Gorgeous Female Tenants

Chapter 364: A Mouthful of Soup for 10,000 Yuan

Xu Xiangbei sneered, "Your frostbite will recur. There’s only one way to cure it."

Hearing that it might recur, Captain Jiang almost burst into tears, grabbing Xu Xiangbei’s arm: "Boss, big brother, sir, it’s my fault..."

Smack! Xu Xiangbei raised his hand and slapped Captain Jiang hard, the sound echoing throughout the hall, drawing the attention of the guests.

"Pah, what nonsense is this? Why call me big brother? I’m not a gangster. Why call me sir? I’m a handsome and charming young man; you’re calling me old. Just call me Dr. Xu, you’re hopeless."

Seeing the captain slapped, several members of the Law Enforcement Team were about to rush forward, but a glare from Captain Jiang sent them retreating silently.

Captain Jiang touched his red and swollen face, not daring to show any resentment. The fear of being frozen stiff, unable to move like a zombie, was fresh in his mind.

He asked tremblingly, "Dr. Xu, is there a way to cure it completely, so it won’t recur?"

Xu Xiangbei smirked, "In my years of medical practice, I’d say you need to be kinder, do more good deeds, don’t do bad things, keep a good mood, and naturally, it won’t recur, got it?"

It seemed easy enough, Captain Jiang looked suspicious, "Dr. Xu, if I do more good deeds, the frostbite won’t recur? Doesn’t sound too hard."

Xu Xiangbei sneered, "You think you can do that? Doing one good deed is easy, but doing good deeds for the rest of your life isn’t. If you do one bad deed, it will recur, and then it’s hard to cure."

Xu Xiangbei made a throat-slicing gesture, making Captain Jiang’s heart race in fear. While pondering Xu Xiangbei’s words, he motioned to leave with his team.

Seeing him about to leave, Xu Xiangbei pressed a finger lightly on his shoulder, pushing him back into the chair.

Xu Xiangbei exclaimed, "What are you trying to do, leave?"

Captain Jiang, bowing and smiling, replied, "Yes, Dr. Xu, your Emperor’s Pavilion passed the health inspection, I’m not collecting any fees, we’ll be leaving now."

"Leaving isn’t that easy."

The young man with small eyes rolled up his sleeves and yelled fiercely, "Kid, our captain is not fining your place, he’s already showing you respect, what else do you want?"

Captain Jiang smacked the young man with small eyes, hating this guy for enticing him to say the Emperor’s Pavilion could be extorted upon reopening, leading him to suffer frostbite, almost losing his life.

"How dare you speak to Dr. Xu like that, be polite."

Covering his face, the young man with small eyes lost his temper, and the nearby team members became cautious, showing respect. They’re adept at gauging the captain’s mood, knowing not to provoke Xu Xiangbei, or else Captain Jiang would take it out on them.

Xu Xiangbei sneered, "Our soup here is a millennium-old ginseng tonic soup, extremely precious. Without drinking this soup, you’d have been frozen stiff with frostbite. Drinking the tonic soup saved your life, cured your illness, and you need to pay for the soup."

Captain Jiang nodded like a pecking chicken, with a sheepish smile, "Dr. Xu, you’re right, after drinking the soup and curing the illness, of course, I should pay. As a civil servant, I have to follow the rules. How much does this precious soup cost?"

"You already mentioned it’s precious, give me ten thousand yuan."

Captain Jiang was moved, his hand trembling as he took out his wallet.

The team members were even more startled. Usually they lord over merchants, freely eating and demanding, but this time Xu Xiangbei asked for soup money, which was unprecedented.

Not only was soup money demanded, but it was ten thousand yuan, practically highway robbery. Their faces showed anger, but seeing the young man’s rudeness earned him a reprimand from Captain Jiang, they dare not act rashly, looking to their captain as if saying: Captain, this guy is clearly swindling you.

Captain Jiang hesitated, continuing to smile, pulling out a bank card from his wallet: "Pay, Dr. Xu said ten thousand, then ten thousand it is, I’ll pay."

He obediently handed the bank card to Xu Xiangbei, the nearby team members turned green, even the spectating Boss Zhou was dumbfounded. Not collecting fines felt generous from Captain Jiang, but Xu Xiangbei insisted on forcing a ten thousand yuan soup charge.

The so-called millennium ginseng tonic soup was just a bowl of leftover vegetable soup, yet Xu Xiangbei managed to charge Captain Jiang ten thousand yuan, unbelievable. Boss Zhou secretly admired Xu Xiangbei’s remarkable swindling skills.

Xu Xiangbei smiled as he took the bank card, without immediately processing it, instead he uttered a sentence that left everyone, including Boss Zhou, gasping.

"I mean drinking one sip is ten thousand yuan, you’ve had seven or eight sips, so we’ll count it as seventy thousand yuan; the eighth sip is on me."

Boss Zhou clutched his chest, thinking "Enough, Dr. Xu, you’ve pushed far enough, Captain Jiang offering ten thousand is unprecedented, yet you continue with a scheme, one sip at ten thousand yuan, this might incite public anger."

Several team members’ expressions changed, slamming the table, Captain Jiang was also trembling with anger, pointing at Xu Xiangbei: "You... you’re too..."

Xu Xiangbei sneered, glaring at Captain Jiang: "You what? Try pointing at me again, the frostbite will recur immediately. This time I won’t care, let you freeze to death."

Captain Jiang grit his teeth, his finger slowly pointing downward at Xu Xiangbei’s hand holding the bank card, his expression bitter and difficult, squeezing out words like from clenched teeth: "Dr. Xu, you misunderstood me, you’re too, too generous, go ahead and swipe it, the password..."

Xu Xiangbei smiled smugly, raised his brows, "That’s the way to do it, don’t get angry, do more good deeds, taking a loss is a blessing. Besides, would I let you take a loss? My Emperor’s Pavilion relies on Captain Jiang to take care of it."

Like a victor on the battlefield, Xu Xiangbei handed the card to Boss Zhou, "Lao Zhou, go swipe it, Captain Jiang is a good man, he even told us the password..."

After swiping the card, he returned it to Captain Jiang, who appeared on the brink of tears.

Patting Captain Jiang’s shoulder warmly, Xu Xiangbei grinned mischievously, "Captain Jiang, you’re so generous and kind, you’ll definitely rise and prosper in your career."

Being praised felt pretty good, but thinking of those seventy thousand yuan was like a stab to his heart. Captain Jiang managed a faint smile, though it was more painful than crying, "Dr. Xu, we’ll be leaving then."

"Remember, do more good deeds, don’t do bad things or harm others, then the frostbite won’t recur."

After sending off Captain Jiang and his team, Boss Zhou asked worriedly in a low voice, "Dr. Xu, this frostbite is terrifying, turning a person into an ice sculpture, first time hearing someone contracting such an ailment. How did Captain Jiang end up with it?"