Huang San harassing these people while calling them over to bear witness. What kind of situation was this? If he couldn’t explain himself, they would consider arresting Huang San!
Upon hearing the police officers, Huang San panicked immediately and quickly said to the three: "Officer, I swear I didn’t lie to you. They really ate all that food. All my staff can testify. I wouldn’t dare joke with the police even if I had the guts of an elephant!"
Huang San felt utterly wronged. Why did no one believe him when he was telling the truth? Everything he said was genuinely true. How could he possibly have the courage to lie to the police?
"Do you think the people in your restaurant will tell the truth? If you can pull out the surveillance footage as proof, that’s fine, otherwise don’t blame me for being harsh!" The middle-aged policeman, hearing Huang San’s retort, coldly reprimanded him with a face as dark as iron, thinking that everyone in the restaurant was Huang San’s which made it impossible for them to side with the customers, unless there was surveillance footage. Otherwise, he was determined to arrest Huang San today!
"Surveillance... surveillance footage? I... I don’t have that thing in my restaurant..." Upon hearing the middle-aged policeman say this, Huang San nearly cried out loud, feeling extremely wronged and almost fainting on the spot. This was a black market restaurant, how could it have such things! But now, without surveillance footage, the police didn’t believe him. What should he do?
Looking at Lin Feng and the others who were all smiling, he finally realized that these four young people and children were definitely not ordinary people. Ordinary people couldn’t eat so much, and they faced such situations with calm composure, digging a super deep pit for him to jump into. He regretted being so greedy earlier, otherwise why would he provoke these troublesome guys!
Thinking of this, Huang San couldn’t hold back his tears anymore, they fell patter-patter. He thought about how unfairly he was being treated, as a black market owner, being bullied by customers like this—there was no justice in this world...
Seeing things were almost coming to an end, and having had enough fun, Lin Feng stood up and walked to the side of the middle-aged policeman, saying to him, "Thank you, officers, for your hard work. Please don’t leave yet, I will immediately call and have someone from the Food Safety Bureau come over, and I need you to testify for me. Thank you."
Lin Feng spoke clearly and politely, causing the middle-aged policeman to immediately feel a sense of goodwill. Smiling, he said to Lin Feng, "It’s no trouble at all. It’s just waiting for a while, no big deal. Such a heartless owner should have his shop shut down. Don’t worry, we’ll testify for you."
"Thank you!"
Seeing the middle-aged policeman happily agreeing, Lin Feng smiled to express his gratitude, then took out his phone and dialed the complaint line of the Food Safety Bureau...
"You can’t bully people like this, you ate so much of my food, and now you’re bringing the Food Safety Bureau to shut my shop down. You guys are too much, too much... boo hoo hoo..." Seeing Lin Feng actually doing this, Huang San plopped down on the ground, looking at Lin Feng with infinite grievance, crying and pleading his case. He felt so wronged, like tasting bitter medicine without complaining, almost driving him crazy!
"Ignore him. Where are you from, and why are you here to eat?"
"We’re from Tianhai City, just came over for a visit, who would’ve thought to encounter such a situation."
"There really are too many heartless owners nowadays, it’s pretty common to run into them."
"Isn’t it? We ran into one today, officers, it must be hard working on cases like these?"
...
Seeing Huang San sitting on the ground pitifully crying, the middle-aged policeman didn’t even bother with him, instead chatting casually with Lin Feng to pass the time. To the middle-aged policeman, people like Huang San needed to be dealt with properly, otherwise they’d harm more people.
And Lin Feng, having some leisure time, also chatted with the middle-aged policeman, exchanging pleasantries which increased the policeman’s liking towards Lin Feng, finding him quite agreeable. Time passed like this...
About half an hour later, people from the Food Safety Bureau arrived. After a brief understanding of the situation, they immediately sealed Huang San’s Ruyi Restaurant without a word. Immediately afterward, Huang San was taken away by the three policemen for suspected fraud, causing him to pass out as soon as he got in the police car.
Seeing everything was over, Lin Feng used his Divine Sense to summon the two Great Demon Kings back and led everyone towards Tianhai...
"Mr. Lin, although this matter is over, I still want to understand why we can’t act directly against these people? Wouldn’t it save a lot of time if we just took action?" Along the way, Xia Chupeng couldn’t help but ask Lin Feng, as he was really curious why Lin Feng would go through so much trouble for an ordinary person, thinking it was too cumbersome.
"Mr. Lin, please clarify our doubts, I also can’t understand," Song Liao added on the side, genuinely puzzled.
Looking at Xia Chupeng and Song Liao, Lin Feng shook his head and said to them, "This world is different from yours. It’s not as simple as being all-powerful and killing at will, doing so will cause many problems and disturb the lives of ordinary people in the Secular World. Actually, there are many ways to handle these situations, not necessarily by force. While I do act when necessary and won’t shy away from hitting when it’s needed, human life is precious. Unless it’s absolutely necessary, there’s no need to kill."
Finishing his words, without bothering if Xia Chupeng and Song Liao understood him, Lin Feng turned away and continued on the journey, leading Xia Lalan and the children. The point had been made and whether these two understood or not was not his concern.
Is that it?
Seems to make some sense!
Xia Chupeng and Song Liao stood stunned, pondering Lin Feng’s words, and started to feel Lin Feng might have a point. They thought this world is indeed different from theirs, with different views on dealing with people and matters, which left them somewhat confused.
Seeing Lin Feng and the others walk away, the two could only suppress these thoughts in their hearts and quickly caught up with Lin Feng...