Gorgeous Female Tenants

Chapter 288: Don’t Hit Me

The burly man on the ground not only rolled around in pain but also retched and vomited continuously due to a spasm in his stomach.

The third burly man had his hands on the backrest of a chair, trying to pick it up and smash it at Xu Xiangbei.

But one companion was kicked and rolled on the ground while vomiting, looking as if he was about to die. Another companion was kneeling on the ground, letting out a shrill, miserable scream, constantly begging for mercy, a sound that sent chills down one’s spine.

He stared at Xu Xiangbei in shock, not daring to move, fearing that he would end up like his companions.

Xu Xiangbei let out a cold smile, raised his eyebrows at the burly man, as if saying, "Do you want to end up like them too?"

The burly man slowly released the chair’s backrest and backed towards the door, his face full of fear and unease: "Kid, I don’t know who you are, but don’t meddle. This is Boss Peng’s business, you’d better stay out of it."

Xu Xiangbei laughed and released the wrist of the burly man who was almost in a pain-induced faint. The man fell to the ground limply like a puppet with cut strings, clutching his arm, moaning softly.

"When the road is rough, someone will tread it; when things are unjust, someone will handle it. I’ve decided to meddle in today’s matter."

Xu Xiangbei took a step forward lightly. Seeing Xu Xiangbei stepping towards him, the burly man got so scared he took off running, but his leg hit the nearby table, causing him to fall over, and he couldn’t get up for a while due to the pain.

When he wanted to get up, Xu Xiangbei was already standing in front of him.

Scared as if he were a maiden about to be assaulted, his face was full of terror, and he shielded his chest with his hands, retreating backward: "Brother, please don’t hit me. I’m just working for a wage, doing someone’s bidding."

Xu Xiangbei sneered: "Since you say so, I won’t make things difficult for you. You can leave now."

The burly man, as though granted great amnesty, quickly got up from the ground, only to find his foot was stepped on by Xu Xiangbei. He said with a crying face, "Brother, didn’t you just tell me I could leave?"

"I said you could leave, but because you’ve been vomiting and screaming here, it scared away several tables of guests, affecting the business. The broken tables and chairs, plus the lost patrons, Boss Zhou’s psychological damage, unless it’s thirty thousand yuan..."

The burly man, suddenly understanding, quickly pulled out his wallet from his pocket. Unfortunately, though he was dressed luxuriously, his wallet contained very little money, only a bit over a thousand yuan.

He dumped all the money from his wallet onto the table, looking at Xu Xiangbei with a crying face. Xu Xiangbei looked disdainful, shook his head, indicating the money was too little, not enough.

The burly man almost cried, pleading: "Brother, all my money is here, that’s all I can compensate."

Xu Xiangbei pointed at the few colorful bank cards in his wallet without hesitation: "No cash? You can use a card here."

The burly man looked ashamed: "Brother, all my cards are maxed out, I can’t overdraw anymore."

Xu Xiangbei cursed helplessly: "Dressed so pretentiously, yet so damn poor."

Under the light, a large orange-yellow gold chain around the burly man’s neck shone brightly. Xu Xiangbei’s face brightened up as he pointed at the gold chain on the man’s neck.

A crafty look flashed in the burly man’s eyes. He tried to take off the chain, but after thinking for a while, he bit his lip and said, "Sorry, brother, this is fake, a high imitation, bought for fifty yuan."

Xu Xiangbei had already figured out that the gold chain around the guy’s neck was fake, deliberately teasing him for fun.

Xu Xiangbei, playfully grinning, patting the burly man’s shoulder like a good friend: "You are quite honest, for this point, I won’t trouble you. Let me remind you, you idiot, you only took out your money. What about the money on your companions? Until everyone takes out all their money, don’t even think about leaving."

The two people on the ground had already recovered their composure, quickly pulling out their wallets. Amongst the three, besides the cash, one had over ten thousand yuan in savings on their card, totaling twenty thousand yuan.

"Only twenty thousand yuan? Fine, get lost. Make up the rest next time."

The three burly men, supporting each other, fled the Emperor Pavilion Restaurant with dejected faces.

Xu Xiangbei asked in confusion: "Boss Zhou, what were these people here for?"

Boss Zhou shook his head and sighed lightly, showing Xu Xiangbei the piece of paper in his hand — it was the contract for the storefront rental for opening the Emperor Pavilion Restaurant.

On it, the leaseholder of the second party was Emperor’s Pavilion Catering Company and Boss Zhou’s signatures and fingerprints, and the first party was stamped with the bright red seal of Earth Sea Crown Entertainment Club and Peng Zhenglai’s seal.

The lease term on the contract was fifteen years. Boss Zhou’s Emperor Pavilion Restaurant had been running for five years, with ten years left on the lease. However, Peng Zhenglai, the first party, saw the restaurant’s business booming and wanted to terminate the lease early to reclaim the storefront.

"Who is this Peng Zhenglai they mentioned as Boss Peng?"

Boss Zhou nodded with a face full of helplessness.

Xu Xiangbei looked at the empty hall, some words bottled up in his heart finally coming out: "Boss Zhou, your restaurant’s business is really not doing well. Considering the rent, staff salaries, utilities, and miscellaneous costs, you’re running at a loss."

When mentioning the poor business, Boss Zhou’s face filled with anger and he heavily slapped the table, startling Xu Xiangbei.

Boss Zhou ranted with indignation: "That’s their most shameless trick. Do you know why our business is declining? It’s because Boss Peng sends people to cause trouble frequently, even throwing dead rats and cockroaches, making false reports to the health department, causing us to be investigated for months, often closing our doors, driving many customers away. They even..."

Saying this made Boss Zhou so angry his chest tightened, nearly losing his breath. Xu Xiangbei quickly poured a cup of tea for him: "Calm down, don’t rush, speak slowly."

"Our specialty is seafood beef balls, which must be made with select beef mixed with fresh parrotfish, constantly beaten and stirred for the right texture and flavor blending, then fried to be delicious. Usually, my son Zhou Ping personally makes them to get that taste. I am older now, not as strong as before, can’t make them anymore. A few days ago, my son was surrounded and injured by some thugs, so he couldn’t make the seafood beef balls these days. When they injured Zhou Ping, they specifically left a message that if we don’t move out, next time they’ll break his hand."

Hearing Boss Zhou’s words, Xu Xiangbei stood up from his chair in anger: "That Boss Peng is too insolent! Boss Zhou, you can report him to the police."

"Without solid evidence, it’s just my word, the police won’t do anything. They also can’t protect us here 24 hours a day. Moreover, Boss Peng has many henchmen, and if anything happens, they just need to find someone to take the blame, but I know it’s Boss Peng behind this."