Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots

Chapter 2250: Little Bun Romance 04

The little beggars at the temple had all gone out to beg. Although they were no longer lacking food and drink, begging had become the only thing they could do at the moment, just like working.

Because of Xia Ke’s previous reminder, there was someone accompanying Liangzi, a small boy a little younger than him. Xia Ke told him about her need to go out and also gave him the golden sore medicine she brought.

The most important thing was the money she got from Da Qiangtou today. She specifically told the little beggar to keep it safe and not let others know about it to prevent the older beggars from stealing it.

Knowing Xia Ke would be gone for a long time, the little beggar was reluctant, lowering his head and wiping away tears.

After arranging everything, Liangzi had not yet woken up, so Xia Ke planned to return home to pack her things.

However, just as she was about to reach the door, two little beggars who had gone out to beg came running towards her, crying out loudly upon seeing her.

"Brother Xia, it’s good you’re here. That Da Qiangtou said you stole his money and demanded you return it! He also took our younger siblings! Wuwu, Brother Xia, what should we do? What should we do?"

"That Da Qiangtou also said if you didn’t go find him today, he’d sell the younger girls to brothels and send the boys to be male prostitutes. Brother Xia, even if we die of poverty or hunger, we can’t go to such places! Wuwu."

Their cries had woken the sleeping Liangzi. He struggled to get up and said to Xia Ke, "Brother Xia, let’s not want his money as compensation, let’s return it! We can’t let the younger ones suffer such a fate!"

Xia Ke was already aware that brothels and male prostitution were all places that devoured people! She would rather these children remain beggars for their entire lives than fall into such places to be exploited!

"Da Qiangtou! You’re courting death!"

Xia Ke punched the door frame, and the already shaky frame immediately fell apart, shattering into pieces.

He Lianyu squinted his eyes dangerously; this Da Qiangtou really was no good, doing such despicable things.

"Don’t worry, I’ll help you deal with him!"

Xia Ke shrugged off the hand he placed on her shoulder, saying, "There’s no need. I’ll handle my own matters. It’s just a local tyrant, no need for outsiders to intervene."

With that, she hurried off with the little beggar leading her.

He Lianyu shook his head. This girl’s temperament is truly stubborn.

However, he really couldn’t stand by and do nothing. After all, it was also because he intervened mistakenly, otherwise, the feud between Xia Ke and Da Qiangtou would have been just about stealing money bags.

Thinking it over, He Lianyu quietly followed them.

Da Qiangtou’s place was at a large house in the suburbs, which he bought with the protection fees collected over these two years.

Of course, using that little money to buy such a big house must have involved some unconventional means.

After learning the location, Xia Ke had the two little beggars hide in the distance while she went in alone.

The two little beggars thought for a moment and ran towards the city.

"Brother Xia? Brother Xia!"

"Wuwu, Brother Xia, why did you come? You shouldn’t have come!"

As soon as Xia Ke stepped into the courtyard, she heard the cries of the little beggars who were locked up. They were all confined in a large cage by Da Qiangtou.

This cage was previously used for dogs, those particularly large and fierce ones.

This wasn’t a guess by Xia Ke, because right in front of the cage were two of these fierce wolfdogs.

The two dogs stared intently at the little beggars in the cage, drool dripping from their mouths, scaring them into huddling together, trembling.

Xia Ke’s eyebrows furrowed, her eyes blazing with anger as if to incinerate Da Qiangtou.

Da Qiangtou’s head and body were wrapped in bandages, looking like an immobile mummy.

The official with him was the same, with one arm in a sling, obviously beaten by He Lianyu.

The courtyard was full of thugs, clearly divided into two groups, one energetic and holding clubs, while the other was visibly injured, with heads and bodies wrapped in bandages.

There was no need to guess that these injured ones were the thugs beaten up by He Lianyu the other day. Seeing Xia Ke again, their eyes showed some fear, but more of anger and hatred towards her.

Looking at the little beggars locked in the cage, Xia Ke squinted her eyes, "Da Qiangtou, you’re not fair; why involve others in our grievances?"

"You bastard!"

Da Qiangtou wanted to angrily slap the table, but his injuries reminded him that he couldn’t act rashly at this moment. He could only spit hatefully: "You brat! It’s bad enough you stole my money pouch, but you even let your accomplice beat me up! I’ve roamed this street for two years, three months, and twelve days, and never once has anyone slapped my face in public! This isn’t just a grievance between us; it’s a feud! A colossal hatred!"

Face is more important than life, and for Xia Ke, who also mingles in the Martial World, he’s somewhat familiar with this rule.

"Ha, Da Qiangtou, how do you plan on ending the grievances between us? Oh no, I mean, the hatred. How do you intend to resolve the hatred between us?"

Xia Ke was calm and untroubled. From the moment he entered, he hadn’t asked about those few little beggars. Da Qiangtou and his men thought he was so scared that he didn’t dare to ask!

Da Qiangtou was quite satisfied with this; actually, he didn’t find this brat scary at all. What he truly feared was that man with extraordinary martial arts. But he already sent his men to check, and that man didn’t follow.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t be sitting here, threatening Xia Ke, without a care in the world.

"How to resolve it? Hmph, you stole my money pouch, so of course, you must return it to me first. Moreover, you have to compensate us."

Compensate?

Xia Ke asked, "What compensation? Don’t tell me it’s for your mental distress, Da Qiangtou? Or perhaps for your reputational damage?"

What on earth is this?

Da Qiangtou pointed to his head and his body injuries, then pointed at his men: "What compensation? Of course, it’s our medical expenses! You beat us; do you expect us to play dumb and deaf?"

The beaten thugs also shouted in unison: "Exactly, my arm was broken, and who knows if I can still work in the future!"

"What work do you do? It’s not like you’re working in the fields! You just want to fight! That’s nothing, look at me, my leg is broken, I can’t even walk, that’s the real serious injury!"

"Your injuries are nothing, my head injury is the most critical! I’m still dizzy right now!"

"Cough, cough!"

A skinny man suddenly coughed and interrupted the crowd. Everyone looked at him, only to see him coughing while spitting blood, speaking intermittently: "My, my chest was, was hit with a punch, I am, am the worst off!"

Xia Ke couldn’t help but twitch the corner of her mouth. He Lianyu’s strikes were indeed harsh. Although these thugs often did bad deeds, there was no need to beat them this severely, right? Wouldn’t a simple lesson suffice?

Hidden in the shadows, He Lianyu watched these people, and couldn’t help but form three black lines on his forehead. The first person’s arm that was broken was indeed his doing, but he didn’t use that much force.

He had just made a gesture, and this guy got scared, backing away with a stone, and ended up hitting the person behind him, the stone even fell on the other person’s leg. And his own arm got hit by the iron shovel wielded by the person with the broken leg.

As for the ones with head injuries and chest injuries, it was the same; they were all injured by their own people, having nothing to do with him!

Xia Ke didn’t know about any of this, so he said, "Oh dear, I say Da Qiangtou, just because you’re injured, don’t your eyes and head work? Don’t you know who actually beat you and your men? Do you think a skinny person like me can beat all of you so badly? Tsk, tsk, I won’t take this blame you’re trying to shift on me!"

Not taking the blame?

Da Qiangtou immediately got angry: "You keep calling that guy ’big brother,’ and now you say you won’t take the blame. Do you think I’m stupid enough to believe you?"

Xia Ke’s mouth twitched, and he thought, aren’t you exactly that stupid? You can’t see through such an obvious thing.

With a loud bang, the official beside Da Qiangtou threw a cup on the ground, causing the two wolves glaring at the caged little beggars to get excited and start barking fiercely, scaring the little beggars into crying out loud.

Xia Ke clenched her fists. She admitted, these little beggars were almost like family to her. She initially kept quiet on purpose, wanting Da Qiangtou to think she didn’t care about them.

But seeing them being threatened now, she really felt uncomfortable inside.

The Butler was obviously better at observing than Da Qiangtou. Seeing Xia Ke like this, he immediately burst into laughter: "Since you care so much about them, why don’t you quickly agree to Brother Qiang’s demands? If you don’t agree, be careful, you might let them taste what it’s like to be licked by a dog’s mouth in a moment."

Xia Ke furrowed her brows, desperately wishing she could tear the Butler’s mouth off immediately.

And as a matter of fact, the Butler’s mouth indeed got torn by someone.

With a painful scream, the Butler used his only good arm to cover his mouth, but blood still flowed out through his fingers.

"Blood! Blood!"

The Butler shouted in fear, his palm covered in bloodstains, along with two front teeth.